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HO.ENL. RPlor hospital The Hospital Equipment Lottery Project for People (H.E.L.P.) has been operated by volunteers for 10 years now. That's 10 volunteers who seli tickets five days a week in the main lobby of the hospital. Over $46,800 has been donated to the hospitai over this time. The latest donation of $1 5,000 was used for Ophthalmology equipment. Front row: Ieft to right - Mary Fletcher - Foundation Treasurer, Lorraine Ritchie - Lottery convener, Judy Wenman H.E.L.P., Olive W ilmot, Second row: Anna Stri ke - Past President Foundation, Erie Elliot, Pat Griffin, Trish Down - Program Director Surgical Care Team, Back row: Dr. A. Ro - Ophthalmologist, Doug James - Foundation President, Ted Ritchie. Arthur Black THE LINGO COPS ARE 'WATCHING YOU!'T Victorian: adj. ssociated wNith attitudes attributed to the Victorian] Age, esp). of prudery and moral strictnless. Thie Canadlian Oxford Dictionary Oie of the ironies of the wvord Victorian is (that it takes ils naine fromn a lady wvho \vas- n't terribly ... well, Victorian. Queen Vi ctoria was, by ail accounts, a lusty old broad. She had nine children and made no bones about her healthy interest in carîîally con- sorting with lier Consort, Albert, whenever she got the chance. The other iroîîy is that we of the twentieth century look dlown our noses ai so-called Victorian behaviour when we are in fact living through a tiîrue that makes the V!ictor;ian Agec look positively li1cen1îjous. Consîder language. Earllier this year a U.S. goverii-enit officiaI lost'his job for using the word 'niggardly' in a press "- release. There is absolutely nothing reprehiensible about tlhc word 'niggardly'. lt's a word wc pickpocketed froîîî the Scandinaviaiîs, for- wlioîn it încaîîs ,'m iserly'- . ITlie Caànadian Oxford Dictionary 1 quotcd above defines n iggardly as 'stiîîgy, parsiîiioniJOLS'. No uîaticr. A patiietie îaî fu i of bn aainPtrtns i ignistca ykuîIow lcdgeabîlu, decided thiat the word "sounded bad" -- souîided, iin fact, like the w\ord " ge" Wh vhoir may recal, is what black activist Dick Gregory titled his autobiogra- phy. Or perhaps they were wor- ried that a governî-nent offi- cial's use of the terni 'niggard- ly' threatened the copyright of the Pop Chartbusting Rap .Group 'Niggaz with Attitude'. Whatever the rationalisa- tion, it's dluîb and it's cow- ard ly. Nervous Nellies and gonad- less Word Policeare slaLighte- ing perfectly good words lcft nd right. Did you know the latest edition of the Officiai Scrabble Dictionary no longer recognizes the words 'fatso- and 'poof'?. Som-e people igh-lt find thenm offenîsive. There's a niovemlent afoot ii Washington te, ban the word 'chicaniery' fronm everyday Use. Eveni though il derives froin a Frcnich word chicaner, miean ingý to quLibble, politiciaîîs waîît to amputate il fronm hie Englishi lcxicoîî. They're concerned thlat the terrm 'chicanery' îniglit offeîîd citizens of Flispaie descentI. Souîîîds Soning l', ike ýtheý word 'Chicano' you sec. Needless to say, harmless, time-hionoured clichés such as 'a chinik in one's arm-our' and 'a nip ii)i the air' also give these m-odem-i day Miss Grundys the gall1oping heebiejeebies. WVell, 1 say to bell wi1th themr. The Englishi languiage belongs to ail of us, iin ail it's vibrant and various hues. We don't have to, stop using words just because som-e quasi-hyster- ical semni-literate decides some perfectly sound word sounds like somehing they find offen- s ive. And I have a few words l'di lîke to address to these self- appointed Language Nazis. Those words are Crappie, Bush Tii, and Black-throated Dick Cisseil -- oh yes, and also Bra Checese. Racy, huh? Not liardly. Bra cheese is a dairy by-prpduct you eau, buy in just about any fromnaggio shop Italy. Crappies are a species of freshwater tish. Bush Tuts and Dick Cisseils are song birds. If you thoughit anything cisc, thien you inust have a dirty mi nd. Rerninds me of the story told of Samuel Johnson, the g reat lexicographier. Johnson spent nine years working on his famnous, dictionary. At the, publication celebration, a pair of London society imatrons approached the Doctor, warm ly congratu iating imii on produe- ing the book -- and particularly praised -him ýfor bis -omission of ail naughity words."' "Whiat! -My dears!" roared thie Doctor with a guffaw, "Then you have been searching for tliei i? IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE1 The Municipality of Clarington is p leased to announce to the public that nomination forms for the upcoming Volunteer Recognition Awards Night are available at the Municipal Administrative Centre locat- ed on Temperance Street (Bowmanville) across from Canada Post. Organizations and lndivid- uals may, nominate Clarington residents who have demonstrated an ongo- ing commitment as a com- munlty volunteer. Nominces are considered in the cate- gories of sports/recreation; culture /heritage; seniors; and_ civic /social services. Recognition for continuous years of service (5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years). Nominations are lmited to no more than 5 nomiÉnees/organizatîon. For more information, regarding the Munlcipality of Clarington Volunteer Recognition Awards please, contact Marie Knight Stanley, Deputy Clerk, or Jennifer Cooke. Marketing & Tourism Officer, at (905) 623-3379 durlng normal business hours. Clarington Fire Calis The Clarlngton Fire Departiment responded to the following callîs durlnig the period of March 8 to March 14, 1999: 1 property fire; -1 pre-fire condition: 6 false fire calis; 5 public hazard calls; 4 rescues; 14 medical/resusci- tator cails and 1 other response. NEWCASTLE FTJNERAL HOME, rFuwtraH71 irector - Car( Good * Personal, professional, affordable service. Genesis Bereavement Resource Centre on-site to serve the community. 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