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6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 14, 1987 Page six Woman's View by Chris Carlisle " They really should do something about getting Easter straight. It's so confusing the way it is : With Christmas, you know it'll be December 25; it'll be cold, pro- bably snowing. You know what clothes to take to Moms. What food goes with cold. .. But Easter! You don't even know the dite without checking the calendar first. You never know from-one year to the next whether you'll be wearing shorts or parkas. It plays havoc with the emotions. "There are no pat childhood images that come to mind through year- ly repetition. You have to sort through all the memories one at a time only to come up with half a dozen ideas on how Easter should be I recall one Easter, riding my bike in 80-degree weather and another, an early Easter, fighting ice and snow. It's just not a holiday you can plan in advance because our weather is so unpredictable. You can't wile away February dreaming of an Easter egg hunt on the lawn because it might be under three feet of snow. When | was a kid, we'd get new Easter hats every vear. Usually there were purses. shoes and gloves too. If we were really lucky, a new coat was thrown in. Of course, you'd want to wear all these new goodies, but 90-degrees in a hot, crowded church and coat, gloves and hat were unbearable It's no wonder girls always fainted in church Then the next year would come along with an early Easter. You might have your new Easter bonnet but you couldn't 'wear it yet because it'was so cold, you were still in your old winter stuff. You'd have to look at the nice hat with all its artificial flowers and leave it behind for a few more weeks. But it's Easter, you'd tell your Mom, not understanding at all; you're supposed to be wearing your new ~ hat. It created havoc of all the structure and security kids need in their world dy for weeks, rationing it out to myself slowly to make it last. My ... favorite storage spot for chocolate rabbits was the bedroom window "sill. An early Easter meant it was safe there for a while before the -sun came out, but a late, hot Easter, meant disaster. One year, it was disaster anyway. My sister and brother were out in the Back yard on the swings and the way they tell it, they spotted my chocolate rabbit sitting beside my Christmas chocolate Santa. "It looked so good," my sister said later, 'we just couldn't stand it. It was torture sitting there swinging and looking at' all that beautiful, shiny foil, thinking of how good the chocolate would taste." So those little monkeys went into the house and helped themselves. Then they had the nerve to blame me for putting temptation in their paths ol (Having my candy stashes raided by brothers and sisters was a common problem. Even more than wlfat to wear for Easter. But - that's another matter.) So's Easter dinner If it's cold, or F/aster's early in April. you can plan on the traditional meal of ham/0t turkey. But when it's in late or mid-April, everything can go haywire You might plan the ham dinner a couple of weeks in advance. inviting all the family, but come Easter Sunday, suddenly, with no warning, it's summer. You no more want to be indoors cooking all day than you'd want to shovel snow. What you want is to be out in the yard and maybe lighting up the barbecue for the first time in months. But with that big ham and all those guests, you're stuck It would make things so much easier if they set a date and stuck with it. Forget about which cycle of the moon it is. Christmas doesn't depend on the moon. Neither do our birthdays. It would make it so much ¢ aster on evel yone if we had a little regularity to Easter And instead of having to look at the calendar, find Easter and start counting backwards to make sure you didn't miss pancake Tuesday, you'd know it was always the first Tuesday in March, or whenever Then there's the Easter rabbit. A hoarder, I'd always save the can- § | fe ares. Sen. es dla did CURE. aiiiieds Viewpoint IN CLOSING Did you ever read through the birth announcements in this paper, or a big daily paper" I do from time to time : It has always struck me as odd in these times of "equality for all, why those announcements invariably thank the good doctor by mentioning his/her surname, but the nurses who assisted with the birth are thanked as Nurse Jane or Nurse Sally I have often wondered at this strange occurrence Is it because nurses don't have surnames or doctors don't have given names" I will continu to scan the birth announcements in 'the hopes of seeing a big thank vou to Dr Jim and to Nurse Smith Donna Fairey defeated Liberals choose Newcastle Regional councillor Diane Hamre has won the Liberal nomination for Durham East, a new provincial riding which includes all of Scugog Township. Mrs. Hamre, 50, mother of four and grandmother of two, captured the hotly contested nomination at a jam-packed meeting in the Blackstock Recreation-€entre on April 8. She defeated Donna Fairey, a 4% year old Northumberland School Board trustee and vice chairman of the Ontario Film Review Board The results were an obvious disap pointment for Ms. Fairey who began campaigning last summer for this nomination. : Mrs. Hamre, who lives in%®rono. has been a member of the Durham Region council for seyen years and is the present chairman of the coun- cil's Health and Social Services Committee. She is also president of the Region's Non Profit Housing Corporation. In her address to the close to 3% Liberals who packed their way into the;:Recreation Centre, Mrs. nre described herself as the kind of politician "'willing to give FiO per cent effort' in all areas of the riding "My kind of government represents all the people, not just the chos<n few," she told the meeting. She touched on a variety of issues during her 15 minute speech m- cluding the need for more affordable housing in the province, right to Yarm legislation, a review of health and social services policies, impros- ed subsidies for municipal reads ~ departments, and guarantees that agriculture and industries in On- . § tario have '"'locked-in protection™ should a free trade deal be worked - out between Canada and the United States. Ms. Fairey, who has been a resi- dent of Bowmanville for 35 years. but now lives outside the Durham East riding, told the meeting she has been a Liberal for some 30 years and has worked hard on behalf of - numerous candidates in federal and provincial elections. She said the fact she now hives out- side the riding "should be of no con- sequence as | have already made arrangements to move into the riding." Ms. Fairey referred to herself as a "straight shooter prepared ta work hard on behalf of all the people." * Wearing a dark navy dress amd Jacket with a bright red corsage. Ms. Fairey took some shots at tb provincial Conservatives. callmg them "Tory clones in pinstripe suits." And in a obvious reference to Com- servative MP Sam Cureatz who now EMI INSURANCE SRONERS LUMITED 193 QUEEN ST PORT PERRY (416) 35 710% ALL LINES OF - GENERAL INSURANCE VOR Since B44 3/4% 5 Year Annua Yteress 8':% Semi Annually Rates Subpext 0 Change wiihoul Senos represents the former Durham East nding, she said *'people prefer good government to ribbon cuttings and anniversary dedications." ¢ The mood among Liberals who at- tended last week's nomination meeling was clearly up-beat. The hall was plastered with red and white streamers and balloons, posters with the names of both can- didates. Many of the men sported bright red ties which have become a kind of trademark for leader David Peterson and the provincial party. : Riding Association president Bruce Taylor called the. turnout "very gratifying,' and said it was the first time in his memory that so amre many people turned out for a nomination meeting. Ontario Premier David Peterson has strongly suggested that an elec- tion will be ¢alled this year and although a date has not been an- nounced, some observers predict it will be late September or early October. CT The new Durham East riding takes in all of Scugog Township, Manvers, the town of Newcastle and parts of the north end of Oshawa and Whitby. 2 Sam Cureatz will carry the ban- ner for the Conservatives in the next election, "while Marg Wilbur of Scugog Township will represent the New Democrats. Editorial Comments a . Diane Hamre of Orono (left) won the Durham East Liberal nomination last Wednesday evening, defeating Donna Fairey. The meeting was held in Blackstock with close to 500 Liberals atten- ding. Mrs. Hamre is a Regional councillor from Newcastle and chairman of the Region's Social Services Committee. (See story). » I (From page 4) died in the fighting for Vimy. | Last week, Mr. Hees led a delegation of Vimy veterans back to France for a moving commemoration of what was the single most important battle of the Great War. It may be the last commemoration in which actual combatants take part. Mr. Hee's words about understanding the ageless legacy of Vimy are elegant, eloquent and appropriate for such an occasion. But we can't help but wonder just how thorough an understanding many Canadians have about the significance of that great battle. Unlike certain other countries which go to great lengths to glorify military - history and particular battles and campaigns, Canada has tended to leave this to the historians. Aside from the fact that Vimy was a battle of immense strategic significance in the source of World War |, it also was a building block for the Canadian nation. It marked the first time Canadians fought under Canadian command, rather than as a "colonial force" under the British. Yet, some 70 years later, how do we remember Vimy? Is April 9 a special day in this country? Not really. Are there parades in the big cities and small towns each April 8 in honour of the men who fought and died in that battle? No. ' Do our history courses in school pay particular attention to Vimy, or is it simply included as another battle in a long-ago conflict in far- oft France? : Do our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren really understand the ageless legacy of Vimy as Mr. Hees suggested last week? We wonder Canada. it is often said, does a damn poor job in steeping its citizens (all of them) in the historical high-points of nationhood. The name Vimy should be indelibly stamped in the mind and con- science of all who call themselves citizens of this country. £ § i H § i ; 3 " SP TEN Fe ro SI on SS vada i RE AE.