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Between You and Me By IRUTHI (<LES Yeu wIllot flnd poetry anywhere unless YOD brlng smo f It wlth you. Joseph Joubert. 1754-1824 What a beautiful time of the year our autumn is, the colours and the clear atmosphere, so difficuit to describe. I have heard many people say they feel depressed in the faîl, the failing leaves and the dying off of the plants upsets them and makes them think of death. t" nkf death We love it and thinkof it as a rest and renewal 0f ail living things when April cornes. Spring is a very favorite of ours but autumin is a close second'and even winter not far behind. This past week we took a trip around and about to see the leaves. Rather disappointing on the whole but we hear Haliburton is beautiful. Muskoka left a lot to be desired with only a few trees in gloious colour but we may have been too early. Around Fergus and Ebora it was duil with littbe colour and only the odd tree showing reds and yellows. Probably the best is yet to corne as long as the wind doesn't bbow the leaves away. As we travel about we wonder what will happen to our tourist industry with ail the excessive taxes. I haven't been to other provinces for some time but Ontario certainly is expensive to "ses". We think excessive taxes defeat the purpose and causes many people to stay home. So what is really gained? The average person these days likes to rest and enjoy a drink before dinner after a busy day driving and sightseeing. Maybe a glass 0f wine, On- tario wine without the import tax but aren't you amazed at the cost? I don't think for-heavy drinkers the cost matters at ail so the high price doesn't hold them back. The tax on gas is more than excessive, however the highways on long weekends are almost bumper to bumper which means we wiil bear the price, as much as the shoulders will carry. Do others from out of Province feel the same way? They say tourists are less in number and this is no surprise; ýsrnab profits and large gains. We, shoubd encourage rather than discourage which doesn't necessarily mean very costly advertising to use as an enticement. We ail, or most 0f us, are worried about the great numbers 0f impaired drivers on the roads day and night. I have often wondered why these people are allowed to leave clubs and hotels as they sometirnes stumble out to their vehicles. Why not stop thern before they get behind the wheel? How could this be done without taking police officers from their duties? Surely something could be done to save lives. 1 llstened to a young doctor cousin of mine who recently talked about a number of thlngs when he made a speech ln front of a gatherlng. The very worst loas anyone can suffer is the boss of i chibd, young or old. No matter what the cause the after- math 18 almost impossible to recover frorn. Just think of the deaths incurred by impalred drivers, flot only to young people but young and old. If people take no responsibility for their own ac- tions someone or something has to take over. Why do we let it go on? I thlnk ln Nova Scotia the licence is taken away for quite some timne for impaired driving. Would this not make people think twice? Thousands of men and women need their cars to function. Many drive to earn their living, others have to reach the workplace, shop and generally use their cars on a daily basis. What a blow it would be to be unicenced. Back to the eobumn on health or rather bad health for some people. There was quite a response and it tells a sad story. The complaint we wrote about is very common and often misunderstood. A friend who lives many miles from Whitby always reads the column and this time we were with her. She, a retired nurse looked puzzled as she read and said, "«who is 'your friedn"'? I told her. "I thought you were writing about Leona because this is her story frorn beginning to end and from a very early age. Leona is an old friend of hers and a friend 0f mine. A retired nurse too with access to any medical treatment but she only just found out what has been wrong. She like my other friend has found hebp and both are beginning to feel better. I do hope many of you enjoy the colored leaves in the days to corne and even look forward to a blanket of white snow to protect the growing things frorn the hard frosts of winter. MARIGOLD SOUVENIR COINS In an attempt to recoup some of the $10,000 debt incurred at the recent Marigobd Festival, souvenir coins from the festival have been put on sale to the public with the benefits being twofold according to Don Frise, a member of the Marigold Festival committee. "How we do with sales will depend a lot on the local citizens," he said. "People have to under- stand they're getting a good deal because the coin entitles the bearer to free admission to Cullen Gardens until Nov. il. There is no restriction on the nurn- ber of times you can go to the Gardens with the coin. Secondly, we hope people want to have the Marigold Festival here and wibl support it. " The coins, priced at $1 WHITBY BABIES CLINICS Province-wide rabies clinics will be hebd Oct. 29, from 1 to 3 p. m., due to an increase this year in animal rabies in- cidence and human ex- posure to the virus. Participating clinics in this area include Ajax Animal Hospital, Mackay Animal Chiic, 421 Dundas St. E. in Whitby, Brooklin Village Animal Hospital and Brooklin Veterinary Hospital. Costs for organizing the clinics will be ab- sorbed by the veterinary profession. Animal owners will be charged a maximum of $5 per vaccination. FREE PRESS, WEONESDAY OCTOBER 19, 1983, PAGE 5 e Floppy Disks by NtOa 5. 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Region of Durham staff will attend the Information Centre ln order to answer questions related to the project. Anyone who wlshes more Information prior to the Information Centre can contact Mr. Kees Schlpper, P. Eng., Road Design Engineer, at 668-7721. Ail Interested persons are invlted to attend the Public Information Centre whlch wlll be held as follows: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1983 6P.M. TO 8P.M. REGION 0F DURHAM WORKS DEPARTMENT 105 CONSUMERS DRIVE (SECOND BUILDING WEST 0F HOPKINS STREET) WHITBY, ONTARIO .EMM VORKS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN W.A. TWELVETREES, P. ENG. COMMISSIONER 0F WORKS iDD DURHAM G ~1~ I )NE 683-1968 8 "AR*WD ^V' s 'Ax SMOPPING PL ^ZAý, %. ()WyXýý'o ý!'Mîdw - -- -i' ay Carpèts 1 10 EMS r a