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2 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville, March 7,1990 Pillow Killer Becomes a Great Shadow Boxer Comrade Cureatz Part of Lithuania Trip Remember the little dog whose picture appeared on page 2 several weeks ago, sitting in the remains of a feather pillow. Well, little "Maverick" James, newest member of the Statesman family, isn't so little anymore. At four-months-old, he has become the protector of Rick James' home, allowing only those with invitations in the front door. We can't wait to see what the little guy has to offer when he is full grown. Unfortunately, he does have a little trouble distinguishing reality from a reflection. Is there such a thing as a Puppy Psychiatrist? Parents Quizzed in School Bd. Survey In an attempt to improve communications between E arents and the school oard, a random survey is being distributed to parents "throughout the board. Pauline Janitch, communications communications officer with the Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle Board of Education, said one of the goals of the survey is to' get Y 'a more accurate accurate portrait of their (the parents') perspective of the school system." The second reason for conducting the survey is to find out where the parents think the board is having problems. If the parents' perception is that there is a problem in a certain area but the board feels there isn't, Ms Janitch said, then we have "a big communications job to do." If there is actually a weakness, then staff will work on improving the problem. problem. The board is counting on an 80 per cent return rate > WINDOWS DOt)RS - SKYLIGHTS SOLARIUMS - SOFFIT • ADDITIONS HEAT MIRROR® Custom Installations 5 Points Mall Taunton Rd. E., Oshawa / JJ Cutty (Âe *Venty Seat ■ ... « for thé surveys. At this point, 850 have been returned. returned. "It is critical we get as many responses as possible to ensure the sample is accurate," accurate," she said. By the end of March she is expecting the results to be interpreted. She stressed that the survey survey will be going to a wide range of parents, not just a single group. This is why the more surveys are,, returned the better the sampling will be. The. responses made in the survey will be kept confidential.! confidential.! t "We j told them' the responses responses will be Kept confidential confidential so we'll'get honest responses. That's what we want," Ms Janitch added. The surveys were sent out at the beginning of February. February. by Andrea Adair Suppression, oppression oppression and depression were the first words out of Sam Cureatz's mouth when he described his visit to Lithuania recently. The Durham East MPP was part of a group of Canadian politicians invited to visit the country country and observe their first free election. "I wouldn't have missed it for a million dollars and I wouldn't go back for two," the MPP told The Statesman in an interview at his office the day after his return. Oppression "You could feel the oppression oppression in the air. The people were intimidated, frightened ... the government government oppressed their free will." Four provincial and three federal government representatives left Canada Canada on February 19 to observe observe the elections in Lithuania on February 24. The trip came about after after the Canadian Lithuanian Lithuanian Community had written letters to the gov- . ernment asking for political political representatives to attend attend the elections. Technically, he said, the members of the group weren't observers. "But practically speaking we were." He explained that there was a new political movement in the country called Sajudis which was the force behind the election. election. Sajudis isn't a political party but rather an umbrella umbrella group for the political political parties that are emerging. He said this group decided decided to run its candidates candidates under a single name in the first election. It was this new movement movement which wanted Western politicians there. Mr. Cureatz speculated speculated that the Sajudis gambled gambled that the election woiildn't be stopped by the Soviet Army if representatives representatives from the west were present. ■ \ '(There is no cjoubt in my mind this new movement movement has had instruction on how to run an election. It was very well done." There were 141 "ridings. "ridings. In each, one Sajudis representative was running running against one Communist Communist Party representative. Opposition Wins Candidates had to garner garner 50 per cent of all the votes cast .plus one. The Sajudis won 71 seats and came away with a small majority. Ninety per cent of the 4 million people in Lithuania Lithuania voted. "When people turn out in droves it means they want to get rid of the government," government," he stated. While the election night fever that we are accustomed to wasn't as prevalent there it was evident evident all the same, Mr. Cureatz continued, that "the new movement would be successful." "I have to give credit to Russia," he added. "They didn't send in the army." The style of living in the Baltic nation was not something the MPP or many North Americans, are accustomed to. His first host family lived in an apartment the size of his constituency office in Bowmanville. The husband was a mathematics mathematics professor and the wife, a nuclear physicist. Breakfast consisted of a piece of bread, cheese and pickled herring. His second host lived with his wife on a small farm were they grew flowers. Sent to Siberia The husband, when he was 20 years old, was forced to become part of a chain gang and sent to Siberia. Siberia. Mr. Cureatz said the man didn't know why he was taken. The man came home, found the army waiting for him and ended up spending the next 12 years of his life in prison. He told Mr. Cureatz, through an interpreter "we just want the Russians Russians out." It was a comment similar similar to ones heard by other delegates. • [' One Canadian's ' host fajnily "cAé' when; she spcKe witiehcnit ' 1 t (it wifll-'ve'ry moving'...real moving'...real history in the making.", ? '• All the people he met in Lithuania were hungry for information about the west. He frequently found himself sitting up until four in the morning talking talking about. Canada 'and some of our attractions such as the CN Tower ' and the Skydome. Western merchandise was another topic of conversation conversation that came out. There are no consumer goods in Lithuania and the country is run by a "command economy". Citizens Citizens are told what to produce and who would get what was produced. Subsistence Living It was subsistence living living and the people had no incentive to produce more. LEEMAR CONTRACTING 838360 ONTARIO LIMITED • Kitchens • Baths • Basements • Decking • Quality Work Only 209 Grenfell St. Unit #1 Oshawa, Ont. 579-7667 432-4525 New Canadian Tire Store Slated for Town's West End In a report to the committee, Newcastle's Newcastle's planning director noted that the first phase of the store has a total building area of 47,675 square feet. This includes not only a retail store but also a fuel bar, repair garage and storage area. When phase two is completed, the building would contain a total of 81,173 square feet of floor area. The owner of the site was identified as Markborough Properties Limited and West Bowmanville Developments. MARCH SPECIALS Puppy Chow 20 kg SAVE $000 Growth Formula Dog Chow Low Caloric Formula (Rutcherfc (glend Xe ^ DOGFOOD 20 kg SAVE $ooo 2 8 kg SAVE $1 00 1 Glow CAT FOOD SAVE skg $ l 00 WELCOME FEEDS (formerly Vanstone's) 623-S777 ■■■ Bowmanville's new Canadian Tire store moved one step closer to reality on Monday. The development, which is to be located located on Highway Two, just south of the Bowmanville Recreation Complex, was approved by the town's general purpose and administration committee. committee. A by-law to re-zone the 5.7 acre site will now be referred to Town Council for approval. Industrial Lots Proposed for South of 401 Newcastle's Town Council will be asked to give a green light to two industrial industrial subdivisions in south Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The subdivision plans submitted by Oceanfront Developments and Esquire Developments were both approved by the town's general purpose and administration administration committee on Monday. They represent two of three industrial industrial subdivision applications received in July of 1987. The three are located south of Highway Highway 401, extending from Port Darlington Darlington Blvd., to a point midway between Lamb's Rd. and Bennett Rd. Minor changes pertaining to underground underground hydro and telephone services along with the developer's requirement requirement to contribute to road construction construction were approved at Monday's committee committee meeting. .The two industrial subdivisions recommended recommended for Council approval this week contain a total of just over 81 acres and would consist of 18 lots. Town Pushing For Control of Highway #2 The Town of Newcastle wants to take charge of an additional stretch of Highway Two west of Bowmanville. Council will.be asked on Monday to pass a resolution requesting that the Minister of Transportation designate a portion of Highway Two between Regional Regional Rd. 57 and Maple Grove as a "connecting link" In the resolution passed by the general general purpose and administration committee committee Monday, the councillors noted that the Town of Newcastle wishes to apply higher urban maintenance standards standards to this section of the roadway. Newcastle's planning department said in a report that the total annual cost of extending the connecting link and applying; a higher standard of maintenance is $7,275. The resolution adds that the Town of Newcastle is concerned over the lack of progress in negotiations between between the Ministry of Transportation and the Region of Durham to assume Highway 2 as a Regional Rond. Concern Over 618 Homes firm's engineers are aware of the ice build-up, but added that the engineers have assured him that they can protect protect the development from the ice and Hooding connected with the spring run-off. In referring the Masthead proposal hack to the planning department for further input from other agencies, Newcastle's general purpose and administration administration committee was acting on the advice of its planning staff. There was little discussion from councillors over the disposition of the From Pago Une issue. However, Councillor Frank Stapleton Stapleton said he felt threatened over the possibility of an OMB hearing. "1 fool I'm threatened, ns a councillor, councillor, to make up my mind or wo'll go to the OMB," ho said. b Councillor Diane I lam re said the report report from the planning stall' shows that attempts have boon made to try to address all concerns. "I, like you, hope that this doesn't Lake too much longer. But it does reel reel uiro co-onornlion on both sidos," Councillor Jlnmro told Mr. Littlowood. A black market has cropped up though where western goods can be bought with American dollars. One American dollar on the black market market Mr. Cureatz was told was worth 20 rubles. By comparison, the American dollar was worth only half a ruble at "dollar stores", which are owned and operated by the Soviet government. While there, Mr. Cureatz Cureatz spoke with John Pringle, a man working with a foundation from England which cultivates agricultural methods in underdeveloped countries. countries. Mr. Cureatz said to get an economy going in Lithuania Lithuania one would have to start with agriculture. A plan Mr. Pringle proposed proposed was to eliminate collective farms and to allow allow families to lease farmland for a length of time -- 60 years perhaps. The next step would be to open a farmers' supermarket supermarket for the farmers to sell what they produce. Eventually they will need equipment to run the farms and down the line a company could come in to supply the equipment. Local MPP Sam Cureatz was part of a Canadian delegation which travelled travelled to Lithuania recently to observe their elections. Mr. Cureatz said he wouldn't have missed going on the trip but adds he wouldn't go back. One of his souvenirs from Lithuania is this Pepsi Cola'bottle. He said he saw the McDonald's in Moscow but 'didn't go .in; UL With agriculture as the base, the economy would start growing he said. Even though Mr. Cureatz Cureatz said he wouldn't have missed this opportunity opportunity he was glad to touch Ontario soil last Wednesday Wednesday (February 28), especially especially after a harrowing experience he had on a flight from Lithuania to Moscow. Lighting Strikes After being in the air for a minute and a half, lightning struck one of the engines on the Aeroflot Aeroflot commuter plane. ("I call it the Areo "plop" he said.) Red lights went on in the back of the plane and it felt like the plane leaned to one side, he said. "It was evident we were in. trouble." The woman sitting next to him said "We're at the treetops" when the back of the plane started to shake. The plane eventually landed and Mr. Cureatz and his group had to wait for over an hour while they checked the plane over. Visas Denied The group had planned on observing the elections. in the Ukraine on Sunday, Sunday, February 25, but was denied visas. He said he thought the Soviets may have decided it was okay to let them view the elections in Lithuania Lithuania but was another thing to let them watch "the breadbasket of Mother Mother Russia" have an election. election. "I was pleasèd Russia did let us in (to Lithuania). Lithuania). The Red Army was eveiywhere but didn't interfere." interfere." Six congressmen from the United States weren't allowed to enter Lithuania Lithuania until the elections were over. "I have great hopes that, the Soviet troops will he out of there within six months to a year," Mr. Cureatz added.. ^ mm. Come in and browse during Bowmanville Gold Rush Days. Our new Spring and Summer Fashions Are Now Arriving. up 7i FALL and to (\ M ,0 ACC WINTER FASHIONS; Allouise Fashions 49 Kins St. W., Bowmanville Telephone 623-5854 i, i