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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, May g5, 1977 15 Celebratea Third Birthday I don't know if anyone exists who does not have some kind of fear. Whether the reason for that fear is real or imaginary is not very important. fur- thermore, it doesn't actually matter whether it is a logical or an illogicai fear. If you have it, - you have to live with it. People are afraid of just about anything you want to name. 'Seeing a spider, -a mouse, a bat, a snake, a centipede, or a host of other littie beasties can strike terror into the hearts of some people. Yet they know that only in the rarest situation will these creatures harm them. There a re comparatively few poi- sonous snakes in our part of the world. The type of bat in this area eats insects and does not suck blood like the vampire bats of Mexico. And even the Mexican bat usually attacks livestock. True, bats can carry rabies, but this is not usuaily why people fear it. Logic says there is really not reason to be afraid of many of these creatures but then again we know that fears are not always based on logic, but on emotions and teaching. How many of our fears are taught? If mother jumps up on a chair at the sight of a mouse, it won't be long before junior does too. If mother crawls under the bed during a thunderstorm it won't be long before Junior heads there too as soon as the skies darken. If Dad kilîs every snake he sees, s0 probably will his sons. A great deal of what we learn is by example. And then, our stories breed iliogical fears. Kids hate and fear wolves - they love rabbits. t is rather hard to find a story about the Big Good Wolf! The fears I have mentioned 50 far are somewhat real, but mnany fears are much harder to express . Like fear of high places - that can be 8 feet up for one person, or 1,000 feet for another; fear of water; fear of small spaces; fear of large spaces; fear of fear itself. Al of these are an interesting study in themselves. And then there are the very real fears that adults have, like fear of failure, fear of not having the money to pay the bis, fear of losing one's job, and ail the worries that go with living in this world and trying to cope with the everyday problems of if e. But the point I wish to make here is this. If aduits have worries and fears, what about children who don't have the benefit of our experience and processes of logic. Are their fears just as terrifying? Children, like ahl human beings at any age, are sensitive, have feelings, have worries, hates, loves, desires and ail the emotions that go into making a human being. Their bodies may be smalher, but their emotional range is just as comhplete as an adult's although they may not have the same control over them. A few years ago, it was common for adults tosay to a youngster, "You don't have a worry in the world - these are the happiest days of your ife". For many kids, they are not happy days at ail and virtuaily no child is free from stress, strain and worry. This, of couirse, is a very necessary part of, growing up, but some of the fears are staggering when compared to the worries of aduits. Think of some of the adult worries. Are they, pro- portionately, -as big as the smalh child's distress at being calhed a baby by his class- mates - or are they as great as the fear of that big dog that nips a child's heels as he wahks to school - or are they as big as the distress of not having clothes as nice as the other kids, or as big as the fear of a teacher talking cross to you, or the terror caused by fear of the dark? I suggest that when you compare the age and exper- ience of a child with the age and experience of an adult, the chihd's worries can be very big indeed. But just as children have worries and fears, they have love and understanding too. They respond to kindness, they respond to attention, they want to be treated as "some- body". t is most important that adults neyer get 50 remote that they forget how frightening childhood can be. That's something every teach- er has to keep in his mind at ail times. Long Sault Miss Debbie, Vandorp, Ty- rone spent the weekend with Miss Ruth Baker. Mrs. Ted Hall and Lisa were Saturday supper guests and Mr. and Mrs. Allan Baker, Burlington were Monday after caîhers of Mr. and Mrs. G. Baker. Mr. Gary Baker accompan- ied Courtice High School Volleybalh team to Ottawa for the weekend where they played several other teams E'zducation with Terry Hawkins and came in third Mr. and Mrs. John Baker and boys spent the weekend in Ottawa. Mrs. Sidney Cornish, Misses Mary and Wendy Cornish visited, with Mrs. G. Armour and Miss Bertha Armour, Hampton Monday eveniing. 1Don't forget to attend the S.S. Friendshi Hour Service when Mel Smith, leader of the Sunday School of the Air on C.K.L.B., Oshawa, will be the guest speaker., A perfect weekend for those who spent the long holiday away from home and for the first race at Mosport but the farmer needs ramn for his crop. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Adams, Bowmanville, were Wednesday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Cameron and Mr. and Mrs. R. Cameron visited the L. Adams' at their farm east of Bethany. Miss Rosanne Elizabeth Cook is celebrating her 3rd birthday May 28, 1977. Her parents are Edwin and Violet Cook_ Bowmanville. Grand- For Quality and Service Shop ut DYKSTRA'S 1he Home of Quality LEAN BONELESS Round Steaks Orf-4 Steak Roasts lb. Collo Tomatoos 39Cpkg. Loose Tomatoos 3 clb. CELERY59 GREEN ONIONS 1 S bunch^ NO..i CHIQUITA or DOLE BANANAS 19¶ib. FROZEN FOOD SPECIALS Swanson T.V.,Dinners 99 Ham, Loin of Pork, Chinese Style OMSTEAD FROZEN DICED TURNIPS 49 C 2 lb.a FINLAND DEMPSTERS Edam Cheose CflJsty Rys or $5, Dark Rys 16l. P39oa f Visit our Deli Counter for the Freshest CoId'Cuts in Town ( FRUIT BASKETS MEAT AND CHEESE TRAYS MADE TO ORDER 4 Corne and see our large variety of European Style Bake goods, ,West Indies foods and Natural foods. CHAPMANS Ice Cream Always a sPecial at 2 ltr. pkg. s$i119 DYKSTRAES DYK PARKING DELICA TESSEN OFF FOOD MARKET UE STRE ET 73-77 KING ST. WEST 623-3541 parents are Mike and Ann Zachano- wich of Newtonville and the late Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Cook, Letter (From Page 4) new office building in Mea-, dowvahe, Bell. Canada's Fergus office, Toronto's new Massey Hall, as well as an outdoor education centre at the University of Guelph. The advantages of solar heat are obvîous: 1. the sun won't run out in the forseeable future like uranium will. 2. fuel costs are nil.. Operating costs-are-vfrtua1ly nîùt Onhy- the original investment need be paid back. 3. there are no ugly transmission require- ments, no dirty air or deadly radiation. 4. you get a feeling of self-sufficiency-no big util- ity bills. Then why isn't the Province actively promoting sohar heat? Why are no special boans or grants available to individuals wishing to build solar homes? Why did the Blair Commission discrimin- ate against more expensive solar homes when proposing market value tax assessment? That will discourage any potential solar home owner. If the Ontario government is serious about conserving non- renewable energy, then it should spend equivahent amounts on substitutes for electricity such as solar heat. That means billions. Last year, the American Energy Research and Development Agency (ERDA) found solar heat to be cheaper than. electricity in. ahi but one (Seattle) of nine cities studied. Some of these cities are at latitudes higher than Bow- manville. One third of our total energy requirements in Ontario are for space heating compared to one fifth in the U.S. Much of this could be supplied by direct solar heat in the near future, if money can be diverted from competing energy deveiopments such as nuclear. I wonder how -far we are already down that wide and tempting road. Yours sincerely, M.R. Mostert Man-Days Lost Record hnprove The number of man-days ost in Ontario through work stoppages declined from the first quarter of 1977, the Ministry of Labour announced today. During the January-March period of 1976, 811,321 man- days were lost as a resuht of 82 work stoppages involving 32,136 workers. During the comparable 1977 period, there were 67 work sto ppages, involving 22,556 workers, which resulted in 149,852 man-days host. The decline of 661,469 man-days represents a reduction of 81.5 ,per cent. During ail of 1976, there- were 1,671,090 man-days lost through strikes or lockouts, a decrease of 1,504,188 or 47.4 per cent from the 1975 level of 3,175,278. Man-days ]ost during the Octoher 14 day of protest are cxc]uded fromý the 1976 statis- ticsý ADDIITION QuintupIcts present quite a big family problem-mother and dad and f jve toecarry. ************************************** ************************** * i Coming Soon to * k * k - k k Bowmanville MacDonald Ford Sales, k k k k k k THE VANTASTIC Watch this page for more k k k k information on dates k k k k and times k k k k k k k k k k N k k k k k ......................................................* k k k k k....................................................................................................k k .' k k ........................................................k k k k k k k ..........................................k k k k k k k k k k k k k k ~ k k k ~ k k k k k k k k k k s ,.. ~ ,.~ - k ~, ~ k k . ,.~. k k ~.........$ k k k ____ _________________ k k King St. East .~ Kmng St East AMBLY'S BEVERAGES LTD. k k k ___________ UTHORIZED BOTILER 0F C NDER CONTRACT WITH C D. ~ * k k k k k k * k * k k k k k k k k k k * * k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k * k k k k k 2l9KIngSt.East 6234481 k ************************************** ************************** Grant@ May Help to Buy Kirby Sehool The Town of Newcastle ha s agreed to pay $25,000 for the Kirby school house. However, the 99 year-old building may only cost the, town between $5,000 and $10,000. Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard said last week that a $5,000 grant fromthe private sector plus government grants will make up the difference. Other than saying it was from the "private sector," the mayor did not elaborate on the source of the $5,000 grant during discussions by the finance committee last week, Oshawa Monument Co. Family Memorials - Markors Ail Design and Lettoring Don., by Us on Promises -NO SALESMEN INVOLVED - Please Telephone 728-3111 for Full Details 'l