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Boat Ramp Ownership The question of who is The residents seemed to feel privatey by thie residents at responsible for the installation that either counicil should their own expense. of a new boat launcbing rami) assume the responslbility of Mavor Rickard further comn- at the wbjarf site on the constructing a new ramp or mented that lie believes the lakefront of Newcastle Village hold the province responsibie first course of action to be the stili remains a mystery follow- and request that they replace determination of ownership of ing the committee of the whole the one removed. the land on which the new meetirîg Monday, Jan. 26th. Coun. Ken Lvall advised the ramp would lie bult. The matter -was first committee meeting that lie He suggested that if it is not brouglit to the attention of sometirne previotisly -wrote on municipal land or if the counicil on Jan. 19 when a' the provincial authorities la province was, not aaxious deputation a p peared c om- the Peerson of Mr. Drury and about it being constructed if laining tha the former received a reply that sugges- the land is theirs, adj*oining faunching ramp, which had ted there had neyer been a private land migtthrougli been built through the volun- launchin~ ramp on the site as negotiation 'With the owner, teer labor and shared costs of no recor of it was fouLnd. provide a location for 'a ramp. certain residents, was re- Mayor Riekard then comn- Count. Ivan Hobbs suggested moved when the provincial mented that there naturally that Coun. Lyaîl g et sworn govrament constructed the would not have been a record statements from te eople new wharf. of th-' rmn as it was but involved that the ramp was previously on the site and removed through the warf (-k reconstruction witb wbich counicil could re-approacli the province. A lot of friction on the highways is caused by haif of the drivers The. final decîsion of the trying to go fast enough ta thriII their'girlfriends, and the Cther committeýe Monday was that haif trying ta go si<nw enough to placate their wives. the matter be referred first to Planning Director George CLOTHES CARE HINTS: Howden, with consultation from Merle Brown if neces-, Guaranteed Cleanable that is the assurance you should receive sary to examine the assess- from the store when you buy new garmerits. mnt asn etr'n h Planto Atendtheownershipof the site. SIXTH ANNUAL NOVICE K N A Bowmanville Memnorial'Arena Saturdav, Februarv 7th, 1976 First Game Starts at8:00Oa.m. Bowmanvi*lld Cleaners Lti Se, King St. W. "We Specialize in Shiri «ER, Laundering", iL.. 623-5521 A one dlay Semîinar co-sponsored by Departmelt of Education, Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, Ontario and Durhamli egfion Centre Adiction Research Fouàndatipfl on 8:15a.M. -3:30p.mn. to be held at BOWMANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Liberty Street North For Information and PreW Registration Contact MRS. C. MCLAUGHLIN Education Department, Memorial Hospital Liberty St. S., Bowmanville, Li C 2N4 Phone 623-3331 (Extension 36) Fee $7.50 (Includes Lunch) A Memorial service was beld Suadgy afternoon la Kendal Churcb for the late Mr. Thos. Stevens who passed away Jan. l7tb at their farm home north of Kendal. The funeral service bad been la Toronto from the Memnorial Bedford Foundation. Follow- ing the memorial service their Kendal area friends had the 20 opportunity to meet Mrs. Stevens and ber famîly. A light lunch was served by the ladies. S Sunday morning's message by Rev. G. Montgomery was eatitled 'TheSupply Line'. He stated there were three ways to, keep, in communication with God, through p rayer; the readiag of t eBib le; and by attendhn:g church. Kendal Browaies with their leaders Mrs. Geo. MacDonald. Mrs. Gordon Langstaff and Miss Gail Younigman enjoyed a sleigh-riding party Saturday afternoon at the farm of Mr. Allen Downes. Mr. Downes supplied the team and sleighs. Hot chocolate was inter served to the Brownîes. Weekend visitors with Mrs. Thos. Stem~ were Professor and Mrs. ',Jim Stevens and family of Guelphi; Mr. and Mrs. John Stevens of Ottawa; Mr. and Mrs. J. Hellebust and family of Toronto and bier sister Mrs. Porteous of Win- nipeg. At the card p arty la Kendal h1all last Friday eveýPng the winners were as follows: Lady's high - Mrs. Joyce Stacey; Lady's low - Mrs. Jill Hancock; Gent's high _ Alex Moffatt and Gent's low - John Switzer. The 50-50 draw was won by Mrs. George Dunlopof Orono. There will be another card party on Feb. l3th. Mrs. R. Efiîott calied on ber cousin Mrs. John Thompson of Millbrook last Wednesday evening. Mrs. W.H. Foster is spend- ing a week or so at the home of Mr. and, Mrs. Robert Car- ruthers of Bowmanville.> Misses Linda and Sheila Langstaff spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Demontigny and Miss Debbie Langstaff of Kitchener. Every Party Has Pushed Towards Sociais By John W. Foote Since 1 have experimented in a small way with being a columnist 1 have studied carefully the tech- niques and substance of the profes- sionals whio are widely read and whose wotk is'in demand. ,I have come to the conclusion that most of them (including me) are highly opinionated,' and that often they write about subjects of which they have little professional know- ledge. Today, the possession of a B.A. degree gives the bolder very littie dlaim. to being an educated person- except in a very limited field. 1 know something of theology, philosophy, and history; and from a practical point of view, a little about politics. About medicine, law, economics, accounting, business administration and science, I know practically nothing. These extensive gaps in know- ledge, exist for most politicians who are respônsible for running the country. Sometines I tbink we would be better off, if the politicians would simply set their priorities for essential services, and the reason- able maximum of revenue by taxation, and then hire the best group of professional experts, to run it: Preferably beaded by a man like Maxwell Henderson. Perbaps you think that is about what goes on now. Not at ail, far from it. The political leaders have their eyes on votes, on getting re-elected and staying in power. This is what, to a great extent, sets policy. This is the great political sin. I arn not so gloomy as to say it will bring about our immediate ruina- tion, but it is creating our present problems. We will likely survive, because in the long run, if we keep on the way we are going we will run out of ,money and credit. We will then have a few generations who will have to get back to real austerity and real hard work. The idea of letting top experts run the country, with politicians as the "front" peo ple, was advanced by George Bernard Shaw in bisplay "Back to Metbuselah." In it, the English decided tbey were hopeless in practical details of government, and they hired Chinese experts to run the whole business. The Chinese, in turn imported natives of Scotland to run their own country, on' the ,grounds that only strangers are impartial, and impar- tiality implies justice., The PM in Shaw's play objectec that' "it ends in the public service being so good that the government has nothing to do but to think. " His advisor counters with,' "Where it otherwise. 'the government would have too much to do, to think. The English people always did elect parliaments of luratics. Wbat does it matter if your permanent officials are honest and competent? " Today, the poiitics of the Queen's Park are more than ever in the history of our province, tied in with the policies of thc federal govern- ment. We have in effect a temporary coalition to fight the common foe inflation. It is for that reason, that the utterances of Prime Minister Trudeau have great revelance for us. His last T.V. interview bas created a storm, of protest, and many are confused as to what hie meant. H1ebas said that the present ,system is not working very well, and tht seems to be a truthful statement. H1e says he has called the people tc unite in a voluntary fight againsI inflation. He says, further, that if wE refuse to do if willingly, thE government will put more pressurE on'us, to compel our support. The interpretation by some is thal the free enterprise systemn is beinî threatened! When is it, that we made thi. discovery? Surely, it has been apparent foi years that Liberal and ConservativE governments have led us haif wa3 down the road to socialism.' Are we shocked at having oui liberties curtailed? Not at ail, w( love it. We insist that we Nj legislated, into morality, sobriety safety on the higbways, even th( hours that we do our shopping. I amn giad that the PM has got w stirred up, we may become, ies supine. wiii Listen to Consulta rits When Agree on Committee not anxious to comffly witli a letter from Ontario Hydro informiag, that their Consuit- ing firm is prepared to speak to councîl withà respect to the Darlington Generating Plant and liaison commîttee being formed. Coun. Ana Cowman spear- headed the objections to such an idea pending the liaison committee being set Up. expressing the opin Hydro are convenieni lang things their way. She suggested that go to Hydro advis when council and Hy, come to terms on t committee,' one of tasks will be to listE McLaren firm. Otherwise Coun. feels that Hydro wili "New Exper Beutifu. Arni \rBond Towers 44 Boni Downtown Osh i New Fashions ving Daily onb trttb OSHAWA Shopping MaPl d St. W. awa 576-71,52 SQUARE A "New Experiment" is roposed for the Town of Newcastle Ratepayers Assoc- iation by its President Ron Aîjr.ttLyotte was recently i elected as the new presideat of the organization, replacing its first year president John, Liptay. The trend of Mr. Amyotte's thinking is to stir a new interest la the Ratepayers to mraintain it as an organization goiag outwards to thbe people rather than becoming an inward clique "where a few individuals try in vain to force their will onto the elected representatives and eventual- ly dissolve." The reasoning bebind the "4new experiment" is that the number of people- participat- ing at the ratepayers meetin$s has dwindied . "Tihe novelty is over and we are at the crossroads," Mr. Amyotte 5U e P.esident for-sees that the new experiment "mnay make this organization a viable compliment to the democratic process, by the people and to their govera- ments. " "To do this we will have to put our faith in2 our fellow citizens and to believe that a, collective judgment of Our people isby far, superior to the judgment of any one person," Mr. Amyotte ex- plains. t is therefore bis aim, rather than merely having the association's directors resolve public issues and place. their resolutions before the proper authorities, to direct the facts to the public (ail the public) and ask them to vote on the resolutions. He feels that la this way "we would be providing our res- idents witb a voice la their goverament between elect- ions. t would be their voice and their votes tog!ether with ours and not alone," lie believes, and, "we would also be providing their chosen representatives witb guidance, la their bard decisions." as wisbes to continue to people would like what 'the people' wc Finally, Mr. Am: the immediate neE organization as bei: îtly twist- snowjob. She believes it neces- Y. sary to have the expert t a regly advîsors, which the liaison îigtat com mittee will have the ~dohave power to cali on, to assure that helaison the. termis of reference are its first right or suggest that certain Len to the facets b e deieted or added. The committee carried a Cowman motion to the effect of what only give Coun. Cowman suggested. ative who stitution, 'a set of rules to oserve the govera the organization and to know its officers (încludiag the ou1d like. " president) so that we may yotte sees prevent any inward move- ed of the ment where decisions are ng a con- made la isolation." Tax Corner By John Manuel,, C.G.A. Other Deductible Investments 1Last week's columa deait with Registered Retirement Savings Plan whicli enabled the average taxpayer to set aside earnings until future years and defer tax on those savings. This week, we will look at one more way of doing the same thing. Registered Home Ownership Savings Plans (RHOSP) Unlike the RRSP, where tax is paybe wlien amounts are witbdrawn, the RHOSP plan need neyer be taxed if thie eventual withdrawal is àp- e lied to theý purchase of a orne or home furnishings. Up to $1,000b per year may be investedby eacli taxpayer and deducted from bis taxable inconie. Who may Contribute? Any taxpayer of at least 18 years of -age resident of Canada, who dId not, during 1975 own or share la. the ownership of a home, may star t a plan. If a man and wife live in an apartment, and botb have income, eacb of them may start a plan and mnay invest $1,000 each. If a home is registered la only one of the'ir niames, the other may start a plan separately, if he or she bas income to deduct it from What are the Limits! Each contributor is limited to $i,000 per year of contribu- tions to a lîfe-tîme limit of $10,000 each. If a man and wife both start a plan, a total of $2o0'000 will thereflire be possi- ble if they both have income of their own and neither ownaa home during the life of the plan. With accuinulated la- terest,, much more than thîs, mn y eventually be witbdrawn la thbeend witbout taxation if it is applied to a borne or furnishings. There is no Ean- ed Income calculation to be made, and no maximum age limit, but a person may have ony ne plan in slfetime. Contributions up to Marcb 1 are eligible for deduction from 1975 tax returas. Definitioiis A "home" includes aay bouse, cottage, farm, condo- minium or a permanent mo- bile home. Ownership of any of these during the, year prevents y ou from starting a plan, and buyiag one from thle proceeds of the plan will enable tax-free drawings. "Home Furnishing s" in- cludes furniture, appliances, curtainS, or carpeting, but does not indu de outdoor furniture or equipmeat. Spendîng the proceeds on these items 'means tax-free withdrawals, but owniag tbem la the first p lace does not prevent you from starting a plan. Other Matters. RHOS's may be bouelit at most banks, trust and insur- ance companies, and any contributions made up to March 1, 1976 will lie deducti- ble la 1975. Interest on money borrowed to buy a RHOSP is ixot deductible since the eventual proceeds will not be taxable. Unlike the Ontario grant system, owning a home la previous years does not pre- vent you from starting a pilan. If, at some future tîme, you decide not to buy a home, there are stili ways to transfer the funds into other tax-saving plans, such as an RRSP, but the eventual withdrawais may not be completely tax-free. Booklets are avaîlable where plans are sold which -cover these and other matters related to RHOSP's.' Next week - Income Averag- ing Annuities. Council Meeting OnmPort Hopru N Before Weekend Council Committee of the Whole Jan. 26th were further confronted with the matter of Ithe possibiiity that contamin- ated f ili being removed from t around St. Mary's school and other locations in Port Hop e is being dumped at the P ort Granby site. e Council recently made a j decision to h ave the Director e of Works Jack Dunham laves- Stigate the matter and report back." it was also decided that if S Mr. Dunham's fiadings were positive the town solicitor wouid be requested-o take s necessary action to put a stop e "forthwith" to such practices. h Coun. Ken Lyail questioned what findings had been made by Mr. Dunham and was yT advised by Clerk Joe Mcflroy - that a report from the works director had been received .e and referred to the solicitor B Ed McNeeiy, to take the ýr necessary action. ýr Such facts indicating that Mr. Dunham's findings were p ositive brought Coun. Kirk adEtwisle to consider it a ,e "serious matter" and move that a meeting be called by the It Mayor before the end of this week o deai with it. n' ates Are 3t Inereasing e "They're încreasing the e rates but not the service" e Coun. Ivan Hobbs commented atMonday's council session with respect to Bell Canada. tt WCoun. Hobbs made the [g comment as council was concurring with a recominen- dation from the Community is Services Committee that a meeting be held with Bell to r determine if revisions, as a 'e first tp ol be possible [y the telephone, directory. Coun. Ann Cowman is the trinstigator of the requestbeing ie her Courtice resdence being e listed under Oshawa la the directory. The recommeadation of the ie committee is that "Bell Can- ada be contacted with re gard IS to realigning their telepone districts to recognize the Town ss of Newcastle boundaries."' Foliowing explanations, by -Coun. Cowmnan of ber inten- tion, Coun. Hobbs supported her aims as lie is most co1 ncerned with the long dis- tance charges iacurred when phoning fo Orono to Bow- manville and vice-versa. His conceras are mainly that people calling -cnuncil ME thî fa( ch; ME ca un: col 51. fe. wî ral th( The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvilie, February 4, 1976 3 embes a loatios ohercomment on the rates goine Up anmunici ai builins, ahr and the service not increasing., ian uni ipa b uldi g s, ar .Coun. C ow m an has hopes iced with the iong dista ht the directory may be iarges, as are the council revsed to an overail section iembers in returning such under the heading of the Town lîs. He sees it as an of Newcaste andthen broken necesary expense. down interially, numbers, Coun. Don Allin cautioned rgrdless of thexh nge uncil in proceeding wîth t are , ei e sexchnder ch a request to Bell as he they iarestonig litdune ,ared that if they comely No date has been chosen for ith council's wishes, higner suc h a meeting to be heid aes will be appiied lna1lieu of pendine word from Bell on the e ion g distance charges., possibi ity of holding such and Thai, brought- Coun. Hobbs' when. ATTENION-HOME OWNERS SAVE BYOURSEL ALUMINUM PRODUCTS, Siding - Soffits - s eamliess Eavestroughs - Facia Boards Windows and Doors J - Kaiser Direct FactorY Branch INSTLLAIONIF REQUIREP. SUPREME 1 Oshawa Limited Warehouse and Showroomn 894 Simcoe Street N. 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