PAGE 2, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8,1987 Young Liberals hold campaign college More than 20 enthusiastic young Liberals held their 'campaign College' in Whitby on March 28. Tge college, which was hosted by CONGRATULATIONS TO PETER VINCENT On The Opening Of THE PERFECT TOUCH HAIR DESIGN 105 Mary St. N. Oshawa 436-7711 From his Family & Relatives in Gananoque the local Durham Young Liberals, sought to prepare youth for cam- paign roles in an election. The seminar was run by alderman Murray Workman from Trenton, a campaign veteran. Greg Gillespie, president of the .Durham Young Liberals, and coor- dinator of the event, said that Whit- by was chosen as the site "as part of the concentrated effort by the Liberal party in Durham Centre. The Durham Young Liberals group has about 45 members, and includes a dozen members from the Whitby area. The association has been active since last summer. Allan Furlong is the Liberal candidate in Durham Centre, elected at a nomination meeting March 11. Participants in the College weie trained in everything from phone banking and opposition research, to public relations. JAN AND JOAN VAN VLIET with children Jevon, Jolanda and Janine at- tended the pancake breakfast put on by Kiwanis, in cooperation with the Cen- Authority, at the Purple Woods Cou- servation Area over the weekend. Wet weather didn't prevent many from at- tending the maple syrup display. tral Lake Ontario Conservation Free Press photo OUR NEW HOURS AND PROGRAMS Strike po ble by Region sta • MON. - SAT. 4 p.m. - 1 a.m. SUN. 4 p.m. - 11 p.m. • OUR NEW SALAD BAR FREE WITH ENTREE IN APRIL ByROXANNEREVELER assistance of a conciliation officer stated neither side had receive FULL KITCHEN FROM 4 p.m. - l p.m. -7 DAYS A WEEK Witb the suspension of tak bet- prfoved futile, the union bas sucb a letter to date, but expeet one ween the Region and its outside requested a no-board report from shortly. PIANO BAR - SEPARATE FROM DINING ROOM lun mk,.o n the Minister f Labor. "Even at thk nnint the Reginn is wui prfovedLfutilejtha union has EVERY FRI. & SAT. • SINGLES DANCE EVERY THURS. - 2ND FLOOR LOUNGE " FRED BROOKFIELD EVERY FRIDAY & SAT. 2ND FLOOR LOUNGE " DRESS CODE IN EFFECT • THE FRIENDLIEST STAFF IN THE REGION • WEDDING & BANQUET FACILITIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS • LICENSED UNDER LLBO Please call for reservation 301 YRON 666-3070 301 YRONST. S. WHITBY 666-3070 wor ers recenty, a strie is possible within the near future. The Region- and members of the 'Canadian Union of Public Em. ployees Local 1785 have been at. tempting to reach an agreement since last Decmeber 17. Since the MR. TRIM COMPLETE LAWN & GARDEN SERVICE Reasonable Rates 725-3300.....623-9711 The move, which met no objec- tions from the Region, generally requests that the conciliation board not consider intervention in negotiations between the two sides. Once the letter is received from the ministry, the union will have two weeks before they will be in a legal strike or lock-out position. They have been without a contract since December 31. In answer to questions posed to him by The Free Press, Durham's personnel director Terry Stevens d le Is AU Y'UR Cg% "&0 t4 iLwrlull willing to consider any actions that will help bring about a resolution to this dispute," said Stevens. A strike would affect some 260 outside workers at the region who are responsible for the maintenan- ce of roads, the operation of the water purification and distribution. plants and the pollution control plants. According to Stevens, the last strike of outside workers took place SEE PAGE 8 Student at space camp FROM PAGE 1 Vakil was one of six Canadians in the camp, which is organized by NASA and funded by the state of Alabama. A BBC television crew followed eight British students throughout their participation in the session. "I didn't expect it to be so well- run," says Vakil, nicknamed "Earring" by his fellow campers because he was the only student who wore an earring. The camp has 15 counsellors, who are third or fourth-year college students specializing in aeronautics. Of all counsellors, the simulator director proved the toughest. "He throws out all kids of problems when you're on a mission. And when you have control, you have to correct all your problems." The commander and his two pilots sit in front of a reproduction of the shuttle's massive instrument panel. Vakil was a scientist on one mission in which the commander rammed the space station: "He killed Mission Control," says Vakil. "My mission went really well," is how he describes his turn at craft control. "We landed. We didn't die but we had major problems. The computer broke down so we had to bring it in manually." Students use step-by-instructions for lift-off, ascent and landing, operation of the remote manipulator arm ("They don't call it the Canadarm - I had to point out its name all the time"), space telescope and data relay satellite. Getting a handle on all the acronyms proved difficult. The simulation director, for example, asked Vakil about the OMS (orbital manoeuvring system) during a flight. "What's an OMS?" was Vakil's reply then. "I know it now but I really needed to know it on the flight." He experienced three seconds of zero gravity ("It happens quickly but it's kind of like you're falling") and weightlessness ("It's kind of tricky"). Another part of the cour- se, which saw students work from, 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, waE to build a space station. 'I designed a great big floating umbrella - a dish that converts the sun's rays into microwaves." Vakil says space can be used for energy, such as the harness of solar energy, while new, better medecines can be produced in space. There was a sense of op- timism, rather than gloom, among campers in the wake of the shuttle disaster. Vakil says that disaster was the fault of management, and the program should continue. He's not too enthused about Star Wars, the proposed U.S. nuclear defense program: "I'd rather not have to dodge missiles when I'm piloting. it's scary." He recognizes the accomplish- ments of Marc Garneau, as Canada's first man in space. But Vakil wants more - the command. He returned home with more photos and many memories and a stronger determination to be an astronaut someday. He plans to return to Space Camp next March break, for academy level II training -10 days at a cost of $700. "We get to go up for actually flying, in an aircraft," he says ex- citedly. "And I expect the aircraft will be rigged up so that it acts like the regular shuttle." And he expects his parents, both doctors, will be just as "apprehen- sive" as they were when be headed south the first time for his unique camping adventure.