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Crime Prevention Week in Clarington ' From Nov. 6th -12th Clarington Council voted to proclaim proclaim the week of Nov. 6 to 12 as Crime Prevention Week within the municipality. A letter from David Christopher- son, MPP for Hamilton Centre and the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services makes the request of council. "In keeping with the International International Theme: Year of the Family, this year's Crime Prevention Week will focus on youth," states the MPP's letter. "This year, the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services will be developing some new promotional materials reflecting reflecting youth, that will be provided to your police service for dissemination dissemination through their community activities." activities." He further requests that council publicize local crime prevention initiatives, initiatives, stimulate education and awareness and promote the idea of community based policing. Ontario Electrical Week Observed From Oct. 17-23 Clarington Councillors have declared declared Oct. 17 to 23 as Ontario Electrical Electrical Week in the municipality. The event will be marked through "poster promotion by members members of the local electrical industry consisting of contractors, utilities and electrical manufacturers and distributors," states a letter from Derek Reynolds. It is noted within Reynolds' letter that a newspaper insert is being planned for circulation within Durham Durham Region. Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, October 19,1994 3 Colorful Mounties Part of Apple Festival by Laura J. Richards Members , of local police forces were well represented at Saturday's Saturday's Apple Festival in downtown Bowmanville. These members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in their dress uniforms were a big hit with the crowd. Durham Regional Police also had a display at the four comers and numerous auxiliary and regular officers from the Durham Region were on duty throughout the festival. Rogers' Cable Pumpkin Patrol On Duty for Hallowe'en Night Rogers Cablesystems is pleased to announce that the "Pumpkin Patrol" will be out in full force again this year. Rogers will be using its trucks and vans, identified with signs featuring the "Pumpkin Patrol" logo, as a safety safety patrol between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., on Monday, October October 31st, 1994. Our employees have volunteered their time to patrol the streets within the Rogers licenced areas. They will be keeping an eye out for children and watch for anything anything siispicious. Our vehicles will be in radio contact with the local police department in case of accident, lost children, vandalism, or any other problems that may arise. Rogers Cablesystems Pumpkin Patrol has operated in several cities across Canada since 1987. Cult -- n. system of religious worship worship especially as expressed in ceremonies; ceremonies; devotion or homage to person or thing. Religion -- n. particular system of faith and worship. Human recognition of superhuman controlling power and esp. of a personal God or gods entitled to obedience and worship; effect of such recognition on conduct and mental attitude. attitude. The reporting of events in Switzerland Switzerland and Quebec have left me feeling a tad disturbed lately. I'm speaking about the reports regarding the Order of the Solar Temple. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English definition of a cult made me wonder about some journalists' journalists' interpretation of the word during the coverage of fires/murder/suicide case of members of the Order of the Solar Temple. Over the past 20 years several "cults" have appeared and disappeared, disappeared, sometimes after a horrid end for the followers. Remember Jim Jones and his group? More recently, 53 people died in what is being considered a murder- suicide case here in Canada and in Switzerland. The killings in the two countries did not seem like the mass suicide that Jim Jones and his gang are now famous famous for. While I admit a certain fascination about cults, my fascination stems from what people will put up with under under the guise of a way to God. There are plenty of religions out there that seem to have blossomed from what you or I would call cults. A number of the world's established established religions grew from movements which would have been described as cults in their day. In MacLean's Magazine last week, .a number of what I would consider mainstream religions were called cults, including die Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons) Mormons) and the Seventh Day Adventists. Adventists. I think the journalist, Paul Kaihila, was bang on when he called Roch Theriault, David Koresh and Jim Jones leaders of cults. However, I don't see the other two above-mentioned churches as cults. As far as I can tell, cults occur when someone with a charismatic personality personality gathers people around him/ herself and proclaims to know the way to God or to either be God, or God's representative. Questions and more questions, I am full of them this week. Questions like: What does one call people who are pagans? Are they membefs of a so- called cult? Where do native spiritualists fit into the scheme of things? And how about those of us who see ourselves as Christians? Did oür religion not start out in similar ways to others? Was Christianity considered a cult by others when it first got going thousands thousands of years ago? And what about the different factions within Christianity? Christianity? Need it be said, that we've got some pretty interesting folks in different different offshoot groups. When the word 'cult' is mentioned, mentioned, who or what do you automatically automatically think of? Does the name Charles Manson mean anything to you? That is who I immediately think of. I don't think of the Mormons or the Seventh Day Adventist Church members, but I know that a few others might. After having recently read a book about Roch (He's the cult leader whose followers lived for a time in the woods north of Lindsay) I think about him and the things that he did to people people who believed in him. The book about what he did to people was a page-turner due to the fact that he was a depraved, or even deprived, individual individual who had more problems than there are cures for. He was the head of a cult. Continued on Page 4 (r by Rick James "What a Fantastic Day!' If you missed the BIA Applefest on Saturday, you missed one of the best events ever to be held in Bowmanville. Although it's tough to put an exact number on the attendance, there had to be at least 15,000 people jamming the downtown downtown core. The beautiful weather was a contributing factor, but the bulk of the credit has to go to the merchants and members members of the BIA executive who organized the day. Closing the entire downtown core was also a major factor in contributing to the festive atmosphere in the downtown. After completing our apple pie baking contest at about 1 p.m., I wandered towards towards the centre of town for an apple fritter. fritter. My jaw dropped when I saw the lineup lineup extending 50 yards down the street. All the stores and tents were filled with customers, customers, and spectators jammed around the many displays and bands. The only complaint complaint I heard during the day was that we should have done this years ago. The event was also featured that evening on CFTO News, and I must say, Bowmanville's downtown and the community's community's involvement looked very impressive. impressive. Even the town's Mad Vac sidewalk vacuum vacuum did a great job cleaning up the litter afterwards. It must have been a great day for me to say that! Hats off to everyone who played a role in this year's BIA Applefest. If there was ever any doubt about the importance of a BIA, this event alone should bury those thoughts. Despite the phenomenal success, mem bers of the BIA executive met on Monday to review the day and discuss improvements improvements for next year's festival. It's because of interested merchants who care about the future of Bowmanville's downtown that the BIA Applefest is rivaling such events as Bala's Cranberry Festival for popularity. popularity. Congratulations on a job well done! •••••••• "What About the Apple Pies?' Our panel of ten judges had its work cut out for them, but after sampling more than 100 pies, Alice Boychon of Bowmanville was selected as the first place winner. She used Cortland apples in her pie. The other top ten finalists were... 2. Janina Levtchouk Spartan 3. Karen Hoelzel Spartan T4. Leta McAllister Cortland Marie McDougall McIntosh John Werry Spy Susan Pott Cortland/Empire AlfPigott McIntosh Lois Crossman McIntosh Brenda Farrington Cortland After some fast talking by world champion champion auctioneer Frank Stapleton, the first place pie was auctioned to Goodyear for $120. The second and third place pies fetched $45 each from Grist Mill Auctions, and Lloyd Down. From the information collected about each pie, we also created some statistics our readers may find interesting. For example, example, of the 114 pies entered in the contest, contest, 46 were made with McIntosh apples. The others were... Cortland 28 Spy 13 Ida Red 4 Empire 3 Spartan 3 Granny Smith ... 2 Melba 1 Golden Delicious 1 Paula Red 1 Wolfe River 1 Macoon 1 And what town or village did these pies come from? A total of 61 entries were submitted submitted from Bowmanville. Other entries were from... Newcastle 14 Orono 10 Oshawa 6 Courtice 5 Campbellcroft 2 and one entry each from Kendal, Blackstock, Enniskillen, Ashburn, Pickering, Grafton, Peterborough, and Scarborough. And, if we're keeping track of entries by gender, 102 females entered, compared to only 13 males. But the most important statistic from the day is the amount of money raised for the Memorial Hospital Foundation. At the end of the pie auction and sale, $760 was raised. The Canadian Statesman then matched that amount for a total donation of $1,520 for the hospital. But, we couldn't have done any of it without the help of some very good people. people. Although they may not want to see apple apple pie for some time, our thanks go out to Rob Snoek, Dr. H.B. Rundle, Anna Strike, Charlie Trim, Jim Adams, Mark Berney, Johnny Seto, Chris Kooy, Ron Hooper, and Donna English for sampling more than 100 pies. We also be remiss if we didn't thank Frank and Betty Stapleton for donating their time to auction our top ten pies. Statesman staff members Nancy Pleasance-Sturman, Marilyn Rutherford, Junia Hodge and Barb Patterson also put in extra hours on Saturday to make sure everything stayed on schedule. Judging by the response to this year's contest, we will be hosting the event again 12 months from now. After tasting more than 100 pies in one hour, it may take that long before I can convince our judges to come back again. "Best Story of the Contest' One of the final entries to arrive just under the time limit was, literally, too hot to handle. The contestant burst into our office and quickly placed her steaming hot apple pie on the counter. Why was it so fresh, you ask? The contestant baked a pie on Friday evening and left it unguarded on her kitchen counter to cool. Much later that evening, her son arrived home to the irresistible irresistible smell of home-made apple pie. With the slice of a knife, a piece of cheese, and a scoop of ice cream, the competition pie was soon annihilated. Undaunted, the baker prepared another one early Saturday morning and delivered it to our office just under the deadline. There was no report on the condition of her son.