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16 The Canadian Statesman, Bowman ville, May 29,1991 New Slate of Officers for Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 178 IE ' 'I " pkù-i t |Museum is a Key Part of Our Heritage Dear Johnny: As we celebrate Heritage Week in the Town of Newcastle Newcastle I feel that this would be a good time to examine the nature of our Heritage and the role that Museums in Canada play. Heritage means a great many things to a great many people but just where do Museums fit in as "Leaders" in the Heritage Heritage community both locally and nationally. The issue of Heritage and the Museum's role is a complicated complicated and controversial one. Until recently, mu-. seums had been defined by their actions and place in the community. Museums collect, preserve, conserve and present displays and exhibitions, exhibitions, utilizing the artifacts artifacts that they hold in trust. Originally seen as educators (when museums have evolved more towards "entertainment" "entertainment" for most with a minor emphasis on educa- .tion. Museums mount wonderful wonderful displays of Victoriana and Edwardian artifacts, reflect reflect periods and lifestyles spanning a couple of hundred hundred years in Ontario/ Canada, and provide hands Clarke Committee Requests Minister To Clarify Position ■ On Thursday, May 23rd, the recently elected officers officers of Branch 178, Royal Canadian Legion, were installed installed with an impressive ceremony at the branch. Included in the group were seven past presidents who will be serving on the new executive. The new slate includes, includes, 1-r, front row, Secretary Cecile Bowers, 3rd PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER Vice Lyne Puddister, 1st Vice Walter Park, President Jim Connell, 2nd Vice Wendy Murdoch, Treasurer Gloria Grant; back row, Doreen Park, Art Brooks, Alfred Alfred Millson, Emerson Jones, Jim Firth, Irene Whitney, Whitney, Doug Walton and Ross Wright; absent, Fred Brown and Bill Cole. St. Stephen's H.S. Has Busy Month Thank You! The Kinsmen Club of Bowmanville and the Alert Fire Company of Bowmanville, would like to thank the people of the Town of Newcastle for their support of our first annual Fireworks Sale. Special thanks are extended to: Beaver Lumber, Preston Transport and Walter Frank Real Estate for the generous donation of their facilities. by Sarah Butler Summer has clearly arrived arrived at St. Stephen's High School. The sun is shining and the popsicles are selling like mad in the cafeteria. St. Stephen's has been a busy place these past weeks, There have been numerous school trips, including an overnight OAC retreat to Mariresa, a trip to Canada's Wonderland and weekly volunteering volunteering by Grade 10 religion religion students at St. Vincent's' Kitchen in Oshawa. The Prom was held on May 24 at Trillium Valley. Earlier the same day was St. Stephen's "May Day" which is similar to an elementary elementary school's playday except except were more mature. The important thing is the great school spirit that results from these days. Students of St. Stephen's have been taking their artistic artistic talent outside of the school. The Lakeshore West Arts Festival was held on May 15 and 16 with afternoon afternoon and evening shows. There were participants from several schools and many excellent performanc- HOW WE DON'T DRAW YOU IN WITH UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS - We will sit down with you and talk rebates, special financing and your FINAL PRICE - no gimmicks attached - We will send you away with the best all-round deal in town, which includes the finest in after sale service. We do want your business - come in and talk with us! 623-8166 HWY. HZ AND MAPLE GROVE WEST OF BOWMANVILLE 668-5893 1120 DUNDAS ST. E. WHITBY es. St. Stephen's High School contributed with dance, music and dramatic and visual arts. The last dance for this school year is being held on June 7. Responsibility for music is being shared by a D.J. and a local group, The Cheddar Hounds. This superlative superlative new band plays Wednesdays at "KooKoo Bananas" Bananas" in Whitby as well as in other clubs in the area. They feature classic rock and talented young musicians, musicians, including SSHS student student Chris Vanhaverbeke on bass guitar. This dance should be the best yet. A splendid time is guaranteed for all. Many St. Stephen's baseball baseball players participated in the May 17 tournament sponsored by OSAID. (Ontario (Ontario Student's Against Impaired Impaired Driving) Participants enjoyed themselves despite the soggy ground. OSAID has also been selling Pizza once a week as a fundraiser for their group. Another recent baseball tournament was May 22nd. Many fine players make up St. Stephen's two teams. After a great season, the Junior Girls' Soccer team placed second in their division division with the highest scores ever for St. Stephen's girls' soccer. St. Stephen's students are taking advantage of the beautiful weather as we begin begin to end the 1990-91 school year. Dear Ms Grier: Re: Laidlaw Waste Systems Systems (Durham) Ltd. Provincial Certificate of Approval Application for Interim Expansion I recently received a copy of a letter dated April 24, 1991, from J.R. Bray in your Ministry's Environmental Planning and Prevention Division Division to J. Curren of the Environmental Assessment Board. In this letter, Mr. Bray indicates that this application application "has not been designated designated under the Environmental Assessment Act and may proceed to a public hearing under the Environmental Protection Act." With reference. to Laid- law's request for a hearing under the Consolidated Hearings Act, Mr. Bray goes on to say that "due to the anticipated timing of the M.O.E, review, wè would have no objection to a hearing hearing date being scheduled at this time to commence as soon as possible after the above mentioned formal submission submission (June 30, 1991)." As you know, our Committee Committee has repeatedly asked your Ministry to designate this interim expansion urv der the Environmental As sessment Act. These re quests were made in oui letters of March 14, 1989 August 24, 1990, October 5 1990 and October 29, 1990 In response to our request by your letter dated Febru ary 15, 1991, you indicated that "your request for this designation under the Environmental Environmental Assessment Act is being considered." If our request is indeed being considered, I would suggest that Mr. Bray's comments comments to the Environmental Assessment Board are premature, premature, at best. In addition, the continued continued operation of this site and its allowable contours is still an open question. We have still received no answer answer to our question of maximum maximum allowable tonnage at this site. I refer you to our letter of October 5, 1990, in which we outlined the issues concerning concerning the designation of this interim expansion. Your Ministry appears to be proceeding on the assumption assumption that our legitimate legitimate request (and that of the Town of Newcastle) will be denied. As you can see, our position position on this designation and the site closure issue is being being seriously prejudiced by the absence of a definite decision. decision. Your early response on these matters is of critical importance to our community. community. In the interim, we suggest suggest that you direct all proceedings proceedings on this hearing to' be held in abeyance pending your decision. Yours truly, David Scott,Chairman Committee of Clarke Constituents Cancer can be beaten. Please support our April campaign | c (anadInnc DU ONCE* on programmes for children. Some nave ventured in to native history and prehistory, prehistory, some are explicitly science oriented, while others others are beginning to venture into the environment. Museum courses and professionals professionals have long taught these basic principles and expounded on them to their boards and volunteers. Do museums have a greater responsibility responsibility though? A community's community's heritage can be defined defined in terms of politics, education, cultural, multicultural, multicultural, sociological, natural, natural, historic ana contemporary. contemporary. These are but a few. Where does the museum "fit in?" Museums receive public money through taxes - fact. Museums raise large amounts of money from the public fact. Museums collect, preserve, conserve and present an area's history to educate and illuminate - fact. Museums employ trained professionals in order order to pass along the stewardship stewardship they hold to future generations - fact. Museums can justify their existence by the above criteria - fiction! The world does not stand still. Neither can museums if they wish to survive. Financial Financial situations change, social situations change, and the needs of the public change. Museums face new demands every day. Demands Demands that, if they ignore will destroy them. Museums have begun to alter their focus- to expand into new areas. Museums are responding to current social social and environmental issues issues in order to help the community understand by placing events into their proper perspective in liisto- , thus removing them from e emotional "here and now." Museums are also recognizing recognizing the neéd to develop new and innovative programming programming dealing with non- traditional, or at least unexpected, unexpected, topics. During poor economic times, the neea for community networking has also come to the forefront. Museums are actively seeking seeking out "partners" in the community. Not always as a means of fundraising but, to expand the role of the museums museums and the public base of support and direction that is so vital for all museums. Museums are also an im portant part of the business community. Although museums museums have traditionally downplayed their "industry" side, this alone has become one of the key factors in justifying justifying an institution's existence. existence. In Ontario alone there are over 300 recognized, recognized, professional museums with an annual combined attendance attendance over 9 million. Annual Annual expenditures on museums museums across Canada tops $480 million and Canadian museums generate over $2.5 million through gift shop retail retail sales. This impact on tourism and business is staggering. As part of the larger "Cultural "Cultural World" in Canada, museums museums combine with theatres, theatres, art galleries, cooperatives cooperatives and others to form the 9th largest industry industry in Canada. The annual revenue of Canada's industries industries combine - over $8.5 billions!. billions!. Cultural industries are also the fourth largest employer employer providing over 240,000 jobs. Canadian's commitment to cultural industries shows clearly at the door! Canadians Canadians buy more tickets to cultural cultural institutions than to all professional sporting events combined! Also more than 1/ 3 of all tourists come to Canada Canada to partake of our cultural cultural centres. The spinoff to other related related industries is immense. For every dollar earned by a cultural institution in Canada, Canada, another dollar is earned by restaurants, hotels, man- ufacters, and other community community based retailers. 1 Directly or indirectly, Ca nadian cultural facilities, including including museums, contribute contribute over $16 billion to Canada's economy eveiy year. So the next time you look at your community museum, look beyond the size of the building, the collections and the programmes. Just as museums put events in their proper perspective, put Your museum in its proper perspective. perspective. Yes, museums are vital for "Heritage" whatever the final definition may be for you! Editor's Note: Mr. Jackman is a professional professional Arts Administrator who has been working in the cultural industry for the past 10 years. He has held senior positions in both living living history and general dis- S museums as well as the National Theatrical Company. Mr. Jackman began preparing preparing for his field by studying studying world history in University University and later completing his Administrative studies at Community College in a special special Arts Administration course. Mr. Jackman speaks regularly regularly on behalf of the Ontario Ontario Historical Society and has spoken for the Royal Ontario Ontario Museum. As a former Councillor at Large of the Ontario Museum Association, Association, Mr. Jackman has worked extensively with many community groups and voluntary Arts Organizations. Organizations. 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