Clothes should smell clean. Not dry cleaned. 129 SECOND LINE W 946-1639 ROMES 253-8362 6408 2947 Vol. 43 No. 35 31,000 COPIES WEDNESDAY, March 10, 2010 www.saultthisweek.com ? St Marys Paper layoffs/3 ? Ask the Experts/8 ? Automart/14,15,21,24-27 ? 3-1-1 Service?/11 CRICKET KISSES ? Three-year-old Aurora Huffels reacts to Cricket a Parson?s Jack Russell during the Sault Ste. Marie Kennel Clubs Breeders Showcase at the Station Mall. The Club held obedience and rally demonstrations using a wide variety of dogs on Saturday afternoon. (Paul Norbo/Sault This Week) USW leaders optimistic about contract negotiations BY BOB MIHELL Special to Sault This Week United Steelworkers and Essar Steel Algoma officials are remaining tight lipped about upcoming contract talks between the company and its unionized workforce. The three-year contracts with USW Locals 2251 and 2724 will expire July 31, 2010. Mike DaPrat, Local 2251 president representing about 2,700 workers, said Friday, ?We are going to addr ...

PAGE 2 Sault This Week March 10, 2010 ...Refurbished cars for Agawa Train should be ready for tourist season of 2011 Continued from Page 1 ?Unfortunately, when we weigh the costs of refurbishing the dome cars versus the goal of increasing the maximum seating on the train, it?s not going to work out.? In the current scheme of things, 40% OFF 3 Days Only (ends Saturday March 13) Corner Spring & Albert FAMILY MUSIC EDUCATION SINCE 1960 946-1981 www.thomaswallsm usic.ca McMillan said, the focus would be on improving the 14 coaches they have acquired to ?create a quality experience with a maximum number of seats. So in the current context, the dome cars are not part of the mix.? Hallman told Sault This Week by email that the refurbishment of the ALL GUITARS Taylor ? Norman ? Takamine Seagull ? Ovation ALL DRUMS Ludwig ? CB Open Weeknights till 9pm 64069725 purchased cars is ongoing. He wrote: ?The cars have undergone a number of improvements during the last 10 months; new upholstery on the s ...

St Marys Paper shuts down #5 total of 300 employees laid off FROM MARC DUBE, St. Marys Paper News Release: St Marys Paper Corp. announced Monday plans to curtail production of specialty supercalendered paper grades on paper machine #5 at its groundwood pulp and paper mill in Sault Ste Marie for an indefinite period starting Friday, March 12. Combined with the December 2009 shutdown of #3 and #4 paper machines, 300 direct employees at the St Marys Paper Corp. operations will be laid off indefinitely. The company will be managing the curtailment process so that paper production can continue when market and business conditions warrant. St Marys has fought against difficult business conditions over the last several years including historically low product prices, a high Canadian dollar vs. U.S. currency, recent increases in the mill?s key input costs, and the indirect subsidy of U.S. com- petitors as a result of the ?Alternative Fuel Tax Credit Program? which was in place through calendar ...

PAGE 4 Sault This Week March 10, 2010 Published by: Osprey Media Publishing Inc. Publisher: Lou Maulucci News Editor: Sandra Paul Circulation: 31,000 Wednesday Sault Ste. Marie This Week 2 Towers Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 2T9 (705)949-6111, Fax 942-8596 E-MAIL US: Advertising Sales stwads@saultthisweek.com Edito rial Department stwnews@saultthisweek.com Clas sifieds stwclass@saultthisweek.com CAT CH US ON THE WEB: http://www.saultthisweek.com T he views of individuals expressed in Sault This Week are not necessarily the views supported by this publication. Canada?s national anthem should not be sexist BY JANET KEEPING, President of the Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership: Like all Canadians watching the Olympic Games, I was in awe of our athletes? talent and elated by their successes. But I also felt an unfortunately familiar anger over the exclusionary ? let?s be clear here, sexist ? language of our national anthem. Why did Hayley Wickenheiser or Christine Nesbitt ? to ...

A few days ago, I washed a dirty pot instead of asking one of my kids to do it. That was a terrible mistake. At least, that?s the upshot of a new study. The study -- titled Children?s Autonomy and Responsibility: An Analysis of Child Rearing Advice - - reviewed more than 300 parenting magazines from 1920 and 2006 and found today?s kids don?t do nearly as many chores as kids did in the past. According to the research (and as reported in the Observer by Amelia Hill), contemporary kids are mainly asked to do trivial tasks, such as tidying their room or clearing the dinner table. But between the 1930s and 1970s, children were expected to prepare meals, shop for groceries and even help maintain the family car. According to the study?s author, these tasks kept kids grounded. ?In earlier generations, children and adolescents were given meaningful opportunities to be responsible by contributing not only to their households, but also to their larger communities,? said Markella Rutherford, assis ...

PAGE 6 Sault This Week March 10, 2010 When she?s 16 and her boyfriend is 22, age makes a difference Age Gap: I have a friend I consider to be like a little sister. She is 16 and recently started seeing a 22-year-old. I vaguely know this Relationship Advice -- Last Week?s Column guy because we are second or third cousins. I don?t want to lose her as a friend, but I want her to understand age difference is a big deal and people around her are not blowing it out of proportion. She is not being unreasonable or getting upset with me, but I think that is because all I said is I don?t really approve. Direct Answers Wayne & Tamara I don?t want to get too caught up in her personal decisions and lose her as a friend. What can I do to explain why a sixyear age difference is a problem now, but wouldn?t be if she were older? -- Sigrid Sigrid: There is an old saying that you can always tell a Harvard man, but you can?t tell him much. Parents of teenagers know exactly what that means. Even teens who ...

GENERAL Club Date can also be found online at www.saultthisweek.com under the Features Menu. Sault Area Hospital?s Sexual Assault Care Centre. Help for victims/survivors of sexual abuse/assault. Counselling services are available by calling 759-5143, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Or if you have been assaulted in the past 72 hours, go to the Emergency Department and ask to see a sexual assault nurse. Medical care is available 24/7. Peer support for ?living with anxiety?. Generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress anxiety and panic attacks. Confidentiality respected. Self inquiries only. Leave message for Joan at 253-4681. If you are concerned about someone?s drinking, then call Al-Anon at 946-6019 for meeting list or see www.alanon.alateen.org. Sault Area Hospital?s Partner Assault Clinic: Help for victims of domestic violence. Specially trained nurses respond 24/7 at the Emergency Department, or call 759- 5143 Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous holds one ...

PAGE 8 Sault This Week March 10, 2010 WOMYN TRIBE FILM Dennis Street. There will be a diverse opinions and views of the FESTIVAL: Womyn 4 Social Justice program, with local talent, interna- films. The Filmfest runs invites everyone to celebrate tionally acclaimed films, leading off Friday night beginning at 6 International Do you Women?s have an area Day, of expertise by the that festival would with be a of film interest by Deepa to the Meta public?p.m. and continues all day attending To learn a how free you film can festival, be included on in entitled our ?ASK Earth, THE EXPERTS? on Friday feature night. call Some 949-6111 Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 Friday, March 12, and Saturday, of Saturday?s films include, This is p.m. March 13. This year the festival is My Body, Flow, 7 Generations, For There will be light being held at the Oddfellows Hall Angela and many more. There will be refreshments served both across from the City Bus Terminal on discussions after each film, to share days. ...

FRIDAY, March 12, 2010 The Twin Sault Astronomy Club holds its meetings the third Friday of each month, at Algoma University, Room WW101, at 7:30 p.m. Call Klaus at 942-4275 or Bruce at 946-5040. Willowgrove Parent/Child Play and Learn Drop-In Playgroup meet Fridays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., 55 Tilley Rd. Call Jennifer at 945-8898 ext. 291. SATURDAY, March 13, 2010 St. John Ambulance Saint-Jean will hold a Standard First Aid + CPR-C course on Saturday, March 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. First Aid certification is valid for three years. Call 945-1224. Join the Saulteaux Voyageur Trail Club as they snowshoe at Red Rock cottage area on Saturday, March 13. Bring water, lunch, be prepared to sign an Assumption of Risk Agreement and meet at 10 a.m. in the Goodlife parking lot to car pool. Call Dieter or Erika at 942-9636. SUNDAY, March 14, 2010 St. John Ambulance Saint-Jean will hold a Standard First Aid + CPR-C course on Sunday, March 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. First Aid certification is v ...

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