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8 --'PORT PERRY STAR -- Tubiday, May a Scugog Chamber of Commerce looking for volunteer help to staff Information Booth The Scugog Chamber of Commerce is looking for volun- teers to staff a tourism informa- tion booth this summer. Ken Carruthers of the Chamber of Commerce told the Star the volunteers should be over 18 years of age, enjoy deal- ing with the public and have a knowledge of Scugog and sur- rounding area. "We would really like to en- courage some senior citizens to take thison," he said. The Chamber of Commerce is now in the process of getting the information booth ready. It's to be located in what used to be the snack bar at the baseball diamond on Water Street. The snack bar is to be re- located in the same building, but facing the ball diamond. Mr. Carruthers said he's hoping the new information booth will be open by the Victor- ia Day long weekend which starts May 18. . The reason volunteers are needed is that the Chamber was not successful in a grant appli- cation to pay for staff. He said volunteers will be expected to commit a couple of hours each week, and they will receive a training program be- fore starting to work. The initial plans for the info booth are to have it open Fridays, Saturdays and Sun- days from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. . But he said if enough vol- unteers can be found to staff the booth, it could be open other days of the week. So, if you have some knowl- edge of the local area and enjoy public relations, get in touch with Mr. Carruthers at 985- 9537. They stretch realism, and exaggeration to the limit, often to the point that viewers are scream- ing to "give them a break". Why then do millions of Canadians spend hours a week glued to afternoon television to see what is up in Genoa City, Bay City, Santa Barbara, and Salem? it's simple. Soaps are an escape from reality; they are mystifying, glamourous, and often fun- ny. They can make you laugh, cry, scream, and, smile all at the same time. In order to catch viewer attention soap oper- as have to be off the beaten path, viewers want to see how the other half lives. If soap opera plots followed the typical person's life, | ask who in their right mind would watch. No one wants to see a rerun of their own life, they have seen it before. Over the years | have heard strange cases where viewers become so w up in the . Sharacters lives, they become confu with re- ity. The following is for those individuals who of- ten get their personal lives confused with day- time television plots. | plan to give you a few tips which will easily have you knowing which world you are currently in. Case number 1. If you bump your head, and take a few Tylenol, and try desperately to ease the pain, you are living a true life. On the other hand, if you bump your head, and find yourself awaking on a tropical island, surrounded by international spies, you had bet- ter pinch yourself. | Case number 2. If you are waiting for a kid- ney, héart, or any transplant, and wind up wait- you are living reality. If the doctors suddenly find a perfect donor, and it turns out the kidney you are receiving is from your long lost twin sister who everyone thought died at birth, this is soap opera land. There are a few more things in life to watch closely, and if they happen, you are indeed in the daytime world. If you never go to work, but still have money to play, and a job to call your own. If 50 and 60 year old women are having children, and 30 year old women are grandmothers. - In real life these things just don't happen. Just like the following events do not occur. You Back Talk ing months, if not years for a suitable donor," will not run into your entire family every day. You do not know the entire phone book off b heart, and when you turn on the radio or televi- sion, the piece of news you want to hear, is not just beginning. For those about to be married, here are a few words of advice. If your spouse is a widow, make sure, everyday they seem to turn up from the dead. For night owls, another word of advice. If you are planning to attent a masquerade, or hallo- ween party, be prepared. There will be a disas- terous storm, and more than likely an unsolved murder that will carry on for years. Even though we all-know these things never happen, we still click on the television every day at the same time, to catch up on the saga of the Capwells, the Cory's, the Brady's, the Abbott's, and the Quartermaines. You may notice | know a lot of these names and storylines off the top of my head. | did not have to spend hours on research, because yes, I too am a confirmed soap opera junkie. | could talk about six different soap operas, and know who is who. You see, my morning routing is the same as many others. Wake up, shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, set the: VCR, then the morning is complete. It used to be something to be ashamed of, to actually admit to watching, and liking daytime television. Not any more, it is no longer stereo- typed as entertainment for the housewife. Men, ~ university students, are all admitting to flicking on the tube between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Why not watch daytime, personally | find only one reason for watching late night t.v., and if Ar- senio Hall joined the cast of Santa Barbara, | would not need to turn on the tube after 9 p.m. My only hope is that soap operas do not try and perform scripts that have a connection to reality. The storylines are entertaining, | do not believe that there is an alien living in Port Charles, or that five deceased wives showed up in_the same town in a little over a year. The point is, it is fun to watch these actors portray the unbelievable. 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