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A "A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Real Estate Section - Tuesday, January 28,1992-9 In November 1991 two members of the Blackstock Girl Guides recelved their all round cords. Pictured are Jennifer Notman and Lindsey Crouter. Blackstock held its Guide enrolment in November 1991, Pic- tured are the new guides. Front from left: Holly Westall, Gayle man, Elisha James, McLaughlin, Julie Sackett. Dingman, Meghan Kyte, Sarah Stapley. Back: Robbyn Boek- Lisa Parsons, Lexine Kuhne, Carla Blackstock Pathfinders also held its enrolment in November. Pictured are: Nicole Adams, Amy Mathewson, Andrea Johns, Lindsey Crouter, Michelle Branton, Dayna Macleod, Alison Malcolm. Central Ontario Dairy update By Joel Bagg, Farm Management Specialist An excellent information day for milk and cream producers has been planned. The program will be held at the Glenway Country Club, Newmarket, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1992. Highlights include speaker Richard Doyle of Dairy Farmers of Canada. He is a member of the group reviewing national dairy policy and an advisory committee on GATT negotiations. He will discuss the "Future of the Dairy Industry." Dr. Gordon Jones is a veterinarian from Wisconsin. He is interested in improving cow comfort, health and production through nutrition and housing. His topic is "Improving Cow En- vironments for Profits. Environmental concerns with manure and milkhouse wastes will be discussed by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's dairy cattle specialist, Jack Rodenburg. An economic analysis of the alternatives will be reviewed. Ontario Hydro program specialist Carolyn McNeil will give farmers tips on how to con- serve energy on the farm. A commercial display area will be set up. The program is sponsored by the Den Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The cost is $12 for pre-registration (by Feb. 1) or $15 at the door. This includes a hot lunch. To register, contact your local Ministry of Agriculture and Food Office. Plenty of activities planned for the year at Nursing Home By Wendy Clark As we head into a new year we have many planned special activities to look forward to throughout the next 12 months. Monday Dec. 30 we had a fun bowling match with Mr. Ayers being the top scorer. On the last day of 1991 we celebrated with our own New Years party. We all enjoyed listening and danc- ing to music by Max Bygraves. Lots of delicious food was de- voured and we also toasted in the new year. On the 2 of Jan. we decided to take it easy and do a little bit of baking. In the evening we held a discussion group of New Year's resolu- tions. The following day we had to offer bingo, flower arranging and bazaar planning. We started another great week with a winter quiz, then headed into a discussion of "looking over "91" and remi- nisced over the events that hap- pened in the last year. The day ended with a Super Bingo. Tuesday the 7th was "Fun in the Sun Day." Morning exercis- es were done to tropical music. Everyone got to try something from a delicious fresh fruit tray. During the afternoon we had a sun quiz and then did some seri- ous planning for our upcoming Florida-bound trip in March. Midweek was a manicure and shoe shine. Thursday (9th) the men got together in the morn- ing for a men's dart session. Top winner was Mr. Percy William- son. During the afternoon we had crafts. Valentine table fa- vours were made for that up- coming special day. Throughout the evening was active games. The week ended with baking. Quite a variety of goodies were whipped up. The residents and staff ex- tend their sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Mr. Jim Grosgene. Jim passed away Jan. 1. Many will miss his com- pany. A special thank you to the Mariposa Ladies group for the cash donation towards our Flor- ida trip. Also another thank you to the Seagrave U.C.W. for the donation of gifts for the resi- dents. Upcoming events are Jan. Contest (15), Barber - 7 p.m (15), Winter Carnival (16), Snow Sculptures (16), Blizzard Run - 1:30 (16), Chills/Thrills Pub Night (16), New Years Cel- ebration Brunch (19), Residents Council (20), Monthly Birthday party - 7 p.m. (22), Robbie Burns Tea (24), and Sewer Bowl (28). Please join us. Come join us for our funa raising brunch on Jan. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets availa- ble at the Nursing Home ahead or at the door. All proceeds go to- wards the Florida trip. Hope to see you there. Due to new requirements in my life, I regret to announce that this will be my last nursing home column I write. So long. Sunderland Lions Club preparing 1992 marks the 35th anniver- sary of the Sunderland Lions Music Festival. What began in 1957 as a one day event has blossomed into a ten day musi- cal extravaganza, featuring some 1,250 participants in 157 different piano, vocal and in- strumental classes. The festival, which begins on Feb. 17, provides a forum for young musicians from the Brock, Scugog, Uxbridge, Mari- posa, Eldon and former Georgi- na Township areas to perform publicly and receive profession- al adjudication. As usual, a large contingent of musicians from Scugog Township area will be partici- pating this year including sev- eral school choirs and bands. Adjudicating the piano class- es is Ms. Jacqueline Ryz of Lon- don, Ontario. Ms. Ryz received her ARTC in performance from the Royal Conservatory in To- ronto and her Bachelor of Arts in music from the University of Winnipeg. Later she received a Master of Music, performance, from McGill University, where she studied with Professor Charles Reiner. Ms. Ryz is cur- rently a member of the piano fa- culty of the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music and is active as an adjudicator, per- former, accompanist and teach- er. Ms. Linda Van Winden will adjudicate the vocal classes. Ms. Van Winden is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Mu- sical Arts., performance (voice). She has studied choral conduct- ing and has worked as the muci- cal director on many musicals. Currently, Ms. Van Winden is the Director of the Oxford Youth Choir. The instrumental classes will be adjudicated by Mr. Kenneth R. Moore. Mr. Moore is the for- mer Director of Music of the R.C.M.P. Band in Ottawa, the Canadian Forces Air Transport Band in Kingston and the Royal Canadian Air Force Central Band in Ottawa. He has studied both at the University of Toron- to and the Royal Conservatory of Music and with many of the finest trumpet - teachers in- North America. In 1971, he was elected to membership of the prestigious American Band- masters' Association. Mr. Moore is in constant demand as a conductor, Clinician and adju- dicator. | for 35th annual Music Festival Scugog Township residents can purchase copies of the offi- cial program for the Sunder- land Lions Music Festival at Ir- win Smith's Music Store, the Sunderland Home Hardware store or Patti's Convenience store in Sunderland or it may be viewed at the Scugog Memorial Library. Competitiveness debate traditionally focused on means not ends: MP Mills By Gord Mills MPP Durham East During the last couple of weeks I have received letters from people that state today's economic woes threaten to de- stroy the lifeblood of our socie- ty - business. They are claim- ing that they have lost the edge in competitiveness. I don't think the writers are be- ing fair, nor are they helping us as a province to rebound out of the recession. Let's take a moment and look at competitiveness. The overriding consideration in competitiveness policy is the understanding of the ultimate goal of competitive behavior. Most observers would frame the response in terms of pros- perity or quality of life. but what is prosperity? What is quality of life? Are they the same? Is there room for multi- ple definitions? Most conservatives empha- size the economic aspects of prosperity focusing on meas- ures such as real GDP per cap- tia, comparative purchasing power, and economic freedoms. Others see prosperity or quali- ty of life as more than mere purchasing power or wide eco- nomic opportunities. They de- fine it to include a multitude of factors that enhance the hu- man condition. For example, the United Nations in its Hu- man Development Index intro- duced a way of measuring progress based on widely shared human values approxi- mating quality of life. It is dif- ferentiated from other estab- lished indicators that are based strictly on income, living standards, or various meas- ures of private wealth. The UN's definition of the objective of human develop- ment is as follows: "To enlarge the range of people's choices to make development more demo- cratic and participatory. These choices should include access to income and employment op- portunities, education and health, and a clean and safe physical environment. Each in- dividual should also have the opportunity to participate fully in community decisions and to enjoy human, economic and po- litical freedoms." The competitiveness debate has traditionally focused on means not ends, e.g. How do we produce more? Rather than...if we produce more, how can the extra production be di- rected to maximize human sat- isfaction. The emphasis on means has narrowed the com- petitiveness debate to how to improve productivity without regard to whether those same productivity increments have improved quality of life in the broader sense. In summary, any discussion of competitiveness as a means must address the broader is- sues of definition of quality of life, and its impact on the many non-economic variables that are more difficult to quan- tify - the way I see it.