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UE CHILDRENS ar , Street PORT PERRY STAR ~ Wednesday, Jan. 5, 5 BOUTIQUE Port Perry, Ontario ANNOUNCING RYAN Se) 187 Queen 3 3 * { ; DRESSES Pant Dresses Skirts - Slacks . ) Sweaters 1/5 OFF Anew Driver Sxaminition Branch of the Department of Vranport snd' Commenice i tions opened in Port Perry on January 3. The twoman office will be staffed by Mr. ° @ ~~ --F. J. McKay (left) and Mr. Eric Wills. The office is located on Water Street, near Highway 7-A. Mr. MacKay said the office is for examinations only, and not for the sale of licence plates. C ounty seeks | arification 0 [3 R | CARTERS' ~ on Regiona Government PANTIES The Warden's Advisory clarification on the following han Comminitios in the 3 PAIR for Committee 'of Ontario ~ Subjects: ~~ region. $1.99 County will request a Whether or not it is the The -warden's Advisory o Te rs ¢ meeting with the provin. province's [fntentlon 0... iiee which was .cial treasurer and ministers of . municipal affairs and ¢conomics in the near future to 'clarify the = province's position on regional government in the Oshawa bd € area; i After vice failing to ob: tain a recommendation in the past two months to send regional government, the county voted Tuesday to hold e the "meeting to -obtain .... tothe province regarding restructure local govern- ment in-the Ontario County- Oshawa area. 'The possibility of obtaining . a preview 'of alternatives being considered for . the region by the province at this time. : ~~ Aindication of incentives that may be provided with' the various alternatives proposed. * An indication if it is the government's intention to have a mix of rural and "failed to gain a consensus, _recommendation because of . Park. -.-Because--the county ; had assigned the task of J preparing a regional -}- government brief after the county matters 'committee reported it too had failed to reach a 'consensus' on a lack. of input from Queen's received no. preview of regional government proposals from the province, ACT NOW YOU MUST SAVE ON E ind PURCHASE MERCHANISE or pen every day to 6 P.M. COATS CHILDRENS 187 Queen Street Port Perry, Ontario the committee reported, it was unanimouslye agreed to As | see it BY JOHN B. McCLELLAND Welcome to a brand New Year. 1971 is gone now; past tense; existing only as memories and as history. The events and happenings have been documented in print, and recorded electronically for reference this year, next year, or any year hereafter. Most of us have recollections of what transpired over the last 365 days; some of these are vague, some vivid. Most of us will 'probably cling to some of these recollections; some we will-try to forget: Knowledge and recollection of the past i is valuable to mankind, for-as Santayana said, "those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it." If merely remembering will save us from reliving some of the thingsthat have happened, then by all means, this should be done. But in doing this, we must be careful to draw the line between remembering and nostalgia, which so often is not done. There is a great difference between learning and perceiving from the past, and languishing and living with nostalgia. I tend to agree with the Russian -author Solzhenitsyn who said in the "First Circle," that there are no tickets sold for the past. Rather, with a knowledge of history and the past, we may better be able to understand the present, and possibly cast some light into the future. Of course, for many, both the past and the future have lost all meaning and relevancy. This mode. of thinking seems to be more prevalant in the youth of today, who have looked into the past, and are sickened by what they see, and who are also overwhelmed by the thought of trying the present. Each day, each hour, each minute is lived simply as it comes and goes. What has happened in the past can never be changed, and what will happen in the future has already been predestined somehow by something above and beyond the control of man, either. individually or collectively. So, why worry about. it, they say. Fatalistic? Possibly. Copping out? Yes, in some cases. Definitely not, in other cases. I myself happen to be a strong believer in living for the present. But I believe as well that there is value in knowledge of the past, and from time to time I also like to gaze into the misty and murky future. So now, with the coming of a New Year, I'd like to give the crystal ball a polish, and make two predictions for 1972With 1972 being an election year for the federal ~ administrations in both Canada and the United States, I predict that the current governments of both coun- tries will retain power, with -Pierre Trudeau and Richard Nixon as leaders. My reasons for this prediction are as follows. ~ Firstly, In this country, Trudeau will be returned to power, because a lot of people, whether they. care to admit or not, realize that he is one of the few men capable of holding Quebec within the Confederation. The best thing that could happen to Rene Levesque and his Parti Quebecois would be for Stanfield and the Conservatives to gain power nationally. This is not a slight against Stanfield, who under any other cir- cumstances would probably make a good national leader. But if Stanfield were elected, Quebecers who want a better deal for Quebec, but still feel that this can be achieved within a Confederation, would believe that the gap between Ottawa and Quebec has widened beyond repair. And the great majority of the non- French population in this couiitry feel that Trudeau, being French, can somehow sway the populace in Quebec away from complete seperatism. Many people harbour a hidden fear of what might have happened had a non-French Prime Minister been in power during the October 1970 Crisis. And these same peqple carry this same fear over to what might happen should there be a non-French Prime Minister if a similar crisis arises. As well, it appears that the economy as weathered "for the time being at least, a pretty severe storm. In- dications are that unemployment will drop, inflation will rise only nominally, and the economy in general will improve. : So, with these domestic issues reasonably well under control, and with his natural ability to come to terms with Quebec, Trudeau is assured of re-election. (And the fact that he is now a family man should win him a RYAY BN BOYS & GIRLS Winter Jackets & y Ski Pants 1/3 OFF STORE HOURS : Tors § & Friday a.m, to 9:p.m. Girls and Boys Below Cost of BOUTIQUE submit the questions in order based on current provincial to. prepare a submission thinking. _ few votes from those who desire stability in their elected leaders.) South of the border, Richard Nixon's position looks good. He has, by some uncanny 'ability, managed to appease those on 'both sides of that all-important political spectrum. His monetary and economic steps were gigantic and unprecedented in American politics. ~ When the emotional reactions die down, even the strongest proponents of laissez-faire capitalism, and "rugged American individualism" vil concede that the moves were necessary. ; Nixon's upcoming trip to Peking hdicalles that even the Republican Party deems it necessary to get rid of the McCarthy-like attitudes towards anything that is left of centre, And for this, Nixon will gain votes from those who feel that like'it or not, the Chinese People's . Republic is here to stay, and Formosa's claim as the legal government for all of China is foolish. And quietly, without a lot of fanfare, the boys are coming home from Viet Nam. It's not exactly a mass exodus, but as promised, the troops are being with- drawn. And Nixon knows he'll probably get the vote from every mother and every wife whose son or husband gets back safely from Viet Nam. But just to keep the hawks happy, and so that defeat will not have to be openly admitted, America will continue to fight in South-east Asia, in a manner that will virtually eliminate American casualties: Also working in Nixon's favour is the fact that the Democrats have never really recovered from the fiasco of the 1968 Chicago convention, or the death of Robert Kennedy. Of all the Democrat potentials for the presidency, Edmund Muskie probably has the best chance to beat Nixon, but this is not likely. The tragedy of Kent State has sobered a lot of would- be student revolutionaries, with the upheavals in the universities now having tapered off somewhat. And finally, Nixon will virtually insure himself of re- election when he dumps Spiro off the Vice-presidential ticket, So, those are my predictions for 1972, with regards to politics anyway. It looks like Trudeau and Nixon all the way. Of course, anything is possible, and who knows, it could be Real Couette and George Wallace. But I doubt it somehow. 1972 ~- 17