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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 5,1984 13 Rotarians Learn About Duties of the RCMP Byline by Peter Parrott Rotarians and the senior citizens who were their guests enjoyed an informative informative and often humorous presentation from RCMP Sgt. Larry Gallagher at _the Rotary Club meeting on Thursday. Sgt. Gallagher is pictured here (on the left) with Bowmanville Rotary Club Vice President, Ray Simser. Policemen are not generally generally noted for their sense of humour but Sgt. Larry Gallagher Gallagher gave an amusing yet informative address at the Bowmanville Rotary Club's meeting on Thursday, November November 29. Sgt. Gallagher is the commander commander of the RCMP de- tatchment in Oshawa. He talked to the local Rotarians Rotarians and their senior guests about the training that RCMP recruits receive, the role of the RCMP in law enforcement, and of the pride and fulfillment that Z 1 are part of a career with the Mounties. "Stress and discipline" were the words Sgt. Gallagher Gallagher used in describing the academic and physical training given the young recruit. recruit. He said that they run everywhere and salute anything anything that moves. "Those who are not going to make it in police work are gone in the first two weeks", he said. The RCMP deals primarily primarily with law enforcement in the areas of drug trafficking, trafficking, customs, and immigration immigration and so most of the work is plainclothes. Sgt. Gallagher Gallagher wishes that the community community were more aware of the RCMP's presence but admits that their famous red coats would be inappropriate inappropriate for some assignments. assignments. He closed his presentation presentation with comments about the force as an intelligence collecting organization and the RCMP's fine worldwide reputation: "We're the RCMP and proud of it, we're proud of the job we do,...we are not a secret force, we are your federal police force". loin The Employables Learn lob Skills Fast * microcomputer programmer * new microcomputer technician * legal secretary * administrative secretary * medical secretary * microcomputer operator * word processing specialist * new home study program * accounting. * health care aide ONTARIO BUSINESS COLLEGE Career training for today's job market 54-A Centre St. N. Oshawa, Ont. L1 G 4B5 Call: 576-9175 One of today's newest industries is the planning planning industry. We talk about municipal planning, planning, corporate planning, planning, social planning, even family planning. But I was just a little amused last week about discussion surrounding the existence of something something called a disaster plan. A report commissioned commissioned by the Ministry of the Solicitor-General claimed that the Regional Regional Municipality of Durham lacks such a document. But the regional regional chairman refuted the claim and indicated that a plan was in place which would prepare the Durham Region for a major nuclear accident accident at the Pickering Generating Station. I'm not that concerned concerned about the details details of such a plan or even the question of whether or not we have one. I'm more interested in the question of how anyone can plan a disaster. disaster. I mean, the phrase seems to be a contradiction in terms. Disasters are, by definition, definition, chaotic, untidy, and rather difficult to manage. But our faith in the planning process has reached the point where we belive that even disasters must be carefully orchestrated. I tend to be the sort of person who likes to act on intuition. But even I would agree that planning is a good idea. 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But I think we've almost reached the point where planning planning is a substitute for action. And to believe that it's possible to establish establish a disaster plan borders on the absurd. I suppose that if we don't have one, then all of our disasters will be, well, absolute disasters. disasters. And there's nothing nothing worse than a poorly planned catastrophe--it's catastrophe--it's so chaotic. Planning for a disaster disaster at the Pickering Generating Station . is like planning for a direct direct hit by a meteorite or an invasion by green Kitchen Kepers UNBAKED HONEY PEANUT CHOCOLATE BARS 1 cup peanut butter % cup honey 1 tsp. vanilla 1% cups oatmeal - 1 cup chocolate chips 1 cup salted peanuts 1 cup raisins Combine peanut butter and honey in large saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture just comes to the boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla, oatmeal, chocolate chips, peanuts and raisins. 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