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Tea Room Grand Opening Mayor Diane Hamrc (centre) was on hand to cut the cake to celebrate the grand opening of the Tea Room at As You Were Bakery in Bowmanvillc last week. The tea room features a luncheon luncheon menu, baked goods, and a new decor. Joining the mayor arc Steve Okc, Lori Zwctslool, Martin Zwctslool Jr., Matthew Zwetsloot, Mary Marquis (owner), Wendy Vivian, and Catherine Lawrcnson. The Clarington/Courticc Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, February 13. 1999 Pace 7 Can You Help Nab Oshawa Robbers Crime Getting Ready for the Budget Stoppers Crime Stoppers and Durham Regional Police are asking for your assistance in solving a Robbery that occurred in Oshawa on January 28th of this year. Traditional Peoples Gather at Trent The Department of Native Studies at Trent will hold its 20th annual Elders and Traditional Peoples Conference February 19 - 21 at the university here with the theme "Celebrating Indigenous Knowledge." Most activities will be held at Otonabec College on Trent's main (Symons) campus. campus. Aboriginal arts and crafts vendors will also have their wares on display all weekend. weekend. The conference is open to the public. For more information, consult the Native Studies Department's Web site at www.trcntu.ca/nativcstudies or call (705) 748-1241. On Thursday afternoon around 2:20 p.m., the victim, an 83-ycar-old male, was at the Oshawa Shopping Centre branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce doing his banking. While returning to his vehicle vehicle in the parking lot he was approached by two males. One of the two told the victim that they were aware he was carrying money and threatened him if he did not turn it over to them. The complainant attempted to resist the advances of the two suspects suspects but was quickly overpowered at which time they grabbed the envelope containing the cash running in a northerly direction. A nearby citizen assisted the complainant, pursuing the culprits to a nearby residential street where the citizen citizen lost sight of the two. Suspect #1 described as male white, 15 to 16 years of age, long black hair wearing beige pants and a light grey sweater. Suspect #2 described as male white, approximately 16 years of age with shoulder length brown hair wearing black jacket and pants, toque as well as a black backpack. Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward for any information that will lead to an arrest in this incident. Callers never have to give their name or testify in court and we do not use call display. display. Remember, Crime Stoppers is interested in what you know not who you are. Our numbers are 436-8477 or I-800-222- TIPS. On Tuesday afternoon, February 16, Finance Minster Paul Martin will table his budget in the House of Commons. The following morning morning on Wednesday, February 17,1 will host a post-budget breakfast from 7:30 a. m. to 9 a.m. at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, Kinsmen Room in conjunction conjunction with the Clarington Board of Trade. Mr. Peter I-Iobb, CA, from the accounting firm I-Iobb Bakkcr Bergin Hill will provide the technical analysis. The public is welcome and I hope people people have lots of questions for me and Mr. Hobb. Every year, various groups line up with their wish list on how the federal federal government should allocate resources. What they are really doing is asking their friends and neighbours for money since in reality we are all the government. Few people look at the process this way. Many people still believe there is some magic as to how money flows from Ottawa or Queen's Park, or even your local municipality, without someone first putting putting the.funds in place. I suppose there is a bit of magic since we have not put all the money in place to justify what we have spent. If we had, we wouldn't now have huge accumulated debts. This year's budget theme is health care. Many of us confuse what we perceive to be inadequate inadequate health care with reductions in government spending. Few realize Canada is the second-highest spender per capita in the world on health care. The bottom line is we arc not getting our money's- worth on health care. Therefore, spending more money on an obviously obviously inefficient system is like trying to fill a bucket of water with a hole in it. Politicians may all slap each other on the back saying what great contributions contributions they have all made on health care spending (that's your dollars). dollars). But, when you want to get an MRI, will anything anything be truly different? This is why we must put an accountability framework on the spending spending of money on health care, as well as, everything everything else while we are at it. For instance, it's amazing you can get all the statistics on your favourite hockey player or pop star but not a single slat on the success rate of your surgeon. Which would be more important to you? In last week's column I wrote about pur; burgeon- ■ ing baby-boom population population and the great strains they are going to place on the health-care system. We'd better stop tinkering and get down to work before the system bursts apart. Spending taxpayers' taxpayers' money can't be the only answer. Parliamentary Report by Alex Shepherd Most people in Durham Riding think we should continue to reduce deficits. This speaks to their responsibility and their recognition that we should not be saddling future generations with our debts. Obviously there are bonuses in undertaking this, since our interest charges on carrying the debt are significantly reduced. Our debt to GDP ratio is 50 per cent. When we took office it was 75 per cent. Many politicians crow about this factor. But, it's true. The economy has grown, contributing to an increase in tax revenues. , The , actual expenditure- reduction side has been significant but has played only a small part in the debt to GDP relationship. As the budget unfolds, many people and interest groups will be disappointed disappointed their worthwhile cause was not satisfied. But, that's the reality of budgets. budgets. How MANy rhiNqs in Life ARE 100% qUARANTEEd? Now yoim Investments can Be*. Templeton Guaranteed Investment Hands STAN MARTIN CFP. Investment Advisor* FORTUNE FINANCIAL CORPORATION** 335 I1AYLY STREET WEST, AJAX 905-427-4033 'life licence Level 1 Sjmmored by Canada life ^ "Fortune Financial Corporation li a member of CII'F and the Montreal Fxchunge FORTUNE FINANCIAL Allianz Templeton ' The guarmtcei apply 10 yean alter the initial investment or reset date, nr immediately upon death. 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Jgffx BOWMANVILLE ||||| Seventh-day Adventist Church 2850 Hwy. 2 East at Lambs Road To register, call 623-6031 or 438-0987 Cost $45 (spouse may attend free) $40 if registered before February 17th Demonstrations, videos, lots of healthy, helpiùl information, and tasty samples! All are Welcome IS ■j 4 u itl it Hi if •itl :!§ y.F Casino Hosts Benefit for Grandview The Great Blue Heron Charitable Casino and Bingo will stage their second second annual Charity Dinner and Auction to benefit the Grandview Children's Centre on Thursday, February 18, 1999. Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. with both a silent and bid auction beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling Pam McColl at 728-1673, ext. 240. A wide assortment of items, donated by organizations organizations and individuals in the community will be up for grabs in the auctions. Items include: original art by native artists Ken Kirby and Steven Snake; limited prints by A.J. 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