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I The Bowmanville High School Dancers put on a spectacular show last Wednesday during their portion of the Annual Memorial Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Variety Night held in the BHS auditorium. auditorium. Dancers Monica Trejbal, Samantha McDonald, Grace Freethy, and Michele Freethy (above) warm up backstage before before their number is called. The Bowmanville High School dance program, under the direction of Karen Grave, is two years old. More than 300 attended the evening of music and entertainment. entertainment. The glittering line-up of local talent featured singer Allanah Coles, The Orono & District Fiddle Club, the Kimber- leys, and Ross Metcalf as Master of Ceremonies. All perform- ers donated their time and talent to the show. -- Photos by Lorraine Manfredo Rotarians Learn About Importance by Lorraine Manfredo Peacekeeping appears to be Canada's Canada's stock in trade lately, but maintaining maintaining that role may prove challcng.- ing in the face of reduced military funding and heightened danger to troops, suggests Nick Hall, a retired major general. Canada must decide what extent of peacekeeping is appropriate for its armed forces or if limited defence dollars dollars would be better spent building up national defence or managing disputes at home, such as the Oka crisis, Hall said. With a clearer national defence policy, soldiers could be better trained and funds could be more wisely spent. .Major General Nick Hall was at the Bowmanville Rotary Club luncheon luncheon on Thursday, February 4th, as the featured guest speaker. Until his re- foreign countries, he said. However, wealthier countries which can better afford to boost their own international peacekeeping roles, could take up the cause. As Hall notes, though, the defence budget in the United States hashccn trimmed in response to the end of the Cold War. For the past 40 years, we have been protected, by the "nuclear umbrella," umbrella," he said. Neither super-power was willing to risk first-strike aggression aggression for fear of retaliation. But now, while the former USSR tends to its considerable domestic problems, many Third World nations are emerging with their own territorial designs and nuclear capabilities. "There are more conflicts now, if you look at a map, than there ever were before, There's more suffering, N * : Bowmanville Rotary Club President Dr. Joe Pinto (right), is seen here thanking retired Major. General Nick Hall of Oshawa after his speech at the February 4th Rotary Club luncheon meeting. Major Hall offered club members his observations on the growing importance importance of Canada's reserves and the need for a clearer national defence defence policy. by Laverne F. Nimigon The Association of Kin Clubs started started on February 20th, 1920 in Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario. The founder is Harold A Rogers. He still enjoys going to "Kin" events across Canada. Harold could not join his father's service club because of the stipulation of having only one member of a profession profession in a club. He decided to start his own service club. Kin was bom from servicemen returning to Hamilton Hamilton after the First great war. Originally structured as a "fellowship" group, Kin soon became involved in service work. Our motto is "Serving the Community's Community's Greatest Needs." The Kinsmen Club of Bowmanville Bowmanville was chartered on April 18th, 1950 by the Kinsmen Club of Oshawa. Our charter president, Kin Jack Lander was with us until very recently. There are. about 600 Kinsmen clubs across this great nation and about 450 Kinette clubs. Kinette clubs were originally formed from wives of Kinsmen. This practice been changed in die last few years. Now, women may join Kinetics without their spouses being Kinsmen. Kinsmen. Thus, we have equal partnership partnership in service and fellowship under our national by-laws. The Kinsmen Club of Bowmanville Bowmanville is active in many areas in our community. We donate many hours to improve the area. Over the 43 years, many people have benefitted from our existence. The old arena had the ice system installed installed thanks to donations from Kinsmen projects. The new arena had a large donation ($75,000) from the Kinsmen. Hospital donations were also given by Kinsmen. Other recipients include Red Cross, Toros Hockey, Mini Blades, Big Brothers, Volleyball, International International Relations, National Disaster Fund, Scholarships, Visual Arts, Poppy Fund, BRHL sponsorship, Senior Citizens (Fall Color and Christmas Light Tour) to name but a ./f.' .. -.. ■ Our national project is funding for Cystic Fibrosis research. Kin have donated many millions of dollars dollars to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in the hopes that a cure or control will be found for this killing killing disease. One in every 20 persons is a carrier of die C.F. gene. You now have a brief summation of what Kin is about. We have fun and good fellowship raising the nec essary funds to support these and other projects. Should you be interested in having having a good time while aiding "the community" please call Kin Laverne Laverne F. Nimigon at 623-1209 for further information about Kinsmen. The Mayor of Newcastle joined local Kinsmen in an official flag-raising at the Town Hall last Thursday, Thursday, marking the launch of Kin Week, February 14th to 20th. From left to right arc: Kin Aubrey Rees Kin Gariy Thompson, Newcastle Mayor Diane Iiamrc, Kin Wayne Hodge, Kin R. P. Smith, and Kin Laverne Laverne Nimigon. The Kinsmen Club of Bowmanville supports the Big Brothers, Toros Hockey, and provides provides bus tours for seniors. These arc just a few of their worthwhile projects. cent' retirement, Hall was the com-, mander of land forces in Ontario, overseeing 18,000 troops. ; Canada needs to consider the cost of being a peacekeeper in both, dollars and in potential casualties, he suggested. suggested. Unfortunately, the UN-sanctioned peacekeeping designation no longer protects troops from "gangs of armed thugs." Canadian soldiers have been sniped at and had their vehicle routes mined and booby-trapped. "They will shoot you as soon as look at you if you get in their way," said Major General Hall. lie said it was miraculous that there weren't more UN soldiers killed amid fighting in Bosnia. _ Other peacekeeping initiatives in Mozambique and Angola arc looming on the horizon, !'Wc are running out ol people and resources," he said. Canadians may find it difficult to slop back and watch as violence claims thousands of civilian lives in more death, and more terrible things happening." The numbers of regular armed forces personnel in Canada is expected expected to lie cut significantly over the next few decades. The response to shortfalls in army manpower will be to use reservists, who arc essentially paid part-time soldiers. soldiers. Reservists have volunteered for active service overseas for many years. Their numbers may climb us high as 30,000 (from 23,000) by the time the decade is out. The challenge now is to buy enough equipment to train both the regulars and the reserve soldiers equally well. Even soldiers who participate in peacekeeping missions must bo battle- trained lirst, since these situations could accelerate into violence. Major General Hall has 38 years of seivice in the Canadian Army. He was also a media relations officer at General General Motors, Safety Concern for School Children Oshawa and Newcastle Discuss Dangerous Crossing by Laura J. Richards A meeting is to be set up between between the Chairmen of Public Works for Oshawa and the Town of Newcastle to solve a safety problem on Townlinc Road, in Courticc. The principal of College Park Elementary School has asked that Town of Newcastle look into a pedestrian problem on Townline Road near Nash Road. "Because of the widening of the (Townlinc) road, crossing has become very difficult -- if not impossible --for pedestrians," pedestrians," Ruth Satclmnjcr wrote to council. "Because a number of these pedestrians arc children coming and going to our school, we arc requesting that provision be made for a safe crossing," College Park Elementary School, located at 220 Townlinc Road North, has an enrollment of 150 students. About 65 of them arc walking or bicycling from homes in the area to school each day. In the past, when pedestrian counts have been done, there were not a lot of children walking walking due to the construction that has taken place in the area, says the principal During that time, students were being dropped off at the school by concerned parents. At the end of the 91-92 school year, a child was killed in front of S.T, Worden school on Nash Road, "Because of the close proximity proximity of this school to ours, our parents have become even more alarmed," she wrote. Parents arc also concerned with the "width of the road and the speed with which the traffic flows. Parents do not feel secure in allowing their children to cross near the school or at Nash Road." Councillor Mary Novak told Council that the parents arc not interested in having a crossing guard near the school. "They want something a little more structured," Councillor Novak stated. With Townlinc Road separating separating the City of Oshawa and the Town of Newcastle "neither group has resolved the crossing situation." A meeting had been set up with Oshawa Councillor John Aker, Chairman of Durham Region's Region's WorHs Committee for Tuesday, Feb. 9. SECTION TWO Wednesday, February 10,1993 Featured in this Section... We Asked and You Said 2 Page from the Past 3 Community Correspondence 6 - 8 Bridal Pages 8 -10 Talented Dancers Perform at Variety Night