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Œfje Catiaïrian Statesman 623-3303 Established^^ years aoo Also Incorporating In 1854. ing The Bowman ville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mall registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanvllle, Ontario L1C 3K9 JOHN M. JAMES Editor--Publisher GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. RICHARD A. JAMES Assistant Publisher BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. PETER PARROTT Associate Editor DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. 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Impressive Fall Slioiv Hosted by Newcastle Horticult ure Society We Want Fed's Funding Too! We cannot quite understand why Environment Minister Tom McMillan McMillan has agreed to a $10 million federal federal grant for protection of the Rouge Valley and yet made no similar announcement announcement on the question of similar similar protection for a particular strip of land on the Lake Ontario shoreline in the Town of Newcastle. . This land also happens to be earmarked earmarked as a possible Metro Toronto landfill site. The site at the foot of Courtice Rd. seems to have moved up a notch or two in the list of possible Metro dump sites as a result of the decision to preserve the Rouge Valley. In fact, it's so close to the top of the list that it's frightening. frightening. We understand that the environment environment minister has opted for the preservation preservation of the Rouge River Valley because it is an environmentally sensitive site. The site is also important important for heritage reasons and for the simple reason that large urban areas need parkland. This may be true. But if the Minister Minister of the Enviroment is truly interested interested in preserving and enhancing the environment, he will recognize the fact that much of what can be said about the Rouge River area can also be said about the proposed Metro dump site in the Town of Newcastle. It's obvious that the site is an important important location from an environmental environmental point of view. It's such a desirable desirable location that a previous government declared the land next door as a provincial park. From a heritage perspective, we should note that this land is near some of the earliest pioneer settlements settlements in Darlington Township. And most of the property in question continues continues to be cultivated. In short, protecting this section of the lakefront makes sense because it's one of the last undeveloped lake- front areas between Bowmanville and Mississauga. In that respect, it's iust about as rare as the Rouge Valley. Valley. Can it be possible that the Rouge Valley has been singled out for protection protection because it's a high profile example example of environmental protection in a community where the government action will be noticed by several hundred hundred thousand residents shortly before before an election? Of course not. We are sure that the environment minister is interested in preserving the Canadian environment environment regardless of where that environment environment happens to be located. Since the N-l site is of equal environmental environmental value to the Rouge Valley, it's probably a matter of days before similar federal government protection protection is announced for one of our favorite favorite green spaces. And, perhaps, even as we write these words, a cheque for $5 million or $10 million in federal government assistance in protecting this valuable resource is on its way...... A Very Dangerous Dilemma Recently, and particularly in the United States, some prominent public officials, experts, and intellectuals have been floating the idea of legalizing legalizing hard drugs in order to better cope with the drug epidemic in that country. country. And while the idea has not yet surfaced in Canada, any such action south of our border will impact us dramatically dramatically in due time. Kurt Schmoke, the mayor of Baltimore ahd a former prosecutor who prosecuted thousands of drug related cases, has been an outspoken proponent. He will be the first speaker at a U.S. Congressional Congressional Hearing into the proposal which begins later this month. He is quick to add that this does not make drug use the right thing to do. Nor does it promise to eradicate the use of drugs. He feels sure, however, that decriminalizing drug use, and thereby treating addicts as patients and not as criminals, will allow for a program of education similar to the current campaign stressing the evils of cigarettes. He and other supporters, such as Harvard law professor Alan Dersho- witz, also predict that if government supplied the drugs at a fixed low price, taking the profit out of current black market operations, the crime associated associated with drug use would decrease substantially. Addicts would need only, say, $10 to get high rather than, say, $100. The court system, therefore, would be emancipated from the current current situation in which it is clogged with drug related cases. Another proponent, the conservative conservative guru, William F. Buckley Jr., makes two points in support of the legalization legalization argument. Firstly he wants us to divorce ourselves from the notion that what is legal is therefore encouraged by government as a proper proper and moral course of action. Both the Canadian and American governments, governments, for example, subsidize tobacco farmers but strongly advise against smoking: smoking is legal but not encouraged. Secondly, he proposes legalization only if anyone caught selling drugs to minors (under 21) is executed. In other words, once you are over 21 you may fry your brain if you so choose. But when a person is still under 21 she would be bombarded with education denouncing drug use. It is a measure of how desperate the situation has become that such a destructive destructive idea has even arisen, let alone been embraced by so many prominent people. It is simply wrong, It is wrong in its premises and thus wrong in its conclusions. To begin with, there is an enormous difference between a government giving economic economic support to tobacco farmers while these farmers slowly begin growing a different crop as compared Toastmasters Help to Organize Your Time by Tricia Eyman Learn how to manage your most valuable possession, possession, Time. What is time management? You might say that time doesn't need to be managed; it goes along just fine on its own. "Self- management" would be a more appropriate term. People People need to manage themselves themselves to more effectively use the time available to them. Planning saves time, gets better results in the long run and ensures that your efforts efforts will be in the right direction. direction. Toastmasters sets a high priority on time. Each meeting has an official Timer, Timer, who accurately records the times of the business meeting, the speeches and the evaluations. Time management management and Toastmasters - a good pair! At the regular Tuesday evening meeting of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Toastmasters, Timer Timer TM Nellie VanVeldhuzien reported that Chairman TM Helen Bryden managed to keep the business session within its time limit as she navigated through motions and discussions. Spark Plug went to TM Joan Winter. Table Topics Master TM Irene Konzelmann had the members identify certain nursery rhymes then justify the actions of the said characters characters all in a one minute impromptu impromptu speech. That has to be time management! Table Topics winner was TM Randy McGillivray. As the Toastmaster of the Prepared Speech program, TM Randy McGillivray introduced introduced his two speakers, TM Norm Broderick who gave his Book Speech #4 titled "Hobbies". He was evaluated by TM Don Slo- man. Second speaker was TM Joan Winter giving an impromptu speech "Information "Information on Seminars for Veterinarians". Veterinarians". She was evaluated evaluated by TM Wanda Phillips. Best Speaker of the evening TM Winter Best Evaluator TM Phillips. The evening's meeting was reviewed by the General Evaluator TM Nancy Barnes whose remarks remarks were well-received by the assembly. Ebenezer U.C.W. News Newcastle Horticulture Society held its Fall Show on Tuesday, Sept. 20th with a large number of entries which were judged by Lynn and David Harrison of Newcastle. Following an interesting address on plants by Helen Craig of Toronto Civic Garden Centre, Centre, Home Economist Barbara Weese from the Agriculture Agriculture & Food office presented a framed citation to the society in recognition of- their support over the years. Taking part in this ceremony were, 1-r, Helen Helen Craig, Barbara Weese, President Donna Morrow, Morrow, Narda Hoogkamp, Vicki Lesnick, Madeliene Buckley, District Director Anne Bourke and Hazel Crago. to a government supplying drugs that induce violent reactions in their users. users. Suppose a crack addict dragged himself into the government drug depot depot and bought a sufficient amount of his drug to tide him over for a few hours. Suppose then, that the drug caused him to smash a window on his way home, or run in front of a car, or attack an unsuspecting pedestrian. Cigarette smokers do not behave in such a way after taking their drug. But hard drugs completely distort the personality and actions of their recipients. recipients. From a legal standpoint, what would prevent such a user from suing the government for providing him with the drug he was high on when he knifed his brother? Such cases would grind the gears of the legal system: precisely what legalization is advertised advertised as averting. Supporters point to the recent success success in the campaigns against smoking smoking and drunk driving as proof that legalization would allow a similar initiative to decrease the number of users. But the current, relatively low number of drug users as compared with cigarette smokers would skyrocket skyrocket were drugs as readily available available as are cigarettes. In the first few years of legalization, the numbers would increase catastrophically before before any imagined slow decline would begin to occur under the influence influence of a public education program. program. And if we lament the economic losses today due to workers who are addicts, what would keep our economy economy moving when suddenly four or five times as many people were using drugs recreationally? Would pilots, taxi drivers, doctors, pharmacists, and other designated professionals be restricted from the new freedom? The major argument in favour of legalization is that the incidents of violent crime would decrease substantially substantially because users would be able to afford their drugs. Using the hypothetical hypothetical numbers above, an addict saves a whopping $90 each time he buys drugs. So now the addict will spend this extra money on rent, food, clothing, and other necessities, right? Not likely. As a person uses drugs for longer periods of time his or her immunity immunity increases and he or she requires requires increasing doses of the drug to achieve the high he or she is after. Thus, addicts require more drugs more often over time. Crime eventually eventually will become the only option. As well, there will be an exponential exponential increase in the number of people hooked on hard drugs, demanding more, and thus turning to crime. In sum, legalizing drugs is a cowardly cowardly avoidance of an increasingly dangerous dilemma. To cut and run now would be tantamount to societal suicide. Some of the award winners in the Newcastle Village Village Horticulture Show Sept. 20th were, 1-r, Vicki Lesnick for best pumpkin pie, Wylma Allin for best floral arrangement and Angela Lesnick for best apple apple pie. Twenty ladies took time out from their canning and preserving to prepare their favorite dfsbes for the Ebenezer Ebenezer U.C.W. pot luck picnic on Tuesday, September 20 held at Mrs. Margaret Down's home. President Mrs. Joan Cov- erlv welcomed everyone with a reading "Are You An Active Member?" Mrs. Joan Pickell as acting acting secretary read past minutes minutes and correspondence followed followed by the treasurer's report given by Mrs. Joan Down. President Joan thanked Kay Moore and her committee committee for their capable handling handling of the Potato Pie Supper Supper again this past June. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 18 at 1.30 p.m. (note the change of date). The Fall Regional meeting meeting will be held at Newcastle on October 27 with Kathryn Latimer as speaker. Mrs. Margaret Down then led us in a devotional. She told of attending a graduation graduation in the States and shared some of the speaker's thoughts with us. He said that successful people who peace of mind have a foundation in-spiritual values. He quoted Theodore Roosevelt saying "to educate the mind only and not morals morals is to educate a menace". She read a message from the Upper Room telling when we become discouraged or cry out in despair - God is there beside us. The difficulties difficulties seldom evaporate but like a loving parent God comforts, supports, and guides us through the problems. problems. God's presence makes any problem manageable. As Margaret had just come back from eight days on the Thomas Crosby, the United Church Mission boat Newcastle's town councillors are diverging, diverging, somewhat, from a previous role as cheerleaders cheerleaders for Ontario Hydro Hydro and the development of the Darlington Nuclear Nuclear Generating Station. The relationship between between the local municipality municipality and Hydro seems to be moving into a new phase in which the local councillors are more critical of the utility. All right. Perhaps the terms "cheerleaders" and critics are too strong. But it's no secret that Ontario Hydro has, in the past, enjoyed a considerable amount of support from municipal council. That's one of the reasons reasons why the Darlington plant has been built here. To be fair to town council, council, I should add that elected officials did manage to gain a number number of concessions from Hydro so that the utility helps to pay for any of the adverse impacts it creates in the community. community. But Newcastle may be in the process of changing changing its mind about Hydro and if you want to see an example of what we mean, just take a look at the town's reaction to the latest set of statistics which were brought forward forward last week as part of a community health study. The objective of the study is to record the present health of the community community before Darlington Darlington is operating and then to compare it to the health of the community when the plant is running. Using Using this data, it's presumed presumed that one can judge whether or not Darlington Darlington is adversely affecting affecting the health of residents. residents. But at last week's meeting of the committee which oversees Hydro's actions in the Town of Newcastle, the presentation presentation of the health statistics statistics caused a mild uproar. uproar. The council members who are on the Hydro Liaison Liaison Committee have suddenly decided that the study is not nearly detailed detailed enough and that what is really needed is some kind of multimillion multimillion dollar super study which would be more accurate in its ability ability to pinpoint subtle changes in the health of the community surrounding surrounding Darlington. Frankly, we are surprised surprised by town council's actions. If you look closely, you will find that the latest study is the third study of a series. One might honestly honestly ask the question "Where was town council council when the other two studies came forward and why did it not raise its objections then?" Our recollection is that prevous health studies studies did not elicit the same kind of response as did this latest study. In other words, council has looked at the health statistics statistics on two other occasions occasions and concluded that they wore adequate. But now the councillors are not so sure. How does one account for this change of heart? It is, of course, possible that the majority of Newcastle's Newcastle's elected officials are beginning to think that Darlington is more hazardous than originally originally expected. But there is another possibility. There is the possibility that town council is merely playing playing politics with the Darlington Darlington issue. Now that most of Darlington Darlington has been built, there's no political advantage advantage to support the project. The Town of Newcastle has already reaped the benefits of most of the jobs created at Darlington and it has enjoyed numerous contributions contributions by Hydro towards towards community facilities, facilities, roads, consulting studies, firefighting apparatus, apparatus, and more. In other words, Newcastle Newcastle has gained everything everything that it could from supporting Darlington. Maybe now the town council is hoping to gain further political points by serving as the town's protector against the risks posed by Darlington. Darlington. Admittedly, these views are speculative. (That's why they're recorded recorded in a column rather rather than a news format.) Furthermore, I have been referring to town council collectively when, in fact, we all know that municipal bodies consist of men and women who hold individual opinions. opinions. Nevertheless, I cannot help but wonder why Newcastle council appears appears to be heading towards towards a more "chilly" relationship between Ontario Ontario Hydro and the Town of Newcastle. I'm not sure that it's because of newly-developed antinuclear antinuclear convictions or political opportunism. If the Town and Hydro are heading towards a more confrontational approach, approach, there is one thing that elected officials should keep in mind: Darlington Nuclear Generating Station could be enlarged during the next decade because of the fact that Hydro projections projections indicate the need for still more electrical electrical power. If plans were unveiled for additional growth at Darlington, then the old familiar arguments for and against the project would he revived. On the positive side of the ledger, ledger, one would have the benefits of jobs and the economic need for additional additional Hydro in Ontario. On the negative side there would he the fèars over the safety of nuclear power in all of their various various forms. In the past, municipal government has favored the economic benefits of Hydro and accepted the risk If town council has a second chance to comment comment on the possibility of nuclear power in the Town of Newcastle, it will be interesting to see whether they will revert back to the argument that the Hydro dollars in the municipality outweigh the risks of a nuclear power development. Will town council be a "cheerleader" or a "watchdog" when it comes to the future role of nuclear power in the Town of Newcastle? The answer remains to be seen. serving the coast of British Columbia, she closed with prayer and with the benediction benediction used by Gordon Taylor at each service. "0 God, continue continue the good work You have begun in us, until the shadows lengthen, the day fades away and we are called to Your eternal home - but in the meantime give us a sparkle in our eye, a hop in our step, a smile on our lips, and some love in our hearts, just because we are known by You. And let Your grace, peace and love abide". We are looking forward to hearing hearing more of Margaret's anecdotes anecdotes at a later meeting. More food and fellowship followed. Our sympathy to Ron and Ida McKnight in the loss of her father, to Frank and Jean Reid in the loss of his mother, to Rena Snowden in the loss of her sister and to Charlotte and Richard Hughes in the loss of his brother. Wedding congratulations to Neil and Mary Osborne and in the coming marriage of Scott Muir to Nancy Haines. Best Wishes to Joan and Dennis Sobil on the safe arrival arrival of Jeffrey Dennis. Letter to The Editor Dear Johnny: I have been reading in the Statesman many new things that are to come about should any of those running for office in the coming municipal municipal election, realize their dream. But I am rather skeptical. I have heard all this many, many times. Not that those promises were not sincere. I think it's always nice to dream, but the hard fact is that when all the hoopla is over, and the new people gradually assume these new positions, and responsibilities, responsibilities, some of the glamour has worn rather thin. They are confronted with conflict and peer pressure, and the desire to make any changes, soon becomes apparent,- rather difficult. As far as Bowmanville getting its name back, a simple simple question on the ballot, Yes for, No against Town of Newcastle, would really reflect reflect the town's wishes. In the first place, were the towns-people ever asked how they felt about it? It seems to me that the larger the town gets, the more treasured and familiar things pass away. Thank you for the space to think out loud. Yours truly, Queenie Fletcher. LETTER TO EDITOR POLICY The Canadian Statesman welcomes letters letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Short letters are most likely to be chosen for publication, but the use of any material is at the discretion of the editor. The editor reserves the right to edit letters to meet space requirements, clarity or to avoid obscenity, libel or invasion invasion of privacy. Upon request, we will use initials only, but only rarely and for compelling reasons. Letters published do not necessarily reflect reflect the editorial policies or beliefs of this newspaper. All letters must bear the handwritten signature of the writer and include the address and phone number(s) for verification purposes.(Address and phone number will not be printed.) / Vi