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10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, December 11,1991 -The Week in Review. Santa Visits Hospital Christmas Party Money and Toys Collected at Darlington G.S. The fourth annual Toy Drive at Darlington Generating Station was a great success this year. Construction Section Section Workers collected $2,705.53 in cash donations, which more than doubles last year's total. Workers also filled three conference-size tables with non-perishable food items and a wide assortment of toys to be distributed distributed in food hampers. The money will be used to purchase food and Christmas toys for clients of the Durham Children's Children's Aid. In addition, $104.85 in Canadian Tire cou pons was also collected. In the back row, 1-r; Cheryl MacLeod, Branch Manager of the Durham Children's Aid; Bev Barnett, Secretary of the Darlington Employment Employment Equity Committee. In the front, 1-r: Susan Sims, Community Relations Worker with the Durham Children's Children's Aid; Bruce McPherson, Human Resources Manager Manager with Darlington Construction; and Pat Usher, Co- Chairman of the Darlington Employment Equity Committee. Committee. Beautiful Quilt Won in Hospital Auxiliary Draw Pat Griffin, a member of the Memorial Hospital Bow- Memorial Hospital, and Ms Griffin. At right is Joan Ap- manville Auxiliary was the winner of this attractive quilt pleton, the President of the Auxiliary. Ms Appleton following a draw on Friday, Dec. 6. Holding up the prize made the quilt and the cushion she is holding, are Randy Fallis, Vice-President of Human Resources at CROSS CANADA MARKETPLACE ITS FAST - ITS EASY! ONE CALL, ONE BILL DOES IT ALL. THINK BIG - CALL THIS NEWSPAPER FOR DETAILS. MOBILE HOMES new opportunities with Incredibly HIGH MOTORHOMES MOTORHOMES MOTOR- !î^9M£ S ' Urganlly need sales P ao P le - 1-800 " HOMES. 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In his speech to the group, Mr. McEwcn described how coming up against a top-heavy chain of corporate command early in his career heightened his determination to go into business for himself. "I didn't like to report to 18 bosses," he said. He remembered thinking to himself: "I don't know what I'm going to start, but it's go- ing to be something." Mr. McEwcn eventually launched his own wood product product business in 1988. He makes pallets. Pallets are loading platforms, platforms, usually made of sturdy wooden slats, nailed together. Once loaded with merchandise, pallets arc easily moved by forklift. Initially, in his first years of operation, the young entrepreneur entrepreneur started out servicing small orders in the Bowmanvillc area for another pallet manufacturer conducting business from Acton. Acton. The Acton supplier found that "distance and the transportation transportation problems prevented proper and effective maintenance maintenance of these accounts," Mr. McEwcn explained. His own local set-up, however, was better better able to cater to these clients by delivering custom designed pallets in record time. Immediate' results, in spite of tight deadlines, eventually netted Bowmanvillc Wood Products a longer list of loyal clients. Mr. McEwcn told ihc Lions that this quick service is still crucial to the success of Bowmanvillc Wood Products. He said, "Many of our clients get used to running their pallet inventories down to very low levels and we can supply them sometimes the same day." Mr. McEwcn admits to being being unprepared for the tremendous tremendous physical strain of running a wood product business. Mastering Mastering equipment such as the pneumatic nail driver took time. He said that using the handheld handheld nail driver, which is four times the size of a normal drill, did more than develop his forearm forearm muscle. "If you pull the trigger and depress the nose cone, you've got a machine gun. I got it right in the chunky part between between the thumb and forefinger." forefinger." The current range of possibilities possibilities within the palletmaking palletmaking industry arc great, Mr. McEwcn said. "You can go from a hammer and a nail to a one-man automated system," he added. He described systems systems where nails and lumber arc poured into separate hoppers hoppers and automatically advanced, advanced, sorted, and assembled to exact design specifications. Mr. McEwcn is presently investigating a new recycled plastic material to be used instead instead of wood. His conclusion so far is that the material is unlikely unlikely to completely replace the familiar wooden pallet. "It won't take over all the pallet applications, but it has some good applications," he said, citing one new pallet design's design's interlocking stacking capacity. capacity. He indicated that a regular regular truck could double its load of empty plastic pallets with the interlocking design. Two-year-old David Hubbard and his sugar cookie snowman had another treat when they were hefted up on Santa's knee. David received a present! David and about 100 other children who took part in the Memorial Hospital Bowmanvillc Christmas Party for children of staff. Each kid had a chance to visit with the jolly old man before he and his reindeer high-tailed it out of Base Line Community Centre for another date. All the children who attended the party received a pre- Christmas gift and enjoyed some cute cookies and a light lunch before heading home with their parents and friends. The Christmas Party Committee was chaired this year by Sylvia Spice. Minister of Health Speaks to Ont. District Health Councils Home Builders Challenge Fee For Education On New Homes The Ontario Home Builders' Builders' Association (OHBA) recently recently announced that it is proceeding proceeding with a court challenge of the validity of the education development charge on new homes. OHBA President Ian Rawlings Rawlings said the court challenge is being launched to protect the new home buyer from this discriminatory discriminatory and unscrupulous form of taxation. "It is patently unfair that new home buyers will now be saddled with the costs for constructing constructing new schools when the entire community benefits from the education of our children." children." OHBA will be launching the challenge in the Ontario Divisional Court against the York Region School Boards and the Attorney-General of Ontario. Rawlings indicated that OHBA's chances of expediting the hearing process are greatly improved at the Divisional Court Level. "We arc bringing this to court as soon as possible so that the home builders can state their case against this inappropriate inappropriate legislation. We arc now doing what we have been saying we would do since the legislation was introduced 24 months ago. This action, which is based on principle and fairness, fairness, is in the best interests of the people who will pay this tax, our consumers," he said. Both the York Region Public Public Board of Education and the York Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board passed their education - development charge by-laws on November 18th, 1991 and were the first school boards in the province to do so under the Development Development Charges Act, 1989. Rawlings said the combined levy for both school boards will be $3,623 (Public: $2,451, Separate: $1,172). Additional charges will bo levied against non-rcsidcntiul development. On November 9 Ontario's Minister of Health, Frances Lankin, addressed the annual convention of Ontario's thirty- two District Health Councils (DHC's). Ms, [; Lankin stated her belief that the very cxis 7 tence of medicare depends on changes to Ontario's health system, and that DHC's will be instmmental in these changes. Ms. Lankin also stated her belief the DHC's arc the bodies bodies best positioned to facilitate these changes in communities. "I've come to see what a valuable source of planning talent talent you bring to the health care debate" said Ms. Lankin. She also asked DHC's to "take leadership and to plan for the changes which must take place in the hospital and community services network." Joy Warkcntin, Chair of the Association of District Health Councils indicates that DHC's welcome the Minister's statement statement of confidence and support support for the role of DHC's in helping ensure that Ontario's health system lives within available means. "We recognize recognize there is no major source of new money to sustain the health care system's historical rates of growth" said Ms. War- kentin, "and we believe our strengths as brokers amongio- cal partners, spokespersons'Tor local values, and communitywide communitywide health planners will allow us to play a central role in helping restructure the health care system." Ms. Warkcntin pointed out that the three thousand community community volunteers who make up the network of District Health Councils across Ontario will be busy in their communities maintaining and renewing local local partnerships among consumers consumers and providers to find ways to change the system. "The object is not a reduction reduction in appropriate service to Ontarians" said Ms. Warken- tin, "but equal or improved service service through changes in the way service is provided. We can only make these changes through partnerships, since the difficulties the health system faces are no one's fault and everyone's problem". Ontario's thirty-two District Health Councils arc bodies of local volunteers - consumers, providers and nominees of lo- ,cal government -| appointed.by the Government'of Ontario io give advice to Ontario's Minister Minister of Health in full consultation consultation with their communities. Over the next four to six weeks and beyond, DHC's across the province will be working with hospitals, other service providers and communities communities to define strategics for managing spending deficits and realigning services. Yuletide Memories The Statesman is looking looking for Christmas stories stories from all our readers. readers. If you tell us about your Christmases, we'll publish your work in the next few weeks. Submissions can be dropped off at our office at 62 King St. W., Bow- manville. OWASCO David's Smile of the Week.. Ho! Ho! Ho! 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