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For Richer For Poorer Column by Viki Baies 1 ONCE WENT To MEXICO, ONLY ONCE Holî4ays can be fun. The problem lies first of ail in ob- taining enough money ta be able ta partake in one and secondly deciding where your small slush fund wll allow you ta go. After much deliberation, fund shuffling, and begging of relatives ta stash the kids with, we flew off ta Mexico. It was a routine flight. For everyone else that is. 1 have a paranoia of planes. 1 didn't dare travel ta the bathroom, because here clostrophobia toAt over. I had visions of myself cloistered within these cubicles, air space between the toilet and the wall rapidly evaparating, gasping for my ast breath, before realizing that after ai there was a door knob. Despite nmy heaving stomach, 1 forced my eyes to zero in on my dinner plate. My hands shook as 1 spoon fed myself, avoiding the telîtale markings of bluecheese dressing down the front of my blouse. The plane finally touched down. My gravaI pilîs manag- ing ta put me into a somnber daze. With one gigantie swoop, a mob of people surg- ed the ex,*t. No more confined space, fresh air, SUNSHINE, HEAT! !!! Three hours later, a load of pale faced grîngos still waited for luggage. By this timne I didn't care if I took my own or somneone elses. The bluecheese dressing on my blouse was attracting flics, niy jeans clung like syrup, and my hair had frizz- ed into an afro. At the end of the day, six of us were told to roost ourselves in the local taxi. We did. Along with enough lug- gage for one weeks stay. The taxi door opened from the in- side, the other door was mislaid. The ground raced by beneath aur feet; the driver oblivieus ta aur gasps of hor- ror as he narrowly mîissed another oncoming vehicle. Nobody told us of the con- struction rampage in Puerto Vallarta. All of us emerged with grit like braces across aur teeth. Spit was hard ta find, throats felt like gritty rasps. Mexican days and nighs blended together. Tequila was the name of the game and if you played your cards wrong, Montezuma cursed- you with the revenge. Happy hour began at six, the same Mexican voice droning on night after night. After mid- night the drunks clattered around still bomnbed fromt the six o'clock happy hour. At four a.m. the maids began their rounds and breakfast began at seven. In no timte at ail we realized that whîle in Mexico, you do not need ta sleep. We travelled the count- tryside with the natives own mode of transportation. A bus designated ta hold thirty could and was easilyaccomn- modated ta hold one hun- dred. Tourist and worker Tubbed shoulders, sweat mingled with dust, exhaust fumes from these old relics floated inwards. Every once in. a while t prayed that some nice person would offer me a seat. Like ail tourist we paid through the nase ta see the sights. The highlighta of the wAhole adventure was the boat trip to surrrounding islands. The trip was scheduled >to begin t eight a.m. By ten we were stil! standing like docile elephants on, the beach wat- Sam at...0 at Queen's Pa PREMIER MILLER MAKES women, I PROPOSALS AT FIRST provincial MINISTERS' CONFERENCE governmý A few week ago, Premier private cc Frank Miller participated in responisib the First Ministers' Con- way ta rn ference held in Regina, tunities fc Saskatchewan. M r. Miller thal womn considers conferences sucb resource as Iis crucial in getting can no1 government and ail sectors utilized. of Canadian society ta work Furtbetr together. He believes this is ed a gje m ecessary ta- strengtben the governmi national economy. restore in During is speech ta He caledi Prime Minister Brian vestment Mulroney and the other pro- quale tre vincial premiers, Mr. Miller training, a outlined varîous objectives, situation flot only for Ontario, but also govern.me for Canada. a tax poli( For example, be stated increase that federal-provîncial co- ment and operation bas a positive the Prei result on the investrnent desîre fc climate and can be very in- rates la ii fluential in stimuîating spending x ~potential growth and jobs for vestment. Canada. One af Also, as a persan con- biggest( cerned witb tbe equality of grawtb ai Irk Mir. Miller tld bis icolleagues that ent 'and major orporalions have a bility tao lead the nmprove the oppor-, or women. He feels en are a valuable n our society tbat longer be under- rthe Premier urg- )neral reform of en! polîcies 10 nvestor confidence. for more public in- tto provide ade- esources for job arn improved deficit wilh controlled ent spending, plus cy co-ordinated tc productive invest- employment. Also, ,mier stated bis or lower lnterest mprove consumer 1and stimulate in- )f Premier Miller's concerois is the id maintenance of ching the Meicans load the boat. Seeing as how, depar- ture was alrecady so late, the trip as imply rerouted. Refunds on trips wýere non- existent. it seemned onfly a few% moments tiII we both feit the first pangs of motion sickness. Perhaps, because the suni was beating dowvn or perhapýs because dinner was aa stale boî,tle of coke or maybe because there wýas nothing ta do but counit thre vhite caps comning tow,,ards, us. And as luck wýould have it, [thts was the time, Montezuma decided ta hit us with the cramprs. Everyone mnust have had thie, samne malady as us. T-wo hruit- dred and fi fty people and two bathrooms. By the timie I bear my way up the linre the toilet couldn't hold anymnore and neither could I. 1 claimied ownership and squatters rights, refusing ta vacate at ail after a wvhile. M/y partnier on the other hand was dying a slow death on deck. He is fortunate ta have the type of skin that doesn't allowý a suntan. That glowing red bulb in the sky was trying it's best to distort a face. It took only anr ight hour boat ride to rev\amp ia personality . Mô)ans, and groans mnerged fromt between a red sphere of \whlaî was once eyeS, lipsý and mouîh. ven is reddish hair looked ting- ed'. Both of us crawled mbiPthe sack that night devoid of any plans, for the next da-\ or so. I wiî h my affliction !os( weighit. He wtris third degree lburns retained water. At the moment Canada, com- plete with i's cold and snow nieyer seemed so good, and tlle Funny Farmi loomred in front 1ike a piece of heav en. smaîl business. Consequent- y, he has been a strong ad- vocale of tax breaks for smail corporations, if the profit retained in the business is used for invesi- ment purposes. Mr. Miller feels this is the best way to build up capital and create new jobs. On the topic of trade, On- tarios Premier believes that we should be cautions of f ree trade. 0f course, there can be benefits ta this: new investment, research and development and new technology. Howvever, we must use employment safeguards ta ensure the viability 0f Canadian jobs. Premier Miller bas made many proposaIs for Cana- dia n and Ontarian economic reniewal. Although he is new on the national scene, these proposais were accepted by bis colleagues as sound possibilities ta bring new op- portunities for aIl of us in On- tario and Canada. Might I personally tbank at this ime aIl those who at- tended my nomination meeting wbere I was honoured again 10 be the Durham East Progressive Ord)>no Weu kIý Iý ms, en sa N, ',larch1 Much More Than Calis for a-m & vote on 'Numbing Crud' THE FEDERATION 0F ONTARJO NATURALISTS Spr ing melt i,, quickly mnar- ching northward. Soon, the last vesiges of snow w vill re- main onfly in the deepest woods. The rest will be on] its way, as those torrents which annuLally fflush our rivers. Ro-undly !vviewed as "dirty and threatening", this annual ritual is, infat biologically vital. lndeed, spring's mneit brings a catharsis to the entire couniry.side. The miel's progression provides to thec soil abundant moisture - the very fouinda- tion uipon which the grow'th spurt of' plants (and, ninturn, animals) will depend. Nearly ail of our- wild1flowers \i01 utilizetis, w1hether for spr- ing bloomning of woodl!and perennials or for early growth of fiield annuals. So will the trees - thieir annual roh will be vitually comiplete by late June, when thec grounid dries ont. Equally important - but seldom recognized - is the imi- portance of ponds, miany of them tempor-ary, cr-eated by the melt., Throughi both runoff and ground seepage, the melt transformis the colin- tryside into a veritable mosaic of land, ponds and "edge". These 'little areas' provide the breeding areas fo r countless invertebrates and amphibians, and in turn the birds, mammals and other predators which need abuni dant food supplies to rebuild their emiacîaied, posl- hibernation b)odi'es or to feed broods of ravýenous young. Evert as t-he ponds are jusi melting open, over the next 1-3 weeks, -spring peeper frogs will already be madly singing, calling mates to breed. But the most important role is in the streams and rivers themselves. Ahl year, silt, washed front the sur- rounding countryside, slowly blankets the river bed, toward a state of 'cýruddy monotoniy'. If lefi uncheck- cd, it would bury spawning beds, coat rocks, smother vegetation and invertebrates, and deprive a host of -game fish and predat ors of thle base upon which they depend. Spring torrents flush, huh- ble and boil, and eddy. They wash rocks, scour sand and fuI pondings. The process restores variety, and texture, to the streamscape. Open gravel 'riffies'. Clean rocks. Barren tangles of soril-free roots at stream-edge. Deep pools. And pockets of soft, gelatinous ooze. Nowhere is this- process more important than on spawning beds. Here, the boiling scours deep within the gravel lattice, creating labyrinths of stone and water. Soon, these wýill become the, sheltered in- Conservative candidate. I would like 10 make special mention of the Durham East executive for the unanimous support and to John Reid of Orono, and Stephanie Bal and Lorraine Kudla of Oshawa who seconded the nomination- a special per- Sonal appreciation. cubators wichwill prolecl, and nourish, fish eggs and f rv. V arii etyrestored, ithese streamis will be once-again prepared for ,warnith's spec-S tacular growth of plants, in- vertetirates and vetebrates. Within weeks, smnelt, rainbow trout, pickerel, sturg-eon and a host of other fishes will begin their successive wavesý of' spawning ascents onto the gravel beds. But what of the river' s animaIs; howN cani these mîniscule beats survive the current ravages? The aniswer lies in an incredible array of adaptations. %Many ,insects suirvive as ovýerwýiniteringo eggs or pupae, dug-in beneath rocks,. Othiers are adapted by shape - like the broad, fiat stoneflies, which plaster themnselves against roc ks. Fish. likec dar ter s, uise areofoil1 shapes to hold th)em s ýolidly againsýt the bottomn. Others find solace tin the tiny eddies bet\ween rocks, or deep in the el'.e Spring's miehis , indeed, Town, offices Tne Town of Newctastle council on Monday received and filed a suggestion from a former counicil memnber, Maurice Prout. Prout, in a letter tc, count- cil, referred to an amnount of $200,000 which was included in the 1985 budget and which is to be added ta a reserve fund for Town Hall purposes somietime in the future. Prout said seeing the peo- pie of Town are going ta have to pay for the building he was asking that counicil give the taxpayers the opportunity ta state their views an this mat- ter. He asked that council put the question on the ballot for the November 1985 election so as to get the feeling of the citizens. mnuch more than "threaten- ing, numibing crud."' It is a v'ibrant rebirth - for plants, ponds and waterways. Thie next swýollen Stream you pass deserves a second thoughit. PUBLIC NOTICE Amnendments to the Town of Ne&viqastie Zoning By-Law 84-63 Pursuant to Section 34(12,) of the Planning Ac.t and n accordance with Regulation 404/83, notice is hereby given of a Public Meeting to be held April 15, 1985 in respect of proposed amendiments to By-Law 84-63, the Towvn's Comprehensive Zoning By-Law. The subject amendlments would: 1- add definitions for "'Bed and Breakfast Establishments" and "Vacation Farm Establishments". 2. add 'Bed and Breakfast Establishments" and 'Vacation Farm Establishments" as a permit- ted use in "Agricultural (A)" and "Agricultural Exception (A-1)" Zones; 3. add parking requirements within Section 3.14 "'Minim-umn Offstreet Parking" for "Bed and Breakfast Establishments"' and "Vacation Farm Establishments"; 4. amend the interior side yard requirement for non-residential uses within Section 16.5 "General Commercial (Cl)"' Zone; 5. permit the parking and storage of commercial vehicles as a use, according to an existing per- mitted use, on lots located within rural areas of the Town of Newcastle. Copies of the proposed amrendments, explana- t ions and details of the properties atfecled may be obtained, during normal office hours, from the of- fices of the Planning and Development Depart- ment, Scugog Street, Hampton, Ontario. Further information may also be obtained by calling the Planning Department at 623-3379 EXT. 47 or 263-2231. The Public Meeting required pursuant to Section 34(12) of the Planning Act will be held as flos TIME: 9:30 a.m . PLACE: Courtroom No. 2 Bowmanville Courthouse 132 Church Street, Bowmanville DATE: April 15, 1985. This meeting shail be open to the public and any person who attends shah be afforded an oppor- tunity ta mnake representation in respect of the proposed amendments. l.T. Edwards, M.C.I.P. Director of Planning Hampton Municipal Offices HAMPTON, Ontario Date of Publication: March 13. 1985 PO, No. A 0622 __________ p s, I 4