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I, (i The Canadian Statesman. Iiowmanville. August !>. 198!) Efit Canadian Statesman cn Durham Region's Great Family Journal Established 135 years ago in 1854 © Also Incorporating ■ m The Bowmanville News U A The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second Class mail registration number 1561 Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited 62 King Street West, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3K9 416-623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 John M. James Editor - Publisher Richard A. James Associate Publisher 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 the publisher. 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E ditorial C omment I Struggling Artists Get Help It is an unfortunate reality of life that art, in its many forms, often is shunted to the back of an artist's mind, overwhelmed by the looming pressures of funding and the omnipresent omnipresent bottom line. In order to survive as an artist all but the most famous in Canada quickly quickly become conversant in the language of government grants and regulations. In Ontario, thousands of artists and creative organizations rely on the Ontario Ontario Arts Council, a provincial agency responsible for administering provincial provincial funds to worthy recipients. Any artistic organization worth its salt will drum up significant donations from private patrons. Few, however, are able to survive on private donations alone. For those who might decry the spending of tax dollars on unknown artists tucked away in the far corners of the province, we point to Toronto's new badge of pride: the SkyDome. Despite Despite a large infusion of private sector funding, the Ontario government contributed contributed millions of dollars to the project. project. Compared to such vast sums, some of the recent grants in the Newcastle Newcastle area are nothing but a bargain. The Visual Arts Centre received $10,000 and continues to provide a number of artistic facilities for the Town of Newcastle. Oshawa's Robert McLaughlin Gallery received $27,000. Millbrook's Ted Hodgetts and John Ireland, Orono's Tony Cooper, and Oshawa's Andrea-Lynn MacDonald each received a grant from the Arts Council. Quite properly, the council is fairly stringent in the way it awards grants. A decision-making body of 12 volunteer volunteer members serve on the board, legitimized legitimized by an Order-in-Council. A staff of nearly 20 work with the board to decide which grants will be awarded to whom. The board relies on a system of peer evaluation by assessors in.the various disciplines and fields which they support. The process can become mind- boggling, especially for rookies unfamiliar unfamiliar with the system. The council must strive to maintain a balance between between careful consideration of applications applications and needless bureaucratic red tape. Judging by the number of recipients recipients across the province in the last six months, they appear to be doing very well. Government and waste often are synonymous. Happily, the Ontario Arts Council is an exception to this rule. It provides a cocoon in which culture culture across the province can develop and mature. No artist ever attained great wealth living exclusively on periodic periodic grants from agencies such as the Arts Council. It is no cliche, however, to note that we all are, richer because artists have access to these grants. F ew Options Available to Those Who Would Solve Crisis Advertised as the best prepared man ever to ascend to the presidency, George Bush has run headlong into the tangled web of hostages and terrorism. terrorism. As Presidents Reagan and Carter learned, the cowardly acts of madmen, burrowed away in the rubble of Lebanon, can bring a superpower to its knees. If President Bush ever doubted this truth, he now has reason to believe it. Scurrying to and fro in Washington last week, limousines shuttled advisors advisors and officials from meeting to meeting meeting as the Administration searched for the proper response following the murder murder of U.S. Marine Lieutenant-Colonel William Higgins. The faces in the Ovàl Office have changed many times over the past decade but the expression on them remains glum; the options they suggest hold no solutions. For 444 days beginning in 1979, Iranian Iranian students held a group of Americans Americans hostage in their own embassy. President Carter nearly was crushed under the weight of the crisis. He sent in a commando strike force which self- destructed in the desert early one morning, rubbing salt in the wounds of the American psyche. Due largely to the gloom which hung over the electorate electorate during the 1980 election campaign, campaign, Ronald Reagan won a convincing convincing victory and inherited the mess. Shortly after he moved into the White House the Iranians released the hostages; President Reagan benefitted from the timing of the release. Soon thereafter, numerous radical groups began to snatch up innocent Westerners, Westerners, hiding them in dark basements below crumbling buildings in and around Beirut. Many of those being held were Americans. The kidnappers all were aligned closely with Iran and its grim regime under Ayatollah Khomeini. Khomeini. Displaying their captives like chat- tie, the terrorist groups-Hezbollah most prominently-began releasing gritty video tapes of their forlorn victims. victims. On each tape, the desperate hostage, hostage, unshaven, gaunt, and presumably presumably at gun point, read a list of extremist demands and hoped that somehow his nightmare would end. One hostage is in histeixth year of hellish hellish existence, chained to a bed, struggling struggling against insanity and the temptation temptation of suicide. Last week, through the usual channels channels appeared the gruesome film of a body hanging several feet above the ground. A statement from the Organization Organization of the Oppressed of the World (?) claimed it was the body of Colonel Iiiggins, hanging in retaliation for the Israeli abduction of Sheik Abdul Karim Karim Obeid. Mr. Obeid is one of the central central figures in the kidnapping movement movement and was largely responsible for the kidnapping of'Colonel* Higgins in February of 1988. President Bush, formerly an ambassador ambassador to China, formerly head of the Central Intelligence Agency, formerly vice-president of the United States, is left with very few options. He has positioned positioned warships in the vicinity of Iran, principally to quench his country's burning thirst for retaliatory action. He has denounced the murder in the strongest possible language-nothing terribly original, but necessary nevertheless. nevertheless. Unlike 10 years ago, the hostages are not incarcerated in one well- known location. A military strike to spring the hostages was a feasible alternative alternative for President Carter; it is not one of President Bush's options. Former Former Reagan Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger (no dove to be sure) put bis finger squarely on the president's predicament. A military strike, he said, would reduce the United States to the disgusting level of the terrorists. Such a move certainly would kill innocent innocent bystanders and certainly would not free all of the hostages. Those remaining remaining after such an effort surely would suffer more. Cold logic dictates that negotiations with hostage-takers must be avoided. Negotiating inevitably will encourage the taking of further hostages. However, However, cold logic is difficult to follow at all times with the knowledge that previously previously free men are languishing on the edge of death. President Reagan tried a clandestine exchange of arms for hostages and saw it blow up in his face spraying debris all over his Administration. Administration. President Bush has watched all of this develop. He spent eight years as vice-president listening to the inadequate inadequate alternatives the United States has at its disposal. The situation is grim and will remain so in the near future. future. The best chance for a release of the hostages is Iran's new, relatively moderate moderate leader, Ali Akbar Rafsanjani. His recent statements include a renouncement renouncement of Iran's policy of spreading spreading its revolution to other countries and a condemnation of Colonel Higgins' Higgins' murder. If he is able to shift Iranian Iranian policy only slightly toward moderation, moderation, without angering more radical elements in his own government, the hostages could be closer to freedom than they ever have been, Mr. Rafsanjani Rafsanjani will need Western support if he is to repair the crumbling Iranian economy economy as he bas promised to do. Sucb a rosy picture will take time to develop and is not a certainty in any case. The truth is that the West, mighty Americans included, can do very little to encourage the release of the hostages, New Sport Gains Popularity at East Beach Pier Balloons Travel To Philadelphia^ From St. Stephen) Michael Luciano's bal--t loon, set free from St. Ste- phen's elementary school last spring, made a run for •; the border and landed at j North East Airport in Phila- delpbia where it was given ;! sanctuary by Lisa Meyer. Lisa, a student at Bodine ", High School for Intemation- ii al Affairs, wrote to Michael l' 1 on April 30th informing him jj of bis balloon's safe landing ; on April 26th. 2 So far Michael has re-? ceived two letters from Lisa- and discovered that they have a few things in common: common: ownership of Commodore Commodore 64 computers being one of them. Lisa, 16, is employed by. / Burger King in the capacity i of a food production leader : and wonts to keep in touch with Michael. The Lucianos may just take off for Philadelphia' next year to meet Lisa and her parents on a surprise visit. Michael and Lisa have exchanged pictures and will continue corresponding, when the summer break is over and Lisa returns from her trip to the western Unit- | ed States in the fall. Remember when you started working in the 'real" world? Remember how scary it was wondering what working for a living was going to be like? The first day of the job you had hundreds of questions racing through your mind. Questions such as "Will I like what I'm going to do? Will my bosses like me? Will my co-workers like me? Embarking on a new career or beginning a first one is just as frightening. frightening. The questions are more intense and nail biting: biting: "Did I make the right move in choosing this profession? Do I have the skills to succeed at this?" Questions such as these were going through my mind as fast as an Indy driver when I walked through the doors of the Statesman for the first time. The doubts eventually subsided but there are still some days when I wonder if they have or ever will totally flee. I think everyone has days when they want be the one on the end of tbe towel when it gets thrown in. The days when, no matter how hard you try, you make mistakes and you feel everyone around you is wondering why you ever were hired in the first place. Fortunately, when you work with people" you like, trust, and respect, on days when you're ready to give up, those coworkers coworkers help you find the last bit of determination you didn't think you had to make it through the day. I work with many people people who unknowingly give me the drive I sometimes sometimes think I lack. One co-worker in particular particular has made my first job in the real world a fun and educating place to work. Many of you may have met Chris Clark at one time or another during the past 11 months. What many of you may not know is that this is his last week reporting at the Statesman. A situation in his life is soon to change and he will be heading for newsrooms newsrooms on the west coast. Chris came to the job from university with limited limited . knowledge of how newspapers work and no knowledge at all about how to opérate a 35 mm camera. I naively thought I would be showing him Writers Claim Newspaper Irresponsible Dear Sir,..-- % / L ' In à recent edition of your paper (July 26, 1989) an article article emblazoned with a red headline appeared on the front page. The article announced announced that residents of Jackman Road lacked interest interest in meeting with the agents for the Bowmanville Valley Co-operative Homes Inc. This letter is a response to that article from at least some of the participants in that residents group, a comment comment on the tactics employed employed in the pursuit of this particular development, and finally the complicity of the community newspaper in tbe dissemination of information information that is at once inaccurate inaccurate and avoidably irresponsible. irresponsible. At the outset, the residents residents of Jackman Road and the surrounding area are not, to our knowledge, against development of the parcel of land in question. They are against this particular particular plan for development and have chosen to address the plan through all of the channels available and have attempted to protect the interests interests of the residents group as much as possible. The main focus of the fight, however, seems to have shifted away from the relative relative merits of the project and an in-depth study of its impact on the community and its resources to one of anticipating ;the effects of half truths? manipulated timing, public officials whose political judgments are, in our estimation, no longer above suspicion and "big-time developers" adept at dis-information programs, sweet-talk, and outright arrogance arrogance and cynicism towards towards the town, residents, and institutions. The sad part is that one of the more respected institutions, The Statesman, has played its part in this affair. Chris Smith and Associates Associates (CS&A), agents in this matter for the Bowmanville Bowmanville Valley Co-operative, and their development consultant, consultant, Bing Wong, should be congratulated for their skillful manipulation of the resources available to them. Mr. Wong succeeded in dictating dictating what became the text of a front page article that appeared (with no credit given given to the author) at a council council meeting where he blatantly blatantly misrepresented the facts and tried, unsuccessfully, unsuccessfully, to ram the development development proposal through council council with none of the residents group present or in any way informed of the attempt. This all occurred one day prior to, with publication publication or the article on the day of, a scheduled meeting with the residents group. When confronted, your paper replied that it stood by the article and cited Mr. Wong as the source of information. information. Mr. Wong stated that his comments made at the council meeting had been taken out of context by the Statesman reporter. The question remains in our minds how the article made front page prior to a meeting being held. Responsible journalism surely requires that both sides of any issue be represented represented accurately with a minimum standard being set as verification of claims and statements. The upshot was a letter addressed to you by Mr. Wong, dated July 28, attributing the attendance attendance of approximately 31 homeowners to the publishing publishing of that article. We received received that letter in our homes along with what appears appears to be a reporting letter to Mayor Hubbard ana council council on the meeting itself. That meeting was not characterized characterized in that letter as many of us saw it but then again not one of us expected less. The meeting with representatives representatives of the Jackman Road area may well have been "a long and difficult one" for Bing Wong. In our opinion, from a purely business business and public relations perspective, CS&A projected an incompetent, arrogant, hostile, and unprepared im- pai Th age through Bing Wong and had that meeting been covered covered by your paper would perhaps have prompted you to approach the issue differently. differently. However, the credibility credibility gap continues to grow for those of us prepared to pursue pursue our interest in our small art of this community, at gap. is between the developers developers and their agents' skilled use of processes and manipulation of facts and our ability to believe that that manipulation will be counteracted by a council that has the integrity to listen listen beyond their political ' agenda and media that are prepared to take the job of reporting seriously. Until now, this group of writers was prepared to fight the development on its merits alone in the appropriate appropriate arenas. The halt-truths, innuendo, and distortions that have emerged from this process make that even more difficult, but the intent remains the same. Our hope is that your paper will either resist the temptation to report report on the process or report it accurately. Either will help restore the morale and belief in the integrity of the institutions this group is currently embroiled witn. Yours, M.R. Adamson W. Stephens G.E. Adamson D. Cookson the ropes and teaching him about the working press. Somewhere during the course of our working together, together, however, that changed and he became the teacher. Now, I get him to read over stories I'm a little unsure of before anyone else sees them and he has to give me his "okay" before before Outlook goes to press. His knowledge of a camera has improved' also. His skills are so good I sometimes find myself on a photo assignment assignment wondering how Chris' picture would turn out if he were taking it. Chris has been a great co-worker and an occasional occasional teacher, but most of all he has been my friend. We've shared many laughs together over the past year and have gotten to know each other sol well I feel as if we havej been working together for ? years. Our viewpoints have: differed on many occa-' sions. We realized our in-; dividual senses of hu-' mour were on different; edges of the universe.! Our musical tastes have: never been remotely simi-j lar, and our lifestyles are? as different as night and: day. j Somehow though, we. found neutral territory-! and managed to get; along. ! In two weeks he will be : somewhere between here and British Columbia and although he is a little apprehensive about the exciting chapter of his life he is about to begin, I'm sending him off with notebooks full of luck wrapped up with a very big bow thanking him for the past year. Anonymous Group Produces Flyer On Mayor's Donors Dear Editor, Mail boxes are most interesting. interesting. Sometimes they produce happy news and sometimes not. At other times they produce curious things. Last Monday a sheet of paper appeared in my box with a list of all those who had contributed $100 or more . to Marie Hubbard's mayoralty campaign last fall. In retrospect, I'm sorry I didn't contribute financially financially to her campaign because I too would have liked to be shown as a supporter. Who produced and distributed distributed this list and why? It says at the bottom that it was produced by "The Concerned Concerned Citizens of the Town of Newcastle," Who are these "concerned citizens?" They have gone to great lengths to list full names and addresses of those who had the courage and will to put their money where their mouths are and support Ms Hubbard, but the "concerned citizens" don't put their own names on their mailer. What are they "concerned" "concerned" about? Do they think that as a result of a few hundred dollar political contribution the donor has some tremendous power over the mayor and council? Baloney! Maybe there is a nefarious plot hatching. If so, the "concerned citizens" should tell us all, rather, than producing a piece of paper which is suggestive of skulduggery but provides no concrete information. Perhaps what the "concerned "concerned citizens" are really upset about is that they didn't enjoy the financial support that 52 individuals and companies gave to Marie's Marie's campaign. Anyway, the piece of paper will be added to my junk mail pile to start the fireplace when' fall comes. Cordially, Lynn R. Helpard, Orono, Clarke Group Criticises Environment Minister Hon. Jim Bradley, M.P.P. Minister of Environment Queen's Park RE: Laidlaw Waste Systems, Infill Project Town of Newcastle Dear Mr. Bradley: Thank you for your letter of July 20, 1989 in which you advise our Committee that the Laidlaw Infill project project will not be designated subject to the Environmental Environmental Assessment Act. Our Committee, the Town of Newcastle, and the Region of Durham all asked you to designate this project under the Environmental Assessment Assessment Act. The Committee of Clarke Constituents is distressed distressed and disillusioned by your decision. You listed nine (9) conditions conditions that would apply to the Infill Project while it proceeds proceeds under the Environmental Environmental Protection Act. While this mitigates our concerns somewhat, it still means that we must divide our time and resources over two separate expansions (the Infill and the Main Expansion). Expansion). This detracts from the central question -- "IS THIS SITE ENVIRONMENTALLY ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE ENOUGH TO ALLOW ANY EXPANSION?" EXPANSION?" Given the history of this site, the concerns raised by the area residents, the Town, the Region and your own Ministry, we simply do not understand why Laidlaw Laidlaw should be given the consideration consideration of allowing it to proceed under the Environmental Environmental Protection Act. We do not understand why you have decided to deal with this issue in a piecemeal fashion. This site has never undergone undergone a proper environmental environmental review. Whether it continues to pollute at n rate of 3,000 tonnes per week, or 1,000 tonnes per week is irrelevant. irrelevant. We urge you to close this site when it reaches reaches its current capacity and decide the whole matter once-and-for-nll under the Environmental Assessment Act. Sincerely, COMMITTEE CLARKE CONSTITUENTS David Scott, President OF 6 Tlie Forgotten Corner of the Field' by GaryHarany Award Winner in Visual Arts Centre's Juried Photography Contest and Show