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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 28 Apr 1993, p. 23

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Members of the 7th Bowmanville Venturer Company took part in a presentation ceremony Wednesday, Wednesday, April 21st when they met at St. Stephen's Elementary School. They had raised $116 at their recent "Silent Crime" event at Bowmanville High School and invited Valeric Mutton to attend their meeting and accept a cheque for that amount on behalf of the proposed Alliance House in Bowmanville. Co- President of the Venturer Company Jason Noble, front row, left, made the presentation, while other company members joined in at rear. Port Perry Art Exhibition & Sale beautifully displayed at Port Perry High School Queen & Rosa St. - just follow the signs SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1993 10 A.M. - 5 P.M. SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1993 10A.M, - 4 P.M, Admission $2,00 (childron undor 13 Iroo) This exh ibition featu res the original works of a variety of outstanding and talented Ontario artists in the quaint, historic town of Pod Perry, located less than an bouts drive from Toronto on the beautiful shores of Lake Scugog. Your Inquiries are always wolcomod. For more Information ploaso call (416) 905-3715 or (416) 985-9028 Sponsored bp the Port Periy Rotary Club DURHAM REGION THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM NOTICE VILLAGE OF NEWCASTLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM The Regional Municipality of Durham has engaged a contractor to clean the water distribution system In the Village of Newcastle. The cleaning program will be porlormed between May and July 1993, or September 15 and November 1993. The contractor will provide notice to consumers (by this notice) before starting operations In each section of watermaln. There may have to be brief water shutdowns in some areas, in which case, consumers will be similarly notified. The work will bo carried out expeditiously, with the least possible Inconvenience to consumers. Consumers In an area being cleaned are cautioned not to draw anv water, for anv purpose, until the operation In that section is finished. Failure to observe this precaution could result In material being drawn Into the building's plumbing systems and possibly plugging water lines from the street to buildings. It is also recommended that you turn off tho electrical supply to vour hot water tank, It is tho consumer's responsibility to lake preventive measures. Once tho water has boon turned on, wo would ask that you turn on a cold wntor tap only and lot it run for approximately 3 (throe) to 5 (live) minutes, It will bo advisable to keep a supply of water, In containers, on hand for emergencies. For further Information on tho Village ol Newcastle work, ploaso contact tho Orono Dopol at 903- 5116 or Dale Clemons, Region ol Durham Works Department at (416) GG8-7721. Collect calls will •bo accepted. Thank you for your anticipated corporation. Date ol Wntor Disruption Time ol Water Shut Oil _____ A.M./P.M. Approximate Time Water Is to bo Turned Dack On A.M./P.M, Clubs and Organizations Section Two The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. Wednesday. April 28.1998 5 Ebenezer U.C.W. Meets in April The April 13th meeting of Ebenezer Ebenezer U.C.W. was attended by 33 ladies ladies and our minister, the Reverend David Jones. We met at 7:30 p.m. in the C.E. hall and will continue having having evening meetings during 1993. President Greta Down welcomed everyone and read an appeal for all women to consider that there is an important role for every woman. It was entitled 'We Need You', and was an excerpt from the Conference Annual meeting held at Pickering. Three of our ladies were at this meeting meeting for one day. Suzanne Elston spoke about the Earth Summit Conference at Rio do Janeiro and a severely handicapped lady who also attended. This lady initiated initiated a prayer ribbon which would eventually encircle the world. We saw a sample of a length of ribbon that had bee prepared by school children children expressing the things they most wanted to protect. The Prayer for Peace which followed was a prayer for the protection of the environment. Charlotte Hughes introduced our speaker, Marilyn Wood, who is part , of our congregation and has just completed completed two years at the University of Liverpool. This prepared her to accept accept a contract as an independent Consultant at Port Albany which is 1000 miles north on the west coast of James Bay. The assignment was to investigate bringing midwifery back- to the area. Expectant mothers have to be flown out to Moose Factory, Timmins or Kingston, depending on the complexity of the delivery. This creates serious problems by the separation separation of families and the difficulty of caring for the children left at home. Marilyn said, "Like alcoholism alcoholism and many diseases, unemployment unemployment was once a foreign phenomenon. phenomenon. Many First Nation communities today have 80 to 90% unemployment Police Ask for Public's Help Crime Stoppers and the Durham Regional Police are asking for the Public's help in solving a Mischief over Si000 offence which occurred, in Pickering on Sunday, January the 3rd. During the morning hours prior to noon, several vehicles belonging to First Trans Bus Services located in a lot at 900 Dillingham Road were damaged by two suspects. The vandals entered and damaged 29 school buses. Windows were smashed, doqr locks broken, fire extinguishers extinguishers sprayed inside and security security axes stolen or broken. The suspects suspects also drove an abandoned vehicle into one of the school buses. Another bus was stolen from the lot, and found at Kinsmen Park on Sandy Beach Road. Total Damage is estimated estimated at $10,000.00 Two suspects were seen running southbound from the parking lot to wards the nuclear plant. Suspect #1 is described as male, while, 18-20 years old, 5'5" tall, blonde hair and he was wearing a green jacket and ball cap. Suspect #2 is male, white, 18-20 years old, 5'6" tall, wearing a Raiders Raiders jacket and a baseball cap. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1000 for information leading to the arrest of these two suspects. Police need the Public's help in solving this crime and arc asking you to call in. As a caller you will not be asked to identify yourself or have to go to Court. The Crime Stoppers phone number number is: 436-8477 that's 436-TIPS Sergeant Grant Arnold is the coordinator coordinator with the Durham Regional Crime Stoppers and writes this article to help combat crime. rates and government spends enormous enormous sums on maintaining these people people through the payment of social assistance. assistance. In fact, it costs more to keep people uneducated and unemployable, unemployable, either on the reserves or in the cities, than to put them through university. university. Native people must be the ones to determine and control their needs and must be the ultimate deliveries deliveries of their own services," she said. Marilyn has now signed a contract to work with the provincial arid .federal Ministries of Health for the James' Bay coast. Eileen Down thanked Marilyn and told her how proud we are at having one of our own playing such a part in helping to alleviate some of the native native problems. Charlotte Hughes opened the worship worship period with an Easter meditation, meditation, followed by the hymn 'Praise Him, Praise Him .' Our Bible reading was of the final hours of the Crucifixion Crucifixion from the 24th Chapter of Luke. The reading 'Easter Gift', said "When we love Jesus, the risen Christ, we may not be able to paint Him or write poetry about Him, but we arc able to see Him alive in the world". Following prayer, we sang the Easter hymn 'Crown Him, Crown Him.' Joan Picket 1 read the Mission Minute, telling about women in Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia. They were from ages 11 to 65 and quarried rock with their bare hands and simple hammers. At the end of the day, they bartered with contractors who came with trucks to buy the rough broken pieces of rock. The Board of Stewards is having a 'Finish the Fund' evening consisting of a roast beef dinner and an auction of quality articles. It takes place on May 10, and the auctioneer is Charlie Reid. Following the benediction, Catherine Catherine Vinson and Bernice Gay assisted Onic Courtice and Margaret Down , with a favourite lunch of loaves and cheese. , Venturer Company Raises More Than $100 forAlliance.House Sea Cadets Busy Selling Tags for Navy League Activities All weekend, members of Bowmanville's Sea Cadet Corps were patrolling strategic spots in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, supporting the Navy League by selling tags to every citizen they encountered. In this photo, L/C Stephen Wraith, L/C Adair Matt and O/C Jesse Spicer found a willing customer in the Mall. Solina Scrambled Egg Club News ii .Set By Melinda Wotten The Achievement program and meeting three of the Solina Scrambled Egg 4-H club was held March 17, 1933. The meeting started at 10 a.m. The members all brought food that had either eggs or chicken in the recipe. recipe. We then set tables and decorated them with with edible egg heads and plants, planted in egg shells. Tim and Aaron prepared their Magic Show. We then had meeting three while we waited for the Solina Silver Set members to arrive. We joined the seniors for lunch. It was "Pot Luck" lunch. Dianne Bowman welcomed the seniors and introduced our club. Following the meal, Tim Dair and Aaron Bowman has a magic show for us. They showed us a few tricks with eggs. Nancy Knox and her husband Carl made us feel we were actually travelling travelling in Australia and New Zealand with their slides of their trip. The meeting adjourned with washing washing of the dishes. 4th Meeting The 4th meeting opened with Marlene Marlene and Melinda Wotten cooking. Marlene made chocolate Brownies and Melinda made good-old Peanut Butter Brownies. After that we did the 4-H Pledge. The leaders asked Tim Dair if he would like to talk about the achievement achievement so that the people who were not there knew what went on. We did a little bit of reading. Wo went into the kitcheri and ate the delicious Brownies and the meeting meeting was adjourned. 5th Meeting The president opened the 5th meeting meeting with the 4-H Pledge. The roll call was "Give an important important tip on microwave cooking, separating separating egg whites and yolks or beating egg whites." After that we did a little bit of reading. Sarah Vctzal was in the kiti- chcn cooking Alaska Baked Bounty and Julia Huckabonc was cooking "Toad in the Hole." They were really well done. Good work, girls! After that the meeting was over and they were left doing dishes. 6th Meeting Everyone met at Solina Hall for 6th meeting. When all had arrived, we got in the cars and went to Micheal Metcalfe's because he has a chicken farm. He showed how they packed the eggs and after that we judged four groups of eggs. We said thank-you to Micheal Metcalfe. We got into the cars and went to Hanc's restaurant to eat. We said thank-you for the great food and that was our last meeting. 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