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PAGE 14, WHITBV V REE PRESS. W EINESDAY, JUNE 17, 1987 How time files when you're having fun!1 That's what the old saying declares, and although I can't admit that it has ail been fun, time has certainly flown by. It hardly seems possible that the littie bundie with the Gerber baby cheeks I watched take her first steps and nursed through un- determinable bouts of croup is actually graduating from public sehool next week. No longer a littie girl, she and her peers have developed into young men and women. Their childhood is behind them and in a few short months-they begin a new adven- ture as they start high school. This new phase rem 'inded me of a survey I recently read. Well it's flot really a survey. It's a list of complaints rendered by 10-3 aar-olds bemoaning what they feit was the problern with 'oràwn ups.' There are 12 of them. and for what it's worth, 1 thought you might be as interested as I was ta learn what they were. Here goes: . -Grown-ups don't do the things they're always telling children to do - like picking up their things, or be neat, or always tell the truth. 1 -Grown-ups won't let children dress the way they want to - but they neyer ask a child's opinion about how they should dress. If they are going out to a party, grown-ups wear just exactly what they want ta wear - even if it's terrible, even if it isn't warm enough. -Grown-ups interrupt children ail the time and lhink nothing of it. If a child interrupts a grown-up, he gets a. scolding or something worse. L -Sometimes grown-ups punish children unfairly. i ,VIE WPOINT by ROXANNE REVELER Thnepro blern wt hgrownm-ups isn't tair if you've' done just some litIle thing wrong and grown-ups take away somnething that means an awful lot ta, you. Other limes you can do something really bad and they say they are going ta punish you, but they don't. You neyer know, and you ouglit ta know. -Grown-ups talk about money 100 much, and bilis, and things like that, so that scares you. They say that money isn't very important, but the way they talk about il,, il sounds like the most important thing in the world. -Grown-ups make promises, then they forget ail about them, or else they say it wasn't really a promise, just a maybe., -Grown-ups make mistakes but they won't admit them. They always pretend that they weren't mistakes at ail - or that somebody else made them. -Grown-ups neyer really listen to what children have to say. They always decide ahead of time what they are, going to answer. -Grown-ups neyer uinderstand how much children want a certain tbing - a certain shape or color or size;* If it's something they don't have ta admire - even if the eilîdren have spent their own money for it - they always say, "I *cant imagine what you would want with that old thing."' Interesting eh? What is even more interesting -is that, these are your words, folks. Well not exactly your words. But you see this littie survey, or whatever you want t'O call~ it, was done in 1952. Save you calculating, *that was 25 *years ago, and those 10-year-olds then are probably al parents of their own children right now. And they are, give or take a few years, the same age as myseif and the rest of the parents who will be seeing their "IittIe oné's" walk down the aisies of Meadowcrest and St. Leo's for the last time shortly. Another corny saying: "The more things change, the more they stay the same. " Something to think about, and perhaps time to do a littie soul-searching to see if we treat. our kids the way we hated beinig treated those many years ago. At least that's the way it looks to me. R eadying for the big pienie By FLORENCE ASHTON Wednesday, July 1 promises to be an exciting day in Ashburn when we hold a Canada Day ýpicmce at Ashburn Park, sponsored by the Community Centre. Slarling lime is 2 p.m. beginning wilh the in- troduction of the H.F. Daw nature trail. There will be free ham- burgers and hoat dogs, with carnival games for ail ages, contests, basebail, art aclivities and prizes galore. Be part of the Ashburn community photo. The regular meeting of the Eleanor Knight Group of the Women's Missionary Scoeity met at the home of Chrissie McKinney on Wednesday evening, June 3 with 12 ladies present, an increase in at- tendance. Jean MeEntyre conduc- ted the worship part of the meeting with Lois Daw in charge of 'the study, continuing our studies on the cults. Lois -led ini the study of "Eastern Meditation Cults." Next meeting wiil be in September. Last Wednesday evening, Murmel Fisher was hostess for the Ladies Bible Class, with vice-president Florence Ashton convening the meeting. Aldine Wick read the scripture, with Margaret Davis leading in prayer. The meditation was titled 'One Day at a Time,' and ail sang on of the Bill Gaither songs 'I am Loved'. Rose Heron tlId the story of Peter's mother-in- law, one of the unnamed women of the Bible. Rose conducted a conlest on 'How well do we Know our Chur- ch,' which tested observation of some of the details of the interior of the church. The hostess sèrved lovely refreshments. We meet again in September. The iris show and general meeting of the Brooklin Hor- ticultural Society was held at Burns Church Hall on Monday evening June 8. With such damaging storms of recent date, il was a difficult task for members to f111 ail classes in the iris section, so there was a remarkable decrease in the num- -ber of entries. However, there was a total of 64 entries, which included other specimens and decorative classes. There were some beautiful entries of peonies which enhanced the show tables. Mary Housego won the prize for the best decorative. I was rather pleased that my tal bearded 'mystique' won the prize for best iris specimen. We had an excellent speaker in the person of Barbara Weese from the Ministry of Agriculture and SEE PAGE 19 Y. " ST. LEO'S junior girls' track team -placed second in the recent Durham Region cross country meet. Shown are Alysha Liebregts (front),.Maureen Quinn, (centre left) Beth Brady and Marcia Pope (top). Reg. $1 000 THIS WEEK(6"LN)NV ONLY FIVE PIECE TUB SURROUND only Sectional tub/shower stal designed for easy care and installation. Fiberglass- reinforced, includes soap dish, storage Iedge.-. MON - *.ro ln nai 7:5:3 SAT .712 (46) cYJs*49e St..Leo's fare.s. weni n cross country 1.m*eet Students -from Sýt. Leo's Catholic School -in Brooklln 'fared excep- lionaily well aI therecent Durham Region cross country track and field meel held in Uxbridge. Hundreds of youngsters from the region's 15 separate eleme ntary schools were ail vying for the gold. The junior girl's Ieamn of Marcia Pope, Beth Brady, Mlaureen Quinn and Alysha,.Liebregtsý. placed second overaîl, with Pope winning the gold in the individual com- petition. The intermediate combined squad of Mark Valenti, Andrea Heib, Patrick Quinn, Erika Haase, Dereki Dixon, Catherine Campbell, Paul Siciliano and Danny Porco managed a third-place finish. Schoal principal Tim O'Connell was more than pleased with the ef- forts of the children representing St. Leo's. "Considering we are such a smnall school, we did very well," said O'Connell. "We had a lot of com- petition and I'm pleased with our resuits." Course cancelled Ruth Burt won the library's aduit Brooklin Spring Fair book draw. Juvenile winners were Joey Jedinak, Andrew Chin-a-loy and Melamie Valenti. The library regrets that there were flot enough children 12 years and up to sign up for the Red Cross babysitting course. It is hoped there wiiI be a better response in the fali. Refunds available at the library. 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