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Whltby Froe prms.Woc*I"sy, ApnIl 5. 1995 , Page7 by B-il Swa Can't go back The world as we know it is coming to an end. It is being reinvented right before our very eyes. Chances are we won't like the process. Ail around uslies the evidence of change: oconomic upheaval; 'downsizing'; world ecoénomy; free trade; a crumbling economy. Social breakdown. 17O EN w Sure, other generations have suffered through more and worse. Nothing we have gone through Af6Yf17)Tlc0. . during the recession of the past four, five years can I match the Great Depression of the '30s. Except that when the Great Depression ended, the country, the economy returned to, "normal." The country (the Western World) went to war. Factories worked overtime. Since men were drafted into the armed services women marched into the labour force. Bankers, couic1 sleep. nights because people with regiilar jobs make regular mortgage payments. ___________________________________ Now, in 1995,, our Little Depression is over. But___________________________________ our concept of normaln has changed forever. Bankers stand on profits so hMe they get nose bleede, yet continue to fret, They should. People with irregular pay days may make irregular mortgage payments. Tbiuîk about it: we have a growth economy in four areas. First: early retirement. How many people do you know who have accepted cash buyouts five, eight, ten fifteneas early? Làooks good as long as there's Second: reoently 'downsized.' This is like category one, except those affected are younger. And- broke Third: self-employed financial analysts, working out, of their basement office. This sounds nice: freedom, set your own hours, be your own boss. Sure. Write your own pay cheque. Enjoy. Fourth: long-term 'downsized.'!Ths categoy also is known by other names. Unemployed. Jobless. Even- tually they wiil be known as the Homeless. As Street people. How high c .an, our standard of living be when we make our living sellinfr fried cbicken te each other? Heck, fried-chicken ain t even Caaia cooking. Does this seem discouraging? Don't believe it. For sure, there is a growth industry arnong us: selling hype and hustle te the great unwashed. You know ....... Nobody knows the road out of the woods. Take 0 Longuieuil, Q4uebec. oute education. Eveybo s an expert. We've all been to Brooôklin resident, Ca pt. Bruce Mitchell was bonoured for 37 years ofvoute schol. e kow lmats bst:speling arthreti, *service to the Wbitby Pire Department, on his retirement. schol. e knw. 215e bet: pellng ritheti, 0The Marigold Dinner Playhouse bas closed because of lack of sufficient audiences. wvrîfing, reading. The basics. Well, yeah. But itfs not lack of basica that causes problems. Or, 3 F.« G it's different basics: IIow te handie Money. Resolving 85 TheEurda ARS AG16O eiio f h confliet. How te Work in ,Groups. Problem Solving. fomth.Tus ,Mr 1 16 dto fh How te Learn a computer program from a book or* Additional street Iigbts are planned for installation in WItby. disk. How te get Along with People. Problem Solving - Mis Muriel Sissons reports tbat there are 92 members in the Whitby Branch of the with Othier People. Computer "Sio. Ontaio Soc<iety f«e the Prevention of Crueîty.to Aimale. We 'hear lip service for these. But the shri* Four rooms will be added to Dr. Robert Thornton Public School instead of building a demada re or the asis »whih, icidntalynewschool on Kendalwood Road. deansar or"tebais, wihicienaly9 The Weekly News is concerned about the dissection of cats in biology classes at the have always been in short supply. We are not a Wib ititlg col literate generation. Haven't been for some trne. If we Wxb ititHg col ever werev, Se where do we go from here? Well, for one thing 80 YEARS AGO we can't &o b e wiil neyer be an indus from the ThursdayApril 1 1915 edition- of the nation aan. W0 take a generation te rebuild the cod WHITBY GAZffl i4à ~DCHmrONICE stocks. fMaybitltake that long teredesign the .(hsisei nsig world. We an only hope.