i ) Byline... By Peter Parrott Couple Wins Trip to Seminar Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 22, 1962 3 Delegates at Ontario PC Meeting I have not always been a fan of newspaper columns. It is no easy job to string together words and sentences which make the reader laugh or cry or think. And I admire the fortunate few who can do the job with skill. I think a column is something which is easy to do poorly and difficult to do well. But a column is a dream come true for most writers. Turning a writer loose on a space containing his by-line, photograph, and innermost thoughts is a little like letting a child run freely in a candy store. Unfortunately, the writer's thoughts are not always as interesting to the reader as they are to him. rm afraid many readers stifle a yawn as they peruse the work of another scribe writing another column about his dog, his kids, his car, and all the other subjects of which columns are made. Writing a column is a special skill. Ideally, columnists should be treated like relief pitchers or football place kickers: they should be keenly trained to do one small job very well. So as I start this column, I feel a little like a utility outfielder about to pitch an inning on the mound. As a reader, I know what I'd expect to see in a column; as a writer, I know that's a difficult order to fill. I will try to have something to say each week and will attempt to say it in an interesting way. I will try to keep the first commandment for anyone who writes anything longer than a grocery list and that commandment is: "Thou shalt not bore thy reader to tears". It's going to be a challenge. I won't say I can't meet that challenge, only that I'll try. Council Briefs :ing t ublic castle's public works department department and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications Communications is scheduled for next Tuesday to sort out the funding funding being provided for the reconstruction of Hwy. Two under the province's Connecting Connecting Link Agreement. Council's general committee committee has deferred the reconstruction reconstruction of Holt Road between between Hwy. 401 and the Base Line Road until 1983 because of a breakdown in negotiations involving the purchase of a piece of property connected with the project. The work will be performed by the Town of Newcastle at the expense of Ontario Hydro. The town has agreed to make provision in the 1983 budget to share the cost of automatic warning devices at the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing on Lakeshore Road east of Newtonville. Council's general committee committee endorsed a by-law Monday to control roadside parking in the vicinity of Dorn's Auto Parts Limited on Baseline Road, south of Courtice. The by-law was inspired by a host of complaints in connection with the situation. The Newcastle village Business Business Improvement Area (BIA) has trimmed its original original plans for downtown revitalization revitalization to an affordable $38,450. The town will act as the BIA's agent when it approaches the provincial government for a downtown revitalization grant. Council's general committee committee granted Bowmanville's Royal Canadian Legion Branch 178 permission to hold Remembrance Week activities activities from November 1st through 6 th. Members of Newcastle council have agreed to ask the Lung Assoc. Sponsors Health Hazard Workshop Durham Region Lung Association Association will sponsor an evening evening Workshop on Health Hazards in the Arts, on Thursday, Thursday, October 7th commencing 7:30 p.m., in the Lecture Theatre of Durham College, Simcoe Street North, Oshawa. Speaker for the evening will be Dr. Michael McCann, author, industrial hygienist and one of a very limited number of acknowledged experts in this field. Currently President of the Centre for Occupational Hazards in New York, Dr. McCann is well known on the lecture circuit. His most recent Canadian appearance was at a "State of the Art" Conference sponsored in Toronto last February by Visual Arts, Ontario. This evening Workshop will be of interest to professional artists and crafts people, teachers, students and hobbyists hobbyists interested in painting, printmaking, ceramics, crafts, sculpture, metalwork and photography. Admission will be $3.50 adult, $1.50 student, and for more details or for pre-registration call Durham Region Lung Association Association (the Christmas Seal People) at 723-3151. Hocnd'sDcdiyman $16 Value from CO-OP •with the purchase of • 2 tonnes CO-OP Dairy Supplement - or - • 2 tonnes CO-OP Dairy Premix -or- • 4 tonnes CO-OP Balanced Ration Hundreds of Ontario dairymen have received free subscriptions or renewals to Hoard's Dairyman through this offer. Your CO-OP feels that the practical and Informative articles may be beneficial to your operation. CO-OP is not just another feed company - it is a complete feed service, with concern for your success. We hope you'll take advantage of this offer, and that you II talk to your CO-OP salesman soon to put our programs to work for you. Put CO-OP Dairy Rations and Hoard's dairyman to work lor you. Oiler expires September 30,1982. jjÿixnniTüüi DURHAM FARMERS' COUNTY CO-OP Taunton Road & Hwy. 115, Orono, Ontario PHONE: 983-9134 or 983-9135 TOLL FREE (In Area Code 416) 1-600-283-7805 Bowmanville Chamber of Commerce to organize Bowmanville's Bowmanville's 125th anniversary celebrations next year following following a lack of public response to serve on a co-ordinating committee. committee. A Bowmanville couple, Jim and Margaret Coombes, have been honoured by Amway of Canada, Ltd. for their success as independent distributors of the Company's products. The achievement prompted Amway to send the couple on a two-day seminar to the Company's Company's world headquarters in Ada, Michigan via Amway's Canadian headquarters in London, Ontario. The opportunity opportunity allowed the Coombes to learn the latest techniques for making their distributorship more profitable and gave them the chance to meet other new Direct Distributors, and to tour Amway's corporate offices and manufacturing facilities. Amway started in the basements basements of the homes of its co-founders, President Rich DeVos and Chairman of the Board Jay Van Andel, in 1959. It is now one of the world's largest direct selling firms with $1.4 billion in retail sales last year; it is the largest direct selling firm in Canada. More than one million distributors distributors sell Amway products worldwide with over 100,000 Amway distributors throughout throughout Canada who derive full or partial earnings from their Amway business. The company markets in excess of 300 products under its own label, including home care, personal care, nutritional, housewares and commercial . /i A i items. In addition to Canada and the United States, Amway operates in the United Kingdom, Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Australia, Hong Kong, West Germany, Germany, France, Japan, Malaysia, Malaysia, Switzerland, Belgium and Ireland. Amway of Canada, Ltd. opened its London, Ontario headquarters in 1962. In 1980, Amway Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a production plant with research facilities, was opened and now exports Canadian- made liquid products to the United States. Also, there is an Amway distribution centre in Calgary, Alberta serving Western Canada and the Northwest Territories. Durham East delegates Roger Proctor, Marianne Zakarow and John Wind at the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party's general meeting in Toronto September 9th - 12th. Gladiolus-Dahlia Society Announces Show Results The town has agreed to approach the . provincial government on behalf of the Solina Park Board to seek funding for a park-recreation development in the hamlet. Plans for the project to be developed adjacent to Solina's existing community centre will include a ball diamond, soccer pitch and tennis courts. Application for Wintario dollars must be submitted to the government by the end of September. A provincial grant will cover one third of capital costs while the balance of the project cost will be met by the Solina Park Board and the Town of Newcastle. Council's general committee committee endorsed a motion Monday which stipulates that the project project will proceed only as funds permit. Works done by local artists will soon decorate the walls of the town hall in Bowmanville. A motion by Councillor Marie Hubbard which was adopted during council's general committee Monday calls for a liason with the Visual Arts Centre to bring about the public public display of pieces done by area artists. Durham Agricultural News Council will hold a special brainstorming session in the near future to discuss the options options for development within the municipality which might qualify for funding under a Canadian Community Development Development Projects grant. By Rod Stork, Acting Agricultural Representative SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT GRANT We have had a number of enquiries from farmers regarding regarding the Small Business Investment Grant. This program was one of the ones announced in the Federal Budget of June 28th. Under the general terms of the program, an interest reduction reduction grant of up to four per cent on borrowings by small businesses from financial institutions institutions for the purchase of new depreciable property. Loans to finance purchase of land, automobiles or property for lease do not qualify. The rate of interest cannot be reduced reduced below 12 per cent. The program is available to sole proprietors, partnerships or corporations. It would finance finance expenditures after June 28,1982 and before March 31, 1983. As we understand it, the Federal Government will repay repay the lender up to four per cent on an instalment basis over the first two years of the loan. Unlike the Small Business Bond program, the net interest interest could be deducted as a business expense. The minimum minimum eligible is $10,000 and the maximum is $500,000. We have talked with some of the local lending institutions and as yet they have received no concrete details, applications applications or related material about this program. At the moment, all we can suggest if you feel you qualify for this Investment Grant, is that you maintain contact with your bank manager or whoever whoever you are .dealing with. Hopefully, details will be finalized finalized soon so that farmers can take advantage of this pro-, gram. TECHNICIAN TO VISIT DAIRY PRODUCERS Gordon Barrie, Secretary of the County Milk 'Committee informs us that the second round of visits by the Ontario Milk Marketing Board Mastitis Mastitis Technician is coming up. All milk producers will have, or will be receiving a letter about the Udder Health Management Program sponsored sponsored by the OMMB. Producers had the opportunity opportunity to have the Technician, Mark MacDougall, visit back in April. Mark will be in Durham Durham from October 18 - 21 inclusive. The Udder Health Management Management Program is designed to help producers lower tne incidence incidence of mastitis in their herd with a view to increasing net returns. The technician will evaluate milking equipment, milking technique, environmental environmental factors and dry cow treatment programs, and then make recommendations on things that need improvement. improvement. ; j Fire Prevention Week Oct. 3-9th The week of October 3rd to 9th has been proclaimed 1982 Fire Prevention Week in the Town of Newcastle. To celebrate the event Newcastle's Newcastle's four fire stations will host open houses for the general general public. An information and display booth focusing on fire safety and prevention will be set up at Bowmanville Mall. A number of demonstrations showing the operation of the town's fire equipment and apparatus are being organized. organized. They will include an outdoor outdoor demonstration of Newcastle's Newcastle's new aerial ladder truck and the department's portable fire extinguishing equipment. 1 Throughout Canada and the United States the first week of October is traditionally recognized as International Fire Prevention Week when special emphasis is placed on fire prevention and safety. Council's general committee committee endorsed the special week Monday. The letter that producers will be receiving will, also, have an application card with it. If you wish to make an appointment, then, this card must be returned to OMMB Fieldman, Wally Cavanagh, as soon as possible. If there are any questions on the Udder Health Management Management Program, contact the Agricultural Office or Wally Cavanagh. FINAL WHEAT PAYMENT ANNOUNCED Jim McWilliam, Pickering, Chairman of the Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board, has announced a final / payment to Ontario wheat 1 producers for the 1981 crop wheat. The payment is the amount of $11.83-T or approximately 32 cents per bushel. The payment payment will probably be sent to producers by the end of September. September. This final payment will bring the total of all payments payments of 1981 wheat to $156.97- T or $4.27 - bushel. In 1981 the total producer sales to the Board were 658.692T while Board sales to end users amounted to 657.962T. The initial payment for 1982 crop wheat was $119.42 less discounts for moisture and quality. It is expected there will be an interim payment in January, 1983 ana final payment payment in September, 1983. The morning of August 14, 1982 dawned warm and sunny, and the members of D.R.G.D.S. were out bright and early choosing those spikes from their gardens which they hoped would bring them a ribbon in this year's annul show. Memorial Park Club House, in Bowmanville, was the scene of our show, and it was alive with action early in the morning, morning, as our exhibitors staged their bloom for show. Marg Killeen, our Social Convenor, and her team of ladies scur-. ried around setting up the "hospitality room." Bryon Samis, our Show Chairman, was also on the go all morning, making sure that everyone got their displays in the proper place. As it drew closer and closer to the "judging hour" he was very hard to pin down, as he readied his team of clerks. Our Vice Chairman and Assistant Show Chairman, Chairman, Bertha Barnes, was caught once, taking a quick break in the hospitality room. Tut! Tut! Unforgiveable! Our President, Dudley Deeley spent most of his time staging his Dahlias. I was positive he'd grown roots, there in the midst of his lovely blooms, as he was there every time I looked around. Finally, after what seemed an eternity, the Judges completed completed their difficult tasks, and the front door was opened to admit the crowd assembled on the front steps. The room was, at first glance, a fairytale fairytale of color, and the "oooh's" and "ahhh's" were very audible as each visitor stepped stepped in and took in the scene of rainbow hues about them. Among our visitors, were two busloads from neighboring Horticultural Societies. Many went away vowing to grow Gladiolus next year. Our day was brought to a close with an auction of bloom by the Society's good and longtime longtime friend, Stephen Liptav, who donates his invaluable service to us every year. Juding Manifest: Spikes and Dahlias - Mr. Gordon Lake, clerk - Marion Wright; Arrangements - Mr. Lawrence Helinga, clerk - Sally Samis; Juniors "A" & "B" - Mrs. Louise Jose, clerk . Sally Samis. Grand Champion Spike - Cliffs of Dover - Alex Mac- Kenzie. Reserve Champion Spike - Summer Special - Alex Mac- Kenzie. Grand Champion Pixiola - B 471 - Bryon Samis. Grand Champion Seedling - 70-13-27 - Alex MacKenzie. Reserve Champion Seedling - C-51-13 - Bertha Barnes. Grand Champion Dahlia - Nutley Sunrise - Dudley Dee- ley. Best Three Spike - Cliffs of Dover - Alex MacKenzie: Best Three Spike Pixiola - Eros - Alex MacKenzie. Peoples Choice Award - Sassy Willy - Dudley Deeley. Best Exotic Gladiolus - name unknown upface variety - Bertha Barnes Most Outstanding Arrangement Arrangement in Show - Disco - Stephanie Stephanie Barnes. Best Arrangement - New Exhibitor - Solo Performance - Wade Rowley. SECTION CHAMPION , SPIKES Open - Large -1 spike - Cliffs of Dover - Alex MacKenzie. Pixiola - 1 spike - 76-9-18 - Alex MacKenzie. Large - 3 spike - Cliffs of Dover - Alex MacKenzie. Pixiola - 3 spike - Exotic - 100-500 - name unknown unknown - Berta Barnes. Recent Intro. -1 spike - Pink Miracle - Alex MacKenzie Seedlings -1 spike - B 471 - Bryon Samis. Amateur -1 spike - 100-500 - Powder Puff - Dudley Deeley. New Exhibitor -1 spike -100- 500 - Red Midget - Sherrell Leetooze. Section 312 - 3 spikes at least two varieties - 3 different seedlings seedlings - Alex MacKenzie. A11 American - 300-500 - single spike - American Beauty - Bertha Barnes. All American Pixiola - 100- 200 - single spike - Little Slam - Bertha Barnes. YOUTH CLASS "A" (up to 12 years) 1. Light color - 1 spike Priscilla - Charlynne Tillcock 2. Medium color -1 spike Jack pot - Charlynne Tillcock 3. Dark color - 1 spike Trader Horn - Charlynne Tillcock. Tillcock. 4. Three spikes - no entries. 5. ' 'Barbeque' ' - picnic table arrangement - Julie Troost. 6. "Disco" - mixed glads and accessories - Ian Aida "B" (12 years to 18 years) 5. "Barbeque" - as above - Deana Barnes 6. "Disco" - as above - Stephanie Stephanie Barnes. NOTE: We have run a youth section in our show for many years, but only a few young people have put in entres, some years, none at all. This year, however, the youth tables were the centre of attention attention for the crowds of visitors. visitors. 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