Paqe 2, Thursday, November 25th, 1971, WHITBY FREE PRESS Ed'ie *o'il C mm n m m ACROSS I Type of fuel 5 Ld fastener 9 Paid athlete 12 Space 13 On the lee 14 Statute 15 Service charges 16 Give new life to 18 Caught sight of 20 Wee 21 Volcano in Italy 23 Written defamation 26 Encourages 30 Primadonna 31 Public notices 32 Faîllflower 34 Movable cover 35 Foil to hit 37 Ina series 39 Walks 41 Puts in piace 42 Sleeps briefly 44 Settie snugly 48 Rescue l'eland Grow old Metal fastener Ou ter layer Seed vessel Remain Foot digits DOWN 1 Restaurant 2 Native minerais 3 Retain 4 Simpler 5 Firmness 6 Malt liquor 7 Denomination 8 Danger 9 Theaterprogram 10 Type of rodent 11 Be in debt 17 Woman's nome 19 Girl'sname 22 Poker stakes 24 Wicked 25 Dame Cut of pork<(pl.) Revise Agreed Calmly Ceremonial oct Most State positively Twi ris Place to sit Set of three Rope Concludes K nock Self-esteem By way of Solution on Page 13. Lesson In Name-Labeling Councilandnot the newsmedia can be blamed for the stigma of apathy so readily attached to the merchants of this town. Coun cil not on the whole can be b 1 am ed, but one or two of the persons who compose that unit, can be. For instance, "putting cars back on thestreet is not going to rejuvenate the dovwn town; the downtown can only be helped if the merchants help themselves; but they don't want to do that. " Now mind you if that quote had been made after the councillor who coined it had asked e a ch and everyone of the t vv e n t y -five merchants present iri the council chambers on Monday night, "Do y o u want to help the downtown ? 1, and hadbeenanswered, "iNo. i, he may have beenjustified in negative stirring up of the past and the well-hated merchant's label of apathy. True, one would be naive to believe that there are no apatheti c merchants in the troubled core, but their number is so few, there is difficulty in finding them. There are enthusiastic and energetic merchants and there are apathetic mer- chants. There are industrious and sincere councillors, and there are those not so industrious and not so sincere members of council.But to tag ail merchants apa- thetic and ail councillors nonchalant and insincere, even though we may at times feel that way about them, is being just a little bit unreasonable. Perhaps it is time certain council- ,lors had a lesson in labeling - Every bottle of jam is not necessari ly a straw- berry one. I have mixed feelings about the ap- p r o a c h o f this coming w inter. Every year I eagerly look forward to snow so I can get out and ski. But lately I have been thinking this winter will see more snowmobiles than ever. Skiing I love - snowmobiles I don't! Don'tget me.wrong, I have ridden on a few snowmobiles and I enjoyed myself but in my mind the disadvantages run a close second to the pleasures of riding a snowmobile. The deadly snowmachine Snowmobiles are fun. . . and deadly. I c an 't remember how many obituaries I have seen about people who died when theirsnowmobileran underneath a car. Recent tests have proven snowmobiles on t he whole cannot brake adequately. When y ou consider how long it takes a snovvmobile, vvhich can go as fast as the averagefamily car, to finally come to a stop - it's frightening. Add to this fault a driver who not only takes a cavalier attitude but who usually does not have ful1 control of his machine, and you have a recipe for death. Adverti sing has done a lot to contrib- u te to the problem. I have seen many comme r c ials showing a snowmachine taking off in the air with the grace of a bird. But really! How many people are c a p abl1 e of making a machine do such acrobatics? Nenace to saplings Not only are snowmobiles killing people, but they're killing thousands of t r e e s as w el1l1 . When a tree is just a sapiing and fighting for existence, it's survival hangs on the merest of chances. Severe cold, or drought, or insects or d i s e ase can kill a young sapling. Add snowmobiles to this list. When snow- mobiles runover saplings, they as often as not break them in two or crush them. Either way they're usually killed. A new kind of sport It has also recently come to l1ight that m an y people are using snowmobi les to kill animals, ina very inhuman fashion. I lm fnot talking about the trappers, l'm talking about the people who chase deer a n d moose a n d who knows what el se. They chase them through the bush until the animal just collapses from exhaustion and dies. And then, of course, there's pol lut- ion, both air and noise, snowmobiles are polluting the air with hydrocarbons in t h e exhaust an d unburned oil. The m o b i 1 i t y of a snowmobile meansl1 t is capable of polluting an area which was once almost inaccessible to man. The noise of a snowmobile might be cons idered a safety factor. On a cold *day the machines are so.noisy, you can easilyhearone approaching and run for shel ter. lenjoygetting into the bush with two or th ree cameras and capturing the beauty and serenity to be found on a b r i g h t , col d day. Nothing breaks the se re n i ty more quickly or devastingly t h a n t he approach.of a noisy, smoke- belching snowmobile. The snowmobile is no longer a rich man's toy. tIsjust man's toy. You can't knock it for that alone, but you can knock it for the destruction and pollution and lo.ss of life it's causing. Ju s t like the operation of any mac- hine, a snowmobile operator must take on his share of responsibil ity and safety awareness. Police groups This year many groups are establish- ing toform a police group to ensure that snowmobiling is a safe hobby. By next Continued on Page 13. "And 1 don't care what council said!" $ FROM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW It's going to be a long, noisy winter... -by l Gual