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Orono Weekly Times,_ Wednesday, Msay 2, 1990-3 Who is this babe? Can you guess? eyes of blue. On May 5th its her' She can help sort out your in- BIG day, she'd really love to, hear surance mess! She's older now - (By frorn you! a year orfew). Her hair is ight and From A round, Home by Roy Forrester We should be so lucky It is often the case that someone else has to tell us how lucky we real- ly.are and how fortunate. Ross Stevenson, M.P. for Durham, bas been doing just that over the past months at least on the three occasions that we have met him in the Orono area recently. Let there be a luli in the conversa- tion and Ross is off on his favourite subject . .. the Goods and Services Tax and just how much it is going to benefit us and we ail are going to be better off . .. financially that is. That draconian and hidden manufacturers' tax, 13.5 percent in many cases, -will be gone for ever, Ross tells us. It will of course be replaced wtb the seven percent GST and that is some 6 percent less. It is possible in somne items there can be a reduction in cost if, providing, the producers reduce the selling price by the hidden tax. Many say that's a big "IF". We would like to believe Ross but even Michael Wilson admits to a rise in the cost of living, perbaps 1 to 11/2 percent. That figure is Wilson's while others place the rise in the cost of living somewhat, higher. It's money th e feds are after and why would they go through aIl the hassle they are presently if they were collecting a lesser amount. Under any circumstance we can't imagine that happening even with rebates. The end resuit has to be a larger take on the part of the feds. One needs no comp'icated com- puter to figure that out ard it will affect us ail. The other question just how long witl it stay at seven percent. ht vas set after the rac r over a nine ,-,rcent GSTï w;îth the- hope tihat the reduction of two percent would dulI the noise. It basn't. With the federal government tak- ing a larger slice of the pocket book the province will end off with a greater take on their 8 percent add- ed tax based on the selling price and the federal tax. Is this not a further cost to Canadians and its spread over almost ail items purchased. And for the small businessman it is going to be a nightmare of bookwork. Where now at the printing office we do charge 13,5 federal tax and 8 percent provincial tax on the finish- ed product of printing but pay no tax on those items we purchase to produce the product. The collection is not that bad and it's manageable. We submit the tax collected to the various goverfi- ments. In the future we wvill pay the GSI tax on everything we purchase and in many cases it will not be clearly defined. This will necessitate deter- mining the GSI tax and 'then totalling. We then make application to the government for a refund. It will likely take months for us to be re-imbtlrsed and at our cost with funds tied up. But when the article is sold over the counter we still have to collect the seven and eîght p-ercent for the federal gvrmn and the pro- vince respecively-1ý. Here again it is more bookwork. There is no way but that the cost of operation has to rise. Although it is some eigii months away we snud- der at the thought. And as far as Ross Sievenson iis concerned-ý we wîll be jusr too busy doing feý,deral bookwork to, meet rip wth hmagain. Babes In Bookland, By Dorothy Robinson RIDDLES Jim Trelease in bis 'Read-Aloud Handbo ok" has this to say about cbildren and- jokes: "Joke books are an instant -favourite with children. Because jokes are easily and willinglY committed to memory, they offer the child an op- portunity to dîsplay bis cleverness when he recites them, thus building self-confidence and a sneof humour". 1How true! Riddles arc top of the list for cbildrent. With only a con- cise question and a punchy surprise answer to remnember, they are a cinch for youngsters. Posing the question to an adult is an added delight because here is a situation where the superior and exalted adult is made to look like a sap who cannot reply to a short question with a simple and obvions answer. Whenever 1 visit a classroom as a substitute teacher, it is no surprise to be'confronted by a smilîng stu- dent with a riddle. Even if you bap- pen to know the answer, it iswiser Update council.,on407 routes to 115-3.5 Representatives, of the Ministry of Transportation and Communica- tions presented counicil with an up- date on the proposed 407 highway development prograrn and for stage two outlined four possible routes being considered. The routingthrough the Town of Newcastle was similar to those of former presentation. The delegation asked that the Town, hold concern as to: develop- ment in the area of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth concessions. It was point ed out that poorly placed development at this point could be a problem in locating the route through the municipality. It is expected that an En- vironmentai Assessment report will be prepared by the faîl of 1991. at which time a hearing would be caîl- A major envronmental cleanup of Orono will be undertaken by thie Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders during Pitch-In Week on May 5th, 1990 beginning at 9:30 a. m. "We expeet more than 50 of our members to participate in this pro- ject as our contribution towards cleaning up our community's en- vironment. Pitch-In Week takes place across the Province and in other parts of Canada during the week of May 7 -13, 1990 and hundreds of thousands of volunteers are ex- pected to participate. Projects undertaken range from cleaning up neighbourhoods, parks and wilderness areas to promoting recycling and the need for Cana- dians to redùced the aniount of waste which they produce. More than 2.3 million Canadians par- îicipated in Pitch-ln Week in 1989. "Keeping the environment dlean is most important. Our cleariup will help to impress on our me mbers the anuît of waste wh i disposed of improperly or rnismanaged, ad- ding -even tnougn dieaning up is important, educating people to reduce, re-use, recycle and properly manage the remainder is most im- portant." ed. The, most sout herly routes reaches south of the seventh.conces- sion 1l'ine west of Kirby to then travel north to join at the intersection of 35-115. The next farther northerly route: passes somewhat mnidway between concessions six and seven in Darl- ington and between seven and eight in Clarke Township to swing north the 115-35 intresection. The next step north is one conces- sion north while the most northerly route is routed midway between concession 8 and the boundary in Darlington then swinging just south of Mosport and over to the intersec- tion. Counc. Stapleton was told that the right-away in theClarke area would likely be some 300 feet while farrher wýest it would be 500 feet. This will be the 2nd year in whicn the Orono Girl Guides have par- ticipated in Pitch-In Week. to feign ignorance.. Why risk deflatin g the e go of a happy, confi- dent student? By the.way, 1 seldom know the answer! Many riddle books are thick tomes packed wth huhdreds of rid- dies. Their size and density of print intimidate the very young. Mark Thalers set of 4 mini-books will in- vite, flot scare awaychildren. Mark has dubbed himself the Riddle King, and each book has a différent theme and presents only one or two illustrated riddles'per page., Here's a sample from each book. What kind of apple runs a school? (A princ e-apple). From "eSchool Riddles" - What kind of dog loves spaghetti? (a noodie poodie). From "Pet Riddles"l - What's a cainper's favourite- kind of music? (bunk: rock). From "Camp Riddles" - What's a sea monster's favourite, dinner? (fish and ships). From, "Food Riddles- - These books are available at the Apple Blossom Shop d uring May. It's up to Yvonne and cohorts to corne up' with some flower riddles. nAnnouncement- THE MILL HAIR STUDIO Ne w HouÜrs: Effective as of Monday, May 7, 1990 Monday - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m (Children's Day) Tuesday - CLOSED Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Senior's Day) Thursday ,",îds .0:0 a.rn - 7:0U p.m. Saturday - 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Ca/i for an appointrnent or just drop in. 983-9040 C.L CA joinls Trees for Canada 1990 Cubs and Scouts in Hampton received some good news from tbe Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (C.L.O.C.A.) in March. At its regular March meeting, the AÀuthorit'y approved the pro vision of 2,000 tree seedlings and a plot of landat'its Stephen's Gulch Conser- vaàtion Area with which the First Hampton'Cubs and Scouts will co~n- duct Itheir 1990 Trees for Canada plantingprogram. The Scouts-aný ticipate that about 70 participants will be on hand to plant thetrees on Saturday, May 5 1990. Trees -,fo r Canada is -a.program that provides for: increasedpublic awareness for scouting and the en- vironment; the raising of~ funds, througli pledges, by and for the Cubs and Scouts; and the'plantiing of-trees for coniservation purposes. .Co-operating -witb the scouting organization ,, continues C.L.O.C.A.'s practices of being-a good community neighbour and promoting conservaion. For more information: Hampton Cubs and Scouts, Elaine Hutton at 26- '9-Central Lake Ontario CÉonservatioôn Authority :at' 579-.0411. SENDMM A BOUQUET> AS FRESH AS SPRING.-