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I 4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, August 6,198C Efjc Canadian Statesman 623-3303 Durtwn County's Greet FemMy Journal EstebUehed 132 yeere ego In 1SS4. Also Incorporating (*CNA Th» Hwcllli Independent The Orooo News Second dee» me* regledebon number 1M1 Produced every Wedneedey by THE JAMES PUeUSfdNO COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King SI. W„ BoermenvMe, Onterio LTC 3K« JOHN M. JAMES RICHARD A. JAMES PETER PARROTT Editor--Publisher Assistant Publisher Associate Editor GEO. P. MORRIS BRIAN PURDY DONALD BISHOP Business Mgr. Advertising Mgr. Plant Mgr. All layouts and composition ot edvertlaementa produced by the employees of The Canadian Statesman, The Newcastle Independent and The James Publishing Company Limited are protected by copyright and must not be reproduced without permission of the publishers. $15.00 a year--6 months $8.00 foreign--$50.00 a year strictly In advance Although every precaution will be taken to avoid error. The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising in its columns on the understanding that it will not be liable lor any error in the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof of such advertisement is requested in writing by the advertiser and relumed lo The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the advertiser and with such error or corrections plainly noted in writing thereon, and in that case if any error so noted is not corrected by The Canadian Statesman its liability shall not exceed such a portion of Ihe entire cost of such advertisement as the space occupied by Ihe noted error bears lo the whole space occupied by such advertisement. Blood Donor The summer months, traditionally, are the times when hospitals' blood supplies diminish. And that's all the more reason why your donation of blood is needed this week. Of course, the gift of life is required year-round. And Canada has been fortunate enough to acquire through the Red Cross the blood donations that it needs for its medical procedures. procedures. It is somewhat miraculous that each unit of blood is donated absolutely absolutely without charge. Moreover, modern technology is able to break down blood components components so that the very best possible use is made of each transfusion. Depending Depending on the requirements of the patient, parts of the blood such as platelets, plasma, and many other components can be utilized. It goes without saying that each day there are lives saved and recoveries hastened because somebody has Clinic Today taken a few minutes out of their day to be a blood donor. It's the kind of effort that you don't really realize until one day you or a loved one needs blood and it's available. Anyone in excellent health and meeting certain requirements of the. Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic is a potential potential donor. A quick visit at the Lions Centre this Wednesday will decide decide whether or not you are eligible. But, although many millions could be blood donors, it's a relatively small percentage who actually do take up this challenge. This Wednesday afternoon and evening at the Bowmanville Lions Centre, there's an excellent opportunity opportunity to give blood whether it be for the first or the fiftieth time. Somebody will feel better as a result result of your thoughtfulnes. And, as an added bonus, you'll probably feel better too. Thanks to Governor Simcoe As this is being written, most Canadians Canadians are observing a day's holiday. It has become known to most Ontario residents as Simcoe Day. But who was John Graves Simcoe? To whom do we owe the pleasure of another day at the cottage or another 12 hours of sun-bathing, gardening, or generally taking life easy? John Simcoe is a bona fide Canadian Canadian hero. He's the sort of individual that would be known by every school child ifCanadians tookas much pride in their history as do Americans, or the French or British or many other nationalities. For one thing, John Simcoe founded Toronto. This/ in itself makes him a major figure but it is one of the least of his accomplishments. He is also viewed by many as the founder of Ontario. He served with distinction in the American War of Independence and when that strug gle was ended, he devoted himself to compensating those Americans who remained loyal to Britian and were now without a home. So it was that Governor Simcoe encouraged encouraged the flow of United Empire Loyalists to Ontario. These honest, hard-working farmers were the pioneers who were most responsible for transforming a wilderness into a civilized society with farms, settlements, settlements, roads, government, education, and the other institutions which marked the beginnings of a successful successful society. And, interestingly enough, he did all of this in a matter of five short years?-* That's a remarkable achievement for a hero in anybody's country. The Simcoe Day holiday does, indeed, indeed, celebrate an early Canadian whose efforts are well worth remembering. remembering. Time for Another Vote The question of capital punishment is once again on the public's mind. An 11-year-old Toronto is one of the latest murder victims, but the list of individuals killed over the decades since capital punishment was abolished continues to be a lengthy one. We can't re-play history. We cannot live out a few decades with the noose and then repeat them without it so that we can count the number of victims victims and then see if capital punishment punishment is a deterrent to crime. But one thing is certain: Current methods of punishment for capital offences offences are apparently not doing much to lessen the murder rate. And one more fact is also quite certain: certain: There's a majority of Canadians out there who would like to see the death penalty restored or at least debated debated freely in Parliament. It seems to us that capital punishment punishment is a two-part question. It may be supported on the grounds that it could deter the crime of murder (if only because it guarantees that a particular particular individual will not be around to repeat his crime). And then, capital punishment can be supported by some on the grounds that it is the only punishment which truly fits the crime of murder. Homicide, according to this argument, is the one thing that an individual can do which forfeits his right to continued existence on this earth. Knowledge of this punishment may prevent even someone without any conscience at all from committing murder. Of course, the detractors will say that homicide continues to occur whether or not there is a death penalty penalty and therefore capital punishment punishment is no deterrent. They will also argue that there's a danger of putting to death someone who has been unjustly unjustly convicted. And, of course, some have strong ethical convictions about the right of the state to take a life under any circumstances. Nothing new has been added to these arguments over the course of the past few decades. Indeed, most people have already formed their own opinions on the subject. What is needed now is some kind of action which will determine if the will of the public is in tune with current current laws. It seems to us that the best way of testing that opinion is through a debate debate by the country's duly elected members of parliament. Based on the outcome of that discussion, laws will be changed or left in place. A free and open discussion of the issue, followed by a decision to either confirm or alter the current legislation legislation is the very least that our MPs could do. As our elected representatives, they owe us that much. 11,000 Different Names by Rob Savage Anyone who named a new born baby Ashley or Michael in 1985 probably probably soon discovered they weren't alone. A new report from the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations shows those were the most popular names last year. In the report, lists are given of the 100 most popular names for girls and the top 100 for boys. For the girls, Ashley was followed by Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, and Melissa. The names following Michael were Christopher, Matthew, Andrew, and Ryan. David, which was the fourth most popular name for a boy in 1984, dropped dropped down to sixth place this year. The ministry says a certain preference preference for biblical names was also shown in the boys' category, since Adam, Jason, and Daniel also made the top ten. It's also possible that television has a hand in the naftie game. Some of the popular names included Crystal, Brittany, Cody, and Blake. The name Blake, however, came in at the 98th spot for boys, suggesting that T.V. is better at helping parents pick names for girls. The newcomers to the lists were Nathaniel, Mitchell, Katrina, and Emma, while the name Jamie was picked 221 times for boys and 125 times for girls. Altogether, the ministry said 11,000 names were chosen in 1985. Of those, 7,300 were chosen only once. Rosemarie Gage, the Deputy Registrar Registrar General with the Ministry of Consumer Consumer and Commercial Relations, said her department often receives inquiries from people wanting to know what the most popular names are. She said the callers can be anyone, anyone, from newspaper journalists to manufacturers of babies' toys. Popular Corner at Newcastle Village's Beach - ; By 11H6 ... by Peter Parrott Stork Makes Emergency Landing This is the story of how the stork made a safe, emergency landing at Memorial Hospital last Tuesday. Yes, Peter and Marsha have a new addition addition to the family and Stephanie has a little sister. sister. Yes, like the last time, the new baby arrived about five weeks early. No time to pack the bags. No time to redecorate redecorate the baby's room. No time to read up on what it is you're supposed to do in the delivery room. No time, evenlfor the delivery delivery room itself. One minute, you're going about your normal workday and about an hour and a half later you find that you're a father again. In between, there's the ride in the ambulance, filling out medical information forms in the emergency department, making phone calls, and looking at some anxious, concerned concerned faces. It's one of those occa sions when you can't really really tell whether the , hours are passing quickly or slowly because because time itself ceases to mean much. Itstops altogether. altogether. An emergency caesarean caesarean operation is a scary thing for all concerned. As it happens, the outcome outcome was about as successful successful as one could ever hope it to be. Baby Lisa weighs six pounds and is coming along fine after spending four days in Oshawa General's nursery nursery for premature babies. Mother is recovering recovering nicely here in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Big sister, Stephanie, is asking when the baby is coming home and saying she's going to be able to feed her with "a little, tiny spoon." Father, as the old joke goes, is still in shock. So, as I said in the first paragraph, the stork has made a safe, albeit, emergency landing. Not that I believe in the stork, you understand. understand. But I do believe in the doctors and staff at Memorial Hospital who did a simply incredible job of delivering the lit- tlê gal within less than an hour of the time the ambulance first arrived at the door. Special thanks are due to doctors Coffey, Cunningham, Cunningham, Dubinsky and VanHoof. We'd also like to thank the operating room staff and the maternity maternity ward nurses and the ambulance attendants plus all the others involved. involved. If I knew all their names, I'd list them here. In my opinion, it's not the slightest exaggeration exaggeration to say that they saved our baby's life. Naturally, every life is precious. But it seems to me that when medical science.^rescues one of these little gaffers and possibly gives them a normal expectancy of seventy-odd seventy-odd years, it's an extra special event. Thank you, everyone. 143 Duke Street Bowmanville, Ontario . August 2,1986. Mr. John James, Publisher, Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Ontario. Dear John: In response to the front page article in the Statesman of July 30th, 1986, regarding swimming pools operated by the Town of Newcastle. Please be advised that when I was Director of Community Services, Town of Newcastle, the directives by myself were to the effect that all pools were to be cleared of all swimmers by pool staff at frequent intervals intervals as a matter of safety. This directive was given to the Program Director Mrs. Jane Lunn to carry out the necessary steps of safety for the swimmers using the pools. If this policy has not been followed, then why not? As indicated in your paper, Councillor Ann Cowman seems to infer that this has never been done in the past, which in my opinion is a statement statement by someone who does not have the facts and unfortunately unfortunately does not do her homework. homework. Thank you, John, for allowing me the space to correct correct this matter. Yours truly, Thomas A. Fanning, Former Director of Community Services Dear Editor; It is interesting to see the municipalities in Durham one at a time be confronted by our new form of welfare housing, The most ridiculous part of all this is the claim that it is non-profit when in effect the corporations who gain the con tract to build these houses are making phenomenal 1 profits. An example of this is the Conant development which is a bunch of townhouses crowded onto a small piece of land - each one of those units costing over $71,000 a house (that's a townhouse). Our present policy of forcing high-standard services at high cost on housing in Oshawa and Whitby, is what has caused the shortage of affordable housing. Only the Councils of Whitby or Oshawa can change this by changing their policy, making their demands less, and spacing them in years so that no homeowner is hit with high mortgage costs. The double deficit that our present homeowners have is a burden that most of them will not be able to carry in the future. By double deficit I mean the oversized mortgage and interest rates which they must pay because of the high cost of lot servicing and the extra cost they must pay in Provincial and Federal taxes to pay the high subsidy which will be required in future years to pay for all these welfare houses which are now being built. As a member of the Regional Planning Committee, Committee, I am most annoyed with the situation we have wherein the members of staff at Region are constantly recommending recommending that we refuse developments and private enterprise which will be self- sufficient and no cost to the taxpayer and on the other hand, that same stuff is bustling bustling busy to co-ordinate and build as many of these welfare houses as they can, putting that much more tax and stress and neighbourhood disruption on the present taxpayers who are paying more than their fair share. It is my sincere hope that the future year will see us reassess our high costs and start developing land instead of curtailing private enterprise. enterprise. It is also my hope that in short order we will no longer have need of these welfare housing ghettos which will be a constant social disruption. Doug Wilson, Councillor Region of Durham 140 Ontario St, Bowmanville Aug. 3,1986 Dear John; Here I am, back from vacation and lo and behold no reply from Coun. Hamre in reference to the unanswered questions that I mentioned in my last letter. John, I would be willing to put my documents up for inspection if Coun, Hamre would come out in the open and tell us her story in relation to the matters about the mileage and pension fund. I don't expect her to make public the one hundred and two page report but she could comment on the findings. In your paper of last week there is an article in reference to the Quick Actions Saves Swimmer which was very interesting but on going to the park, I heard a story that it was a young boy who advised the lifeguard that the child was in the bottom and if this is so, then in all fairness, the boy deserves a lot of credit. Then further on in the report, the program.director is quoted as saying "The event demonstrates demonstrates the need for proper child care at the pools." This may be so to a certain degree, but on the day that I visited the pool I took special notice of the lifeguards, and it would be my opinion that the lifeguards should at all times have a constant view of the pool and not let other things distract their attention, this is serious business. Then I read on further further and I find that the director director of community services, asked council to support having the pools cleared on a regular basis so pools could be checked. I am amazed to think that this would ever come to council for support as in my opinion the director, if he knows his job would automatically automatically put that into force, no approval needed. Just think from past experience Council might have referred this matter back to staff for a report, then hired consultants and five months later we would probably be no further ahead. After my last letter to you, in which I corrected the statement of Coun. Hamre, I also received a call from Coun. Cowman who advised me that she was afraid to come out of number two courtroom courtroom after a council meeting as there was only one exit and that means that she had to come past the taxpayers at a meeting. My reply was to her that if it was too hot in the kitchen, then get out. She went on to tell me that the person who attacked her in some manner was charged and received a heavy fine and when I told her I would check this out she changed the whole story and requested me to drop the matter which at this point I will. Well, John, the vacation was wonderful in the north country although the fishing is another story but we did do a little travelling to places such as Renfrew, Perth, Kanata, Pembroke, etc. It is amazing the people you see, All in all it was an enjoyable two weeks. Then when I came back, a decision had been made for the Arena Property and a committee formed to raise money and if the results are like some, of the comments that I am hearing then I wonder wonder where we are going. In reference to this matter John it is strictly my opinion that we don't need two pads, we don't need a banquet hall (we have people now who are paying taxes for this type of business) but time will tell and I think that it is time that the taxpayers as a whole had a say. After all, they are going to pay the shot. You remember remember when the town had an election to get the approval to spend $10,000 for the Arena? So long for now. Ken Hooper July 17,1986 To: Mr, Peter Parrott, Associate Editor, The Canadian Statesman From: Elizabeth Peacock, Co-ordinator of Publicity. For Release Week of Aug. 11th The YWCA in Newcastle is introducing a variety of new activities for the Fall programs programs for children. Wado-Kai Karate is offered for children 8 to 16 years under the instruction of Black Belt Holder, Ken Lockhart. Through this disciplined activity, young people learn respect for others as well as building self-confidence, improving co-ordination and attention span. Guitar lessons for children ages 10 to 14 is also new. Classical and acoustic guitars will be used and the classes are small to provide individual individual teaching. Creative Movement and Music for the younger child three to five years is an interpretative interpretative dance program introduced through music, poetry, percussion and dramatization. As a result, social interaction and self- expression are enhanced as the preschoolers discover their rythmic potential. Creative Kids affords another opportunity for children of the same age to express their artistic efforts in a setting providing socialization socialization and fun. Pre-registration for programs in the Newcastle area begins Tuesday, August 26th, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. for YW members and registrants. Public registration begins Thursday, August 28th, 9 a.m. -12 noon and 1 - 5 p.m. Police Arrest Two Suspects Durham Regional Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a number number of recent break-ins at area schools and businesses. businesses. Police said that a 22-year- old Newcastle area resident resident and an under-age youth have been charged. The man faces charges of break, enter, and thclt, while the youth faces one count of break, enter, and theft and a charge of possession possession of stolen property. The charges have been laid following investigations investigations into break-ins at the Clarke High School, Lockhart Lockhart School, an orchard, and a Bowmanville manufacturing manufacturing plant. Video tape machines, computers, and cash, were among the items reported stolen,