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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 21.1983 Section Two [ Editorial Comment | On Electoral Redistribution It has been the practice since Canada entered Confederation to conduct a redistribution of electoral districts at regular intervals. This as much to reflect changing demographics as shifts in population. As you are probably aware the federal government has recently completed its ten yearly review of federal seats and now Ontario in the process of looking at provincial ridings to determine whether there should be any changes to the existing structure. For the first time, Ontario is making allowance for a public hearing process so that input can be provided in response to the draft proposals which are due early in the New Year. The three man independent commission headed by Mr. Justice Samuel Hughes is presently drafting the proposed changes and so now is the time for all interested parties to make their claims: Our area is represented in the provincial legislature by the very likeable and effective Sam Cureatz who has served us with a smile and a willing heart since 1977. The work load of our MPPs, contrary to popular belief, is extremely onerous as they commute back and forth between the riding and Queen's Park. Under the circumstances, it is in everyone's best interests if the area for which they are responsible is as homogeneous as possible. This brings us to the riding of Durham East which presently contains the north half of the City of Oshawa and the Town of Newcastle. Durham Region is growing rapidly and pur value as a dormitory of the greater Metro Toronto region has been recognized in the decision to extend GO service from Pickering to Oshawa to accommodate not only the people of Oshawa but also the residents of Newcastle and Bowmanville. There is no question that the riding of Durham East which was created after the last provincial redistribution in 1973 is not the same constituency it was then. At the same time, the old Golden Horseshoe Planning area has expanded its boundaries as well. No longer is it considered to be that area circling Toronto from Halton to the old Clarke-Darlington Township border. The eastern boundary has spread to Port Hope. It is becoming more apparent every day in the political arena that political organization must follow economic reality. It makes sense that the political divisions should follow the economic divisions. It is a primary concern of our society that every citizen should be gainfully employed and in order to accomplish this the political and economic reality should be coincidental. We believe that the riding now represented by Mr. Cureatz should be redistributed so that it takes in the entire municipality of Newcastle as at present, plus extend northward to take in the Townships of Manvers and Cavan, and east to include the Township of Hope and Town of Port Hope. Tne north part of Oshawa belongs elsewhere. Since the Eastern Ontario Development Corporation boundaries have been extended on Mr. Cureatz' initiative to include the Municipality of Newcastle, it would mean that the entire riding would fall into this economic structure and hence the whole riding would be eligible for federal-provincial aid to restructure our economy. The government made the mistake of getting us into Regional Government and not naming the Town Bowmanville. Let us hope they will not make another mistake. For all these reasons, we are going to urge the commission to give this proposal its serious consideration. When the public hearing process begins in about a year from now, we would suggest you do likewise. General Motors What a Story! Celebrations are underway in neighboring Oshawa, marking the 75th anniversary of General Motors of Canada. We, in this part of the country, associate the Tyrone based McLaughlin family with this company's fantastic success in Canada, and indeed they did play a major role, but it was the ingenious ingenious William Durant who began it all in the United States. Many other names such as David Dunbar Buick, Dallas Dort, Ransom Eli Olds, Louis Chevrolet and others were involved in the company's company's successes and failures in the early days when they were developing developing the automobile. The financial dealings involved in company purchases purchases and takeovers by Durant and some of his colleagues would rival anything we have seen by entrepreneurs entrepreneurs in recent years. The McLaughlin portion of the development began with making axe handles and went from there to carriages, wagons, cutters and horse-drawn sleighs, with Robert McLaughlin in the forefront at that time. In 1869, because of the demand, demand, he moved his operation to Enniskillen where he developed a smart phaeton that won first prize at the fall fair held in Bowmanville. In 1876 another move was made to Oshawa where in the 1880s he designed designed and patented a new gear or undercarriage for buggies, with a turning mechanism for the front wheels, making carriages safer and smoother . riding. Robert McLaughlin's three sons, Jack, George and Sam had grown up during during this period. Jack planned to be a chemist and went to the United States where he eventually became head of the Canada Dry beverage company, while George and Sam apprenticed with their father, Sam making $3 a week with $2.50 deducted deducted for room and board. The McLaughlins' first direct contact with the automobile was when they turned out rubberized sheets with four holes in it for the passengers' heads. Somehow, Sam McLaughlin got to drive one of the cars and was hooked on its potential. potential. But he had a tough time persuading persuading his father and brother that their future lay in the automobile rather than horse drawn carriages. They finally saw the light and the famous McLaughlin Buick car was born, using their own design. There were complications, but the transition transition continued, Chevrolets were added to the line and carriage making making was left to others. From 1924 on, Sam McLaughlin was the man who had the major responsibility responsibility for the Oshawa development development and the extension of General Motors plants in other Canadian cities. He was its president president and later was chairman of the board and died at the age of 100 on January 6,1972. During his lifetime, Sam McLaughlin also played a major role in developing the City of Oshawa's facilities with generous donations to many major projects. We, along with General Motors of Canada's thousands of employees congratulate the company on its 75th birthday and look forward to many more years of success for it as the world's biggest automobile company. ©!* (Banabtan Statesman 623-3303 (*CNA Durh»m County'» Gréai FamllzJoumal E»tsbll«hed 12g years ego In 1664. Alio Incorporating The Bowmanville New» The Newcealle Independent TheOronoNewa Second cleaa mill reglalrellon number 1561 Produced every Wedneadiy by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King SI. 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Why is it then, that when I go into the local delicatessen to pick up a bit of grubbery, there are 44 women ahead of me, waving their numbered numbered cards, pushing, jostling; pointing at six kinds of cold meat, and shouting: "A liddle of that, cut real thin. Half a pound of that, in one-pound chunks. Three-quarter pounds of potato salad, no more, it makes me fat; two pounds of the pickled beans - well, no - well, OK, I'll have only a spoonful"? Who's at the beach? Who's at the golf course? Well, I know who's at the beach. The cops. I took the boys out for a swim one blazing afternoon, afternoon, found what I thought was a fairly legal spot, even though it said "No Parking", and it cost me 10 bucks. Why aren't our boys in blue out chasing motorcycle gangs, instead instead of hanging tickets on doting (doty?) grandfathers? I guess it's fairly simple. They're not going to be beaten up by the odd grandfather. grandfather. Who's at the golf course? I don't know. I'm not going to thump around on my tin foot checking what idiots are hitting or missing a little white sphere when the tem perature and humidity are up around 100 degrees. F that is. Just to add to my summer fun is a busted eardrum that isn't healing. But even that has advantages. If I push my finger into my good ear, I can't hear a word my wife is saying. It drives her woolly, because I've been pretending for years that I was getting deaf when she went into a tirade. "Why haven't you trimmed the hedge?" Eh? swept the ledge? "Why don't you get the grass cut?" "Watch your language, lady." "Why aren't you useful about the house like other husbands?" "Eh, I wouldn't be seen dead in a Mother Hubbard?" Hubbard?" Just to add to my summer fun, my English staff has disintegrated, in almost one swell foop. One lady, an outstanding teacher, has become sick of the system, pulled out and started her own business. Another has gone on half-time, so he can write poetry. Two others are knocked out for some time with heart trouble. Another has been having a baby, with six months leave. Her kid will be ready for Day- Care by the time she gets back. I'll probably wind up with a couple of jocks who don't know the difference between, "I seen the both of them," and "The whole team wore gloves on its right hand," or "Shakespeare wrote in long-hand because the typewriter was not yet invited." However, as summer wanes, don't think we haven't had a swell time. My wife took a music course, driving driving 60 miles a day to do it. I had some nice trips, too. To the beach - $10. Eight miles. We talk vaguely about going to Stratford or the Shaw Festival, and wind up watching a re-run of "Dallas." "Dallas." I sit in the backyard trying to get inspiration from the trees and all I can see is dust, and all I can hear is bull-dozers. Speaking of dust, that's all you'll be able to see of me, even if it's only snow-dust, come Dec. 31. And I'm sure you had a lovely summer, too, with all those relatives relatives dropping in, just at meal-time. You're having two slices of ham and a tomato, and a big bowl of canned soup, and a whole carload of friends "whom you invited to drop in, six.years ago, arrive at the door, friendly as all get out and hungry as well. No, no, they wouldn't think of staying for lunch. It would be an imposition, imposition, which it is. Half an hour later, they've drunk all your beer, commented on your "lovely" house, and downed the canned ham you were saving for an emergency, gobbled gobbled the fresh corn you were saving for supper, and cleaned up your; fresh green beans. ' You don't even know whether the guy's name is Rob or Rod, or whether the woman's name is Myrtle or Marg. You just sit there in the debris, not caring, and hating their kids for breaking a branch off your lilac tree. Summers, on the whole, though, are therapeutic. They make you realize how horrible winter is in this country. They make you realize you are too fat and blowsy, and that, next winter, you're going to ski and walk in the snow, and not be such a slob, eating pig food and lying around like a eunuch or a harem member. And, of course, when winter comes, you realize that you must keep up your strength by eating lots of carbohydrates to beat the cold, and watching TV "to keep up with things," and that next summer you're going to exercise and get fit and brown by running down in the car to the supermarket, and jogging all the way from the car to the house with the groceries, and striding angrily angrily across to the boy who cuts your lawn and demanding why he hasn't cut it. And all the time, millions of kids are starving in Asia and Africa. Serves them right. They should have been born in Canada. Dear Editor: The word fair in the Webster's dictionary means "Periodic competitive exhibition for showing produce produce of a district. The selling selling of crafts for charitable causes". The word carnival in the Webster's dictionary "A travelling show with amusements amusements such as merry go rounds, etc. The Orono Fair, one of the best in Ontario, is very quickly becoming the Orono Carnival and it is a shame. Art Rienstra R.R. 2, Newcastle Dear Editor: The Leahy family from Lakefield, Ontario put on a top performance today to a packed arena at the Orono Fair. Their singing, stepdancing stepdancing and fiddle-playing was a pleasure to the eyes and a treat to the cars. The arena was hot and humid, not only for the performers performers tint the crowd as well and it showed how •uglily these kids are thought ol' when the fans stayed through the heat to listen lo them perform. Some people were there to see them for the first time. Others were faithful fans who have followed their career over the past years. This family has put on performances in Ireland, the United States and Canada and has to be one of the greatest families in the field of entertainment anywhere. anywhere. They are a talented, intelligent and well-mannered well-mannered group of kids, ranging i n age from 19 to 4, and when you meet them personally you will see just how true this statement is. They just seem to get better better year alter year and they certainly live up to their parents' advice of "give it all you got." That's what the fans came to see on Saturday and were not disappointed. Once again "hats off" to a great family - "The Leahy Family - of Lakefield, Ontario." 'Senator' Jim Coyle 140 Ontario St, Howmanvillo Sept. IB, 1983 Dear John; Lust evening I received a phone call from one of my readers who suggested that I should take a Took at the overtime hours that some of our top staff are working (and I use the last word loosely). This party seemed to know what they were talking about so I decided to check for myself. As I understand the Municipal Act, it requires certain certain staff as part of their jobs to attend all Council meetings so as I see it this would not be called overtime (we do pay salaries in excess of $40,000 and I am told that this is part of the reason). After making a few visits this morning and a few phone calls I have now come up with a document signed by the Treas. which lists the overtime overtime for Non Union Personnel for the period of Jan. 1,1983 to June 30, 1963 ( 26 weeks) and as I look at the Treas. Dept, it shows that the Treasurer is listed at 285 hours (that is in excess of 10 hours per week every week.) The deputy treasurer has 0 hours, Now, I have just phoned another party and asked how much the stuff in that dept, has increased. And I am told that since regional government government Is in excess of 70 percent. Can you just imagine, John, if we hadn't Increased stuff how much this overtime would have been and then on top of it all it would appear that it would have been on one person's shoulder (end of that joke). As we look further we find that our former administrator had 162 hours overtime in 26 weeks. Now, how do we pay for this after a person has quit? If we pay this in cash, ".then at his salary (in excess of $20 per hour) this would mean 162 hours X $20 plus 'k I tried to find out who keeps track of the hours and also who authorizes same and as far as 1 can find out they keep track of their own. We also find that the works dept, staff (even in the office) have very higli overtime such as 199.5 hours, 196 hours, 238 hours, 280 hours, all in a period of 26 weeks, based on a five-day week. Now, John the question that 1 ask of you is where is all this saving that we were going to have with computers? Maybe it is not a fair question to ask you, so maybe it should be directed to Con, Hamre who once said figures speak for themselves, I also see in the Clerk's dept, that the Clerk is listed as working 102,5 hours overtime and the deputy clerk only 23.75 hours and If I was still working I would class this as discrimination. discrimination. But, knowing our elected reps, like I do I know they would not allow anything like that happen (end of second joke). I guess you would nearly have to say that I, like some of the councillors, must say documents speak for themselves but who knows, someday we might get the facts explained to us (in camera) (end of third joke.) Well, John as this is Friday and the end of another week I had better close as I have probably ruffled enough feathers and then again may be my letters are keeping' some from doing their job and; this is causing the overtime. • With that last, joke, I will say! so long for now. Yours truly Ken Hooper P.S. - As I have not been able to attend the last few.; Council meetings, I wonder if, you could advise me as to ; whether the Council has re-!' vised the administrator's ! By-Law so as to make the ; elected persons the ones who!' run the town and not certain - ! staff. Ken Hooper Ontario Arts Council The Ontario Arts Council announced recently the second annual Chalmers Children's Play Award competition. Administered by the Ontario Arts Council through the Floyd S, Chalmers Fund, the award was created to encourage the development of new Canadian plays for children aged five to 15. Both French and English plays which have been performed for the first time between January 1 and December 31, 1983 will lie considered. Plays must be no less than 40 minutes in length, ■ and must have been performed performed at least twice during ; the calendar year by a professional company, within ; a 50 km radius of Metro • Toronto, For more information about the Chalmers Children's Play ! Award competition, contact the Arts/Educatlon Office, Ontario Arts Council, 151 !! Hloor Street West, Suite 500, Liront», Ontario M5S 1T6 or telephone (416) 961-1660, Si I 1