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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, September 17,1986 Section Two ®bt Canabtan Statesman 623-3303 0NA Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 132 years ago In 1654. Also Incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King SL W., Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3K9 JOHN M. JAMES Editor--Publisher GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. RICHARD A. JAMES Assistant Publisher BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. PETER PARROTT Associate Editor DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. 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United Way's a Great Idea Imagine how much more complicated complicated community fund-raising would be if approximately 42 community service agencies appeared each year on your doorstep asking for contributions. contributions. As a donor, you would wish to give to these groups. But it would be next to impossible to make a contribution of any size to all of them. And so, you'd have to pick and choose the agencies you would support. As a member of a community service service agency, you'd find a large portion of your year devoted to canvassing when it could be better spent counselling, counselling, teaching, caring for the sick, or whatever other task your agency performed. There would be endless duplication duplication of effort as each agency launched its own campaign, placed its own advertising, advertising, produced its individual promotional material, and generally acted alone. Before long, the point would be reached where agencies with common common goals would actually see themselves themselves as competitors in a never-ending never-ending contest to raise funds. Isn't it better to combine the effort and to operate a relatively short fundraising fundraising event which will meet the needs of a variety of community groups? It is, of course. - And that is why the Whitby Oshawa Newcastle United Way will be enlisting enlisting your help this month. Because of United Way, individual donors can rest assured that their dollar will help not just one but many equally valuable community service organizations. Because of United Way, fund-raising fund-raising is more efficient and administrative administrative expenses are the lowest of any charitable organizations. But, most importantly, United Way ensures that through one major effort a large number of worthwhile groups get the funding they need and deserve--funding deserve--funding which they may very well be unable to raise on their own accord. A complete list .of United Way Agencies would be a lengthy one. But perhaps we should mention a few of the recipients of just to illustrate the broad range of help that is furnished by the annual funding drive. Many high-profile organizations which are more or less household More Enemies Prohibition, anyone? Don't laugh. In today's moral climate, climate, that's a distinct possibility. The other day, we were reviewing an old copy of The Statesman in which we reported the crowning of the county's "Tobacco Queen". That was 25 years ago. And at the time, we didn't think we were contributing contributing to higher health care costs, losses of employee ' Hours, emphysema, emphysema, bronchitis, cancer, and all the other ills that have been associated associated with cigarettes. The cigarette was an accepted way of life. Today it is not. You can't find a Tobacco Tobacco Queen in the county and even the remaining tobacco farmers are finding their business is in a downturn. downturn. The Globe and Mail as well as certain certain other newspapers have recently announced a ban on cigarette advertising, advertising, arguing that cigarette is a product which causes harm when used exactly the way it is supposed to be used. This argument suggests that the cigarette differs from alcohol in that alcohol causes damage only when used to excess. But we arc also seeing evidence that alcohol may follow the cigarette into disfavor. In many communities and especially among high school students, students, the dangers of alcohol abuse arc aggressively broadcast. Groups such as Alcohol and Drug Concerns Inc., a coalition of public interest groups, has suggested a ban on all alcohol alcohol advertising, a higher drinking age and the sale of all alcohol products products only in government-run stores. And, finally, the U.S. is launching a major war on illicit drugs by suggesting, among oilier things, the testing of certain federal government employees in responsible posts. It's words are also United Way agencies. These include: Block Parents, Victorian Victorian Order of Nurses; the YM/ YWCAs; the Canadian Red Cross Society, Society, and the St. John Ambulance. United Way also helps more specialized specialized organizations which are also important important although they may cater to a smaller number of clients. These include include organizations such as the Auberge Auberge shelter for abused women and their children or the Oshawa Deaf Centre whose mandate includes assistance assistance to individuals throughout the Durham Region. This year's campaign objective is $2,150,000 which represents a new high for the United Way target. But history shows a steady growth in United Way giving over the years. In other words, the generosity of Oshawa, Whitby, and Newcastle has always increased as the needs of the community have increased. Indeed, the objective is frequently exceeded. So there's every reason to believe that the goal of 1986 is a challenge within our reach. The Town of Newcastle alone has somewhere in the order of 60 canvassers canvassers who will solicit donations from various sources including schools, businesses and professional men and women. Similar canvassing networks have been established in the other municipalities. municipalities. And, of course, the area's largest: employer, General Motors, puts forth a major effort every year to ensure that its employees are aware of the United Way challenge and have an opportunity to give. The company also sets a good example by an sizable corporate donation each year. There is also every indication that a second major employer, Ontario Hydro, will become an important source of United Way revenue. Last year, Hydro's operations division at the Darlington Generating Station exceeded its objective many times over and will undoubtedly be another of the numerous United Way success stories that will be reported in the next few weeks. The starting date of Monday, September September 15, means that we are now midway through the first week of the United Way effort. The campaign will be over before we know it. Please give generously. Being Tackled a move that has apparently found wide favor among the American public. public. In this climate, it doesn't seem impossible impossible that outright calls for prohibition prohibition will occur in the near future. It would be wrong to attack the very worthwhile efforts which are underway underway these days in order to fight drug abuse, alcohol misuse and smoking. All of the efforts contain an underlying underlying concern for health in the widest sense of the term. And that concern ought to be applauded. But there is a danger in oversimplifying oversimplifying social ills. There's a danger in thinking that everything wrong in the world could be righted by a smoke-free environment and highways free of drunken drivers. The point we wish to note is hard to express without being accused of standing in the way of worthy efforts to prevent drug abuse. But let's just say that there is a danger in putting all of our moral indignation and desire desire to do good in one basket. Within a few years, we will probably probably be at the point where smoking is banned in public places and where people who admit to drinking and driving will be regarded with the same disdain we reserve for people who admit to robbing senior citizens. Within a few years, we will probably have driven drug abuse so far underground underground that it is almost unknown among "responsible" people. But at that point, we may become complacent enough to think that we have cured social ills. And, of course, that's just not the case. For even if we eradicate the abuses listed above, there will remain much to be done. There are still citizens who lack decent places to live and arc without adequate food to cat. There will still be dangers from a modern society polluting its environ- Ceremony on Sunday adds "War in Korea 99 to Cenotaph at Blackstock \ . wÉSSÊm^C is \ i i B lylin B # • • by Peter Parrott 7 i 1 ' I V ' .«Mr Y -j Like all the benefits of science, this one is going to turn out to be a mixed blessing. I'm referring, of course, to a new breed of grass which will only require require a nodding acquaintance acquaintance with a lawn mower and which will be almost weed-free. This particular breed of turf has been developed by a scientist in Alberta and it will.exude a natural herbicide to keep the weeds away, while growing growing so slowly that it will require about three cuttings cuttings per season. In other words, it will be about the closest thing you,can get to astroturf astroturf without tearing a patch out of Olympic Stadium. It means that an absolutely emerald green lawn will be available available to every Tom, Dick, and Harry. But, therein lies the problem. Caring for a lawn is one of the mainstays of suburban living. There's watering, , fertilizing, raking, spraying, trimming, trimming, mowing, edging, and all the rest. Lawn care used to be the suburban husband's chief reason for existence. existence. Things have changed, of course, with families in which both husband and wife work. But at one time, the housewife did the baking, baking, cooking, cleaning, ironing, vacuuming, shopping, washing, and childcare while the husband's husband's contribution to the domestic scene was a few rounds across the backyard with the lawn mower. This used to be called a division of the labor. Moreover, the lawn sprouts an endless opportunity opportunity for small talk. Over the back fence, neighbours could discuss discuss the best strategy for the war against dandel ions. They could debate the, optimum cutting height of the lawnmower. They could, together, curse the damage damage done by fertilizer when it accidentally burns holes in the green carpet. And, of course, there has always been a certain certain satisfaction which comes from those householders householders who know that they have the best lawn on the street and possibly possibly in the entire town. These are the types who are liable to post sentries sentries to guard against wind-blown weed seeds or stray dogs. Within a few years, the status symbol of a well- manicured lawn could be a relic of the past, since even the biggest slob in the neighbourhood neighbourhood will boast a lawn of equal quality to the lawn of the connoisseur. In other words, it will become virtually impossible impossible for the grass to look greener on the otherside of the fence. A whole new business will be generated by firms who will plough up the old lawns and reseed reseed or re-sod with-the easy-maintenance variety. variety. For a while, there will be some status in being the first on your block to have an easy-care lawn. But once the red fescue or Kentucky bluegrass is replaced by this new product there will be an uneasy silence on sunny Saturday mornings. No longer will there be the growl of lawn mowers mowers revving up their engines engines or the whine of weed-eaters trimming the edges. The householder will wander about his vinyl- clad, aluminum soffet- ted, maintenance-free home and gaze upon his maintenance-free lawn and wonder why there's nothing left to do. üiPSBis r. •• , I. gS@9®bsS8|| After reading the article on single school Transit Plan I had to write. I am pleased someone else feels the same way I do about busing our children. My children children attend Knox Christian School in Bowmanville. I am a taxpayer as well as everyone everyone else, although we get not a penny toward my children's education. We have to pay for tuition and transportation out of our own pocket. The. government asks us to car pool; to share a ride, but at the same time have six buses driving past my house each day half empty, wasting gas. Where do my school taxes go? For other children? We pay dearly for the Christ centred education we want. But at the same time our school taxes pay for French immersion class and buses which are also by choice just as we chose Christian education. education. I ask you docs this sound fair? Would you pay for someone else to ride the bus to Toronto? No, of course not, but we pay for other children to ride the bus to school while our children are not allowed to ride those buses and we are told to get our own transportation transportation which we have to pay more money for. For years now, the Christian school community has been helping to pay the load for public schools. Now it's time we got à bit of this money baçk, by providing transportation transportation for our children. We don't use your teachers, your schools, rooms or books. Although you use our tax dollars. dollars. I would love to have a public reply. The time has come for one transit system for all schools. Ann Heershop DearEditor: The 4-H Committee of the Lindsay Central Exhibition Is busy preparing for the 1B86 Inter-County 4-H Championship Championship Show. This show will be held in conjunction with the Lindsay Central Exhibition on Wednesday, September 17th, 1980. The show begins at 10:00 a.m. and will run to about 4:30 p.m. There will be approximately 150 beef and dairy animals entered in the day's activities, with 4-H members participating participating from Peterborough and Victoria Counties, and the Regions of Durham East and West. We would be very pleased to have you or a representative of your newspaper cover the event. I have enclosed a program program of the day's activities for your information. Please feel free to give me a call at (705) 324-6125 if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you on the 17th. Sincerely, Rob Black, Rural Organization Specialist, Peterborough-Victorla- Haliburton Dear John: I read with some interest this past week your editorial in ref to policies at City Hall and my first reaction was that ment with materials whose hazards we only dimly understand--hazards which may be even worse than the dreaded cigarette. There will still be the unemployed and the underemployed. There will remain a certain amount of mental and emotional agony for those who cannot achieve the success lhat society society may expect of them, And if we look beyond our borders, we shall find even greater need in countries where our social ills look mild by comparison. Alcoholism, drug abuse, and smoking smoking arc all problems which our cul ture has always had the ability to overcome if it had the will to do so. Today, we have decided to take action action against these three vices. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, the wcathcrvanc of public opinion opinion may blow in another direction. If and when we defeat these ills which arc foremost in our minds now, let's hope that we have the moral strength to take aim at oilier equally serious problems. These arc the ones whose solutions are not as easy as mandatory drug tests, enforcement of existing laws, or the removal of ash trays, you had better be careful or you might be criticized by a concerned taxpayer for your remarks but then again, like myself, you too have a right. In your editorial you make reference to the fact that council might hire consultants for the matter that you mentioned mentioned but don't laugh as that is a strong possibility. I did not attend the last council meeting as I felt that it was going to be a political gathering and according to the show I watched on the T.V. and the people who were in plain view, it sure was. I noticed with interest that the mayor took a good swat at some of the councillors and in my opinion it was deserved. As an example, Coun. Cowman made a statement in the press that she didn't know where the mayor was or when he was coming back and I say so what, as it would appear that she was in her glory. Every time she made a statement, statement, she advised us that she was acting mayor In your editorial you make mention that council will be coming up with a policy mid I ask you do you think it will help as follows: In your lost paper you make mention about the council hiring a new C.A.O., but then I can find nowhere any advertisement to hire one, so I checked to sec what was going on. I find Hint the town's policy and the labour labour agreement provide for placing mi advertisement for any vacancies but this wns never done In this Instance mid I ask you why? I will at this time venture a guess on what happened and will leave out the names of those involved. involved. At last week's council meeting, a motion to go into camera was made and after going into camera a motion was put forward to hire a certain person from out of town to fill the job at a salary higher than the previous job holder (former $53,000), new $55,000. This was then passed by a 4 to 3 vote with no consideration for the person who now is doing the job at a temporary increase of around $12,000. This in my opinion was another political handout and here all the time I thought things like that only happened in Ottawa, John, this is not the only case in the fire and I suggest to you that you watch for future happenings in the fire dept. I am aware of the persons who made the motions at the in camera meeting and also who voted which way so I say to you, John, don't wait for a policy as in my opinion it carries no weight with this council. Or I should say with some members. Your last paragraph in your article saying if we don't have a polipy that council won't' know what to give to a winner and my answer to that is it will depend on how close it is to an election. Ih closing I also read in another paper where the headline of an editorial read something like 'Newcastle Deserves Better,' and I say 'Right on, Brother.' Yours Truly Ken Hooper Fire Chief Takes Course In Darlington Hazards Fire Chief Jim Aldridge will be training for possible five hazards at the Darlington Darlington Generating Station. Approval was given during during Monday's General Purpose Purpose Committee for Chief Aldridge to attend the Ontario Ontario Hydro Western Nuclear Nuclear Training Centre course at the Bruce Generating Station. The invitation to the chief on me from Darlington's Training Technician, Chief Aldridge says Hint alter he's taken the course, lie can plan training courses for nil firefighters in the Town of Newcastle. The course runs next week and won't cost the town any money, Chief Aldridge Aldridge said. He also told the councillors councillors that the fire study said our firefighters need adequate training for any hazards at Darlington, Councillor Marie Hubbard Hubbard added that the town will soon have to start a nuclear nuclear emergency task force similar to the one established established by the regional council, council, "I believe this is something something we've got to address pretty soon," she said. In the meantime, council approved the chiefs request request and firefighter Graydon Brown will run the station during the chiefs absence.