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-■ ' i Basil and Norma Long social hour following the farewell service. _am at Qtieen's Park Although the Legislature has risen for the summer, it is : still business as usual for legislative committees as they continue their deliberations. deliberations. All of the legislative committees will meet for at least part of the summer in an attempt to catch up on overflowing agendas. The Select Committee on Hydro . Affairs has always been of special interest to me and for this reason I have continued as a member of this import- A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN M.P.P. Sam Cureatz is going to be well recorded as to his activities come this Thursday, July 31st. Television camera Will be following Sam as he carries out his duties as M.P.P. for Durham East. It is understood, that Cureatz will be making an appearance at the Orono Electric store, main street Orono Thursday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. and the cameras will be present. '• RETURNS WITH A GOLD AND SILVER Eric Lambier, a blind resident of Hope Township, "returned recently from the Handicapped Olympics in Holland having won a gold medal in the high jump and a silver medal in wrestling. Eric, 17, competes not only in the high jump and wrestling but also in goal ball and weight lifting. He is also an accomplished musician playing the violin, trumpet, keyboard artd'guitar. He intends to form his own band and go on the road. He will attend Sir Sanford Fleming College in Peterborough this September. BUS DRIVER DIES AT WHEEL John Edward McCallum, 49, of Fenelon Falls died at the wheel of his empty bus Monday morning on Highway 115 about one half mile north of Highway 2. McCallum was driving his bus following Joseph Gillogly who was driving the lead bus from Lindsay to Toronto. When Gillogly saw the McCallum bus drop behind he turned around to find the driver slumped over the wheel. Attempts to revived McCallum failed. McCallum was pronounced dead upon arrival at Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville. Mainstream Canada An Urgent Message to Banks By W. Roger Worth Canada's bankers, it seems, have difficulty understanding the importance of the smaller, businesses that are creating a majority of the new jobs in a , country where unemployment A approaches the one million mark. What's ironic is that loan interest paid by independent business people is one major reason the banks are 1 able to report ever-rising profits. Even when the banks have an opportunity to support,the- sector at virtually no cost to themselves, they are reluctant to move. Consider the case of Ottawa's Ottawa's Small Business Development Development Bond program, which Roger Worth is Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. allows the country's smaller expanding firms to borrow money at interest rates of five percentage points or more below below current market rates. Ottawa announced, the scheme this spring, fully expecting expecting quick and enthusiastic support from the nation's banks. - Instead, the bankers have bqjked. Amid justifiable complaints about foot-dragging by the . federal bureaucracy in providing providing a complete set of rules and regulations for the program, they have simply placed (he scheme in a holding pattern. Still, one financial institution; institution; RoyNat Ltd., has overcome overcome the complexities and restrictions restrictions related to the bond program and is offering money to expanding small firms at .five percentage points or more below normal rates. But RoyNat only has 29 branches across the country, compared to about 8,000 for the chartered banks. This means smaller businesses businesses in outlying areas will have a great deal of'difficulty taking advantage of the plan. That's why it is urgent that the banks get invoiced. As the December ,31, 1980, cutoff date for the program " comes closer, many smaller firms may miss the boat on this innovative job-creation scheme. Or they may simply shelve expansion expansion plans because interest rates are too high. Canada's small and medium-sized medium-sized enterprises deserve better support from the bankers who play such a crucial role in the fate of independent business business people. The nation's jobless should also be concerned because un- ■ less smaller firms expand they will undoubtedly be walking the bread lines for a longer period of time. It doesn't matter , much whether the federal bureaucracy bureaucracy are 1 at fault in the scenario. scenario. What's important is that the differences somehow got sorted out so that the chartered - banks can offer the service to customers at all of. their 8,000 branches. ant legislative committee. We will meet this summer and fall to review uranium mining activities in this province. I was very pleased to see a first hand View of uranium mining activities in Elliott Lake where two aspects of uranium mining are of continual concern. concern. The first is that underground underground there can be an, accumulation of radon gas from which so called daughters daughters can result as a second generation. These daughters, which are various radiation releases, can be harmful to miners who are exposed to the radiation for a length of time. As a result, a comprehensive comprehensive exhaust system in the mines is required. The second area of concern is the placing of the waste material, referred to as tailings, after the uranium has been taken out of the ore. To date tailings, which is like a mixture of water and coarse sand, are placed in lagoons and the heavy particles settle out leaving the water to be From this arise questions concerning low level rad-, iation and visual environmental environmental impact of these large areas of tailings. As our deliberations proceed, I will keep- you informed on the committee^ progress. Closer to home 1 1 was very concerned over the announced announced closing of the Houdaille plant in Oshawa. After being apprised of the situation, I contacted the President and Chief Officer of Houdaille Industries to let him know of my concerns. I was told that the severe decline in the North American automotive industry was the sole reason for the plant closing. The bumpers made at the plant were designed for larger model cars, the type which have suffered the greatest losses in sales and have the blackest future. Houdaille Industries have made substantial substantial investments in their Oshawa facility over the years and along with the rest of the entire industry, did not anticipate the extreme suddenness suddenness with which the market market for large chrome plated ' bumpers deteriorated. I • * have also been in touch with ■ • the Ministers of Labour and v Industry and Tourism regarding regarding the Houdaille closing. I would like to announce that Premier Davis will be attending a barbeque at the General W. Sikorski Polish Veterans Centre in North Oshawa. T.he event is sched uled for the evening of August 7th, and anyone looking for further information or wishing wishing to purchase tickets for the chicken barbeque mky through my office in Oshawa at, 24 Colborne St. East, Tel. 571-2084. ' Speaking of barbeques, a special thanks to Billy and Betty Hale for a most entertaining evening on their farm in Newtonville. I was also invited to a barbeque to be held at Mac Ransberry's. I am sure- it will be a very liberal occasion. I trust the Burketon area baseball charity game was a , success, and I look forward to my own possible participation in the future. , , By the way, in your article, Gord Cochrane, you referred to me as best directing my efforts to the people in the immediate area who will be , most 'affected by the con- Cut Farewell Party cake cutting the farewell cake at a Peggy McKenzie at Willow Beach ' Miss Peggy McKenzie of _ tinued construction of the the Kendal' area took part in Darlington,Statipn. Gord, you the Willow Reach t show last know that has always been week-ënd having her pottery ■ my approach phd you know and raku on display, me better than- that {o say Willow Beach on the shores such a silly thing. of Hake Ontario was an ' Fihajly, I Was véry .dis- extrêmély fine setting for the appointed that my timetable ' show of arts and crafts by would not allow me to greet area artists. Terry Fox at the Oshawa, 'McKenzies work are on Centre during his run through ' sale at Balmoral Antiques in-• Durham. ' Kirb y- St. Saviours ANGLICAN CHURCH Orono, Ontario Regular Sunday Worship Service -1 b : 00 a.tn. Rev. Allan Haldenby B.A. L.Th.