- .,.-.~.-, PAGE 26, WITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1989 k e' Ml I NeWsr u'anbornainer ~offi Phone 668-6369I 1-694-1502 Spring is. This weekend was warm with the Promise Of summer ta corne. The car washens were out in force. Shorts were in ful bloom. And the voices of cbildren ran up and down the street aIl day. If aur backyard is Un indication, she had lots of fun. The yard is littered wth play furniture, tays, a trike, plates, niy new glasses from Many Clours, the clown head for the hase and several piles of birdseed, upon one of wbich sits aur own personial grey squirnel. He has been around for sevenal years and cansiders us ta be "bis turf." He provides us with amusement and something for'the dogs ta chase up andý down the telephone wires and we provide hm with foad. Ites an even trade. There are two black squirrels that have sort of taken a shine ta us, but they are nelegated ta- the front yard whene the pickens are slimmer and thene is a cat ta contend with. Spring is the start of an early-morning concert by the birds ta herald the cominig dawn. This repentaire of divine music is performed, each and evenýy day in the pre-dawn hours and from the first tentative trili ta the final crescendo is an expenience that makes me glad ta be alive, that enriches the soul. There are three little birds in particular that we have been observing rather clasely. There are two males and one female. The maies have been displaying, singing and performing arts of danedevil fiying, trying ta catch the lady's eye. Finally, this past week, the female chose ber mate and fiew off with him. The laser inimediately broke into a sang so full of lonely longing that it nearly broke aur heants. We hope he finds a dASI SEE by Lorna Miller Spring is IT 00. mate soon, he's one sad littie fellow. Spring 15 also the time you nealize how mnuch rubbish and leaves have gathened on the lawns over the winter. I 'have no idea whene it cames ftrm, but eveny spring, there it is. The secondhand stores seeni ta have proliferated aven the winter,T.hey are all featuring clothing and furntitune from the 1950s. Yau know you'ne g etting oid when yau nemember using or wearing the stuif in antique or nastalgia stores instead of commenting on how your grandmother or great aunt had the very same thing in her house. How the years fly by when youre waiting for life to happen. Spring i8 ako the Urne when you vow to really lose those pounds that have piled onte your hips, or to start an exercise programn or learn taeskip. Spring always motivates us ta get doing something with aur lives. It is a Urne of new beginnings. It is a season of hope and birth. It ls the Urne for sweaters insteacà of coats, of shoes instead of boots and rain instead of snow. Itfs the time when aid and young emerge from their houses ta sit on porches or play on the'sidewalk. It 15 the time for sunshine and warm- days that stretch longer into mauve and pink-stained nights. The country is up and on the go once again. People are cleaning, washlng, raking, stufllng green garbage bags ta the taep cisposing of winter clutter. Ljawn sales begin and you can unabashedlly peruse your neighbor's belongings without seeming nosy when they are displayed for ail the world ta see. Spring gives one the feeling that the worst is now over and the best is yet ta corne. Spring is the reason we endure lousy winters of snow, içe, cold, sleet, hall and bad driving. Because each of us carnes in aur hearts a seed of the spring ta corne and that srnaIl seed of hope and faith inakes even the worst day of winter easier ta bear. Sa, I Iguess Ilil stop writin g and get out and do something, like go and cig up what the squirrel buried in aur backyard while I wrate this column. 0f course, he'fl chatter and scald me while I do it. It is bi-,s buried treasure, not mine, but, I just have ta take a peek. Many seniors attend Wheels to Meals luncheon By Trudie Zavadoavies Lunch, good conversation and entetainment made up the afternoon for 32 seniors bnought tagethen in Brooklin by Wheels ta Meals on Tuesday last week. A pilot pnject since riebruany, Wheels ta Meals is the coopena- tive effort of six chunches in and around Brooklin. "Since we have aur new hall, we want ta do things that wiii belp the community, says Betty Cincural about the necent addi- tion. ta St. Thomas Anglican Chunch. "This offers an oppotunity for seniors who don't nonmaliy get a lot of social contact, ta meet with a-ld friends and make new ones." The manthly luncheon is plan- ned by members of St. Thomas Anglican, Brookiin United, Mea- dowrest Baptist, St Leos Catho- lic, Burns Presbyterian and Myr- tie United churches. Volunteer drivers from each church pick uap seniors interested in the luncheon. Dr. John Henry Mefinney and wife Bessie. wene among those who enjoyed last week's festivi- ties. McRinney practised medi- cine in Broaklrn since 1931 until bis retirenient some yeans back. "I don't kniow if I qualify as a shut-in," says McKinney. «We g aut daily but here I get the oppartunity ta see my friends I don't normally get ta see from other denoininations." Viola Oliver's daughter drives from Lindsay and takes ber out and about weekly. Even so, Wheels ta Meals is a real treat Locking for Fresh Cut Flowers? Box Plants? Shrubs? Demanci Quaiity for Good Prices? Look no Further! GRnnqEENIOUSES Highway 12 Brooklini 655-4296 STREE A LON ~IN OPEN: TUE.-FRI. 9-6 SAT.8-4 TEL. 655-4201 69 BALDWIN ST. BROOKLIN for bier. "T«his is wonderful, I enjay seeing my fniends,» she says. After their tastebuds wene treated ta the culinary delights prepared by cburch members, seniors wene entertained by the down-home -country talent, of Whitby resident Chanlie Hubble- qauipped witb seven mouth ongans, an amplifier and a micro- phone, Hubbleday delighted the audience with such godiesas '0 Dannv Boy' 'The Happy 9Wan. dener' and 'Have I Told You Lately That I Love You,' the Thene is a nominal $3.50Q charge fan the afternoon. "It, pays ur expenses -- we break even," says» Bessi-e Pengelly. "If wýe have any extra, we buy favors.» The next lunch is scheduled fan. Wednesday' May 17. 'CI don't know if we' be meeting in June/ July/August» says Pengelly. "If not, we lldelInitely meet again in the fali.' 1ý Those intenested in mare infor- mation can cal Bessie Pengelly at 655-4596 or Betty Cincural at, 655-3187. PC potluck meeting Friday The Brooklin & District Pro- gressive Conservative Associa- tion patluck supper and annual meeting will be -held on Friday evening, Apnil 21, at Bnaoklin United Chuncb. Guest speakers wiil be Dur- ham riding MP Ross Stevenson and Durham East MPP Sain Cureatz. Potluck starts at 6:15 p.m. The meeting begins at 8 p.m. The riding association includes the anea in Whitby that is north of Taunton Rd. (incýluding Brook- Narcissus show The Bnooklin Hoticultural Society will hold its 'Nancissus Show' and general meeting on Wednesday, Apnil 26, 8 p.m., at Bnooklin United Chunch. Topic wil be 'Hemerocalis' (daffiodils). Guest speaker wiil be Douglas Lycett. 1 l JOYCE HOWE has joined our stafftas a fr part-timernember. She la -Salon Curis, Oshawa and I F~ ,antastic Sais, Whit.by. Less than lOmin. from Whitby Less t han 15min. f rom. Oshawa lin and Muntie) and the area in Oshawa north of Conlin Rd. (in- cluding Raglan and Colunibus). For more information call 655- 3446, 655-3860, 655-4647 or 668-. 3418. Myrtie news By Sonja Graham Attention, sports fan in the Ashburn and Myrtle area. T-bal and basebali negistration wili be held Manday, Apnil 24 at the Ashbunn community centre, 6:30 ta 8:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per child. n one ishing ta help out with cayching or assisting cani offer thein help ta TereasaMaDni or Brian Irvine an the night of negistration. For the fail craft show, thase who have nesenved table have ta deposit $8, ta, be submitted býy the end of April. Mail or drap in the deposit ta Mang Stevens or myseif 50 we can determine how many tables have been rented. Canvassens have been out in the Myrtie area for the Cancer Society. Donations appreciated. Friends and neighbors in Myr- tle wish a happy birtbday to Hazel McCullocb, 90 years aid this week. Correction Canadian Classics, a store recently -opened just north of Bnaokiin, was incornectly identi- fied in a* story in last week's edition. The Free Press wishes ta apa- logize for the ernon. Special Introductory Course Total fee of $25. includes tuition,-- paints, brushes, wood pieces and al required materials. Experienced Painters Programs for ail levels SPhone Lorraine at 655-3688 ~ la xTt-%.,7xyc9 Pý#:ill lVTýlla-r Mýffl