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Big Sisters Provide Friendship for Girls by Andrea Adair , When you're seven years , old and in grade two, the most important thing in life ' is to have a friend you can have fun with. Sarah Lavoie found a friend like that in Carol Alder, Alder, a Bowmanville resident .. who decided last year to become become a Big Sister. It was a decision that she has never regretted. "It has been great and ' really nice getting to know Sarah," she explained, j».»- The two have been in a . Big and Little Sister match since last May. : Over the past year, they have spent one evening each ; week going out to dinner, playing games or learning now to bake. In other words, they get together once a week to have "fun". Fun is a big part of what . the Big Sisters N.O.W. (Newcastle Oshawa Whitby) is all about. The first Canadian agency agency of Big Sisters was established established in Toronto in 1914 but came into existence in , this area in 1972 in the form of The Friendship Club. Big Sisters is designed to match a young girl in a friendship with a mature adult female and to promote the emotional, physical and social well-being of girls. Beth Lake, a support coordinator coordinator with the agency, said the program differs from Big Brothers in the sense that Little Sisters can come from any family setting. setting. But they must be between between the ages of 7 and 17. Big Sisters must be over 18 and must be prepared to commit three or four hours each week for a minimum of one year to their Little Sister. Sister. Quite often, there are a number of Little Sisters waiting for someone to volunteer volunteer to be part of their match. Fortunately for Sarah, she didn't have to wait long as she met Carol iust before her seventh birthday. Carol joined the organization organization after seeing a poster about Big Sister Week last February. She explained that she had always wanted to get involved involved with some type of volunteer volunteer work and liked being with young people. She phoned the organization organization immediately after seeing seeing the poster and began participating in their events right away. A year later she still loves being a Big Sister and loves spending time with Sarah. Sarah. "We do a lot of interesting things together and have a lot of fun together," she said. One of tneir activities is going to the movies. Sarah enjoys doing this because, she explains, "Carol lets me pick." Swimming and walking Carol's dog were favourite activities last summer while baking and playing games keep the pair occupied during during the winter. Not too long ago, they started keeping a scrapbook of all the activities they have enjoyed together. ■ :--\ WINDOW AND DOOR CENTRE cBDASHWOOD y.,s ■■■■■' / "" K; 1200 Phillip Murray Ave., Oshawa 436-1344 . -- y Miillf Bowmanville W.I. Holds Jan. Meeting The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 24,1990 3 Local Beaver Colonies Converge on Newcastle Golf Course Carol Alder has been Sarah Lavoie's Big Sister for almost a year and the two have spent many hours laughing and having fun together. Carol heard about the Big Sister organization last February and got involved as soon as she could. Big Sisters of Newcastle, Oshawa and Whitby (N.O.W.) are holding an orientation night tonight (January 24) for anyone interested in finding out more about what being a Big Sister is all about. For seven-year-old Sarah, Big Sisters means having someone to have fun with. Crafts that Sarah has made for her "best friend" have also found a home inside inside the book. The scrapbook has a number of pages filled with what they have done together. together. But, since Carol says there are more things they want to do, some pages are still blank. The Big and Little Sister relationship has brought a tremendous amount of pleasure and self satisfaction satisfaction to Carol and without hesitation, she would recommend recommend it to others. . "It's not that much time to put in if you can help out ana be beneficial to a girl," she stated. And Sarah, too, likes to tell people about what it's like to be a Little Sister. "The best thing about having a Big Sister is that she is fun to be with," she said. Beth remarked: "For a Little Sister, that's the most important thing." Big Sisters are holding their monthly orientation night tonight (January 24) for anyone who is interested in finding out more about what is involved in being a big sister. If you are interested in attending the meeting, it is from 7-9 p.m. at the Simcoe Settlement House Building in Oshawa. If you can't make this meeting, the next one will be held on February 20 at the same location. If you would like more information, information, contact Big Sisters Sisters N.O.W. at 436-0951. On Thursday, January 4th 17 members of the Bowmanville Bowmanville Women's Institute net .in Trinity Church Hall. Mrs. C. Bell president opened the meeting with singing O Canada and Institute Institute Ode. Roll Call - Name an industry industry or business you would like to see in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. There were many interesting answers. Minutes Minutes of last meeting, financial financial report and correspondence correspondence were read by Sect. Treas. Mrs. C. Downey. A letter was read concerning the Logo Contest for the . W.I.'s 100th Anniversaiy in 1997. Mrs. Bell turned the meeting over to Mrs. R. Corrigan, Corrigan, Convenor of Canadian Industries. Motto - The Effect Effect of Free Trade on Canadian Canadian Industry. The topic was prepared and read by Mrs. R. Corrigan. Mrs. C. Morrison introduced introduced the guest speaker Mr. Charlie Trim. Manager Industrial Industrial Relations, Goodyear Bowmanville. Mr. Trim spoke on Goodyear Bowmanville Bowmanville and Free Trade. Goodyear Bowmanville was established in 1910 as a result of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Akron, Ohio wanting to expand their operation operation into Canada. Since 1917 the Bowmanville Bowmanville plant has been a Gener- ■ al Products Plant and currently currently is a three phase type of operation. First the plant is a mixing centre and mixes rubber for not only its own use but for other Goodyear plants such as Collingwood, Owen Sound and Valley- field. It is of interest to note that with the building of the new tire plant in Napanee, Goodyear as an International International Company has its oldest plant Bowmanville and its newest plant Napanee within within a one and a half hour car ride on Highway 401 of each other. Goodyear Bowmanville also is a two product line manufacturing centre. Special Special products such as tank lining rubber and Matting type of rubber material are produced, with the second product line being conveyor Hydro Starts Power Supply From D.G.S. Darlington Generating Station negan supplying electricity to the Ontario Hydro Hydro electrical system for the first time last week. Donna McFarlane, communications communications officer at Darlington, Darlington, said the event is significant significant because "it is the first electricity that has been produced by unit two." Mrs. McFarlane explained explained that since construction construction began at Darlington, electricity had been brought to the construction site. Un- v9> (megawatts) was fed into the electrical system for a couple of minutes and fed in again on the following day. On January 17th, 40 MW of electricity were fed into the system. Darlington uses that much electricity to run the reactor unit. When Unit Two is at full power it will be producing 935 MW of electricity. The amount produced last week was enough to run a large industry, Mrs. McFarlane said. belts, both fabrics and steel construction. The Bowmanville plant has always been a world wide producer and still continues continues to successfully complete complete on a global basis. There are 250 employees and the plant continues to be profitable. The year 1989 was another another good year for Goodyear Goodyear Bowmanville. Mr. Trim said "In Canada we have heard for the past several years much about the problems problems within the United Church of Canada. The Meech Lake Accord and Free Trade. Many Canadians Canadians are confused and concerned concerned about at least one or two or three or perhaps all three matters above. The Free Trade policy established established recently is difficult to fully understand but perhaps perhaps we could reflect upon the United Kingdom ana its entrance a number of years ago into the European Common Common Market. We would have to agree today that the move was vital to the growth and economic boom currently sweeping the U.K. There was much opposition opposition to the U.K. joining C im- mon Market prior to and immediately immediately following the entrance move by the U.K. Free Trade will have a great impact both positively and negatively upon various cities, regions and centres across Canada. Only time will actually prove the overall overall success or failure of the action taken by both countries. countries. Products manufactured at the Bowmanville plant have been protected by an 18% duty in the past but the Free Trade Agreement will eliminate this advantage over a 10 year period, actually actually nine years now. There is some talk of reducing this percent within the next three to four years. What this means to the operation is that the employees must become more efficient throughout each segment of the plant, such as equipment equipment modernization, bettor purchasing practices, better overall plant output, including including lower waste and improved improved quality. It is felt that Goodyear Bowmanville will be comoet- itive in the future as it nas been in the p,ast. Mr. Trim said Free Trail*. should not pose a threat] (if, plant closure closure or plant layoffs in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. There are far greater controllable areas of concern to the stabilization and profitability of the plant such as material costs, taxes, taxes, heating charges, absenteeism, absenteeism, misuse of sick benefits benefits to name a few. The foreign exchange currency rates are of great concern to the plant. It was a very interesting and informative talk. Questions from the members members were answered by the speaker. Mrs. C. Momson thanked Mr. Trim and Mrs. R. Corrigan presented him with a token of appreciation on behalf of the members. The speaker donated the gift to our Institute. Mrs. Bell resumed the chair and thanked the group in charge. The meeting closed by repeating repeating in unison the Mary Stewart Collect. À social half hour followed. followed. Tea, cookies and squares were served. Next meeting will be held Thursday, February 1,1990 at 1:30 p.m. in Trinity Church Hall. Visitors welcome. The official Beaver mascot dropped by the Newcastle Newcastle Golf Course on Saturday to meet the scores of youngsters who were enjoying the annual winter, outing outing for 12 local colonies. For the occasion, the mascot donned bat wings and the bat logo and became "Bat Beaver". This was in keeping with the theme of the day which was Bat-a-Rama. In the second photo, the busy Beavers are following an obstacle course and trying trying to avoid falling into the boiling acid which is represented represented by the balloons located inside the large inner-tubes. inner-tubes. There was plenty to do, the weather was id time v co-operative and a gooc ipants. i was enjoyed by all partie- St Stephen's High School News As the semester comes to an end, students frantically scurry through the school trying to tie up loose ends, finish assignments (possibly overdue!) and somewhere in there, find some time to study for their upcoming exams. exams. The pressure is on, especially especially for the grade thir- teens who have to get their marks high enough to further further their education. The grade nines are also feeling the crunch, since it is their first time having written an exam, the teachers too, are working diligently, trying to finish marking and drawing up the dreaded exams. Now on the lighter side of things, St. Stephen's is beginning beginning to prepare for its third annual play. This year's selection is called "Up the Down Staircase". It is about a first year teacher working in an inner city high school in New York. After After exchanging a few words with Miss Hurley (the direc tor) 1 got the impression things are well on tneir way to success. Another upcoming activity, activity, which all the students are greatly looking forward to, is camp Northern Lights. We would like to wish you all a safe, happy, and not too cold trip. Congratulations Midget Girls volleyball team, who won 7 games at a tournament tournament in Peterborough on Thursday, January 14. They finished second place out of six teams. The boys basketball teams have also been having a very good season. They all have been working hard so they may be competitive in their league. Which they are! As a matter of fact, the Midget Boys have a 4 wins and 3 loss record. Some unfortunate unfortunate news though, the Midget boys coach, Mr. Palmer injured his ankle while practising with the players. Just to wrap things up I'd like to wish all the students and teachers of St. Stephen's Stephen's High School the best of luck during exam time. I would also like to say it's been a great first semester and I hope the second will be just as good! By Sonya Roeloffzen (VV 0 xO» k /V A /// » AV' Save $$$ During Our Winter Sale » Dresses • Skirts • Pants Blouses • Sweaters • Coats • Sportswear Ceto\ d do°< S . „0U<* 00 , 0 „.v»<"oo' SiP 55 tftsô»"' CENTRAL PAINT AND WALLPAPER 20r>mtsonlld. s„ Oshawa 434-3939 ical"DLX"in 2 and 4 door Sale Priced from $ 10,573 00 * . Reliability • Economy • Value SPORTY XE HATCHBACK All 1990 Nissan» art covered by a 3 year, 60,000 km. lull coverage and 6 year, 100,000 km. powertrain warranties with no deductibles, Plus freight and Dealer Prop. $490.00, taxes, licence. 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