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Report from Q ueen's Park By THE HON. GEORGE ASHE, MPP (PC-Durham West) Coluinn blues Some constituents have asked me why I do not supply my column at all of the weekly newspapers published in the riding. The answer is, I do. I have no contractual arrangement with any of the publications; and I do not receive any remuneration for my submission or pay for publication. In other words, your M.P.P., a publicly elected individual, tries to communicate with his constituents. Most of the community minded, and all of the locally owned, papers are pleased to cooperate by publishing a literate, responsible column. My problem is that two of the papers which used to carry my column regularly, then sporadically, now have ceased to do so. Hence, the question in the first paragraph. What has changed attthe Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser and Oshawa/Whitby This Week? Ownership. These papers are now owned by Torstar Corp. whose flagship paper is The Toronto Star. Yes, the papers are more colorful - red, blue, yellow and orange. But are they better? I would say not! What has increased is the percentage of adver- tising space in the papers. The weekly 'target' is 70 - percent and the publisher of the News Advertiser acknowledged in a recent discussion that it is sometimes in excess of 75 per cent of total content. We can all accept that advertising provides the only significant revenue to a weekly paper. But it seems to me that increased ad revenue should provide space for more, not less, written copy. I guess, for Torstar, the only criterion is the so-called 'bottom-line', better known as profit; information for the communities served is secondary. Perhaps I am being over sensitive. These are in- deed trying political times for me. I get the im- pression that The Toronto Star vendetta against my party (successful, I might add) has also been direc- ted through theweekly'affiliates"...You decide. This column is being submitted as a "Letter to the Editor" to the two papers mentioned earlier. I have been assured, by the publisher of The News Adver- tiser that-it will be printed. In conclusion, I acknowledge that 'taking on the media' can be a no-win situtation. The pen, so to speak, is in their hands week after week after week. I did feel, however, that regardless of the risks it was important to communicate my views and those of many who have contacted me. WIIITBY FR1E PRLESS, WDNESDA Y, AUGUST 28, I 985, PAGE 25 253 pass practical music exams Jen.rAnBon, Gae2rcre A record 253 Whitby area students were suc- cessful in recent prac- tical Royal Conser- vatory of Music exams. During the month of June instrumental and voice students presen- ted themselves to a con- servatory examiner at Whitby Baptist Church where they played or sang required pieces and technical tests, in- cluding studies, scales, ear tests, and sight reading. Below are t-e resu.ts: Grade 9 piano Firat ciass honors: Henry Grant Avison. Grade 8piano Firat clasa honora: Yoon Sun Chai, Michael David Free, Andrea Witty. Honors: Mai Wah Gloria Jew, Amanda Joyce Wiersam, Richard Dirstein,eSusan Meagher, Lucie Marie J. Aucoin, Mary Ann Quinit, Kevin Peter Ar- bour. Pass: Flora Marcelo, David Michael Martin, Lisa Jeanette Martin, Sarah Louise Taylor. Grade 7 piano Honors: Christ-ne Atkinson, AndreaJoan Swain, Ann Maria Byberg, Tatjana Rmus, Leanne Taylor, Christina Blaauw, Beverley Ann Houston, Maria Emilia De Simone. Grade 6 piano First class honors: Rachel Cathryn Marsh, Elizabeth Smoczynski, Genie Lyon, Christy Ponsen, Christopher Powell. Honors: Alison R. Bourner, Sanjeev Grewal, Gwzanne Shirlaw, Jennifer Mary Cluff, Elizabeth May Dodge, Steve London, Shona Martn, John Aiken, Teresa Meulen- steen, Juha Suzanne Henderson, Karen Pascoe considering retiring so he can devote more time to his hobby CONT'D FROM PG. 22 cage bobs with each tick.) And there are the stately grandfathers, the slightly smaller but still elegant gran- dmothers and the somewhat smaller and much less stable gran- ddaughters. Originally called tall clocks or floor models, they may have taken on family names because people thought of them as members of the family. Earl's affection for his hobby is obvious Post office closed Monday All Whitby area postal stations will be closed and there will be no let- ter-carrier delivery on 'Labor Day', Monday, Sept. 2,1985. 'Special Delivery' services will be available for all 'Special Delivery' items, in- cluding Intelpost and Telepost. Stations with Saturday hours will also be open as usual on Saturday, Aug. 30. Customers who nor- mally pick up their mail at post office lobby "Lock-boxes" will be able to do so, where the boxes are accessible on a 24-hour basis. Priority Post Courier service will not operate on MondaySept. 2. Regular postal ser- vice will resume in Canada Post Cor- poration's York Division on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1985. York Division covers the area from Oakville to Port Hope and Richmond Hill in the north. when he refers to a 1928 art deco grandfather clock with a sonorous chime as "this big old fellow". One of Earl's "pets" is a tiny French alarm clock in a brass case with an open pendulum which swings across the face of the clock. He admits everything is getting a bit much what with work and his hobby, so he is con- sidering an early retirement from his work, not from his hob- bv. Elizabeth Shepley, Nienke Teresa Brand, Kathleen Coats, Andrew John Fawcett, Tonya Margaret Hamilton, Sandra Pickering, Bar- bara Brooks, Susan D. Lettner. Pass: Sean Mazza, Peter Michael Wilson, Katharine Kim. Grade 5 piano Honors: Michael Thomas Atkinson, Elizabeth Alice Fawcett, Michael James Clarke, Tarmo Sulev, Andrea Carol Thorndyke, Danielle Marie Thiebaud, Sara Ann Blaauw, Claire Louise Nicholls, Jaàson Riekstins, Martin William Kerruish, Katherine MacBurnie. Grade 4 piano First class honors: Gilbert Lew, Dwayne Choy, Angelica Mar- celino, Andrew Cryne, David Powell. Honors: Steven Richard Arbour, Denice Elleston, Jennifer Huinink, Todd Andrew Quigley, Adam Stanley, David Cameron Lewis, Lesley Tuff, Lois Crane, Jennifer Stephens, Dun- can Hamish Wright, Sean David Daniels, Andrea Jane Taylor, Joy Miller, Lisa Odle, Jennifer M. Saunders, Laura Weckman, Am- ber Nicole Gilchrist, Colin Martin, Susan Odle, Tammy Ross, Robyn Audrey Grant, Suzane Nevile, Susan Taylor, Erika Kwong- Chip. Pass: Kyla Bagnall, Kathryn Louise Mackey, Patrick James Waters. Grade 3 piano First class honors: Karen Elizabeth Williams, Jennifer Greenwood, Emily Ho, Sara Elizabeth Brown, Becky Deyell. Honors: Andrea Leigh Burridge, Michelle Navaroo, Adam Rogers, Chantell Gignac, Karen Haunstrup Leckie, Carly Brisbane, Hank Deroo,;Rebecca Clarke, Brooke Cunningham, Enzo M. De Simone, Michele Fournier, Diane Patricia Law, Jennifer Murphy, An- drea Riekstins, Julie Easson, Paula Cox, Kathryn Hill, Chantal D. Davidchuk, Rom Diptrisco, Stacy Lynn Love, Andrew Brisbane. Pass: Jennifer Mit- chell, Nicole Dorothy Taylor, Debjani Ghose, John Mathew Gilchrist, Lars Gavin Leckie, Susan Anderson, Lisa Anne Dicks. 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So, Jenny Brant, Alastair Wright, Keiko Aoki, Jill Bainard, Allison Easson, Allison Gignac, Clarine Green, Paul Holy, Tracy Leigh Taylor, Ryan McInnes, Adrian Vincent Mendes, Kirsten Suzanne Mum- menboff, Jason Rainone, Tanya Russell, Daniele Menard, Cora Marie Tyler, Dana Birch, Bonnie Cox, Steven Kir- sten, Cindy Lea McAlpine, Jillian Stephenson, Colin Cam- pbell, Jennifer Kwong- Chip, Barry David Mc- Dougall. Pass: Tracy Anne Monkman, Jennifer Deveka Sunthgolam, Mary Jo Holley, Cara Williamson. Grade i piano First class honors: Simon Robert Gittins, Mark Naples, Jennifer Lynn Sygo, Kathy Clinghan, Jennifer Marie Whitelaw, Vanessa Maria Bentley, Craig Everet Lue, Julie Anne Van Veen, Marc F. Boudignon, Andrew Ronald Brokenshire, Camilla Dzikowski, Alicia Sabrina Harrison, Ella Jane Leithead, Nicole Marois, Tara Post, Melissa Scanlan, An- drew Graham Smith, Amanda Daisy Williams, Laurie Anne Carty, David F. Dulny, Adrienne Nevile, Robert Nielsen, Angela Mary Porter, Stacey Smith, Jennifer Ann Brown, Stacey Cockburn, Anna Lynne Collier, Deborah Anne Duncan, Tracy Lynn Kerluke, Maureen Murphy, John Sigerson, Spencer Daniel Tatem, Kevin S. Williams, John S. Dulny, Stacy Angela Gibson, Paul D. Hurley, Adam Marceau, Didier Marchal, Nicole Mason, Lisa Anne McLeod, Cynthia Kim Polmis, Steven Scanlan, Nicholas Steven Woods. Honors: Michael Behm, Jean-Paul G. Connock, Matthew Owen A. Coward, Krista Lynn Dunlop, Matthias Fuhnke, Jeremy Har- ness, Anne Lorraine Maitland, Andre Marois, Courtney Anne Parkes, Andrea Rober- ts, Jonathan Donald Roth, Shawna Lynn Klassen, Sarah- Elizabeth Matthews, Jason E. Crossley, Heather Anne Patter- son, Chad Robert Gilchrist, Sheila Lynn Mitchell, Mindy Molson, Gilda Romano, Amy Howey, Ryan Wilkins, Janie Smith. Pass: James Russell Lewis. Grade 4 singing First class honors: Patricia F.M. Rudik. Grade 2 singing First class honors: Allison L. Geist Grade t singing First class honors: Jennifer Lynn Ar- mstrong. Honors: Rupjani Ghose. Grade 4 guitar Pass: Anissa Natasha Lachana. Grade 3 guitar Honors: Rebecca Larmer. Grade i guitar Honors: Nathan Horenburg, John Ken- drick. Grade 2 flute Honors: Jennifer Lamb. Grade 4 saxophone Honors: Keith Gregory Pierre. Grade 2 saxophone Honors: Brett Daryl Ullman. Grade 2recorder First class honors: Cornelis Paul Weber. Honors: Sigrid Squire. AMERICAN CAN CANADA INC. C. Flemming Heilmann Gerald W. Schwartz, Chairman of American Can Canada Inc., an- nounces the appointment of C. Femmning Heilmann as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Mr. leilmann is already a Director and Chairman of the Executive Commit- tee of ACCI. During his 28 year career in the in- ternational packaging in- dustry he has been Presi- dent of Continental Can's European operations: President of Continental Diversified Industries, Stamford, Connecticut; Chief Executive, Metal Box. South Africa: and more recently Executive Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer of Continental Group Inc.. Stamford, Connecticut. Onex Capital Corpo- ration. of whieh Mr. Schwartz is Chief Execu- tive Officer, acquired a majority interest in Ameri- can Can Canada Inc. in November 1984. American Can Canada is the largest Canadian producer of rigid talta and plastics packaging. The company operates 14 plants across Canada and employs approxi- mately 2,5(X) people. 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