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I l 4 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. January 25. 198!) Award Winners Receive Prizes in Juried Exhibit SJEjt Canadian statesman Durham Region's Great Family Journal Established 135 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanvillo News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second Class mail registration number 1561 Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited 416 .| 62 King Street West, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K John M. James Editor - Publisher Richard A. James Associate Publisher 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Peter Parrott Associate Editor Geo. P. Morris Brian Purdy Donald Bishop Business Mgr. Advertising Mgr. Plant Mgr. All layouts and composition of advertisements produced by the employees of James Publishing Company Limited are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of tho publisher. 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And continued effort will be required in order to ensure that future generations generations do not take up the habit. But, perhaps the time has come to move on to other battles and avoid the tendency towards "over-kill". It's safe to say that no informed person will defend the practice of smoking except on the grounds that people have certain personal freedoms freedoms and one of those is the freedom to smoke if they should choose to do so. Although the "mopping up" operation operation might continue for many years, the non-smoking battle has essentially essentially been won. Let's now consider some of the other health risks to which the public ought to devote its attention. For example, much that has been said about the risks posed by tobacco could also be said of the risks from alcohol. alcohol. .The conventional wisdom holds that moderate alcohol consumption consumption is not harmful. But in a few years' time even that belief may be revised. revised. And nowadays nobody disagrees disagrees with the fact that the abuse of alcohol alcohol is harmful to oneself and possibly to others - especially if the alcohol abuser is behind the wheel of a car. But that's not the only health risk. Obesity is another danger. So is a lack of exercise and fitness. Maybe it's only a little bit facetious to suggest that federal health authorities should put warning labels on boxes of jelly doughnuts or lawn chairs - labels advising that the over-use of either could cause a decline in one's health. One could also look at habits such as the wasteful consumption of things made of plastic, paper, and other throw-away products that clog our landfill sites. It is time for an aggressive aggressive campaign to change public thinking along those lines. Finally, why not start a campaign to rid the world of unnecessary chemical chemical additives in foods and the unwise use of chemicals on food crops or other plants? A case could be made to suggest that each of the practices listed above is somewhat dangerous to health and should, therefore, be subject to greater controls and greater public awareness awareness as to the associated risks. Because the bid to eradicate smoking smoking has been so successful, there's a tendency to dwell on the success of that effort and to, in effect, "flog a dead horse". Actually, there may be certain disadvantages disadvantages towards continuing to direct direct so much attention towards a single single health risk. If smoking is banned entirely, the practice may become more attractive simply because it is forbidden. Let's continue the effort to educate the public about the dangers of smoking. smoking. But, let's also move towards the eradication of other risks to public- health. A large crowd was present at Bowmanville's Visual Arts Centre Sunday afternoon, afternoon, Jan. 22nd for the Awards presentations at the Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition Exhibition of Crafts. The visitors and artists were welcomed by Joe Dalrymple, pictured at left with Margaret Clew of Toronto whose wall hanging at rear won Best in Show award from Juror Paul Williams of Bethany, at right. He praised those who had entered the exhibition with a total of 26 entries. This awara was donated by Strathaven Nursing Home. Susan Haslett-Schofield of Port Perry won the Design Award,, donated by Ontario Crafts Council and presented by Alison Parsons, shown here with the winner and Juror Paul Williams. Her entry was called "Off Centre Plaid Blanket" resting on the chair in the photo. I just realized why I don't wear high heeled shoes. It isn't because I'm a clutz and look like I'm acting out a bad Tim Conway skit when I wear them. Nor is it because I know the back of the shoe wears down when I'm driving. And my reason for not wearing high heels isn't because I date short men arid I don't want to tower over them. (It DEFINITELY isn't because I date short men.) I don't wear high/ heeled shdes because it isn't good for my ankles. I read an article recently recently that said a medical medical expert in the United States has discovered that women naturally have weak ankles (because (because the female pelvis is wider than males which makes most of their weight balance in the centre). High heels contribute to the weakened weakened situation. I've known all along there was a reason why when my girlfriends and I g^jt dressed up for a night od'b'they latch on the heels, ariim: slide into my fiats./ ) Silice I have been short all my life I know the extra extra inch or so high heels provide really wouldn't hurt my appearance. I know this because I read all the fashion articles that tell women how they should look and how to achieve a certain look but somehow I just can't follow that advice. Some of that advice is just stupid stupid and I for one think women subject themselves themselves to too many inane acts all for the sake of beauty. Remember the women centuries ago who used to wear uncomfortable cor- F air Game for Criticism Letters in the Editor's Mail Sometimes even the critics get criticized. criticized. The other day, a reader suggested that our critical attitude towards Newcastle's Newcastle's new Town Hall should be dropped. The reader mentioned the old proverb proverb about the importance of changing the things we can, accepting the things we cannot change and knowing knowing the difference between the two. This, of course, makes sense. Now that the town hall has been completed, criticism cannot change a thing. But we cannot help but wonder when would have been the correct time to express our opinions? We could hardlv criticize the structure structure before it had been started. And, once it was under way, any criticism could have been rebuffed by the suggestion suggestion that it isn't fair to pass judgement judgement on a half-completed structure. Now that the building has been duly opened and occupied, we are reminded reminded that since the work has been done, we ought not criticize something something that can't be changed. Using that line of reasoning, there may never have been an appropriate time to criticize the project. Well, we beg to differ. Anything worth over $5 million dollars and built at the public's expense is fair game for criticism. And, in fact, our comments on the town hall project were sparked by the fact that nobody seemed to be speaking speaking their mind on the subject. It appeared appeared to us that there were some similarities similarities between the town hall project and the clothes of the emperor in the tale "The Emperor's New Clothes". Some folks felt vaguely uneasy about the building but didn't want to comment because they assumed that they were the only ones who entertained entertained those thoughts. As it turns out, most of the public share the opinions we've expressed concerning the new building. Perhaps Perhaps that makes us barbarians or Philistines but, if so, we are certainly in good company. There are others who have indicated indicated that they like the building or at least believe that we're being overly negative in pointing out certain flaws. These people are, however, in the minority. While we do not wish to be overly negative, we feel that the shortcomings shortcomings in the building deserve to be recorded recorded for one major reason. The Town of Newcastle is in the process of undergoing some very large-scale development. Hence, there will be future development decisions decisions to make. When Newcastle Council built the town hall, it opted to act with very little little consultation from the public. The results were (to say the least) not an unqualified success. The Town Hall is, in our opinion, a monument to a local government which acted too much on the advice of outside experts and not enough on its own good judgement and the judgement judgement of the citizens. Council acted with the best of intentions. Council was only concerned about having a municipal headquarters that did justice justice to the community it serves. However, we hope that in the future there will be more co-operation between between the public and the council when large-scale development decisions are made. Our critics are quite right in saying saying that we can't change' what has happened. But perhaps we can prevent a similar problem from occurring in the future. If we have done that, then this newspaper is serving a purpose beyond beyond merely informing the public of day-to-day events. As far as we are concerned, there is unlikely to be any need to raise the issue issue of the town hall in the foreseeable future. But we reserve the right to hold and express editorial opinions - just as our readers have the right to agree or to disagree or ignore such opinions altogether. An Oncn Letter To The Providence Shaw's Community The other night at Rickard's house, we had a lovely time, When lots of friends and neighbours neighbours came - it was a night so fine. With Barbara handling tickets and Wilda at the bowl, We all began our visiting. 'Twas manna for the soul. With Garnet's hearty handshake and Annabelle's sweet "Hello" And some should sit right there to chat - with others sent below. When all the games were over and Thelma rang the bell, They asked us to come forward, some farewell words to tell. Then Annabelle began to give one of her little talks, While Marilynn presented us - a shiny new mail box. We want to thank those special friends for all their wishes kind We're leaving real good folks, we know. Such friends are hard to find. We'll not forget the many years of fun and work together. We trust they'll come to visit us. We're ordering good weather. Many thanks to you all, Marg and John (Killeen) Oshawa Councillor Conway Conway has recently proposed that the Mosport Raceway be relocated at the proposed Nl site just north of Highway Highway 401, between the Darlington Darlington Nuclear Station on the east and the Darlington Provincial Park on the west. We think he may have the beginning of a good idea but needs to develop it a little further. Why not move Mosport to the proposed Nl site as Mr. Conway suggested but go one or two important steps further? Does it not make sense that if we are going to move Mosport to the Nl site we should put something else in Mosport Park? . How about moving Canada's Canada's Wonderland, that famous famous tourist attraction, from the north of Toronto into Mosport? That would fill up the vacant Mosport with an income producing, revenue generating attraction. Now, since we are still faced with the question of where to place the Metro Dump we could use the empty space in what was once Canada's Wonderland and use it as the new Metro Dump. If the above does not make any sense I wonder if placing a huge, stinking garbage garbage dump along the lake- shore of Ontario makes any better sense? Garbage dumps or land fill sites are a thing of the ast. Let's deal with the gar- iage in a more responsible, environmentally friendly manner. John Veldhuis Writer Hates Traffic Lights Dear Sir; A while ago there was a letter to the editor from Earl Malley which suggested that council should look at resolving resolving the traffic congestion on King St. One of the suggestions suggestions that Mr. Malley made was to install a traffic light at the corner of Temperance and Church. I beg to differ with Mr. Malley on that point. The LAST thing that this town needs is another traffic light!!!! One of the main reasons reasons that we have traffic congestion downtown is that council allowed a traffic light to be installed at the corner of Division and King when there was no room for a left turn lane. Now traffic often backs up past Temper ance and King all the way to Scugog and King just because because of people turning left at Division and King. When you add up all the time wasted by everybody stuck in traffic, the annoyance annoyance felt by everyone, the natural resources wasted by all the idling cars and the pollution caused by thèse idling cars, it makes for a pretty pathetic picture. All because council bowed to pressure to replace the crosswalk crosswalk (which served its purpose purpose quite nicely) with yet another traffic light. As a person who is very concerned about ecology and the environment I don't want my car idling unnecessarily. unnecessarily. So, when I want to go across town I don't take King Street -1 use Queen or Church (a trick we learned from holiday Mondays in the summer when Highway #2 is clogged up with "foreigners" "foreigners" - non-Bowmanville residents - driving home from their cottages). As time goes on, I have noticed more and more people people using Queen and Church Streets as well. But in a way this is too bad because these streets were not built to take all this constant traffic. On Church St. especially it is difficult difficult for 2 cars to drive down the street when there is a car already parked on the street. It looks like we're going to get another set of traffic lights at Baseline and Wa- verley. With the entrances to the gas stations being so close to these lights I foresee a good many smash ups in that vicinity. And during the "hydro workers rush hour" in the mornings it will back up past the stop sign at Reg. Rd. 57 and Waverley and cause problems there as well. Some of the trucks and cars that come barrelling down the hill aren't going to see the lights until they come around the curve just before the lights. I predict a lot of tire screeching sounds for the nearby residents. And they call this progress!! So, I certainly hope that council does not entertain the idea of more traffic lights for Bowmanville. Sincerely Evylin Stroud. sets that made their waists look three inches wide but turned their faces faces blue from lack of oxygen? oxygen? Well, we aren't that bad today but it's close. It seems that many of the rituals women perform perform involve some sort of physical pain. One of the most painful is to pluck our eyebrows. Now I know there are some men out there who have wondered how females have perfect brows that arch over their eyes and no further. It's from plucking and plucking hurts. You can tell it hurts just from what it is called: pluck. Pluck is the sound emitted when you yank something from the skin that is not meant to be yanked. Curling our hair, normally normally quite harmless, turns into anguish when the iron accidentally slips and burns our fore head. Being a witness to this many times I know the event isn't pretty. In many cases when this happens a mark is left on the woman's forehead making her spend another another half of an hour doing doing all she can to cover the mark up. Most of the time it doesn't work and the woman looks ridiculous. ridiculous. Curling one's hair has to be the most time consuming and sometimes sometimes futile fashion behaviour behaviour women go through. I think it was first invented by a man in the heat of an argument argument with his wife. Both of these rituals have their moments of sheer agony but there is one further fashion trait a woman may perform that is worse tnan all the rest: piercing her ears. I'm the first to admit this one is a perfect example of the pot calling the ket tle black since 1 have five holes in my ears and sometimes am able to pick-up satellite transmissions transmissions on my earrings. earrings. But I'm still amazed at why we do it. If something pierced through our skin anywhere anywhere else on our body we would run every traffic traffic light getting to the hospital. When we get our ears pierced we actually actually PAY someone to do this to us. Being one of . the biggest perpetrators of all these crimes I know what I'm talking about. But I also have one saving grace that will spare me from a life of uncomfortable uncomfortable fashion habits. I don't wear high heels and my 5 foot 3 inch frame will always be close to the ground so that when I do my customary stumbles, I won't have so far to fall. Tiny Batteries are Lethal New Sponsors for Pitch-In Week r b; NOVA and Polysar provide provide photo-degradable bags for PITCH-IN The PITCH-IN Ontario Campaign has secured a new industry sponsor and increased its funding base to enable co-ordinators of the highly successful campaign which takes place May 1-7, 1989 to keep up with the demand demand for materials including including specially imprinted free, photo-degradable plastic garbage bags. "As a result of the increased increased support obtained from NOVA and Polysar Ltd., our new industry sponsors, sponsors, we will be increasing the supply of the popular free garbage bags available to schools and community groups by 50% and, for the first time, the bags will be photo-degradable", states Jack Craik, President of the Ontario Federation of Anglers Anglers & Hunters, sponors of the PITCH-IN Campaign in Ontario. Craik adds that the plastic garbage bags will include include the new additive "Eco- lyte" which makes the plastic bags photo-degradable. PITCH-IN co-ordinators have distributed more than 10,000 comprehensive information information packs to schools, Scouts, Guides, Chambers of Commerce, Local govern ment and many community: based organizations to make them aware of the campaign. campaign. TSach kit contains colourful colourful posters, suggestions for projects, a newsletter and a host of other information materials", comments Craik who emphasises that groups planning a clean-up and beautification project should complete the handy order form contained in the information information pack to order free garbage bags. Groups or schools planning planning a clean-up and beautification beautification project should complete complete the handy order form contained in the information pack to order free garbage bags. Those who have not received an information pack should contact PITCH- iN Ontario, 6 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1H6. PITCH-IN is a national campaign which, in Ontario, is a program of the Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters. The program is financially financially supported by the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Environment, NOVA and Polysar Ltd. and an increasing number number of local governments across Ontario. by Chris Clark Each year, Dan Hooper changes thousands of watch batteries working at Hooper's Hooper's Jewellers in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Every few months he has a heaping pile of old batteries batteries which he sells to a company that recycles them and extracts the silver and lithium for other uses. Not all the tiny batteries the jeweller sells, however, can be disposed of so easily. The units which power hearing hearing aids also contain mercury, mercury, a harmful and dangerous chemical. "In a year we sell a ton of hearing aid batteries," reports reports Dan, "but rarely does anyone bring in their old battery." battery." As a result, many mercury-laden mercury-laden batteries find their way into dump sites and decompose, contaminating contaminating the ground around them. Cathy Collacutt of Cathy's Cathy's Gold, also in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, concurs. "You just don't get them returned, not at all." John Veldhuis, of Citizens for a Safe Environment, says, "although the batteries are very small, when you get thousands of them in a dump it becomes a big problem. problem. It's not the most crucial problem, but in recycling it is not a case of flicking a switch and having everything everything change. It's more like building a brick wall: one piece at a time." Mr. Veldhuis sees the recycling recycling of batteries as yet another another brick for the "wall". Cathy's Gold and Hooper's Hooper's Jewellers arc willing to assist the public by collecting and disposing of the tiny batteries batteries which contain mercu- ly. Hearing aid users can drop effused batteries at either either jewellery store at their convenience. When the jewellers jewellers have a sufficient number, number, they will send the batteries batteries to a facility which can melt them down and extract the minerals and the chemicals chemicals in a safe manner. As Mr. Veldhuis reminds us, "every little bit helps," Danny Hooper, of Hooper's Jewellers, displays some of the many watch batteries he disposes of on a regular basis. Unlike watch batteries, hearing aid batteries contain mercury and pollute landfill sites. If you have any such batteries, you can bring them to Hooper's Jewellers or Cathy's Gold, either of which will ensure that they are disposed of safely,