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Black (continued from page 8) Montels or Judge Judys cr Sally Jesse y Raphaels cr Geraldos. I don't remember, exactly :how we spent all those limpi d lazy afternoons -- down at the swimming hole, maybe. Possibly playing pickup baseball or hide and, go seek. If we'd tried to stay in the house, our mothers would have chased us out with a broom. I know for certain that we didn't stay inside and watch TV. Until after supper. Once dinner was done, as if, on command, we all, kids and adults, gathered round arid hunkered down in. the living room to watch the tube, like junk-starved addicts. And what we watched . were Westerns. From after supper '.til bedtime. bedtime. You think I exaggerate? C Check this list: Hopalo ig Cassidy. The Lone Ranger. Gene Autry. The Cisco Kid. Wild Bill Hickock. Kit Carson. The Range Rider. Roy Rogers. Annie Oakley. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Gunsmoke. Cheyenne. Sugarfoot. Bronco. Tales of Wells Fargo. Trackdown. Wanted Dead of Alive. Have Gun Will Travel. Wagon Train. Maverick. The Restless Gun. Tombstone Territory. Colt .45. The Texan. The Rifleman. The Rebel. And those are just the Westerns that galloped across our TV screens during the 1950's! In the next decade, Westerns took off and things really heated up with all new shows like „Rawh de, Bonanza, The Deputy, Laramie and Bat Masterson, to name but a few. An interesting phenomenon, phenomenon, the TV Western. Stripped down to their boots and saddles, Westerns almost always relied on just a handful of staples. You had your rootless men, drifting across an arid landscape, picking up an odd job here and there, solving all manner of intractable problems with the judicious^ application of snarls, fists and .45 slugs. And occasionally -- very occasionally -- kissing the girl. Then riding off into the sunset. Some shows cracked the mold a bit. Bonanza told the story of a big time (100,000 acres) Texas rancher, Pa Cartwright, and his three hormone-besotted hormone-besotted sons. The Rifleman was all about a single father/farmer ^ raising a pre-pubescent lad between blood lettings. But most Westerns were as formulaic formulaic as a Popeye cartoon or an" Elizabethan morality play: Improbable as they were,, my generation greV up on Orouo Weekly Times, Wednesday. February G, 2002 -ft Westerns. Now if I was a Generation X-er, I'd be asking myself what it might mean to be living.under living.under a whole layer of decision-makers weaned on a diet of TV horse operas, wherein the problems of the world were always solved by clenched jaws, bunched fists and six-shooters. In one-half hour" (with time out for com r mercials) week in, week out. What if, for instance, we had the head honcho of the western world saying things like "We'll track 'em down, we'll smoke 'em out. We'll take 'em dead or alive." Naw. That could never happen. Clarington Community Care presents A Musical Evening Saturday, February 16th, 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United Church 116 Church Street, Bowmanville Adults $10 • Children $5 • Family $25 Tickets: 905-623-2261 (also available at the door) Proceeds to Clarington Community Care initiatives including: including: Foot Care, Meals op Wheels, Transportation, Visiting, I Home Help and Maintenance and Mental Health Programs I Featuring local talent including: The Bowmanville High School Women's Choir, Vocalists, Chamber Ensembles, Men's Quartet, Women's Trio, Classical Guitarist In ' E Northcutt Elliott Funeral Home THOUGHTFULNESS, SERVICE & CONCERN A Family Owned Business, Offering: Traditional Funeral Services Pre-arranged & Prepaid Services - Cremation Arrangements Alternatives to Traditional Funerals - Out of Town Shipping CORY KUIPERS - PRESIDENT 905-623-5668 : OFF STREET PARKING 53 Division Street ,■ Bowmanville, Ontario Lit' 2/8 ope OTeritage fair & Sak presented by the East Durham Historical Society Lion's Centre, Port Hope A VISUAL HISTORY OF PORT HOPE AND HOPE TOWNSHIP' Sunday, February 24th, 2002 12 Noon to 4:00 p.m. ' Dealers' Dkpïaÿs ami Memorabilia Admission $2 ~ Free Coffee and Tea Lunch Available * *i rs EArmmursv - Tables at No Charge Still Available For Further informai ion call 905-797-2450 Leading the Way CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY QF CLARINGTON PUBLIC NOTICE www.munlcipality.clarington.on.ca BURNING BY-LAW IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON -.BY-LAW 2001-113 The Ontario Fire Code prohibits Outdoor burning unless approved. Outdoor or open air burning is prohibited in the Municipality of' Clarington' until a permit from Clarington Emergency & Fire Services is obtained. Certain restrictions apply. i. 2002: Violators of this By-law will be assessed for the cost of manpower and firefighting equipment used to extinguish the fire. Appliances solely designed for cooking purposes are exempt from, this by-law. For further «information please contact Clarington Emergency & Fire Services Headquarters at 905-623-5126. Leading the Way CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON « PUBLIC NOTECE www.municipality.clarington.on.ca CLEARING YOUR SIDEWALKS - BY-LAW 93-144 The Municipality of Clarington has in effect By-law 93-144 as amended, a By-law which regulates the clearing away and removal of snow and ice from roofs of buildings and from sidewàlks within the Municipality. By-law 93-144 states: ' • u i . Every Owner/occupant is to ensure sidewalks abutting their property are cleared of snow/ice within 12 hours after a fall of snow, rain or hail. ... ... • In the event a fall of snow has an accumulation in excess of 20 cm., the 12hour time frame for clearing aWay snow will be extended to 36 hours. , » • If the sidewalk remains slippery, suitable material must be spread to alleviate the hazard. • Sidewalks must be kept free of slippery surfaces, snow,,slush or ice, between falls of snow, rain or hail. • The Municipality may have the work dope and the resulting cost assessed against the o t wner. • No notice be given prior to any woj"k being carried out. ( > ^ , With everyone's adherence to these requirements and everyone's diligence in carrying out the.necessary work, our sidewalks sidewalks will remain accessible and safe for children, the elderly, {he handicapped and anyone who has occasion to use then during the winter months. ' ' ; ' , , ; . Should you have any questions, call the By-law Division at 905-623-3379, ext. 239. ■