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i 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 14,1989 Libby-Owens Is First Canadian Plant to Win GM Award w S-400 1 ■-j-jgp Graduates With B.Sc. Legion Ladies Auxiliary Installs New Board of Directors for Year ilffl ' JH firl £ k V. \ g W « ; » p •-. Way to go! Assembly technician Wayne McNelly (centre) is congratulated by Libby-Owens Ford Glass president and CEO Ron Skeddle while GM of Canada president George Peapples (left), L-O-F Collingwood Libby-Owens Ford Glass 9. The plant manufactures Plant Manager Dick Rieckmann (second from right), and Collingwood Local Union President Rick Osburn (far right) Took on. Libby-Owens is the first Canadian company to win a GM Mark of Excellence Award. SARAH JANE BELLMAN On Friday, June 2, 1989, Sarah Jane Bellman, daughter of George and Jeanne Bellman of Bowmanville, Bowmanville, graduated from the University of Western Ontario, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy. Sarah received the Thames Valley Children's Centre Award for excelling in Paediatric Physical Therapy. She has . accepted a position at the Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. m Wsmmii Ww On Monday, June 5th, the Ladies Auxiliary to Branch 178 Royal Canadian Legion installed a new slate of officers for "the coming year.Included were, front row 1-r, President D. Ormistohn, Zone Com mander E. Elliott, Treasurer P. Rose, Secretary D. Richards; rear row, H. Wallis, M. Blunt, C. Roberts, L. Puddister, J. Major, M. Perris, J. Daigle, D. Park and ■ N. Sheehan; absent, J. Firth and D. Fair. Four Rural Mail Carriers Lose Jobs of Canada made history last week, when its president accepted accepted the first General Motors Motors Mark of Excellence Award ever presented to a Canadian parts supplier. In a day-long ceremony which started at the Libby- Owens plant in Collingwood, Ontario, representatives from both companies stressed the importance of their emphasis on Quality. GM of Canada President George Peapples flew to the Collingwood, Ontario Libby- Owens factory to meet L-O- F president Ron Skeddle and to present the award on the morning of Friday, June front and rear windows for the Buick Regal, one of several several GM cars which is being built using an unprecedent 7 ed level of automation and robotics, with the goal of improving improving vehicle quality. That afternoon, both men, along with Collingwood Collingwood plant manager Dick Rieckmann and local union president Rick Osburn, flew back to Oshawa to see firsthand firsthand how the Libby-Owens glass is installed in Régals. The Targets for Excellence Excellence program is only two years old. General Motors inspectors in Canada and the United States audit parts suppliers, looking with a critical eye for world class performance. Of nearly 1,000 American companies examined thus far, only 41 have qualified for the award. And in Canada, Libby-Owens Libby-Owens is the only company company of 43 audited to have received received an award, although two more awards are pending. pending. In all, there are approximately approximately 1,500 Canadian suppliers suppliers of production components components for General Motors. The audit process concentrates concentrates on the areas of quality, quality, management, cost, technology, technology, and delivery. Absec Meeting Tidbits from Around the Region OSHAWA -- Oshawa apparently has lost a multi-mil- lion dollar development project for its harbour. Developer Developer Herman Kassinger on Monday announced that his proposed apartment, condominium, shopping, shopping, and recreation facility will not move beyond the planning stages because of foot-dragging by the Oshawa Harbour Commission. Mr. Kassinger also blamed the city itself for not moving on the proposal, but Councillor Brian Nicholson said that the city has not received a formal application from the developer. developer. Oshawa Harbour Manager Donna Taylor said that over the two years since Mr/Kassinger first presented the plan, the Harbour Commission has discussed it with the federal government several The harbour is Crown property and the fed- Four rural mail carriers serving Bowmanville area routes say that they have been dismissed by Canada Post after a dispute over the delivery of advertising flyers. flyers. Jim Vandergaast, who has delivered the mail for R.R. 1 Bowmanville over the ■ past 15 years, said the rural mail carriers were asking' for additional compensation because of the large amount of advertising material they are now required to deliver to each home. He explained that the carriers had no objections to delivering the ad mail when it amounted to one or two flyers per week but noted' last Tuesday that a total.of 10 flyers were in the mail for Monday and Tuesday alone. Many of these.rèquire extra .work because they have to be folded specially in Service Area 7, 1, 3, and 8, Mr. Vandergaast said. He added that when the rural mail carriers declined to deliver the flyers, they were informed that they must do so or be fired. The four carriers still refused to deliver the ad mail. A spokesperson for Canada Canada Post stated that immedi ate interim measures ■ have been put into place in order to deliver mail to the rural routes affected. Joyce Wells, Manager of Media Relations and Community Community Affairs for Canada Post, stated that the carriers were made an offer by the corporation but turned it down. She added that the car riers stated they would not deliver ad mail and said it would be their last day of delivery. delivery. When this occurred, the IglV termination, she said. The rural mail carriers are employed by Canada Post on the basis of individual individual contracts. suggested that homeowners do not receive receive enough protection under the Warranty Program. "If we have to wait one year and move into a house that is under construction and the workmanship is so poor that it must be redone, I feel maybe we should hold some money back. 1 had to pay-in-full' y on the day I moved in. Perhaps it's time there are provisions for homebuilders homebuilders to protect homeowners." Pramod Kumar, president of Absec Homes, yelled out "I object" when Mrs. David spoke of poor workmanship, but From Page One ago he declined to comment further. Mr. Stinson said, "12 years there was no protection except for the courts; so we've come a long way. There are bad builders and bad home- owners. We have to deal withrboth." à Ian Paul,, a representative !of Canadian Canadian NeW Home GrMp'Tncb'rpofated, was also present. His company holds a service contract for about 90 percent of the Absec development homes. Mr. Paul was incorrectly identified in an earlier article as representing the Ontario Ontario New Home Warranty Program. eral government is hesitant to sell! such land to pri- .order .to fit the ;mail boxes, vate developers without;* very clear idea of the. fu- ; he addetL.^ ^ ofa _ ture of the area. No Dangers from Spill N ear Goodyear's Plant : Two young grade seven students took last week's emphasis on the environment environment to heart on Friday. ■'. Dan Mongrain and Darrin Johnston appeared at The Statesman office on their way home from school to report a "large pool of black goop'," which they liad seen behind the Goodyear plant near their school, Bowmanville Senior Public. When they threw a rock into the Material, it splashed up like, "jet black water," Dan said. Charlie Trim, manager of industrial relations and industrial engineering at Goodyear, said that on Friday morning morning a quantity of a non-toxic material caTled "carbon black" had been spilled. He said that Goodyear notified the Ministry of the Environment, and inspectors inspectors had concluded that there was no danger. Mr. Trim said that the spill would soon be cleaned up and posed no threat to anyone. "We work with the stuff all the time," he added. ■ :r. '..... V ■' AJAX -- Arvin Automotivg^^Stog'd^w^l^j^jax . plant at the end of July, thrnv^lflliP^iWbiik^^pL.'pf job's, and moving the productioncapacity)to ij&Con- --cord plant just north 0f T6r0nto. HowoVcr, the uriion which represents the Ajax workersjias alleged that some of the jobs are being moved to Mexico and blames the Canada-U.S. free trade agreement: A company official denied that any jobs are going to Mexico, explaining that the work will be consolidated consolidated at the Concord plant. Since Arvin purchased the Ajax plant in 1986 the number of workers has plummetted from 170 to the current 34. OSHAWA -- The Oshawa Public Library is offering a reprieve for tardy book borrowers this week. Until Saturday June 17, fines will be waived for all overdue overdue books, magazines, pamphlets, and records at all three library branches. After Saturday it's business as usual. jecting to the extra burden of ad mail for about the past year, he said. Finally, they -sq§ja date of June 5th as thdj; deadline for resolving the isjij sjue. i When a ■ satisfactory- agreement was not reached, at that time, Mr. Vandergaast Vandergaast stated that four of the seven carriers in the area refused refused to deliver the ad mail but agreed to deliver the remaining remaining mail. The carriers served Bowmanville Bowmanville Rural Routes 1, 5 and 6 as well as Suburban STRICTLY SERVICE 108 KING ST. EAST BOWMANVILLE, ONT. 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Leaside catcher Mike Cohen blocked the plate in the second inning to prevent Legionaire Ross Moran from scoring. Although Cohen got the out, he also was levelled during the collision and was bleeding from the mouth. In anger he threw the ball at Moran, went after umpire Pat Brown issuing expletives, and pushed him. Aware that Leaside had only nine players dressed for the game, umpire Brown was hesitant to throw the catcher out of the game, thereby causing a default. 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