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Education with Terry Hawkins Well, I was really proud of myself the other day. One of my boys hàd gone off to play at a friend's house and was to come home at noon. However noon hour had passed by with no sign of him. I phoned his friend's bouse but he wasn't there anymore so the next half hour was spent touring the area to find him. There was no emergency involved, it was just that we were leaving town at 2:00 p.m. for an engagement forty miles away and we wanted him home to get ready to leave. Well he didn't make it home by 2:00 p.m. and I was getting pretty "up tight". I was mumbling things like "I'm going to ground him for a year" or "he's going to get a spanking like he hasn't ever had before." At 3:00 p.m. he still hadn't showed and my mood was at an all time low. I had to cancel my engagement. The air was blue, but distinctly tempered now by a little worry that maybe something had happened to him. I had no grounds for a big worry but parents always have grounds for a little worry, so I decided to allow myself to worry a little bit. That made me think of what a wonderful boy he is and all the tremendous things he has done and how proud I am of him. It wasn't very long before I realized that his good characteristics greatly out- weighed his being late. I found myself defending him and saying things like, "this is the first time in a long time that he's let me down," and "it's just because I missed my appointment that I'm annoyed. On any other day his lateness wouldn't have really appeared all that serious." As a result I decided that when he arrived I would talk to him calmly, I would give him a chance to explain, I would express my disap- pointment and seek his assurance to co-operate better in the future. I have just returned from "Sunny" Califor- nia with lots of exciting news in the hair and clothing fashion world. Did I say "Sunny" California. I should have said "Rainy" California. I spent 10 days in a cold rainy, Los Angeles where the sun never shone and the hotel never turned off the air conditioner. It was good to get home and warm up. Even though the weather was terrible I had a fantastic time. You can learn to adjust to anything if you really want to. Like sitting in a covered boat on the Jungle Cruise in Disneyland and won- dering why you are the only one dripping wet andrealizing in dismay you have sat under the opening that allows people to get on the boat without having to duck their heads. Another choice moment was sit- ting down to an early lunch hoping the rain would stop while eating. Well, it stopped while we ate lunch and the sun almost peaked out from behind the clouds. The minute we finished and reached the door it poured down again. So armed with my curly erm and warm ýsweater off we set and had a fabulous day sloshing around in puddles like a bunch of kids. Well, I got a little Sounds great, but could I pull it off or would I "blow up" because I was still pretty annoyed. At ten to five he wandered into the house as if nothing were wrong. He waved and said "hi dad" as he went directly to the fridge. He didn't have a clue that anything was wrong. How absolutely infuriating. Not only had he not come home on time, he didn't even realize it. The hour of reckoning had arrived. I was ready to pounce and then I suddenly remembered my plan. I was amazingly calm. I asked him why he hadn't come home at noon like I asked. He wasn't hungry he said so they just kept on playing and he didn't realize the time. Then he started to tell me about the snow fight where everyone used garbage pail lids as sheilds and was it ever fun. Well, even I can remember how much fun that was, so when he told me about it and said he was sorry for being late there didn't seem to be much more to do. I told him I was disappointed and concerned about the incon- venience he had caused. He said he was too, so we both smiled and forgave each other. As I said eariler, I was really proud of myself. It would have been so easy to have "blown my top", but I didn't and as a result I felt better and my boy was exposed to an im- portant lesson. It's possible to solve a problem and to resolve differences without anger. Punishment is not always the best first step when someone does something wrong. Maybe some day when someone in- conveniences my son he will be a lit- te more understanding and calm in dealing with them as a result of the lesson. I hope so. The true meaning of the word discipline is to teach. I think that he will remember the lesson I taught him that day. carried away with the weather, when actually I wanted to talk about why I was in Los Angeles. I was there to attend Redken's 14th annual International Seminar along with visitors from about 9 other countries. This is the 2nd one I have at- tended and was amazed at the increase in inter- national visitors. There were about 1300 Cosmetologists from all over the world. Some of the countries represen- ted were South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Germany, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Monday evening's programme was en- titled "Around The World In Eighty Minutes", an Inter- national Extravaganza with each country presenting their top stylists. Canada was represented by Martin Parsons from Toronto, one of our top stylists and owner of Van Fyke advanced School of Hair Design. He was cheered on by over two hundred Canadian Cosmetolo- gists from all over Canada, wearing Redken Team Canada T-shirts and waving the Canadian flag, (picked upfrom the hotel lobby by some enthusiastic fan). The evening was a great success. Sunday afternoon we were honored with a sneak preview of New York's Spring Fashions, a collection of 6 designs. These fashions were flown out of Los Angeles Tuesday night heading for New York and the Spring Fashion release. Ladies and Gent's will be happy to hear that fashion is leading us back to the romantic, feminine woman, both in clothing and hair styles. Women have proven themselves in a man's world and they no longer have to dress the part in tailored suits, pants, shirts and ties, they are free now to dress like a woman and feel romantic and feminine and still put in a days' work in the business world. Women we have the best of two worlds, let's enjoy it. After seeing the fashions of the everyday woman it was a real treat to meet costume designer Bob Mackie the genius who creates all those luscious gowns for T.V. musical stars. He is also a 3 time Emmy Award winner for movie designs. He talked about the glamour and ex- citement behind the T.V. screens and presented a fashion show of his designs which included costumes worn by Chris and Carol Burnett in their T.V. shows. Their fans recognized many of the gowns modelled in- cluding Cher's famous Indian Song costume. The gowns are designed for entertaining in and many cases the enter- tainer could not sit down once the gown was on. A point of interest Mr. Mackie's bottom line price for a design is $2500 and can go higher than $10,000. In the 10 days I stayed in California, 4 solid days were spent in classes, educating myself in the beauty in- Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Februarv 7. 1979 7 Discuss District Plans at Speck A district plan for Courtice and a development plan for the hamlets of Tyrone and Haydon will be presented to the town's planning and develop- ment committee February 19. These plans, once finalized and approved by Town Council, local residents, Durham Region and the Provin- ce, will govern future growth and develop- ment in these areas. Debate arose at lat Thursday's committee meeting over whether or not to allow the public and the press into this meeting. Meet in Camera Director of Planning, Leslie Kristof, has asked that the initial presentation of the plans take place in camera. He said that when the plans first come before the com- mittee, they are in a preliminary stage and will not necessarily be accepted as is by the committee. Coundil might request certain changes to the plans, he argued, and if information gets out prematurely, people who "jump the gun' in land transactions could be hurt financially. It's Council's job, he said, to represent the people. "We can't have 30,000 people sitting around discussing one plan." Mr. Kristof added that district plans are presented to Council in secret the first time in every municipality. Af- ter they receive Coun- cil's authorization, they are then presented to dustry and 6 more days were spent in educating myself in the people in- dustry. I met many wonderful people from all over the world and I tell you there is nothing like "People Power." I want you to do something for yourself. Tomorrow when you get out of bed, look in the mirror, smile and say, "I am a wonderful per- son and today I am going to go out and meet another wonderful per- son." If each day you make an effort to meet one new person, even if you just smile and say, It's a beautiful day, you will soon know "People Power". Have a good week. Pontypool All parents are urged to attend a Drug Information Program in Grandview School on Tuesday, February 13th at 7:30 p.m. Some parents and the police approached Mr. Capeling about arranging such a program for the community. Constable R. Par- rington of the Ontario Provin- cial Police will be present to put on his drug demonstration- presentation. Mr.Capeling has already had the opportunity to see and evaluate this present- ation and highly recommends it to ail parents - nlot only to parents of teenagers but to aill parents. We read everyday in the papers about young people on drugs and drug-related crimes. We think that only the larger towns and cities have such problems but we must face up to the truth. Drugs are prevalent in the smaller areas as well and it is up to us, as responsible parents, to become as well informed on the subject as possible. You can show your interest by attending this very important program on Tuesday, Febru- ary 13th. The Pontypool Generals Ball Team is holding a Benefit Dance this Saturday night. (See Coming Events.) Perform a death-defying act. Give Heart Fund. the p meetin How with 1 sever munic that of or are distric Newca one tog durin discus! Cou Cowm sents Meeting FÉ ublic at a future and Hayden, said she is îg. totally against barring vever, contact the public and the press Durham Region's from the meeting on n other February 19. She said it ipalities revealed is up to the committee to those which have decide whether it wants going through the to view the plans in et plan process, camera or not but istle is the only stressed she will not be exclude the public bound by that ruling. ig initial "Immediately after the sions. meeting I will be ncillor Ann available to freely an, who repre- discuss it," she warned. Courtice, Tyrone "I represent 100 hb.9 square miles of territory and until I hear from the people I will not be presum- ptuous enough to say what should go on in their hamlet. I cannot be party to discussing plans for their property, for their hamlet and for their town in camera. Councillors Agree Most of the other councillors agreed with Mr. Kristof that the first presentation of the plans should be behind closed doors. Mayor Garnet Rickard pointed out this is the way council has always been briefed and district plans. Councillor Keith Barr said such a procedure is not intended to hide anything or exclude anyone, it is simply an attempt to get something fairly definite down on paper to take to the public. If the first meeting was open, he said, there would likely be several people there asking permission to speak. You'd tend to get a ,whole flock of different ideas and council might never arrive at a satisfactory document to take to the rest of the community, he ex- plained. Further, there is always the possibility, he said, that if someone finds out council intends to change the designation of a piece of property from residen- tial to commercial, he could take advantage of the owner of the proper- ty in land transactions if the owner is unaware of the proposed change. Councillor Bill Clarke argued that it would be premature to allow the public to see something before council has a chance to examine it, especially if some changes are reauired. TELEPHONE 623-6555 JOHN MANUEL, C.G.A. 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