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• -, 4 •. rï". 12 The Independent, Canadian Statesman .Weekender, Bowmanvilie, Saturday, January 15,1994 ,, ». .. ' • M ». ./ 1-1 », . a.; .■■■■■ -• •• > .■ GM Following New Plan For Building 1995 Cars At its Oshawa Plants 18SS Children Pitch in to Help Dad Shovel Snow While most children seemed to be hiding indoors last weekend, the children of John Semplonius, of Hampton, were out helping their father shovel the driveway . David, John, James and Lisa took a moment moment from their chore to chat with our roving photographer on Saturday afternoon, January 8. Portable Sawmills Discussed at Woodlot Conference in Lindsay "Income From the Woodlot" is the theme of the 1994 Central Ontario Ontario Winter Woodlot Conference to be held at the Moose Lodge in Lindsay on Thursday, February 10th, 1994, commencing with the viewing of displays displays and demonstrations at 9:00 a.m. and the presentations at 10:00 a.m. . One of the highlights of the conference conference will be a panel discussion on the Use of Small Portable Band Sawmills. Sawmills. The development and expansion expansion of the small portable band sawmill sawmill industry began in' the early 1980's here in Ontario. Today, an estimated estimated 1200 of these portable sawmills sawmills provide woodlot operators in Ontario with cost-effective machinery machinery to produce their own lumber and provide on site sawmilling services within their communities. Also, the important subject of proper log making to increase lumber lumber yield and profits will be covered and Wayne Helson, OMNR Aurora will discuss "Selling Timber and Forest Forest Products" from the farm woodlot. Andy Houser, Director of the Ontario Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Resource Stewardship and Development Development Branch will address the conference conference the Ministries Future Direction in Private Land Forestry Programs. Bill Simons, Hastings and Ron Reinholt of Lindsay will discuss the new Ontario Woodlot and Sawmill Operators Association and the issues this organization is currently dealing with. Several dealers and manufacturers of forestry equipment suitable for use in farm woodlots will be setting up both indoor and outdoor exhibits. Several small portable band saw-, mills will be demonstrated outdoors. This conference has been organized organized by the East Central Ontario Ag-, roforestry Committee and is jointly sponsored by the Ministries of Agriculture Agriculture and Food and Natural Resources, Resources, the Ontario Woodlot and Sawmill Operators Association and the East Central Soil and Crop Improvement Improvement Associa I ion. Pre-registration (by February 1, 1994) is necessary for those, wishing to have lunch at the conference. The cost is $15.00 per person payable to East Central Soil and Crop. Send to: Bill 01 an, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture and Food, 322 Kent Street West, Lindsay, Ontario K9V 2Z9, Tel: 705-324-6125 or contact your local local OMAF or OMNR office. Registration at the door commences commences at 8:00 a.m. and costs $10.00 per person for those not wishing lunch. Anyone interested in the farm wood- .lot is welcome to attend. Bank Collects Pennies For Alzheimer Society Once again this year the Alzheimer Alzheimer Society of Durham Region will be teaming up with the employees of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Commerce in Durham Region branches to receive public donations of pennies. pennies. The month long event called Pennies Pennies for Your Thoughts was a very successful program last year, raising over $1,300 in support of community services to families caring for someone someone with Alzheimer Disease. Each Durham CIBC branch during during January will have special containers containers set up to receive pennies during regular banking hours. Information . about Alzheimer Disease and the Durham Society will also be available available at the banks. The driving force behind the Durham Durham Pennies Campaign is Diann Dunn. Diann is a resident of Port Perry and an employee of the Port Perry CIBC branch. She is also an experienced family caregiver who . understands the importance of disease disease awareness and community support support services. Two years ago, Diann heard about the Metro Alzheimer Society's A Penny for your Thoughts program operated in conjunction with Toronto CIBC branches and decided to get involved involved in her own branch. For further information about the CIBC branch in your community, please call the office at 576-2567. Bowmanvilie Physiotherapy & Sports Medicine Centre 191 Church St., Bowmanvilie, ON L1C 1T8 (905) 697-0477 ASSESSMENT and TREATMENT OF ALL ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS arthritis strains + sprains bursitis, tendinitis fractures knee injuries neck and back injuries sports injuries motor vehicle accidents tennis elbow carpal tunnel Registered massage therapy also available Trent University at Durham College Spring Session: 31 January - 26 April Introductory courses offered two evenings per week (Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs): English 105: The modern period and its roots History 100: Canada: selected problems Psychology 101: Intro to psychology Sociology 100: Intro to social analysis For a brochure or information call: (905) 723-9747 or (705) 740-1229 To achieve the objective of lower cost and higher quality in its 1995 Chevrolet Lumina and Monte Carlo, General Motors is following an important important new direction in vehicle development development and manufacturing - building the cars in its flexible and synchronous Oshawa Car Assembly Plant in less time, with significantly fewer parts. For more than two years, a team from GM of Canada's Oshawa plant has been working with vehicle engineers engineers at the GM Technical Centre in Warren, Michigan. Together they translated customer desires into a 'dimensional 'dimensional plan' - a virtual mathematical mathematical roadmap detailing how every part in the car relates to every other part. Guided by the plan, the team created prototype tools, parts and vehicles vehicles as well as a prototype manufacturing manufacturing process. Over the months, the team simplified simplified the vehicles and made the manufacturing manufacturing system compatible with GM mid-size products still on the drawing boards. Processes were tailored tailored for flexibility in order to quickly accommodate changes in buyer tastes. Costs were reduced by using common parts and entire subsystems were rethought and reengineered. The team also worked with component component suppliers to test-build fully functional vehicles from production- ready parts at normal one speed rates. The cars were built on a regular assembly assembly line by car plant employees working side-by-side with engineers and validated against the dimensional plan so early , in the process that any necessary tooling changes became relatively inexpensive. The functional builds also permitted permitted precise quality checks of the completed completed product, well in advance of pilot pilot assembly - ensuring not only that the parts were correct but that the entire entire vehicle would come together properly. In a departure from traditional practice, 50 pilot cars were built on the Oshawa assembly line last autumn, autumn, using mostly production parts. Line rates were accelerated as the assembly assembly process was refined and rehearsed rehearsed and the final pilots were produced produced at regular production rates. The pilot fleet- took to the road in October, logging over 8,000 km each in just two months as the cars became part of a rolling customer research exercise from Des Moines, Iowa, to Seattle, Washington to Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona. As final adjustments were made in both the product and production process, process, the Oshawa plant underwent a metamorphosis as new assembly tools were installed amid acres of existing existing machinery. Once in place the systems - including including all-new flexible underbody and bodyside assembly systems and synchronous synchronous door, fender and decklid installation installation devices - were tested, tuned and 'tweaked' to ensure smooth operation operation and peak performance as the auto assembly plant prepared to go into full production of the newest Chevrolets to carry that nameplate in its 80 years of existence. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Temperance and Church St. Bowmanvilie 623-3432 MISSION SUNDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 1994 With Hubert and Nan Budding of Nepal 11:00 a.m. Worship Service Sunday School and Nursery Minister: Rev. Harvey Osborne, B.A.. M.Div. 623-0009 Make Waves! with our PERM SPECIAL 20% OFF until the end of January ^ Call for your appointment P GUYS & GALS PT Hairstyling 28 Division Street Bowmanvilie 623*1341 îii uto I 3^ Beginner Folk Art Classes 2^ Starting January 26 and 27 Evening and afternoon classes available. Classes are small so please register as soon as possible, $50.00 for 8 Two-hour Classes iÆ uv.vv iui o iwu-nuui viasses S vT STORE HOURS: jjn? Wed., Thurs. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. VNp Fri. 10 a.m, to 8p.m. Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ^m or when you see the OPEN sign out front I The White Rabbit! 19 Scugog Street, Bowmanvilie 697-2380