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ALL ABOARD FOR THE AUD McLAUGHLIN ‘FAREWELL C â€"Editorial Tan Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director . Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager The Oakville Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednes and Friday, at 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, is one of the Metrcland r'nlineP hing Distributing‘ Ltd. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Ajaxâ€"Pickering Naws, Advertiser, Barrie Advance, Brampton Guardian, Burlington Post, Collingwood Connection, Etobicoke Guardian, Georgetown In en Acton Free Press, Kingston This Week, Lindsay This Week, Markham Economist and Sun, Stouffville/Uxbridge Tribune, Milton Canadian Champion, Mississauga Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Oakville Beaver, Orillia® Today, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond HiV ThornhilWVaughan Liberal, Scarborough Mirror. All material published in the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Any reproduction in whole or in part of this material is sirictly forbidden without the consent of the publisher. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of the advertising space owur'nd by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to calegorize and reject advertising. in the event of typographical error, advertising goods or services at the wrong pnice, goods or services may not be sold is merely an offer may be withdrawn at any time. Over the years, the program has been very successful but since the 1970s, it has been under increasing pressure. And ironically, that pressure has not come from the girls themselves but from adults who run the programs. There are plenty of girls wanting to join up but precious few women willing or able to provide the leaderâ€" ship necessary to continue the tradition. e e e £4 te . on n the Girl Guides and Brownies movement were formed in response to Boy Scouts started by Lord Baden Powell, it was seen as a way to help give girls and young women the same opportunities as their male counterparts. ) O en c BE 4 0 Tme marches on and society changes to meet the needs of new generations. Whe the Snd NesE The eâ€"a;ly messag:, of Guiding was that girls could accomplish everything a boy could and more. That was revolutionary at the time and led to major gains for women in coming years. s e ‘The same situation exists in Scouting but in Guiding, it‘s particularly acute as a story in the Wed. Aug. 31st Oakville Be:aver.illustmted ie C en i . ol 31 Part of that progress was the realization by women that they could have families and a career or just a career alone. It has been the single biggest societal change in Canada this century. But with more women working full time and legions of others working part time, more pressure has been brought to bear against the family. Women have less free time and they choose to spend more of it with family or in other nonâ€"volunteer activities. _ Girls and young women need solid role models and an opportunity for personal growth. If you thing you can help, call Guide headquarters at 279â€"2790 and they‘ll point you in the right direction. Summer of ‘94 VÂ¥ YÂ¥ here did it go? It seems we just got through one of the worst winters on record and were lookâ€" ing forward to the summer. And now, too soon, we‘ve arrived at Labour Day which unofficially marks the end of summer. _ vas _ Students will be heading back to classes this week and the highways will again be clogged by motorists who have now come hog)q for the fall. 1 y en After a great summer, weatherâ€"wise, it was a little cruel to see that we set an allâ€" time record low on Thursday night. For those who detest winter, it could mean yet another boneâ€"cruncher again this year. sn We look back on the Oakville Waterfront Festival that started the season off right, followed by the Oakville Jazz Festival, Art in the Park and other activities. But we now look forward to new programs gearing up for the year, starting with the Bell Canadian Open that begins tomorrow and concludes next Sunday. But don‘t pilt away those shorts yet...we‘ve still got a couple of weeks left before the official start of fall. Guiding hands 467 Speers Road, Oakvnlle, Ont. L6K 3S4 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 Stiffling creative initiative ... It‘s the Canadian way tree Englishmen have half a mind Canadians with tiny frown Take an axe and chop it down. The tree is not the proper kind Canada. It‘s true you know â€" this country does drag a huge psyâ€" chic sea anchor behind it, slowing down its passage through the international shipâ€" ping lanes. Canadians are difâ€" fident, cautious â€" second guessers by nature. Americans say, "Hell, let‘s go for it!" â€" Canadians say, "But what will the neighbors think?" Canadianism has its good side. We don‘t run roughshod over other national sensibiliâ€" ties. It will be a long time before Canadian troops invade Grenada, subvert the governâ€" ment of Chile, or bomb Iran. It‘s not our style. But there‘s a downâ€"side, too. There‘s a draggy side effect to being Canadian. Don‘t take my word for it. Ask the Kinsmans. Bob and Rita Kinsman own a very successful motel/restauâ€" rant complex in Cottage Country â€" the Muskoka disâ€" trict of Ontario. The Blue Heron restaurant and motel has seven rental units, 23â€"seat restaurant, a lakeside dock, and a oneâ€"bedroom apartment.. ; Americans with highest glee Applaud the climber of the â€"Robin Skelton A success story â€" with just one tiny black fly in the ointâ€" ment. The Kinsmans were approaching retirement age. They wanted to get out of the grind and enjoy themselves. And they hit on a novel way to do that. Bob and Rita Kinsman announced that they were sponsoring a competiâ€" tion. Contestants had to first pony up $100 each. Then, they had to write a 200 word essay explaining why they would like to take over the Blue Heron Restaurant and Motel. After all the entries were in, judges supplied by the South Muskoka Literary Society would go over the essays and choose the grand prize winner. In other words, for a hunâ€" dred bucks and a couple of cents worth of ballpoint ink, somebody was going to win a flourishing resort business â€" worth close to half a million bucks. The Kinsmans are an adventurous couple, but they‘re not flat out crazy. They reserved the right to cancel the contest and refund the money if they got less than 4,000 entries. It became a media sensaâ€" tion. The newspaper wire serâ€" vices picked up the story. TV crews showed up to ‘film ‘the Kinsmans and shoot a little footage of the sun going down from the Blue Heron dock. The story got so much airâ€" play that even the bureaucrats in Ottawa go wind of it. And they proceeded to do what bureaucrats do best; they killed it stone dead. Ottawa announced that because of the minimum entry requirement, the contest was illegal. "The police said we could appeal," noted Rita ruefully, "but it would have to be to the Supreme Court of Canada and that could easily cost $100,000." So, the contest is dead. The 300 entrants who have written their essays and paid their $100 entry fee will get their money back and the Kinsmans will try to sell their business the conventional, Canadian way â€" through a real estate agent on the open market. Pity. A pity that a little grass roots initiative gets stomped to death by the bean counters in Ottawa. Reminds me of the story Derek Burney â€" Canada‘s ambassador to the U.S. â€" used to tell about the Newfoundland fisherman carâ€" rying a pail of lobsters up from the wharf. A passerby warned him that the lobsters could get away because there was no lid on the pail. "Not to worry, boy," says the fisherman. "These are Canadian lobsters. Soon as one makes it to the top, the othersâ€"will drag him down."*»