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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDN-ESDAYý JANUARY 25, 1978,:AU15 - Comm g Events- ]HEART FUND CANVASS Volunteers are needed for the Canadian Heart, Fund Canvass throughout - Whitby in February. Anyone wanting to be a volunteer canvasser, may call Carolyn Smith at 668-1 303.* THIEATRE PRODUCTION The popular play "Alie" which was a hit mnovie about 12 years ago, wilI be present- ed by the Whitby Theatre Company Feb.- 1 to 4 at the Centennial Building Theatr.e. Ail performances are at 8 p.m. except Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. for senior citizens. FABULOUS FIFTIES DANCE Fans of the fifties music will be pleased to note that the First Whitby Scout Group will be holding a "Fabulous Fifties" dance Jan. 28 at the Masonic Hall on Cochrane Street. For further informa- tion. and. tickets, cal Mary- Lou at 668-2354. FASHION SHOW The Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hospital Women's Auxiîiary will be holding 'a Fashion Show March 6 and 7, starting at 8 p.m. in the Blue Flame Roomi at the Consumners Gas Building. Tickets are $2 each and can be obtained fromn the fol- lowing locations; Hospital gift shop, Pat's Place, Agnes Disney's Fashionable Haif Sizes, Patricia Ann Shop,, Kamneka Footwear, and mnem- bers of the hospital auxiliary executive. Tickets on a hand7made 36-inch Raggedy Ann doîl, to be drawn on, March 7, are also available at the -above mentioned .places. Prices for the tickets are 50 cents each or three for $1 . SThose presenting fashions will be the Patricia Ann Shop, Kameka FootwearPat's Place, and Agnes Disney. Refresh- ments will be served. PRE- SCHOOL CENTRE Marilyn Adams, a primary junior consultant for the Dur- ham Board of Education, wffl speak of the topic of Language Development in the Pre- School Child at the Parent Pre-School Centre evening program Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. at the Consumers Gas Building on Consumers Drive. CARNIVAL MEETING The Whitby County Town Carnival Committee will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at Cornittee Room One at the municipal Building. Officers for 1978 will beelected and plans dis- cussed for this year's carnival. Everyone interested in the, carnival, and club representa- tives are asked to attend. HORTICULTURAL MEETING The Brooklin Horticultural Society, at their regular meet- ing on January 2Sth will feature a presentation by Mr., Ken Brown, noted Horticul- turist. Subject of Mr. Brown's talk will be .'Tropical Propo- gation'. Also that evening the film "The Flower Show" wilI be screeneéd. The time is 8 p.m. at the Brooklin United Church Hall. Everyone is welcomne. HOMEMAJUNG CLUB The Whitby and Oshawa 4-Hl Homemaking Club starts its spring meetings Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. For information on the location, cali Pat -Killin at 725-2680 or Mrs. Grylîs at 579-9773. 'The ciub's "Focus on Living" program feat 'ures knitting, crocheting and quilt- ing. Anyone aged 12 or over as of March, 1, 1978 is invited to participate. l'11 be -up front in my criticism of the wretched things- they're noisy, and an unsightly plague on the otherwise quiet and bèautiful landscape. However, withý great trepidation, I will also admit they are -a lot of fun. I'm talking about snowmobiles, ,which everybody likes to refer to as skidoos which should certainly make.the ski- doo people happy the same way the Kleenex people are happy to have their product always named when people mean facial tissue. But then that's typical of homo sapiens, saying one thing and meaning another. So in fairness to these things called skidoos I decided to try one out one sundav- and try to determine what strange fascination they held for so many thousand people here in Canada. My first crack ma de me think back to the years of pullingotboards tiffie aftér tile only toihave therm belch,« backfire and refuse to start. My snow machine was making the, same sounds and my armn was getting rather sore. After a ittle fancy choking and a few spiritually uplifting words the machine started and from the'sound of it would soon join tintgreat snow plot in the sky. My chief adviser and snow machine len der, also my- cousin, assured me it o nly sounded that way but wh en I got the revs up she would straighiten out. Little did I suspect at that time it had a souped up engine. I believe the term is "getting sucked in". So, after letting the noisycontraptionwarmup,I pointed the skis in the direction I wanted to go and slowly squeezed the throttle which for ail the world reminded me of a bicycle brake'handle. 1 was later to discover that the brake was indeed the samne kind of lever on the other side and the machine reacts very quickly if you mistake them. My first reaction to the machine was that it didn't seemn too concerned about where 1 wanted to go. In fact, it s eemed to me that the snow or- ice utimately determined where the machine was to go but 1 put that down to not knowing how to steer. In heavy snow the machine just wouldn't tumn the way I expected it to and once 1 had to whip my'leg out to prevent machine and I from overturning. Although. not as satisfying to me as downhill skiing I was beginning to enjoy> the ride eveni- though my kidneys, would almost surely need replacing on my return to. a nice warmf house. Off. in the distance I noticed my cousin signalling to me with a squeezing motion so I assumed he flgured I1.was too slowly and I found a nice straight stretch and squeezed the throttlç. It was somewhat akin to having a bomb go off and being caught in the blast. *As my body moôved forward at a much qui cker rate than my head 1 euffered the first stages of whiplash -and when my head did catch up the eyes wouldn't focus because the scenery was going by at an alarmmig -clip. My trade years ago was as a mechanic so I usually under- stand how machines function but I certainly wa sn't prepared for the tremendous acceleration of 'such a small machine with an even smaller enginie., I settled down behind the cowl and tried to aim the machine 'along what looked like. a smooth trail until I could get the hang of things. In the meantime my right hand' was in a white-knuckled death grip on the throttle and only after 1 got settled i did I realize I didn't have to go quite so fast. 1 dared not glance at the speedo'but afler slowing down to what seemned like almost a fast walkx I did so and' incredulously noticed I was doing 45 m.p.h. I' quickly figured out' that if 1, was now doing 45 I m ust have been going -far too, fast'seconds ago. By the time I got back to the house 1 had the machine doing most of the things I wanted it to do except thatat the minute I noticed the brakes weren't. that -efficient but I CLOCA »ffers guide to oùutdoor sites 1Designed to assist educa- tors in selecting and conduct- ing educational activiies on Authority owned lands, the Inventory and' Guide has a wealth of information that would be of interest to area residents. Sections on watershed history, physiography, soils, vegetation and wildlife are included. Other sections de- scribe in detail the Conserva- tion Areas (Purple'Woods, Harmony Valley, -Enniskillfn, Lynde Shores, Heber Down, and HamPton) presently i-. terpreted for outdoor educa- tion activities. Copies of the C.L.O.C.A. As0 part of the Central L'ake Ontario Conservation Authoritv' s (C.L.O.C.A.) Information and Education Programme, an Inventory and Guide to Outdoor Educa- tion Sites ini the Pickering- Aýjax - Whitby - Oshawa - Newcastle area has recently been published- VALUE kdromm Sutes fr<>m ~<s.$4W9" Dhmng bRnums fr<>m Rýg-4$3W"M Also Lumps - Coffee Tables - Occ. Chairs SHOP LOCAL AND SAVE TEAK FURNITURE ,.; A" m.0-Lm. Inventory and Guide are available to the public at the publishinïg cost of $3.00. *Copies may be picked up at the. C.L.O.C.A. office at 1650 Dundas Street East, Whitby, Ontario, LIN 2K., Tele- phone 579-0411. figured, what the heck,l needed a new garage door anyway. My cousin greeted me with gales of laughter and proceeded to tell me, I hadbeen riding a model called the "T.N.T." I threatened to give him some T.N.T. of my own and once in the house it took considerable quantities of rum to settie me down. I don't dislike'snow machines as much, as 1 used to and will readily admit they can, under proper supervision in a proper area,be ra lot of fun. As for my cousin hie has been removed from the will, at least until such time as I can get even. Maybe next sumrmer, water skiing behind a friend of mine's boat - his engine is . .. . well neyer mid, you can read about it In the papers next summer. VES -WE HAVE CHARTER- FLIGHTS TO LONDON, PRESTWICK SHAN NON AMSTERDAM xUGOSLA VI A MANC HESTER DUBLIN BELFAST FRANKFURT MALTA WhitbY Mail, Hwy. 2 *ad Thickson Roid, WhIlby PHONE 723-81,24 WKITBy, oITARIO: Wtiltby Mail. P.O. Bo« 241. LIN 581 When you muRs a booking, uit John Grigg's Travel, esk about aur "You Could Be A Sig Winner Dràw." Whitby -Comumunity Bmgo 2- 50UUJACKPOTS EVERY MONDAY NIGHT Monday, Jan. 3011978 Lic. No. 235419. FIRST- JACKPOT AT 50 NUMBERS SECOND JACKPOT AT 54 NUMBERS 7:5p.in. No children uuderl 6 admitted NO ADMISSION CHARGE!I HEY DENSHORE PAVEION $AVING$ 'I 7-W