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ç u i 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, August 24, 1983 Mormons on Survival Trek From Page One walk was organized, he explained, in response to the church's consciousness consciousness regarding the growing record of world disasters, In effect, he said, we want our people to be prepared for future events that could happen in this area. Eighty of the congregation's 105 members participated in the survival trek which was a practice mission aimed at effective evacuation. evacuation. "Part of our church program is to be prepared, physically, mentally, and spiritually, for whatever the future future presents," explained Mr. Lander. "Fifty percent of those who took part on the weekend carried everything everything that would give them shelter and food for two days," he said. "It was an enjoyable and educational experience." In the event of a disaster affecting this area, Mr. Lander says the Mormon Mormon congregation is encouraged to be prepared to evacuate, with families and supplies, within five or 10 minutes after a crisis has struck. The worst disaster is panic, he explained. However, if people are prepared and know what to do, they are less likely to react adversely, he said. Mr. Lander said that members of the Mormon faith are urged to stock a larder in their basement capable of sustaining them for two years. The stockpiled food, he explained, might be used during a disaster or in the case of an unemployment situation. The congregation president pointed out that unemployed members members are looked after by the church. "We take care of our own and discourage discourage the acceptance of any type of government assistance," he stated. Commenting on the success success of the weekend trek, Mr. Lander said, "We feel an experience experience like this is a benefit toward the protection of our families. As citizens, we will be better prepared to offer aid in the community in which we live and serve others as we teach." Next month, said Mr. Lander, 35 of our adult membership plan to attend attend a St. John Ambulance first aid course to further equip themselves for disaster survival. Followers of the Mormon faith in this area hope to break ground sometime next year and raise a church on the site they purchased near the intersection of Highway Two and Martin Road just west of Bowmanville. Senior Citizens Opening From Page One amount, the Durham County Senior Citizens Lodge has provided the funds to launch a number of local projects. It built the 42-un'it Durham County Senior Citizens' Lodge at a cost of approximately $900,000. And in addition to funding recreational facilities which were officially opened this week, the lodge has helped other senior citizens groups start their own projects through loans. The recreation building in Orono consists of a meeting room which can accommodate 110, along with laundry facilities, kitchen and washrooms. washrooms. In addition, the basement has a shuffleboard court, pool table, and lounge area. Mrs. Gladys Moffat cut the ribbon to officially open the building. Her husband, the late Bob Moffat, was manager of the medical insurance co-operative and he also helped to found the senior citizens' project. Representatives of various levels of government were on hand for the opening ceremonies. Guests included included MP Allan Lawrence, Durham East MPP Sam Cureatz, and acting mayor of the Town of Newcastle, Marie Hubbard. Community Service Plan by Donna Fairey year in Newcastle, the co-ordinator The Bowmanville Lions Club is among the latest local organizations organizations to become involved with the Newcastle Community Service Order program. Operated under the umbrella of the provincial Ministry of Correctional Correctional Services, the program permits permits minor criminal offenders to perform volunteer labor in the community community as an alternative to a jail term. I Co-ordinator of the program in the Town of Newcastle, Pat Bundle, says the concept is becoming increasingly increasingly popular with judges. Community Service Order work is being handed down as a condition of probation rather than imposing a jail term, she explained. Bowmanville Lions agreed. Monday Monday night to accept volunteer labor from individuals assigned ,to Newcastle's Newcastle's Community Service Order program. They will perform tasks like grass cutting, painting and perhaps minor repairs. Mrs. Bundle says a significant measure of the program's success in the Town of Newcastle can be credited to the response from local groups and organizations like the Lions Club. Under the terms of the program, said the co-ordinator, only non-profit volunteer or tax supported agencies may be used as placement situations. The Community Service Order program, a brainchild of the Ministry Ministry of Correctional Services, is about six years old and has beén operating in Newcastle for the past 12 months. Approximately 85 of these programs are in place across the province, said Mrs. Bundle. At the close of the project's first said this week that nearly 2800 hours of volunteer labor have been performed in the area through the Community Service Order program. , Mrs. Bundle emphasized that the program is not responsible for taking taking jobs away from the unemployed. She pointed out that the work assigned assigned to offenders is of a volunteer nature and would have otherwise been performed by members of the placement organizations involved. Most of the offenders assigned to the program are in the 16 to 20-year- old range, said the co-ordinator. Generally, she said, the crimes which have been committed are fairly petty. "Any offender having committed a crime involving violence violence is not eligible for the program," program," she stated. During the past year Mrs. Bundle says it has been her experience that the majority of offenders derive satisfaction and improve self esteem esteem by being permitted the dignity of paying for their misdeeds through community work. "The program is especially good," she said, "because a number of them (the offenders) are still in school." A Community Service Order sentence doesn't turn their lives around and it's better for them than having a jail term on their record, record, she explained. Provincial statistics show that one in five of those sentenced to the Community Service Order program continue with the volunteer work to which they were assigned long after their debt hours have been served, said Mrs. Bundle. "That's a pretty good average considering the traditional movement of that particular age group," she stated. Pre-Registration Those students who have not yet applied to attend Bowmanville High School, during 1983-84 are requested to register on one of the following days: Monday, August 29th Tuesday, August 30th Wednesday, August 31st Between 9:00 a.m. ahd 12:00 noon SMALL TALK By Donna Fairey Some visions are admittedly admittedly better than others. The one which flashed before my eyes this week was a dandy. It involved the electricity electricity Godfather of our province, Ontario Hydro. More specifically the dream focused on the crippled reactor at the Pickering Generating Station. I recognized it immediately by the six foot rip in its side. The reactor in my vision was the ruptured one which Hydro recently announced had been shut down because of a one inch hole in its wall. Moreover, the modern modern technology at Hydro's fingertips later revealed that the rip was 40 inches in length. And later yet, the electrical giant admitted admitted that the tear was indeed indeed six feet long. To my knowledge, the changeable rupture hasn't grown in the past day or two. To get on with the vision, vision, it turned out that the reactor damage was a design flaw of an extremely extremely cost prohibitive prohibitive nature to repair. Recognizing that the highly touted Candu reactor is slated to be installed at the Darlington Darlington Generating Station, Station, Hydro began having having second thoughts. The merits of coal and oil fired stations started looking pretty good. In a move which only slightly surprised a laid-back public, Hydro reluctantly took Candu by the horns and wrestled it to the ground. According to my dream, Hydro removed the ailing Pickering reactor and dumped it into the humungus excavations excavations at Darlington. Darlington. They covered it over and turned the generating station, presently presently under construction construction southwest of Bow manville, into a theme park. The feature attraction attraction at Hydro's Wonderland, the name given to the lakefront amusement centre, was a giant roller coaster. It was built to swing through the St. Mary's Cement Company property property giving thrill seekers seekers a taste of local color at no extra charge. That, my friends, is not the end of the vision. vision. Ontario residents sorely needed the power that was to have been generated at Darlington. Darlington. Hydro scratched its head and inadvertently cast its eyes eastward. They fell upon - you guessed it - Wesleyville. The oil fired mothball didn't look so bad after all, recognizing that it might cost upwards of one billion dollars to complete renovations and repairs at the Pickering Pickering nuclear station. To make a long vision short, Hydro leaped upon Wesleyville and began administering cardio pulmonary resuscitation resuscitation in an effort to revive the mothball that everyone had mistakenly mistakenly thought was dead. While Hydro breathed life into Wesleyville Wesleyville and busied itself itself making Darlington into a theme park, the anti-nuke movement stood on the sidelines chanting rounds of, "I told you so." Hydro, you see, left the anti-nuclear: anti-nuclear: reactionaries an opening by admitting that the problem which occurred at Pickering Van Belle Floral Shoppes ... n\uch more •thah a flower store! 4 STORES «.Hlflhwey No. 2 • King St. E„ Oihswe •SlmcoeSt. N., • King SI. W., van utuLE" Bowmanville •Trademarks ol Van Belle Gardens Lid GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK FUTURES CHICAGO (U.S.S) AUGUST 22, 1983 SOYBEANS Sept. 8.971Z2Nov. 9.14 Jan. 9.261/2 CORN Sept. 3.68 3/4Dec. 3.741Z4 Mar. 3.83 3/4 LIVE HOGS Oct. 43.37 Dec. 43.75 Feb. 48.00 LIVE CATTLE Oct. 57.40 Dec. 58.15 Feb. 60.70 FEEDER CATTLE Sept.58.15 Nov.59.17 Jan.62.80 WEEKLY TRENDS IN GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK FUTURES CHICAGO (U.S.S) Date: Aug. 1st 8th 15th 22nd SOYBEANS Nov. 7.55 8.14 9.05 8.84 CORN (Dec.) 3.353/4 3.481/2 3.66 3.651/2 LIVE HOGS (Oct.) 41.60 42.77 44.00 43.97 LIVE CATTLE (Oct.) 60.52 60.92 60.80 57.62 FEEDER CATTLE (Sept.) 62.02 62.40 62.75 58.32 For more information call (collect) Tony tenWesteneind (416) 725-3591 NIGHT SCHOOL REGISTRATION DURHAM COLLEGE IN 0SHAWA SAT., AUG. 27, 8:00-12:00 NOON TUES., AUG. 30, 6:30-9:00 P.M. THURS., SEPT. 1, 6:30-9:00 P.M. wasn't supposed to happen. happen. Conversely, the power consumers of southern Ontario didn't really care what transpired transpired so long as their electrical supply remained remained constant. They never dreamed of demanding demanding an official investigation investigation into Hydro's affairs based upon the Pickering situation. Just keep us plugged in and ensure that the electrical juices continue to flow, was the general opinion opinion which prevailed. The Godfather, of course, was above reproach, reproach, and therefore the course of his ac tions continued unquestioned unquestioned and unfettered. unfettered. To be sure, it was a crazy vision. Historically, Historically, however, fiction has frequently become fact. If only I could bring myself to believe the fluctuating information information Hydro has dis pensed about the Ceremony Marks Opening of Seniors Building trouble at Pickering, fantasizing about what is happening and what might come to pass would be unnecessary. However, the only sure fact I have come to accept in relation to electricity, is the sum total which appears at the bottom of my Hydro bill. The official opening of the new recreation centre at the Durham County Senior Citizens Lodge took place Monday evening, in Orono. Here, Gladys Moffat cuts the ribbon to open the building. building. She is assisted by Marie Hubbard, acting mayor of the Town of Newcastle; Rae Stewart,- chairman of the senior citizens' lodge, and Allan" Lawrence, Durham-Northumberland MP. After the ribbon-cutting, guests were invited inside for refreshments and a tour of the building. ' Last Chance . for great savings during our MOVING • • h'li.i • it AÉar/ ill iy MBS DW i V I x 1 u a p v to 75% OFF SPRING and SUMMER MERCHANDISE IT HAS TO GO! Fashions for Infants -- Toddlers -- Boys and Girls (to 14X) Also included . . . 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