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uü SECTION TWO WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989 Œfce Canadian ^tausman Durham Region's Great Family Journal Established 135 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanville News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second Class mail registration number 1561 Produced weekly by cn James Publishing Company Limited 62 King Street West, Bowmanville, Ontario U C 3K9 416-623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 John M. James Editor - Publisher Richard A. James Associate Publisher Peter Parrott Associate Editor Geo. P. Morris Brian Purdy Donald Bishop Business Mgr. Advertising Mgr. Plant Mgr. All layouts and composition of advertisements produced by the employees of James Publishing Company Limited are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without the permission of the publisher. 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There's No Turning Back We watch from the West as the citizens citizens of various totalitarian nations increasingly increasingly are tantalized with at least the rhetoric of freedom and democracy; democracy; For various social and economic reasons the leaders of the Soviet Union, Union, China, and a handful of east European European nations have attempted to loosen their oppressive grip on power and allow allow some basic personal freedoms to percolate into society. In each place where this process has occurred, near chaos has ensued. Once the masses whiffed the sweet breezes of freedom, blowing ever so softly, they could not turn away and accept less. In China, demonstrations so large as to invoke memories of the communist communist victory over the Nationalist forces in 1949 have overwhelmed police and swamped Beijing despite their illegality. illegality. Last week thousands of citizens joined intellectuals and students to expand expand the demonstrations to new and dizzying heights. In an astounding admission admission of failure, the Chinese leadership leadership agreed to meet with student leaders leaders and negotiate. The students, sensing the power and historic position in which they find themselves, have chosen not to meet and continue to broaden their demands demands which now include the utter transformation of China to a democra- -"cjO In Poland, the significance of Solidarity's Solidarity's new official standing will not be recognized fully for many years. Lech Walesa and the workers of that embattled country have benefitted from Moscow's new charm offensive. Their union is official for the first time in seven years, and many of its members members (including Mr. Walesa himself) are-running in the first parliamentary election this June. V / In the Soviet republic of Georgia mass and spontaneous demonstrations recently were put down with poison gas. The subtleties of glasnost apparently apparently have not reached the party apparatchiks apparatchiks in the outlying areas where the old methods of crowd control are still in use. Besides demonstrations and a general general disregard for authority, perestroika perestroika has wrought many severe consequences consequences for communist economies, long shielded from the real world of supply and demand. To Mr. Gorbachevs Gorbachevs dismay, the food lines are getting getting longer just as he is lifting the lid on allowable political criticism. Despite Despite having Cuba in his back pocket, he was forced to install sugar rationing rationing in Moscow beginning on that great workers'holiday, May Day. Officially illegal in communist economies, economies, unemployment is rising almost as rapidly as is inflation. If you mention mention perestroika (rebuilding) to a Soviet Soviet citizen standing two hours deep in a line up for a slab of darkened meat, you are liable to hear the one about Stalin and Brezhnev. The two former leaders are discussing discussing the past from their quarters in the afterlife. Brezhev says to Stalin, "did you ever build anything when you were in charge?" To which Stalin replies replies that he certainly did not and redirects redirects the question to Brezhev. "No, I didn't build anything either," he an- ■ swers. ' • "So what is Gorbachev RE- ' building?" they ask each other. Poles, Russians, Chinese, and many others are being encouraged to expect greater freedom and major changes in the way their rigid 1 society operates. As the authorities move forward with their reforms, they are discovering that to loosen the lid on long- simmering political unrest is akin to loosening a car's radiator cap after a long, hot drive to nowhere. There is no turning back. Diversionary Tactics / 1 The federal government has warned • that whoever is the culprit in last ; week's federal budget leak will be * prosecuted and jailed. « Actually, we suspect that if the government government MPs find the person responsible'for responsible'for the budget leak, they will probably probably shake his hand and maybe even offer him a senate post or an ambassadorship. ambassadorship. ! No one can condone the lapse of security security which occurred last Wednesday and caused the budget to become public public knowledge about 18 hours too early.' early.' ; .'However, the incident has worked in favor of the the government rather : • than against it. Here's why: ; j; Had the government been able to table its budget, without incident, on April 27, there would have only been one major story coming out of Ottawa. It" would have been focused on the latest latest government tax grab and how it will cost average Canadians hundreds of dollars every year. But, thanks to the premature budget budget information, two stories came out of Ottawa. There was the bùdget story, story, of course, but there was also the issue issue of why the budget was leaked and whether or not Finance Minister Michael Michael Wilson must resign as a result. The political rhetoric and sabre- rattling about the lack of security surrounding surrounding the budgetary nrocess only served to divert some of the attention from the main subject. And that has to benefit any government planning on : introducing a tough budget. ! r * Moreover, the government's decision decision to report the contents of the latest 'financial blueprint on Wednesday ■ night rather than Thursday (as a re- i suit of the budget leak) caught the f /.pundits and commentators flat-footed. ■/'."•'•'Certainly all the information was presented. But there was little time ' for the traditional reportage of the budget. There was no opportunity for '.'/all the experts to consult their calcula- V' tors and give their comments. .feii And so, the bad news was de-fused be somewhat because of the fact that nobody nobody body had an opportunity to really ' Pstudy the financial documents and tiT'bonsider their implications. In report- j.fing on the budget, the media lacked .-"their usual head of steam. Most important of nil, the early bvri We know that another extremely hot summer is predicted, predicted, but it's probably too early to consider trading in the family station wagon for this particular mode of transportation. Although these camels are a long way from the nearest desert, the operators of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Zoo keep them quite happy all year round. The zoo re-opened for another season on Saturday, April 29. It features dozens of fascinating animals in all shapes, sizes, sizes, and colours. There's also a show featuring performances performances by some of the zoo's most talented residents, including including the ever-popular elephants. Interest in Facade Study After a well received unveiling unveiling of master plans to revamp revamp and restore the Bowmanville Bowmanville downtown core just over a month ago, the commissioners commissioners of the study already already have heard from several several businesses requesting more information. The Downtown Business Improvement Area board of governors spent over $10,000 and several years arranging for an architectural architectural firm to create a rendering, rendering, or master plan, for the refurbishing of the storefronts storefronts and general appearance appearance of downtown Bowmanville. Bowmanville. Now that they have presented presented the plans to area merchants, the decision to go ahead and have the work done on individual buildings is solely up to the merchant himself or his landlord. But DBIA President George Webster is hopeful that the project will snowball snowball and encourage all of the downtown businesses to take part. "What people do to their buildings is their baby," he said. "But it tends to snowball, according to other areas that have had it." "All of the architectural work is available. There are drawings of everyone's building." The group's business manager, Garth Gilpin, reported reported t' t " < ' How would you feel if you suddenly found out that you really aren't qualified for a particular job but the person doing the hiring took pity on you and gave you the job anyway? Or, what if you didn't have the right skills to perform a job but you were hired because the company that employed you had a quota to fill? How would you react if you discovered your name went on the hiring list , next to acfiectives such as Irish, Indian, or female instead of next to words such as intelligent, qualified, qualified, and able? Don't shake your head over the idea too soon. The day may be coming when your qualifications won't matter as much as your skin colour or your sex. A provincial task force on race relations and po licing released a report recently outlining recommendations recommendations for Ontario's police forces. One recommendation, recommendation, according to newspaper reports, is a proposal that police forces forces hire more visible minorities. minorities. Bob Attersley, Mayor of Whitby, made headlines headlines last week by threatening threatening to resign from the position of commissioner with the Durham Regional Regional Police Force if they were forced to meet quotas quotas in hiring visible minorities. minorities. He said that standards would,., be UWered by meeting hiring quotas. Many people jumped on his words. They called him a racist and compared compared his views with those of Phillipe Rushton, the university professor who màde so many headlines headlines a few months ago. People heard the mayor's mayor's words but didn't listen listen to them. And they should have listened because the mayor mayor is right. Of course, standards would not be lowered by hiring visible minorities and Mayor Attersley Attersley never said they would. He stated that standards standards would decline by trying to meet quotas to hire visible minorities. There's an important distinction distinction between the two statements. The Whitby mayor is not complaining about hiring visible minorities. What he is objecting to is the lowering of existing standards in order to meet some kind of quota for the hiring of these minorities. minorities. Let's say you were in charge of personnel for Company A. You have an accounting position open budget announcement deflated the opposition opposition parties. It seemed to us that the opposition had two possible courses courses of action. It could criticize the substance substance of the budget itself or it could attack the government for irresponsibility irresponsibility in letting the proverbial "cat out of the bag" too early. The question of whether a finance minister must resign when contents of his budget are made public in advance- of the tabling of the budget in the House of Commons is really of little interest interest to the public at large. Politicians, Politicians, civil servants, political reporters and political science professors may be interested in the political ramifications ramifications of this event. But, the fact of the matter is that the government has enough clout to railroad its budget through Parliament Parliament despite the political roadblocks and procedural wrangling arising from the budget leak. Opposition parties were, of course, only doing their job when they pointed out the government's security shortcomings shortcomings and noted that under parliamentary parliamentary tradition the budget document document and the finance minister were rendered null and void. But then the opposition ought to have moved quickly into the more important important task of attacking the budget itself. The endless wrangling about the need for producing a new budget and appointing a new cabinet minister is getting the opposition nowhere and is, in fact, adding to the smokescreen that surrounds this budget. Faced with a choice of fighting the smoke or fighting the fire, tne opposition opposition opted to attack the smoke. We have the right to expect more of them. The budget leak provided the ideal diversionary tactic for introducing tough fiscal measures. As for the budget itself, there's little we can add to the numerous comments over the past week. However, it is unfortunate unfortunate that the document lacked the "guts" to attack government spending with the same enthusiasm that it introduced additional taxation for all Canadians. If a government opts to introduce bitter financial medicine, it should administer administer the entire treatment rather than half of it. Rotary Club Welcomes Secretaries to Meeting Human resources expert Gail Cooper told Rotarians Rotarians last Thursday that there is no such thing as a Superwoman Superwoman in the workplace or in the home. She is joined by Rotary club vice-president Pat Mothersill following her speech to the Bowmanville Rotary Club last Thursday, April 27. by Chris Clark In recognition of Secretary's Secretary's Week, Bowmanville Rotarians last week learned about "Superwoman": She's faster than a six-year-old on a skateboard, stronger than the family St. Bernard, and Only a Superwoman, aid ' she stressed, could bound from bed at 5:00 a.m., do her daily daily aerobic workout, lay out clothes for her children, and have breakfast waiting for them by 7:00. And only a Suporfamily able to leap tail pilés of gathers together, with glow- laundry in a single bound. mg faces, to enjoy a leisurely Alas, "there is no such breakfast and some quality thing as a Superwoman who time" together. remains sane and lives past . In fact, quality tune often 40," explained human re- is the time a parent spendn sources expert Gail Cooper at last Thursday's club meeting. Speaking, in part, to the many secretaries who were special Rotary guests for lunch, the dynamic placement worker said that women often create the stress they suffer under by trying to do too much. Learning to laugh and delegate are two keys to surviving surviving the 1980s and beyond, beyond, she said, finked out in front of the television television set while a child happens happens to be in the room, she suggested. By delegating authority and letting kids make mistakes mistakes in order to learn, the would-be Superwoman can retain her sanity and live well beyond 40 too. In other Rotary news, a trio of hard-working club members has been working diligently for nearly three years trying to establish a clean water system for a small town in south central India. With the co-operation of the Canadian government, government, Rotary International, an interested Indian Rotary club, and the Bowmanville club the sum of $50,000 is well on its way to being raised so that 2,000 people can enjoy clean, running water water in the very near future. John Manuel will be travelling travelling to India for two weeks in June to help co-ordinate the implementation of the 1 ambitious project. Joining Mr. Manuel on the project are Rotarians Joe Pinto and Jack Locke. Mr. Locke may go to India in the fall, depending depending on how the work is progressing. In Editor's Mail Loyal Orange County Lodge of West Durham 1688-1690 Derry-Aughrim- Enniskillen-Boyne Dear John I am writing to you on behalf behalf of the Orange Association Association in the Bowmanville Area. It is in regard to our recent Convention, which was one of the largest and most successful our Order has held in recent years. _ We would like to publicly" thank the following individuals individuals and Organizations. Mrs. Brenda Metcalf and the Base Line Community Association, Mrs. Bonnie McDonald and the Lions Club, Reverend W. Chatterton Chatterton and St. Andrew's Church, Mr. Dale St. John and the Central Public School Band, Goodyear Tiro and Rubber Co., The Flying Dutchman Motel, Bowmanville Bowmanville Marina, Mrs. Stella Harnum of Remax, Realty and all other Businesses that contributed to our most successful convention. Last, but not lease, yourself and the Staff of your excellent newspaper, for the coverage and publicity you extended to us. Thanking you again I remain yours truly, Gnry,.Colo. and you have just interviewed interviewed two people. The first, a man, has experience, good ideas and shows interest in his work. The second interviewee interviewee is a woman fresh out of school, not very sure of herself and a little less qualified. You decide to hire the man. You want to hire him not because he is a man but because he seems to be the one best suited for the job. But you go to your "visible "visible minority" hiring list and discover that you really need to hire a woman.- So, what do you do? You hire the inexperienced inexperienced woman. In a situation like this would you really be getting getting the best person for the job? And would an employee employee be giving 100 per cent to the job knowing that he or she got hired because because of factors not based on qualifications. Such an employee would likely conclude that it wasn't necessary to work very hard to keep the job. I really resent someone thinking that I'm not good enough to get a job on my own merits and feel they have to create a law to ensure that I do. Thinking like that threatens any semblance of equality that Canada currently has. I would be very angry if I ever found out I was selected for a certain position position because I was a woman and not because I was intelligent enough, skilled enough, or able enough to handle the job just as I think any intelli- § ent human being would e. How could one actually feel he or she has accomplished accomplished something or is able to do something if the person was hired only to fulfill a quota? The assumption that visible minorities _ want this treatment is insulting. insulting. Just as the. outcry over the police commissioner's remarks is an insult. He isn't racist and neither neither am I. But if a law were ever passed that required required hiring quotas, I'm sure there would be many people who suddenly would be. ; that eight or ten pe hi: 300- ple have approached him and asked to look at their renderings. "We're very pleased. Within only a month there is a lot of interest." interest." He stressed that one of the possible difficulties in transforming the entire main street is that several merchants will need to convince convince their landlords to make the changes suggested by the architects. In some cases it will involve nothing more than a fresh coat of paint and a new storefront sign. In other cases, the proposal proposal calls for the addition of a third floor to a structure to keep it consistent with its neighbours on either side. Mr. Gilpin added that he hopes there will be consider- ble movement on the part of several businesses within a year or so. If the initiative appears to be stalled at some point in the future, he said, the DBIA will work to remind everyone of the many benefits of restoring the appearance of the downtown downtown area. The facade project is one of several steps the organization organization is taking to improve the main street. Mr. Gilpin said that they are going to request help from the town to install new lighting and streetscape furniture, furniture, possibly in a Victorian Victorian style. Wrought iron benches, new lighting poles, parkettes, and attractive garbage receptacles are all possibilities. As well, he will work toward toward getting new decorative lights for the downtown area by next Christmas. "We haven't had new Christmas lights in the last 20 years." he recalled. Actress Talks to Students at Library A performer from the television series "Degrassi Junior High" paid a visit to the Bowmanville branch of the Newcastle Public Library last week. Amanda Steptoe, known for her portrayal of the series character "Spike" spent half an hour last Wednesday answering questions from nearly 200 young people. The actress is pictured pictured here with Ken Roberts. Mr. Roberts has co-written a book about the character character Amanda plays in the scries.