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by Peler Jaworski Saturday was Canada Day. , comer), receive those hand- The one hundred and thirty shakes and then proceeded to third year, of this massive give them our hands to shake spread of land united under and they accepted and we did. Confederation. truly, shake hands for a period In Kingston, where I go to of time which was later sub- school, I get the chance to stituted by many winking's of fully appreciate the meaning, the eye." Or something like and the odd quirks, of that his- that. toric day. So a handshake and a wink There is Union Street created the 'economies of which once separated Upper scale' we now see. Canada's and Lower Canada. Cross the 'scale', however, is not that street and say 'lower Canada', similar to the United States', step back and say 'upper This means, of course, that we Canada', Tower', 'upper', are more dependent upon and so on. There is a statue of trade than other places, and John A, MacDonald in a are much more susceptible to resplendent pose with his law the 'brain drain' as" younger degree in one hand, the other folks, similar to myself, see a stretched out past the horizon. greater variety of opportuni- i see it every morning. It's ties down south than here, next to my house. Just a matter of numbers, real- Take a stroll through the ly. More people, more 'old' part of town and you'll 'scale', greater variety, a mar- come across two or three ket for nigh near everything, places,where old Johnny used But that's another story. For to live in. They're adorned another time, with plaques. They fail to In the meantime we've got mention, of course, that John several things to be happy A. was once tossed out of his about. For one thing, the apartment for failing to pay handshake has lasted despite his rent. Apparently, - and two referendum's on Quebec don't quote me on this one, he secession, despite the difficult opted for booze over rent. He logistics of housing more cul- had issues. tures than can be imagined, And, of course, Kingston despite the tremendous dis- was the capital of Canada for tance between west and east, a bit before it was moved to and despite the tremendous Ottawa. So Kingston City gravitational pull of our Hall was built with the inten- southern neighbours. We've tion of housing all of held it all together and some- Canada's various minister's, how made it work, premier's, clerk's etc., for big We now have something of meetings of interest to the a healthy economy, we have entire country. So it comes as consecutive debt and deficit- no surprise that Kingston's, reducing governments City Hall is a visually stun- (provincially and federally), ning feast. taxes are on the decline, and So I reside during the politicians are at least trying school year in the place where to keep their noses out of our Canada became Canada, personal business' (but this properly so called. It made flips back and forth all the sense to join together for two time...), obvious reasons back then. So I hope you enjoyed Military reasons were one. To Canada Day for what it really stave off the potential threat means. The unification, in of those United States we name and reality, of many needed more resources and vastly differing people. The more people. So, following a, freedom to move from west to trend set by our southern east across this country with- neighbours, we decided to' out beaurocratic mazes to sort group together. It is said that through and without having to nothing unites like a common produce papers proving that enemy. you are, indeed, who you And then there were eco- claim to be. The creation of at nomic reasons. Business folk, least an implicit trust in your odd as they've always been, neighbours- here and there, demanded something a little The desire, in principle, of more secure than a handshake voluntarily working together and a wink from the leaders of rather than wrangling with the two separate colonies of each other. Britain and France, So they Whether it's pronounced put the handshake and wink 'Zed' or 'Zee', whether a on a piece of paper and we got chesterfield is a couch or not, Canada. whether, on average, we are, "This is to certify that, stereotypically, 'nicer' folks indeed, on July 1st, 1867, or not, and whether we are the they did, in all serious manner first nation of hockey, should and in full mental capacity, all come secondary to the shake hands with us and we, importance of the wink and likewise in all serious manner handshake and the greater and in full mental capacity freedom it affords us. 'Joe's' (except for John there in the brand of silly patriotism may Ordered to clean up Property at. 100 Beaver Street, Newcastle, has failed to meet the Municipal Property Standards. Upon inspection of the property, following a complaint, complaint, municipal staff found several trees had been cut down. The majority of the wood had been chipped, scattered scattered and then left on site. Upon further investigation, investigation, on the same date, April 17, 2000, staff found the wood chips were drastically be a great way to sell beer, but it surely ain't what Canada is about. At least not for me. Comments, responses, and thoughts can be e-mailed to pjaworski@hotmail.com. impeding drainage of this lot, that ultimately could effect drainage of other lots. There was a further concern concern that the 1 water would stagnate, becoming an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes. mosquitoes. - On April 18, an order was sent by registered mail to Mr. Vainio, of Leslie St. Toronto, stating the property had to be cleaned up by May 16, 2000. Vainio had till May 5th, 2000 to appeal the order. Mr. Vainio appealed the Order to the Property Standards Committee, stating he needed more time to complete complete the required work. On June 13, staff again inspected the property and found that some of the wood from the tree was left on site. An attempt had been made to make a,trench through the property to aid the water flow on thé lot. The wood chips remained on the lot as did pieces of wood, tree branches, leaves and other miscellaneous debris. A foul odour was emanating from the property. On June 14, Mr. Vainio failed to appear at a meeting of the Property Standards Committee to deal with this matter. Mr. Vainio now has 14 days to appeal Committee of Council's decision, to order the clean up of his property. In the event Mr. Vainio exhausts his rights to an appeal, Council has authorized authorized staff to clean up the property, and put a lean on Mr, Vairio's property for the amount spent. plus Tux MULTI-MEDIA DSG Multi-Media (proud sponsor of the Darlington Under 13 Rep Soccer Te< 210 King Street East, Bowmanville (905) 697-9949 Email us at: dsgmm@home.com Check out our Web Site at: www.dsgsystems.com