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PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 3, 1987 -- 19 As this week's Profile pages contain a fair amount of news related to lacrosse, it appears to be fitting to use an old lacrosse courtesy of Orvis Jamieson. It shows the Ontario Intermediate "C" Champions of 1952, and where were they from? Brooklin faces in this 35-year-old picture. Front row: photograph in this section which came of course. You will recognize many familiar Doug Jackson, Don Craggs, William Vi- pond, Bud Christie, Tod . Jack Sutherland, Hugh Ormiston. Centre row: Allen Mackey, Lyle Stevenson, Jack Mac- Duff, Jack Patterson, Art Bradley, Ken Geer, Allan Rudkin, Levi Arksey, George .Richardson. Back row: Bruce Mitchell, Gord Cook, Keith Rudkin, Ron Geer, Eric Branton, Wendell Lewis, Harvey Snider, Robbie. Robson, Luther Vipond. Viewpoint I have a lot of excitement in my life: I us- ed to call it tension, but I find I feel much bet- ter now that I call it excitement. . Take the question of to smoke or not to smoke. Seems you don't hear about anything else just lately: And you know who-the ones are that are making the most stink as well as I do. They are the EX smokers. Particular- ly those who have quit recently. From ex- perience, I have learned there is nothing worse than the wrath of a born-again smoker, should anyone "tghtup" with a three block radius. I have promised myself not to be like that, and I hope I can be true to my word. You see, if left to my own devices, I would not have quit smoking in the first place. I honestly enjoyed every puff of the weed I had. Smoking did not hurt my appetite, everything tasted just as good then as now, and I was not plagued with = any form of smoker's hack. So. why quit? I often ask myself that same question, because I still do want that puff. But the main reason is the second-hand smoke I was passing on to those around me, in particular, my kids. A genius I am not, and neither am I a sheep to follow the flock, but you don't have to be either to get the message presented by the medical profession. Second-hand smoke is as bad as, or even more dangerous than smok- ing itself. As I said, I am no genius when it comes to these matters, but I do believe them to be true. Perhaps I am quite the pesSimist, but the truth is I don't really care what hap- pens to me for my own sake. My philopsophy, crazy as it may seem is I will die when it is my time to die. But having anything happen to my hubby and kids and knowing it was my fault would kill me outright. I couldn't live with that. So I quit smoking. And although I have. done so many times before, this is the first time I have done it for someone else. It's time to stop kidding myself. And you know, since I have, I have been utterly surprised at how few people do smoke now. by ROXANNE REVELER Last week, after a gorgeous dinner in a small French bistro in Toronto, I had the old urge for a smoke. I jokingly told number one hubby that I was going to mooch one from the next person who 'lit up," but to my surprise, we were there, there was not one person who was smoking. It's not that the restaurant banned the weed. There were ashtrays on all the tables. It was just that there was no one who chose to smoke. When I come to think that a few weeks before, I would have been the on- ly person in that entire room to foul the air, "Ishudder. I guess I couldn't have blamed the folks for throwing things at me or something. But even though I, and from the looks of it many others, have chosen to stop smoking, for whatever the reason, I still don't think it is right to carry on so much about those who do smoke. [ mean, it is not as though it is go- ing to make one iota of difference anyway On- ly a smoker will realize how a smoker feels. And the fact of the matter is, hike any addicted person, smokers really don't give a fig about anyone else, or even themselves for that mat- ter. You can talk until the ¢ows come home and your words will go in one ear and out the other. Smokers don't want to know all the adverse sides of their habit. Until all non- . smokers realize this, there will be a continued war. A smoker will quit when ready and for their own reasons and not before People on a whole, are not stupid. They are well aware when something is bad for them, and when good. This whole matter of smok- ing is reminiscent of prohitibition in the 20s, or 30s, or whenever the heck it was. And we all know how well that worked, don't we" Garfield Mahood and his Non-Smokers' Rights Association can talk all they want to, with good cause I must admit. They have taken an almost fanatical stand against any (Turn to page 20) no-one- did: mean there were-about -thirty tables or so in that restaurant. and all the time Reflections ~ of a golden age by Mabel M. McCabe "Full Circle by Mabel M. McCabe "1 look around my home and see the pictures of grandchildren and children. It is a constant surprise to me seeing how they have changed over the years, and yet, they are still the same. One grand- son is shown from the time he was born.until now in several of the photos. klook and trace his life so far from the days | held him in my arms after he came from the hospital till now. _At three and a half, he is a fine youngster who, if, allowed would rule the world. He now has a baby brother and feels so grown up. This all takes me back to the days when my own gang were young and scrapping around my heels. They will not begin to know how much | miss all the confusion, until their own are out on their own and the house becomes silent. Yet, that silence is penetrated by echoes of shrill voices and shouts of laughter and tears. Why we tor- ture ourselves this way, | do not know, but most of us do. I'll bet you have had your heart filled with joy with just a phone call from one of your prodigals. | have. Another thing, why is it that there is always one in the crowd that never seems to call, or somehow has.nched his way into your heart so deeply, that the sound of that voice makes you putty? You are shaking your head no, but your soul is saying yes. We all have the same failings and hang-ups about our kids. No matter how hard we try to put up a stern front, we end by looking over our shoulders to days that used to be. | guess it is because we were so happy then even if there were troubles and hardships. Nothing can take the place of two small warm arms wrapped around you to bring contentment. . : -It's good to wander back now and then, but we must not make it a steady thing, for we would be trapped in a world that has passed and would miss the future. Oh! the future is where we have to travel now. 'and we must always keep our eyes on what is ahead. It's like driving a car, if you fail to keep your eyes on the road, you will crash. Some of us have done that many times by looking back and making judgements on the basis of what happened years ago. i s a trap I've fallen into and it only hurt me. I'm trying so hard now to see life as it is today, and to let the past be just lovely memories. Sure, | slip now and then, but at least I'm trying. My kids think I'm a bit of a nut because | try too hard sometimes. You know, something funny is happening, for | see. older ones acting very much as | did. Sorhere we are, and the world comes full circle and the children are the adults it seems. Ever noticed your own telling you when you -should see your doctor or dentist? When you start to do something, "dp any of them say -- let. me do it for you? Does that remind you 'regional tax increase to nine per- _regional budget to a record $422 --of-yoursell-years- age when. you. were. protecting. them?... roman Let's all be thankful that they care so much and enjoy all the at tention they wish to bestow upon us. After all -- we're worth every "bit of it. Expect a 10 percent regional tax increase Despite an attemp{ by one N particularily in the special levies Oshawa councillor to keep the 1987 section alone. Special levies in the amount of $6 million are being suggested this year to include money towards a 911 emergency telephone system, renovations to Fairview Lodge in Whitby, a new police station in Pickering, and a waste disposal site reserve fund. Finance Comniissioner Jack Gartley said most of the items in the cent, the remainder of councillors voted last week to ask staff to keep the tax ificrease to 10 percent this year. Such a 10 percent increase in the regional levy would bring this year's million covering such items as roads, water and sewers, police, public health and welfare services. The regional taxes make up one sixth of the taxpayer's total tax bill with school board levies and local taxes making up the remainder Staff and the various regional committees are now faced with the task of slashing $2.5 million from a: preliminary budget of $44.7 million But regional councillor John Aker found it difficult to swallow a dou ble digit tax increase. He asked the line be held at a nine percent tax hike, adding that when anticipated growth of 5.9 percent is added to the increase, it means the actual budget increase would hit the 15 9 percent mark He said keeping the tax increase to nine percent was "reachable," special levy section are important and should be kept in the budget with as few reductiens as possible. He added that rather than cutting back in this area, council should be increasing the original amounts even higher. - Finance Committee Chairman Jim Witty of Ajax stated the region had kept tax increases around the five percent mark for several years by cutting out many items. He adhered to the fact that while these cuts might have been prudent at the time, they were now "catching up' with the region. He added much of the increase now facing the region was due to the rapid growth of Durham and the resulting demand for more servicing such as extend- ed policing.