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10, Orono Weekly Times, Wedniesday, December 8, 1982 Another sale at the bazaar Tresise. steps dow&., as DO-IT chairman' Harry Tresise, Chairman of the Durham Organization for Industrial Training, has announced that he is stepping down from this position as of the January meeting, when a new Chairman will be ap- poinîted. Harry has been Chairmnan oif Do-lt since the Spring of 1979, and workmng with bo;th Durham College and local in- dustry has helped the organization in regard to several, important initiatives including the Maintenance Mililwright Apprenticeship, the Metal Cutting Apprentic- ship, and the Electrical Ap- prenticeship programs, as well as Upgrading in various trades. More recently he bias been involved in setting up training programs in the Precision Mletal Fabrication andl the Motor Vehicle Mechanic trades. The retiring Do-lt Chair- mani is pleased with what the organ.izationi has accomplish-( cd during his term of office,' and is confident thiat it will continue to play an important part in mieeting the region's training neecls. Harry retired from General Motors after 40 years of ser- vice in October, 1980, and at that time was Supervisor of Hourly Employment. He was then the GM representative on the Do-lt Committee. Tresise will continue to be a miember of the Do-lt Com- mittee and wJII possibly assist the organization in some of its rtew endeavours. Kay Snell makes her pur-. Rebekah Lodge- bazaar onl Saturday from Marian Adams. chase at the annual Heather- Oddfello w's, Hall cro wded for bazaar Durham Coll ege offers new Micro Micro Computer technology is making signifi- cant changes within our organizations, and to date training has focused on the operation of the available equipment. Now it is possible to become aware of the potential offered by understanding readily available software, because the Durham College Con- ference Centre, is offering Micro-Computer Workshops starting in January. There will be four 21/2 day hands-on application workshops per mnonth scheduledi January through workshops June. There willlbe basic as well as specialized workshops. There will bc three specialized workshops. The first will examine ini depth the BPI Accounting package. The second focuses ex- clusively on VISICALC. Par- ticipants will gain a thorough ,xiderstanding of this ver- satile package. The third and final workshop will concen-, trate on WORDSTAR, a powerful and processing tool. These unique workshops are of special interest to organizations whicb have (Continued page 11) The Heather Rebakah last in the Orono Oddfellow's May Allen kept busy at their customers who visited the an- Lodge lheld a successful Hall. booth with the mnany nual event. Bazaar and Tea on Saturday Above Bertha White and At'home, step-by-step computer program coming1 on TV Ontarjo An at-home, step-by-step, 12 week learning opportunity in the operation of computers is being offered by TV On- tario through a pro,,gram call- ed TVO Academiy on Com- puters in Euain The pro- gram wîll begin Wlednesday, February l6th at 9:00 p.m.' on TV Ontario. The comprehiensive course materials consistý of Bits and Bites (a, 12 part television series focus in ont practice and theory along wt study guides, a variety oF readings, miulti-choiceqetinir, personîalized corres-pondence, topical nwltesaînid Con- tributions fromnumýý-erous Computerexrt More than 1300 people from Ontario have already registered in the TV Ontario Academy on Computers in Education and groups are springing up throughout the province to work together when the programi is aired beginning February l6th. To this end TVO is work- ing out a "buddy systemn" to match registrants geographically or by area of interest. The academy will also provide information about com-puter resources, such as comlputer clubs ùin any area in the provinceý. Some registrants are rallying thieir cornmuniti!esý in favoýur of com-puteor academy sýupport groups that offer program screeninfgs and access to com- puters. An optional 'Hands on Manuale is available and designed as a stand-alone aid for peoplewith access to a PET, Apple, or TRS-80 micro-comiputer., Registration, including the Hands-On Manual, is $59.00. (Without the Manual $53 .00.) Further information on registration and of a general nature is availabfle by writing TVO Academy von Com- puters in Education, Part- Timne Learnîng, TV Ontario, Box 2W, Station Oh, Toronto, M4T 2T1 or cati 4-84-2614. WORK WANTED D &R Custom Fenctng and ,' 1 custom chain-sawing 983-9627 or 623-7353 Orono, Ont. J'XMe' Fashions Main Si., Orono Phone 9n39341 The IatestiIn fashions for ail tîmes and ail needs We had a group of students here at Global recently, and as always, 1 got more out of them than they got out of me. Students have a knack of asking fundamental questions that make you think. About things like the Canadian identity ... ls there onie and what is it? About the virtues of the American melting pot theory versus multiculturalism. Only a Canadian would feel obliged to ask questions about his national identity, and the ques- tion itself is part of it. But we are different. We're not Americans, despite the tidal wave of American television, and we're not French or British either. We cannot be divorced entirely from the Caniadian climate and the Cana- dian geography, which continue to shape us. One of the students asked if the policy of multiculturalism, as op- posed to the melting pot approach, didn't perpetuate'divi- sions. 1 don't thîink so. The mrajor divisions are between Francophone and Anglophone, east and west. 1 know of no Greek Canadian or Chinese Canadian movernent to separate. Ethnic identification has neyer created problems in this country in my viev. ÎThird and fourth generation Scots, and thirctand fourth generation Irish, for example, tend to be proud of their backgrounds, and indukqe them from time to time, but they're Canadians first. The same Mill be true of the more recent ar'rivais tin anothler few generations. They'll recaîl their backgroundîs fondi y on na- tional or religious hoidays and the rest of the year; they'll be Canadian. In the meantim-re, the riewer arr ivaIs -- their shops and restaurants and associations, their languLa-ge, termusic, and their beifs gve our, urban centres colour and diversity, tend somie ant-tarity to the btandf outtlines of our sbra oit.CanaianMs dO aan identitY, and multiculturalism . s one of the rea.sons w1hy. That's flot news but that too is reaiity.