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PAGE 18, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1982, WHITBY fREE PRESS Between You and Me f >MMBy RUT COLES This week just bits andti peces, odds and ends. We can ail feel autumn approachlng fast, a softness in the air and the promise of glorious, colora soon to corne. Our ferns are tipped with brown ýand they have lost their upward stance while the violets bide close to the eartli as their energy wanes to prepare' for a long winter's sleep. Some of you may remember-when I wrote about my friend Sue Iwho lias Multiple Scierosis <M.S.) and is "ini residence" at the Ajax and Pickering Genieral Hospital. Tonight, we hati a visit and I picked Up hosiery which 1 had ordered from lier some time before. She seils hose, any aliade or size to raise funds for the M.S. Society. Sue is very adept at this and recently raised $1,600 for the cause!l As she says, "I really have a big mouth when it cornes to this sort of thing." She ta riglit, she is a great sales woman and a great deal of it is done by tele- phone. The hosiery sales have made $100 for the cause througli Sue's efforts. Nulear disarmament eand thouglits concerned about it which many people have. I think it must al be given much thouglit., ot emotional thouglit but common sense. We must let our heads lielp resolve it, not our hearts. If only there could be agreement around the world, scrap it ail for ail time rather than using it as a political football. This, I am, afraid, cannot and will not be the case. Hope and prayers wll not make it so; we have to believe, we in the western world have been badly fooled by super, powers before. I have wrltten about when pre-war Britain was warned over and over from many sides that war was imnminent. No one-would listen..I1liad frienda' fathers who, because they headed up.large corporations, were required to travel to al parts of the world. Tliey saw and heard mhany thinga which alarmed them so much they felt tliey should tell the British government., We used to spend many hours talking about this when we were young as it was a dinner table topic. "Peace i our time"l was the railying cail and because hope burna eternal i the humnan breast it was just that hope which lef t us unprepared and stunned wlien trouble in the form of war came and was at our doorsteps. I say we because we were a part of it even if our doorsteps were safe even though the threat was there. This must not happen again. If only we could "ban the bomb". If only andi how often is this said about many thinga? From. what I hea'r, the east coast of the United States ta fortified beyond b eli ef and lias been for many years, ail I, think under,- ground. For us this is a saving grace. I hear rumblinga from European friends, who are %now Canadian after they visit their liomelands. To, me, it ia very frightening and reminds me of times past. Nuclear was as such is likely an improbability but we can't count on this, naturally. No one, anywhere, in the world, however dementeti or power hungry wil push the button, but accidents can and do hap- pen. We no doubt wiil have to live with this. Let us not play "peace in our timne" and lose reality in s0 doing.ý If we ail feit we could do mucli we would be there on the front finesgiving our ail. How can ail the world be briefeti about world af- faira? It is impossible and will neyer be. If it could be possible for people to have an understanding of such things, half the problem mighit be solved. Again, we must not let our hearts rule our heads. SFor those of us who are too young to have flot ex- perienced the war, the last war, it is very difficult to understand. You have to see it to believe it or be a part of it. I remember well even thougli I was safe andi sound as a Canadian. It ia very easy for the young ones to feel they coulti have, found solutions. The solution lias to be world-wide with no country left tout and no peoples lef t out. So from serious thouglits-to the ridiculous. Have you ever had a spaghetti squash? We hadn't but we bouglit one the other day around Niagara. When cooked, the squash separates into spaghetti-like lengths andi has the texture of firm cooketi spaghett 'i with only 66 calories in an eight-ounce serving. There are many ways to embelish this dish wîth tomnatoes, ognions, green peppers, oreganoor what have you. A change and radier different. New to us but maybe olti hat to, many who have trieti it. By W. Roger Worth 6 There's little wonder Canada's beleaguered smaller firms (and many larger com- panies) are angry about the country's postal systemn. Consider what's happening. While virtually every small business has been forced to lay off valuable employees, Canada Post continues to operate as if the economy wasn' t in trouble at aIl. Few* posties have been laid off, even if the volume of mail going through the system has plummeted. What's more, postal workers are un- duedythe highest paid semi-skilled laborers in the country, at a cool $23,000 per year, which is more than a lot of entrepreneurs earn in a mediocre year. This year, though, a great many smaller operators will lose money, if they aren't bankrupt or in receivership. Meanwhile, Canada Post President Michael Warren (a steal, they say, at $ 150,000 per year), is îrittering away $200,000 on 'advertisements telling the public how great the postal service is getting. It is to laugh. Simply put, there doesn't appear to be anyone with even a modicum of common sense at Canada Post. .Postal rates were increased from 17 cents to 30 cents per letter (to pay for high wage settlements and benefits the posties received as a result of being given the right to strike), yet no one considered that mail volume, might drop. It did. The reason: people found it cheaper to deliver their own bis. When that happened, Post Office-President Warren and his management minions stepped in with, new regula- tions. Now, a new definition of' a letter gives the Post Of- fice a monopoly on virtually ail written communications. in the. country. Even hand delivery of an in- vitation to a child's birthday is punishable. Iindeed, Canada Post views are so stagnated that both management and union mem- bers seem to believe the rest of the. country exists to keep them in the manner to which they have become accustomfed. An innovative new product, for example, allows electricity meter readers to print out and deliver buis as they make their necessary rounds. Such a nifty item doubles productivity, allowing two jobs to be han- dled in one caîl. Yet Big Brother Michael Warren 'and his government supporters dlaim such produc- tivity gains aren't allowed. The bill must be mailed. If Warren and highly- placed kireaucrats in other government departments can't understand sucli roney- saving propositions, it's perhaps significant. After, ail, the Posties, among other civil servants, have shunned such cost saving measures for years, even with their high salaries. It's a pity. CF/B Feature Service connection with a brt in at a Tamworth, rGAIL DORFMAN SCHOOLQOF BALLET FACULTY: GAIL DORFMAN - former teacher at the National Ballet SchooL. HEATHER DAVIS - former teacher at the Vancouver Ballet and Hartford, Connecticut Ballet Schools HOLLY SMALL - modern dancer, teacher and choreographer DANCERCISE MOVEMENT, MONSTERS and GIGGLES CREATIVE DANCE (est. 1974). - for the "once-a-weeker" as well as the more serlous student 0f dance - for chlldren f rom 6 years, teens and aduits - i ncl udes Poi nte Work f or more advanced students and Cec- chetti Examination classes - a contemporary form &ftraining akîn to Ballet & Jazz, emphaslz- ing Indéviduallty and the Joy of movement - for teens and adults - have a good workout whlle hav- ing fun ln thîs adult exercise and dance class - creat Ive dance for 3 to 5 yearolds - for 6 to 9 year'olds REGISTRATION - 507 BROCK STr.N.. WHITBY Wednesday, September 1 - 6:30 -9:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 7 -6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 8 -6:30 - 9:30 p.m. FOR FLIRTHER INFORMATION CALL - 668-25 liarged reak- ario liquor store. Ont- According to' the Durham Regional Police Force, the break- in occurred on August il when 24 bottles of liquor and 15 cases of beer - valueti at about $500- were stolen. Christopher 'Richard Krowiak, 21, of Calais: Street was chargeti with' break, enter and thef t after surrendering him- self at the forcels 18, Division, Whitby. Joseph Steven Craggs, 21, of Dunlop Street West was pre- viously chargeti in con-, nection with the inci- dent. Both men were hek. for the Napanee detacli- ment of the Ontario Provincial Police. OPEN HOUSE The Durham Region Horseback Riding for-, the Handicapped -Asso- ciation wiil holti its four- th annual open bouse on Sunday, September 12 at 2 p.m. at Hoskin Sta- bles, Blackstock (on Durham Region Roati 57). 1The programn has been, opeiating for four years andi offers riding in- struction tol the hancli- èapped. Post.al performance pos itively pitiful Second man A second Whitby man lias been arrested in BALLET MODERN DANCE