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i on Ôtawon 'xMltckens Barney Vanstone Receives Lions Life Membership w vmi Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 17.1862 ll Bowmanville Figure Skating Club 'fc f- *00- School bus drivers have responsibility for 1 the most priceless cargo being transported transported on the highways on Ontario., So it's not surprising that safety and driver training are vital to the industry. At Charterways Transportation Transportation Ltd., in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, driver trainer Sharron Hitchens is in charge of making certain that the new drivers meet both the high standards of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications Communications and also the requirements requirements set by Charterways. A driver at Charterways for 11 years, Sharron continues to make her regular school bus runs in Darlington Township as well as instructing the new operators. Since last February, she has taught a total of 30 drivers, all of whom have successfully obtained their school bus driver's licence. Sharron has also upgraded her schooling by taking an intensive two-day course for driver trainers operated by Charterways. In addition, she has had her own driving skills re-evaluated by George Brown College as part of her own education for the job. Mrs. Hitchens, whose husband husband and family live in Bow- manville, explains that bus driving provides a good second income for many homemakers. The usual bus route only requires about FREE INSPECTION AND ESTIMATES WITH NO OBLIGATION. WHITE'S INSULATION Specialists in BLOWN INSULATION Call Elwin (El) White at 576-5606 -- Courtice We blow fiberglass . . , ... as well as cellulose Improve ventilation, door moulding and window caulking. Government C.H.I.P. Program now available for homes built before December 31, 1970 Wu arc a • Government Certiliod Contractor Registered number Ont.- 199 Fully Insured and bonded, \v^^y//i\\\\\\vv//////v^^^^^^^;v//////v\\\\\\\\v/^> jKt > By Linda Pawley" FROM THE CLUB PRESIDENT: PRESIDENT: Welcome to a new season of skating. We hope to make this a fun and rewarding year for the children. Our emphasis is on skating strength this year. In the past we have concentrated concentrated on skills. In order to do the skill portion you need strength. This is why we have incorporated a stroking session session in each days lessons. The Learn to Skate group are now part of the Figure Skating Club. We hope that these parents will take an active part in the club and feel that they are part of their » does my child require profes- J mm w ■îfCrft? 'iSv'S'. «^5 MM rXto>. tfiM m& m ■mi mi - yyy * ■ rX-mm, ftyS WZM m three and one-half hours per' day. And mothers who drive school buses know that their work holidays will always coincide coincide with the children's school holidays. About 75 per cent of Charter- ways drivers are women. Mrs. Hitchens, who says she likes driving and also likes children, tells prospective drivers that liking children is one of the first qualifications for the job. The first step in the making of a Charterways driver is an interview with the company. This would be followed followed by a medical and then a written test administered by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Once the written test is completed, Sharron can take her students to country roads where they can practice their driving. One of the first practical lessons drivers are taught is the necessity of a daily check of their vehicle. This inspection includes a walk around the vehicle, a look under the hood and an inside safety check. Engine oil, wiper fluid, belts, emergency emergency equipment, mirrors, flashers, tires, and exhaust system are just a few of the things which the drivers test each day before they go on the road. Drivers record their inspections inspections in a log book and also record any repairs they require as well as the name of the person at Charterways who was informed of the requested repairs. A minor problem such as a burned out bulb in a clearance light may not be fixed before the bus completes its school run. But if a major repair is needed, the vehicle will go straight to the garage. For drivers who have only experience with cars, the most difficult adjustment to make is due to thè fact that the bus is 40 feet long and this size must be taken into account when turning corners or making any other maneuvers. Sharron estimates that a driver is ready to try for his school bus licence after three to five weeks of training. Drivers are tested by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, normally normally at the Oshawa offices in the case of drivers for the Bowmanville Bowmanville area. Discipline on the bus is important for the drivers and Sharron believes that it is most important for them to follow through with whatever action they say they will take. This helps the driver to hold the respect of the students. Sharron usually deals with a troublesome student by stopping stopping the bus and moving the student to a seat at the front of the vehicle. She adds that it is important to have a good rapport rapport with the principal so that any problems can be discussed. discussed. While discipline is important, important, Sharron believes that you have to meet the student half way and understand that he has been confined to the classroom most of the day. Sharron Hitchens teaches her drivers to drive defensively defensively and to always be prepared for the unexpected. "They're carrying a very precious cargo which cannot be replaced," she said. A life membership in Lions International was awarded last week to Byron (Barney) Vanstone, of the Bowmanville Lions Club. Mr. Vanstone joined the club in 1940 and has 42 years of perfect attendance. During 1953-54, he was president of the Bowmanville Club and has always been active in various aspects of the Lions Club work. Here, Mr. Vanstone is congratulated on his achievement by Jim Cryderman, president of the Bowmanville Lions. The presentation took place at the club's meeting last Monday, November 8. Durham Scholarship Winners Winners of Undergraduate Scholarships were honored November 12 at Durham College, College, at a wine and cheese party held in the Dining Lounge. The Scholarships were given for academic achievement, achievement, except for the University University Women's Scholarship which was given by leadership ability as well. Generally speaking, Division Division Scholarships are in the amount of $400 and Scholarships Scholarships for individual programs are $300. Option Scholarships are $250, Miscellaneous Scholarships range from $150 to $400, and Special Divisional Achievement awards at $150. The total value of these scholarships is over $11,000. A word of appeciation to the scholarship donors was given by College President, Mel Garland, and the Master of Ceremonies was Dean of Academic Affairs, Lister Robinson. Winners from this area are: DIVISIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS Kim Sutch, Pontypool, Applied Arts Year I - $400. Donor - Lewis Beaton Trust. ~ PROGRAMME AWARDS Jennifer Garland, Orono, Communication Arts Pub. Relations Year I - $300. Donor - Gulf Canada. Bradley Brooks, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, Graphics Design Year II - $100. Donor - E.E. Tigert Ltd. Joanne Sanford, Bowman-" ville, Nursing Diploma Year I - $350. Donor - Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. OPTION AWARDS David Lepine, Hampton, Mechanical Technology Year II - $150. Donor - Bennett Paving & Materials Ltd. MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS Jo-Anne Finney, Pontypool, Business Admin. Computer Science - $400. Donor - Canada Packers. Karen Quantrill, Orono, Special Achievement All Divisions Divisions - $200. Donor - Durham College Faculty Assoc. club. The Learn to Skate lessons have been changed to incorporate incorporate the first three badges of the National Skaters Tests under the C.F.S.A. We have three professional coaches plus junior coaches to work with the children. This gives a better radio between students and teachers. As a result your child should progress quicker than children from other years. The Juniors are now able to take private lessons if their parents want them. Group lessons are provided for everyone. Private lessons are between you and the coaches. Please see the coaches when they are off the ice during an ice flood or before and after a skating session. You should not talk to them during lesson time. If you are unsure as to which pro you would like to talk to, ask one of the executive executive members of the club for an introduction or to explain how to hire a coach. Junior parents should become involved with club activities, committees and executive. Your child may not want to become a world class skater but that doesn't mean that you should not become involved. If you do not participate participate in the running of this, your Club, then others will run it to their own satisfaction. Your child might like ice dancing dancing but hate patch. You should talk with the pro, maybe less stress on patch, more on the enjoyment of dancing or freestyle. freestyle. The prime thing is that your child gets enjoyment from skating. Boys should be encouraged to stay with figure skating for a few years even though Dad may want them to be a hockey player. Many parents are now combining both hockey and figure. Hockey for the fun and team spirit. Figure for the discipline and skating skills. Power skating has been designed for those that are fairly proficient at skating. It is a group lesson only class with little individual attention to skating skills. Intermediate skaters have developed their mobility skills and are now developing poise, grace and technical skills. Parents should also develop their technical skills. When mu' sional boots and blades? What type of blade, what radius grind, what is a scribe, when is it used, is it being used properly, is my child getting the right kind of lessons these are questions you should be asking. If you know the answers then you should be helping those who don't know. The key to getting value from your registration fee is to get involved. Involved does not mean being on the executive only. It means helping on a specific project, carnival, test days, fund raising, telephoning, telephoning, playing the music on the odd occasion when your child is skating. If each member did only one thing during the year this club would be the envy of every club in the Eastern Ontario Section. Bowmanville Bowmanville was one of the best in the east at one time and it can be again. Senior skaters, you are getting getting younger with each passing passing year. Most of the older girls are gone now. They have left you with a standard of proficiency to be met and carried higher. They were not as fortunate to get private lessons until the last couple of years. You have achieved or come close to achieving in a few short years what took them many years to achieve. It is not that they were not as good as you are but it is the quality of teaching that makes the difference. To maintain this quality of teaching means the club must be successful. To be successful we need the whole membership working together. We need each member member to give some time doing something constructive. The majority of our seniors have ^Ufiantz 1 ou I wish to thank the people of Bowmanville for making my campaign for election as Regional Councillor such an enjoyable experience. I am particularly grateful to the many people who joined to help me in the campaign. Your enthusiastic support and hard work is sincerely appreciated. Moitié Haskins Sells Limited Gordon F. Sedgewick, C.A., Managing Partner of the Oshawa office of Deloitte Haskins & Sells Limited, Trustee in Bankruptcy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Deborah J. Matz, LL.B. as Manager of the office's insolvency group. Debbie was called to the bar in Ontario in 1979. She practised law and worked in the insolvency area of another major accounting firm before joining DH&SL in 1981. Deloitte Haskins & Sells Limited offers credit and insolvency consultation services as well as a full range of personal and business bankruptcy and receivership services. It is an integral part of Deloitte Haskins & Sells, one of Canada's largest accounting firms. not reached high school yet. What king of future is in store for this club? We are going to go places and be noticed. TO THE MEMBERSHIP AT LARGE: Your executive have been very busy over the summer to make the winter school a success. Through the doom and gloom of an economy that is bleak, factory shut downs, layoffs and high unemployment unemployment we tried to forecast a membership size in each category, category, Registration in the latter part of September was disappointing. disappointing. We only had three seniors and eleven intermediates intermediates registered for skating. Junior and learn to skate were a little better but not sufficient to employ the coaches we had hired in June. We had 117 skaters last year and this year at the end of September we were looking at 80 members. Something happened at the end of October and our registration registration took off. We now have 130 plus and are still adding. We have added two extra hours of ice time. Now you know why the first weeks schedule had to be scrapped and a new schedule for patches, dance and freestyle had to be established. We thank you for your patience. We need your attendance at the General Meeting November November 16th at 7:00 p.m. in Court Room No. 1 in the Police Building. We need committees from each level of skating to represent your group. In the past these General Meetings have been poorly attended with only fifteen to twenty families being represented. Under our Charter from the C.F.S.A. we must have 15 per cent of our membership at a general meeting in order to conduct our meeting. We must have two meetings a year and the minutes of these meetings must be sent to the C.F.S.A. If this is not done our Charter can be cancelled and it usually takes five to eight years to get a Charter back. Attending this meeting is a serious matter and I would like to be able to open the meeting with at least half of the membership there. There is only one vote per family so send your husband or wife, but we would like to see both of you. Ken Urwin President 1982-83 Season Bp, tv s or giving... Every week throughout the year! A Gift Subscription to (Canadian Statesman vxy T Published by the James Publishing Co. Ltd. Since 1854 $15.00 anywhere in Canada $45.00 Foreign >i // \-- p\ease rna' \\ \W\s today to „o 0 Enclosed R" 6$ in ... 62 gnvffle or drop ^^subsetf at % pttontQ l lHE CA nao\an STA jeSMAN' ^postal Code) name A 0DRE sS SENDER'- aD DRE sS IsvcET (SUee!) NAME (Town) (JOVJO) ^posts' [(code) An attractive Christmas Card FREE to announce your gift subscription.