Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 21 Aug 1976, p. 7

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bort While their fathers debated heavy political issues this week at the premiers con ference in Edmonton these youngsters heeded the old Is that little doggie homeless it advice to go fly kite From left Stuart Moores of New foundland Heather Camp bell of Prince Edward Is rb PREPARING FOR CAREERS IN POLITICS land Miriam Regan of Nova Scotia Lisa Schreyer of Manitoba Louis Potvin of Quebec Meg Davis of tario David Blakeney of Saskatchewan and Pam Lougheed of Alberta CP Photo Vancouver group will take him in NORTH VANCOUVER BC CP Doris Orrs lifes work became just little more diffi cult after police raided her home here because she was boarding too many dogs Municipal bylaws state homeowner may have only three dogs and Mrs Orr had 12 had to pay $50 fine and that was that now have to 3th the animals among tem porary homes and board them out in ones and twos said Mrs 0rr founder of the Doris Orr Needy Animal Trust D0 NATE The brush with the law is one of the difficulties shes prepared to put up with in her mission to aid the burgeoning dog and cat population on BCslower mainland Mrs rr and her group are strong advocates of pet poptt lation control so much so that theyll pay half the cost of hav inga pet neutered But until cV ery animal has home theyll take in homeless or unwanted animals until they can find them good home It was lack of willing pct adopters that caused Mrs tlrrs brush with the law llAl TOO MANY know had too many dogs there so you cant complain about what happened was breaking the law admits Mrs tt The police took the dogs to the SPCA but was fortunate to be able to get them out within an hour and boarded them ll the pet hospital that we use Mrs tlrr admits that she not the best of friends ith the SPCA Antiques weaving food tea all part of foursomes work BELLEVILLE nt CP Two young couples who met while travelling in Africa in 1971 have teamed up to open combination weaving studio tea room and antique shop in this easterntlntariocity Dale and Louise Jackson of Toronto and Tina and Doug Palmer of St atharines Ont moved into an old NR station to open their business We all knew wed like to live in the country said Dale but we werent sure how wed sup ourselves Then we thought why not do what we really like vweaving Dougs interest in antiques led to the idea of adding an an tique shop The tea room seemed the perfect thing to pull the two to gether he said Theres neat community around here and it will be nice to have THE COLORADO UNVER They were laying bets 1d never get there Its ninemile hike from the south rim of the Grand air on to the river said my hiis and on narrow path lousy with sharp rocks lllmakeit The temperature in the can jun this time of year can go to 410 degrees Not to worry The river trip is six days on rubber raft that crashes into vapids and covers you with wa Jer at temtxrature of so do fees SO So you sleep on an Army cot Sith no protection form the ele ments lllsurvwe You bathe in the Colorado lrink it and are sometimes nearly drowned in it lllmakeit Thenenrenogitt shops Are you serious When do have to let them know for Dire was kidding of course The fiver had always been my goal When my toes turned purple ind cut the holes out of my Iioes the odds went up When ate three Granola rs during the first hour and moped up every bit of water in canteen they shook their Ends When crawled into ve with heat exhaustion and told them to go on they gme me that told you so look looked longingly at the Vote ado River from the shade in my cave DeSigned created decorated by OPEN SUNDAY FREDS FLOWERS Highway II at Stroud 900 am to 900 pm FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS place where people can come and sit down and have cup of tea The Painters have found house in nearby Tweed The lacksons visiting them found log home to refurbish and used it for vacations and weekends The group then began to seek suitable business place for their weaving studio Nearby the old Stoco Nli station sold in 1940 as private home came up for sale and they decided it would be the ideal place for the studio DIVIDE STATIUN An old storage and loading dock area will house antiques while the dining and kitchen area will serve as tea room and sales area for homemade pre serves aiid goodies All the food we serve will be natural Dale said ERMABQMBELK Ask for mule youll get one God No mirrors No reason to suck in your stomach No cause to yell at the kids to turn the lights off No electrical outlets to plug in Neil Diamond culturally deprived oasis with no Golden Arches no bumper stickers and no reruns Inc of the last places in civdiation that time and two year old could not destroy summoned up the oiin pc destrian prayer knew from memory Please God send me mule Ten minutes later man ap peared around the bend drag giiig six mules with si empty backs As the riverboat captain said later Youre the only person to ever descend into the can on on foot and end up on her Some people get testy hen they lose bet Illl SI lo stretch small amount ot ham dice It and add ll to scrambled eggs In the main area ot the lltllltt ing looms will he set up loi travelling weavers ho iirt to stop for some work or Illittllt tion and spinning out littr1tlf on most of the time Dale and Tina plan to teach on an informal basis and hold workshops not only in we mg but in spinning and natural dyeing Handwoven articles matte the women along llll hooks and pottery and later tltll drens toys will he ailiihh The four are hoping that the venture will eventually support them all Date teacher and Tina nurse have given up their professions to work at their craft full time lllll Doug boileriiiaker and Louise an investment iiiilyt will retain their Jills covers lot of ground EATON She began rescuing dogs from the SltAsoperatcd pound in North Vancouver about 10 years ago truckload would go out to University of British Columbia every morning for ex perinicnts so went down and started taking them all myself sewn eight now at time Id put ails Ill the local paper for homes for free dogs and by some miracle we managed to ltt them all placed Slow as her mission began to llt noticed she received do nations to help pay for neuter iiigoperatiotis le need funds all the time Verv few people send money ieiziilai ly and its constant oer to me each month whcthri well get the vets hill paid said Mrs tlrr who has sel tip lil deductible trust to pay hills which amounted to Spooo lit the first tl months of thisyeal tilttlllSllltlltllll Meiiitieiship iii the trust isnt to tlt hi2 Vllt says shes always tltlil isml by the support given toth group lll tiiltt of the strain on her resources Mrs tlrr is proud of the neutering program which all animals placed in homes go through the operation lit the first five mon th at this yeai about 330 dogs andcats icrcneuteiml it all pet owners got their animals altered there would be no pounds or anything said Mrs tiri The present stem in which thousands of now iited animals illi hillttl mi year in Canada ain iiied gross wastr slic hlils 1it DERS Teenager recalls death Dear Ann Lenders Will you save some additional teenage lives and print that moving column again refer to the one en titled How It Would Be if Were Killed in an Automobile Ac cident Thank youEileen From Scranton Times Dear Eileen Ive had several requests to rerun that column and do so today in the hope that every teenager who sees it will put himself in the place of the person who wrote it Thank you for askingAnn Landers Agony claws my mind am statistic When first got here felt very much alone was overwhelmed with grief and expected to find sympathy found no sympathy saw only thousands of others whose bodies were as badly mangled as mine was given number and placed in category The category was called Traffic Fatalities The day died was an ordinary school day How wish had taken the bust But was too cool for the bus remember how wheedled the car out of Mom Special favor pleaded All the kids drive When the 250pm bell rang threw my books in the locker was free until 840 tomorrow morning ran to the parking lotexcited at the thought of driving car and being my own boss Free It doesnt matter how the accident happened was goofing offgoing too fast Taking crazy chances But was enjoying my freedom and having fun The last thing remember was passing an old lady who seemed to be going awfully slow card deafening crash and felt terrific jolt Glass and steel flew everywhere My whole body seemed to be turning inside out heard myself scream Suddenly awakened It was very quiet lice officer was standing over me Then saw doctor My was mangled was saturated with blood Pieces of jagged glass were sticking out all over Strange that couldnt feel anything Hey dont pull that sheet over my head cant be dead Im only 17 Ive got date tonight Im supposed to grow and have won derful life havent lived yet cant be dea Later was placed in drawer My folks had to identify me Why did they have to see me like this Why did have to look at Moms eyes when she faced the most terrible ordeal of her life Dad suddenly looked like an old man He told the man in charge Yesshe is our son The funeral was weird experience saw all my relatives and friends walk toward the casket They passed by one by one and looked at me with the saddest es Ive ever seen Some of my buddies were crying few of the girls touched my hand and sobbed as they walked away Please somebodywake me up Get me out of here cant bear to see my mom and dad so broken up My grandparents are so racked with grief they can barely walk My brother and sister are like zombies They move like robots In daze Evlcrybody No one can believe this And cant believe it cit ier Please dont bury me Im not dead have lot of living to do want to laugh and run again want to sing and dance Please dont put me in the ground promise ifyou give mejust one more chance God Ill be the most careful driver in the whole world All want is one more chance Please God Im only 17 OLDEST REMAINS PORT ROYAL NS CP System really Mickey Mouse MUSKEGON Mich AP ustomers of General Teles phone Co may soon be shaking hands with Mickey Mouse every time they make call Beginning Aug 23 the com pany will offer 12inchhi telephones shaped like the familiar Walt Disney charac ter Customers will make call by lifting the receiver from Mickeys right hand and either dialing or using pushbutton system between his feet KEEP EGGS FRESH Studies show that enclosing table eggs in plastic slows down the internal quality decline dur ing storage EATONS 5flfitfilt7fljv BARRIE This Nova Scotia town is the oldest permanent settlement in North America Today an ex act replica stands on the site of the original habitation estab lished by explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1605 llGUIDAIION SAlE ALL Fabrics Notions Sewing Machines drastically reduced complete clearance by Aug 313i MAELLA FABRICS 35 ESSA ROAD GRAVENHURST AVERTON Joes dehumidifiers flx aviators washers dryers freezers ranges airconditioners Barre Oriltia Newmarket Bradford Keswick Alliston Midland Etiiiehriiige Gravenhurst Beaverton Coltingwood Meaford and it points in between an my hi in Barrie Area residents call Zenith 15000 tollfree the At Your Service people MLAL The Barrie Examiner Saturday August 21 19761 When business was bad he said He couldnt afford to advertise When business was good he said He didnt need to advertise For the life of us we cant remember his name 112 Ifiarm Examiner READ BY OVER 38000 SIMCOE COUNTY RESIDENTS DAYS WEEK fluwh MJ

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