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SECTION TWO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1988 Etje Canadian Statesman Firefighters Hold First Annual Picnic in Orono 623-3303 (JÊNa Durham County's Great Family Journal ed 134 \ ' Established 1 oo in 1854. Also Incorporating The BowmanviMe News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King SL W., Bowmanvllle, Ontario L1C 3K9 JOHN M. JAMES Editor--Publisher GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. RICHARD A. JAMES Assistant Publisher BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. PETER PARROTT Associate Editor DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. layouts and composition of advertisements produced by .... 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Sunday Shopping Debate Like sunshine, freedom is a curious curious phenomenon, bestowing upon its recipients immeasureble joy when used in moderation while inflicting jjrea't harm when applied too liberal- This truth should be shouted in the loudest voice from the highest tower in hopes that proponents of full and open Sunday shopping will take note and understand: not only should rights be enjoyed by individuals, society society too has rights which need protection. protection. In this age when concern for individual individual freedom of choice and action supersedes any similar concern for the collective well-being, the importance importance of resisting this trend increases daily. Refusing to allow Sunday shopping in Ontario is a splendid means toward this end. The justification offered for allowing allowing shopping on Sundays falls neatly into two categories. One is an economic economic argument which promises increased increased prosperity and more jobs; the other holds aloft the banner of "freedom "freedom at any cost"as it tramples over traditional notions of what Sunday represents and should be. Let us deal with the latter first. To argue that freedom is impinged in a province where stores open six of seven days, many for 24 hours of each day, and where most people cannot take out sufficient sufficient loans to help them finance what they otherwise would purchase during six days of shopping is ridiculous. ridiculous. There are laws which require us to pay taxes, drive only while sober, sober, wear seat belts, register guns, and so on ad nauseum. Society has chosen to restrict our freedom in these' instances because, on the whole, society society is adversely affected without such provisions. Likewise, the population would suffer suffer under a regime of Sunday shopping. shopping. The family, beleaguered and scarred, finds Sunday a respite from the forces which seek to splinter it during the rest of the week. A growing growing chant echoes across the country demanding state-run daycare to al- low parents to earn their living. If we are unable to create sufficient spaces for children now, what logic suggests a move to expand the demand? That the negative effects of a drunk driver are more sensational and immediately immediately obvious than are the various regrettable regrettable results of Sunday shopping does not diminish the negative impact impact the policy will cause. In econ omic terms, the shopping mall, a disease which spreads sameness sameness and injures creativity, is really a massive electromagnet, constantly dragging thousands of people, trapped in tneir metal cars, toward this centre of the universe: the mall. There, these people wander through a mass of parked cars so they can wander through the mass of stores which are full of people who also have been caught in the mall's magnetic field. It is healthy for someone to flick a switch and shut off the juice to these magnets but one day a week and allow allow people to regroup and gain their bearings for another week of flocking to the centre of their universe. Nonsense, blurt the mall owners: the benefits to be gained far outweigh such considerations. By opening Sunday they will create more jobs and maybe even lower prices because their economies of scale will improve. improve. Perhaps this is true. But if so, then it must follow that working 12 hour days would produce further prosperity prosperity and possibly lower prices. We could all work every waking hour to - further reduce prices and create jobs, but amidst our newly created prosperity prosperity we would soon ponder the dilemma dilemma of when we could revel in the benefits benefits of our success. The line between working diligently enough to create wealth and taking time to relax 'and enjoy it was discovered by Canadian unions in the early years of this century; century; since then the task of defining , this line has been slow and difficult. Increasing the number of shopping days in Ontario will certainly move us back toward a time when peace of mind amid our material prosperity was checked by the need to work harder harder to achieve ever increasing benefits. benefits. i Sunday should be a day of reflection reflection and enjoyment. Perhaps also while we are reflecting, someone somewhere will stop to realize how incredibly incredibly fortunate we are to be bickering bickering over how many days we will be allotted to gobble up the vast material wealth we create and consume. Note that the debate does not centre on any deprivation of the necessities of life. Closing stores on Sundays will not leave people hungry or unable to acquire acquire all that they could otherwise possess. Perhaps the solace of Sundays Sundays will show us that someone far greater than we is pulling _the_ strings and that we should be ' along for the ride. Ifm anù Blatant fast De thankful we are Politics and Sports Mixed Last month, External Affairs Minister Minister Joe Clark stood up and proclaimed proclaimed that henceforth professional South African athletes were no longer welcome to compete in Canada. This action by the Canadian government, he said, would signal to the world, and particularly to the South African government, the outrage and disgust with which Canadians view apartheid. apartheid. Certainly apartheid is a horrible system of oppression which all Canadians Canadians should stand together to oppose. 1 The ban on South African athletes, however, is selective morality and Canadians should stand together to oppose this also. Unless an announcement or two has gone unnoticed, Cuban athletes are still welcome to compete in Canada. Canada. Why mention Cuba? Only because because they are one of the largest exporters exporters of terrorism and warfare in the world. It is Cuban troops that have helped keep the war raging in Angola for many years. It is Cuba which is used by groups such as the PLO and the IRA to train terrorists to hijack airplanes and to bomb innocent victims. victims. , , Fidel Castro captains such a horrible horrible ship that Cuban-born criminals incarcerated in American prisons last year dramatically demonstrated their preference for life in an American American prison rather than "freedom" in Cuba. Yet, no peep has been heard from Mr. Clark's office challenging the Castro regime to allow its citizens to come and go freely from Cuba, or highlighting the human rights violations violations which occur there daily. And what of Chile from which we hear daily of drastic and despicable crimes against its citizens? And what of Libya, Nicaragua, and Poland? Despite the Soviet Union's recent interest in public relations, there remain remain Christians and Jews who arc ; !■ S:'?; ? A large crowd of firefighters and their families from the four stations in the Town of Newcastle attended attended the first annual Firefighters' Picnic recently at Orono Park. There were games and races for the youngsters, supervised by the four clowns, Bill Hes- son, Alf Aldread, Gord Weir and Gary Oliver. 25 Years Ago, August 28, 1963. John David Allin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Allin, Waverley Rd. South, won the coveted award of Best Showman in the Calf Club entries on Saturday at Black- stock, receiving a pen and pencil set from J.G. Porter, Manager of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Port Peny. Roy W. Nichols garage at Courtice in undergoing major major alterations under the expert expert eye of builder Charlie Warren of Hampton. The front is being fixed up and a large addition is also planned for the year. Two new teachers will be welcomed to Bowmanville High School on Tuesday when 530 pupils are expected expected to return to the grind. Henry Von Schilling, Kitchener, Kitchener, replaces Miss Helen Cowan, teaching maths, in all grades, and Gordon Sa- france, Windsor, will teach English History and coach football. The agricultural building is expected to be ready for use. The Cochrane name has long been associated with raising fine horses in this area, but Ray" Cochrane, R.R.l, Enniskillen, devotes his spare time energy to ponies. ponies. He has about 20 of them on his farm, but his day long occupation is with the railway, in Oshawa. At Blackstock Fair on Saturday, the Ray Cochrane family won many awards with their ponies. The plaque on the new Base Line Bridge over Soper Creek in the industrial area won unveiled last evening in a cermony at 6:45 o'clock. Annie Oke, the only woman member of Town Council, unveiled the plaque. Attending were Councillor Councillor Ken Hooper, Councillor Glenholme Hughes, Reeve Sidney Little and Councillor Roy W. Nichols; Clarence Oke, the Town Assessor; T.K. Stewat, Works Superintendent, Superintendent, and Councillor Wesley Wesley Fice. The inscription reads: "Quarry Bridge, erected 1963, Ivan M. Hobbs, Mayor; Roy W. Nichols, Roads and Streets Committee Chairman; Chairman; Reeve Sidney Little, committee member; Councillor Councillor Ken Hooper, Committee Member; Proctor and Red- fern, Consulting engineers; McLean - Foster Construction Construction Limited, General Contractors. Contractors. 10 Years Ago, Wednesday, September 6, 1978. Ontario Hydro's Darlington Darlington Generating Station has cost the municipality over half a million dollars so far. But, the good news for taxpayers taxpayers is that all of this amount will be paid by Hydro Hydro as a result of a series of agreements between the municipality municipality and Hydro. St. Marys Cement Company Company announced to-day that it has acquired all the assets of Wyandotte Cement Inc. of Michigan which will give the company access to U.S. markets and is its first move out of Ontario since it was founded in 1912. Bowmanville's first Recycling Recycling Depot has now been established established at the Goodyear Parking lot every Saturday from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. It is E onsored by the Newcastle îvironment Watchers, a group formed from the Conservation Conservation Centre. Leonard Sims of Newfoundland Newfoundland was elected National National President of Kinsmen Clubs, succeeding Don Mas- terson of Blackstock at the 58th annual convention held in Regina recently. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Nichols, Kingston, spent the weekend with his father, Mr. L. B. Nichols, Carlisle Avenue. Avenue. 50 Years Ago, Thursday, September 1, 1938. Mrs. J.H.H. Jury, was the guest speaker at the Women's Women's Institute meeting held on Thursday, at the home of Mrs. C.H. Hail, Chapel St. At the Peterborough Exhibition Exhibition recently, Pleasant View Garden, operated by George B. Bickel and Sons, Bowmanville were awarded no less than 36 prizes in the fruit and vegetables division. Newton Taylor and Sons, Burketon and Alfred Ayre of Hampton also won awards. Bowmanville Royals defeated defeated Port Hope three games straight to win the Intermediate Intermediate Lakeshore League title. Tea: Learn members are Bowmanville Bowmanville - Cameron rf., Ames, 2b, Williams, SS, Colville, Colville, If, Corden lb, Osborne, c, Bagnell, cf, Bagnell, 3b, Witheridge, p. Port Hope -Phillips, cf, Wakely.rf, 3b, Brown, 2b, ss, Hudson, If, Dawley, p, 3b, Edwardson, lb, Rowcliffe, c, J. Phillips, ss, Johnson, ss, Lenahan, 2b, Douglas, 3b. Batteries: Port Hope - Dawley, Pointer and Rowcliffe; Rowcliffe; Bowmanville - Witheridge Witheridge and Osborne. toy Peter Parrott persecuted for professing a belief in God. There remain political troublemakers troublemakers who languish in a state of drugged animation, free only to roam the nails of the psychiatric hospital in which they are imprisoned. Dissidents Dissidents (described as such because they wish to leave the Soviet Union) are routinely denied permission to leave and subsequently harrassed for having having expressed such an interest. The Helsinki Accords, which spell out universal human rights and to which the Soviet Union is a signatory, are of special importance in the Kremlin. Its hundreds of pages seem to burn brighter than plain paper on cold Moscow nights when the warmth of a fire is required. Obviously, our government has selected selected South Africa for this special censure because it feels South Africa is uniquely awful. On the face of it, we do not see such evidence. In 1980, when much of the world boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics Olympics because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (an action the Soviets still claim was fraternal aid and have not apoligized for despite their decision to withdraw) cries echoed throughout Canada that politics and' sport should not be mixed and that the action was hopelessly inadequate to have any effect on Soviet actions. These arguments are still valid. But the lack of protest is conspicuously absent. absent. It seems that where race is concerned concerned logic is discarded. Because the oppression in South Africa is Black against White, because that kind of human suffering receives an enormous amount of media attention, we have banned South African ath- It smacks suspiciously of a salve on the conscience of the Mr. Clark and the department lie heads. Or worse, it is blatant political opportunism. opportunism. Either way we don't like it. This is one of the most pleasant times of the year for the gardener, t It's something that a non-gardener wouldn't exactly understand because because of the fact that the days are growing shorter and the temperatures are dropping. But the nongardener nongardener also fails to understand that the autumn autumn months are the time to plant the most perfect garden of all. It's the one you're planning for next year. On the surface, the gardener may appear to be harvesting vegetables, pruning trees, mulching roses, and generally doing doing all the things that are necessary to get. the garden garden ready for winter. But the mind of the gardener at this time of the year is not entirely on the enjoyment of the fruits of nis or her labour. labour. It's next year's garden that is now under consideration. consideration. Gardening is many things to many people. But few would disagree that it is above all a learning process. The books written for gardeners gardeners always seem to fall short of completely explaining what must be done to raise the perfect tomato, harvest a bumper crop of salsify or raise onions from seed. What you have to do is learn by experience. There's just no way to learn to garden without getting your hands dirty. And no matter how many times a gardener has seen seedtime and harvest, the fact of the matter is that every season season adds another year's experience to the gardener's gardener's store of knowledge. Therefore, the autumn is a time for harvesting not only the vegetable garden but also newfound newfound knowledge. So what if the Chinese cabbage cabbage bolted to seed in early early June. Next year, you'll know enough to plant early. Or what of the fact that the garlic News Briefs "COURTICE CITIZENS TO MEET--The Cour- tice and Area Citizens' Association will hold its annual meeting at the Courtice Secondary School cafeteria next month. The meeting takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 20. STAMP CLUB EXHIBITION -- On Saturday, September 24, the Cobouvg Stamp Club will present its annual show and exhibition. This show lakes place in the St. Peter's Church Hall, King St. East, Cobourg. Winning stamp displays will be available forvicwingand there are draw and door prizes. WIN COUNTRY AWARDS -- Tim Taylor and Anita Perras have once again captured several of Canada's top country music honors. They won the award for best country duo for the third time. In addition, Anita received the award for best single, while one of Tim's tunes won the prize for best song. Tim is a former Bowmanville hoy who grew up on Duke St. The popular country music couple lived here until about a year ago when they moved to Oshawa. bulbs whithered and rotted rotted in the soil. Well, next year you'll know enough to plant them the previous fall. Are some of the carrots no more than the size of toothpicks? Not to worry. Next year, you will definitely definitely thin them out for better root growth. Of course, some of the above observations may suggest that gardening is a hobby filled with wilting leaves, voracious voracious bugs and all-round misery. Experienced gardeners will know that just the opposite is true. Nature is extremely prolific and seldom fails to paint a canvas alive with the colors and textures textures of foliage, sprouts, flowers, roots, and pods. Nervous perfectionists who wring their hands over the discovery of a single earwig feasting on a basil leaf should probably consider another another avocation less subject to the whims of nature. But for those willing to accept a certain amount of give-and-take, gardening gardening will be a joy. Gardening is certainly certainly a never-ending process process of learning. And one of the reasons for this is the fact that there are constant opportunities to experiment with new varieties varieties of seeds and plants. Average supermarkets supermarkets will not carry such items as rhubarb chard or turnip rooted celery or Ilomburg parsley or yellow yellow tomatoes. But seed catalogues are a paperback paperback cornucopia of future possibilities. Gardeners discover rather quickly in their learning process that they must discipline themselves to growing a limited number of plants, They never have enough space to try everything and are frequently frequently found enlarging the boundaries of the flower beds or vegetable patch just a few more feet for just one more variety. variety. Of course, it would take the Garden of Eden and then some to contain everything that the backyard backyard horticulturalist hopes to grow. Hence, gardening is, to a large extent, a process process of planning and setting setting priorities -- skills which are also important in areas outside the backyard fence. An entire column could be .written about the enjoyment of scanning seed catalogues or reviewing reviewing books on. growing growing things. For instance, there's an entire volume written just on the topic of tomatoes, how to grow them, and the varieties which are available. But the task of reading such material is reserved reserved for the winter months when the snow is about as high as the window window sill and the only green outdoors emerges from the tips of the snow- covered evergreen branches. You see, even then, the gardener can be kept occupied occupied with the learning and planning tasks that are as much a part of gardening as is fertilizing, fertilizing, weeding, or double Tfiere are parts of the world where frost never appears and plants grow profusely year-round. The gardener from the north looks enviously at those who can, for example, example, grow geraniums from seed planted in March. But, on the other hand, the four distinct seasons of Canada give the gardener gardener something to look forward to at every turn. And, since gardening is a study in expectations, the seasonal nature of northern gardening is actually more of a benefit benefit than a drawback. That's why, these days, the typical gardener gardener is not the least bit sad about the lengthening of the evening hours or the cool nip in the air each morning. He or she knows that the fall and winter will provide time to plan and dream about the most perfect garden of all. That garden is the one which exists in the mind of the gardener under the heading of "Next Year". Hats Off to a Colleague All too frequently, those of us in the newspaper business spend so much time writing week-by-week history that we ignore our own. Or, at least, we fail to make full use of the historical resources we collect from years of coverage of community events. The Port Perry Star should be commended commended for this week's issue because it combines not only, the history of printing and publishing in the Port Perry/Prince Albert community but also the stoiy of the past 25 years at the Port Perry Star. It's been 25 years since the Hvid- sten family took over the ownership of the Port Perry newspaper. And to mark this occasion, publisher Peter Hvidsten wanted to do something extra extra special for his community. . The result is a unique, 56-page section section which links the past 25 years of community journalism in Port Perry and area with the longstanding newspaper tradition that began in Prince Albert with the publication of The Ontario Observer in 1857. This special edition was clearly a labor of love for Peter Hvidsten and his staff. The research took about one year to complete and the resulting pages are solid reading, uninterruptedly uninterruptedly a single advertisement or commercial commercial message of any kind. History History buffs will snap up these copies very quickly, since the information includes includes not only tales from the days of one dollar per year subscriptions and front page ads for dentists and auctioneers auctioneers but also a detailed summary of the events which have transpired in Scugog Township in the past 25 years. During the time that it has been owned by the Hvidsten family, the Port Perry Star has compiled an impressive impressive list of awards from the Canadian Canadian newspaper industry. And we'll be very surprised if this latest effort doesn't bring them yet another such honor. So, we congratulate the Hvidsten family on its past 25 years and we salute salute the Port Perry Star for its record of 123 years of consecutive publication. publication. Their achievement does, however, bring to mind the fact that The Canadian Canadian Statesman is in its 134th year. Which means that sometime shortly after the turn of the century, we will be observing our sesquicentennial. Perhaps we should start our research research now.