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a 16 The Canadian Statesman, linwmanville. November 30.1988 Section Two Ye Olde Health Shoppe... Cockerham z s Florists... Susan Cockcrham and Miss Christmas arc admiring some of the beautiful Christmas floral arrangements and table centres that arc available at Cockerham's Florists. Their store is literally overflowing with Flowers, Greenery and Gifts... everything you need for an old-fashioned Christmas. Delivery is available anywhere in town and around the world. Cockerham's Florists 33 King W v Bowmanville Telephone 623-8855 Dykstra's Delicatessen... Claude Dykstra, of Dykstra's Delicatessen Food Market, is showing Miss Christmas a small sample of the many delicious foods from around the world that arc available. Cheese and meat trays for your holiday season get-togethers are a specialty and they're available in many price ranges. Food baskets are always popular and they are also in many sizes. Dykstra's also feature a full line of groceries, dairy products, fresh meats and cheeses. Enjoy a cup of coffee while you shop. Dykstra's Delicatessen Food Market 77 King St. W., Bowmanville Brother's Pizza... Miss Christmas is lending a hand at Brother's Pizza. From the left: Mike Tobias, Eleanor Bastas, Sheila Boddy and owner Gus Bastas. Miss Christmas discovered that not only delicious pizza is available, but that spaghetti and pasta dishes are also specialties of the house. Brother's Pizza has a complete dinner menu available in their licensed premises, or if you prefer, they'll deliver to your home in Bowmanville, free of charge. Brother's Pizza 36 King St. E., Bowmanville Telephone 623-4666 To complete the series on . birth positions in the family, here are the twins. If there are no other children children in the family, twins will Handling It... by Lloyd Scott behave like two siblings of whatever gender they are. Conflicts, such as those which usualy arise out of age differences, won't likely be present. . However, in families in which the parents emphasize that one twin was born before before the other (particularly if there were several hours between between the births), the older onemay take on the role of the oldest and treat the other like a younger sibling. Where there are other children in the family, twins will both tend to have the characteristics of the birth position they share. For example, example, if twin boys are the youngest in a family of girls, tney will both be like a single youngest brother of sisters. Twins score the lowest of all birth positons on intelligence intelligence tests. This may be because because their strongest influence influence is each other and, at virtually every statre of their lives, they're more or less equally knowledgeable. To put this another way, twins are less willing than individual individual children to pay attention attention to and learn from ciders, whether siblings, parents parents or teachers. Neither of them is really senior to the other. They're very much their own little, self- contained team of equals. Classmates, even other siblings, siblings, may have relatively little to do with twins. It may even be difficult for them to separate in order to get married. married. Although male/female twins are accustomed to a close peer of the opposite sex, they too may have trouble trouble separating from each other. This is particularly true of identical twins, many of whom marry twins. They've been known to, share one lover or friend without much conflict because because twins have a tendency to experience themselves ns one person. Intimacy between twins isn't usually openly expressed. expressed. Perhaps from their perspective, no demonstration demonstration of intimacy is needed. Non-twin sisters may kiss freely and brothers wrestle noisily. Those are natural expression expression of their closeness. Not so with twins. Theirs is a dreamier connection. Each is the other's soul. Each hears the heartbeat of the other. Each perceives and understands tneir unique duality. duality. Each turns to the other for completeness, as if each were an imperfect half of a severed whole. Perhaps there's even a sadness about their duality because they're really one. That's the peculiar irony in the lives and behavior of twins : they're one and separate separate at the same time. It's this irony that tends to make other intimacies difficult for them to achieve. In a sense, twins are married to each other. There's something amusing amusing about the unique circumstances circumstances that twins sometimes. sometimes. find themselves in. Amusing t o others, perhaps not to them. A pair of twins in Shakespeare's The Comedy Comedy of Errors are both named Dromio. The fun of the play depends on a series of mistaken mistaken identities in which the Dromios and another set of twins are involved. Popular routines then as now. Beyond the play's amusement, amusement, however, lies a seriousness. seriousness. The fear, apparently apparently strong among twins, that one may die before the other, leaving the survivor in a state of incompleteness, is express in the closing lines of the play. One of the Dromios says to the other, "We came into the world like brother and brother, And now let's go hand and hand, not one before the other." Lloyd Scott is a marriage and family counsellor in private private practice in Oshaa ana in the Orono Medical Centre. He welcomes letters from readers. Write to him in confidence confidence at The Canadian Statesman P.O. Box 190, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3K9. Skating News by Lynne Lemieux The Orono Figure Skating Skating Club Dance held last Saturday Saturday night, November 19, was successful and enjoyed by all who attended. During the dance, the draw was held on the raffle tickets. The winners winners were: First prize - Rick Wiatrzyk who chose the oak and brass hall tree. Second prize - Leigh Oke who received the weekend package at the Harbour Castle Westin. Ticket sellers were Melissa Melissa Colville and Lynn Robinson Robinson who each receive a $25 prize. Canskate badges passed on November 22nd were to the Novice II group: Erin Wilson, Amanda Barchard, Rebecca Hisson: Christine Potts and Jillian Lemieux. The club congratulates Briar Ransberry on a fine performance at the Eastern Ontario Sectionals in Ottawa last week. Briar placed third in her flight and went on to finals, placing sixth overall. Thank-you to everyone who helped with the banquet on November 25, Ida Andringa, centre, and Cathy Pcnfold, of Ye Olde Health Shoppe, are helping Miss Christmas stock up on some food and baking supplies for the upcoming festive season. The new and expanded Ye Olde Health Shoppe has a large quantity of delicious bulk foods, such as: nuts and dried fruits, perfect for your Christmas baking; sugar-free candies and snack foods which contain no additives. They also stock ice cream and dairy products, a wide selection of soaps, facial creams and cosmetics that make great "stocking stuffers" for Christmas. McGregor Drugs... Miss Christmas is preparing for a "Scents-ible" Christmas by paying a visit to the extensive cosmetics department at McGregor Drugs. Assisting Miss Christmas with \A her selection are, from the left: Shirley Greenham, Brenda Kilmer and Shirley Masterson. You will discover, as Miss Christmas did, that McGregor Drugs has a wide selection of perfumes, colognes and gift sets from such famous names as Chanel, Houbigant, Prince Matchabelli, White Shoulders, to name just a few. For the gentlemen on your gift list, choose from after shaves, colognes and gift sets from Old Spice, Chanel, Kanon, Jordache, Blue Stratos, Stetson and Jovan. McGregor Drugs has a wide selection of electric shavers by Remington, Philishave and Braun, as well as hair dryers and stylers. Don't forget that they have a large assortment of candies and chocolates by Rowntree and Smiles 'n' Chuckles. Miss Christmas suggests that you look at the excellent selection of greeting cards by Carlton, and gift wrap for Christmas and all occasions. McGregor Drugs Your local I.D.A. Drug Store ; 5 King St. W., Bowmanville Telephone 623-5792 Ye Olde Health Shoppe The Shops of Vanstone Mill 116 King St. W., Bowmanville Telephone 623-6222