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WIUTBY FIREEPEEMWEDNESDAY, APRIL# 1992, PA i 7 PAGE -SEVEN s, by Bill Swa And the wIenner is.. 19oW 'bOut those Maple Leafs, huh? N And wbat about those Academy Awards? To say nothing of the Junos. (Juno who?) Asa devoted Canadian nationaiist it hurta, but a few things must be said about the Jumos. oucan tell you are watching a Canadian star production when the group winners bumap into one another shufihing off the stage. You know what I mean: that awkward moment after'each has, held- the prize aloft murnbled the A P X thanka.. The camera cuts away ta the crowd, then inexlcalÈooms back for a long shot of the stage. And there are the heros of the minute,, backs te the camera, lutching trophies at knee height, sturnbling to the eit. Now, as the Academy Awards prove, the Americans are much btter at this sort o f thmng. The strsstilshRie, but no one cathsi on camera.___________________________________ In the land i ,Maim elobo Talking about stars, both. of the Leaf and the. MUnnesota kind, who would've thoýught in Ja nuaryP thtteMake Belie would actually make a race of it? f At this writing, we don't know how Minnesota did lust night, we don't know how the strike situation progresses, but we can believe as well in the Tooth Fairy. Aùd 1I have asked her, please, please, get the * Lefs 'into the playoffe. Without a strike. ItM the only time i the season I watch hockey. Somehow it connecta me with m childhood. As a nmne-year-old, -1could cheer for eyè.Leafs with real chaiùoes of #-"\.'"4' me on, Teederi " you understand that reference, you're too told j to ee inthe Tooth Fairy. If you don't know who Teeder was, ask former mayor Bob Attersley.) On the strike front: It- would be unfortunate, should we misa NUL playoffs because ofa labour dispute., Even more unfortunate would be the scene if the *" owners ushered in minor league playersta compete. in playoff hockey. The TV audience would evaporate in the proces One 'of the good thinga: a strike would once and WILLAM SCOIT PARKS BLACEsmITH SHOP my1rFLE-, C. 1910 forever eliminate violets in hockey. The Leafis This framei blacksi»ith ehcp stood at the southwest corner cf ighway 12 and the Myrtie almost did that, back not too many months ago. Road until it was-demolished about eight years ago. This picture i8 looking northwest along But expe"v+mà1rts lse A the% scenetel me the final ghay12.. SuncIay. Star wili be Dion Cnerry. 'Cherry,a ve James H. "Scotty" OriiSt, a Whitby newspaper reporter for 92 years, died on April 1 at personality, brings the same journalistic -credentials ti geo 9 ta ýthe job as did Siner. Both wilbe miss And tohecerainmovi fantha Recently I remarked'toaOcrtan&mniefanGOa Prince of Tides ,-was --a terrible movie: 1trite, 100 , 189UeditOn fti predictable, a wonws imovie. She disageed. ILH NCL But Fried Green Tomatoes -- also a 'w'oman's A dead inaple tree ban been removed fio= in frontof the Rtoyal Hotel. Éiovid' -- is a sharp, entertaining story with credible "The Chronicle ia urging Town residents toespend their money in Whitby and not out of acting(desit a couple of major cliches, and a town. 190 oovzt~styled hair). The movie fan thought* There is much unlawful fishing at Whitby Harbour this spring. it only 'entertaining. ha The Town council is considering cutting down the fence around the athletic grounds to By now you know ht the Academy thinks of half its present height.