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Between You and Me By RUTH COLES Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are com- monly the most valuable. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Last evening my thoughts once again turned to Bell Canada and my mind went around and around. As I always say, a fine company with an excellent record and probably the best system in the world. However, and here we pause for breath; Bell's expertise in many fields is outstanding but let's zero in on a problem. Bell, many years ago, had geographic boundar- ies. At this time my property was in Whitby Town- ship, now and for some time we are in the Town of Whitby. Herein lies a tale. Anyone owning property either residential or commercial on Thickson Road East or beyond to the Oshawa boundary line has an Oshawa telephone number. Therefore, none of these lines can be included in the new cheaper calls to Toronto. No need for fur- ther explanation as information from the Bell has been in the Whitby Free Press some time ago. There are many people in this area including my- self nad I have cut our calls down considerably. This means a loss of revenue for Bell. I know nothing about office procedure in anyway which includes filing and the keeping of records but last night my thoughts ran this way. Why doesn't Bell devise some system which would allow all of us to be included on paper with the Whitby numbers? Indexed by a code for charging purposes might be an answer so that we could be easily identified at billing time. I accept Bell's explanatiòn of high costs and at this time an impossibility to change the system. There must be a simple answer and one with less cost involved. I hope more knowledgeable heads than mine may give this some thought. Mayor Attersley and our town council may have some ideas along this line. Changing phone numbers is a nuisance anyway and this might prevent it. In this world of complexity, 'trying something simple might work; let's give it a try. Last year we saw a Baltimore Oriole once. Yes- terday we saw another one and heard him singing. He sat on a bush by the window for a long time and appeared to be looking through the window pane. At dusk he flew away. Will he return and if not why not? We have everything he needs including open woods. We are enjoying the Canada Geese at the moment and all their antics. A few days ago, mother and father waddled across the lawn next door with four babies in tow. One gosling was quite a rebel and not about to do what was expected of him. When they reached the water he rushed close to the incoming waves and was splashed and no doubt scared. That was the end of that for some time and he refused to venture in that direction again. The father goose sat on shore with the young ones while the mother walked out and into the lake. She swan and splashed about, probably giving the gos- lings lessons on how to survive in the lake. She finally came onto the shore and then they ail went in together. A lesson in cooperation and family unity. A few years ago at this time 0f the year I was very alarmed to see a yellow substance along the shore lime for as far as the eye could see. Immediately my thoughts turned to yellow paint. Someone had dum- ped gallons of paint from a ship, just like an oil slick. I put my hands into it and they came out Name the dragon 13' Children attending the ? Saturday morning Story Hour at the Whitby Publié Library are eligi- ble to participate in the "Name the Dragon Contest." The children will be asked to submit a name for the great green dragon found in the Children's Department. & O The winner of the con- test will be announced AJ, , on June 5. smelling of turpentine and feeling like hands do with paint on them. A lesson lin not making uninformed judgments! I called several departments of government and was told what the trouble was. I can't remember all they told me and I can't find my notes but the an- swer was residue from pine trees. They sent some government people dowh who explained it all very carefully and I think they took samples to show me too. This only lasts a short time and only at this time'of the year. Not only in our area - it often covers miles, maybe from Kingston to Toronto, a line of yellow water, not a wide line, just a foot or so. For the first time since I can remember we see a yellow brownish haze on the horizon early in the morning. Rather alarming and it resemblès the sky over Toronto as you drive west. Only on occasion of course and this depends on atmospheric conditions. I would like to cross the lake and see how it looks on this side. It is not possible to telljust what is overhead when you are grounded. We often go to the city and think dire things as we look at the sky in the distance. On- ce we are there it is ail forgotten as we sit in a gar- den and maybe have lunch. One thing I do know is that in this part of the world we are not tanning as we did a few years ago, cer- tainly not as quickly. I can garden for hours and the end result may be a slight redness which soon turns to tan. A few years ago people used to laugh and ask me if I gardened with my face to the sun or had I just returned from the south. We have two finch feeders not in use at the moment which came from the United States, as did the thistle seed, a product of Ethopia. They may both be obtainable here now. The Americans, I was told, had a reciprocal agreement with that country and were able to import the seed which we were unable to do. We must get our feeders out and up as the finches come by the dozen. At the moment we have a pair of gold finches much in evidence every day at the regular feeders. I have succumbed to the lure of my husband's ride-a-mower; so much for the healthy exercise of walking back and forth. I have driven cars for forty eight years and covered many hundreds of thousan- ds of miles. Always a pleasure and for me a very important part of my life. A car almost becomes a person to me so I find it very difficult to get rid of one even though to others it may look like an old wreck. Riding on a lawn mower is a totally different ex- perience. It isn't aÉ easy and takes some time to become adept at it. Our lawn is too rolly, but that really cannot be used as an excuse. Not as maneu- verable as other vehicles, you have to be on the lookout all the time for obstacles which are immov- able, such as trees. My husband spoke to me last week, I looked up and hit a tree much to my chagrin. He laughed, but I remembered last year when he hit my car. However, I didn't remind him - but he remembered! Let Subaru show you the difference *SALES •SERVICE * PARTS C & C MOTORS 160OSimcoe St. S.,ITF OSHAWA JIf 4 WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1982, PAGE 9 Cominittee delays decision on Ottenbrite's roommg Despite the wish of one councillor to have the matter rejected permanently, Whitby Town Council's admini- strative committee.has indefinitely put off a decision on an applica- tion to turn a Brock Street North house into a rooming house. Councillors Barry Evans (Centre Ward) and Ross Batten (North Ward) favored putting off a decision on a pro- posal put forward by Whitby businessmen Joe Ottenbrite. Three weeks ago, Ot- tenbrite had asked for town permission to turn the property known as 421 Brock Street North into a six unit rooming house. However, both town politicians and staff gave the idea an. unen- thusiastic response. The plan cailed for at least two of the units to, share washroom facili- ties. Planning staff also said that the plan did not, provide for adequate parking facilities and that Ottçnbrite would have to obtain an ease- ment from the now out of business Stardust Dirmer Theatre. When the matter was house first raised, Ottenbrite told the committee that he was providing a much-needed service to the community because of the shortage of af- fordable housing for young people in the town. East Ward Councillor Joe Drumm, chairman of the administrative committee, wanted to have the proposal rejected altogether. * REGISTERED TRADE MARK, TRADE MARKS OFFICE (OTTAWA, CANADA), AMERICAN DAIRY QUEEN CORPORATION; DAIRY QUEEN CANADA INC. - REGISTERED USER. OSHAWA YWCA DURHAM REGION WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AWARDS DINNER Thursday, November 4, Holiday Inn Nomination Forms & Tickets available Oshawa YWCA, 199 Centre St. S. 576-8880