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985-7394 Fifteen minutes! That's all! Even if you don't Like exercise, surely you can exert the old bod for 15 minutes. That's all that's required 10 to participate Wednesday, May 27, in the Crownl.ife Parucipacuon Challenge For 10 years, the folks at Participaction have been encouraging Canadians © get off thew duffs, 15 minutes of one day, once a year, on what has been known as Challenge Day The whole thing was imtisted because of Participacuon's 15-sec- ond (hmmm, the number 15 is figunng prominently, isn't 1?) com- mercial shown six umes during CFL football games in 1973. The commercial claimed a 30-year-old Canadian was only as fit as the average 60-year old Swede Canadians are notonous for not sticking together, but this ume the country reacted in a soluary fit of indignation. The first thing they should have done was siorm the Parucipaction offices and fire the adverusing people who came up with such an I Saskatoon, in parucular, was not amused. That very year, he good citizens of Saskatoon revolied and challenged a city in Sweden Umea -- 10 an inter City contest 10 prove which was more fit. The city with the biggest percentage of it population walking one kilometre over three specific days, was the winner And the winner was Saskatoon Of course! That contest. called the Great Galunka Lop. led in © the Great Canachan Participaction Challenge, introduced with great fanfare nn 1983 Fifty ¢ navonwide comp I'M PUMPIN-UP FORTHE MAY27 TH "CROWN -LIFE PARTICI\PACTION CHALLENGE! LETS BEAT UXBRIDGE! \ Rob Craddock is a Scugdg cartoonist and graphic artist. with cach other © prove who was the fitiest -- encouraging 650,000 ciuzens 0 do 15 minutes of physical activity in the process. This Wednesday, more than four milhon Canadians are expected 10 partici- pate on Challenge Day. Citizens of Scugog are no exception -- our wownship has challenged Uxbridge, and we re determined to prove Scugog is WAY MORE FIT than our neighbours 10 the west! It's no big deal -- all we have 10 do is Move around: walk, run, dance, ride a bike, paddie a canoe, throw a ball... you name it! Just exert yourself for 15 minutes and then call a special Challenge hotline, 985-7394 and register your activity. That's all! It couldn't be simpler, casier, or more fun. Hey, the really fun thing is when the final figures are announced and we find out how soundly we beat Uxbridge! There are all kinds of acuvities planned 10 get everyone involved, but if you're the independent type, feel free 10 do your own thing!. Whether. you live in View Lake or Unica, Seagrave or Blackstock, or anywhere in between, it's up 10 YOU 0 bring Scugog as close as pos- sible 10 the 100 per cont mark Here's a fun bile quiz from the folks at Participaction 10 inspire you. Give yourself three points for every 'a' answer, two points for 'b' and one pont for 'c' answers. 1. On Challenge Day, May 27 a)l will wear my sneakers © work b)l Always wear my sneakers 10 work (and to opera, weddings, exc.) c)l don't own any sneakers. 2.11 1 need milk or bread on Challenge Day, I'l a)walk briskly 10 the store, carrying my environmentally friendly cloth shopping bags b)send my kid to pick it up C)cruise over in my car to get iL 3.1 plan to get more active a)on CrownLife Participaction Challenge Day binext September c)first thing in July, although not the one coming up! 4. My favourite physical activity for Challenge Day is a)sex b)ski- jumping ¢)climbing in and out of a hammock. 6. After I've done 1S milnutes of physical activity | will a)hustle 10 the nearest phone 10 call in my participation bjcrawl 10 the nearest phone 10 call in my participation €)be 100 tired 10 operate a telephone. Here's how 10 interpret your score: 18 points, congratulations! You're an athicte! 12-18 points, good work, you don't want 10 rush things. We recommend you go all out and be active for 15 minutes on Challenge Day. 6-12 points. What can we say? Even couch potatoes have fun on Challenge Day! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Putting money back into Canada To the Editor: I would like 10 commend John B. McClelland for his May 20 "Viewpoint" regarding the com- parison of Canadian workers 10 their Japanese and German coun- True, Germany did make an amazing recovery following the war, and Japan has made rapid . N.IM.B.Y. in Port Perry To the Editor: N.I.M.B.Y. "nothing wrong with........but not in Port Perry." Port Perry has a nice reputation, we don't want 10 be known as a flea market town, like Swuffville, than a little snobbish. Not every- one can afford to shop for the very special items that are in the very special shops in our very special town Indeed, we do have a very beautiful and unique town, but this proposed fica market would not detract from this beauty as it is far away from the downtown area. Are the people who might shop at the flea market not welcome in the restaurants along Water Street? Are their manners and dress less than perfect? Is their money the wrong colour? Entreprencurs welcome, but the merchants will choose who is 10 compete. In the meantime, Port Perry residents, Scugog residents, will continue 10 search out bargains in Stouffville and Pickering, or wherever they can. Andrea. Jones, Scugog Township. Thank-you! To the Editor: We would like 10 thank every- one for making this year's "Thankful Tankful Day" sich a huge success on Saturday, May pal First of all, thanks 10 the local for their excell progress in technology. But that doesn't automatically mean thal everything they touch turns to id A book | read recently oyt- lined somé of the problems asso- ciated with Japan's "married-to- the-company" tifestyle, including unhappy home lives, alcoholism and stress related diseases. North America did rest on its laurels after the 1960's, especial ly in the automotive industry, but the tum-around has been so com- plete that Canada is now produc- ing goods to rival any other coun- try: everything from cars to wines. Our only problém now is to convince our own people that they won't look like "hicks" if they buy them. 100 many people before and during this event. A Job well done. Also thanks to Mac's Milk (John Park) for te hot dogs and buns, Mac the Cat; Coca-Cola for the pop, Port Perry IGA for the condiments and soft drinks, Country Style Donuts for the sweet nothings, Rent and Save for signs and tables, Pineridge Sports for t-shirts, Mayor Howard Hall for his superb window washing, , the Port Perry Rotarians for the bar-b-q, family, friends and vol unteers for cleaning windshields and pumping gas. Our sincere thanks to John Please see THANKS, page 8 think that if they drive an exotic foreign car or buy foreign goods, they'll appear more "cosmopoli- tan," like a jet-setter. That attitude works very well if you don't care about the econo- my of the country you live in. ® | used to buy many foreign goods as well, but I've seen the results when money is spent out- side the country and not inside. It may still not be possible to buy everything "Canadian made," but whenever a thoice is avail- able, I put my money back into the country where | eafned it. Jil Mcintosh, RR 1, Oshawa.