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w~nTB~ E1~FSS WENE~AYJANUARY 2 1992, PýAM 7 PAGE SEVEN The news ibri.ef Nobd ever toid Bob Ra. it would b. .asy tefling VO 'ters the plain truth may b. sitingàitoCti.wind.- But Bb tltotepeoép!ofOtrimygo clown as a memorab1e point in ounbhistory. "It .was here " history ot of the. future willrcrd "that '-astute' tfiini;rsbegan to, understand that-the. political leaders hadlot ail hope cf contact with the eopi. In short~, that democracy was now impossible." Tere was trusty aid Bob, up ther. on the ' boooob ' tlngit like it is. Civil servants snd advisors shaking unl ýt boots'about that int of a *14.5-billion deficit. Would the mioney markets -colapse, or wbat? Bob proved, only one tbig, however. las atmtt SIpMa& directly to tMe people wau thwarted.' first, before ï--eVent by thaseý who tried ta predict it, and those who found flaws in the. procesa. Inx short~, the media does not like tiiose Who steal their flatulence. And the, media lotý only writes the. news, but "tin't news," says the old editor, "unleu 1 amys it ià new." In Babs Ve spl, the media massaged hum two ways. Before the. event, every expert predicted what h. would say. Ail wrong, but left ti. premier platitudes for h~di ruls no oe. tha n~h p until the. media bas, analy d it ac it bas bien dee. to have been don, o sud N matter wiiat ha were t ay, voters wVill recail oniy 'tihe adlines: wbat "the. media says was .Tii. media says Bob said nothingexcept, "we're getting. Bobcolci%ôcriticized -and% "g,* for not having nsatanswers. Newsppers- ' faorgive hum' that. N.wsj»"pers have . 'l Wiread,,some rational process is 'But TV, tii. iunry maw fronme whicii no turn is untndcannot foivLFesucii a &gW.,TV.,demadainstant, Tii. mediaý, ioweverî :ail try ta undesa~ o' talk, last week as a SuperBudget Media Event. I;Thuinko, inifstead,.as >th.flrst qar âo alonger a4O4.5-bilion fleld opl i uto'tii.stada «Could anyoneha-eddon, a etterjob-of t.lling thei. .provincehow"W-- t"'s ae getting without the. media catching on thatbis real aim was ta record- thé. possibility, of a 1.5-billon diçt Stay 1tuùe4, More alnwsrs froý iýbWOp Toewho wonder about the. usfuinems cftii.hespace Program neçd wonder nio more. Ires not ta give 'grde*4 claws science lessons. It's not to provuide greatnews clips- It's not ta provide a roi. model for our youtii. NAmérica'sp rograr> an Canada's raIe in that, is ta furtiier tiie frontiers of science. To boldly go wiiere'no one lias gone before. To boldly experiment and tinker, and stufflike that. To boldly carry several bundred fr-uit Mies ta beyond eartii' atmospiiere. And ta, find'tiiey perisb Now we know the answer ta the. Swan iiousehoid problem of fr uit liles. We've had 'em by thé. hundreds for montha naw. Flitting abnout thei. kihn. HaEnging about the. living room plants. -Flying formation above the. ripening bananas. No more. Now we know what we'l do. We'llround 'em ailUp and wel -sendtiiem up in space. Does 'emin every tume. mb.mMoiee h achmwng.s 'Didt blieve it wben I first saw it. Tiiere, iast wek,ç in several newspapers: a picture of haif a dozen beer botties;, over the caption, 'Tii. end cf the. lin.." Or words ta that Seems that beer bottles now came in so many sizes and -bapethat i's ausngconfusion. The answer, acfýording tathebrewene%. woùd be testandardize on on. cpmrnon- beer bottle., Not, iiow.ver, thei. dl tubby., Let's just remember abit. S.., once upon a< time breweries ail put beer in standard-sized botties. Tixýese iad long necks and reasonable shapes as far as batties go. Trouble was, it was decided, when, early sixties? - that they took ptoomuh sae Ente= iduf bby-tii. n.w sapace-saving standard. In the. ever-present battie for market mhare, breweries about ton y.ar ago. allowed .acii brewer ta, market one non-standard bottle., The battie against foreign imports i Il ..'.,. Il -<.. 'A RESIDENGE 0F CAPTAIN ICA GOLDRING, 1750 DUFFERI ST., C. 1911 This.old home luù Port Wiiitby was purcbased by ichard Goidring in,.l8Q3 and remained in bis faxmly for nearly a- century. The. Goidring faniiy sailed -boats from Port Wbhitby, and operated a general store there that was demoished in 1967. Whltby Ardlvm photo 10 YEARS AGO from the Wednesin, January 27, 1982 edition of the " Biul Vaughan has received a Medal of Menit for 30 years of service ta the boy scouts. " Tenders are beingi cailed for improvements ta Fairview Lodge. a The Ontario Humane Society will continu, ta, operate Whitby's animal shelter, at least for this year. *Mayor Bob Attersley lias chailenged tii. Chamber of Commerce ta promote Wbitby in 1982. 35 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, January 31,1957 edition of the WH1TBY WEEKLY NEWS " The largestgpraving dry dock betweeh t. Catharines and Kingston wiil be bufit at Port Whitly byMcNamara Marne.' " Fred Weaver is head of the Whitby Boy Scouts Asociation. " St. John's Ambulance àu offie *gflrst aid and home nursing courues in Wiitb. " Dr. Matthew B. Dymond,, MPP, gve the address on Robert Burns Night, J'anuary 25, at St. Andrew'ls Presbyterian Church 100 YEAERS AGO from the Frda, Jnmy 29, 1892 edition of the e 'liomas Deverell's new hotel at Byron and Dundas Streets was destroyed by fire an January 23. e* The Town fire engine could not save the Deverell Hotel because its hases had frozen and burst. * Yeoman Gibson is offering the bighest prices to farmers for their gran. e lhomas Miller and Company have opened a new store at Myrtie Staion.