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PAGE 4THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, June 2,2004 www.durhamregion.com Tim Whittaker Publisher Joanne Burghardt Editor-in-Chief Chris Bovie Managing Editor Fred Eismont Director of Advertising Eddie Kolodziejcak Classified Advertising Manager Kirk Bailey Distribution Manager Lillian Hook Office Manager Janice O'Neil Cheryl Haines Composing Managers Clarington's Award-Winning Newspaper Since 1854 ®tje Caitabian Statesman I « June 2,2004 Metroland Printing, Publishing & Distributing Ltd. Phone 905-579-4405 Classifieds 905-576-9335 Distribution 905-579-4401 General Fax 905-579-2235 Newsroom Fax 905-579-1805 E-Mail newsroom@durhamregion.corri 865 Farewell St., Oshawa ON L1H 7L5 Publications Mail Registration No. 07637 infodurhamregion.com EDITORIAL e-mail letters to newsroom@durliamrcgion.com Durham residents are all heroes, say region's police For effort beyond the call of duty during last August's blackout, we're all heroes, according according to Durham Regional Police. The local force gave out its annual awards to citizens last Wednesday, but saved a special citation for each of us, a nice touch. Because we "listened to the advice of professionals during during a difficult time and did what was necessary to get through this difficult time," incidents, incidents, such as break arçd enters, enters, robberies and assaults, remained remained very low. Indeed, people helped each other. Suddenly, everybody was calm at lightless intersections, intersections, taking a you-first approach. approach. Some 37 other citizens had praise heaped on them for, at times, putting their lives in danger. danger. From Courtice to Beaverton, Beaverton, people went well out of their way to serve the public good. Take the case of Peter Giles, Chris Gillespie and Terry Clayton Clayton of Beaverton, who followed a stolen vehicle from fairgrounds fairgrounds in their town and held the driver in the area until police police could make an arrest. Or how about the work of six people who helped out at an Ajax Tim Hortons when a group of thugs grabbed the manager's purse and stabbed her. The,six citizens prevented further harm, made calls to police police and chased the culprits away from the store. Congratulations Congratulations go to Jennifer Dobson and Suzanne Watts of Oshawa, John Dos Santos of Whitby, and Roxanne Stills, David Gordon Gordon and Robert Chandler of Ajax. Alan Fox and Cheli Rivers of Ajax; Marilyn Northey of Pefferlaw; Jodie Buck of Uxbridge; Sue MacDonald of Caledon East; Marlene and Randy Elliott of Courtice; Mary and Don Pindar and Ron Nicholls of Sunderland; Derek Sunderland of Whitby; and Darryl Olmstead, Kelly Farrell, Mike Shields, Reg Pigeau, Brenda Richmond, Maureen Summer, Don Porco, Ron Sal- way, Greg Petherick, Fred Lalsingh, Mike Yoemanson, Darrin Forde, Rick Warren, Ross Mackie, Bruno Beutler, Steve Perry, John Foster, John Heenan and Ted Powers of Oshawa Oshawa - all deserve credit for the help they provided their fellow citizens and the police in times of great stress. There is no better police force than the citizens of our communities. We can all help to reduce crime, to deter criminals criminals in our midst and to help each other. The annual awards from our police service are a constant reminder that many Good Samaritans are living in our midst. OPINION e-mail letters to newsroom@durhamrcgion.com Beauty is a full-time job There are two very important important things that every woman must do in order to snag a date, according to New York socialite socialite and 'Elle' magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll: First, you should not give a rat's derrière what men think of you; and second, you should do everything in your power to turn yourself into a "walking "walking death blow" to attract attract them, because the first thing any man cares about is the way you look. As long as he does, she tells us, everything else will fall into place. So, last week, I and two of my more courageous single girlfriends - whom I have dubbed "Laverne" and "Shirley," to spare their respective respective families any embarrassment embarrassment - shrugged off our confusion confusion and embraced this somewhat somewhat contradictory philosophy, jumping headfirst into Phase two of our social experiment inspired by Ms. Carroll's recent bestseller 'Mr. Right, Right Now! How a Smart Woman Can Land her Dream Man in 6 Weeks.' Week two is what she calls "Snow White and the 7-Day Pulchritude Plan." It requires that each of us get a luxurious 10-hour beauty sleep each night with our heads propped up on no fewer than three pillows to give us a youthful and "juicy" appearance; appearance; that we cat 11 colours of fruits and vegetables each day; that we apply a combination of near-boiling-hot water and chamomile tea to our faces (which will cause us to look younger than the Michelin baby, or so we're told); that we adjust our posture by hiking up our bra straps; that we consume one margarita or .similarly fruity alcoholic beverage each day (a girl needs to have fun, don't ya know!); that we implement implement a daily ab- and thigh- firming regimen (Ms. Carroll recommends sitting on a pilâtes ball whenever possible, but in a pinch a 90-minute rock-climbing rock-climbing session will do); and that we perform a rigorous rigorous closet purge to "get rid of all the boring boring people." Next, we were to haul our newly "juicy" babe selves to a driving range, a batting cage, and a motocross track. I'm sorry to report that Laverne, Shirley and I were unable to accomplish everything on the list in the course of seven days because, because, none of us is independently independently wealthy and each of us must, consequently, go to work at least five days a week. That said, we each endeavoured endeavoured to stand up straight and embrace the skin-care regimen Ms. Carroll prescribed, we performed performed our closet purges and picked out our killingest outfits (all the better to snag the illusive illusive Mr. Right), we ate well and we got in a little firming to boot. And, while none of us actually actually managed to get 10 hours of. sleep a night, Laverne was pleasantly surprised to discover there were more than a lew attractive attractive men hanging around the driving range when we ventured ventured there for our first-ever golfing experience. For her part, Shirley, quite enjoyed the outing, and says she may take up golf. "1 liked it. We went out and did something different, and we had a good time," she said. News editor Jennifer Paige's column appears every other Wednesday. Jennifer Paige News Editor o CLICK AND SAj^ Today's question: Should seniors' homes be exempt exempt from the new regionwide regionwide smoking bylaw? □ Yes □ No Cast your vote online at infodurhamregion.com ; h Last week's question: What will be the top concern for you when deciding whom to vote for in the federal election? election? □ Accountability 33.8% □ Education 2.8% □ Energy 22.2% □ Funding for cities 4.2% □ Health care 25.9% □ Leadership 11.1% Votes cast: 216 HAVE YOUR SAY Question: Do you think Durham's new smoking bylaw will be a success, or will it hurt local businesses? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR e-mail letters to newsroom@durhamregion.com Councillors should have supported D-Day students To the editor: Re: "Come on councillors, they're just T-shirts," editorial of May 14. I think councillors should give students the money because because this is a once-in-a-life- time experience to go to France and march in the D- Day celebration. These students students are representing Claring- ton, so council should support them.. Every other municipality is giving its students money for this opportunity and it is making making Clarington look bad. Twelve hundred dollars is not that much for the councillors to give. It's like a dollar to us. . Samantha Bond Grade 7 St. Stephen's Elementary School Bowmanville All the kids want to do is celebrate D-Day and proudly . march in France. This is a chance to celebrate what our Canadian soldiers did and all the work they did to save our country. If you don't give the kids the money, then that shows you don't care about the Canadian soldiers. Alaina McAuley Grade 7 St. Stephen's Elementary School Bowmanville The councillors support lots of other things and should support support our Clarington kids for this wonderful day. Councillors, Councillors, just look back to the time when your were a teenager and if you were to go to this wonderful wonderful celebration, you would be just like these kids and want the support. Melanie Ley Grade 7 St. Stephen's Elementary School Bowmanville The council should give them the money because the other schools are getting the money. Also, it shows that Clarington supports the D-Day celebration. They should give the students money because it's the 60th anniversary of the invasion of .Normandy and the council should show its support support for the students. 1 : ' ' Laura Vibert , Grade 7 St. Stephen's Elementary School Bowmanville Conservatives offer alternative To the editor: Re: "Conservatives not the right choice," letter from Scott Legree of May 30. Everybody is entitled to his own opinion. That is why we have the right to vote for whomever we choose. I'm tired of hearing people, including politicians, telling us why we shouldn't vote for the other guy. I'd rather hear what a party can do for me as an individual. individual. Everybody will vote for the party that best suits his needs, so we need to hear more about what these politicians politicians are offering us. I'm also tired of being lied to. When Mike Harris was elected, he may have been the first politician since Pierre Elliot Elliot Trudeau, that I know of, to tell us what he was going to do, and then did it. I would have liked to see Mike Harris run for leadership of the new Conservative party, but that didn't happen. So now we have to deal with the reality that we are left with, It's time for Canadians to wake up and stop being victimized victimized by the Liberals. The vote in Ontario can make or break this election, Tom Crosmas Newcastle Tories paved way for Liberal success To the editor: Re: "Conservatives not the right choice," letter from Scott Legree of May 30. Scott's love of Canada may be causing him to ignore some important facts when he suggests suggests that Brian Mulroney (a • former Progressive Conserva- five) tried to sell out Canada . - With the policy of free trade. If free trade was so bad for Canada, why didn't the Liberals Liberals scrap it? Why is it now supported by people like Bob White, Bob Rae, Jean Chrétien, and Paul Martin? You see, it was because because of policies such as free trade, and replacing the hidden manufacturer's sales tax with the fairer GST, that the Chrétien/Martin Chrétien/Martin Liberals were able to reduce the deficit (even though they slashed transfer payments to the provinces as well), and our economy improved improved somewhat. Canada has been made stronger economically, and therefore stronger as a nation. As for the stand on the war in Iraq by the current Conservative Conservative leader, at least he would have had proper debate in Parliament Parliament while Mr. Chrétien chose to dictate Canada's policy policy based, on his reading of opinion polls. And he would not have gone around bashing our American cousins thereby worsening our relationship with our biggest trading partner. partner. John Cousins Oshawa Letters to the Editor We welcome letters that include . name, city of residence and phone numbers for verification. 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