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/ Pace 10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, May 5. 1999 ARBOUR WEEK - An oak lice was planted at Rotary Park Monday morning morning in celebration of Arbour Week and Durham Region's 25th Anniversary. Mark Humphries, of Humphries Landscaping Services, was on hand to help Mayor Diane Hamrc and the municipal councillors plant the tree which was donated by Kobes nurseries in Hampton. Sheryl Grccnham and Pat Marjerrison from MPP John O'Toole's office also attended the ceremony. To My Mother........ with love on Mother's Day Mother's Love Teapot A cheerful, hand-painted ceramic teapot featuring flowers and a nest of bluebirds. Starting at $54.95 and up Country Garden Bouquet A bouquet of spring flowers in a delightful mug. Perfect for Mom! Starting at $39.95 and up LECTION OF Cut Flowers Roses, Carnations, Daisies, Freesias, Tulips, Iris, and so much more. /.^Bouquets Starting at ||l.$11.99, $19.95, . $24.95 and up Van Belle Flowers BOWMANVILLE OSHAWA WHITBY 1979 Highway #2 343 King St. W.. lOODundasSt. W. Bowmanvillc Oshawa Whitby 623-4441 579-1118 668-1650 ORDER NOW TOLL FREE i.p. Raising a Healthy Drug Free Family . part one The statistics are staggering. Every year more than 5,000 teenagers commit suicide while another 500,000 attempt to do so. Thousands of kids ate killed each year in automobile accidents and horrible acts of violence that are linked to drugs. Millions of kids are turning to drugs and alcohol to try to find their place in the world. What can we as parents do to make sure that our children grow up with the self worth and the values that empower them to "just say no" and use good judgment when they are out on their own! Imagine the pain of those people whose children succumb to the pressure of drugs. As a parent 1 would wonder to myself, "did 1 do all 1 can to raise my family with the right values! Did 1 do all I can to instill a value system that supported a loving home in which every person knew they were important, a value system based on love and understanding, and a value system free front drugs!" Is this the kind of home you are creating! Don't answer this question with the spontaneous "of course" like many people thoughtlessly do. Think very carefully about whether your day today actions match your response. Many times, while your intention is to raise a drug free family, you arc creating a drug dependent one without even realizing it. You actually program drug dependency into your family behaviour! What do 1 mean by this! How could this be! Please follow along with me for a minute without judgment and open yourself up to this information as you read on...it could make a big difference in the outcome of your child's life. Think about what happens when your baby is born and he/she gets sick for the first time. If you have not educated yourself about your child's natural immunity and how it develops, you might immediately run to your doctor in a panic to alleviate your child's apparent suffering, at any price, and give your child a drag, As they grow up to become toddlers they may get another cold or infection and so they won't "suffer" you give them a drug. They continue to grow up and each time they complain they don't feel good, what do you do to make them feel better! You run to the drug store and get them an over the counter drug. Finally, they are old enough to go to school and the teacher tells you that your child isn't concentrating or sitting still. Rather than look for alternative ways to teach, like many good teachers do, the child is labeled hyperactive or attention deficit and given a drug, Ritalin. It is amazing that in some schools, 50% of the children are on Ritalin, while in others less than 5% of the kills are on this drug that has severe side effects. Drug companies market their products, drugs to physicians and parents with little emphasis placed on these side effects. Ritalin, for example, includes side effects such as insomnia, appetite loss, stunted growth and suicide. Antibiotics cause digestive disturbances and create highly resistant bacteria that cause super infections which strain your immune system and arc untteatable. Aspirin causes abdominal bleeding while Tylenol and Ibuprofen increase the risk of kidney disease, Even worse than the side effects of these drugs is the message it sends. From the time they are born, your children get the message that when they feel badly they should take drugs to help them feel better. As subtle as it may seem, this behaviour is conditioned. They see it every lime you say "I have a headache" and choose to take a pill. Is it any wonder that when a child doesn't make the cheerleading squad or gels dumped by their boyfriend or girlfriend, they turn to drugs to relieve the pain! There is a way that you can change your orientation from sickness care to wellness care so that you and your family can strive for optimal health, (.'all today, you and your family deserve It. Check out next week's Spinal Column for the conclusion of this article. To Icrirn more riliotil clilrojmicfic, lietillli mid u'ellness. Dr. Ilcrron provides n liertllli Itilk every Tuesday night at Herron Family Chiropractic, iloivmani'ille, Sealing is o/icn limited so HSVI* can he made by pluming (905} 623-5509, The tcorkshop runs Tuesday /rom 6:00 Jun. to 6:30 pan, Occasional Teachers Reach Agreement . With Catholic Board - The Catholic school board has reached an agreement agreement with its occasional teachers. teachers. The agreement agreement between the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board and the Occasional Teachers' Local- PVNC Unit covers covers about 150 occasional teachers teachers and is in effect until August 31, 2000. The agreement agreement increases the daily rate for casual occasional teachers from $132 to $137 starting on May 1, 1999 and provides provides a further increase in September 1999 to $140 per day. Starting on September 7, 1999, long-term occasional teachers teachers will be eligible eligible for the applicable applicable grid salary of permanent teachers upon completion of 16 or more consecutive consecutive leaching days. Long- term occasional teachers teachers previously became eligible after 20 consecutive consecutive days. "The new collective collective agreement agreement is a positive step for both the school board and the occasional teachers local O.E.C.T.A," said Phil McCabe, president of the Occasional Teachers Local in a media release. "This agreement includes improvements which should attract and maintain maintain sufficient numbers of qualified qualified teachers to fill daily and longer term supply supply teaching needs of the local Catholic School Board." Board Chair Caroline Burke says the agreement agreement is fair for both parlies, considering considering the funding constraints constraints the board has been under for the past few years. "Our occasional occasional teachers continue to make a positive contribution contribution to our system system and the Board is now able to recognize their ongoing c o m m i l in e n t with a wage improvement," she said in a media release. Bank of Montreal Over 142 Years of Service in Bowmanville The Bank of Montreal has grown with the country. The Bank of Montreal's association with the Town of Bowmanville dates back ■to 1848, when a branch was opened and closed again in a few years. However, the old Ontario Bank merged with the Bank of Montreal and the office again opened in 1857. It was on Nov. 3, 1817, that Canada's first permanent bank, the Bank of Montreal, was founded - the same Year that stage coach runs from Kingston to York started and ever since that date there has been ample proof of how closely and continuously the Bank's work has woven into the vast progress of this country. When the Montreal Bank, as it was then known, opened its doors, the population of Canada was approximately half a million. Trade was carried on by barter and by the use of American, British, French, Spanish and Portuguese money. At the very outset, the young bank issued its own bills and later copper tokens. This money was the first real Canadian currency. This advance did a lot to ORIGINAL BOWMANVILLE BRANCH ® nogistorod Irada mark ol Bank of Monlroal stabilize and speed up commerce and industry, which had been greatly affected by the varying rates of exchange of the several currencies in use. Much of the nation's strength derives from another principal which the Bank of Montreal introduced in Canada. This was the Branch banking system. Within one year of opening its doors, the Bank had opened branches at York and Kingston. As the years passed, it spread its branches all over Canada. In the opening of the West, which the Bank facilitated by financing Canada's first transcontinental railway, Canadian Pacific, its branches went hand in hand with the pioneers. They were established at key points from coast to coast at an Bank of Montreal - proudly serving Canadians for over 180 years mu Bank of Montreal IT is POSSIBLE® early date. The Bank's old building was built in 1866. 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