New regulations for drivers in force RE. New Regulations for Drivers 14, lune, 1982. In recent months the Minister of Transportation and Communications bas in- troduced legislation to impIe- ment a number of measures whîch will affect Ontario's drivers. First, amendments to the Highway Traffic Act, have been introduced whîch wîll make the use of child restraint devices compulsory for children five and under. Children in this age group or weighing less than 23 kilos (50 lbs) have been exempt under Ontario's existing seat belt laws due, primarily, to the lack of adequate federal governing vehicle restraints for small children. Proposed provinicial regulations will have youngsters weighîng less than nine kilogranis (20 lbs) pro- perly in portable, rear-facing infant carriers. Children between nine and 18 Kilograms (20 to 40 lbs) will have to be properly* buckled in chld seats while travelling in a vehicle regular- ly used by a parent or guar- dian. A child in this category, travelling in a vehicle belong- ing to somecone other than the parent or guardian, wiII have to be properly secured ini a lap belt or approved child seat, while children weighing 18 kilogramis (40 lbs) or more, will be required to wear lap belts in motor vehîcles. Exemptions wîll becnmade for those travelling in taxis, buses, public vehicles, short- term rentai or out-of pro- vince vehicles. Violation of the proposed regulations could brîng a driver a fine ranging from $20 to $100. In order to alleviate the financial strain on parents, "loaner" programs offering approved restraint devïces, My wmte and 1 have recently returned from a three week trip ta England and Scotland. Quite by accident, we stumbled on a small hotel .in Skye which someone ought to Write a book about. It was the family home of the Col- onel of a Scottish regiment who died a couple of years ago. He must have been a wonderful man, according to, guests who knew himr, given on occasion to donning his kilt, taking up his pipes and pacing up and down the large tiled hall, playing his lungs out. His widow, a wonderful woman with a fulsomne English accent, a convulsive sense of humor and a cane, wvas our hostess. She was born in Poona, India. Her husband, the Colonel, when he wvas alive, divided lis time between a tea plantation in India, tw,,o wars, and this, the family seat, on Skye. One end of the house wvas old Skye stone, perhaps 300 years old, and the other end, wvith a massive stone portico and tower, was century-old Victorian. Inside, its huge, high- ceilinged rooms were stuffed with mahogany furniture, prints, crystal, silver, and an incredible welter of Victorian memorabilia - hunting trophies, spears, walking sticks, Indian brass - that would keep a Canadian antique store selling fiat out for five years. We slept in a huge room with a large double bed known by the hotel as --the Sahara deser-t", among furnishings that would have equipped a museum. The bathroom, complete with fireplace, was down the hall, and the cnviee"was in a roomn of its own - a huge mahogany-bench-like thing with a sign near the chain in the Colonel's own printing: "The Thunder Box", it read. -Three gentle pulls in quick suc- cession do the trick. Then stand clear." No idle warning that. Three moderate tugs, and it -was like unleashing Niagara Falls. Our hostess, with dry Anglo wît, regaled us with stories about the perils of hotel-keeping as, we sat in front of the fire in the drawing-roomn having tea. One about the elderly guest who had been watching the rabbits on the front lawn, when her daughter tapped her on the shoulder, and said "look at this". The lady wheel- ed around to look at "this", which turned out to be a stuif- ed tiger head, on the wall just behind her. She uttered a fearful screech, staggered back and clutched the first ob- ject within reach. A grandfather dlock. The dlock felI over on top of lier, and our hostess, hearing the shriek and the crash, ran f rom upstairs to see what had happened. She found her elderly guest pinned ta the floor by the dlock, lying face down on top of lier. When shezextricated the lady, she tried to reassure lier about the damage, saying that the clock hadn't run in years. They stuffed the spare parts back into the thing, put it upriglit again, and forgot about it. At midnight, the dlock began to chime, for the first time in years. Then there was the time they had a tour bus arriving, and the linon wvasn't back from the laun- dry on the mainland. They used 40 damask tablecloths ta make up the beds. The colonel used ta say, apparent- ly, that any guest wvho camie back for a second visit was something of a maniac. Well, put me down as dotty, please. If I'm ever privileged to go again, il will be for a month at least. 'Iat's not news, but that too is reality. are being set up in mnany On- tario communities. The On- tario Safety league is the um- brella organization pro- mot ing these p r og rarus ... p rimnia r i1y through the Jaycettes in varlous towns and cities. Young children are ex- tremnely vuinerable each time they travel unprotected in the famnily car. For example, in 1980, 18 Ontario children were killed and 1,695 injured in motor vehicle accidents. It is believed that child restraint law wiIl go a long way towards protecting young children from death and injury while travelling in the family car. Children who travel in. school buses will also do s0 more safely as a resuit of another change to the Highway Traffic Act. Beginning Sept. 1, 1982, drivers moving in either direction who fail to stop for a stationary school bus with alternating red signal lights flashing front and back, will be subject to stiffer penalties. Fines will be increased for first offences and jaau sentences may be imposed as well as increased fines for subsequent offences. Demerit points deducted for failure to stop will in- crease from four to six. And the stopping distance will be set at 20 metres behind the school bus. The installation of stop armas on school buses will be requîred, hopefully for Sept. 1, 1983, to further indicate to rnotorists when a school bus has stopped to pick up or let off passengers. The installation and maintenance of crossover mirrors on school buses is also being called for to assist bus drivers in seeing children crossing in front of the vehi- cle at ail times. Congratulations to aIl of those graduates fro.m Durham College and to al of the supporters of the Village of Newcastle Arena as they commenorated the burning of their mortgage Saturday, May 29th. Might 1I thank Capt. Ellis Cuff of the Bowmanville Salvation Army and ail rmembers of the con- gregation for ha ving such a lovely celebration for the Army's 100 years in Canada. Senator Thompson addresses Senate Senator Andrew Thomnp- son, a resident of the Kendal area, addressed the senate in Ottawa recently in respect of a report entitled 'Manpower in Canada's Armed Forces". Senator Thompson is a member of the sub- committee which tabled the report in the Senate in February and as a member of the senate has travelled across Canada,, the United States and in Europe studying the condition of the Canadian Armed, forces. Senator Thompson em- phasized that the Canadian Armed Forces is to act as a deterrent and to maintain peace in our fragile and hor- rendous world situation of today. He pointed out to the Senate that Canada's defence spending as a percentage of gross national product is next to that of the lowest nation, Luxemburg. 'Thompson referred to the spending of $500 billion an- nually in producitlg more devastating and more ex- Eldorado opera tes tirs t quarter ifoss Eldorado Nuclear h-as, like many other industries been hit with a decline in profits to the point that for the first quarter of 1982 they registered a net loss of $1,242,000 compared to a net earning of $1 6,125,000 in the same period in 198 1. The decline bas been at- tributed to increased costs for exploration, administration, research- and development. Increased costs in carrying debt load has also affected the company's position. Revenue during the first three months bas increased by 34 percent over the same period in 1981 but expenses have in- creased at a greater percen- tage. Newcastle I-ays plans for employment -fund The General Purpose Committee gave approval to a staff recommendation that the Town of Newcastle apply for $90,850 made available to the Town tlirough an Ontario Employment Incentive Pro- gram. The application lias to be before the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Hous- ing before the end of the month. Application for funding is above the $90,850 mark but it was feit by staff that addi- tional funds may be available if ail allotments are not taken up at this time. The Province is providing the $90,850 to Newcastle for labour cous associated with projects to repair and renovate public property. Projects submnitted miust be approved by the province. In the report to comm-ittee Don Smnith suggested projects which liad been included in the 1982 budget as funding would be available for material costs. He did state that work on the Bowmian- ville Town Hall would re- quire a draw of funds from the Facilities Improvement Reserve fund for material costs. lncluded in list of pro- posaIs were the Orono Fire Hall renovations, ighting, roof repairs, windows etc. at the Bowmanville Town Hall which would also include ex- terior cleaning and interior repairs to walls and ceilings, floor coverings, washroom renovations as well as ex- terior and interior painting. The works would also in- clude a new ramp at the Bowmianville Fire Hall, in- terior painting and roof repair at the Bowmianville Arena, repairs to the roof at the Visual Arts building and other works. cruciating hardware capable of extermninating alI on our- planet as obscene insanity. This is being undertaken by the large nations in the world. He then spoke of the stockpiling of over 50,000 nuclear devices and that one of these devices had a destructive capacity Well over 1 million times that of the bomb used at Hiroshima. It was also pointed out that 44 counitries now have the capacity to detonate a nuclear device. Thompson said he welcomes the present ground swell of public concern for arms control 'and eventual dîsarmament but pointed out that such groups have hiale effect in authoritarian count- tries. The senator referred to a statement by Dr. Fetterly who when helping to deparate the boron needed to stabilize the bomb said, "We have the knowledge for the detonation of the bomb but not the wisdom in the use of this knowledge. Thompson said there are Soviet subs off the east coast of Canada equipped with nuclear missiles and lie thankeçi God that the United States had kept pace in pro- ducing weaponry as a deter- rent against that of the Soviet Union. Thompson was of the.opi- nion that the best way Canada could contribute to peace at this point was to meet its obligations in NATO. Here he said mnany nations, including Canada, were not meeting their responsibilities. In his address Senator Thompson referred to the Canadian Navy and stated that if an on-going ship building program was not in- stituted the fleet would be halfed over the next 20 years. He emphasized the need of the fleet in case of war and noted the tremendous moye- muent of troops and supplies in such a case. Thompson said that he had tried to emphasize that one of the principal means by which we can avoid the horror of a nuclear holocaust is through the support of the armed forces in contribution, along wvith that of our ;ýlIies, to act as dleterrents. Orono Arena Improvement and Projeci Fund Father's Day Turkey Supper Sunday, June 2Oth Serving from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Aduits $6.00 - 12 & under $3.00 For Tickets phone 983-5858 or 983-5840 Also available at Mom's Kitchen or at the door The Teaches and Students of the Co-operative Education Program hqClarke High Sehool would like to express tlteir appreciation to ail eniployers of this consmunity who offered to participate in the pro granm. The learning experienced by the students is in- rvalu«able. A most sincere "THANK YOU"I. Ace Submarine Mr. R. Adams Allen's I.D.A. Mr. H. Aluin Mr. N. Allun Artistic fBarber & Beauty Salon Bank of Montreal Decker's Bolahood's Sportî flowmanvllle Nursery School Bowmanville Publie Library Downmanviile, Vetertnary Clinic Canadian Protection Services Canadian TireCorp. Carnation Flnat Curvply Wood Design Duncan Hair Designl Durham Board of Education Durham Farmer's Co-op Durhame Regional Police Dykstra's Delicatessen East Oshawa Animal Clinic Edna May Th.impson Day Care Edvan Realty Flying Dutchman Ganaraka Region Mr. D. Gibson Glenbolme/Maplewood Center Heard Electric Hoar's Garage Mr. J. Hooey Mr. J. Kent Kirby General Store La Femme Coiffure Lake Electric Lieffer Auto Body Little Jean's Deauty Salon D)r. MIcArthur Mercer's Garage Ministry of Natural Resources Mom's Kitclîen Mr. G. Moton Neighbourliood Nursery Newcastle Day Care Newcastle Garage Newcastle Lumber Newcastle Memnorial Arena Newcastle Memorial Library Newcastle Pulbic School Newtonville Public Sehool Ontario Orienteering Aunec. Ontario Provincial Police Ontario St. Publie School Orono flair Cure Orono Nursery School Orono Public School 2Orono Towing & Repairs Orono-Weekly Times OSSTF Mr. H. Partuer Flbg. Pauline's Specialty Sbop Petch Stables Pines Senior Public School Mr. P. Rhley Mr. G. Robinson Roîpli Dominion Hardware Roots flair Design Royal Bank of Canada Mr. D. Staples Mr. G. Stapleton Stedmen's Mer. B. Tamblyn Taunton Road Animal Hospital Tower flair Hut U.A.W. Van Belle's Garden Center Village Bake Shop Wallace Auto Supply Mr. D). Westbrook Wigger's Customn Furniturle Wllmihot Orchards