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» Section Two The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. May 20, 1987 3 Marketing Students Will Operate Boutique at Durham College Instructor James Boyes is seen preparing to begin work on "Images", the new fashion boutique which will open next fall in Durham College. The boutique will be run by students in the college's Retail Management Management Fashion Program. by Rob Savage Next fall, student life at Durham College will take a bright new look as a fashion boutique opens on the school's second floor. But don't be mistaken by the attractive appearance of the boutique. There's more to the shop than meets the eye. For while the store will strive strive to meet the current fashion needs of Durham's students, it will also be teaching important business business skills to those enrolled in the Retail Management Fashion Program. The shop will be completely completely run by the students and instructor James Boyes says it will be an essential complement to the academic lessons given in the program. "Here, they can immediately immediately see the usefulness usefulness of their studies," Mr. Boyes says. "Believe me, there's lots of things you can't teach in the class-, room." In fact, Mr. Boyes points out that many interpersonal skills and the problems that can arise are only understood understood through hands-on experience experience running a shop. The boutique, called "Images", "Images", is just part of a program program which is in its infancy. The Retail Management Fashion Program was created following a recommendation recommendation from the college's college's advisory council which said students should be prepared for the rapidly growing fashion industry. The college established the three-year program to meet that need last year. The boutique is part of the second-year program and is being built this summer. Mr. Boyes says there's no doubt that students are eager to put their education to work. When volunteers were requested to help set up the shop in August, there was an overwhelming response. response. At this time, students have already created a store policy, advertising plan, fashion show production production and a business plan for the boutique, as well as buying buying the clothes which will be sold. Once in operation next year, students will take turns running the boutique with a new manager and assistant assistant manager each month. Major decisions will be made by a 15 person board consisting of three teachers and 12 students. Naturally, the student majority allows the students to outvote the teachers on a certain decision decision but Mr. Boyes says he is not uncomfortable with that. "We're not fearful of that," he said. "We're hoping hoping they're going to be using sound business principles." Of course, the students will run into problems but Mr. Boyes said that's where the role of the teachers comes in. The teachers can advise students on the solutions solutions found by existing companies. companies. And similar to any working working company, there are incentives incentives for success. Profits from the boutique may lead to student trips to Montreal and New York. Eventually, it's hoped students students will acquire the skills which can be taken one step further during the program's program's third year when each half of one day will be spent working at a store. Mr. Boyes says that once the students graduate, the experience will work wonders. wonders. He says many might start at the bottom in different different fashion stores but they will quickly move to manag- ment positions. "It serves them well in the future," he said. "It just makes them that much more employable and that much more familiar with the industry." industry." And he says at least half of the students in his program program hope to have their own fashion stores one day. However, they will currently currently content themselves with the boutique in the college college and the student clientele. clientele. The shop plans to run from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. each weekday. And students students are encouraged to test the program's launch into the fashion industry. "We'll try to recognize the total needs of the college," Mr. Boyes says. Fire Strikes Every 7.5 Minutes Organs, Pianos, Keyboards Sale, Service, Rentals DURHAM KEYBOARD CENTRE --SS* now in Bowmanville =sss 623-4964 • Ml--i 44 King St. E., Bowmanville This year, tens of thousands of fires will cause more than $900 million million in damages to Canadian Canadian property. Indeed, a fire will break out,.some- where.in the country, in the next 7 and a half minutes. In 1984,598 Canadian^ died as a result of fire. However, in spite of these troubling statistics, most people remain remain convinced that it won't happen to them, and often don't take the proper precautions. The belief that increasing public awareness of fire hazards is an effective form of fire prevention recently prompted the International Organization for Standardization Standardization (ISO) to organize a one-day workshop on fire hazards and security. This meeting, held in Toronto by invitation from the Standards Standards Council of Canada, was an occasion for experts from Canada and abroad to focus their attention on ways to better educate the public on fire safety and awareness, as well as fire control and prevention. William McKay, Fire Commissioner for the province province of Alberta, told the delegates that the greatest danger from fire is in the home--and more specifically specifically in the kitchen. 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Smoking, which has traditionally traditionally been the chief cause of home fires in Canada, Canada, no longer accounts for the majority of bedroom fires in the country. Children Children playing with matches, mechanical or electrical failure, and general ignorance ignorance and carelessness now account for the bulk of all fires in sleeping areas. Although the situation has somewhat improved, much remains to be done to keep fire on our side. While the development of products products such as home sprinkler systems and fire-extinguishing fire-extinguishing range hood sensors sensors offers encouraging possibilities possibilities for the future, it is also essential that we increase increase public awareness through events such as the ISO's recent workshop on fire safety and prevention. The sponsor of this event, the Standards Council of Canada, is the national body responsible for the promotion and coordination coordination of Canada's voluntary standardization activities. Toastmasters Group Holds Impromptu Speech Night The Educational Vice- President, TM Hugh Lang, had scheduled an Impromptu Impromptu Night for last week. This meant that upon arrival Toastmasters drew lots for each position to be filled that evening. Drawing the duty of Chairman, TM Mark Stapleton handled the difficult business session admirably. The Table Topics Topics Master, TM Ralph Tuk- ker, asked us to describe a visit to an imaginary city of our choice. The Grammarian, Grammarian, visitor Connie Nelson, gave us the v/ord of the evening; "prevarication", meaning deviation from the truth. Toastmasters were asked to employ this word throughout the meeting. The Toastmaster for the evening, TM Egon Pedersen, Pedersen, introduced the two speakers, TM Irene Konzel- mann and TM Joan Winter. Both gave their introduction introduction by the Toastmaster. The first speaker spoke on "Procrastination" and the second on "Organization". Both speakers shared the Trophy for Best Speaker. The General Evaluator, TM Carson Elliott, evaluated the meeting and introduced the evaluators, TM Hugh Laing and TM Helen Bry- den. The latter won the Trophy for Best Evaluator. The award for Best Table Topics Speaker was given to TM Carson Elliott and TM Egon Pedersen won the Spark Plug. Another workshop has been scheduled for May 26th. Starting on June 2, Bowmanville Toastmasters will meet twice per month during the summer months. Until then we meet every Tuesday at 7:30 PM at the Lions Centre. If you would like more information, please call Irene Konzel- man at 983-9423 or Joe Christl at 723-1657. CRIME STOPPERS Crime Stoppers and the Durham Regional Police are asking for the public's help in solving a fire which occurred at Carpet Towne and Drapery, 469 Kingston Roadj West, Pickering, on Maya, this year. , At'about 3:20 a.m., a fire started in the store. Within " ,a short period of time the building was damaged and the entire contents were destroyed. destroyed. The fire was possibly possibly started to cover up a break and enter where a quantity of cash had been stolen. Damage is estimated at over $300,000. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible. Up to $1,000 wi'l be paid for the arrest arrest of people for any serious serious crime. Callers do not have to give thier names or appear in court. The Crime Stopper Numbers Numbers are: 1-800-387-8477, Toll Free for all calls; 222- 8477, local to Toronto. Sgt. Sandy Ryrie of the Durham Regional Police Force writes this article to help combat crime. A citizen citizen board administers the Crime Stoppers Programs of which there are now over 600 in North America. The reward money is raised through tax deductible donations donations which may be sent to Toronto Regional Crime Stoppers (Durham), P.O. Box 54, Oshawa, Ontario, LI I I 7K8. Darlington PCs Hold Open House for Sam Cureatz at Acres CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE PUBLIC WORKS WEEK May 17-23,1987 PROCLAMATION Whereas the health, safety and comfort ol the community are greatly dependent on the facilities and services provided by the Public Works Department; and, Whereas the support of the community is vital In the continuing efficient operation of the Public Works' services, such as street maintenance, refuse collection, water and sewer systems, road construction and snow removal; and, Whereas the quality and effectiveness of these facilities Is dependent on the continued efforts and skills of Public Works Department Staff; Now, therefore, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle does hereby proclaim May 17th to May 23rd, 1987, "PUBLIC WORKS WEEK" In the Town of Newcastle, to recognize the efforts of the Public Works Department in providing for health, safety and comfort In the community. Interested citizens who would like to discuss any aspect of the Town of Newcastle's Works Department activities or facilities are Invited to contact the Administration Offices In Hampton at 263-2231. Citizens who would like more information pertaining to services provided by the Region of Durham such as domestic water supply, sanitary sewage or Regional Roads may have their questions answered by calling the Regional Works Department In Whitby at 660-7721. The Mayor and Members of Council Tho Corporation ol the Town of Newcastle 40 Tomporanco Street Bowmanville, Ontario mi» W-\ f ri . fcsk .*."V The Darlington Progressive Conservative Association Association held an Open House for MPP Sam Cureatz at the Acres Restaurant last week. Seen here during the Open House are Jasper Holliday, the President of the Darlington PC Association; June Smith, the Secretary; Ken Smith, a Director; Mr. Cureatz; Lillian Lillian Gardiner, a Director; Fred Gardiner, the 1st Vice-President and Marianne Zakarow, the President President of the Durham East Progressive Conservative Association. Observations on Family Violence by Lloyd Scott Lloyd. Scott is a Family Counsellor in private practice in Orono and Oshawa. He welcomes letters from readers. Please feel free to write in confidence to Lloyd Scott, c/o The Statesman, Box 190, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3K9. Our society is a violent one. Such was the conclusion of Barbara Pressman, one of the presenters at last week's Cobourg conference on family violence. She is a family therapist and a member of the Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University. Her talk, "Roots, Causes and Effects Effects on Victims of Domestic Domestic Violence", examined the causes of wife battering in particular. Here are a few. Women are oppressed in our society and always have been. They're still routinely denied places in many vocations, vocations, both numerically and in terms of top spots. In corporate, academic and government life, women occupy occupy far fewer ranking positions positions than men. In virtually all employment sectors, they're still paid less than men for work of equal value. Our family structure also reflects much the same hieraehy of authority and power. Generally speaking, men are in charge in their families and always have been. Women, as a result of generations generations of conditioning, defer to men in scores of ways. They look to their husbands husbands for approval of what they're doing and saying, often before they do or say. Wives routinely leave decisions decisions for husbands to make. Women have learned to be (or pretend to be) helpless and' men have learned to take charge ( or appear to take charge). Women tend to look after their men first, before themselves, as one might look after dependent children. The impact of the feminist movement on the family, which many men are still trying to understand or to reject, attempts to rearrange rearrange our values so that men and women can learn the benefits of equal partnerships. One of the sad consequences consequences of our long-established long-established inequalities between between the sexes is that men are both protectors and potential potential batterers of their wives as well as their children. children. The responsibilities for discipline, generally, belong to the man in charge. Corporal punishment is understood understood as part of that responsibility. responsibility. It's a small step from that to wife-battering. wife-battering. Tp pi'i it another way, being in a one-down position position throughout our society makes women susceptible to abuse of all kinds from men--physical, verbal and emotional. Pressman says that we've internalized the prevailing male-female power structure. structure. It's very difficult to see this unbalanced arrangement arrangement objectively because most of us have been raised in homes, schools, churches and communities where it's taken for granted. Recent studies show that as high as 85% of people responding responding to a questionnaire endorsed corporal punishment punishment for children, particularly particularly when the child hit another child. The cruel irony of this has, until recently, recently, been lost on most of us. In another Canadian study of men's, women's and children's views, it was revealed revealed that predominant percentages of all groups believed that it was okay for men to hit their children and/or their wives. The re sponses were all conditional. conditional. That is, they said that under certain circumstances circumstances it was right for Dad to hit the kids. It was also okay, even in the view of the children, for Dad to hit Mom if, for an example, she had ben nagging him, had overspent the budget, had stayed out too late or had done something which in Dad's judgement warranted warranted her being hit, i.e. punished. No one said it was wrong under any and all circumstances for men to hit their children and their wives. Wives in general and battered battered wives in particular occupy positions in the family family roughly equivalent to the positions of children, subordinate to their husbands. husbands. Pressman concludes from her studies that male violence violence against women and children is learned and is considered normal behaviour behaviour for men in our society. society. Therefore, it's extremely extremely difficult to stop domestic violence. An example of just how difficult is provided, by an Ontario Family Court judge who sentenced a convicted wife-beater to write out 500 times, "I will not beat my wife." The sentence condones condones wife abuse. It also makes a mockery of it and of the judicial system. Barbara Pressman's response response is to urge everyone to be involved in fighting domestice violence, not just front line workers such as the police and Family and Children's Services. Police Briefs A Bowmanville man reports reports that his mother's 1977 Chevy White Nova was sto- len during a weekend break and enter into the McCutc- heon Service Centre in Whitby. The incident was reported reported on May 9 and Durham Regional Police say the car has since been recovered. Roy Nichols Motors Ltd. reported on May 9 that someone stole four tires from a car parked on the west side of the lot sometime sometime the night before. 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