The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, September 18,1991 Section Two LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Reader Asks... "What is in a Name? yy Dear Editor; What is in a name? It is how you come to be known. It is a permanent identification identification of a time and place and it has history. The Town of Bowmanvillc has become submerged submerged in the problem of identity. identity. Yes, we are part of The Town of Newcastle. Yes, we are part of the Durham Region. We, like all the other parts of The Town of Newcastle, are proud of our traditions and history. history. Tyrone, Enniskillen, Oro- no, Courticc, Crooked Creek, Ncwlonvillc arc each unique. The Village of Newcastle in the Town of Newcastle is unique. The main confusion is as simple as the municipal office office for the Town of Newcastle, Newcastle, located in the Town of Bowmanvillc. Most facilities in the Town of Bowmanvillc arc marked or identified with the Town of Newcastle within the Town of Bowmanville. It is not the name, it is the confusion confusion it causes. I ask again what is in a name? Let me tell you that with a name such as John or perhaps Smith, there is a certain certain loss of identity or uniqueness. uniqueness. I must also add that with two places both named Newcastle, Newcastle, it does create unnecessary unnecessary confusion and inconveniences inconveniences for visitors, travellers, business people and even our citizens. If I was to tell any person to go to the Town Hall in Newcastle, where would they go? An unnecessary problem problem is the need to create an identity for this new Town of Newcastle. What is it and where exactly is it? The Town of Newcastle has to erect signs everywhere to establish this new identity. Perhaps this threatens all existing communities communities be it Orono or Newton- C.L.O.C.A.'s 3rd ANNUAL AUTUMN FUN DAY AND CRAFT SHOW Sunday, September 22, 1991 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CRAFTS FOR SHOW and SALE PETTING ZOO PONY RIDES DRAW PRIZES - FACE PAINTING REFRESHMENTS At Enniskillen Conservation Area From Bowmanville take Reg. Rd. 57 North to the 7th Cone. Rd. West on the 7th Cone, to Holts Rd. then north to the entrance. FREE ADMISSION - AMPLE PARKING ville. We can all say, "it is just Bowmanville that has the problem". problem". But this is not true. Every Every community that has the name on facilities has the problem. problem. If they were to build the Town of Newcastle municipal office in Tyrone, then the village village of Tyrone would be confused confused with the identity of Newcastle Newcastle on every piece of mail and building in the village. Soon the name Tyrone would be lost. If you were bom in Bowmanville Memorial Hospital, Hospital, you may have lost your place of birth. What is in a name? Well, you may have read in the paper recently, that Russia is going through a lot of changes to put it mildly. You have also read that the City of Leningrad has existed since the Russian Revolution Revolution about 1917. Prior to 1917 this proud city was known as St. Petersberg. After 74 years they are now fighting to have the name changed back to St. Petersberg. Today, the rights and privileges of the individual individual are enshrined in the constitution. Our native people are reaffirming their historical treaties, culture and history. The Town of Bowmanville just wants to retain its own unique identity and not be confused with this new Newcastle. In the context of history, the simple need to change a few documents, letterheads, business. business. cards and computer files is not a sufficient excuse. Politicians Politicians are elected to listen first. If the will is there, we should reconsider the name established established in 1974 under Regional Regional Government. The identity identity of our collection of unique communities is important to every village or hamlet within our boundaries. We were formerly formerly the Townships of Clarke and Darlington. Note, there were no exact places locally called Clarke or Darlington, it was just a regional geographical geographical area. With the millions of possi ble choices for a new name, why choose one which conflicts conflicts or confuses people? Why not The Town of Darlington, or Pincridge or Enterprize or California? Why not have a contest to allow our younger, brighter citizens the chance to compose a unique New Name for our regional area? Let Bowmanville, Newcastle, Courticc, Hampton, Mitchells Comers, Enfield, Tyrone, Enniskillen, Enniskillen, Haydon, Lcskard, Orono, Kirby, Kendal, Newton Newton ville, Crooked Creek, Stark- ville and every community live happily ever after. JohnR. O'Toole Bowmanville Report from Queen's Park by Gord Mills, M.P.P., Durham East Block Parent Honored with Trillium Pin Are you collecting Unemployment Insurance? Do you want to gain valuable work skills? Durham College and the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission (CEIC) are offering the following programs: Program Location Length Qualifications Women In Trades and Technology Ajax Automated Office Skills Ajax Welder-Fitter Oshawa Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Oshawa Machinist Oshawa Electrical/Mechanical Ajax, Oshawa Carpentry Ajax 18 weeks Grade 10 20 weeks 40 weeks 48 weeks 52 weeks 48 weeks 40 weeks Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 12 Grade 10 For registration information call Durham College • Simcoe Student Services • 576-0210, ext. 503. DURHAM 6 0 L L M t Durham College Main Campus 2000 Simcoe St. N. Oshawa, Ontario 1*1 Employment & Immigration Canada Tel: 416-576-0210 TDD: 416-571-5560 Fax:416-436-9774 "In politics, as in love, we arc astonished at the choice made by other people." -- Andr Maurois. This week is the start of my second year at Queen's Park as your MPP. It also marks the first anniversary of my regular weekly report to you all. I must confess that writing each week about the things I do on your behalf has been trying. Nevertheless, I feel keeping in touch on a weekly basis is important. During the past year, many people have told me how much they enjoy hearing about my weekly experiences. experiences. Since the column is enjoyed, enjoyed, I intend to continue with it. Going into my second year, I have been asked what were the highlights and the lowlights. To be perfectly honest, there have been many memorable things happen during the past year. I was delighted to have been appointed appointed Parliamentary Assist ant to the Solicitor General in October 1990, and I'm equally equally pleased to continue in this role with my friend and colleague, colleague, the Honourable Alan Pilkey. I have been very unhappy at the kind of criticism our government has faced in the first year. Bashing us has become become commonplace. I think most of the criticism has been unwarranted. In my opinion, it has come from traditional circles of power, and in particular particular from big business. There are still lots of people that are struggling with the fact that the NDP did win the election. It could be argued that some elements of the media media have mobilized public opinion against us. Personally, I have had my ■ own struggle as well, but not with the media. At the start,! some people, and some organizations organizations appeared cold and perhaps apprehensive of both the NDP and me. Now I'm winning folks over through honest representation, representation, and a desire to represent everyone in Durham East. At the end of my present term of office, I am confident people will be able to say, if they arc honest, that I have represent; ed them equally as well as a member of their own party would have done had he or she been elected. This type of representation is my goal, and nothing less will do. Last Saturday evening, along with many others, I had" the opportunity to join the thb celebration of Garnet and Ati- nabelle Rickard's 50th wedding wedding anniversary in Bowmanvillc. Bowmanvillc. I also had the pleasure of presenting a scroll to the happy couple on behalf of the Premier of Ontario and the government. Congratulations and may your happy life together together continue for many years to come. Finally, until next week - be kind to one another. It really does help. Ontario Hydro Records New Levels of Demand At last week's meeting of the Town of Newcastle Block Parents Inc., one of their hard-working members, Dorothy Chadwick, right, was presented with her "Trillium "Trillium Pin" for her energetic dedication to the group. Louise Beach is shown, making the presentation. Letter To The Editor The warm weather of the past three months pushed both peak demand and total electricity electricity consumption to record heights in Ontario. The new "summer peak" - the 20-minute period when electricity demand was heaviest heaviest - occurred on June 27, when demand hit 20,749 megawatts, megawatts, 1.5 per cent higher than the previous summer record of 20,453 megawatts set in July last year. Energy consumption also hit record levels in May, June and July. May use was up 0.7 per cent over May last year, June was up by nearly 5 per cent, and July by 2.2 per cent. Despite this three-month surge in power use, total sales for the year to date are still slightly below last year's figure figure -- the 80.6 million mega- watt-hours used till the end of July was 0.7 per cent less than the total for the first seven months of last year. The Ontario Climate Centre and Environment Canada report report that 1991 is on target to become the warmest year ever recorded in Ontario. Hydro, Union Agree on Pension Dollars Hydro and its largest employee employee group, Local 1000 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, have settled the monetary issues that arose from a pension contribution court action started in 1989. The agreement will see Hydro pay $228 million (plus interest since January 1, 1991). This is in addition to the $381 million already agreed to in the 1990 contract negotiations. Hydro's other major employee employee group, the Society of Ontario Hydro Professional and Administrative Employ ees, has also agreed to the proposed proposed settlement. Hydro is being recognized for its reforestation work on the Bruce-Longwood transmission transmission line. The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority is giving giving its Award of Merit in rec- • ognition of the tree replacement replacement program on about 242 hectares of land near the right- of-way. The Canadian- Statesman Complete coverage of all your Community events. SPORTS • LOCAL NEWS • PHOTOS • EDITORIALS • FEATURES ", • COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENTS; COMPREHENSIVE CLASSIFIED and REAL ESTATE SECTION "YVir Statrsnian It's Yottt ( 'ontnutnify Xvivs/uijirr" Heritage Becomes An Election Issue Dear Johnny, The following is an open letter to all municipal candidates. candidates. In every election there are many, many issues that face the candidates. Some are larger than others, some more important important for the immediate future of a community, but there is one that is always over looked. Heritage would not occur to most people to be an election issue, but it is not only an issue, issue, it is important. Heritage, whether it is a museum, art gallery, gallery, community celebrations, or special days should be an issue. issue. Heritage is important to the people, so let's make it im- Durham Region A Q.jÿi - Ontario Ministry of Skills Development DIAMOND TRIANGLE INC. 1*1 Employment & Immigration Canada WHAT DO THESE FOUR PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON? Dr, Carl Beigie Peter Taylor David McCamus Vince DaCosta STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT They are part of a group of 14 top business consultants who would like to help you improve your company's profits, competitiveness and overall positioning. HUMAN RESOURCES quality, PRODUCTIVITY 1 PROCESSES Additional details are available by calling: (416) 427-1922 • (416) 430-8511 • (416) 434-1412 Program Team: Dr, Carl Balgla, Daniel Borrla, David Bratton, Ian Cook, Joseph Cyr, Dr, Joeeph D'Cruz, Vince DaCoata, Dr, Gary Latham, John Long, Dr. Michael Mayo, David McCamua, Norman Noppir, Paler Taylor, Dr, George Yen. portant for the candidates. I'm going to start the ball rolling by putting forth some questions that I encourage all the candidates to answer. What does the term 'heritage' 'heritage' mean to you? What portion of the municipal municipal budget should be allocated to heritage? to the arts? to sports? How should municipal programmes programmes and policies recognize recognize the cultural diversity of the community? What should be done to preserve the contributions contributions of all peoples? What would you advocate as changes to the municipality's municipality's programmes and policies to better preserve and protect the community's heritage? How would you ensure that future generations have access to and an opportunity to experience experience the history of this community? community? Come on folks, how about giving the community your views? Heritage is an issue, and after all, you should be concerned ... it's your heritage too! Let's start talking. Sincerely, Mark!. Jackman, Curator If you are new to Bowmanville... would like to call on you with Housewarming Gifts and information about your new location, Call Your Hi Neighbour Hostess Mrs. Audrey Kehoe at 623-0395 Heating in the Winter. Air Conditioning in the Summer It's right under our Feet If you want to reduce your electric heating bill, look down at your feet. Now look a few feet further. Look at the earth itself. It could be your next source of heating and air conditioning. Ground source heat pumps are designed to draw heat from the earth and pump it into your home. In the summer, the ground source heat pump reverses its operation. It extracts heat and humidity from your home and pumps it into the earth. The excess heat can also be used to heat domestic hot water or swimming pools and hot tubs. This is truly the cleanest most efficient way to heat and air condition your home. And while ground source heat pumps cost more than traditional furnaces and air conditioners they soon pay for themselves with savings. That's why todays progressive home builders and renovators are specifying them for their clients. Call us for more information about ground source heat pumps. You'll see that one of the most advanced technologies in heating and cooling is as old as the earth itself. Ask about our $2,000 rebate Ontario Hydro Bowmanville Energy Management Dept. 1-800-263-8028 623-2561 tt J L a member of ElWfMork The Electricity People J JHj ,5