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It's been 50 years . . . No surprise Editors like to invoke this immutable right of theirs dating from ancient cuneiform priot's inven- tion. Sol was ready for her. "Whatever tiles. tickles. enlight- ens, challenges, boosts us oldsiers," l Beaver corner Blokhuis wume vou write about warnec _ I meant our pensions. pills and politicians. Add our hobbies. grand- kids. mutual funds. aches and pains. tun and travel. frustrations and fears, beefs and chuckles, shops, books, mixes. And, of course, now and then a tad of nostalgia. Nostalgia? Please bear with me on this nostalgic occasion. Flashback to autumn. 1943. The Toronto Star, of which The Beaver is an important 1990's kinfolk, sent me on a vacation. I didn't come back, lapsing instead into a footloose sabbatical. r Star executive editor James V. Kingsbury. of Cooksville, wired me: "Your job with us will always be open. Just show up." Now, 50 years later, I've shown pp. A prodigal's return. , Old King Street West ghosts, therefore. will insist on haunting these printed lines to be written exclusively for you, the gray-power ranks, oi vwhich l have become a feisty mem- ber. Some of you will remember their names. I have not forgotten their rules of engagement. For the rookie then, their Star newsroom was my tutorial mother lode. For the pensioner now, serving fellow fixed incomers. it is a timeless model of useful newspaper- In}! There was Athol Gow. he who ran the police desk. a Peter Lorre-like gnome, pop-eyed, wing-collared, foghorn-voiced. Terror of lawmen. "Don't ever let ANY establishment obstruct you," he instructed me. "They'll try. To hell with them!" Augustus Bridle. the culture critic, delivered his copy in soggy, rain- soaked handfuls of pulp, to be unfurled and deciphered like Dead Sea Scrolls. "Show-off 'personali- ties'? Don't trust 'em," he cautioned We 1t1CY Pursuant to the Nursing Homes Ac Director. Residential Sen/noes Bra nursmg home: Submissions concerning the proposed lioel The Director, Restdential Sennces Branch, Ont Community and Social Services. 15 OverIea Ontario, M4H 1A9, (416) 327-7357. by Deoembe Please mat the name ot the nursmg tttttttt submissions, proposed renewa SSt‘k NOTICE OF PROPOSED NURSING HOME LICENCE RENEWAL AND REQUEST FOR S0iWlSSl0NS PROJECT 183-94 It U 1993 PROPERTY ASSESSMENT The 1993 assessment roll, which lists the assessed value of each property in your municpality, is required to be delivered to your municipal clerk on December 21, 1993. Your 1994 municipal and school taxes will be based on this value. The final date for appealing your 1993 assessment to the Assessment Review Board is January 11, 1994. There is a fee for filing an appeal. It you have any questions about assessment or if you wish to meet with an assessor, please call the assessment office. The number is in the Blue Pages of your telephone directory, under assessment or property assessment. If you have any questions about appealing your assessment, please call the Assessment Review Board. The number is in the Blue Pages or can be obtained from the assessment office. Pour obtenir des renselgnemems en franpais sur votre évaluamw veuillez appeler Ie bureau d'évaluation. Vous trouverez Ie numén tht téléphone dans les pages bleues tht I'annualre téléphonique, sous la rubrique "tvaluation . ou "ttvaluation Ionciére -. kn ll Ontario s. Wilma What will '1le Ontario kly n der a me. "They hug with one arm, stab with the other." King of the Hill. Parliament that is, was H.R. "Barney" Armstrong, renegade lawyer turned Star Ottawa bureau chief. "A politician has two lives. One getting elected. The other getting te-elected," he taught me. "They don't take time in between to govern” Who can for The copydesk Seniorscope 1 fwf .51.] vd M Willis Entwistle bristling tyran I C l m, - I, s),,,.,,.,', Uncomprornising gateway to the lino- types for your dealhless Shakespearean prose, "Be brief. Be right." he growled. His honors jour- nalism course the day I started. Oakville's H.C. Hindmarsh was founder Joe Atkinson's man in charge. HCH had me assigned to trail Mackenzie King whenever the PM visited Toronto. Once I stumbled into King's private car when he was dress- ing, His striped trousers hung low- mast at his ankles. "You've accom- plished what my opponents have failed at for years," he giggled. l notified HCH who had me pro- moted to assistant city editor. Weekly pay boosted from $45 to $65. There I was, 25, hyper-ventilating among INS (es, friends, I'm happy to be back md still hyper-Ventilating. VHF, OAKVlLll. BEAVER Wanted: heart fund canvassers Introducing Montana's Flame Roasted Chicken! Where our fresh chicken is marinated with a special blend of herbs and spices then slow roasted to give it a hearty country taste. , Here’s. why the chickeh crossed the road! NOW OPEN Chicken never tasted so fraill! in Oakville Town Centre 1 Southwest comer of Donal Drive and North Service Road (905)842-3200 FLAME ROASTED CHICKEN Last year more than 580 people volunteered to canvass their neighbor- hoods to raise funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Oakville. Now, as the organization prepares for Heart and Stroke Month in February, it needs door-to-door canvassers again. A total of l,2()() people are required to cover Oakville. If you were a canvasser last year and would likt It Barn IS' mum the fun e to help this year, or if you haven't lunteered in the past but would like learn more about it, call Patti urow at (905) 849-5832. 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