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) The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 4,1986 What's Your Beef? by Catherine Denny Rotary Club Hosts Annual Beef Barbecue Letter to the Editor Hate Being On Hold Who ever came up with the idea to put a "HOLD" button on office telephones ought to be shot. With the old method, I could listen in on private conversations, holler unnecessary unnecessary comments through the receiver to keep reminding the receptionist receptionist I was still there and hear if the person I called was really out for lunch or if he just told his secretary to say that. Now I don't have any fun. I mean, when you're on "HOLD" there's nothing but silence, dead, mysterious silence which becomes more and more intimidating intimidating as the hours wear on. There's too much time to think when you're on "HOLD". Maybe they're laughing at my squeaky voice? What if they forgot I was here? I probably didn't get the job and they just didn't know how to break it to me!! Even the ones that have elevator-type music piped in for "your listening enjoyment" enjoyment" leave a lot to be desired. desired. After all, listening to goofy songs for a half-hour doesn't make you forget about what you were originally originally doing and let's not even talk about how embarrassing embarrassing it is when you perk up and introduce yourself to the radio announcer after the song is finished. So why not just hang up on the rotten so-and-sos? Because you know all too well that the minute you slam down the receiver the guy you'd waited to see for close to a decade would at long last pick up the line and all your painstaking perseverance would have been in vain. Personally I think the system system stinks and would much rather be stuck listening to a noisy office filled with chit-chat and gossip than to be stuck in a dead zone running running a high risk of contracting contracting cauliflower ear. BULK BUYING FOR THE BIRDS Gone forever are the days when you could pickup just a couple of legs of chicken for supper, just one roll of toilet paper or buy just one pair of underwear. Everything's Everything's in bulk nowadays. Too bad if you only need one pair of stockings, you've got to buy three. The same goes for wieners, potatoes and even ice cream where, if you don't buy the LARGE size you're getting severely jipped (half the time you never eat it all but it's better better than paying through the nose for more conservative portions). And what about the mighty-jumbo bags of flour and sugar that would probably end up hanging around the cupboard until you died if it weren't for the kids spilling some every time they reached for a chocolate chip cookie. Absolutely everything under the sun has turned ECONO-PACK, from laundry laundry detergent to bubble gum, making it big enough to last a family the size of the Waltons for a whole month -- and just a tad too much, too expensive and unnecessary for a single person who wouldn't use 30 bars of soap in a year. One person who recently wrote me about her shopping shopping "beefs" said she was sick and tired of having to buy over-sized packets of food, kleenex, deodorant, etc. just because the manufacturers manufacturers hadn't been considerate considerate enough to think about the single person households who don't like to buy their groceries a decade decade in advance. Not only did the caller end up using a room in her home just to store these ex- . cess purchases, but she'd often forget they were there and land off picking up an ECONO-SIZE of the same thing all over again. Newton ville Mr. and Mrs. Reid Wood were supper guests on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Glen^Wood and Scott of Newcastle. ' Several attended the 90th birthday party of Mrs. Elva Prouse held at the Ruth Clarke Centre of Port Hope on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Audrey Martin and Mrs. Gladys Walkey of Bowmanville and Mrs. Carole , Gardner were luncheon guests last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Jones after the U.C.W. anniversary services. Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Farrow visited Mrs. Jim Imlach and Dale Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gilmer of Port Hope and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson attended the funeral of Mr. Herb Heard held at Allison Funeral Home, Port Hope on Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wade of Oshawa, Mrs. Marie Trim and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Brown visited on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Jean Kimball and Mrs. Lynda Farrow with 7 Girl Guides camped overnight on Friday at the Canada Wonderland with over 3,000 Guides from all over Ontario. Over 5)000 attended on Saturday and all enjoyed the musical programs and other sites and rides there. Miss Ona and Mr. Jim Gardiner of Campbellcroft spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Jones. Mrs. Fern Thertell of LOVE IS... ASIFFARI DIAMOND RING Campbellcroft was a dinner guest on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. Knapp. Mrs. Janet Paeden, Phyllis Peck, Lena Clysdale and Miss Berneice Milligan enjoyed the bus trip with other senior citizens of Newcastle to Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec. They left Monday morning and arrived home on Thursday evening. Several enjoyed the salad supper held at the Anglican Church, Newcastle on Sunday. Mrs. Helen Armstrong and family of Millbrook were dinner guests on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stapleton and family. After choir practice on Thursday evening all members enjoyed the birthday celebration for Mrs. Myrtle Kloster the organist. Mrs. Winnie Cameron and son Scotty of Belleville were luncheon guests on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Best were the church greeters on Sunday. The choir sang "Lilly of the Valley". The sermon by Rev. Ransom was entitled "The Miraculous Factor" and also mentioned some of the highlights of the conference he attended previously, the week before. Mr. and Mrs. Trueman Henderson visited Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Moreton Edward, Janice and Marc Durand. Kendal The L.O.B.A. held their last euchre party for the season. There were ten tables in play with scores as follows: first, Dora MacDonald; second, Kathy Switzer; third, A. Moffat; fourth, April Switzer. Most lone hands - Reg Elliott and Pearl Clark won the draw. Mother nature ls dealing us another low blow. First we roast, now we freeze with threats of frost. This is one time we won't be upset if the weatherman is wrong. Not too long before school is out and summer will be in full swing and hopefully the section section of one fifteen and Thirty- five to Kirby will be completed by summer's end. I don't know about you folks, but we've had enough of their little surprises, surprises, of a road striking off in a different direction to what it had been an hour before or a barrier where there had been no barrier. Those fellows sure can move fast when they get going. The huge barbecued roasts of beef were almost intact when these photos were taken at the Rotary Club's annual barbecue Saturday evening at Darlington Sports Centre. The carving was in charge of Ex-Mayor Garnet Rickard, Dr. A1 Sylvester, Surveyor Merrill Brown and retired Agricultural Representative A.O. Dalrymple, while five unidentified Rotary Annes lent a helping hand. A good crowd attended the event and danced later in the evening. Teachers' Contracts Terminated by Margaret Stalker Declining enrolment has resulted in the termination termination of contracts of nine teachers by the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. Education. The contracts of eight part-time and one fulltime fulltime teacher will not be renewed when they expire expire on August 31. A statement passed in a closed session of the board reads that the competent teachers, be Moit, young couples select a SljFFARI diamond ring than any other brand for three simple reasons-- style, quality, and price. 5 iff car! Designed for now... Treasured forever Hooper's Jewellers Member of Canadian Jewellers Group Co-operative Association 39 King St. W. Bowmanville Telephone 623-5747 The winner of our Seniors Draw for a beautiful Bulova clock was MRS. RUBY SPICER, 78 Queen Street, Bowmanville SHOW FUND RAISERS YOU CARE! Support our Red Shield Appeal Swim-a-thon Call in your pledge: Dr. H. C. Anfossi 623-2533 Jane Ashley 623-5857 Scan Barry 987-4038 Darla Cameron 623-3392 Tom Cowan 623-3396 Ann Cowman 623-3379 Carson Elliott 623-5875 Robert Elliott 623-4841 Tenu Fazio 571-3042 II. (Bcrnic) O'Hallarn 623-2514 Gordon Maxwell 623-4673 Ann Ottenbritc , 623-5857 Paul Rouyhlcy 623-5567 Jim Stakaruk 623-4841 Rev. Robin Thompson 263-8123 John Winters 623-3379 We need more swimmers! Register now and add your name to this list by calling Mrs. Nancy Curd 983-5875, if busy call 623-3761. If you are unable to swim with us -- please sponsor us! Thank you for caring! cause of declining enrolment, enrolment, will become redundant redundant at the end of the school year 1985-86. But it is not all bad. news. Superintendent of Instruction Instruction Brian Todd revealed revealed in an interview last week that the only teacher to have a fulltime fulltime position terminated terminated has actually been offered a full-time job. The teacher had been replacing replacing another teacher on long-term leave. The remaining positions positions that have been terminated terminated are all part- time and Mr. Todd observed observed that the teachers may just not want to travel to fill vacancies in other schools or work full-time, but that the board has to declare them redundant. He noted that every teacher let go had been hired after school started last September, due to such situations as classes becoming too large and having to be split, and he predicted that all the teachers will probably be rehired once again next year. He noted that letters had been sent to those involved in April warning warning them that their positions positions might be declared redundant but added that the final decision could not be made until the board knew who was retiring, resigning or transfering. Mr. Todd noted that the board is experiencing experiencing its smallest decline in enrolment since 1982. He observed that previously previously the board has lost around 150 secondary students a year, and this year the figure has been halved. The present enrol ment of 6,620 secondary students is expected to drop to 6,542 by the start of the school year. Figures Figures for the elementary school indicate that the present 11,121 will drop to a projected 10,998. This latter figure does not include the over 800 students expected to enrol in junior kindergarten. kindergarten. Mr. Todd noted that none of the teachers whose contracts have been terminated are qualified to teach junior kindergarten. June 3,1986 Dear Mr. James: With Bill 94 - The Health Care Accessibility Act - coming before the Provincial Parliament next week and its passage unchanged a foregone conclusion, I feel it necessary that a local physician should clarify the issues for your readers. I can only give you my personal opinions and do not speak for the other doctors in this area or the province, but many have been presented over the past few weeks. Although many people would not call this recent withdrawal withdrawal of services as being militant, this action does represent the most militant gesture that our profession has ever made in this province. This withdrawal of service was not taken lightly or without discussion and exploration of the available options. The physicians have not wished to jeopardize the health and care of our patients who have been such an integral part of our work and lives. The physicians of Ontario are not obliged to belong to the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and although it does represent the large majority of the physicians practicing in Ontario it must respond to the majority's wishes and cannot legislate the physicians to strike. The issues are primarily accessibility of the residents of Ontario to the Health Care System. In this area there is no shortage of family physicians able to provide primary health care, nor do we as referring physicians find that there is a lack of available consultant care here or in larger centres. If a particular particular consultant is busy or away, equally competent substitutes substitutes are always available. Although there is no lack of accessibility of patient to doctor, doctor, there is most definitely a lack of accessibility in placing the patient in the correct level of care. The Ministry of Health has failed to provide the necessary capital for construction construction of homes for our aging population as well as more sophisticated investigation investigation and treatment centres to deal with our current and future medical needs. Had this problem been addressed there might have been less demand for as many additional beds in our own hospital expansion program. Mr. Peterson has been very successful in linking accessibility accessibility to extra billing. There has NEVER been any money issue as far as the doctors are concerned. Statistics show that 88 per cent of Ontario doctors are "opted-in", bill CHIP directly and accept their fee as total payment. Of the remaining 12 per cent "opted-out" doctors; half don't extra bill while the remaining 6 per cent extra bill in some situations but only to a total of 3.5 per cent of the total monies paid out to physicians. In this area all physicians are "opted-in", while the number number in the Durham Region is far below the provincial average; therefore, patients with local physicians have never been extra billed unless referred to an "opted-out" physician, most likely in Toronto. Since the patient would be informed of this in advance he or she would have the right to request the services services of an "opted-in" physician. Medical polls indicate that there would be little likelihood of any change in the billing practice of your present physician should Bill 94 be withdrawn. Physicians are asking that we retain the OPTION to extra bill only. When OHIP was first introduced introduced many years ago the physicians accepted a 10 per cent reduction in payment below the then current OMA schedule of fees designed to cover the costs of collection. This reduction has now grown to a 25-30 per cent differential in family practice. A 1982 agreement between the physicians of Ontario and the Provincial Government has been unilaterally broken by the government so the physicians have just cause to question the honour of the government on any future contracts. contracts. The government fails to recognize or acknowledge that the goodwill and cooperation cooperation of the profession is necessary in health care to ensure its proper function. With confrontation and humiliation there cannot be constructive co-operation. Once the physician has been legislated into the Health Care System; relinquished his right to extra bill; accepted that the province can negotiate with any agent and not necessarily the OMA and can be ordered back to work as an essential service should a dispute arise; the physicians no longer have anything more to negotiate with the province. When future governments have difficulty in funding the Health budget the physician fee schedule is likely to be the first thing frozen. The immediate solution is to withdraw Bill 94 until future negotiation, conciliation and compromise has been reached and a softer line on the OPTION to extra bill be considered. considered. The OMA negotiations have opened the door to a working solution. They have suggested that senior citizens; the financially disadvantaged; as well as emergency patients be exempted from extra billing. This might be expanded to include all patients admitted to an institution for other than an elected (non-emergent) condition. Just remember that under the present circumstances circumstances this would not affect anybody in this area. We have a health care system system second to none, studied and copied by many other countries. The people of Ontario are far too wise not to see what has developed in Great Britain and their National Health system, with the emigration of many of their best doctors to other countries, including Canada. Do not jeopardize our system ; force our physicians to move away from Ontario and dilute our medical care into a state of mediocrity. Support the physicians' right to deal directly with their patients by writing the Premier of Ontario, the , Minister , of Health and your ' lqcal Member of Parliament in" care of Queen's Park, Toronto, showing your dissatisfaction dissatisfaction with Bill 94 and asking for its withdrawal. Mr. James, please excuse the length of this letter. Sincerely, H. Anfossi, M.D. Dear Sir: On behalf of Durham Save- a-Heart I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the Lioness Club of Bowmanville for sponsoring a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Resuscitation (CPR) course for the residents of the Newcastle area. As a result of their interest and support, forty residents were trained in this life-saving first aid skill. For several people this course was an employment requirement, and they appreciated having the training in their own community. My personal thanks to the committee who organized everything in a most efficient manner. \ Sincerely, Barbara Hiemstra, Executive Director, i Durham Save-a-Heart Bowmanville High School News different types of people, especially children. Co-operative Education by A! Woodlock Rhonda Kloos, a grade 12 student at B.H.S., has been employed as a co-op student with Dr. Kent since December of 1985. Rhonda is doing extremely extremely well with Dr. Kent and is receiving excellent evaluations. She chose the co-op program to find out if she would enjoy the work of a dental assistant before applying to a college program. As it turns out, she does enjoy her work and she has been accepted to the Dental Dental Assistant program at Durham Durham College. Rhonda has acquired that valuable combination combination of a good school record and good work experience. Co-operative education, according to Rhonda, has provided her an opportunity to experience what the occupation occupation is really like, She has realized, for example, how clean and sterile everything must be. Also, there is now an awareness of how important it is to be able to relate well with The job description for Rhonda is quite varied and interesting. She helps Dr. Kent, his assistant and the receptionist. Some of her duties include filing, answering answering the telephone, completing completing insurance forms and balance sheets, sterilizing equipment, developing and packaging X-rays, preparing antiseptic solutions, preparing patients, assisting and observing observing Dr. Kent with various dental procedures. Rhonda and I would like to thank Dr. Kent and his staff for being so patient, friendly and understanding. They made Rhonda feel welcome from the very first day and took time to teach her certain skills that we are unable to do at the high school. Dr. Kent is a perfect example of cooperation cooperation without which there would be no co-operative education. So, thanks ..„jin Dr. Kent for helping our students with difficult career decisions. fm Just another dull "KNIGHT"? Banish the dragon of gloom and ride out to excitement, adventure and t romance with our complete selection selection of the latest movie videos. 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