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PAGE 10, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988 Br News? Call Veronica Colangelo. kli File Phone 655-8945 Father's Day is about to take place on Sunday June and challenging careers and should not be linited by 19. In my opinion both Father's and Mother's Days their sex. create an opportunity for advertisers and retailers to E M E... 0f course while ail this is happening, there's a manipulate consumers into spending money on things certain amount of turmoil in the farily home. The they really would rather not. by Veronica Colangelo bouse and children stili have to be cared for. Young Ail his o sothe ~îtwomen today, are not as anious as their predecessors All this to soothe gluiltilnl rti epnsblt o lapcso feelings...The guilt feelings occur if you don't purchase towingly reandresp osty i ectsof that "thoughtful" gift for your dad or mom.loinafehmendert.Msneywdwmn that"thughtui"gif foryou dador om.today expeet their spouses to take an equal share of the But that's not what this column is about. I ranted work at home. and raved on about all of that around Mother's Day. Fathers Day Father's, however, are an interesting group, and fatherhood is changing. When I was growing up, dad'soleen I see i y owndroth Micah behavior was predictable. He knew what to expect and weren't much ditterent. Girls wanted to get married only een mariedaf ers d hi thogressind we knew what to expect. It was all very simple. My dad and have a family and look after and nurture everyone. attt s towards b let a proge went to work each morning and came home at 6 every A noble quest. Circumstances however, were beginning evening. We knew he earned the money for the family. to change. Almost ail the women I knew worked As a new father, he is enjoying his daugbter more outside the home when they got married and up until than most I have known. He delights in the child and On weekends he "fixed" things. If something around the the time their children were born. Some continued t she in him. To Michael, diapering and feeding and bouse needed repaira, this is when it happened. He work afterwards. As well as working outside the home, the "care taking" of Sarah is not just reserved for ber rarely cooked, he never cleaned anything. I have never most of us also did ail the work inside the home. The mother. seen my dad do the laundry and he really wasn't busbands and fathers of that time were not making the involved with the looking after of the children. He was transition into the seventies ail that well. Having He doesnt see it as a chore and he neyer always there, but not involved mucb with the running observed tbeir mothers looking after them, the house refers to iooking after his daugbter as "babysitting," of the house. This was mother's job and she did it 24 and the kids, naturally they had been conditioned to which is how many fathers refer to taking care of bours a day! believe, that they too wouid enjoy sucb service as their their own kida. fathers had. Yes, in those days roles were well defined. Everyone Even today you wili hear men say that they Sarah and children of ber generation are luckier tknew their job and bow to do it. Mothers made sure of . helped" their mate with this or that. The "this or that" than we were. These kids wili know their fathers it. I was encouraged to do "girl" things. My mom taught is invariabiy some sort of household drudgery, and me how to cook, encouraged me to sew. I took dancing until they grOW up to get to realiy know their.dada. lessons. My brothers were not expected to do dishes or Amaieo thoueaols. laundry or anything that resembled "women's" work. As I said tbougb, thinge are cbanging. Moat young This wasn't a conscious effort on mom's part. It's just -Sw (cidren. They have to. Two incomes are necessary t<> they wil have a stronger imprint on the development the way it was and everyone else was the same way. keep afloat financially. Besides that, many women are oteidr When I got married neariy twenty years ago, thinga flnalvy realizing that they too are entitled to interestng Mitnihettryarlecommenls communal water system By Debbie Luchuk Homeowners in Ashburn will have to have their wells tested as a result of a communication from the Ministry of the Environment to Whitby administrative com- mittee and Durham regional works committee. The ministry tested well water in Ashburn and found nitrate levels as high as 21 mg. per litre in one well in the area. The Ontario drinking water objective is less than 10 mg. per litre. With 39 new residential lots to be using individual wells in Ash- burn, the ministry is concerned that the ground water quality will worsen. Because of this concern, the ministry is advising that a com- munal water service be con- sidered for Ashburn residents. The letter recommends that the municipalities and developer may wish to assess the situation further, but that the ministry strongly believes that a commun- al water system is the only way to solve the problem. Administrative committee de- cided to put notices in local news- papers advising Ashburn home- owners to test their well water. However, there was some con- fusion as to why the ministry was sending this communication at this time, with no prior notifi- cation, and with no accompanying Renascent applies for approval The Renascent Foundation Inc. has applied to The Town of Whitby for site plan approval to convert a Brooklin heritage home into an alcoholic treatment centre. The house located at 90 Colston Ave., is known locally as the Carnwith mansion. The house would accommodate 28 guests at a time and at a public meeting with Brooklin residents in January, residents said tbey bad concerna about guestst roaming through the village. Residents were also concerned with the lack of proper sewer and water facilities. Planning director Bob Short said the administrative committee could beadealing with. the application at its next meeting, June 20, if it has received comments from all the agencies involved. Brookln Horticultural Society News Saturday, June 18, is the society's walk on the wild side with Joan Brak. Those wishing to enjoy the nature walk and following, "tasting table," should meet at 10:00 at the Ashburn Centennial Community centre. the cost of the walk is $10. Wednesday, June 22, is the generàl meeting and annual Rose show. The evening program will include a panel discussing the growing of perennial flowers. The meeting begins at 8:00 p.m. and is held at the Brooklin United Church. There is no charge and everyone is welcome. Sunday, July 10, for the first time the BHS will be holding a garden tour. The tour will include twelve private gardens all chosen for their uniqueness and particular specialties. Tickets are $5 and can be obtained at the Brooldin Flour Mill or by calling Betty Van Buuren at 655-4937 or Veronica Colangelo at 655-8945. Optimists hold bike registration The Optimists club of Brooklin recently held a bike registration and rally. Dozens of local residents of all ages turned up to register their bicycles. Awards were given out to various age groups for children who demonstrated their skills at the rodeo. First prize for a decorated prize went to Michelle Berrey. The Optimist's Club Bike Safety Chairman, Connie Koster drew the prizes donated by local businesses including Mitchell Brothers, The Video Image, Brooklin Concrete, Joe's Pizza, McKee Fuels, Jerry's Trucks, Gus Brown, General Sports of Oshawa, Family Kartways, OLCO Gas, Short's IDA Drug Store, Ken Edwards,· Brooklin Esso, and the Brookln iLuA. The Optimists of Brooklin meet every firat and third Monday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Anglican Churc h hill in Brooklin. The meeting on Monday June 20 will start with hors-d'oeuvres and the speaker will be Maryanne Goldhawk of the Whitby Chiropratic Group. Everyone is welcome. information describing what tests were done and the location of the tests. At last Monday nights meeting of the committee, councillor Ross Batten said the ministry had been "irresponsible." As such studies into environ- mental hazards take a few years, chairman Gerry Emm said, "So it's going to take four years?" Committee is going to send an inquiry to the ministry to obtain an explanation for the commun- ication and more information that will be given to homeowners in Ashburn for their own clarifi- cation. çl* TH CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY PUBLIC NOTICE THE HAMLET OF ASHBURN USERS OF PRIVATE WELLS AS A POTABLE WATER SUPPLY The Town well water means, toi wells. of Whitby hereby advises that users of private in the Hamlet of Ashburn, as a precautionary regularly test the quality of the water in their Free water sample bottles are through the offices of the Durham closest offices available to pick bott ies are: OSHAWA 301 Golf Street OSHAWA, Ontario L1G 4B2 (416) 723-8521 available for your use Region Health Unit. The up such water sample AJAX 126 Commercial Avenue AJAX, Ontario L1S 2H5 (416) 683-4660 This precautionary advice is provided in that a recent private study undertaken for the lands north of Myrtle Road and in the Hamiet of Ashburn has indicated nitrate levels in existing wells in excess of the Ontario Drinking Water Objective of 10 mg/L. ROBERT G. SHORT Director of Planning Town of Whitby