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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 17,1986 Section Two Seniors Feted at St. Andrew's Church A.L. Hooey is ready to have some dessert, after being tempted with lemon pie by Explorer Carly Murdoch. He and many other special guests were given the royal treatment at the annual seniors' dinner at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. This year's dinner was held on Friday, December 5. The Explorers and Canadian Girls In Training served the meal. Head of Hydro Committee Claims Funds Used Properly by Rob Savage Councillor Marie Hubbard Hubbard says the Ontario Hydro Impact funds are being used properly. In reaction to an article which ran in the Canadian Statesman two weeks ago, Councillor Hubbard said the town's senior staff have been "vigilantly" monitoring monitoring any possible uses for the funds. She said settlements on possible uses for the money can always be reached between between Hydro and the town. And while she said there are occasional disagreements, disagreements, the differences are always corrected in a businesslike businesslike fashion. "It has always been my pleasure to deal with those people," Councillor Hubbard Hubbard said during the Hydro Liaison Committee meeting last Friday. She added that the workshop workshop being planned for January January will address the possible possible future uses of the fund and will lead to "a very interesting interesting next six years." Her statement was a response response to comments made by Mayor John Winters during during the Courtice Citizens' Association meeting in November. November. Mayor Winters had said funds planned for the impending impending layoffs at the Darlington Darlington Generating Station should be sought now and invested into different properties in the town. He argued the money could develop sites which would be attractive to businessmen. businessmen. And he claimed his idea had not been developed in the past "because no one had taken the time to look at that." Councillor Hubbard said on Friday that the mayor should not have made such a speech without consulting her first. She told council that accusational accusational statements are often made because the speaker doesn't understand the process. She admitted she had been something of a neophyte politician when she first assumed the committee committee chair seven years ago. But she said negotiations with Ontario Hydro had been among the smoothest she had known and that the committee should not be subjected to criticisms in the newspapers. Councillor Diane Harare offered similar sentiments. She said that Councillor Hubbard was doing "a fantastic fantastic job" chairing the committee and that the number of liasion meetings had increased dramatically during the past seven years. 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The guest speaker presented presented two inspirational speeches on the subject of the mid-life crisis and also on the topic of "You, too, can be Pygmalion." Skills at Lions Club Members of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions Club heard words of inspiration from the winner of an international international Toastmasters public speaking contest at their December 8 meeting. Arabella Benson spoke on the topic of "Mid-Life: Crisis or Opportunity?" and also on the subject of "You, too, can be Pygmalion." The latter subject was her prize winning speech to an international international Toastmasters competition competition featuring orators from among the organization's organization's 5,000 clubs in 48 countries. countries. In her remarks, Ms. Benson Benson suggested that mid-life can, indeed, be a time of opportunity, opportunity, The symptoms of mid-life crises are restlessness, restlessness, frustration, selfdoubt, selfdoubt, and loss of dreams. Often it is triggered by a loss of something once cherished. This may be the loss of a job, the loss of health, or the loss of a love. But she noted that human beings have the capacity to bounce back from such a trauma. "Like the dandelion, dandelion, the human spirit is so resilient...thaf it can withstand withstand almost anything," she said. Her suggestions for overcoming overcoming mid-life difficulties include taking time to laugh at life, keeping fit, and deepening an old love or starting a new one. The key, Ms. Benson suggests, is to live life to the full. "Celebrate life with me, for truly, the best is yet to be," she said. In a thoughtful speech built around the theme of Pygmalion, the guest speaker emphasized the importance importance of believing in others. For such a belief empowers others to do greater things. "Behind every successful person is a helper, a mentor, mentor, a Pygmalion," she said. 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