WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26,1987, PAGIý 5 Lucas Letterpress redlines on lawn furniture in the August sun. It is eiglit fifteen on a Sunday mornlng. Luc-as is writiing the lead editorial for the Beaver Fiat Tail (Lucas Letterpress, editor and prop.), the' ônly newspaper published i the town of Beaver, Ont. He wrltes: "World peace is somethig everyone sbould figlit for. Just thik bow wonderful the world would be if the Irish, the Lebanese, the Contras..." He stope tapping at this point. Five feet from bis head, on the other side of a six-foot higli fence, a radio clicks on. "Good morning, B1eavers. The temperature is 36 degrees Celery, humiclity riglit up there. This is radio station C.H.E.W., wliere yesterday becomes tomorrow ..." It is not 50 mucli the message as the volume that chases thouglits of world peace from Lucas' head. Nevertlieless, lie resumes typing: di'..ail lay down their arms, their legs, their rifles On the other side of the fence, the radio is singing: «Imagine there's no people, it isn't liard to do..." Lucas gives up the typing, uncuris the garden hose from, the side of the house, sets the sprinkler five feet from the fence and then turns it on, full force. The radio alone dominates tlie Sunday morning for the next tbirty seconds. Lucas smiles. From the other side of the fence cornes a sharp, surprised howl; the radio is silenced witli a Jerk. Lucas bends once more to bis typewriter. "Think of liow easy peace would be," lie writes, "if al sides in the world's trouble spots tried forgiveness. If in- stead of retaliatig against eacli wrong. .." Pow! The radio snape on again, a littie furtlier away, witli renewed vigour and biglier, base-driven volume. WITH OUR FEÉTUP by Bill Swan l n pursuit. of peace "Imagine there's no heaven..." the song continues. Lucas bites hits lower lip and types: "...each,.tried to forgive ....." But bis concentration bas been broken. He, locks bis fingers in front of lits cbest, inverts them, palms out, until tendons sound like Rice Krispies. ."Another goldie oldie from the musty stacks of the back racks of the library here at C.H.E.W . ...". Lucas strides across the lawn, turns off the sprikler. He darts into the garden shied, emerges witli an adjustable nozile. ie removes water sprinkler and snaps the nozzle on the garden hose. Squatting, lie places lits eye against a peek hole i the fence., Satisfied, lie pulls the lever on the. nozzle and watclies the water arc highe, gracefully. Lucas manipulates the trajectory, the parabola snaking out across the blue of the Sunday sky -like artilery, fur- ther, further, until bulI's eye! The radio shivers against the cold, ratties twice i the tweeter, then crackles into silence. Lucas smiles, sweetly and returns to, bis typewriter. "For what does retaliation bring?" lie writes. "'Only more retaliation. Thus we see generation after generation trying to riglit the wrongs of their fathers and gran- dfathers..." A crouse word, not fit for Sunday nor any other mor- ning, barks over the 'fence. Then follows some gruting sounds, a tinny echo, a wow 1 of electrome feed back. ' A blast of sound knocks Lucas from bis chair. He staggers to bis intelligence post by the fence. A giant speaker, five feet bigli, is wired to a sound board and a turntable. The record is playmg, " Don't be cruel ..."1 The sound equipment lias been safely installed i the gar- den shed out of the trajectory of tlie garden liose. 1Lucas returns to the house. He pops into a basement bedroom and quietly rouses tlie-occupant. "You've lucked out," lie says thi bis son. "If you can get 'em here i haif an hour, your rock band can practice i our back yard for the rest of the day. No limits on the volume."' Lucas doesn't even wait to hear the baffled but grateful, "Gee, thanks Dad..." Outside, Lucas tap tap tape a few more limes. "lBesides, " he writes, "retaiation is a negative force, one that tears down. Only forgiveness is a positive force on which futures can be built. "Isn't it time the world gave peace a chance?" Beach airea cleared up folio win g stormy weather The Whitby parks crew began dlean-up last week on a beach area in Port Whitby stripped of sand and f 'ldwth rtting algae as a resuit 0fstorm conditions earlier this month. The beach area is located im- mediately east of the pier in the liarbor. Jack Connor, chef inspec- tor with the Durham Region Health Unit, says it's not unusual to have algae wash up on, shore. But lie noted that algae growth is mucli greater this summer. He said large waves from- a strong southerly wind washed up the algae and, apparently, sediment out of the mouth of the nearby stream. The pier also seemed to direct the algae to the beach area, says Connor. Vince Gibbons of the Town's parks department says the shore area would be cleaned up but he doubted if the beach area would soon be fuily restored. Permits are required for shoreline work. Connor said the water in that beach area remains safe for swimming as the coliform bacteria level is about 28, below the mean count of 100 after which a beach is closed. The beach area further west, near the Whitby yacht Club, is at a 43 level. Signs warning against unsafe swimming went up in the French-, man's Bay swimming area in Pickering two weeks ago, the latest of now seven swimming areas in Durham Region to be found in ex- cess of accepted coliform levels tbis suxnmer. Ail creeks in Durham Region are also unsafe for swim- ming because of cloriform counts. Sehool survey conducted A survey is currently being con- ducted in an area in Wlitby to determine the number of pre-scliool and school age chltdren, according to the Durhiam Board of Education. Adults are going door to door witbin the area bounded by Garden St., Rossland Rd., Tbickson Rd. and Taunton Rd. The board wants to learn the nuniber of children who wilI be at- tending achools. JOCELYN VISITS WHITBY JOCELYN MUIR dives into the Iroqulois Park pool followed by Anne Ottenbrite and, a littie slower, Whitby councillor Tom Edwards durmng Mufr 's visit to WEST LYNDE PLAZA 965 DUNDAS ST. W.. (at Jeffery St.) WHITBY, ONTARTO Restaurant Card & Magazine Whitby on Thesday. She is swimming around Lake Ontario to raise funds to help battle multiple scierosis. 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