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t Tin- Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. May 20. 1987 Nurses Hold Draw During Nurses' Week Celebrations James Publishing Q ntar i 0 Street Choir Wins First Prize at Northumberland Festival Lob Ball Team ww -, ■,0: M A As a finale to Nurses Week, which ran from May 10-16, the 6th Annual Nurses Week Raffle took place at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, on May 15. The first place prize of a ring ring was won by Helen Pultz. The second prize, a watch, was won by Joanne Real, and the third prize jewel box was won by Henry Schoonderbeek. Pictured above from left are, Anita Jessup, Audrey Stephen, Kris Szydlowski, Sue Bouley, Jean Cochrane, Cathy Collacott, and Johanna Bryant. Cathy Collacott, who is the owner of Cathy's Gold in Bowmanville, where the prizes came from, drew the winners. On Monday, May 11th, at 6:30 PM in Newcastle the James Publishing Lobb Ball team started their season season off in fine fashion by mauling the Elliot auto parts 17-2. The James Gang wasted no time in taking control as they scored five runs in the first, five runs in the second, second, and three runs in the third to take a commanding 13-1 lead after three innings. innings. Their defence was just as strong as their booming bats, as there were a number number of sparkling catches in the field by left fielder Tod Hulcid, shortstop Mark Doyle and to end the game, fielder Brian Jones. The outstanding pitching of Rick Green and Dave (Chubbs) Hodgson added to the fine performance by the team. Team members are Brian Jones, Grant Jones, Jeff (Howie) Edmonson, Dave (Chubbs) Hodgson, Grant Gibson, Mark Doyle, Tod Hulcid, Paul Gordon, Jim (Boomer) Bradley, Kevin Rath, Rick Green, Chris (Billy Buckner) Perkins, Marty Erwin, John Barnard, Paul Bruce, Don Daigle, Kevin (Gibber) Gibson. This grade five immersion choir from Ontario Street Public School won first place in the grade five immersion choir category at the Northumber land Music Festival in Cobourg. They are pictured with the choir director Louise MacMaster. Today, the needs of Ontario's 29,000 nursing home residents are greater than ever before. Approximately 30% of these seniors are bedridden, incontinent, confused and in need of chronic nursing care. At average age 86, they need help dressing, eating, bathing and going to the toilet every day. They also need companionship. Forty-nine dollars per resident per day just isn't enough for professional staff to give all the care needed. Yet that's how little the Ontario government actually pays. To do the same job, a chronic care hospital gets $200 a day, taxpayers' money; homes for the aged $79, taxpayers' money; nursing homes only receive $49 and, in addition, pay taxes. Your relative, your friend, or you could be admitted to any one of these facilities at the flip of a coin. We think that the residents living in Ontario's nursing homes deserve fair treatment. It hurts us all to see them get anything less. Write or call your local MPP to show your concern for this important issue. Ontario Nursing Home Association Brought to you in the public interest by the staff and physicians who care for elderly citizens in Ontario's 304 nursing homes. From Page One at this time. When the two reports on the declining workforce and Newcastle's Newcastle's financial status were being considered considered separately, the estimated cost of each report was $40,000 or $80,000 in total. Mr. Kier said he would bring a new cost for the combined reports to the next Hydro meeting. The declining workforce report will survey construction workers, look at existing reports on other projects projects and meet with interested groups to discuss the possible migration of workers from the municipality. Study At this time, the report plans to look at the effects of migration on the housing, schools, economic base, municipal finance and social aspects within the municipality. The number of workers at the project project has already begun to decrease. About 1,000 of the 7,000 construction workers at Hydro in 1986 are expected expected to be gone by the end of this year. By early 1992, all four reactors at the station are expected to be operational operational and only a handful of construction construction workers will remain at the project. project. New Federal PartyProvides \Real Alternative, for Canada by Rob Savage : "Where there is no vision, people perish" - Proverbs 29:18 the . That scripture may hold different meanings for different people. But last week, it was part of the political platform for the Christian Heritage Party (CHP), a federal party which calls itself a "real alternative." The CHP is currently holding public public meetings throughout the country as part of a membership drivé to stop Canada from heading "down the path of self-destruction." "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities," Rev. W. L. Chatterton told about 75 people during during a meeting at Bowmanville High School last week. "Well, there is no authority except that established by God." At this time, the grass-roots party has not set a clear mandate on the issues for the next election. However, Ontario Organizing Committee President President Ray Pennings assured the public public that each person joining the party would have a definite voice in the creation creation of their mandate. And he gave voters some idea of the issues which the party lists as top priority. Topping the schedule was abortion. Mr. Pennings argued that abortion is one of the major concerns facing the party at this time. He said the three major political parties had refused to address the issue, making them "co-conspirators in the murder of 60,000 Canadians last year. "I need a party that is not afraid to say where it stands on such an issue," he said. "When it comes to abortion, all three look the other way." "I say it's time in this country to stop talking about it and do something about it," he added. In other areas, Mr. Pennings said the three major parties showed no major differences. He argued that the current popularity of the New Democratic Democratic Party was solely due to their ability to discuss the issues. But Mr. Pennings noted that the NDP would not be an improvement over the Liberals or the Conservatives. Conservatives. He said they would merely accelerate accelerate the self-destruction in-' -itiated : by the-other parties. - , ~ "They'll stéer Canada ( to a level of degeneracy," he said. "Only much faster." faster." The problem, according to Mr. Pennings, Pennings, is that the three parties only govern in order to obtain power. "The House of Commons has been reduced to the spectacle of mud-slinging," mud-slinging," he said. "It all depends on who yells the loudest, who gets the most press and who appears to have the greatest support in the opinion polls." By contrast, he said the CHP are not interested in polls or maintaining a politicial party. He argued the good of the people would be placed above political ambitions and that the party would not compete against another candidate who accurately represented represented their views. But Mr. Pennings was not optimistic optimistic that such a candidate would appear. appear. "What we need are men and women firmly committed to serve God and country in the truest sense of the word," he said. "If there were ever a time for action, the time is now." Mr. Pennings and Jack Schoeman, the Secretary-Treasurer for the Ontario Ontario Organizing Committee, are both students at McMaster University in Hamilton. Mr. Schoeman said the Ontario association association has a pressing need for a full-time executive director "who can take over in September when Ray and I must once again hit the books." Van Belle Floral Shoppes ...much more than a flower store! 4 STORES GRADUATION TIME GO FOR IT! 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