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editoriol poge Scugog's Greatest wd Natural Resource maintained. If athletes are to be used as pawns in political controversy among nations, the Olympic & games may as well be suspended forever. There are even arguments to be made that the continuation of It is obvious that the Russian adventure is a supreme breach of another country's sovereignty, and a serious threat to peace in the Middle East. The Soviet Union must be made to realize that when it fe. RT al ra pa, ~ et Tr pA A et Nl Ay Bnd PEAS SINR SA A "rt Mx paps ol E themost al observer could not help but sends troops across its border, it simply can't be the Olympics and other cultural and sport exchanges A noice the ible amount of human irony on "business as usual" Wy far as relations with Western aeiuslly has a stabilizing effect on relations among oA nations are concerned. nations. 4 Lake Scugog over ihe past weelend. , Already, the U.S. president has cut off further History has told us that the USSR will take direct » HR The almost perfect ice conditions, coupled with gi, shipments and suspended "high technology'" military action when the United States is perceived SH the lack of snow made the lake a haven for pleasure i. qe agreements. And Canada, along with other to be in a weak position or embroiled in an ine skaters, and kids of all ages who enjoy skating | ,tions, is expected to take steps on a similar line. international crisis: Suez in 1956 when the USSR a! fullout with hocieey stick-and puck. walked into Hungary; Viet Nam in 1968 when However, the threat of a boycott of the Summer fo AE, ~ " Unfortunately, this very enjoyable winter pass. Czechoslavakia was invaded; and Iran today. wg time will come to an end with the first substantial snow-fall of the season. However, it- has been suggested that with a minimum amount of work and money, Scugog Township could maintain an open skating area on the Olympics in Moscow should not be used as an attempt to punish the Soviet Union. In the first place, a boycott of the Olympics would not have any effect on Russian foreign policy as envisaged by its leaders. And second, the notion of the separation of politics and sport must be Obviously, the Western nations must take this into account. The only thing the Soviets appear to really understand is strength and sheer military might, and the will to use it. lake. Our local recreation committee and council should look into" this project, possibly a one-quarter mile oval skating track starting and finishing at the end of the government pier. --= Carr If kept free of snow and with a little grooming LT ga from time to time, such a track would prove IN TRAINING -- i extremely popular with Township residents and Moscow SUMMER OLYMPICS visitors alike. Without question, Lake Scugog is the greatest natural resource this Township has. It's a pity that we are not taking a few simple steps to make maximum use of it year round. There are those who will argue that the Town- ship should not be spending tax-payers money to provide recreation facilities used mainly by non- residents. However, if last Saturday and Sunday is any indication, many of those skating on the lake were local residents. And if some kind of open air skating facility on the ice could be provided, it most certainly would become a focal point for activity. That in turn might lead to the re-birth of a Scugog Winter Carnival. It has been several years since a Carnival was organized in this community, and maybe it is time that some group or organization looked seriously at this. We are fortunte to have a wonderful natural resource in Lake Scugog. It is time we made full use of it. 2 ' lim or SILLY rss 2027, a SE re comm) 0. PIII I IE, yes, Ne SI. T a 4 i 7 7 7, 9) : : : 7 "er 7/4 ESN i AL - 2 er - -- d Ake . : = PH :, " 02 ge he Sl ore IL 2 4 55s or ye Hs SES 7) r . 3 2s, 22 - , Y A en slp rr0047, 4 7) 2/555 7 & / rl 4 RL ' & sii rr LA ¥ v . Vo sd en ZZ wo PIII) 274 7%; The Threat Of - AFC 1 ow Olympic Boycott gy ff 5 £7 7 88) In the wake of the Russian military invasion of y. ol Z Siemens. = 37 * ACT) its neighbour Afghanistan, western nations, includ- 2 0 "im an oo " 3 ing Canada are in the process of working out 7 _ 2 LL 2 (aN retaliatory measures, and at thie same time are 522 re-assessing all aspects of their long-term relations = with the Soviet Union. ron * 9 rates, before the budget had passed, adding biggest bat on the team struck out, with the 74 b i I i the tax and a little more, to make it come out count three and two. in round figures, a favourite game for years. Rene Levesque is probably smoking Like so many hyenas, the stock market of the country, rejoicing in a swing to the right, sang hosannahs while stock prices soared. And went to the wailing wall when eight packs a day, furious because his tame pussy-cat, Joe Clark, has upset all his referendum plans by turning into a mouse. & Robert Stanfield must be weeping into a a, ACL (2 BY <i me ye To hed -" ONY NEW YEAR SPOILERS I will not think about the election. I will not write a word about the election. I will put the election right out of my mind. I am not about to let an election spoil my new year. There. How do you feel about another election? Probably much as I do. Another sixty million dollars out of our pockets to pay for the damn thing, and when it's all over, we'll have another bunch of liars, or the same ones, back in the House. It makes one puke. Silly sods. Our glorious leaders. The arrogance of those in, and the lust for power of those out, is no new thing in our Canadian political history, but nowhere has it been better focused upon than in the past few weeks. Clark's Tories, whose favourite epithet for the past decade has been "arrogance", walked into the House of Commons, after six months of non-government, stinking of the smiley stuff. As though a divine light had suddenly fallen upon the party, they immediately 'broke most of their election promises, and superciliously informed the nation, and parliament that it was going to have to bite the bullet: more inflation, more unemploy- ment, more taxes. A little power is a dangerous thing. Like a toothless lion, the Liberals, leaderless, in disarray, and informed only last May that nobody wanted them to govern the country, or at least that a great many didn't, cuffed the new boys with its clawless, but powerful, paws. Like jackals, the NDP, with nothing to lose, ran yelping in to tear off some choice bits of meat from under the nose of the toothless lion. Like looters in a riot, the people who sell gas and cigarettes, and everything else that would raise taxes, joyfully hoisted their they collapsed, after the so-called '"'govern- ment' fell. If you feel like me, you'll be muttering, ""A curse on all their houses." So, exhausted politicians will stagger back into the harness of the campaign trail, mouthing the same old cliches, trying to stir something in the dull, sullen pond of the Canadian voter, who has never been more disillusioned. The media, which feeds on disaster as cancer feeds on cells, will have a field day. And you and I, Jack, when the smoke has cleared, will pick up the tab, as usual. Every vindictive bone, and he had a lot of them, in John Diefenbaker's buried body must be chuckling, as he watches Joe Clark make an ass of himself. Even the dust of Mackenzie King must be stirring a bit as he overviews his beloved Liberal party putting sticks between the spokes of the government's wheels, a tactic at which he was a master. Mike Pearson, wherever he rests, will be chortling and relating the whole thing to a baseball game he once played, in which the zy RTE EY hn pair of longjohns, and shaking his head, slowly and sadly, as he contemplates the asininity of the party he once led with grace and dignity. Ed Broadbrow, the people's hero, who was thoroughly rejected by both farmers and industrial workers in the last go-around, is probably and desperately searching for a formula that will get some votes from the middle class. Pierre Trudeau, picking up the torch that everybody else dropped when it burned their fingers, is probably thinking, "I wonder what the bloody Margaret is going to say to screw up this one." If nothing else, the election fits the season. January sales are up for grabs, along with cheap power, political. Oil prices rocket, while our "leaders" tell us that we have lots, or there's going to be a shortage, whichever®fits the matter of getting votes. And worst of all. We're going to be subjected to a winter of lies, hot air, cold comfort, and a complete stagnation of our country.