Whitby Free Prees, Wochiesday, Ji$y 5. 1995 ,Page 7 ..... .... ... .... .... . . ... .. .. . . ... . .. ................. .......... . - - 7 - , w r w w Lt might wurk Mike Harris, Premier, Province of Ontario Queen's Park Toronto, Ont. Dear Mr. Harris: Them liberals writing ini the Toronto Star espe- cially are loving to fil you full up with advice. Like Common Sense Ain't That Common, and stuif like that. I thought I'd write to you with just to tell you that common sense just might work. For A Change. Whole bunches of those uppety lefty types have been telling anybody who'd listen that Common Sense tells us the world is flat. That the Sun travels around the Earth. 0f course, most of the time we have no reason te look up at the sky, so who cares? Let's talk about putting Common Sense te, work. First: about welfare. Sure, common sense says that people of welfare shouid do something for the money. Heck, sure some people cheat. So common sense says, let's get those cheats outta there. So there. For the others, 1 don't know quite how cutting welfÈre rates can do much. Well, sure, we save some tax money. But comînon sense a.Iso says those people gotta eat, gotta pay rent. Coinmon sense also says a lotta 'em have problems getting on in the world. Slum landiords aint going te love you a lot. Course, common sense also says that most people wiIl need help te get off welfare. Maybe even education. Training. And none of your boondoggle stuff, either. Real training for real jobs. Send 'em te Durhamn College. Eighty, ninety per cent of grads get jobs. Okay, 50 common sense says that's gorma cost a little more. So use your noggin. People elected you because you were talking sense. Now it's time te act that way. Even if it costs more money. About photo radar, 1 dunno. Some wise guys seem te think it just ain't fair: they got a right te speed, the police have te catch them fair and square. Sitting in a grey van at the side of the highway ain't the manly way te catch speeders, no gender slight intended. Me, I think common sense says the speed limit is the speed lixnit. If we was serious, we would permanently mount cameras on every highway across the province. Nail speeders and nail them good, every time. CÇommon sense ain't the samne as ruffled feathers, so don't you forget that, Mike. What else was you goin' on about? Oh, yeah. Trimming down the civil service. Nobody can argue with the intent. Goodness knows, over the past twenty five years we've *added services beyond good sense. Your trick will be te decide how toecut the useless and keep the usefiil. Neat trick. Hope you got pocketsful of common sense when you do this. Just remember, Mike: it has te work. And about this cutting of school administrators. Well, since I arn one, that's cutting pretty close te home. Stop snipping those shears 50 close te my tees. It does give me comfort when your new Minister of Education says he'll cut sehool adminstrators but won't cut* back on money for education. Hey, that's good stuff. What many of us would like are details. Like, Mike:- we went te teachers' collegre back in those longr INNUSHARE co-founder Joyce Marshall Marshall and Rhoda Gribben, another eýts help from Daniel Corner (left), Catie Innushare member, wiIl take when* they Chesson (second from ri ht) and Catie visit Davis Inlet, Labrador this month. Fitzgerald in.packung craft supplies that Phtoto by Peter Nilas, Whltby Free Press ml..~j -~ -~- Y~~~ Z.AZIILI AIRPLANE LAND1NG STRJOP ON SiTE 0F LASCO STEEL. SUMMR, 1941 In 1941 a landing strip was buit near Lake Ontario, west of T'hickson Road. It was used for the duration of the war, likely to bring supplies to nearbf Camp X. This is a very r are photograph for the person who took it wrote on the back: "iam not supposed to take pictures of planes." This site had been considered for an airport as early as 1918. Wiy xhives Photo 10 YEARlS AGO from the Wednesday.,Ju1 3, 1985 edition of the WHYHFUE PIRSS SWitby's latest Chief Scouts are: Thomas Hourahine, Ron Kane and Sean Steele. *Whitby's Iroquois Soccer Club has donated $25,000 for a new soccer pitch south of Irquois Park. " Whitby Warrîors Junior Lacrosse Club is leading in its division. The tearn won the Minto Cup last year. " A four-beýom home on Ladies' College Drive is selling for $118900. 35 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, June 30, 1960 edition of the WHýTBY WEEIKLY NEWS " More than 170 Grade 8 students graduated from Coîborne Street Public Sehool in a ceremony at the United Church. " Town Council has rejected the law which forms Conservation Authorities. " Grade 12 student Nigel Schilling reported to the Rotary Club on his citizenshîp trip te Ottawa, sponsore ciby the club. " Whitby Township Planning Board wants controlled development of the Corridor Area between Whiùtby and Oshawa. 80 YEARS AGO from the Thurda, J4y 1, 191.5 edition of the WHTBMY C2TT AND CHRONICLE (This issue is missing) 1 MvFfll-ý