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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 11,1989 17 From Barrel Racing to Beautiful Jewellery Cathy Collacott, of Cathy's Cathy's Gold, in Bowmanville, epitomizes today's professional professional woman. Her poise, and grace are underscored by the happy-go-lucky smile of the kid on a quartcrhorse, barrel-racing in a rodeo. Cathy, a native of Columbus, Columbus, Ontario, came to the Bowmanville area 11 years ago when she married Jim Collacott and moved into his family homestead - a 140- year-old home located in Salem. Salem. "We met when we both worked in the south GM plant in the Material Control Control Department," says Cathy Cathy as she watches Jim playfully playfully cuddling their three- year-old son, Matthew. It's a long way from the Cathy Collacott is proof that if you have a dream, go for it. Cathy owns Cathy's Gold on King Street in Bowmanville, and could never have achieved her goals without hard work, self sacrifice and a lot of help from friends and family. The onetime barrel racer racer still loves the rodeo and has had her son, Matthew, in the ring already. back of a quarter-horse to the country-charm jewllery store she runs with the help of some dedicated friends and family. "I owned a store in Oshawa, but I closed it in 1982 when I fulfilled my dream of owning a store in what has become my hometown." hometown." Once Cathy decided on a location, she enlisted Jim's help to complete the decor. "Jim built all the display cases, wall racks, shelving and put up the panelling. Without him, I'd still be working with four or five showcases." she laughs os she surveys the cosy store invitingly decorated in soft tones enhancing the glow and glitter of precious metals metals and stones. The Collacut antique ilate collection is handsomely handsomely displayed on an open shelf gracing the walls. With her course set and her goal in sight, Cathy rode neatly around any obstacles in her path to set up her business. The hardest obstacle to overcome was the attitudes and expectations of her potential potential customers. Cathy remembers. "They were used to jewellery stores having "snob appeal," she said. *1 didn't want that. I can remember how I felt when I went into one of those stores - unless you were overdressed or looked like money, nobody would wait on you." She frowns to emphasize her displeasure at this memory. "I wanted a store where everybody felt comfortable," she adds with a smile. "And that's what I have." Cathy harnessed her creativity and began designing designing her own jewellery. She is rapidly gaining a reputation for her detailed, golden horses horses which are sent to the U.S., Italy and England. "This is my favourite piece," she says, laying out a struck-gold medallion with a highly-detailed quarterhorse and rider rounding a barrel. 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"I've been barrel racing since I was nine," Cathy says, "I did really well. I was in the top ten in Ontario every year." An avid horse-lover, she still has her 26-year-old quarter-horse, Rocky, retired retired as a pet on the homestead. homestead. "I retired him after a rupture of a hip during a rodeo rodeo when he was 12. He's been a pet ever since." Cathy's Cathy's face grows suddenly soft as she thinks of this partner in sport who she loves so much she could never never see him destroyed for a misadventure caused by fate. "Rocky is blind now, but he still gets along really well. He follows my other pet horse, Generations, who is 10, around." The rodeo days are "still the best", according to Cathy. Cathy. And this tradition is being being passed on to Matthew. At a ripe old age of two, he son was being led around the ring in the lead-line event at Quarterama, held in the Colliseum, Toronto. "He asked me where the barrels were." laughs Cathy. "I led him around the ring, but he did have to back the horse up himself." Cathy Collacott is just one of many women who have started their own businesses businesses in Bowmanville and created full, rewarding lives for themselves with determination, determination, insight and the prerequisite prerequisite sense of humour. She, in turn, will be a role model for many young women women who are beginning their lives in this community. Maple Grove W.I. Meets in October The W.I. met in the C.E. Hall on October 2nd with Mrs. H. Bradley, President in charge of the business. Mrs. Bradley read a poem entitled "A Thankful Heart". The opening Ode was sung followed by the Lord's Prayer repeated in unison. Each member brought a plant or bulbs for the roll call which was later distributed distributed in a silent auction, giving giving our funds an extra $33. The Fun Fair for the District District will be held at Solina on October 17th at 1.30 p.m. with Blackstock W.I. as hostesses. Mrs. G. Evers agreed to look after our article article for the draw. Members volunteered help, baking and food for tea room. Collection Collection and Pennies for Friendship were taken up. Mrs. L. Kelsey was in charge of the following program program on Horticulture. Mrs. W. Wihlidal gave an item of W.I. News. Mrs. A. Vandergaast commented commented on the Motto 'Life is like a garden. It bears the fruit you sow.' She said, 'Flowers need loving care. For 34 years her family bat- tied weeds but they always :l grew 'no matter what. What you sow in life is what you reap. A friendly smile and kindly word will accomplish more than anger. If we do our best for others, it in turn will inspire other people. What we say has a lasting effect on our families. It is a great responsibility for parents. parents. Mrs. W. Brown introduced introduced Mrs. C. Tink a member member of Horticulture's group and a judge at fairs, etc. Mrs. Tink demonstrated how to pot a new cutting. She had many varieties of slips and told of how to plant and keep them for future future use. A friend in Horticulture had loaned Mrs. Tink several several slides of many of our household plants as well as some which are best outside. Mrs. Tink gave us many useful tips along with her demonstration and slides and answered several questions. questions. Mrs. T. Kelsey moved a vote of thanks to Mrs. Tink and presented her with a small monetary gift. After everyone had put their name in a basket, Mrs. Kelsey drew names and each person was able to pick a plant or slip which Mrs. Tink had donated. Meeting closed with the repeating of the Collect. Mrs. Kelsey and her group served apple and pumpkin pie with whipped cream or ice cream with tea and coffee during the social hour. Mrs. H. Prescott will show slides and tell of her trip to the A.C.W.W. convention convention in Kansas City, U.S.A, at the November meeting. Win Brown, Press Secretary. F armers Discuss G.S.T. Will the agri-food industry industry be better off if the government government goes ahead with its plans for a goods and services services tax? Farmers, their major suppliers, suppliers, as well as processors met in Toronto last week to get a clearer picture of the GST, how it will work and what it would mean to them. The full day workshop was sponsored by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the province's largest general general farm organization. At the workshop, senior government bureaucrats made a case that the GST will be favourable to farmers because it would "wash out" any manufacturer's sales taxes presently buried in the cost of purchased inputs. This hidden tax is estimated to correspond to one to two per cent of fanners' operating operating costs. However the cost of administering administering the GST may override any benefits farm businesses can expect out of the new tax system. OFA President Brigid Fyke said: "A study on the U.K. VAT system showed that the cost to private business of complying complying with the tax was two per cent of total sales. A The Recovery Shoppe . . . invites you to take a trip back into yester-year and browse through our 1 unique selection of • COLLECTABLES • CRAFTS • GIFTS and a selection of PERIOD FURNITURE. We have many one-of-a-kind items; at least we have only one. Hope to see you, soon! The Recovery Shoppe 26 King Street West Bowmanville Telephone 623-3797 farm with $100,000 in cash receipts, for example, would be looking at $2,000 in additional additional costs just to comply with the GST. Even with the government's plan to pay a $600 administration tee to businesses, many farmers will still be out of pocket." Government accepts that the GST is regressive, and intends to relieve the burden burden on consumers by not taxing basic groceries. The only way to completely eliminate eliminate tax at the grocery checkout counter is to leave most farm and fish products out of the tax base. Unfortunately, Pyke noted, noted, this leaves farmers out of pocket for weeks and perhaps perhaps months on the tax dollars dollars they would have paid on their inputs. "That's a drain on cash flow and that costs money. Cash flow compliance compliance costs could be reduced by not taxing the sale of obvious obvious farm supplies, for example example fertilizers, pesticides, mixed feed, and Dig ticket machinery items," she said. Pyke also pointed out that quota transactions fall in a similar categoiy since almost all quota transfers involve only farm businesses and their marketing boards. "The obvious thing would be to leave quota transactions out of the tax base," she stated. 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