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.. OroroWeekly Times Wednesday. July 17, 1996 3 The eyes staring back at me in the mirror look the same. On the inside I am the same. Hopefully a little wiser and a lot less gullible. But everything else is dif- ferent! Today I celebrated another birthday. Yes, I have aged over the years despite the fact that I often feel like that fifteen year old girl who fell in love and set out on a new path in life. If I don't catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror I can still muster up the youthful confi- dence I once had in my slim figure and long silky hair. Today I am a little heavier and the hair is cropped short. I am still the same person however I look at myself. About a month ago I gave an elderly woman a facial. She was nearly eighty. As soon as I saw her deeply wrin- kled face and realized her age I thought I would give her a nice pampering facial and fin- ish off by letting her select a blush and lipstick to try. Don't ever pre-judge a per- son! That wonderful woman had bad cataracts and could barely see but she insisted on trying the works. Mascara, eyeliner, lipliner, eyeshadow ... All of it. During her facial she regaled me with heartwarm- ing tales of her youth. We found that our pasts had a common link. When Hurricane Hazel hit Toronto in 1953 we resided in the same neighbourhood. I was only a baby at the time. Over the years mom and dad had told me the hor- ror stories of how we spent the night in a tree waiting to be rescued. Our house on the lakeshore had been washed out by the heavy flooding. To hear similar stories from this woman reminded me of how much I missed hearing these tales since mom and dad passed away over thir- teen years ago. We were survivors of Hurricane Hazel. As the elderly woman told me of her present life I realized that she was a woman who did not give in to aging meekly. Even with her eye problems she led an active life; golfing, garden- ing, shopping, house-clean- ing. After her facial she pointed to a black and white photo on the wall. It was the face of a beautiful young woman. 'If I don't look in the mirror, if I close my eyes, I still feel like the same girl in that pic ture. Except for the arthritis and cataracts slowing me down a bit. I'm still that girl.' I stared at the photo and could not find her in the youthful features. The nose, the chin, peaches and cream complexion, long smooth neck, delicately arched brows. Then I found her. Staring at me with clear smiling eyes I found her. Buried deep beneath the cloudy veil of time were those same eyes watching me assess her in her youth. If I close my eyes I am still that young girl full of dreams and expectations that I was many years ago. Hopefully, when I reach TOWN'S LOSS FAMILY'S QAIN Rain, sleet snow anid ice Never once did Johni think twice He'd plow your road§ He'd clear your snoW He'd make it safe fMô you to go. He's done his job He's ready to go So don't call him whel you get snow His feet are up His fire aglow. Johnny Gordon after 37+ years of dedi- cated service to the Town of Clarington is finally ready to hang up his hard bat. July 31, 1996. Job Well Done Dad Love your family ORIENTEERING WORKSHOP Are you lost? Tired of being told where to go and how to get there? If you answered yes to any of these questions then cone out and join the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority's Orienteering Workshop on Wednesday, July 17th at Enniskillen Conservation Area. The work- shop will start from the recre- ation centre at 7:30 pm. Come out and learn how to find a direction with and without a compass. This event is FREE to the public, however, space is lim- ited. To reserve your spot, or for more information please contact the Authority office at (905) 579-0411. Book early to avoid disappointment. Please bring a pencil, paper and a clipboard. Directions: The Enniskillen Conservation Area is located nbrth of Bowmanville. Take Regional Road 57 north to the 7th Concession, go west on the 7th Concession to Holt Road, turn north on Holt Road and follow to the park entrance, turn left at the park entrance to the recreation centre. eighty I will feel the same way as this woman. Birthday wishes can be mailed to You're not getting older You're getting better' Sandra Thornhill c/o Orono Times Recycle this newspaper. Letters To The Editor J/ôt ,a j£maga., i(appçj 13tîh Dear Editor, If there is a "good news" side to the latest unemploy- ment figure in Ontario of 10%, it is the promise made by Mike Harris that should he fail to deliver 750,000 new jobs, he will resign. The tax cut promise made by Mike Harris, will cost up to $28-billion over the next five years, and is being financed by cutting jobs and services while maintaining a deficit exceeding $8-million. That could go even higher if provin- cial revenues continue to fall. The laundry list of services and programs and sectors devastated by the Harris Tories is so long it numbs the brain. Public services are in crisis in every sector: educa- tion, heath care, housing, social services, natural resources, the environ- ment...The casualty list is fearsome,. while they cut sert vices to pay for a $5-billion tax cut that will mostly help the wealthy. It is time for people to unite, we cannot afford not to, to fight the Tories' program which was developed by the sharks who eut their teeth with right-wing American Republicans. Seniors in par- ticular must unite as one, before we are stripped of everything we worked long and hard for in our Golden Years. Don't let it happen! Gord Mills Dear Editor, On July 15th the user- charges for drugs ordered by a physician for seniors and others in receipt of social ben- efits, comes into effect. What I find most disturbing is that SHOP AROUND, GET YOUR BEST PRICE THEN CALL US FOR YOUR BETTER- PRICE We give you the maximum $$$ for your Trade-In Toll Free from Area Codes 905 or 705 at 1 800-361-8154.or local calls 885-8154 s :j je-O Authorized Sales & Service Centre for: • Camcorders • VCR's •Cc 9 Microwaves • TV's • Accessories • Stereo Systems • Telephones • Top 100 CD's & Tapes the pharmacist, upon filing the particulars of the person seeking medication into his computer, is automatically told what the person should pay, by way of user fee or as the Tories prefer to call it, a "co-payment." What this does, by reason of category and the different applicable charges, is to let those involved working in a pharmacy, determine a per- son(s) income. It would appear that in order to "load' the computers in a pharmacy, with the relevant information, that this information must have been obtained through access to income tax files. If this is in fact the case, and I can't think how else informa- tion involving a persons income could be obtained, it surely must be an invasion of privacy. Seniors need to complain vigorously to their pharma- cist when they present a pre- scription for filling. If enough do, then perhaps the income information can be taken out of the computers. Gord Mills Trent University Fall-Winter Session Part-Time Studies Brochure Available Now! Take a course or pursue a degree. Courses offered mornings, afternoons and evenings. Registration deadline: *August 15 For information or a brochure call: (705) 748-1229 We invite you to visit our Web site http://www. trentu.ca/admin/jbc 17 ap Love Mom, Dad and Meghan SCOINI PAiNA % SANYO SONY - JVC - GOLDSTARR tte Le 1 le