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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, September 16,1992 Section Two Former Publishers For 138 Years, Our First Concern Has Been Our Community Publisher - John M. James Assoc. Publisher - Richard A. James Plant Manager - Donald J. Bishop Ad. Manager - Brian G. Purdy Editor - Peter Parrott Production Rick Patterson, Julie Cashin-Oster, Ross Fisher, Laurens Kaldeway, Doug Lugtenburg, Sharon McMullen, Barb Patterson, Sean Pickard, Ralph Rozema, Jim Snoek, Varice Sutherland, Jim Tuuramo Advertising 0 Laveme Morrison 4A Editorial Brad Kelly, Lorraine Manfredo, Laura J. Richards Office Rev. W. R. Climie, 1854-1878 • M.A. James, 1878-1935 • George W. James, 1935-1957 Angela Luscher, Junia Carnegie, Grace McGregor, Nancy Pleasance, Marilyn Rutherford, Barb Schouten Produced weekly by James Publishing Company Limited p.o. Box 190,62 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario, L1C 3K9 416-623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 United Way Needs Your Help in 1992 Please give. These words are heard frequently by the many charitable organizations seeking public support Most of us get requests for donations in our mailboxes daily. We are solicited for funds by telephone and on the television and radio. And, of course, most of us are connected with service clubs, churches, sports organizations or some other community agencies which also seek funds. Sometimes we might think that there are so many requests for our charitable dollars that it's almost impossible to know where to start. Allow us to suggest that perhaps your charitable giving should start with the United Way. As the Oshawa, Whitby, Newcastle United Way embarks on its fall campaign to raise over $3 million in these communities, it would be wise to review the role of this important agency and to think for a minute about why it deserves our support United Way is a worthy fund-raising agency because it distributes money among 40 agencies which serve the public in the three aforementioned municipalities. Agencies such as John Howard Society, YWCA, St. John Ambulance, Community Care, Big Brothers, and many others rely on United Way for support Arid, without it, they'd be forced to run extensive fund-raising campaigns on their own -- a process which would lead to needless duplication and sap the time and energy of agencies whose focus is community service rather than fund-raising. Through a single donation to one umbrella organization called the United Way, your dollar goes to work in 40 different ways. Let us also keep in mind the fact that United Way is operated by volunteers. Thanks to their help, the United Way expenses can be kept to a minimum. The work is done almost entirely by the more than 2,000 volunteers who work as canvassers, fund-raisers, board members, and do the countless other tasks that a fund-raising effort of this magnitude requires. When you give to United Way, you can rest assured that your money will be spent efficiently. Just two per cent of the funds raised go back into the United Way to be used towards year-round fund-raising costs and just seven per cent will cover administration and operating expenses. In other words, 91 per cent of the money raised goes directly to the agencies which need it. Few other fund-raising ventures can make this claim. In a campaign a few years ago, the work of the United Way was summed up in the Slogan "The Way to Help the Most" And it seems to us that those words describe United Way just as effectively now as they did back then. This year, it stands to reason that the economic climate will be making fund-raising a little more difficult Moreover, the troubled economic times make it all the more important that United Way agencies get the funds they need to help people in need. If you have never before considered giving to the United Way, this is definitely the year to give. And those who are regular supporters must riiake every effort to renew their United Way commitment. The United Way campaign of 1992 kicked off on Wednesday and will continue throughout the fall. You can make your donation through a United Way pledge and/or by supporting the special fund-raising ventures that will be taking place Please give. Bizarre Harvest "Ain't never seen the likes of it. Single cobs, all of them. I blame the weather, the government, and genetic tampering.' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR "Town" is the Cause for Confusion Sir: -T- Although I thought I understood the reasons for the confusion caused by the name "Town of Newcastle", with the recent announcement of the list of possible new names I'm now a Township as they do with Brock or more confused than ever. Scugog, but for goodness sake - what- don't really understand : e Y er w ? t do end up calling our area, J please let us not call it a "Tnum a* by Rick James At the risk of sounding like a broken record, just how much longer can we afford to have Bob Rae in power? For thé past few months you have read how the NDP is crippling small business with socialist policies that do nothing but discourage investment and crush morale for employers and employees. Programs such as pay equity, employment equity, equity, and labor law reform are making it impossible impossible for investors to feel confident about doing business in Ontario. Throw in an unbelievably huge deficit in thé N.D.P.'s last budget and you produce enough caution signs to downgrade Ontario's Ontario's credit rating. Nice goin' Bob. Our whole work attitude is slipping badly as the "why work hard if I don't have to" philosophy invades companies. A friend of mine recently retired retired from General Motors after 35 years of service. service. He was more than a little incensed when he discovered that his 23-year-old neighbour's welfare welfare payments were $6. more than his pension cheques. Any of my comments in the past have only dealt with the N.D.P. crash course policies for business. Although I've received many supportive comments about the articles, the devastating impact impact of Bob Rae's socialist vision never gets full attention until it hits your own wallet. Well, hang on to your reindeer Santa, because the N.D.P. is taking dead aim at your bag of goodies. Ontario treasurer Floyd Laughren has said there will be higher taxes. Since the N.D.P. has already already taxed business to death, where else can "Pink Floyd" go for more quick cash? How about your inheritance? A Royal Trust bulletin advises its customers to be aware of plans being created by Bob Rae's Fair Tax Commission. Although details are sketchy at this point, it would appear that any family assets worth more than $200,000 would be subject to a wealth tax similar to Revenue Canada's Canada's capital gains tax. So, what's that all mean? Although far from being a tax exjjert, an example might help illustrate illustrate the magnitude of this inheritance tax, To keep it simple, let's say that a father and mother work hard all theif lives to create an estate net worth of $350,000. That might include a house and its contents, a car, some savings bonds and perhaps a cottage. Most parents try to create a nestegg to ensure that their children will be able to attend school, and maintain a comfortable standard standard of living. Using the capital gains tax formula, formula, upon the parents' death, the heirs to the estate would have to pay a 50% tax on 75% of the inher itance. Or more specifically, you can send a cheque to Bob Rae for.$131,250.00! A little closer to home, how about all those families who own businesses and hope that their children will be able to benefit from the parents' many years of hard work. Between the federal capital gains tax, and the provincial inheritance tax, there's no way an heir could possibly come . up with the cash to pay both taxes without selling the business or going into somè very heavy longterm longterm debt. Both spell the end of the line for the parents' many years of sweat and sleepless nights. At a time when the economy is in such terrible condition, only someone like "Pink Floyd" could possibly say that there will be higher taxes. Most businesses reduce prices during hard times to try and stimulate demand. Perhaps if the N.D.P. used this very basic economic theory and reduced taxes, taxes, investors might just have the cash and the interest interest to stay in Ontario. The only good thing about this rumored inheritance inheritance tax is that it now demonstrates to all sectors of the population exactly what the N.D.P.'s mandate mandate is. Their long term goal is to encourage the distribution of wealth rather than the creation of it, Unfortunately, that motto does not sit well with shareholders and small business owners who still expect a return on their investment that is greater than the interest rate they can get in a bank account account with no risk and no effort. I urge you to contact your M.P.P., Gord Mills, and voice your objections to all the changes mentioned mentioned in this column and in previous weeks. Or you can write to the Fair Tax Commission at 1075 Bay Street, 6th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2B1. Bob Rae and his crew have already stepped on small business, and now they are going to extend extend their reach to the private financial affairs of your family. One final note...during the Labour Day parade I sat in amazement as thousands of workers followed followed and cheered along with Bob Rae as he walked down the streets of Toronto. I guess his supporters forgot that his policies arc at least partly partly responsible for the 600,000 lost jobs and the 11% unemployment rate since the N.D.P. came to power. In my mind, they should have stoned the premier rather than cheer him. But, at least he did celebrate the Labour Day holiday with a clear conscience. After all, he and his N.D.P. colleagues must have felt just a little guilty about enjoying the Victoria Day holiday last May 24th week-end after refusing to swear allegiance allegiance to the Queen. ; Maybe I the problem, but it seems to me we are attempting to describe a Municipal Government area some 200 square miles in size, formerly described as the Township of Darlington and the Township of Clarke. This large area contains at least one sizeable town and a number of smaller villages and communities, all of which are separated separated by agricultural or forested lands - which we hope will continue to survive survive for many generations to come, so that we never have to face the fate of becoming a big Metropolitan area such as Toronto. God forbid! ; In my opinion, it made absolutely no sense whatsoever to try and describe describe this very large area by naming it - the "Town of Newcastle". To change the name to the "Town of Darlington" Darlington" or the "Town of Applewood" Town" as that is very misleading. If we did name our area "The Municipality Municipality of Durham East", or some other area designation then - over a period of time - government stationery, stationery, tax forms, works department vehicle vehicle door signs etc. could gradually be replaced with the new designation. Take Back The Night March: Tomorrow evening (Thursday, Sept. 17) hundreds of women will be gathering together in Toronto to take part in the city's annual Take Back the Night March (TBTNM). An information fair will begin the evening long event at 6:30 p.m. at the Masaxyk Cowan Community Centre located at 220 Cowan Avenue in Park- dale (on the southeast comer of Queen West and Cowan Avenue). At 7 p.m. there will be a rally with music, singers, poetry and speakers and the march will begin at 8:30 p.m. Last year I attended the TBTNM in Toronto. It was an empowering event and I would like to encourage other women concerned about violence against women and children to go. Death and Greed; I have found out a lot about my relatives relatives since my Mom died in January 1992. I have found out how selfish and insensitive they really can be. Over the Labor Day weekend, I went home to take care of some details details that were left over since my mom's funeral in mid-January. Things like the reading of my mother's will and the putting together of packages of stuff left to my two brothers and others. I went prepared to do battle with some of my relatives, as several phone calls since the funeral have honed a sharpened edge. One of my relatives put the pressure pressure on me to make decisions regarding regarding some of the things my mother left to me, as the only daughter. Things like jewelry, her collections -- including including some of the more expensive cut glass bowls, and bottles -- and that sort of thing. Of all the people who I thought would understand (since she lost her own mother just five years ago) she was applying pressure on me like there was no tomorrow. She said I had to make quick decisions decisions about my mother's possessions because it would be easier for me to do that. Humph! I happen to know that it was a whole year, and then some, before my Mother and her brothers and sisters saw anything my grandmother left them. Yet, she expected me to "get the details over with as soon as you can." At first, I thought maybe she was saying it because she wished she had done the same five years ago. Howev- ér, an incident that happened later dur- Then as the name "Town of Newcas- ing the weekend convinced me that it tie" gradually began to disappear from sight we all could start feeling that we once again live in real towns and real villages with names such as: Bowmanville, Bowmanville, or Newcastle, or Orono, or Enfield or...? Then - our only reminder reminder as to our Municipal designation would be found on official documents, documents, fire trucks, and snow plows, and a few Municipal Boundary road signs which would simply read - "You are now entering the Municipality of or any other "Town" name is equally Durham East" or whatever other dis- as ludicrous. We should instead be tinctive area designation might be delooking. delooking. for a designation which will tided upon. adequately describe this large municipal municipal government area and not confuse the issue further by trying to name it something that it is not. ' Why not simply name it - "The Sincerely, Bill Stewrt Bowmanville, Ontario P.S. I found it most interesting, after after I finished writing this, this after- Municipality of Durham East ? We noon to pick up my copy of the are a Municipality occupying the most Oshawa Times of 4 September, and easterly area of the "Regional Munici- 0 n page 5 read much of what I've ex- pality of Durham". Or we could call it pressed here!! was something else talking -- greed. We were going through my mom's good jewelry and she kept saying how much she wanted particular pieces: "I would like to have this," she said as she pointed to the necklace and earrings my dad gave my mom on their 35th Wedding Anniversary. "I don't think so," I said. I got a strange look. "I would really like to have this piece," she said as she pointed to a silver silver necklace with a couple of diamonds diamonds in it. "No, that was my dad's present to mom on their 25th Wedding Anniversary," Anniversary," I told her. I got another strange look. The rest of the journey through my mom's jewelry box proceeded in much the same fashion. My mom's sister has often been Continued on Page 3 We Asked... Do you plan on voting for one of the new municipal names suggested by the Name Change Committee? .. .And You Said Vanda Kennedy Bowmanville "Yes, but I voted yet." Merle Hubbard Bowmanville haven't "They should have left "Yes, I do." the original name - Bowmanville. We didn't get a chance to vote on it (the first name change in 1974) in the first place." Bill McKnight Bowmanville Ruth McNaney Bowmanville "No. I like Bowmanville as Bowmanville. I was born in Bowmanville." Next week's question: Do you think that one of the tour potential waste sites in the Town ol Newcastle will he on the IWA s short list 7