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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 5, 1983, 3 "A FANTASY OR A REALITY?" The advertising industiy, in television especially, use fantasy to great effect in directing their message to specific audiences. They create a pleasant mental image image as in a daydream and with some vague continuity; We have all, more than likely, likely, been taken in at one time or anther and generally unknowingly. The kids get it when the Pink Panther dances around a box of com flakes or when Bill Cosby extolls the flavour of some dessert. And Whcaties perform with excellence excellence on the ball diamond or the ice pond. The young adults top off a day of balloon cruising, sail surfing or a day at the cottage cutting firewood with a pint Of the best brew always with the label showing. There are many more and interestingly enough you can almost sense the ones that have a personal impact. The glitter of glowing gowns, candlelight and wine take my fancy and like it or not I'm stuck with it. It more than likely dates back to the days of the glamour movies when Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy sang their way to blissful happiness and of course there was Alice Faye, Myrna Loy, and yes, even Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. It was boy meets girl, fall in love and! live happily ever after. I have never taken to the present offerings of. blood, thunder and sex. For-months Bright's have made their impact on me through their television advertisement that has been following, the evening CBC news. I have often wondered, is it only a fantasy or could there be some reality in the fact that when the bread winner winner goes home for supper with a bottle of Bright's President Very Special under his arm that the lights will dim, soft music begins and you waltz amid glittering chandeliers and winding •staircases. It got the better or me and a couple of days before Christmas I bought two bottles bottles of Bright's President at the local liquor store to give it a try. Nothing ventured nothing gained. 1 might have twigged there was going to be some disap-i pointment for when being checked out by Beverly Wakefield at the counter I asked if this was the wine that dimmed the lights and started soft music. I really didn't get a qualified answer, just raised eyebrows and a side glance. As things were somewhat hectic around the house due Sam .... at Queen's Park •Re: Increases in Workers' Compensation Benefits As we start a New Year; I am pleased to be able to bring good news to at least some of you. Shortly before the Legislature rose for the Christmas Break, Labour Minister Russell Ramsay'introduced Ramsay'introduced a bill to increase compensation benefits for the province's injured workeri by nine per cent, retroactive to ' last July 1. I have advised many people from the work force and this is welcome news. To reflect the growing participation participation of women in the work force, the new legislation legislation also changes the name of the Workmen's Compensation Compensation Board to the Workers' Compensation Board. The nine per cent increase applies to the range of benefits covered under the legislation. First and foremost, it means that the * ceiling on covered earnings will rise to $24,200 annually from $22,200. At the same time, it takes the minimum permanent total disability pension to $748 per month from $686 and the minimum temporary total disability allowance to $170 per week from $156. A dependent spouse's pension pension rises to $537 per month from $492 and there is an increase increase in the dependent children's pension to $149 monthly from $136. The pens' pens' or an orphaned depends»., depends»., child rises to $167 per > month from $153. The annual allowance for , the repair and replacement of clothing worn or damaged by a lower limb prosthesis or back brace rises to $316 from $290, while the allowance for an upper limb prosthesis goes to $158 from $145. In the unfortunate event of a worker's death, both the burial allowance and the jump sum payment to a widow or widower rise to $1,300 from $1,200. All of these revised benefits will be reflected in the compensation compensation board's pension cheques by the end of this month. The retroactive payments will be calculated separately. But the Minister has given his assurance that the board will do all it can to start paying the retroactive portion as soon as possible. The nine per cent adjustment adjustment has been made to mirror mirror current economic conditions conditions and reflect current inflation inflation rates. It also closely tracks recent wage adjustments, adjustments, which have moderated significantly in response to current economic conditions. As well as complying with . the spirit of the Government's inflation restraint program as it relates to provincially administered prices, incomes and benefits, we have an obligation to , recognize tire legitimate needs of injured workers. We believe the new legislation balances these tw<4 factors. Enlarges CAQCAM training programs Durham College, Oshawa, is substantially increasing its training program in Computer Computer Aided Design and to Christmas I stored the two bottles in the chicken house and would wait for a more opportune time. This came mid-week between the two holidays. With one bottle tucked under my arm I made my grand entrance. Nothing really really happened, the lights still glowed brilliantly and all I could hear was some hillbilly music from CHOO. It just may be that the bottle bottle has to be uncorked and you start pouring and at least turn off that hillbilly music. This procedure I followed through suppçr and extracted the last drop of Very Special on completing the reading of the Star. There was no doubt things were changing and maybe all that was needed was another nudge. So I slipped into my coat, stepped into my boots and pulled on a toque to visit the chicken house. Tucked the second bottle under my arm, walked around the house, and then changed my technique slightly by knocking knocking on the door so they knew I was coming. Nothing had changed other than I used some common sense and stored that Very Special wine in the frig to try another day. Bowmanville Drama Workshop rehearsing The Bowmanville Drama Workshop are rehearsing for their first musical comedy-"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Baçkstage crews are busy designing togas and tunicas, helmets and armor, shields and spears, curly beards and elaborate Roman hairdos-- everything to complement the Roman street scene which the set designer'and his crew are in the process of building. Taking leading roles are such familiar figures as John Amesbury, Vic Goad, Judy Bagshaw, Peter Sobil, and Norm Smith, You've seen what good actors they are: now is your chance to hear them sing on February 9, 10, 11, 12. Newcomers to the Bowmanville Drama Workshop stage are John Crookshank, Gerry Brooks, Shelley Gray, and Chris Kelly. Kelly. In addition there are six charming ladies (Betty Smith, Kathy Haick, Lana Rickard, Anna Blake, Doreen Cripps, and Carol Hancock) and three versatile young men (Don Chard, Kevin Rose, and Brad Reid.) Tickets are available at Ken Hockin Real Estate (623-4115.) Bowmanville High School Theatre 8:15 p.m. Admission $5.00 and $3,00. Seniors Free Wed. Feb. 9th. Computer Aided Manufacturing. Manufacturing. Durham has started new courses as of January 3, in co-operation with the Canada Employment and Immigration Immigration Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Colleges Colleges and Universities. There are 52 week courses with instruction for mechanical and electronic technicians. They have a strong CAD/CAM training component. The College is also running an eight week CAD/CAM techniques specialist certificate course for those with mechanical design experience or other appropriate appropriate technical background, as well as for employees of industries contemplating contemplating the installation of a CAD/CAM system. Under the province's Training in Business and Industry Industry program (TIBI II), Durham is customizing courses to a specific company's company's need, taught either aft the College or at the company. company. There is a five-day In-, troduction to Mechanical Design seminar, an eight-day program concerning Numerical Control using a CAD/CAM system, and an eight-day course "providing instruction on Printed Circuit Board Design using a CAD system. These courses have been run on both a continuous continuous basis and one day per week, and are designed to provide engineering personnel personnel with a basicr understanding understanding of a CAD system in a specific field. In addition, Durham Col-' lege is providing extension courses in CAD/CAM training, training, with a 48 hour course in introduction to Mechanical Design. Durham College is also including including extensive CAD/CAM training as a part of its regular post-secondary training training in the two and three year Mechanical and Electronical Technology programs. The CAD/CAM equipment is also used in conjunction with computer graphics in the Applied Applied Arts Interior Design program. In regard to Computer Aided Design, the College is equipped with a Computervi- sion Designer V unit with six terminals operating, a GAD DS4 and all the required applications applications software. From the standpoint of Computer Aided Manufàc- turing, Durham has a Hillyer TC40B 3-axis continuous path milling machine, and a Mori Seiki SL3 Lathe. The Computervision system at Durham College is scheduled for teaching 12 hours per day, five days per week. Outside of these times all CAD/CAM students have access on a 24-hour basis. Mel Hartwig Excavating ORONO ONTARIO 983-5140 EASIER STARTS-BETTER PERFORMANCE, For your car, truck, bus, chain saw, smowmoblle ■ snowblower, lawnmower SLICK 50 SAVE MONEY BY USING! MAKE MONEY BY SELLING! 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