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EE Sama eee esses eee 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 8, 1987 Performed at Town Hall 1873 One Woman's View by Chris Carlisle Icebergs are the goldmine of the future. Smart entrepreneurs should be up in the Arctic right now, buying up tundra and frozen seas. Why? Because city lights are too bright. No, | don't mean that people will tire of city living and yearn for a little peace and quiet and blackness. But those city lights will change our planet permanently. The earth's temperature is rising. It has risen something like two degrees and scientists predict a continued warm up. They don't seem to have an explanation for the phenomenon, but some say the thermal increase will melt icebergs and cause floods. Wrong. Lights are to blame for the increase in temperature. There's nothing unexplainable about it. One single little lightbulb gives off heat. Think of the heat of a million. The world around us can't but heat up with all those lights blinking on every night. All you have to do is drive out of the darkness of a country night into a city to see what I mean. Car lights. Street lights. House lights. And of course, sky scraper lights. Even in empty office buildings, the lights are on all night. There are lights everywhere. Millions of kilowatts being consumed every second. And at Christmas time, things only multiply. Everyone throws up their Christmas lights. Imagine a blizzard Snow pelting down all around, covering everything by a frosty foot in seconds. Turn on the Christmas lights. [t's not long until the snow on those lights is melted. Multiply that heat by the billion and you get a lot of degrees added to the outdoor temperature Obviously, thousands of years ago, we didn't have all these lights and the mghts were black and cold. But gradually, we've lit up and gradually, the earth's temperature has risen. As the earth's popula- tion grows, so will the number of lights. And the number of areas that were once in darkness but are now bright and warmer. The result will be a steady increase in the earth's warming trend. Before you know it, there won't be any snow in southern Canada and the northern U.S. It won't be cold enough. Just think, no more heavy coats No more scraping snow off the car. No more salt on the roads to eat away at that car. Fine for us in the Northern Hemisphere, but what about the poor guys in the equatorial zones? No one but no one will be heading south for their holidays. It'll be too hot. Who wants to spend two weeks in a country where your makeup slides off your face as fast as you can apply it? Who wants to burn their feet if they take off their sandals to walk across the sand to the boiling water? People wanting to get away from it all will look northwards. They'll be dying for a blast of cold air for relief. The North Pole will become the trendy vacation spot. There'll be tours of Santa's house and workshop. And no, the icebergs won't melt. The seas won't turn from ice to floods. It'll still be cold up there because of those holes in the ozone layer we've been hearing so much about. Any heat that drifts north will be sucked right out and into outer space before it has a chance "(Turn to page 8) A concert for Christmas Port Perry residents can ex: perience a new Christmas tradition this December "A Concert for Christmas' will be performed at the Town Hall 1873, by the Uxbridge Chamber Choir. on Sunday, December 13th In keeping with the choirs' man- date to make a cultural contribution to Uxbridge and the surrounding communities, and in recognition of the significant portion of the choir whose members live in the Port Perry area, the choir will offer their Christmas Greetings through this performance. The program being presented is highlighted by the exhilarating yet romantic Gloria by Frances Poulenc. Dipping backwards in time 4 14th century Motet, Allelulia Psallat. will be accompanied by recorder, drum and tambourine. Contrasting moods of Christmas will be dramatically demonstrated through traditionally soft and flow- ing carols as well as the more rollicking and secular imbibing melodies. The choir wil be honoured this Christmas tb present Katharine Smithrim as the guest soloist. Smithrim received her training at the University of Toronto, and studied in England with Peter Pears at the School of Advanced Musical Studies. Her performance last year included a noon hour concert at Roy Thompson Hall, a Music at Metropolitan recital, and a benefit throughout Scugog Township. hazardous. Yesterday's Memories (From Page 5) 10 YEARS AGO Wednesday, December 7, 1977 A spokesman for the Bank of Montreal confirmed last week that the bank will be opening a branch in Port Perry in the spring of 1978. Ontario's seat belt law and lower speed limits have resulted in a dramatic reduction in health care costs for motor vehicle accident victims during the first three months of 1976 following the introduc- tion of a mandatory seat belt law. Gale force winds that reached velocities up to 80 km-h last Thurs- day afternoon knocked down hydro lines and caused property damage On Monday afternoon, the second snow storm of the year hit Scugog Township. Snow whipped by strong winds caused poor visibili- ty and by Monday evening driving conditions were generally market on groceries. Viewpoint by John B. McClelland (From page 5) and fries. It won't be too long before most families are spending more on eating out than they spend each week in the super- Don't be surprised if the number of eateries in Port Perry continues to grow. The way things are going, it will soon be a special treat for the kids to stay home for supper. concert for Pueblito Canada spe has worked extensively in muys;¢ and movement with young childre and parents. In this context she hy. recorded two records with Boh McGrath of Sesame Street: The Baby Record and Songs and Games for Toddlers, the latter a 1986 Juno nominee and now a Golden Book Video. The Uxbridge Chamber Choir was founded in the Fall of 1983 by Thomas and Anne Baker. Members are chosen through audition and come to the choir with a variety of musical backgrounds. The choir has performed three concerts a year since its inception and is accom- panied both for concerts and rehear- sals by Anne Baker. Guest accom- panists and soloists have included such celebrities as the Quintet from the Toronto Symphony, harpist Gianetta Baril as well as other local musicians and soloists. The Port Perry concert will be performed at the Town Hall 1873 at 8 p.m. on Sunday, December 13th. Tickets are available at Irwin Smith Music, In Fashion and at the door. Gradua te Andrew William Muller of RR. 3, Port Perry has graduated from the Provincial Police Academy in Brampton. Con- stable Muller will have ample opportunity to pursue his in- terests of hunting, fishing, ski- ing, hockey and curling as he's been posted to the OPP District 16 in Geraldton, Ontario. He is a graduate of North Hastings High School in Bancroft. Random Jottings by J. Peter Hvidsten WOMEN IN SPORTS Effective immediately. girls have been given the nght to compete with boys at any level, in any ama- teur sport, whether it be a boys' team or a girls team The land-mark ruling came last week when the Ontano Human Rights Commission ruled in tavour of 14 year-old Justine Blainey who has been hight ing tor the nght to play in a Toronto boys' hockey league for the past two and a halt years Justine's tight took her through the Supreme Count of Canada. and the Ontano Human Rights Commission, betore the decision in her tavour was handed down The OHRC decided prohibiting her from trying- out for a hockey team because her sex was "unlawtul and in violation of her nghts" But the OHRC obviously do not teel the same when t comes tQ men's nghts. as they have decd ed to prevent boys from playing in Qirls' hockey leagues In their infinite wisdom they say "0 allow males to play temale hockey would likely result in a large number ot female players deciding to leave the spon" Actually | have no real problem with the decision to allow girls a chance to play hockey in boys' leagues. It they have the ability, are competitive, can stand the hard hits, tights, and speed of the boys game. then all the more to them My problem comes with the Ontario Human Rights Commission, who in one breath say it is dis- crimination not to allow the girls to try-out for boys' teams, but that the same rule does not apply to boys trying out tor girls' teams | really don't think it would be a good idea tor boys' to be playing for girls' teams, but the Human Rights Commission should get their act together and make the same rules apply to both sexes Talk about discnmination! CHRISTMAS SONG SHEETS In last week's issue of the Star we cared a four page Christmas Carol songsheet with 3 varie! the most popular Christmas songs. and th nouncement of a Door Decorating Contest. About 5,000 extra copies of the songsheets were published, and they are available to local groups or associations free, just hy calling Don For- der Insurance. The songsheets were sponsored by eighteen lo- cal merchants, and are sure to be a blessing for any- one wishing to organize a night of Christmas carol- ling. | A "tip of the hat" to all those businesses who par- ticipated in making these songsheets available. LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT SANTA LETTERS The Port Perry Star is in the process of organizing their Christmas Greeting issue, which will be pub- lished on Tuesday, December 22, and would like to see some more letters to Sania Clause submitted before this Friday. Here is a chance for the kids to write a letter to Santa Claus, and have their letters published in the Star just in time for Christmas. In order to have your child's letter published. it must be in the Star office ro later than December 14 All letters received will be forwarded to the North Pole in time for Santa to see what the kids want for Christmas Remember to include their name, address and age with the letters. (Turn to page 8) a mm i a