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PAGE 16, WH1TY FREE PRESS.!WDNESDAY, MARCH 819ýi89 News? C ail Lorna Miller Phone 668-6369 I1 694-15,02 much. We are basically honest creatures when it Men and women should not be required to live cornes to their clothes. However, when it cornes to a together. Here are some very valid reasons why: girl friend's clothes we are the seuls of discretion.. Men hate to shop. Men s-hoýppng are as miserable 'Sure you look good in frills. No you don't look like an as cats in a bath. Wemen love teo shop. Women advancing tank draped in flags. Yes, you can wear shopping are happy as cats ripping up a favorite &XIS 1 SE J'f large, flowered prints." (This'to your friend who bas chair blossomed over the years into a 200-lb. bundle of by Lorna Miller baggTe). Now, a man would say to her '- "You look just Men's minds tend to glaze over and their eyes adopt fine."I don't know about the flowers, they look good in a glassy stare when they shop. Especially when your the garden, se why not?" Alse, men can eat anything trying to find a new outfit for a party. Teo everyth ing and lose i t in a weel<. Not fair.' you try on they comment "looks fine". Sure, it does. W e could make an appearance in the store wearin~ Men can buy shoes without bowing to anything but only the "Emperor's ciothes" and get a "Just fineý comfort. The last thing on a woman's list in shoe reaction. But, appear at a party in those same "just M n a d w oixien shopping is comfort. fn"clothes and they'd scream, "What're you? Nuts?" u;JLanIUiLJ Put on your clothes! Try explaining then that in the Men are allowed to eat in front of the T.V. and drop griungies ail over and expect t-he wife to dlean it up. store they thought the outfit was just fine so you bought it. Ha! Women on the other hand, are and sundry that stripes and checks look just as stupid Yes, gais, there are a lot of reasons not to live with completely honest when their men ask them how the now as they did 10 years ago when you told them, the men, ut there are a lot of reasons that we should. look. We have no compunction about announcing to ail first time. Besides it shows up their pot belly too Name some. LETTEKL Brooklin iïbrary deserves recogniition To the editor: The people of Brooklin and area are very fortunate to have a wonderful (and free) service in their cemmunity. The Brooklin branch of the Whitby Public Library deserves some public recognition for the many functions which they provide for the people of the area, and hopefully this letter will serve to make t he population mware of just how lucky they are. Not only does this smail library contain a huge inventory of books, but with the fairly recent acquisition of their new computer system, they are now part of a much larger network which puts basically any book in publication within the reach of a cardholder. As an example, I recently became the owner of a purebred Hfimalayan kitten, and being only slightly aware of how this breed originated, I feit I would like a bit of information on these cats. I asked the head librarian, Valerie Garland, if, by an chance, the branch might have a book about H-imalayans. She was very helpful, checking both the card catalogue and the computer , and she found a few books about cats; in general, although of course the branch had nothing specific te this breed. I teck these home, enjoyed them and was perfectly content with what I learned. But over the next month, I received a number of phone calîs from the branch, telling me that a book was being held for me about H-imalyan cats, and when I picked them up, I was amazed te find that they had been requested for me from ail over the country via the computer link. I was able te, read books from Ottawa, Calgary and even Surrey, B.C., thanks te a librarian who tcok the time te pursue soiftething for a patron. However, this is really only the tip of the iceberg. Ini the past seven years, since my family moved te this area from Toronto, my husband, myseif and our four boys have made use cf a number cf programs and resource items, as well as the fine selectien cf bocks, made availabie through Brooklin Library. My twe preschoolers attend their pre-schocl story heur every week, and look forward te the songs, steries, crafts and games provided by Linda' Maw and Joyce Edwards. My schoi-aged boys have attended the Brocklin Library Children's Club (BLCC) on Saturday merninga, and greatly enjoy the variety fo activities te ably effered by the student "pages" who work part-time after sehool and Saturdays te help the other staff. As weil, this library offers a number of special events at varieus times throughout the vear, ail of which are well received by the community. We have enjoyed clowns, magicians, musicians, plays and more, ail at no cost te, us. Aise, every summer the staff devetes at least an heur a day te, providing activities which are enjoyable te children cf ail ages - cutdoor games fer sunny days or movies if it rains. On an aduit level, my husband enjoys listening te music, and a large number cf recordings are available, frem classical te modern rock, exercise te bocks on tape. We aise both attended an investment seminar, which was excellent, as well as a number ci craft courses and general interest tepics which I have erjoyed. In closing, I would just like te say thank you te al ef the wonderful staff fer everything they have done fer mv faznilv ever the years. 1 think toc often we neglect te appreciate how lucky we are or te effer praise when deserved, and I felt that I could net allew any more time te go by without pubiicly praising al cf the staff at Brocklin Library for a job well done. Yours truly, Liz Drebit ILRL2, Port Perry Optimists donate $1,152 to foundation At a special dinner meeting March 1 at St. Thomas Anglican Church Hall, Shelley Chamberlain, resident of the Optimist Clug cf Brocln, presented a cheque for $1,152 te the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Gail Forbes, area chairman for Heart and Stroke, spoke te club members on how the foundation raises money and distributes it te researchers. A second presentation was made te- the Brocklin Day Nursery of two tables te, be used by the children. Two representatives of the nursery attended the meeting te explain their program which cares for more than 60 children aged 6 months te il1 years. This summer, the Optimist Club of Brocklin will be sponsoring a team from the Whitbv Girls Softball Association. The clubs will aise, purchase a $900 advertising balloon for the Oshawa Deaf Centre. The balloon will be used by the centre as an effective attention-getter for trade fairs and conventions. The 'money for the above projects is raised through weekly bingos at the HiEdeaway in Whitby, and candy canisters placed at varicus businesses in tewn. The club meets regulariy on the first and third Wednesdays cf each month. The Brolin club currently bas 49 members and is open te both men and women. For more information contact Brian Wick at 655-4434. Speech awards given By Lorna Miller 7he Brooklin District Lions Club recently presented speech awards at Meadowcrest public- school. Winners in the junior division, Grades 4 - 6 were: Steven Parkcin for his speech about his "Farily Vacation" te, the Caymen Islands, where he locsed sea turties and escaped a shark bv swimnîing inte a pirate's cave; and Julie Imnes, who spoke on 'My Life as a Piano," about her family. The intermediate winners, Grades 7 & 8 were: Matthew Fountain for a critique of the Leafs, and Kevin Paton on "Being Yourself." Prince Albert public school tea- cher Nancy MacMillan and Joan Hilland Brian Wick of the Brook- lin Lions Club were judges. ALo"Pce J w~'~cfo ?b OPENING THIS FRIDAY ]V[sxemc1zm LOti ~ZIp~n:9~r-tc:3lO0PmY- Located on Hwy. 12 just 2 Miles North of Hwy. 7 P h? Vcn1e 6Ai5-8l91