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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST -16,1978, PAGE 3 As I'm sure you have already suspectea î'ým just a big kid at heart stubbornly resisting growing up which is why on a recent sunny day, instead of being outside enjoying the fresh air and glorious sunshine, I was sitting inside the arena at Iroquois Park with my family enjoyîng instead a battery of clowns, musicians, acrobats and jugglers. The highlight of the afternoon was, for me, watching a tame two and haîf year old rhino do his stuff right along side a young elephant. I had no idea it was possible to tame a rhino and I Suarantee I wouldý not be the one to attend such a taming. 0f course watching all'this acting and juggling and so forth is hungry business and wi thout even a thought I rushed to the snack bar for a bag of buttered popcorn. Had I given this action a fittle thought I might have switched my order to ahot aog ôi somesuch but I guess the circus was preventing me from Iroquois hockey fo thinking Iogically. I should have remembered a night a couple of months ago. It was a night like many others this beautiful summer, hot, a littie muggy, and a chance for me to lie in front of the TV and relax after a hard day's work. My yen for some hot buttered popcorn got the best of me and soI1 nipped down to the kitchen to pop a batch.'v I wasn't too optimistic at the prospects because the last batch of little corn seeds I tried topop wouldn't. The best they wouldois was sort of a "phftt" which resulted in the smallest popcorn you ever saw. I don't know if popping corn gets stale but i assumed thaï might-be the êp-réblem I bought some new stuff and the girl assured me it was fresh as "'it just came in todav". flow many times have you heard that one before? Anyway I figured I'd have to take her word for it because I wouldn't know fresh popping corn if it spoke to me so I bought a bag and hence on a recent muggy night I was about to try it. Things didn't go that well., The stupid stuff popped somewhere in between a phhfftt and a loud pop but there weren't many popes. Just what I needed, yet another bowl of buttered, midget popcorn. I was too tired to, argue. I dumped the midget popcorn into a bowl and went back to the TV. One thing I will tell you about eating corn that hasn't completely popped is that the noise is deafening. The crunching was so loud I couldn't hear the program, had to turn the TV up and then caught heck for waking the baby. The question put to me was, "are you watching a war movie but I replied thatI was indeed not 'ans receive prizes at . T-nv aCounty own Carnivaltrade fir, This float cwrstructed by the Canadian Scottish Club of Whitby was awarded first prize as most rep:csentative of theme by the judges at the County Town CArnival parade. The theme of the parade and the carnival was the golden jubilee of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce. Last week we incorrectly identified this float as being entered by the Chamber of Commerce. Free Press Photo Parade winners announced Àlthough somewhat shorter than in past. years, tite County Town Carnival parade of 1978 was one qf tl1-e best attended. Good weather brought out record crowds, and Henry Street, where there are usually few people, was jammed with spectators. The following is a list of the winners of prizes in the parade: Most Representative of Theme (Chamber of Com- merce Golden Jubilee): Canadian Scottish Club. Most Beautiful Entry-- Mississauga Majorette and Drum Corps. Most Humorous entry: fairview Lodge. Best Display of Originalîty Durham REgion YMCA. Best Marching Group:-- Orillia Pipe Band. Best Band: -Orillia Pipe Band. Best Decorateci Entry by Children: -Durham REgion YMCA. Exceptional Menit:-- Whitby- Fire Department, Whitby Brass Band, and Whitby Sea Cadet. The parade judges were: Bert Heaver, of the Whitby Theatre Comnpany: TerrY "-le, publisher of Exposure Magazine and a local poet: and Joan Dean, a regional print maker and painter. The parade was organized by the Kinsmen Club of Whitby. Fr~&yhngfçr, Strne.. c? Q Custom' cuting and shaping for womeni, with emphasig -m individuality. Cal1 for an appointment GUIDA 0010N INSMiUIE 0F BEAUT'y 6663621 109 sySYfO Si.SI "ft031 The Whitby Iroquois Senior A Hockey Club has announced the winners of prizes at its trade fair booth during the County Town Carnival. The winner of two season t ickets from- the puck machine is Miss Margaret 4 o gets seats in Section 8, Row J, SEats 1 and 2. The following are the winners of one hockey stick and Iroquois puck: Derrick Jones, 1107 Henry Street, Whitby; Stephen Edgerton, R.R. 1, BAiliebora; Liz Corcich, 701 Gilbert Street West, Whitby; Pýete Bird, 5 Michael Blvd. Unit 7, Whitby Phillip Scott, 1637 Charles Street, Whitby; and Tony Sorichetti,, 310 Lyndeview Drive, Whitby. WHIBYFABRICS RSTOM DRAPES watching a war movie but 1i was eating midget popcorn. I declined a further invitation to explain midget popcorn and the loud noises apparently flot coming from the TV. I just moved dloser to the TV and cohtinued to attempt eating half-poppedkernels of corn. 1 admit it was quite challenging and twice 1 almost severed my tongue when it got in the way but other than the noise being somewhat distracting I managed to continue watching TV even though parts of the sound became inaudible during particularly loud crunches. And then, from out of nowhere as the saying goes, came a particularly loud crunch,.accompanied by a certain amount of pain. I fought back my deepest suspicions and spit out the mouthful into my hand.to examine what might be the source of the noise and pain. There, nestled in with the midget popcorn, was this one offwhite kernel of popcorn, heavier than the others and in the middle of it there was this filling ... yes very similar to the kind they put in teeth. My tongue quickly confirmed that there was indeed a hole in my gums where there wasn't supposed to be one. I immediately swore off popeorfi. I also recaîl just plain swearing. But, although the old adage goes, 'live and learn' here I was at the circus, attemtping to repeat the crime and paying no attention to the 'learn' part of that adage. However, I enjoyed the circus, the popcorn was regulation size (I think it's a union rule or somethng) and I crunch the stuff very carefully and reasonably quietly. But, homemade stuff is definitely off my list and I am plagued with only one problem about popcorn. ..did the Indians have this much trouble and does this explain why old Indians appear to have no teeth and always grunt a lot??? If you see me on the street and I just grunt you'll know I fell victim- tomore midget popcorn.___ RELAXED AND TRAFFICm-FREE TO THE CNE SCHEDULES are better than ever with uj to 17 daily trips direct to the EX. Ask about our extra GO BUSES and GO TRAINS. THE FAMILY PASS4 is the thrifty way to take your family back and Âforth to the EX. Ask your GO Agent or GO Station Attendant for full money- saving details. FOR INFORMATION, PHONE: OSHAWA/WHfl tBY AJAX/PICKERING 597-4224 630-3933 --MIIIIAMIII!IIOPERATEO BY THE TORONTO AREA quw àAU U TRANSIT ORERATING AUTHORITY H4ON, WIUAM DAVIS. Pmwigu MON. JAMES SNOW. MInwuSe tC. MoNAS, Ctaimewn PASSPORT PICTURES WHI LE YOU WAIT. 'Your TrayeZ is Our Business~ AI& Linda Russell RUSSELL TRAVEL 116 BROCKST. S. 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