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~~ wr 13-- Scugog Citizen, - Tuesday, March 26, 1996 5 N_BAVID'B HOP Astro Advisor March 27 - April2 ARIES: (March 19 - April 21) . You display great mental quickness. Sudden correspondence with a lost friend may occur. Expect the unexpected. You will be presented with many opportunities to broaden yourself and they may indicate good fortune. Opportunity does knock more than once, Shy wait? ane TAURUS: (April 22 - May 21) 4 It is best to engage in work which requires little risk of financial loss or original thought. This is an excellent time to do all the lite, dirty details that others (or you) have neglected to do. You may be defensive when dealing with friends. Try to be as unbiased as possible with judging anything. GEMINI: (May 22 - June 21) You create fluency in your social skills, making it a good time 0 be With friends or loved ones. You may attract a new love interest. Your self-confidence is increased and moves you to dynamic action. Dealings with men are favoured as well as increased insight and renewal of faith in yourself. "CANCER: (June 22 - juiy 22) * You greatly enjoy social and romantic activities. You truly desire *fun' and should noghesitate to get to know new people and form, new acquaintances. Also, love is in full bloom and it's good to fully demonstrat the depth.of affections to loved ones. LEO: (July 23 - August 22) You are 4pt to engage in a very romantic relationship based principally on emotions. You may feel the need to secure your own feelings about yourself through another person, thus you may try to increase your power of attraction whether consciously or subconsciously during the next few days. J|- VIRGO: (August 23 - September 22) Your interest in religious or spiritual affairs is heightened, and you may founder with many philosophical questions. This is also a time of great emotion and unekpected opportunity. Relations with friends of the opposite sex could be.a great boon to you right now. LIBRA: (September 23 - October 22) : Satum lowers your motivation to get things done. Rather, this is an excellent time to spend with friends, making up for things they have done for you. Be careful not to daydream too much fof you could lose many friends, who rely on you greatly. Take care of the tite details: . = SCORPIO: (October 23 - November 22) You seem to be tuned into the thought§ and" feelings of friends and family members. Interest in the mysticism or the occult is high, and your sympathies for others is great. You may be of tremendous help loan associate or strapger because of Four compassionate nature during the rest of this week. SAGITTARIUS: (November 23 - December 21) You find that you are tending 10 slow dow. and become realistic about abiliti expectations for success. Your nature will most likely be PA now, as you take a scrious attitude to just about all aspects of your life. This is an excellent time to, it down and get things accomplished. [¢] --- CAPRACORN: (December 23 - January. 29) The Mobn' s efiergy brings feelings to the surface. Your relationships with otherg, especially women, will be more harmonious. On a more mundane level, it's a good time to effect subtle changes in your personal life. Solidify friendships while gairiing the affections of acquaintances. d AQUARIUS: (January 21 - February 19) Be sure to think of others as well as you think of yourself, especially with members of the opposite sex. It is more beneficial than paying attention to office gossip and romantic intrigue. If so, hardships at work can be created. Start concentrating on one thing aff atime, brushing away the imelevant. p PISCES: (February 20 - March 19) Your creative thinking is enhanced. you may have new and promising ideas in work or business. This is thé day to start new ventures. On a more mundane level, it is an excellent day to write letters and go out apd experience the world. Watch your impulsivity. Take the time to think out decisions. INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY ONTARIO L9L 1 05985-7306 uri All Types of Insurance = * More on 2 "TerTeRs To THE EDITOR | To the Editor: ~ You have probably read enough facts in last week's 2, 4-D a hazard to humans" letter to Yeclare yourself an expert by now. Rightfully so. However, I feel that "there were still a few missing points from - this wealth of technical information. 2, '4-D is a manmade organic compound which is commonly used on turf, pastures, asparagus,straw- berries, raspberries, water weeds and brush. It can also be used on spring "wheat, winter" wheat, barley, oats, and corn. In fact, the odds are good that you might have had a bowl of one of these healthy foods for . breakfast. And,that same cereal in your bowl might have been treated with 2, 4-D when it was, growing in the fleld! So, . you're probably woridering "how could I have been eating these cereals for years, and still 1 be alive? Hmm. Good question. Perhaps it doesn't. matter that the cereal © sprayed with 2,. 4.D, 'becatise 2, 4-D is a safe product. Fact is, that many "of us have consumed these products since 2, 4-D was approved in 1947 and are > 2 'D debate ain enjoying our good health. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that 2, 4D js as safe to put on your edded Wheat as brown' sugar; I'm just stating that it has never been proven to seriously harm anyoné.(If it had, th Ministry of Environment would not be recommending its use.) . Unfortunately, as we all "know, risk is part of life. However, putting these risks into proper perspective is something that often gets confusing when we don't have all the "facts. Here are' some interesting . statistics compiled by decision ~ research:-Smoking kills 150,000 per year. Alcoholic béverages 100,000. Motor . Vehicles 50, 00, Handguns- 17,000," Swimming 3,000, Hunting 800, Commercial Aviation 130, Skiing 18; and. Pesticides 0. Yes, zero. The fact that you haven't seen or heard anything on TVj or read anything in.the news about the number of people who 'die' from pesticides each yegr should tell you something. So, what will you have for breakfast tomorrow? ~ ISincerely yours M.J. Anderson Ashburn, Ontarifise Rare opportunity with GTA report To The Editoy* A questionnaire, des-cribed asia ballot by our local politicians, has been issuéd by the Townships of Scugog and Uxbridge. It asks citizens to answer the question, "Do "you want to be a part of a Greater Toronto' Area Government?" On the top of the ballot is a preamble that explains why you should answer "No." This then is not a ballot but instead a petition soliciting support for a special interest group's position: This special group just happ view. It is only from a neutral base can citizens be in a position to weigh other perspectives, expand their understanding, draw a meaningful ¢6ticlusionor themselves, and be in a , position to knowledgeably and consciously vote. 1 may hot want to be part of the GTA but it is for the same reasons I do riot want to part of Regional Government, at least with its current administrative structure and progess and geographic form and size, 'For example, our to be our Town Councils. One jof the recommendations' of the GTA Report is to elimipate regional government. How can our regional politicians and bureaucrat¥ bg seen as objective in this matter when their positions and jobs are in question? At no time have the citizens of Uxbridge or Scugog been given a neutral presentation of the centent of the GTA Report from which they can draw their own 1 rural, agricultural needs fall 'Victim to the urban ni These highly populated areas have more voting power. Agricultural and natural areas do not have high populations but that does not diminish thei¥:jmportance. The method of dat¢rmining voting representgt{on needs to be modified to take into account land mass. Only then will the social and economic needs of rural agricultural areas be given the respect they- deserve and the : ity of agricultural land to be siottgioalty established, coordinating communities 'by the subwatershed of which they , are a part. This will give full responsibility for the environmental health of each area part. This will give full responsibility for the environmental health of each area to thé comnfunities | themselves. It will also give each area the responsibility" to wisely plan for both urbe and rural development without sacrificing\one for the other. \ +We have a long way top to establish a' government system that supports sustainability but we have a rare opportunity with Golden's GTA Report to | easy make some significant new type of politician, one that takes time to inform the | public neutrally and factually and who serves to facilitate 'community-Based decision- making. It will also take a new kind of citizen, one who" - will not leavq'everything ta the politician and \who gets' involved' in community /-issues. People are ynder the illusion . that / citizen participation takeq time they can't afford to give. However with the economy. and employment in its current state, citizens can afford pot to be involved:-<Even then * thererare a number of "methods available that can make being informed-and involved interesting, fun, and inspiring. June Paton Davies, progress. It will require a 4 Uxbridge. fn Project should be To the Editor: 1 In reference Bill * Lish 's letter of March The presentations have all been biased towards our regional politicians point of Clean Hed - and natural areas preserved. To further support this, geopolitical boundaries need Great Looks * A Backyard Chef's Delight CVERRIDGE FIRT CREE PLACE WAREHOUSHI 180 Casimir St., Port Perry 800-628-4751 "says are delayin 19, 1996, I would like to. comment on his referral to the "Cholesterol" that he . feels has ben delaying his project. © It seems fufiny tha the very regulations that he his , current project we: ot sufficient when Bill wi the other side facing the constuction of a Landfill site near his property and also the construction of an airport when he lived in Pickering. I think | Bill should stop a moment and put himself in Come see the Bo 'WE HEAR Y! asb arco gecnne OSHAWA 404-1888" 3: a | ig in industrial zone. the position of those peoplé who were opposing his. development. I would hope that he would realize that these people just wanted to maintain the peaceful atmosphere that they had - grown to respect 'in their small community, not unlike what he would want around his opm residence, In conclusion, I 'cannot understand why if the "Lishmans are so dedicated to creating employment in our community they would not locate their business in the proper industrial srga of the township. Dave Shaw , View Lake | Ehryival ly |