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14 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, February 12,1992 Clubs and Organizations Funeral Director Addresses Canadian Club College President Boasts Of Top Quality Education At North Oshawa Campus by Lorraine Manl'rcdo Nothing short of straight "A's" will satisfy Durham College College President Gary Polonsky when he marks his school's performance. And the latest report card was no disappointment, according according to Mr. Polonsky. In an address to the Bowmanvillc Bowmanvillc Rotary Club last Thursday, the college president told his audience that Durham College has been assured of winning two Paragon awards this year. The awards arc from the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. Colleges. Mr. Polonsky said, "Paragon "Paragon awards arc to education what Oscars arc to the movies." movies." He called Durham College's College's 90% job placement rate for graduates virtually "a miracle miracle in a tough economy," adding adding that "applicants arc beating down our door to get in." There has been an 18.9% increase over last year of fulltime fulltime students at Durham College. College. Current enrollment, including including part-time students, is now 4i,000. "Obviously the recession has a great deal to do with the increase," said Mr. Polonsky. He said his staff has continued continued to meet the demands of the larger enrollment, despite being being squeezed by the government's government's tightening purse strings. In response to the Ontario government's announcement to limit education funding to 1% in '92, Mr. Polonsky has drafted drafted a document outlining Durham Durham College's commitment to quality education. He said that Durham would not only survive survive the recession, but thrive despite it. Hoping to prove the weight of that pledge, Mr. Polonsky told Rotarians that his administration administration has negotiated millions of dollars worth of equipment despite an operating budget of only $300,000. The school has also negotiated negotiated two national training programs. "I make no bones about asking asking our staff to work harder, longer, and smarter," he said. "Our unions arc in sync with that." In exchange, a "no lay-off policy" has been suggested for his workers, Mr. Polonsky said. "Employment security is not a bad tradeoff" for the extra extra effort. Mr. Polonsky told Rotarians that the success of his college is built on four cornerstones of commitment. Durham College has a mandate mandate to provide quality education, education, to remain accessible to students, and to being a stable employer. The college administration administration has also promised to live within its means. "We will balance our books by March 31," said the college president. "We must balance our books or go broke." Referring to a Thursday morning edition of a national daily newspaper, Mr. Polonsky pointed out that the previous low-profile afforded to education education has changed dramatically. "Suddenly we're big news," he said of educational facilities. facilities. "It's no secret that knowledge knowledge is driving the economy. If we arc going to "oul-Tokyo" Tokyo, we've got to do it between between the cars." Due to renovations to the Newcastle Community Hall the Lions Club will not be able to hold their meetings there for a few weeks. For this reason it was decided to take the club on a visitation for the first meeting meeting of February. After deciding to visit the Blackstock Lions Club on February 5th it was learned that this was their Annual Annual Farmers' Night. The Blackstock Lions had invited the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Bill McKnight as Special Guest Speaker. This was a very timely speaker for the farming community because because of the GATT negotiations negotiations going on at this time with 108 nations. These talks concern concern agriculture and agricultural agricultural products worldwide and the guest speaker is representing Canada in Geneva Switzerland. They arc very much in the minds of Canadian farmers as the outcome could bear greatly on the income of "Canada's Farm Community" and even the very existence of the community community itself. The hall of the Recreation Complex in Blackstock was full of Farmers and Lions, in cluding 18 visiting Newcastle Lions. Also quite in evidence were the members of many of the Agricultural Marketing Boards especially the Chicken Producers Marketing Board. Blackstock Lions President Bill Ingram called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. with O Canada and the Lions Grace after which the Blackstock Lioness Lioness Club served a delicious roast beef dinner. After dinner, an array of door prizes were ■ given away with two Newcastle Newcastle Lions, Terry Graham and Bob Jackson picking up caps as mementos of the night at Blackstock. Former Newcastle Lion, Seldon Parker, who farms in the Woodvillc area, was in attendance along with two of his sons and they also won door prizes. „ The list of prominent head table guests included M.P. Ross Stevenson, Regional • Chairman Gary Hcrrcma, Scu- gog Mayor Howard Hall as well as local Councillors and Lions. A protest was staged for the Minister of Agriculture as a group of people marched through the hall with placards protesting the slow pace of the GATT negotiations. The Minister Minister took this all in his stride as any good politician would. M.P. Ross Stevenson introduced introduced the Minister and noted that he is also a farmer and farmed the family farm in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan before being elected to Federal Office. Also, Bill has held other important portfolios portfolios including the Minister of Defence during the Gulf War last year. Agriculture Minister Bill McKnight explained the reason for the GATT talks and brought the audience up to date on the ongoing negotiations. He assured the farmers present that he would continue to look after their best interests. After speaking for some time he fielded many questions from the audience, most of whom are very concerned because their livelihood depends on the outcome of thesd talks. The Newcastle Lions had a very enjoyable visitation and thank the Blackstock Lions for having them out on their special special night. Many Deductions Missed on Tax Forms B&P Women Hear About Intricacies of Tax Returns The February 5th meeting of the Bowmanvillc Men's Canadian Club featured Mr. Cory Kuipcrs (second from right), as speaker. Mr. Kuipcrs gave club members members some new insight into the funeral profession. At the head table last week were (from left), Cliff Trcwin; Hugh Nind; Mr. Kuipcrs; and president Rae Aber- nethy. Sea Cadets Busy on Training Week-end "Spend the time to go carefully carefully through the tax guide, you might keep a few more dollars in your own pocket," advised accountant Norah Woodhousc as she explained the intricacies of some of the tax rules to the members of the Bowmanvillc Business and Professional Women's Club at their January meeting. She pointed out that often people fail to apply deductions to which they arc legally entitled, such as the rental fee for a safety deposit box holding their stock and bond certificates. certificates. For a number of years now, the Bowmanvillc . BPW Club has presented bursaries to young women who continue their education after graduating from the local public high schools. Recently, the club added a new bursary to be awarded to a woman graduating graduating from the Centre for Individual Individual Studies in Bowmanvillc. We were pleased to have Dag- mar Busshoff, Dean of the Bowmanvillc Campus, and teacher Gail Rickard among us as Sue Sticidey, Chair of the Bursary Committee, presented a certificate and a $300 bursary to Susan Guest. Susan Guest is the first student from the Centre Centre to receive this bursary. She is now studying at Durham College. , Each year, the February meeting focuses on the international international bonds that members of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs enjoy worldwide. worldwide. Our speaker, Janice Seto, is a member of our community who has travelled in Europe and has taught in Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia. She will speak about the role of women in Eastern Europe. Europe. We welcome guests and invite you to join us at our next meeting on Thursday, February 21st, 1992, at the Port Darlington Darlington Marina Hotel. Social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by a buffet dinner at 6:45 p.m. Dinner tickets are $18.00. For reservations, please call Helen Dcvitt at 623-3915 or Roxy Bames at 623-2288 by February February 17th; Irene Konzelmann No. 279 Bowmanvillc Sea Cadet Corps has been extremely extremely busy since the Christmas break. Early in January the more senior cadets cadets attended a training week-end in Peterborough. On Feb. 1 and 2 the Corps participated in the flotilla competitions in ' Trenton. Bowmanville was named top corps over all, and first place winners will go on to Provincial Provincial competitions at various locations later this spring. Congratulations to all who participated. Two cadets - former coxswain coxswain Mark Plummer and Kristen Plummer of Orono retired in January, having reached age 19. Both have remained with the ccorps as civilian instructors - Mark in Administration, Kristen in Supply. Both are valuable additions to the staff. Chief Petty Officer First Class Ja son lvanoff is the corps' new coxswain. Chief Petty Officer Second Second Class Mike Martin is presently absent from the corps on a three-month working cruise on board HMCS Skeena, somewhere in the North Atlantic, with the possibility of going as well to the Caribbean. We look forward to a report on his return. Bob Pearce has left 279 Bowmanville to take his new position as Commanding Commanding Officer of Port Hope corps. We will miss Bob, but wish him all the best in his new position and congratulate congratulate him on his promotion to Lieutenant. Bob started as a cadet with 279 when the corps was formed 10 years ago and worked up through the ranks, and we are proud of him as he takes on this new challenge. Andrew Scott of. Orono, a former cox swain with this corps has been accepted on staff as an Officer Cadet. We welcome Andrew to his new position. Upcoming events include a pilotage course in Trention on Feb. 29, Mar. 1„ Awards Night April 21 at Base Line Community Centre, our annual annual tag days April 23, 24, 25, Annual Inspection at Newcastle Village Arena on May 31, and on June 13, 14 the corps from the flotilla will go to Peterborough to help that corps celebrate their 50th anniversary. Parents and friends are invited to celebrate Leap Year at our Navy League sponsored dance Feb. 29 at the Bowmanville Legion Hall. DJ Ron Moore, prizes, lunch. For tickets call Bill Rdse 623-5090, or any Navy League member. -Sheila Brooks, Navy League President FABRICLAND LOTS OF FREE PARKING OPEN Mon. - Fri. 'til 9 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. r ' . 'h si » *, - pi WI Learns History Of Local Libraries Thursday's guest speaker at the Bowmanville Rotary Club was Gary Polonsky (at left), president of Durham College. The guest reported on the growing international international importance of education. Thanking Mr. Polonsky for his informative talk was Rotary President, Ken Hockin. The Bowmanvillc W.I. met on Jan. 6th at 1:30 p.m. in Trinity United Church Sunday school hall. Our president Mrs. Wise- Valentines Day So many ways to say I love you Chance to win a Romantic Dinner for 2 with every purchase Goldsmith on Premises Custom Designs and Re-mounts, till repairs done on premises Hooper's Jewellers 39 Kins Sf. W., Bowmanville A Sign you can Trust Store Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 9 to 6 Fri. 9 to 9 Sat. 9-5 man opened the meeting with O'Canada and the institute Ode. Mrs. Puk was in charge of the meeting and she introduced our guest speaker Barb Hoffman Hoffman a librarian at our public library. library. She spoke on when our first library was established in 1856 and spoke of the history of the library, also one can go to the library for research for school students also' other topics which one is interested in. She explained about talking books, which is very beneficial to blind persons or the partially blind. Anyone living in this municipality can be a member providing they have a Bowmanvillc Bowmanvillc address, at no charge. Mrs. Slute presented our speaker with a small gift. Mrs. Wiseman gave the motto, which was take time to read, it is the foundation for wisdom. . Pennies for friendship, also donations were taken, and roll call which was very well responded responded too. Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Wiseman, Wiseman, attended a district meeting meeting at Ncstlcton and Mrs. Bell gave the report on that, and what the W.I. does with their money by donating to different projects around the world. We closed the meeting with God Save the Queen. Lunch was served by Mrs. Puk and her group, we had cookies, cheese and tea, We welcome any visitors who would like to attend our meetings, the first Thurs. of each month. Ann Park, P.R.O. 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