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SMALL TOWN LIVING For most of my life, | have lived in small communities. My very young years were spent in North Bay, but since my seventh birthday all but three years have been spent in either Uxbridge or Port Perry. After living three years in the "big smoke" | quickly realized | was a small town boy, and that living in large centres like Toronto was not to my liking. But one of the main problems of living in a small community like Port Perry is that it's like living in a fish bowl. Everyone knows who you are and what you are doing. Most people born and raised in small towns have grown accustomed to that lifestyle and have adapted quite easily, but it must be a real eye-opener for people moving here from the city. The fish bowl life was really magnified for Nancy and myself a few years ago when we decided to build our home in Port Perry. From the day the backhoe arrived to dig the founda- tion we were swamped with comments about the location, the size, the colour and anything else pertaining to the house. It got to the point where we were almost embarrased to be building a house in town. But when the final brick was placed, and the painters ladders taken down, we settled in and began to enjoy our new home. For the past two years, aside from the odd compli- mentary comment (which we appreciate), life basicly returned to normal. That was until six weeks ago when we decided to put an extra bedroom in the attic space to accommodate the "soon to be twins". As soon as the scaffolding went up on the outside of the house last month the com- ments all started again. "What are you doing? Need another room in that big house Pete? Making room for the twins, eh! For six weeks now, there have been men in and out of our house from eight o'clock in the morning until six in the evening. There have been carpenters, plumbers, electricians, drywallers, tapers, trimmers, painters, and car- pet installers. We've had walls removed and walls added, drywall dust, sawdust, and now were trying to end-dust. it's been a great time for our son Matthew and our pug Dolly as they greeted the work- men each morning at the door. At the first ring of the door bell, Dolly would take off like a shot for the back door, where she stood on her Random Jottings by ]. Peter Hvidsten hind legs barking at the strange man on the other side of the door. Pugs are kind of odd looking dogs at the best of times, and this pint-sized dog has been mistaken for a "pit bull" on more than one oc- cassion. You can imagine the fun we have with that one when the workman backs up saying "will she bite". Of course our answer is that pit bulls are O'K as long as you don't move to quickly and scare them. With their back to the wall and not knowing what to do next, we usu- ally let out a little laugh and explain that she is not a pit bull, and they are probably more safe around Dolly than our cat. As | was leaving for work one morning last week, Nancy and Matthew came to the door to say there goodbyes. After that formality Matt ran back to watch Sesame Street and Nancy looked at me forlornly saying "for the past six weeks all these men have been coming into the house while you are away and | have never had one make a pass at me". With a laugh | suggested that probably be- ing five months pregnant with twins had scared most of the men off, but that | would still love her no matter how big she got. And with three months left to go, you can bet she's going to get a lot bigger than she is now. Well, once again the construction has been completed and we hope to get back to normal again. How normal life will be when the twins arrive is another story. CHANGES COMING Speaking of the twins, | have been in shock since we first found out were would be the parents of TWO - YES, TWO new babies about mid-May. I'm not upset about the idea in the least, but | am still having a hard time believ- ing it is happening to us. Obviously our lifestyle will-have to change. It is much easier to get a babysitter for one child than three (I am told), so we can probably prepare to stay home for awhile. But we're starting to look forward to the ex- perience with great anticipation, knowing full well that there will be some very trying times ahead. The sleepless nights, the piles of dia- pers and the shrill of crying babies will all be for- gotten when we can tip-toe into their room and look at them quietly sleeping along side of each other. There is nothing quite so innocent looking as a sleeping baby, and those memo- ries can be cherished forever. At least that is what | keep telling myself. | guess time will tell. 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There is reimbursement for gas expenses for these drivers who may sign up for local, area or long distance assignments. Also needed are helpers to do light housecleaning, minor repairs or yardwork. There is some hourly remuneration for these tasks. Teenagers are welcome to apply. Visitors are needed to call in shutins or to telephone daily to make sure everything is OK. Community Care is an agency set up to provide Home Support Services to seniors and those with special needs through the help of volunteers. We want to have our seniors among us, healthy and ac- tive as long as possible. Providing Home Support Services when they are needed is one way of do- ing this important work, but at present more volunteers are needed to fulfil the mission. If you can become involved, please call the Scugog Communi- ty Care office. 985-8461. No room for apathy (From page 7) students in the Kent Estates area. My second concern with respect to apathy is a recent rezoning notice that, was sent to Perry Glen residents. Those of us concerned about the rezoning change have ~ heard comments such as; "We don't have a say; Why bother, they are going to do it whatever we say, etc." If we did not have a say in this matter, we would not have been notified about the rezoning application. It concerns us no matter where we live. Cawkers Creek will be affected. We already have an Industrial - Park that sits empty or waiting to be built on. Why not use that? As well one must remember that once the applictation for rezoning is allowed we cannot do anything when an industrial plant, etc. goes behind some of our homes. We do not need to be surround- ed by industry because that is what it will come to. Don't be .apathetic! Find out how this rezoning will affect you. Contest it and make your opinions known at the public meeting set for Mon- day March 13 at 4:30 p.m. Respectfully Susan Scholfield Port Perry work in 1968, to 2,540. his wife on their 50th W Nettlefield. pletely destroyed by fire. O.P.P. squad on Wednesday night. The Ca and O.P.P. constable, Gary the Heart Fund. Remember When? | (From'page 7) ing. Excitement mounted very high as Dave piled up strike strike; eleven in a row. The twelfth ball left the 5 pin standing. -. Inter-school Drama Festival was held in Uxbridge on Fri- day night. Murray Ross won best actor award for Port Perry. 20 YEARS CL Thursday, March 13, 1969 Bell Telephone added 158 telephones to the Port Perry net- ringing the total number of phones in Port Perry Through the efforts of students of Cartwright High School, the Heart Fund received a welcome boost of $650,000. Mr. Norman Aldred flew to Vancouver on Tuesday to join edding Anniversary. Mrs. Aldred is visiting in Vancouver with her daughter Kay and son-in-law, Mr. Fire struck again at Cy Wilson's. Last August the old pig- gery on the station road was destroyed by fire. Mr. Wilson built a new house near by and on Thursday evening it was also com- A hockey game matching the Midget Mustangs against an from the Whitby Detachment play. in of the Mustangs, Ken Irvine, pman presented the $40.00 pro- ceeds from the game to Mr. Norman Aldred, to be donated to - AGO in the arena 10 YEARS AGO 'Wednesday, February 28, 1979 Scugog Township's outside workers unanimously endorsed a new two year contract which will give them a 6.75 percent in- crease the first year and seven percent hike in the second. * Katie Schmidt was crowned Heart Queen for 1979 at the an- nual Cartwright High School Heart Fund dance. The Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada Honoured Frank Barkey of Blackstock, Ontario with a Master Breeder Shield. This honour is the highest achievement a Canadian Hols- 'tein breeder can win. The senior boys basketball team from Port Perry High School capped off a highly successful season by winning the e Ontario Secondary School Association championship. Howard Hall was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce. A group of 15 students from Quebec completed a five-day exchange at Cartwright High School. NA La i a Tp ER