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aad a 12 -- PORT PERRY STAR = 'Wednesday, Adgust's, 1969' Smoking restrictions in Ontario workplaces to take effect Jan. | Labour Minister Gregory Sor- bara announced recently that, ef- fective Jan. 1, 1990, Ontario will become the first province in Canada to restrict smoking in the workplace. Mr. Sorbara's announcement follows passage of Bill 194, the Smoking in the Workplace Act, which received third reading in the legislature recently. First introduced November 30, 1988, the legislation will prohibit smoking in enclosed Ontario workplaces under provincial jurisdiction, except in smoking areas specifically designated by employers. Designated areas in which smoking is permitted will not be allowed to exceed 25 per Random Jottings by }.P. Hvidsten (from page 6) . down the hall with me, we were able to get a few hours sleep at a time. The plan has been working well, and in the last couple of weeks we have noticed a trend developing. Jamie, who is about half a pound lighter than Katie, is now only waking up once a night, while Katie continues to demand feeding twice a night. To be fair to each other we alternate nights for each of the girls, enabling one of us to get a bit more sleep every-other-night. Last Monday night when | came home from work about 10:00 p.m., | was extremely tired from the long day, and to make it worse | had a splitting headache over my left eye. Figuring the best thing for me to do was go to bed, | went into the dining-room (where we have crib and bassinet set up for the girls to sleep) to get Jamie and take her up to bed. Hav- ing been up with Katie twice the night before, | felt fortunate the rotation worked out in my favour on this night, as | was not feeling great. | proudly looked down at both of the girls, who were sleep- ing peacefu v; and after a moment to enjoy the scene, picked up Jamie and headed for bed. About 2:00 a.m. she began rustling in the crib, and a few minutes later the loud shrill cry of a hungry baby rang out. | was a bit surprised at how early she had awaken, but picked her out of the crib in the darkened room and made my way downstairs to warm up a bottle. It wasn't until | was sitting down on the couch with bottle in hand, and the baby facing toward me that | realized | had fads a mistake. | had taken Katie to bed with me instead of amie. Identical twins eh! I'm sure this is just the start of many in- teresting days ahead. cent of the total space of the workplace. Consultation with joint health and safety commit- tees in the workplace will be re- eel before an area can be esignated for smoking. Several key amendments were incorporated into the bill by the Legislative Assembly following public hearings last April. The amendments include: * a new definition of what con- stitutes a designated smoking area to ensure that the area is stationary; * an obligation on employers to make every reasonable effort to accomodate non-smoking employees who ask to work in a place separate from a designated smoking area; and * a provision which prohibits an employer from taking reprisal against an employee who has lodged a complaint under the Act. The legislation will cover all workplaces within provincial jurisdiction, encompassing ap- proximately 3.9 million workers at 233,000 workplaces -- more than 90 per cent of the province's workforce. These include retail, commer- cial, manufacturing and mining operations, hospitals, social ser- vice agencies and educational institutions. Residential workplace areas, such as hostels and detention cen- tres, will be excluded from the legislation, as will vehicles and areas in which the public is serv- ed, such as the public areas of restaurants. "Under this legislation, work areas in which smoking is permit- ted will be the exception rather than the rule,"' Mr. Sorbara said. A pamplet setting out rights and responsibilities under the legislation will be available from the Ministry of Labour later this summer. / Congratulations to the winner of our GRAND OPENING EXTRAVAGANZA ... Eunice Streeter of Janetville was the winner of Country Style Donut's Opening Ex- travaganza Patio Set. Presenting her with her prize are Ken Carruthers, manager of Port Berry Country Style Donuts (left), and Gord McMillan, manager of Canadian Tire. COUNTRY FRESH ... 270 SCUGOG STREET PORT PERRY, ONT. \_ . J COUNTRY GOOD ... Wa yz, ) ' Julle Byers, a member of the Cartwright Rangers will be leaving for Switzerland August 11 with a group of Rangers from Enniskillen. The group plans to spend ten days hiking in the Alps, followed by visits to Paris and Amsterdam. This will be the first trip to Europe for Julle, who lives in Black- stock. 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