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PAGE 20, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989 nro News? Cail Lorna Miller lin Prof lie Phone 668-63691/ 1-694-1502 ~~1! Welcome to 1989, sponsored by weather from everywhere. Only in the Great White North could you get in one short week: below freezing temperatures rom the Arctic; snow and freezing rain from the rairies; thunderstorms from Vancouver accompanied y a So'Wester from Newfoundland. Hey, something for everybody, eh? Toronto has more bad weather than the so-called "Boonies." Last week I left home trussed up better than Nanook oniy to find that snow in Brooklin was non -existent. In Toronto the streets were clogged with the white fluffy and brown mushy stuff through which traffic was slippin' and a slidin' so dangerously Rambo would have stayed home. As Connie, from the Brooklin Village Shoppe, aptl put it, "Toronto.should be called the Boonies, BrookUn has more civilized weather." Touche, T.O. Still, we will always miss this grand old gal of a city no matter where we go. For maligned and mismanaged as she is, she is the best of the big cities of the world. Brooklin, however, has an old world charm that never ceases to enchant the heart of visitors. Nestled amongst the trees in the gently rolling countryside, Brook in creates a scene of true Canadiana. Treasure it now, for encroachin expansion is creeping closer. Ten years from now, rooklin will probably have a completely changed complexion. New people will bring new life and new ideas, some good and some bad, ana this quiet little village will be swallowed up. That's life, some day you may be a part of that big city in the Boonies, Toronto. 0-0-0 I see that the Video Image has the video "Dirty Dancing" for sale. I haven't been so entertained by a movie in years. Sure, the story was sappy, the editing disjointe dand a clear moral point was never made. But the dancing! The music! Anyone who could watch this flick and not want to get up and do some pelvic grations, or even ta pa finger or toe, must be dead. Let me tell you. children of the eighties. if thoUr wArp any Patrick Swayzes around in the fifties, I have no idea where they were. I never met one then and still AS I SEEIT by Lorna Miller Creeping closer haven't to this day. All candidates for a "Move Like Patrick Swayze" contest form a line on the right - both of you. 0-0-0 Pat Johnson would like all badminton enthusiasts or just interested parties to get in touch.with Ted or Judy Underwood, 655-4808. Every Thursday night from 8:15 to 10:15 p.m., you'll find adults batting the birds around in the gym at Meadowcrest public school. You must have your own running shoes and racquet and there is only a small charge for the birds. Great way to stay in shape and have some fun, so give Ted or Judy a cal and start feeling fine in 89. 0-0-0 Pat also wanted us to know about the Women's Institute meeting on Jan. 18, bein gheld at the home of Elsie Gilro e program will feature agriculture and is titled:' As Agriculture declines,the Nation soon follows." This sounds like a meetin all political types from federal to local should atten .Are you listening? Are you out there? Pay attention and call Pat Johnson (655-8716) and plan to attend. Politicians are admit- ted free of char ge,but there will be a test for them afterwards titled "Can the Populace Survive on a diet oôf Concrete?" Peanuts and peagravel will be provided for refreshments. 0-0.0 Speakin! of governments, ours has just released the finingso a commissioned study into how we feel about taxation. (Our tax dollars funded this exercise in silliness). Surprise, surprise. We feel that we are overtaxed! Unfortunately, some of us resent working for half a year to pay our taxes before we get to keep anything. And, some of us remember that income tax wasa temporary measure, introduced during WW I. Well, guys, you may not have noticed but we won that one. Its over. So where is the war now? We have decided not to attend this war, so give us our entrance fee back. We are getting tired of you spending our money for us. And let's face it, guys, your idea of keeping a budget is abysmal at best. Cut back on the free lunches, the free trips the designer furniture, the Gucci shoes, dissolve the enate with two week's pay and a pocketwatch and stop givin our money to countries that have lousy records in t e human rights' and payback departments. Charity begins at home. Let's get our oldfolks and poor off the dogfood and macaroni diet and off the streets. Put the tax money back into our poickets. Don't worry, we'll spend it and keep the economy going. Remember, you work for us, and if you mess up we can fire you. You tell us you will bend over to keep us happy if we keep you in power. Okay, start bending! We've done enough of it! Thank you. You can have your soapbox back now. Rebuttal? 0-0-0 There will be a boy scout paper drive on Saturday, Jan. 14. Have your papers out by 9:30 a.m., Saturday.' The paper drive will le held the second Saturday of each month except for July and August. The proceeds of this drive will help to purchase camping equipment for Second Brooklin boy scouts. For information call Brian Wick at 655-4434 or 655-4065. Night shift: With Durham police constable Following a recent Free Press article about lack of adequate police protection in Brooklin, Bob Attersley, Whitby mayor and member of the Durham Regional Police commission, invited reporter Lorna Miller to accompany an 18 division (Whitby) police officer on his ni ght shift. The following is Miller's account of her tour, beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1. Waiting for Constable Wilson and wondering why Fim here. Well, everybody gotta' be somewhere, and this is my somewhere at the moment. The station is pregnant with silence. A policewoman is talking to a women in the next room. Her voice floats assuringly out and over the room. The questions and answers are not discernable - just the quiet, calm tone of the officer as she cajoles the necessary facts from the weeping woman. The police radio scratches static into the atmosphere. The policeman on the desk dutifully fills out reports - the rustle of papers scrapes the silence. He seems so young. It must be true that you can tell that you're old when the YMCA offers play program The Oshawa YMCA is again offering a Brooklin play program for children aged 3 to 5, at Brooklin United Church. The program began Jan. 10 and is helid every esday and Thursday morning, 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. Adult fitness classes are also offered on Thursdays, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., starting Jan. 12. Registration on first class day. Call 576-8880 for more infor- mation. Fine Ladys' Clothiers Hwy. 12 Brooklin, 655-3474 Thurs. & Fri. Evening Hours 'Til 8 pm. Up to 50%Off 1Enxtire Winter ,Stoc1k Take another 20% off the ticketed sale price on selected items. (Cash only) SALE 0F THE SEASON. DON'T MISSIT! lu M cop on the beat looks like he needs your protection. The phone rings, shattering the silence and my train of thought. I jump to my feet. "Why do I feel so guilty?" If I don't leave here soon Ill probabl confess to several murders. M speeding ticket smolders in my wallet. The very young policeman stands up, gets his hat from the desk and introduces himself. "Hi, I'm Constable Wilson. Youll be riding with me tonight." Constable Wilson has been on the force for two years now. "I always wanted to be a policeman," he says as we get into the car 31T1. "My dad was on the force. So I never thought of doing anything else." The city lights wink an invitation to join them as we wheel out of the parking lot. SEE PAGE 21 Meals on Wheels organized Brooklin and area churches have organized Meals on Wheels' noon-hour luncheons in Febru- ary March and April. ost will be $3.50 for each of the luncheons, followed by a social time, to be held at St. Thomas Memorial Hall.·Seniors, shut-ins and disabled will be provided transportation if needed. Supporting the project are volunteers from Myrtle United, Burns Presbyterian in Ashburn, Meadowcrest Baptist, Brooklin United, and the St. Thomas and St. Leo's Roman Catholic churches. Representatives of the churches met on Jan. 2 to dis- cuss the project. Church bulletins will provide contact telephone numbers. For more information call St. Thomas at 655-3883 or Bessie Pengelly at 655-4596. Snowmobiles are stolen Durham Regional Police are investigating the theft of two snowmobiles and a trailer valued at more than $14,000 from a Brooklin home last Friday. The two snowmobiles, a 1988 Artic Cat and a 1989 Artic Cat, were sitting on a trailer at 52 Bagot St. Police say the theft occurred between midnight and 12:45 a.m., Jan. 6. 5O ~3~?off CHILDREN'S CLOTHES AND TOYS • KITCHEN WARE • FINE COLLECTIBLES AND MORE A. 2LTST7 SEEI -1 - m leaxw4orj".