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LLP NAN shi EA i AT ; L op wis i : i: 5 RRS . SF AR Al, RRA rs Re Sra Na Um SE TRE " & RTE SRA wo at sie i The Bear Shoppe opens For those who love bears You'll have to bear with us on this one. It is, after all, a story about a grown-up who still fancies bears, all their bear cousins, all their bear friends, and loves nothing more than a good old-fashioned bear picnic. The Bear Lady, as Val Krem- powich is known, doesn't much look like a bear. She had better watch out, however, because everyone knows that if you surround yourself with something, you begin to look like it. A baker, for example, often begins to look like the pastries he makes--plump and puffy. A cooper might become barrel-chested, while a mechanic tends to resemble the oil and grease she is surrounded with. The Bear Lady, Mrs. Krem-- powich, is surrounded by bears. Many, many bears. Far too many to count. She has big bears and small bears, traditional and antique bears, Bahama-mama dressed bears, and bears with more than just a little chutzpah. All these bears live in The Bear Shoppe, on Perry Street, which Mrs. Krempowich owns and works in dai- ly. It isn't a large shop, by any means, but it is packed to the rafters with bears, bears and more bears. No live bears, mind you. They're reserved for the wild, and zoos, and such. Thankfully, most of the bears at The Bear Shoppe are nicely stuff- ed, and the ones that aren't, don't need feeding anyways. Mrs. Krempowich is a true arctophiliac---a person whose hobby is collecting bears. So it came as no surprise that she would open up a store (in the Just Around The Cor- ner complex) devoted to her favourite preoccupation. As many people did, her husband wondered if such a store would be successful. And she admits her store is limited in scope but en- thusiastically predicts The Bear Shoppe is here to stay. "I think it's an up and coming thing," Mrs. Krempowich says. "It will take a while for people to realize I have a bear shop, but once they do, they'll enjoy it." Enjoyment, she claims, is the key reason people love bears. Although most people don't enjoy bears quite as much as she does (the Krem- powich family has 50 or more bears sharing their household), The Bear Lady says no one can resist the straightforward appeal of a bear. "All children should have a bear in their life," she says. 'Bears are a universal gift to make people happy." People who like bears, she adds, are happy people. Interesting peo- ple. People who smile a lot. As for her own background, she can't remember a time when there wasn't a bear in her life. "l always loved bears, ever since I was a child," she freely admits. And although she doesn't play with them as much, or cart them off to school, she still collects them--as many people do all over North America, especially in the United States where the bear craze began a few years ago, at about the same time as the "country" craze. Why bears and country? As Mrs. Krempowich reasons, the bear was a popular toy in our forefathers' days, dating back to at least the turn of the century. And bears, at least the collectable kind, are often rustic and antique looking--making them compatible to a country decor. Although "'old" bears are expen- "sive andra. © (The Bear Shoppe has «a few), modern manufacturers are creating "collector'"' bears that resemble their antique counterparts. "Steiff" bears, jointed with mohair covering, were originally made in Germany by company founder Margaret Steiff, who made a name for herself amongst bear af- fecionados. Now, they're re-created with the same homely yet endearing expressions, so different than what passes these days for cutesy stuff- ed bears, called "teddy bears." But don't call bears "teddy bears' in front of The Bear Lady. "Bear collectors do not call them teddies," she says emphatically. "They call them bears." She believes the nickname "ted- dy" came from former U.S. Presi- ® ECONOMY © STANDARD/FULL SIZE e LOW RATES ® COMPACT @ LONG TERM LEASING HOURS: a REIL, B> HOURS: Monday to Friday \ {/ . Monday to Friday 8 AM to 5 PM PONTIAC BUICK LIMITED "g aM 10 5 PM "¥- IC VANEDWARD DRIVE PORT PERRY 985 8474 4 ES THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM HOLIDAY CLOSURE OF SANITARY LANDFILL SITE The SCUGOG WASTE DISPOSAL SITE and CARTWRIGHT TRANSFER STATION will be closed on Monday, October 12, 1987, due to the Thanksgiving Day Holiday. Normal operations will continue on Tuesday, October 13, 1987. W.A. TWELVETREES, P.ENG_, COMMISSIONER OF WORKS dent Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, who reportedly went hunting and saw a bear with a cub. Not surpris- ingly, he realized he couldn't shoot the mom, and to commemorate this touching event, the "teddy bear" was introduced. : But there are so many kinds of bears besides teddies. The Bear Shoppe houses Gund, Dakin, Binkly, Vanderbear Family, Paddington Bear, Russ Bear and many (handmade) artist bears, in- cluding Adrianne Brooke bears, a Canadian designer. And as well as bears, The Bear Shoppe also features a line of Fisher-Price toys, and designer clothes for tots from Annie M. Designs (made here in Port Perry). But bears are still front in centre, of course. And not just new bears. "I've noticed people who come in the store, go home, and retrieve bears tucked away in attics,' Mrs. Krempowich says. "Anyone in- terested in finding a home for these wayward bears, I'm sure they would enjoy finding a home with their friends and relatives in The Bear Shoppe." The wayward bears, we believe will also enjoy The Bear Shoppe's first anniversary plans. "I would like to see a Bear Picnic happening in Port Perry on my first anniversary of the store and con- tinue to have this as an annual get- together for bear lovers young and old at heart." Like The Bear Lady herself. PART 1 =] OF 26 To the Peoples of the World A BAHA'I STATEMENT ON " Peace RACISM, one of the most baneful and persistent evils, is a major bar- rier to peace. Its practice perpetrates too outrageous a viola- tion of the dignity of human beings to be countenanced under any pretext. Racism retards the unfold- ment of the boundless potentialities 'of its victims, corrupts its perpetrators, and blights human progress. Recognition of the oneness of mankind, implemented by appropriate legal measures, must be universally upheld if this problem is to be overcome. The inordiate disparity between rich and poor, a source of acute suffering, keeps the world in a state of instability, virtually on the brink of war. Few societies have dealt ef- fectively with this situation. The solution calls for the combined ap- plication of spiritual, moral and practical approaches. A fresh look at the problem is required, entail- ing consultation with experts from a wide spectrum of disciplines, devoid of economic and ideological polemics, and involving the people directly affected in the decisions that must urgently be made. It is an issue that is bound up not only with the necessity for eliminating extremes of wealth and poverty but also with those spiritual verities the understanding of which can pro- duce a new universal attitude. Fostering such an attitude is itself a major part of the solution For a free copy of the complete statement "TO THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD" or information about the Baha'i Faith and local activities, please write or call BAHA'IS of SCUGOG P.O. Box 1153, PORT PERRY, ONTARIO LOB 1NO Phone 985-9339 or 986-4689 Her name is Val Krempowich, but you might know her better "as "the bear lady," and the owner of The Bear Shoppe, a new store dedicated to the love and preservation of, what else, bears. See story for details. i rele ene 01 rack SNOY Ar 4 1 <A Teo TINE r apy, Tecan £210, ! / Le jgeet Fol cya i b "i FH Yan 3 RAVE ching TAansrs 1 reseed rans rane s Ana oy are Sanaart ir 2141 11 in! 4 ' od won | eee 1 NeW LIRR < Lally wane 1 Crop RUGQES : yeyoge desi oe Act (10 Ta e\ecine HAT ntt NY, Acyd | ro Arack 10oaad r »\ . "4 Jt STENT eqUIP po 288- 793 an 2 Miles Wes! onday to Fr sm " OPEN gaturday 8 AM to 1 JOHN DE ERE PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 6, 1987 -- 33 FT TR OI RI I A I Nr