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choice of words, but hîs logic is impeccable. Offern it takes somecone with a slighitly differ- enýt perspective on things to spot a market opening and have ithe intestinal fortitude to try to fi it. The bureaucratic mindset continues to boggie: Take the case of the family of an elderly Manitoba wmnwhichwa aLsked to pay an extra month,"s rent for hier ptovincially- subsidized apartmnent because she had died wýithout giving notice. They were lucky she didn't die on the first of tire month or they wvould have owed two months' rent because notice ust be given before the first. While Ilhe province's housing minister promnised to review the situation, the tact remains that the vmeryeistence of suchI anl insensitive and inflexible policy is an insult. Have we lost the art oflhelp- ing? That's what one observer of the Canadian scene wonders, contemplating the aid people used to give unfailingly to neighbors in need. He was lamienting [lhe decline of Ilsmaý-ll-town caring"--the kind Of soup for shuLt-ins ges- ture, made without asking NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS & TENNANTS Residing in the Vicinity of Çobbledick StreetlHighway 35/115 Intersection The Min istry of Transporat ion & Communications, Ontario, is providing the local residents with the opportunity to view the plans for the Cob- bled ic k/Rowe/Stat ion Streets intersection. The plans wilI be displayed at our Public Information Centre. Date: May 15, 1985 lime: 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Location: Orono, Town Hall The input of the residents is required. For further information, please contact: Mr- V. Mitranic Senior Proleot Manager Ministry of Transportation & Communications Planning & Design Section 5000 Yonge Street Willowdale, Ontario M2N 6E9 Fred Saggashi fromn the Art Loft Galleries Limiioted of Peterborough displays his native art in acrylics ai thie aninual 0Orono Town l Art Gjallery showv. Like other entiries in lhis years shiow hi was of excellen)t quaility\. Newcastle Village art mainstream Canada *Odds'n ends spring to mind BY Tony),CariSon Perhaps the onily nice thling, about spring cleanig-apart ~>fromn the finlishied product--is stumlbling acro;sssomne long- forgLotten tidbit tucked aa in a dusty corner. These enticing items can launch the cleaner on a flight of fancy for which the longer, warmer days sceem tailor-made. Such is the nature of this columin: a compendium of odds and ends which were gathering dust in the files. Societies should encourage deviant behavior if they wvant to be blessed with a hcalthy dose of entrepreneurship. That's the word from Boston banker Jamnes Howell. And before you dismniss Mr. Hlowell as somne sort of crack- pot xho condones weird and probably illegal behavior, listen to what he lias to say. For MIr. HoweIl, societies would do well to show a will- ingness to nurture non- conformnists, people brave and creative enoug-h to strike out on their own despite the criti- cism of more conventional types. "It's no coincidence," he says, "that 85 per cent of the (U.S.) venture capital firmis started in the 1970s were in California, Texas and Massa- chusetts, states withi a toler- ance for mavericks and oddlballs." One mighti' question his My two constituency offices remain open to serve you. Thank you for your confidence and support. 34 King St. W. Bowmanville 623-6663 Sami Cureatz, M.P.P. Durham East Constituen~cy Offices: 909 Simcoe St. N. Oshawa 571-2084 <1 1