WITBy FRE pRSS, 'WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1988, PAGE 5 The first draft of this colurnn began: "Riding on the skirts of the first heat wave of the year, June today is busting out ail over.But what bugs me..." Okay --it stunk. Into the electronic garbage can it went. 1 A fresh start. "What bugs me about June..." Aw, corne on. Those twelve readers who caught the reference ta June bugs would be repulsed by it. Those who right ..think it mildly humorous aren't bright enougli to catch the subtlety. Into the waste basket. "June wafts its way into our senses on waves of fragrance'blown in'from May blooms. It is a rnonth of freshness,, growth, new shootsi, new beginnings....". Too ornate. It resernbles a gargoyle of climbing roses. StiI, don't knock everything. You could worm your way into gardening from that, which after aIl is your longterm aim. Naw. Let's be more direct. "Swan's advice for summer: get there early and park in the shade." Wonderful. A bit of suspense there to sort'of get them lianging on the next paragraph. One weakness: there is no next paragraph. Okay, forget the introduction. Weifl corne back to, that. Let's get te the meat of the column. Okay, sa first, so's people won't think this is based on personal experience, we'fl introduce two narneiess people. Weil cai thern him and her, or she and he, as the case may be. Sa it starts with her saying she likes interlocking brick and he says what? And âhe says it'd look good' across the front of the house and up the front walk. So lie nods sageiy and says that shouldný't be too bad a job. And then lie commences te, dig holes so he can't WITH OUR FEET ,UP by3Bill Swan The June garden experience change his mind and heaps up piles of rocks and dlay at the head of the unpaved driveway and says first we'il need topsoil for the gardens. Nobody asks how gardens are connected ta interlockcing brick, except that everything interlocks these-aays. Sa lie digs out a front graden and a smal vegetable garden and a babys garden and a garden gate garden and sits in the kitchen and does sorne figures on the back on an envelope and says we need eight yards of tepsoil. And she says, that's nice s0 he phones a place and soon a truck cornes around with eight yards of tepsoil. And she says, that's nice sa he phones a place and soon a truck cornes around with eight yards of tepsoil. And lie iearns firsthand the, difference between screened and unscreened topsoil and she says, serves you rnght for being cheap. And he says, if you think I'rn cheap, you should meet soxÉne of the publishers I know. And then lihe picks up his wheelbarrow and keeps on truckin'. And later that day he fils ail the flower beds and the gardens and dumps sorne topsoil around trees and *shrubs and the pile in the drivers pile in the driveway still is huge and he phones her where she works and says you may not understand this but we've got a lot of extra topsoil ieft which is a good thing because someday we'l1 need it and it wiil look wonderful in a big heap on the driveway ail winter. ,And she says, how corne? And he says, weil, that's the part you rnight not understan'd, it being something about not nine feet in a yard but twenty seven feet in a yard and she says, har, har, har, you mean you calculated in square feet instead of cubic feet and now we have about one hundred and thirty five cubic feet left over? And he says yes, but nobody but us will ever know. Okay.. So that's the gist of the thoughts about gardening. I know, I know. It's too long and drawn out. But a little work, and little tightening, perhaps remove that twitty rernark about publishers because who knows? someone miglit know one. But in essence, it rnight fiy. But now we have to write the intro tait. Let's see... "He should have taken his neighbor's advice. It started the day he admires the pile of lirnestone and unlaid brick on his neighbor's drive and the neighbor looks up from his kneeling position and says: "Talk her into something else. Staîl. Delay. Do anything. Maybe she'll change her mmnd. "But interlocking brick just looks too pretty. Which is why ..I You get the idea. Staff freeze, reduced service, closed beds at Whýitby hospital Some services at Whitbr General Hospital will be reduce, and charges will be levied for others, in order to erase a fore- casted deficit of $510,000 from the 1988-89-operating budget., Hospita adninistrator Jim MIi- 1er says the deficit wiii be liminated with the closing of somne beds, cuts in hours of service and operating room use during 'lowest times of service, such as in the summer. There wiil also be charges for parkcing, telephones in patients' roonis while prices will be raised for cafeteria food. There will be no staffing cuts but there wiIl be a freeze on ,hiring of new staff. Hospital eniployees will be facing a reduction in hours in some de- partments. "k (the budget) is affecting each department," said Mller. "Al departmnents have put together their own budget according to their portion of the total budget." Each department had a certain portion of the total deficit that they were required to elininate. Staff rnay not be pleased with cuts in hours, Miller said, adding "Although things have been cut back, it is'not crushing, because every department lias had ta make cuts." The budget cuts will. mean "a UPHOLSTERY & REFINISHING h a enwreIo ca t e dt 513 Brook St. N. liUnit 1. Whitby1 curtailment of services to, a smal degree, but we're not iosing essentiai services. They're res-, tricted somewhat, and may not be as convenient," Miller said. According ta Miller, increasing revenue through charges for some services and raising prices of others while cutting back some services is the only tactic te deal with the deficit. The Province indicated te al hospitals that it wili not extend funding te, hospitais in deficit situations. When asked if he thought the Province rnight re- consider their tougli stance, Miller replied that 'They're acting in. a way not conducive te that thinking. 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