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Orono Weekly Times, 10 Apr 1996, p. 11

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Thle Novice I class of the figure skattinig clubl performied 'Anne of' Green Gables" at the Camnival. In no particuilar ordler, the skaters are: Camecroni Delormie, Clark Morawetz, Grace 'Willamison, Melissa Hauke, Katie Romianchuk, Veronica Maitlandl, and CandaLce Veloce. * A Arthur Black 1 doni't have afear oflyinig 1 havLe a fear of crash ing. Anon I've flown to Yellowknife. I've flown to Halifax and Atlanta, Winnipeg and Madrid. Moncton and Fort MacMurray, Vancouiver and Dallas. I've been lost in Heathrow, eaten cardboard sandwiches in OHlare, searched for my luiggage in the bowels of Miami International and the Lester B3. Pearson Labyrinith - 1Inmust have flown around the world five times in short inistaîl- mients... And I've neyer become uised to it. 1 still feel uneasy when 1 park my buns ini seat I 8A and wvait for the flight attendant to beglin hier sing- song mantra abouit the flota- tiondeicsunder my seat, the smnoke detectors ini the washroom anidfthe oxygen masks over my heiad. And] l'Iltell va, fthestor-y in my neicwspaiper tihis week do()esni't make me feelI more blase cabouit fling. Did youi sec thec story? A suirvey coniducte«d by thic British Air-line( pilots iunion found that for-ty per-cenit of British pilots admit they have f'aflen asleep over theliccontrols inflighit. It getfs worse. Onec snooz- îng pilot accidenitally strayed inito aUnlited Nations no fly zonle over the former YuLge , i ad came within a whisker of being shot dlown. Another pilot - captain of a jumibo _jet flying to the Caribbean woke up with a start and dartedl an embar- rassed glance over at his first ollicer - only to discover thiat hie, too, was sawing logs. Thiese are niot thec kind of confessions you want to hear about while you're chiecking; your luggage' thr-ough fromi Montrecal to Regina. The problemn with, airplane umii. .mishaptls is that, hl they don't lhappen very often, wheun they do, they are lulus. Not surprising, really. Youi've( got an oversized aluminum cigar tube hield together Iby rivets rceigthrough ithe ether at several hundrclied miles a hour and theure's a Couple of guys at the fr-ont end sittingi front of a paniel with about five(- hundred cdials, switchies, buttons, levers and toggles to choose fromn. Not surprising that airline disasters hiappeni. What's astonishing is that they don't happen more often. We should All bein aeof the da ' ily, muLlti-irai-ïcles of air taebut we're not. We, gr1ouIse and grumble abouit the( dinky seats te give us, Hte uiden(,tifiaible food theyv serve us, the lousin -flighit mnovies they show LuS. Ever Stop) to think about the( other side of dte coin? Eve-r wonider-what the pilot.s, th1( flighit attendants and the airline mnaintenlance pe(ople' think of the humian cargo thecy carry? Not much. Thec newspaper USA todlay polled flighit atten- dants to get thieir opinions on the average airline passenger. They told hiorror stories of boors whio called them -wait- resses", yelled at them, slopped thieir food alI over - even "gsoosed" themi to (et attention - Ifts ouitrageouis. Just because we re customers doesn't mnean we're entitled to act like idiots. We are not alter aill chimnpanzees - even whien the bar service is com- plimentary. Hlow, for instance, would you like to have beein on a recent flight fromi London to Los Angeles, on whiich a hiorde of druinken Engslishi and Irish tourists, thirew food arouind thie plane, cursed at the top of thecir lungs and sent their kids (seine as youing as two) to sneak more booze 'off the liquor- trolley. Oneu of thle louts tried to punch a flighit attendant who refused to serve imii another drink. There is. l'ni delighitedl to report, a happy ending to thlis storyv. Also traveling on thec London toLoAnes flighit: miembers of thie US 01ypi Wrestling Teami. Thie Br-itishi barbarians looked up fromn their seat trays to behiold five uinsmliling Olymvipic athîlctes with shoulder-s as widle grand pianos ctr lg own at thlem. Thle wor-st offtenders wr slammed into suibmlissionl -nd handcuffed to their seats, whlile the( planec made anl unlscheducled ,C stop) at Minnecapolis. Thlereu, the bozos weretaken Ioff the lighit, thonin theu siammner - and ,sent back to Blighity on the( next available flightf. A tnoni-drinikini-g flioght. uip to $1.00. For the old-timers back in 1921,. meetings wetre hield in Horticultural Istand? Where this is or was is a mystery. Directors for year 1936 - Mrs. Hall, Mrs. J. Tamblyn, Mrs. Rolph, Miss. M. Davy , Mrs. S. Sherwin, Mr. Leamian, Mr. A. Drummond and-Mrs. *M. Cowanl. We in April 18, 1996 are making big plans for our 75th birthday! We have very spe- cial guests coming. Our O.H.A. president Miss Anne DIESEL ENGINES- CUMMINS, DETROIT & CAT RADIO DISPATCHED TOW TRUCKS MOBILE MECHANICAL SERVICE TRUCK R.fl 1, ORONO, ODNTARIO LOB 1iMO 4 MILES NORTH 0F 401 ON HWY. 115 &35 PHONE (905) 983-9151 - À * i l .m ::: TRUC. ýÀýT-.ýkÈAIRSLTD is there a new baby coniing9 to YOur house?., Then you'11 want to corne out to the Welcome Wagon BABY SHOWER MAY 9, 1996 7:00()P.M. 1BD A\NVILL-LINS 1HALL Spa", is L'imtedl * E\ tin itsforiver l other-to be By Invit ation Only~ For InvitationInqirescal MariaBoon 97530 Recycle This Newspaper 15 GANARASKA LEATHERCRAFT Id. AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR: Tandy Craft - The Leather Factory Bristol Leathers SPhone ahead or by chance 8335 Hwy. 351115, Orono LOB 1 MO (905) 983-9540

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