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14 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 1, 1989 -- : Intrepid Coltager | by Craig Nicholson (c. 1988 All Rights Reserved) RENOVATIONS : I could be satisfied with just a roof over my head at The | | Dome, but at home for that kind of dollar I want the other iB | amenities like walls and floors and ceilings. But others want [ more, more, more and each summer reno mania strikes cottage | country like a heat wave on an ice cube. Cottage renovation doesn't get thought about until spring. Then everyone scrambles to find a contractor who will return | calls. Mine has an answering machine that gives estimates, pro- - § mising that the work will get done soon. My "soon" is next week, [ his is next fall; the wife would just as soon forget it. My trouble with renovations is that once I've decided to pro- [ ceed, suddenly I can no longer live with the house as it is. Everything about it bugs me and I fidget until the reno starts. } =| Soon that can be a lot of fiddling time, but it pales beside the | | hair tearing that comes later. My hair, her tearing. : That's because I've usually placated the wife with well in- tended, but groundless promises of being incredibly organized, | under control, and best of all that "there'll hardly be any mess © at all." So her attacks may be justified except for the scream- ing like a banshee. Not that I've ever actually heard a real one, : but after the wife, I know what to listen for. There are several difficult decisions in renovating. One is : where to hide from the wife. Or is how to match all that fire ¢ 1finally remembered. Another is how to keep insects outside that i | place where the wall used to be. The wife suggests some kind : of lure - like me standing buck naked in the night. Then there's } ~ whoto get toreplace that first guy who mysteriously disappeared § = with my deposit, what to feed the crew, when to criticize their $ work in public, where to sleep when the ceiling caves in on my § i bed and how to discover who has the b.o. So how do I decide? One can do it now for more, one can do : it later for less, one says can do, but I bet he can't. One with = alcohol breath can start today if there's beer. One can for cash up front to buy tools. I canned all of them and hired one with teeth who didn't park his 4 x 4 on the wife's flower bed. Surprises are a part of renovations shared by everyone. In retrospect I'm surprised to be alive. It starts with plan A at so ¢ much and rapidly deteriorates through plans B, C, and D at so, 80 much more. To the bank manager: "Surprise! Me again!" To me: 'Surprise! You're overdrawn again!" This wiring needs replacing, that plumbing to be moved, and what about this rotten sub-flooring? The wife wants this instead : of that and I didn't factor in new panelling. To the contractor: 'Surprise! Plan change again!" To me: "Surprise! The price just went up again!" And the mess! Pieces, particles, flakes, chips and i everywhere - dust, dust, dust. To the wife: 'Surprise! We're go- ing out to dinner again!" To me: "Surprise! I'm going to din- : ner with the girls - you're staying to clean up that 'hardly any i mess at all," honey!" The worst part for any red-blooded male is the insecurity { of letting someone else do all the work. After all, as man of that = part of the house which is still standing, I feel compelled to pro- ve that I could do it if I only had the time. And to make some ¢ contribution to the project other than dollars. The wife said stupidity should suffice. But I wanted more. I decided to do the wallpaper. By "do'"' I mean measure, select and purchase, not apply. I am a klutz of a handyman as bitter and painful experience will attest. Also, the wife has pic- tures. I hit, gouge, pierce, squash, poke, and mutilate which ever hand is handy. This is where the red blood comes in. The con- (Turn to page 16) COUNTRY UPHOLSTERY Free Pickup DONNA ANDERSON Free Eaves 105-328-1156 PHOENIX POOL * SPA LET US BUILD ONE FOR YOU Inground Pools & Above Ground Pools Installations - Replacement Liners HOLIDAY at HOME with PHOENIX T= Weekly Pool Care Service CANSPA "{L_-- Opening and Closing Service KLLES PHOENIX MANAGEMENT 985-3288 Potential over-quota feared Decrease milk marketing Total marketings to the Ontario Milk Board decreased by 5.1 per cent in June compared to June, 1988. This rather large decrease relates to the anticipated tight year-end situation and the poten- tial over-quota situation that many producers find themselves in. A portion of the decrease also reflects the fact that the com- parison is being made to last June when total production was on the rise. This will also be a factor when examining the July results, according to a statement releas- ed by the Board recently. It is noteworthy that total marketings this June were pro- bably at their lowest level since the inception of the Board. Total marketings to the Board were down 0.6 per cent in May and that followed month-over-month in- creases of 1.1 and 0.8 per cent in March and April respectively. These lower marketings are a mixed blessing. While obviously producers are concerned about over-quota levies, the Board, as noted in the Chairman's message in the June "Ontario Milk Pro- ducer," is concerned that large cutbacks in June and July will adversely affect fall production potential. Last year was characterized by being the best ever in terms of fall milk supplies. Ironically, the June, 1989 situa- tion was such that on some days milk supplies had to be allocated * % * * * * 399 Queen St. 9, tonemooy 23 Y Care genet NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER & FALL REGISTRATIONS Stonemoor provides a Child Enrichment Program for children 18 mths to 9 yrs. Open year round from 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Full and 1/2 days available. Nursery School Program for mornings only. Professional Trained Staff. Nutritious Hot Lunches & Snacks. Air Conditioned Premises. Stimulating and Adventurous Outdoor Play Areas. For further information phone ... 985-0800 * # # « Specializing in Early Childhood Education « #« # ORT PERRY auto glass & trim as they often have been during the fall months, something previous- ly unheard of during the tradi- tional "flush" period. PROVINCIAL MSQ UTILIZATION Based on total marketings be- ing down 5.1 per cent in July, 1989 compared to July, 1988, the year- end projected provincial MSQ utilization is 103.5 per cent. This is an improvement from the 104.1 per cent reported last month and reflects the significant decrease in total marketings. The projec- tion improves to 103.0 per cent if, in fact, July marketings decline by 7.0 per cent. These projections are based on the following factors and assumptions. * Actual marketings from August, 1988 to June, 1989; * Assuming fluid sales for 1988/89 to be equal to those in 1987/88; * Projecting total milk marketings to be down 5.1 and 7.0 per cent in July, 1989 compared to. July, 1988; * Assuming the weighted average butterfat test will be 0.06 kilograms per hectolitre higher in July, 1989 than in July, 1988; and * Assuming 98 per cent utilization of cream quota. The provincial average butter- fat test continues to escalate. It was 3.89 kilograms per hectolitre in June, 0.08 kilograms per hec- * * * * * * A Port Perry, Ont. ------ WITH THIS COUPON [3 - MOBILE, SERVICE - GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP 139 WATER ST... 6 HIGH STREET PORT PERRY tolitre higher than last June. Fluid sales, barring any un- foreseeable circumstances should end up very close to last year's level. A small amount of credits will likely arise from cream pro- ducers underutilizing their quota. It appears as though they will fill between 97 and 98 per cent of their quota. YEAR-END WILL BE TIGHT As noted for several months, the prospects for over-quota levy refunds remain limited. There will be no credits arising from other provinces under-utilizing their MSQ or from an increase in domestic requirements. The only credits available will be those resulting from Ontario producers who don't ship 100 per cent of MSQ. It should also be noted that credits will only be available after Ontario's obligation arising from the increased provincial average butterfat test has been met. Graduate Gordon Edward Thomas Get- tins, son of Gordon and Shirley Gettins of Caesarea recently graduated from the Fire Protec- tion Technology program at Seneca College, North York. Gordon has accepted a position with the Ajax Fire Department as a Fire Inspector and is also a volunteer firefighter with Scugog Hall No. 2. -