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The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanvillc, June 24. 1998 Page. 5 Singing Out at St. Elizabeth Catholic Elementary Mr. Jonathan Bibby conducts the St. Joseph Elementary School choir during the official school naming and dedication ceremony for St. Elizabeth Catholic Elementary School. At the ceremony on June 15th, school staff and elected olti- cals unveiled a plaque with the school motto: "Letting Our Spirits Soar. Board officials are hoping the school's patron, St. Elizabeth, will be a model of someone who could sec God's presence in ordinary experiences. Eighty Teaching Positions Cut Dave Nickle, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation District 18, tried to address the regular meeting of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board today in Cobourg, but the Board refused him the opportunity to speak. "The public needs to know that the Board is planning a massive cut in the number number of secondary school teachers while increasing the number of school administrators for September 1998. Eighty teaching positions arc being cut, 40 of them in Peterborough County secondary secondary schools. During the entire three years of the Social Contract, under specific government direction direction and with reduced funding, the Peterborough County Board cut 22 positions. positions. Now this Board is cutting almost twice that many Peterborough teachers teachers in a single year, despite the fact.that it is one of the few Boards receiving a funding increase from the provincial government!" Durham MP Gets Help For Small Business GM Summer Shut-Down Begins with Many Layoffs A Labour Disruption In Flint, Michigan Has Affected Parts Supplies General Motors goes into its scheduled two- week summer shutdown on June 29 with thousands of workers in Oshawa already on layoff and uncertain when they'll be back at work. Since June 9, layoff notices have been handed out to over 5,000 employ ees at two separate car plants because a labour disruption in the company's company's Flint, Michigan plant affected parts supplies here. About 400 workers at Oshawa's chassis and metal stamping plants have also had to be laid off. A total of 10,000 Canadian workers are idled due to the strikes in the U.S. GM spokesman Greg Gibson says a settlement south of the border is pos- LIBERTY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Corner of Martin Road and Highway #2, Bowmanville Rev. Mark A. Scarr, Senior Pastor Das Sunday, June 28,1998 10:30 A.M. Morning Worship Service (Indoor) 12:00 Noon Chrington Family I'icnic Food, Bouncing Cut la, Games Everyone Welcome ,7:30 P.M. Outdoor Celebrations for Canada's Birthday Big Change Special Music Don't miss Liberty's fireworks display at duskl Bring your ta*v chair plus,.. Brian Warren former foothtll player for the Toronto Argonauts Vacation Bible School lUfUtyfe •MfUUW August 11-15 9:30 am to 11:30 am For Boys & Girls ages 5-9 0 j p * Sut&attJ Donation of a Loonle per dry zmwnvà Sports Day Camp August 24-28 For Youth ages 10-15 An exciting week of great events Including Blue Jays game. Basketball tournament & goofey sports day. $25.0a*wk or $6.00 per day (Mon-Thurs) Friday-$12.00 gj| sible during the next cou pie of weeks. "I expect there would be negotiations during that time." President of Local 222 of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, Mike Shields, however, fears the pressure to settle will be lacking during what is a pre-schcduled summer shutdown. Until next Monday's closure, the truck plant in Oshawa is expected to continue to operate, but there may be insufficient stock at the plant to keep it operational for any more than a week following the summer break. Mr. Shields was among a group of local union officials officials who travelled to Michigan last Thursday to meet with the bargaining committee and show solidarity solidarity with picketers over the issue of job security. Morale there is pretty i good, he reports. A Canadian strike in 1996 was over the same issue of job security, says Shields. "You can negotiate the best wages and the best benefits in the industrial world, but if jobs are going to be shipped to Mexico or elsewhere it doesn't do you a whole lot of good." This is the ninth strike at General Motors in the U.S. since a 1996 collective collective agreement was signed, Shields points out, and says by contrast this is not the case at Ford or Chrysler. The common denominator denominator in the strikes is GM, he says. GM plants at St. Catharines, Windsor, and at Ste. Therese have been affected. Durham's MP has successfully successfully lobbied his government government for a bill that will help ensure the millennium bug doesn't bite computers in small and medium-sized businesses. The federal government will be giving bigger tax breaks to small businesses updating their computer hardware or software so that it doesn't meet the expected year 2000 snags. Alex Shepherd has obtained Finance Minister Paul Martin's support to provide provide tax deductions of up to $50,000 for small and medium-sized medium-sized enterprises to replace computer systems not ready for the Year 2000. Martin made. the announcement June 11 in the House of Commons, offering offering small business 100 per IN-THE - PAR >X\ .. N ## Join us for this week's concert , V \X i', featuring "Celtic Storm" Thursday, June 25th 7:00 p.m. (Rain or sponsored fry ^ Landmark Furniture and Ted Watson Farms Ltd. ; j j. (July 2 - The Wilmot Creek Chorus In concert with The Rhythmaires) Concert 4 i i lin • i Rotary (Queen Street - Bowmanville) i cent accelerated cost allowances for computer hardware and software replacement. Shepherd said in an interview interview that the dollar value of the write-off is estimated in $70 million worth of taxes that won't be paid in the year 2000. However, the MP is quick to point out that "It's not lost money." For one thing, there will be the benefits that occur as businesses buy more computer computer equipment. But, most important of all, the measure will ensure that ' businesses stay in operation. Not providing providing the tax relief would have resulted in business failures or closures amounting amounting to about $400 million, Shepherd estimates. Shepherd says account ing systems, desk top. computers, computers, networks, microprocessor microprocessor chips, elevators, medical equipment and security systems are just some of the equipment which could be affected. He estimates there arc about 2,000 businesses in Durham Riding which could benefit from the write-offs. Business can apply the tax break ,to equipment'purchased equipment'purchased between January 1 of this year and June 30, 1999. said Mr. Nickle. The Board is planning lo reduce the number of sep- ondary school teachers by increasing teachers' daily workload by one third. "Bill 160 requires that teachers spend 1250 mih- utes 'instructional time' weekly with students. With the three 75-minutc classes that a teacher has daily and assigned supervisions, supervisions, home room and on-call duties, most teachers teachers arc close to meeting that criterion already. To add another 75 minute class per day (double that with the associated preparation preparation and marking time) to a teacher's workload is unreasonable, unnecessary and clearly violates the Collective Agreement. With stable enrollment and an increase in provincial funding, how can the Board justify such a dramatic dramatic cut in service to the public? The Board is even violating the Collective Agreement by refusing to hear our grievance today." ê>t. SoïjtVS Anglican Cïjttrclj Temperance St. S., Bowmanville SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH, 1998 TRINITY 3 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. Holy Baptism and Eucharist Each Wednesday 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion and Laying-on-ol-Hands tor Healing 7:00 pm. Contemporary Service a ,ip Reclor-The Reverend Canon Byron Yales. B.A., S.T.B._ til ê>t. $auV£ Entteb Cïjurcï) 178 Church Street Bowmanville Rev. Nancy J. Knox, B.A., M.Div. Intern Minister: Richard Parker Organist: Mr. Douglas Dewell Church Secretary: Helen Mclnnes 623-7361 SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH, 1998 Outdoor Worship & Picnic Orono Park -10:30 a.m. Please note St. Paul's is closed for the month of July. Next Worship Service: August 2nd -10:30 a.m. Nursery Care for Pre-School Children Every Sunday If you're new to Bowmanville, we invite you ©J.P. to make St. Paul's your.church home. 98 King St. W. Bowmanville, ON 905-623-5509 NOW OPEN At 7 am! Accepting New Clients Call by Friday and receive 50% off your initial check-up Capsule Comments with Neale McLean, B.Sc. Phm. Body Mass Index (BMI) tells the relationship relationship between your height and weight or "the degree of fatness". It's a number between 16 and 40. To accurately accurately calculate yours: multiply your weight in pounds by 703 and divide by your height in inches squared. For example, if you weigh 194 and your height is 73 inches: 194 x 703 divided divided by 73x73 = 25.6. The BMI number is able to describe the fatness of both a woman who is five feet tall and a six-foot man. A BMI of under 25 is'desirable. BMI's above 27 could mean increased 1 Vi i l<i { o f r ffe vé fîp fi^g j h e i ft Fi ' p rp 614 ms : ' j ; ' ,J ; , 1 vL Another measurement you,can take,is waist-to-hip ratio. Meaifire youV wai9t 1 (th'e sniàllèst measurement below the rib' cage but above thé navel) and divide by the hip measurement (around the widest part of your rear-end). Men should be below 0.95 and women below 0.85. It's barbecue season. Keep that open flame away from the meat you are grilling. Although it isn't totally proven in people people yet, charred meat contains chemicals that have been shown to cause cancer in animals. Knowledge about what you put into your body is important. Let us help you with your drug knowledge. Pharmacist, Orthotist Bowmanville Clinic Pharmacy Ltd. 222 King St. East Bowmanville, Ont. Free Deliveries ... (905) 623-7611 © i.p. 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