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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 15, 1987-5 Celebrates first birthday Celebrates first birthday Happy Birthday greetings to Colin Colin Douglas Gerard Maitland who celebrated* his first birthday on March 31st 1987. Colin is the son of Yvonne and Frank Maitland. Pro ud grandparents are Dini and Klaas Schoenmaker and Marion and Harold McKnight, Warkworth. Great grandparents are Marion and Frank Hawkjns of Whitby. Hi! My name is Jessica Breanne and I was one year old on February 20th 1987. My Mommy and Daddy are Janet and John Standeven and 1 have a big brother Justin. My grandparents 'are Dini and Klaas Schoenmaker and Ursula and Ed Standeven of St. Thomas, Ontario. find the average impaired driver has consumed the equivalent of eight bottles of beer. Compare this to the legal limit of intoxication which the average person reaches after three or four bottles of beer and it's apparent apparent that the drinking driver is a deadly risk to himself and others on bur provincial highways," he added. added. A second unexpected finding revealed that upwards of one-third of intoxicated drivers are repeat offenders. offenders. "Some drivers don't seem to learn that, drinking and driving is a serious offence with deadly consequences consequences which will not be tolerated in this province," said Ferguson. This survey, the second of three O.P.P, surveys, was conducted July 25 to August 4, 1986. Information for the first survey was taken December 20, 1985 to January 2, 1986. The results of this survey support the findings of the earlier survey which developed the following profile profile of a typical impaired driver: Single, employed, male and under the age of 30 (25 percent of the survey total). Generally, this person consumed about eight bottles bottles of beer on average at a licensed premise or a friend's residence and drove his car a short distance prior to apprehension (a distance that was usually within 5 kilometres of his home). "I believe that we are the first police department to conduct this type of scientific study in-house," said Ferguson. Oppose relaxing of New findings abont teacher standards drinking and driving Educators as well as the Durham Board of Education are expressing their concerns- of a Ministry of Education move that would relax standards for teachers. A suggested amendment to the ' Regulations of the Education Act would give individual boards of education flexibility in deciding appropriate appropriate qualifications for teaching staff. Many in the industry , feel this could result in inconsistency inconsistency in provincial teaching standards. The Durham Board of Education states it is essential that the Ministry maintain control on teaching standards standards through the Regulations. The board however recognizes that some degree of flexibility could help school boards who are trying to reassign staff because of declining declining enrolment and the Durham Board has suggested its own amendment. amendment. The Durham Board would allow teachers a temporary letter of approval approval for up to five years. This would allow teachers to instruct outside their area of qualifications but give them time to qualify. It.was felt this may answer the problem of a shortage of technical teachers which is predicted to come about in the early 1990sf ÈJementary schools short changed? Carol Dewey, president of the Federation of Women Teachers' < Association of Ontario told an audience audience of" 200 in Cobourg recently < that elementary schools are being short-changed. The president said extra funding will be required from the province so that women teachers will have more time for preparation and in order that smaller class sizes may be undertaken. • , Dewey said the association is ask ing the public to write their local members of the provincial legislature requesting that extra funding be made available for elementary education. She also said that boards of education state that they cannot afford afford to do more and this we can understand. She,said that it was the association's feeling that high school nor universities need additional additional funding. , A former director of the Early Primary Education report, Frances Poleschuk, was the guest speaker at the meeting and she said youngsters from birth to eight years of age undergo crucial learning experiences experiences during that period. She also called for smaller class sizes. Step Out This Summer With A New Look Camper and Boat Cushions, and Boat Seats Recovered WORK GUARANTEED Grundy's Country Upholstery Studio R.R. 2 Oronç, Ont. Phone 983-9874 A second Ontario Provincial Police survey of impaired drivers reveals disturbing new information about drinking and driving on Ontario Ontario roadways: "Wé' are. concerned about the degree of intoxication of impaired drivers in Ontario," said Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Archie Ferguson. "Our officers "We put a great deal of trust in our findings because of the accuracy accuracy of our data. We surveyed all the drivers who were charged with itflpaired driving rather than taking a smaller representative number. In total approximately 1,200 impaired drivers were surveyed," he added. 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