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! l 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 27,1982 Section Two Byline... O By Peter Parrott Waiting is the hard part. You can travel from Toronto to Timbuktu in hours; you can cook a meal in minutes and have clothes cleaned or pictures developed the same day. But even though almost everything today is instantaneous, there are a few things which never change. Take, for example, the arrival of a baby. Mother Nature has decreed that babies, on average, require nine months, 270 days, or 6,480 hours before they can be born. And in an age when computer experts can split the second into a thousand parts, Mother Nature still takes her own sweet time. Perhaps, in days when time was measured by seasons and harvests, waiting for a new arrival didn't take so much patience. But to me, living in modern, instantaneous times, nine months seems awfully long. I sometimes wonder if the day we first learned of the upcoming birth was before or after the last ice age. It all seems that long ago. Fortunately, I understand the advantages of the mandatory nine months of waiting. For one thing, nothing is greeted with more appreciation and joy than something you wait for. Newborns certainly know how to build suspense over that nine-month • period. In other words, they know now to make an entrance. And, of course, the nine months are time to really get prepared for the new arrival. There's time to get a room painted, buy a crib, and read a whole library of literature which you never knew existed. You find yourself, for example, taking sides on the issue of cloth or disposable diapers. And it's also time to attend pre-natal classes, think up names, and dream a little. \ Everyoi.e agrees that the nine months of waiting are for the baby to grow and develop. That's true, of course. But also important is the gestation of parents which takes place during that same time! Those 270 days, more or less, lead to not only the arrival of a child, but also the birth of a pair of parents. have begun to Place First and Second in Harrier Meet | . '\ - V : ' • . _ ' W, ' ' -I '/ ■ 4 ■ i ■fc'i. %I5 V r • y: These Cour tice South students turned in winning performances in harrier meets/for the Darlington junior schools and for the western area junior schools. At the Darlington meet, Brenda Walsh (right) placed first and Lori Glazier was second When the western area competition took place, Brenda had a second-place finish, while Lori Glazier came fifth. Scott's Chicken Villa Novice Toros The Scott's Chicken Villa Novice Toros split a two game weekend with a 7-1 loss to Stouffville and then a 4-1 win against LNHL Canadians of Oshawa The. Scott's Chicken Villa Toros overcame their mental errors of the day before by continually beating the Canadians Canadians to the puck. Their excellent excellent forechecking resulted in many opportunities. Jeff White opened the scoring with an excellent pass from David Real from the corner. The next two goals came from Todd Cannings and Chris McCarthey with assists from Ryan Stewart, Kyle Purdy, Steve Godsmark and Chad Armstrong. With the game already 3-0, the Canadians' Jason Fleming finally put Oshawa on the scoreboard. Toros' David Real finished the scoring in the third period with another assist from Chad Armstrong. CAMP sx» SAMAC SAMAC SCOUT SHOP CAMPSAMAC 1711SIMCOE STREET NORTH OSHAWA, ONTARIO 725-5722 For All Your Scouting Needs! h NEW HOURS Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. t Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Until December 31,1982) PHONE & MAIl ORDERS WELCOME HUY iJl.. .ac. r i. IV SCOUT rr shop TAUNTON KOAD HIGHWAY 401 Area Men Reappointed to Agricultural Review Bd. Nine individuals have been named to the Agricultural Licensing and Registration Review Board, Agriculture and Food Minister Dennis Timbrell announced today. The board hears appeals arising from eases where licences issued by the Ministry Ministry have been refused, suspended suspended or revoked. These licences are issued under a variety of acts such as the Livestock Community Sales Act, the Live Stock and Live Stock Products Act and the Meat Inspection Act. "Tlie board functions as an important appeal mechanism and provides protection for applicants and those holding licences issued by my Ministry," Ministry," Timbrell said. William Coker of Kenora is the new member of the review board, appointed for a one- year term; the others are reappointments. Edward Kowal of Mississauga, Mississauga, formerly of Bowmanville is reappointed chairman of the board for a term of three years. Also reappointed for three years are William Backus of St. Catharines and Douglas Palmer of Schom- berg. 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