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OrOn Weýk1y TitiesWeidnesday, May 15, 1996 - 3 Congratulations On May 3, 1996, Denise Joy Wright of Iona, P.E.I., daughter of Debra Roche, Iona, P.E.I., granddaughter of Elgin and Madeline Heard, Newcastle and great- granddaughter of Doris Hall and the late Royal Hall of Bowmanville graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, with an honours diploma in Animal Science Technology. ORONO U.C.W. Unit One, U.C.W. met at the home of Dorothy Barnett on May 8, 1996. Bertha White, assisted by Edna Chapman conducted the meeting. Members were reminded of the U.C.W. church service on June 2nd with speaker, Mary Sproul from Ajax and special music by the Earth Angels. The upcoming auction on June 8th was discussed. Everyone was interested to hear about some of the items to be auctioned off by Charles Reid in the Main Hall in the evening. Just a few that were mentioned were an evening for four at the racetrack club- house, a quilt, a motor trip to Niagara, baked goods, a catered dinner for twelve, an afghan, and a Trisha Romance print. Another announcement concerned the 1997 Heritage Book by Edna McCann. The U.C.W. is taking orders at the bargain price of $6.50. To order phone Bertha White or Shirley Moffatt. Bertha and Edna present- ed the monthly Bible study: His Purpose - My Purpose. Pondering the purpose of life was a soul-searching exercise for all. The June meeting will be a visit to the Bowmanville Museum. 60 years of being Orono's Community Newspaper Orono Weekly Times Letter To The Editor It is with a certain amount of sadness and regret that I embrace each Mother's Day. In 1983 my mother passed away. Dad died of lung cancer two years earlier. I am sure mom died from a broken heart. So many things have hap- pened in my life and the lives of my sisters and brother since mom left us. Over the last thirteen years my daughter Nellie and my sons Jason and Gordon have grown up. Mom and dad have missed these years. And yes, I still get angry at times that they are gone. That they did not fulfill my fantasy of the long life I had conjured for them since my childhood. Mom was only sixty-three years old when she died. Dad had just turned sixty-nine. The last couple years of his life, his supposedly golden years of long - awaited retire- ment, were a hell of illness and pain. Ail the hockey games, jazz concerts, school graduations and daily antics of my chil- dren were missed by my par- ents. Mom would have loved to see her little Nellie getting married. She would have rev- elled in the joy of holding my first grandchild. Yes, I have enough regrets to sadden me. But I also have memories to comfort me. Memories that bring a smile to my face or warmth to my heart. These are the memories I share with my children to keep mom and dad alive in their lives. A memory i§ a funny thing. Something yoti say or do in the present can seem so inconsequential, but can bring a tear t the eye or a smile to the face years later when remembered. When I am gone I hope my children will femember me with a treasure of good mem- ories and let the bad ones go. I hope the regfets - and yes there will be regrets - will be tempered with love and understanding The love and understanding that comes with the wisdoin of age. A mother's lpve knows no bounds. It is ân acceptance of who you are, no matter how often she tried to change you during adèlescence. It is a love that does not cease at death but liv@s on in our memories. This Mother'§ Day I missed my mom as I probably will every Mother's Day. If she were here today I would hug her and tell her I love her and tht I know she did the best she çould for who she was herself: I would for- give her for not being perfect. What person is ever really perfect ?! I wrote this afticle today to bring comfort to those who no longer have their mother with them. I also wrote these words for those who are blessed with the presence of their mother still. Tell your mother what is in your heart. Share your life with her with an awareness that tomorrow pften comes too fast. I miss you mOm. MPP Seeks Public Input John R. O'Toole, MPP for Durham East, on Monday, May 13th said that "all people in Ontario should be encour- aged by the good news in last week's budget." Mr. O'Toole went on to say that "the reduction in the personal income tax rate and the elim- ination of the Employer Health Tax on the first $400,000 of payroll combined with several other measures taken will carry Ontario into the next century." The gov- ernment has also protected funding to essential services such as health care and day care, while staying on track to eliminate Ontario's deficit by the year 2001. "I am very interested in hearing the public's reaction to our government's mea- sures to eliminate the deficit and kick start Ontario's econ- omy," said OToole. Mr. O'Toole will be hosting an information session on the May budget, Wednesday, May 22nd 1996, fromp 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the Clarington Council Chambers in Bowmanville. I encourage ail members of the community to attend this meeting," said Mr. O'Toole. Let Us Give It A Try Sonbon Publishing For Ali Your Printing Needs 983-5301 Dear Editor, The Conservatives down at Queen's Park are telling everyone how good their bud get is. What they should be ask is how this budget will affect real people. I am tempted to go line by line through the budget speech and show you where all the inconsistencies and misrepresentations are, but then you wouldn't give me the space to do it. The main item I want to point out is that Mike Harris was plain wrong when he said the tax cut would pay for itself The bud- get's own numbers show the tax cut will cost $1.2 million this year and will rise to an annual cost of nearly $5 bil- lion by the time it is fully implemented. There is no evi- dence whatsoever that this tremendous cost will create any significant number of jobs. People also shouldn't be mislead by the "new" funding announcements either. Look first at education. They took almost $430 million out of post-secondary education and boosted tuition 20% for universities and 15% for col- leges. Now they announce a trust program that may return $100 million of that - and they call it "reinvest- ment". The Tories took $432 million out of elementary and secondary schools and now are putting back $20 million to buy computers that requires a matching invest- ment from cash strapped school boards. An investment in technology does not address the fact that 10,000 lay-off notices have been issued to teachers in the ele- mentary and secondary sec- tor. They also took $1.78 bil- lion out of the hospital sector and reallocated only a small piece of that. They slashed highway capital by $540 mil- lion - and now they have announced $40 million in the north and $100 million in the south of the province. This budget provides no information about the cuts that will be needed to pay for the tax cut in future years. Both the Bank of Montreal and Dominion Bond Rating have stated that the govern- ment has overstated its rev- enue projections for the long term and will be unable to balance the budget by the year 2000 without deeper spending cuts. Finally, more than half the benefits of the tax cut will go to only the top 10% of tax- payers, and the rest of us will find their tax break eaten up by new user fees, including higher municipal taxes and other cost. Its all a shell game and a sham. 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