The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 1 mm. Wmwar -si BASIC BLACK Does colour matter? Of cars it does! The question is not what drug are these folks on. The question is: what's wrong with the rest of us? Why this slavish indulgence to the measly four or five colours the big automakers parcel out each fall? You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to figure out that your car is in some way an extension of yourself. So how come we don't spontaneously spontaneously personalize our cars the way we decorate our living living rooms, front porches, and backyards? The interesting thing is that car buyers tastes do change - if only within the parsimonious parameters meted out by the car manufacturers. manufacturers. From 1994 to 1998 the most popular new car colour in North America was green. In 1999 people purchased more white cars than any other colour. This past year, nineteen percent of all North American new-car buyers chose silver. Not surprisingly our carbuying carbuying habits and the colours we choose are a psychological gold mine for shrinks. A recent study commissioned by the British Broadcasting Company concluded that we choose our car colours as a clear signal to other motorists. A white car, the experts say, indicates a distant, aloof demeanour, while Type A personalities personalities gravitate towards black. You want to be a magnet for road ragers? Get yourself by Arthur Black You can have any colour you want. As long as it is black. Henry Ford You always know when the Canadian poet Susan Musgrave is coming down the road. The car she drives is neither new nor sporty - pretty pretty conventional, in fact. Aside from the fact that it is completely covered - and I mean doors, hood, trunk, fenders and bumpers - with glued-on kids' toys. There's an art teacher in Nanaimo, B.C. who encourages encourages his students to treat his pickup as a canvas. He let's them paint anything they want on it - and then he grades their creations. 11 There's a guy in Florida who drives an '85 Chevy that's covered with green, growing grass. There's a guy in New York who drives a car covered with clocks. And there's an artist in Santa Cruz, California who maintains a stable of two Volkswagen beetles that he's converted to look like flying saucers. a fire-engine red buggy. There's something about red that brings out the psychotic in fellow travelers. Mind you, you'll also be a prime target for any cop with a radar gun. The shrinks say that people who drive red cars like to put the pedal to the metal. Traffic control officers say "we've noticed". Then there's the neutral family of car colours - champagne, champagne, gold and lighter shades of brown. They make up about 15 percent of all vehicles vehicles purchased last year and the year before that. The colour of my car? I was afraid you'd ask. It's a bland and boring variation of beige - and yes, I actually chose it. Not because I liked the shade, but because I liked the other options less. I like to delude myself that one of these days I'll buy a half dozen cans of Day-Glo spray paint and customize customize the crate. Of course, it would help to be rich. Like the friend of Phil Silvers, the TV comedian. comedian. It bugged this rich guy that he could never figure out an original gift to give Silvers - the guy had everything already. One Friday, Silvers arrived at his friend's villa to spend the weekend. As Silvers drove up - in a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud - inspiration struck. .....- "Sounds like it's idling a little rough" the friend said to Silvers. "You're not going to need it all weekend. Let me have my mechanic tune it up for you." The host then had the car (unbeknownst to Silvers) whisked off to a deluxe auto repair shop, where a specially hired crew worked around the clock to tear out the interior of the car and replace it with a customized bar, a colour television television set and a state of the art stereo system. The Rolls was delivered back to the estate just before Silvers was to g*# leave Monday morning. Escorting him to the car, the host murmured "Before you start out, Phil, maybe you should check everything out to make sure it's in shape." "Oh, that doesn't matter" said Silvers. "It's only a rental." df Orono Country Cafe Full Menu A %■§ Main Street., Orono, Ontario • 983-9009 0$ " Port Hope Area Initiative Let's Discuss Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management PROJECT INFORMATION EXCHANGE Open: Thursdays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fridays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. WE NEED YOUR INPUT Drop in and see Sandy Holmes, pick up some information, ask questions, give us your comments, and find out what's new. 110 Walton Street, Port Hope, Ontario. 905-885-0291 toll free 1-866-255-2755 fax 905-885-0273 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Office fldfcfl Natural Resources Ressources naturelles ■ " ■ Canada Canada A asst Canada Great rates & Bonus Shares Nominate a beautiful property, nominate your own residence, your friends, your ^ neighbours, your street, or a business. CÆ Use the form below and get your nomination in by Friday. June 7 before 4:00 PM. Please note: Only front gardens that are visible from the curb will be judged. 6 month closed 4i50*%> 1 year closed 3 years closed 5 years closed • naf« subject to change without notice 4.50% 5.50% 6.50% DUCA Financial Services Oshawa Branch: 15 Charles Street Tel. (905)728-4658 Manager: Mr. Paul Muller Bowmanvllle Branch: 200 King Street East Tel. (905)623-6343 Manager: Mr. Tom Broadfoot E-mail: duca.lnfo@duca.com Website: www.duca.com How to enter? Fill out the entiy form and mail, email, drop-off or fax to: 2002 Apple Blossom Awards Communications & Tourism Office 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A6 www.municipality.clarington.on.ca fax#: 905-623-0584 For additional information please call 905-623-3379 nominate: Address: Town Postal Code: Owner (if knovyn):. CATEGORY (please check one) Residential [ ) Business [ ] Street (min. 8 houses) [ ] Please identify if this garden is professionally landscaped. YES [ ] NO [ Nominated by:. Telephone: 905. Form may be copied for additional nominations