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rl Sr Som 3 ns PIR D5 IE SE UNEE So te Dale -- PN Sm YF Lal CE AL ex SR a x = yh ol - h 3] yin BY 1 ; Coating bill $1.25 for a Coke at our next stop, if we ever stop. We didn't go anywhere near Lille, so I could look up Andree, but she's probably a fat old lady now, with'a moustache. She was tending in that direction back then. And we didn't even go near Antwerp, so I missed { seeing Tita. I wonder if she thought I'd stood her up that night, Friday the 13th of October, when I didn't show up? She'd have no way of knowing I'd been shot down that afternoon. Nice kid, and she said her old man had lots of money.' "I wonde if young Wilson, next door, is keeping the lawn cut. Thank the lord we had "no cat to be fed this time. I wonder if Kim got a job. I wonder how The Boys are.' "That was some dump we stayed in last night. The mattress was so lumpy I had to sleep on the floor, and the Old Lady didn't get a wink, she was so excited at those young Italians whistling at her and pinching her bum. She made me take some pictures of the bruises to show the girls back home." "It wasn't as bad, though, as the night we crossed the North Sea to Holland in that converted barge they called a cruise ship. She must've lost ten pounds that night. They should have called it a crew's ship. They were the only ones who weren't tossing their -tripes with every roll. The Old Girl's been pretty decent though. She hasn't said more than four times a day, 'My God, I'll be glad when this is over." And she insisted I'm not the most miserable man on the trip. She says I'm about one jump ahead of that mean old sod from Clegeland. Abdut the only time she gets snarky is when I try my trilingualism out. I say to some young German blonde, 'Vie fil uhr ist es, bitte?" The blonde laughed heartily, -even though I've only asked her for the time of day, because of my accent, my wife thinks I've cracked a dirty joke or some- - thing. ' Thank goodness we have our tickets home Thurs., -- 10th Midway ; Fi, Aug. 11th - Smiley wu esssessesssseresransesesssssasnssenrateens 8 p-m.=9.30 p.m. Gong Show -- Free Admittance (Kinette Club) .........ceeenvnenenennnnnns New Arena 10 p.m. - 1am. Dance - Records By Dave Langille p-- -- i Free AAmMIttance ...........ccccceueeeenn. New Arena (18 yrs. and older, |.D. required) MIOWAY .ooovnenieniniininiinrnenenieraceneanns Palmer Park . 9am. -9pm. Western Sidewalk Sale ...... SR Queen St. & Plaza's 10 a.m. - Kiddies Parade - (Kinette Club) ............ Post Office 2p.m. Scugog Super Star Contest .................. Post Office 5-7 p.m. Bar-B-Q - (Kinsmen) . Steak on a Kaiser, etc. .................. Palmer Park 8 p.m. Home Run Derby - (Minor Softball) ....... .. Ball Park 8 p.m. - 12 p.m... Teen Dance - (Kinsmen) gp 'Axis' - $2.50 per person ............... Town Hall 1873 9 p.m. -1am. - Dance - 'Bill Johnson' . $5.00 per couple - $3.00 single ........ New Arena (18 yrs. and older, 1.D. required) Sat., Aug. 12th MIDWAY ..ooeeniiniiiiiiiiiiiieieeiaeaaeneennes Palmer Park 9am. -6p.m Western Sidewalk Sale ....................... Queen St. & Plaza's 1 p.m. - Dusk Ball Games - (Minor Softball) ............... Ball Park . 1 p.m. Mutt Show - (Kinette Club) .................. Post Office - 2 p.m. Tennis Tournament - (Tennis Club) ....... Tennis Courts 3 p.m. Street Concert - 'Bill Johnson' .............. Post Office 5-7 p.m Bar-B-Q - (Oddfellows) : 1/4 1b. Beefburger, etc. ................ Palmer Park 9p.m.-1am Dance - 'Lockerbie' - $8.00 per couple .... New Arena (18 yrs. and older, 1.D. required) 1 p.m Mini Tractor Pull - (Jr. Farmers) ... Falr Grounds 2p.m Finals Home Run Derby Ball Park : Ball Game - CKLB Athletic Supporters vs. Minor Coaches ....................... Ball Park 2p.m Finals Tennis Tournament ................... Tennis Courts 4 p.m Draw for 2 Beef - Tickets $1.00 each ..... Fair Grounds 8 p.m Western ShOW .........covveriiiieiiniiineannnnns Town Hall 1873 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, August 2, 1978 o> paid for. I'm going to seek out and kiss Trudeau on both cheeks when I get home, even if it makes me throw up. Canadian . inflation is peanuts compared to what they have over here. Buck and a half for a coffee. Sold my watch in Vienna after they gave me my bill at the bier garten. Sold my other pair of shoes this morning to an Italian entrepreneur after I'd taken a taxi ride to a fountain to throw some coins in it. Next item to go on the block is my wife's travelling- iron. It weighed three pounds when we started out, and now weighs fourteen. That tour guide is a dandy. He'll be a millionaire when he's thirty. In every city, he tecommends a restaraunt run by a cousin, at which the prices are way below average and the food is way above. 'Whereas the reverse is true. They all serve the same something-stew and want an arm and a leg. What am I doing here, on my way 'to another scabrous cathedral when I could be home out bass fishing with Dalt Hudson or on the Bruce Peninsula fishing speckled trout or wandering through the trees on the back nine of the golf course? Or just sleeping in, if I felt like it, instead of having to hurtle out of the sack at six to join that sickeningly cheerful tour group at . seven: and climb on that bloody bus to charge another 800 miles down some foreign road? Never again, boy, never again. Next time I want to visit the sights and sounds of Europe, not to mention the smells (Ah, Venice!), I'll read a good travel book. Who talked me into this, anyway? Let's see. It wasn't the travel agency. It wasn't my wife, who has hated every minute of it. Now I remember. It was Frank Powell, a collegue, who did the same trip when the Canadian dollar was way up and the English pound was way down. I can hardly wait to get back. I'm going to punch that Powell right on the nose. Palmer Park 'ham council, * this November. _the Region which was set up venting their displeasure has ~ benéfits from the Regional cluded- and citizens vote regional governments that Regional Resentment Councillors want plebicite least three of the regional governments, although fo of the recommendation The well-known resent- ment against <the Durham Regional government among municipal politician$ from Oshawa could get to the acted upon. VE ballot box during elections While the large shan this November. ares such as Oshawa feel Two Durham councillors they may be carrying more who sit on the Oshawa City council are asking for a plebiscite which would allow voters in Oshawa to answer the question "are you in favour of Regional govern- ment - yes or no?" Councillors Allan Pilkey and Bruce McArthur, who have few good things to say about Regional government during meetings of the Dur- have asked Oshawa city council to decide whether the plebiscite. will be attached to the ballot cial burden, the fears have been expressed in the small- er communities that they would be totally dominated by the city and gradually lose all their autonomy.' Residents o If Oshawa city goes along - alienation with the Re- these studies have' 0 'gional set-up, and the in- | spread criticism of the Re- ' gibnal set-up, and the in- than their share of the finan- in the smaller 1 wo . communities have com- plained about feelings of crease in taxes. However, despite the wide ™ ere has been no evidence that the provincial govern- rhent is contemplating any significant structural 'changes, or doing away with any of the regional govern- ments -that have been esta- blished. : ar with the request, the council- lors are hoping that other municipalities within Dur- ham will follow the lead and allow their' citizens to ex- press their sentiments about Dear Sir: The subscription to your deal to my husband and I. Recently we moved from Port Perry to Dawson Creek, British Columbia. We miss our little town and the people there. in 1974 by an act of the provincial government. The: city of Oshawa sends 11 representatives to -the Durham. council, including Mayor Jim Potticary, and | become quite regular at the twice monthly meetings of Regional council. Their arguments are'based on the claims that Oshawa with less than half of the total popu- lation in Durham is carrying the brunt of the financial responsibility of the Region, and ratepayers in that city are not getting their share of set-up. Whether Oshawa city council decides to include the plebiscite on the ballot this November is expected to come up for debate early in September, and if it is in- overwhelmingly against the Region, councillor McArthur feels it will be a "pressure move" that shows the total newpaper means a great: Through thoughtful rela- tives, we have been receiv- VICTORIA... \[§] GREY TRUST COMPANY since: 1009 Guaranteed Investments 9% FOR FIVE YEARS Va% . IF INTEREST IS PRIDIABNUALLY Interest nayShit half yearly - or pe be left to compound. * ers. ing copies of the Star and believe us, they get read, "every square inch of them. 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