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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 22, 1982 Section Two t / Editorial Comment Writes Book on Constitution ! ' : 1 Dr. David Milne A native of Bowmanville, Dr. David Milne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Milne, is the author of the first book written on The New Canadian Constitution. Dr. Milne, a graduate of Bowmanville High School, Queen's University and the University of Toronto is an associate professor of political studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. He was also an advisor to the P.E.I. government at the constitution talks and attended conferences in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa. The 240-page book is designed for the general public as well as undergraduate undergraduate students of Canadian politics and is available at Bowmanville library. It begins with a chronology of the major events in the making of the constitution from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's return to power in 1980 to the proclamation of the Canada Act by Queen Elizabeth last April. The book also includes a chapter entitled Politics and the Constitution: An Overview in which Dr. Milne lists a table of constitution amendment proposals from 1927 to 1981. There are other chapters dealing with the negotiations with the provinces, the threats of unilateral patriation and the Supreme Court decision regarding the action, the strategy of the agreement and the new constitution. The book is available in soft and hard cover and was funded through the University of Prince Edward Island Senate Research Committee with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. It was published by James Lorimer and Company, Toronto. An Optimistic Aftermath Now that an agreement has been reached between General Motors and its employees, perhaps we can expect that the worst of the economic downturn is over. Or even if the upcoming winter is as bad as some forecasters say, we can comfort ourselves with the knowledge that it's not going to be nearly as bleak as it would have been if there were the added burden of a shutdown at General Motors. Certainly any long strike between the largest automaker and its employees would have slowed Canada's economic recovery. Perhaps, there's a chance that merchants in Oshawa and surrounding communities, including Bowmanville, will see improvements improvements in business in the near future. Purchases put off until after the outcome of the GM contract was decided, may now be considered by GM staff. A certain amount of optimism was also shown at the recent unveiling of GM's 1983 models, with company officials indicating that the automaker can compete with imports more effectively than ever before. It may be a long time, if ever, before the auto industry of southern Ontario regains its position of prosperity. But at least the recent contract between the autoworkers and the manufacturer leaves room for cautious optimism. And in a community where many of our individual futures are closely linked with the, future of the automobile industry, that's cause for celebration. Middle East Problems Expand There has been a dangerous shift in the balance of power within war- tom Lebanon. Ana where the events of the past several days will lead is anybody's guess. We can only hope that the recent development won't result in an escalation of war in the middle east. But such a hope does not appear realistic. In human terms, the massacre of Palestinian refugees last week represents an absolute tragedy. Accurate information on how the killing occurred and the number of persons butchered by the hideous act of blind revenge will probably not be known. But this much appears certain: Israel has lost sympathy in the world, and the Palestinian Liberation Organization has gained the support that Israel has lost. Israel's forces are not accused of participating in the massacre. But they are certainly victims of "guilt by association", since it would appear that the executions were caused by their allies in Lebanon. Surely those who planned the expedition into Lebanon never anticipated the events of the last few weeks. But, this is one of the risks of conducting a campaign in a foreign country. In the past, Israel has fought defensively. Although the assault on Beirut was for defensive reasons, one wonders if the actions of the small Israeli state are an over- extension of its power. For many years before Israel's expedition into Lebanon, the country was divided by numerous factions. And Beirut was a war-torn city long before the arrival of the Israeli army. But the various factions, protected by their own private armies, seemed to live in a shaky world of co-existence. There were certain established territories and sporadic fighting in between. The introduction of the Israeli forces has changed all that. Their actions leave many unanswered questions. Will the Lebanon warfare break down peace agreements in the middle east and result in the Arab nations becoming united against Israel? Will the situation draw U.S. troops unwittingly into the general confusion (perhaps as an expanded peace-keeping force)? Will there be an increase in international terrorism aimed at Israel? Finally, there's the one big question lurking in the back of everyone's mind. Will the occurrences in Lebanon lead to the outbreak of a new mid-east war? Only time will be able to answer that question. (B1|C (Eanahian Statesman 823-3303 (J£na Durham Counly'a Orest Family Journal Eelabllehad 121 years ago In 1554 Also Incorporating The Bowmanville New» The Newcastle Independent The Orono Newi Second clasa mall registration number 1581 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED •2 M King SI, W„ Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3K» V I> JOHN M. 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We've all heard about somebody having a bee in his bonnet. But a hornet in the bathroom? I just killed a dirty big brute a few minutes ago, disposed of the corpse, sat down at my typewriter and heard an ominous sound, like a tiny chain saw, looked up for the source and saw three more of the beasts crawling on a window. With nothing else handy, I picked up a particularly waspish letter from one of my readers and beat them to death with no apologies to conservationists. You don't play around with hornets. They'd obviously crawled in the open bathroom window after being "exterminated" by the chaps doing brick-work on the house. They'd run across a nest in the bricks and thought they'd killed all the hornets with an aerosol "bomb". They hadn't. During the summer, one of my grandboys was stung by wasps, cosily nesting in a wood-pile. We eliminated them with a vicious counter-attack. Last week, my wife, touring the outside of the house to check the bricks, came across a huge, old- fashioned bee-hive attached to a corner of a window. It was not uninhabited, as a little careful observance proved. I had experience as a kid with these things. We'd find them in the woods, get a long stick to knock them down, and usually get well stung in the process. So, it was down to the store to get a "bomb". The instructions said to use it at dawn or at dusk, when the bees are quiet. I decided to do the job at dusk, so had a little snooze after dinner. Woke up when my wife came in, beaming as though she'd just won a lottery. She'd climbed a ladder and bombed the bee-hive, silly nit, without even having me there to hold the ladder for her. Anyway, we got rid of that lot. A few years ago I was having a new roof put on the house. The roofers ripped open a hornet's nest and the neighbors were treated to the sight of three men doing what appeared to be a Spanish fandango 30 feet up in the air. It was funny, but not to tne roofers, who were badly stung. To bee or not to bee. I hope that is no longer the question. I don't want to wind up with a bee in my bonnet about bees, wasps and hornets. But I wish they'd go and build somewhere else. A lot of other strange things went on this past summer. The back of my house looks naked, after being covered for years by a beautiful vine. Had the whole thing torn off because it was creeping into my brickwork like an octopus. Somebody stuck two lines of stakes with red tops around two sides of my house. Somebody else put dabs of paint of various hues all over my lawn. Green, yellow and red. I suppose one's the Bell, another's the gas company, and the third is the public utilities, or maybe iust someone who likes painting lawns. I've never seen any of the mysterious painters, and am beginning to grow uneasy. If they all start putting in cables and gas lines and water lines under my lawn, anything could happen, with today's workmen. Can't you imagine them getting all tangled up down there? Pick up the telephone and you get an electric shock. Turn on the tap and gas hisses out. Flip on your furnace and water comes gushing up through the ducts. We've had workmen hurtling in and out all summer carrying pipes and things, as we switch to gas. We've had men come and dig up the lawn in the wrong place, replace the sod sloppily, and leave another gash that will turn brown and die. We've been awakened every morning by great thuds and pounding as the brick-work progresses. But I feel sorry for the masonry men. They just get their scaffold up and the rain comes pelting down. They sit in their truck until it clears up, climb the scaffold, and get soaked in another shower. We had family from the middle of June to the middle of August, three days holidays, then more family. Two 90th birthdays in the connection. My heart sank as that letter arrived near the end of August, that cheery little letter from the high School principal, telling us about Opening Day. I felt as if I'd had no holidays at all. To cap it all, I'm broke. New furnace and brickwork cleaned me out. Painting the house will have to wait until next summer. And I hope you had a grand holiday, too, especially if you took it in August, which was more like October. Dear Sir: It would seem to me that local politicians are similar in behavior to June bugs, who, as we know, spend most of their dull lives under stones. Then, for one brief month they emerge to make a lot of noise and cause a great deal of discomfort to us all. Unfortunately, politicians, like June bugs, have to be tolerated. We tolerate their grinning faces in newspapers (only the photographer knows how much kicking, poking and jostling occurred before the final take). We tolerate their semi-literate Letters to the Editor which raise obscure topics that, for some odd reason, reason, have relevence during an election campaign. And, finally, finally, we tolerate the back-biting, noise-making and petty newsmaking newsmaking activities which most of the candidates feel is a necessary part of the election battle, 1 am not qualified to comment comment on our representative's performance in Council. Nonetheless, Nonetheless, it would be a refreshing refreshing change at election time to see one of them mount a knowledgable and responsible campaign based upon per sonal convictions rather than on "band-wagon" election issues. However, I am sure that this election will follow the usual pattern and that our politicians' politicians' period of ineffectual and irritating activity will, like that of the June bugs, soon come to an end. Respectfully Alan Tibbies 166 Simpson Avenue Bowmanville L1C 2J1 Ed's note: There's room for another June bug if you'd care to let your name stand for office. 140 Ontario St. Bowmanville, Ontario. September 15,1982. Dear John; I have iust finished reading this week's edition of your paper in which our Mayor has officially replied to my letter which proves that he does read my letters. When I read his letter I couldn't help thinking about the time I repaired a vacuum cleaner, and after I fixed it you would be surprised how it would suck things in. hi the Mayor's letter he makes reference to my comments comments in regards to a dinner meeting in which I said he took several people to Toronto, Toronto, etc. and we paid the bill. In my letter I said that I was told he had done this, and I am surprised that the Mayor never questioned who told me because I, at that time, was prepared to tell him. Next, the mayor states that the cost of the dinner was not as I had suggested, 80 dollars per plate, but a figure much less but made no mention as to how much (even though we taxpayers pay the shot). I wonder why he omitted this matter? Next, the mayor states that he did take three people to the dinner and I would like to ask the mayor if I would be wrong in stating his figure of at least 5 rather than listing names I will use initials of persons I have been told attended. Then maybe the mayor could correct correct either his figures, or mine, either PLUS OR MINUS, The initials are as follows G.R., D.S., A.B., K.B., W.H, If my computer batteries batteries are still good, this totals 5 persons, not three, as the Mayor has stated, The Mayor did not state the figure that the dinner cost and he should know and we are surely entitled entitled as taxpayers to know. The next point, John, is that the Mayor made no comment on the amount of money he and his entire Council spent on the booze party after the ball' game (the odd one might say they were not involved) but as they as a council did approve the expense they are all guilty in my books. The Mayor also did not make an references as to why there seems to be no motion in the minutes authorizing authorizing such an expenditure for booze, etc. The mayor makes reference to somebody giving me false information to write to the newspaper, and I ask you, Mr. Mayor, are my statements false or are your replies not accurate? As to where this information came from I suggest suggest to you that you look around and you should find. I do notice by the Mayor's letter, that he has forgotten to make mention of a courtesy' room at the convention, if we had one, and how much that cost the taxpayers. For the benefit of those who are not aware of what a courtesy room is, it is a room where all the refreshments are handed out free and billed to the taxpayers. I also would like to know if a courtesy room was set up, how much it cost, and to what section of the tax bill it was charged to. Yours Truly, Ken Hooper Dear Sir. We are an Association of personnel who, at one time served with, or where attached attached to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. We have a mailing-list and keep in touch with all our members and keep them up- to-date on the Regiment. We know there are people in other provinces who'served with the Rifles and have never heard of our Association, these are the people we would like to get in touch with. The Royal Winnipeg Winnipeg Rifles Assn, would like to contact all personnel who served with or were attached to the Rifles at any time. This is to help the Regiment celebrate celebrate their 100th Birthday in 1983. Please contact us at Box 94, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 2G1. Sincerely, A. W. Kuppass for, Royal Winnipeg Rifles Assn. Mr. G. A. Kennett, Program Director, Department of Community Services Dear Joe: I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the Girls Softball Committee to express our sincere thanks to you for all the advice and help you have given us throughout the season, We hope in the years to come you will continue to advise and support the Girls Softball Committee. Your efforts and time were appreciated by everyone, So once again, thank you for everything this past season and we hope to work with you next season. Yours truly, Viola Vandervecn, Secretary Girls Softball Committee