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PAqM & WMTY FR PRESgBDNESAY, JULY 20 1902 The only Whîitby Newspaper owned and operated* by Whtby residents for Whltby residentsî, Publlshed every Wednpsday by 677209 Ontario Imc. at 131 Brock, St N, Whltby, Ontarlo Il N 5S1 Phone 668-6111ý Toronto Line'4?7-1834 Doug Anderson - Publisher Maurice Pliher - Editor Alexandlm Martin - Production Manager 2nd Class Postal Registration #05351 Place Tif n AýS.uminer Contest ofArchitecturallIdentification Each woekr tdmWhiyR tbyo Po.WMipbliha pictuoe of en, arddbocharal detail ift Wbirby (mluding Iroolmn Ashlmn d Myrtl). Adraw wli berma&le fom the oorroctrim Mm Thcwmes nwme and the correct idenifiato w be pubished in the next we's Froc Pi=s. JAMES ROWE HOUSE Corner of Victoria & Chules, PÃ"rt Whitby- Home of the first mayor of Whitby, thbouseacros die moetfrom the Whitby Jail was built about 1856. rundown, much of its origitalwoodwork deta is still itact. Ef you -can identify this pictsubinit this enny to the Whitby Fiee PSe 131 ýBrook Stree N.,' Whfitby LiN 5S1. Tewinner wii be selccted nextTuesday at 10:00 arn. WOCATIJV Name, 1Address Phone Numberý LASTWEEK'WN R Sharon Hanbidge. PRIMESDONATEDBY HEFAGE HousE i*d Laj'oitaie Nt weksjxizmtdSu by RoummSU p -Mar 7 ",Whew!i 1thought he was a. goneri" * e on * Touch the weather By Stephen G. Leahy aThe weather la no longery-a factor In my life,w my 30-somethlng single frlend cheerfuIlyWdeclared. "When,1 ' bave my. apartment each mornlng, 1 taesthe elevatar down ta -the. parking garage. Drlving ta work. -I1sther put on the heat or the ' air conditioner ta keep the ,sains temperaturo and humldlty 'as ln my apartment. At work I l park In the underground garage aridtae the elevator ta my office. 1 always have lunch in ans af the -*many places ln the undrground network af shopa and eating areas." .a don't own a raincoat, an u-mbrela nor a winter coat any more. R mekes no difference ta me if Uts sunny, snowy, rainy or slushy. Weather 15 irrelevant ta me." 1 guess'that la possible as an office workerI" 1 respanded, "but what about the weekends or ev enings?w 1 i ten eat, aut in the evenings with a close frlsnd. Fôrtunately both'my frlend and 'the places we go aimost. always offer indoor parking. -On the ;weekends l'm usually in my 'q>art ment aet My computer working an varlous projects. But 1 do make time for my friends. l'm on the phono quite a bit ta them and 1 arn ln touch wth quit. a few peaple from ail over the world' through my computer bulletin board. Any time day or night 1 can contact someane an~d have a reaily interestinig chat." "What else do' yau do for recreation, - and how about exorcise?* 1 asked. "l've just recently completed My home entertainment system -- yotu know a new high dèfinition 42" TV, wth theatre sound and ail that. Not only can 1 use ià ta ivatch movies or' stufi 1 tape on my VCR but 1 can aise playO ail my videa games through à. T he graphica and sound quaity are just sUperb. And 1 got a rowing machine. and statlonary bike for exercise tao." "Sa you rsaily«don'tgo outsids?" said, shaking my head. "As làtle as-possible. Why should 1 go outsids? Inside - the tomperat ure 1la always.comfortable, the air la cleaner, th ors arsn't any bugs and no worrles about what la happening ta the ozone layer for me.- If Il want -ta- enjoy. the greât outdors 1 go for' a drive in. the coùntryf or watch a nature videa on TV." > Not only is this a true story, it Is representative of the',way that most af us spend our lives. On average, most - dufts. spend perhaps 10 to 12 hours par week out aiàdoors on average. During thé' summer -wo spend mors timo autside, lesa in the winter. Afler ail the vast majorit ai us work Insido,- aur rese time:in aur homes. Sa ws do end up- spendlng. about 90 païr cent ai our wailng hours Inside. 'One hundred years aga., the rosidents ai .Whtb spent almocst ail their> timo aout - f doors. Týors ars lots of reasons why, 11ike TV. air- conditioned cars and tho reduction in communlty ajctivties, but what la reaily interesting la the effect that aur Indoor lives have on: the 'way wo think, espec-.lly'the way we think about the environment. By not. spending turne outslde. each ai us has largely. lost aur parsonal connection with the reai warld of nature. Who watched the sunrise and sunset lest Sunday. o any ather day? Ffty years noa most people could not only teli t h time by the position,'oa. the sun during, the day but'aise g -nlght from -the -position -aif the constellations. Hardly anyons recagnizes the birds that f11k by as w. sépeed ta work -. eaven fewor know anything about the types af food they eat or tho pls they like ta, nest ln. Oauld Àny ai us canfidentlelly wraik Into a woadiot and a'btain soins sdibls plants' for a -llght lunch? >Not, long agomast poplo could reàsonably forecast the weather in their locaity -by^ noting a fow' indicators éuch as wind speed and direction, cloud shape comblnied wth their years ai experience being outside. Nothing miraculous, sice. weather has patterns and thers are plenty afi duos ta hslp read them. Today we rely on someone- in Ottawa,. looking, a satellite pictures ai the entire Northsrn hemispehre, ta tell us if k mught rein in aur backyard tamarrow. My lindoor' fdsnd -would probably say: "So what -- who reaily needs ta know that kind af stuf eny mars." *The problom n 't that. Most af Us do not i «have the autdoor know-how ta tetlil tins' or naigae by the stars. The reel ýproblem'la that *ws don't ses thet a6ur lack. ai exparlence eaM undeistàding of ths .naturai word la the. moot cause- af a ur enviranmentel,'prablema And we don't seem ýta ses thet we cannot ecaeth> effsbetsfaithose :prablerins by ,hldlng' Indoars or creatlng a way af living the pretenda that we are not connected ta the eerth. >_ We are bèlngs who, are mad e ai the sains flesh .and ,bone as thousanda aif other speclos. We., need tho, sains-ai r nd wier. We doperkl on the sé sunlight and salI ta b.ed' us. Bocause we are connected.ta the sarth, everything ws do.hesan Impact onIt; and on aur fol4w inhelitants. Sincs there are se 1qiany af, us and wkth aur tectinoloby , we can .serlously damage, iU not dsrythe eârdh. Inside aour buil dings, Insidé aour climats -contmolled'.Ilves thla fundamontal'connectlon la dIfficult ta ses. The mare tims we spsnd inside,.tho bass we.cen ses and understend outalde. Thes bs we ses and understend."the mare damage ws cause. Ths mare damage ta aur envlranment the ousa tino we wqff tot spend autaldo. The lesa time .outslde, the lesa likely we will b.e ble ta salve those"prableins'slncs we won't truly understand' what we are destroylng. Worse, w. may thlnk ws are botter off Indoars, and not %change anythlng ta salve the 'problomns. The mard we think we arent connec.ted ta the earth, the-worse things* will get. When thînga get bad enough, hiding Indoors won't savo us. Opinions expressed mr those of the author. so the etr, .Who cares?. To the Editor: Parker was comple telywithaut 'any runnlng watger ln her home for ovor nn uvnr rha vtn w *avl-no'fdarnnv.' 1Upan reading, Mr. Herrema's u" u-f aU uw i iliu r. response in The Fres Press, July YHerrema, ta of cuscilMha 15 editionto my letter of June 24, 1I wrash thei han c thi whol thought 1I shauld respond once matter; they'deserve no credit. aga'n - but maybe not. Znh0 really cares that we had ta Who cares thatln ail probablty. fight for water for-a long erod ofWOoIdsiib thtwarhd tim (furta ivoyers)durngwe not appeaied to the 0MB -- time four o fie' y rg with9Voad provocation?' which time we apeaied to Wht.i Us«ng the -rules properly? There Towvn counicil adregionai cauncil aen ueA.pltý,ee for assistance, but gotfnans? aen rlsinpltPa vrie Who* caros that we were nover knows that., Sa who cares, if we reassured byMarcel Brunelle l n - eie s oveing MarMcKnight tbdhaw"odbtyn Jr, ~444 ~'et#~4