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Page 4, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, May 11, 1983 Editor: Harry Huskins Features Editor: Judie Cooper Business Manager: Diane Matson Production Manager: Mary Melo Receptionist Carol Koshowski member of Contributing Editors Published every Wednesday by Laurentian Publishing TerraceBay = i: : Schreiber Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario TELEPHONE: 825-3747 Deadline: Friday, 5:00 p.m. a 5 Subscription rates: $10.00 per annum (local) ne yee ad I to r ot $14.00 per annum (out-of-town) pee Ms siubiatis , Sening Terece oy Oe Second Class Mail Registration No. 0867 a to eke choice Guest Editorial by JUDIE COOPER I've always had trouble with stereotypes, but never more so than with Mother's Day. Apple pie, frilly aprons, Quik and morals after the hockey game, endless supplies of warm cookies and all of that . . . it just doesn't add up to Mother for me. Moms now are more likely to be out working (as opposed to working in), attending vital community meetings, leading workshops, chopping wood or playing baseball than lingering over ovens all day at home awaiting with bated breath the return of the children from school: and the bread- winner from the job. Actually, I suspect that Grandma too was more likely in her childraising days to be donning coveralls to work during the war effort than aprons for the kitchen. So, if Mom is not by definition ,what we always thought she was, who and what do we celebrate and honour on Mother's Day, 1983? - We honour Moms who nurture . . . who pour love and care into little hearts to help them grow into mature, loving, caring adults, whatever their sex or ambitions. - We honour Moms who take time for themsleves . . . so that they don't burn out picking up, changing diapers, scrubbing floors and wiping little noses (and bottoms!) and find that they have nothing left to give to little people who need so much more than simple caretaking. - We honour all those who fill mothering roles .. . Dads who've taken the time and effort to learn mothering skills so that they can fill in and take over from time to time, or even function superlatively as single dads in today's society without leaving their children unnurtured. - We honour those who may not have had children of their own, but fill special places in the hearts of neighbourhood children, cousins, nephews and nieces, and kids needing extra love and support. These giving people may not be biological Moms, but mother many. - We honour those Moms who' ve had the courage'to really let go when it's time for children to go on to independent lives . . . continuing to care, but not control . . . tied to their children by cords of love, not strings of demands. - We honour "mothering' ... a relationship, not a static role. . . a relation- ship unconfined by tradition, sex, occupa- tion or lifestyle. Even God was referred to in Scripture as being like a mother, cradling His own like a mother hen brooding over her nest. GRANDPA AND ME ANY NIBBLES 7 NoT YET. \ \_ es @ 2S 7 A 4d Northern Affairs by JANE E. GREER Glass doors can be a potential danger for energetic children, and for absent-minded adults. The National Re- search Council esti- mates that before safety glass requirements were included in the Hazard- ous Products Act in 1974, almost 10,000 injuries annually result- ed from accidents in- volving glass surfaces in the home. All these accidents, half of them to children, resulted from the use of ordinary glass. Under violent impact this glass shatters, producing knife-sharp points which can cause serious injury and even death. The use of safety glass can prevent acci- dents in the home because, unlike ordinary glass, it is more re- (DELL DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP PROBABLY ALL You GET HERE Is T pip /enannea, I GoT AN oLD Safety glass sistant to shocks and harder to break. The Hazardous Pro- ducts Act prohibits the advertisement, sale or importation into Canada of bathtub closures, shower doors, and ex- terior doors for house- hold use that are not made of safety glass, or that contain a pane of glass which is not safety glass. 'Household use' includes use in all types of residents - private homes, apartments, condominiums, public housing, prefabricated homes and_ mobile homes. Requirements for the use of safety glass: tempered, laminated, and wired. Whén sub- jected to violent impact, they break into different patterns which are less harmful than the sharp points produced when ordinary glass shatters. If your house was built before 1974, it's likely that your doors, tub enclosures, etc., are made or ordinary glass. If you purchase replace- ments for these parts, the new ones must con- form to the Hazardous Products Act, and be made of safety glass. However, if you decide to repair or reglaze doors and tub en- closures instead, be sure to ask for safety glass to ensure maximum safety in your home. Even if you don't replace or repair these parts, you can still reduce the risk of accidents in your home by obeying the following safety rules: 1. Watch your step - never assume a glass door is open; make sure it's a door, not a fixed panel. 2. Use decorative de- vices or security railings on sliding glass doors or panels in order to indi- cate whether they are closed or open. 3. Place a piece of furniture or a plant in front of a fixed large glass expanse. Don't let young child- ren play near a glass door or panel; if they trip, they could fall against it head first. 5. Use a skid-proof mat or anti-slip strips in the bathtub; a safety railing on the wall of the enclosure is also recom- mended. 6. Keep doorways clear; toys, small tables, scatter rugs, and other small articles could cause someone to trip and fall into a glass door or panel. - We honour those Moms who do bake those apple pies, warm cookies and time-consuming meals . . . those who continue in the traditional roles and pour their time and talents into special home- keeping accomplishments . . . those who choose, often self-sacrificially, to stay at home to achieve their dreams for them- selves and their children. So, here's to Mothering! With thanks... siete tenn Arthur Black I'm really having trouble be- ginning this column. Seems to be an occupational. hazard. When you're trying to be funny for a living, every once in a while, life comes along and deals you a hand that is so bizarre and outrageous it defies satirization. Watergate was one such instance. So is practically any speech by Bill Davis. I seem to get more than my share of these magic moments simply because of the town I live in. What does Thunder Bay have that makes it so ... singular? Well we have grain elevators and The Sleeping Giant, and Old Fort William. And we have our ace in the hole. : Thunder Bay City Council. That friends. is a veritable Comstock Lode of comic poten- tial. The Council ... It's ... They ... Maybe I could start the column this way: Psst! Got any hot Perisso- dactylus Ungulates out in the garage? Are you harbouring an Edentate or two in the basement? If you've got a nocturnal raptor under wraps, a Pythonidae in the pantry or a Cassowari in the closet -- then you're in trouble, good buddy. You're breaking the law, and Thunder. Bay City Coun- cil is out to get you. No kidding. Last week, City Council soberly sat down and without cracking a smile, drew up what they are pleased to call: "SCHEDULE 'A' ... Being a list of animals the keeping of which is prohibited within the City of Thunder Bay."' In addition to the aforemen- tioned creatures, citizens of Thunder Bay are henceforth for- bidden to own Viverrids, Muste- lids, Ursids, Procyonids, Pinni- peds or Crocodilians. Did I forget pachyderms? Pachyderms are a no-no too. ~ Our learned elders decided to go easy on Canids and Felids. They can stay. That means that you don't have to ship Fido or Puddytat to your aunt in Kenora. What have we got here? What we've got is a collection of City Fathers over whose eyes the wool will not be pulled. They've dis- covered a Ouimet Canyon of a loophole in the cobweb of laws and bylaws, statutes and orders- in-council that govern our daily lives. Weird critters banned They have learned --- and just in time | might add -- that for God knows how long, people in Thunder Bay have been perfectly at liberty to own kangaroos, gorillas, mongeese, otters, fur seals and alligators. And that at any moment, the streets of Thunder Bay might have been awash with ostriches, coral snakes, armadillos and op- possums. Until City Council put its collective Hush Puppy down, that is. Now, thanks to Schedule "A", the streets are safe for all of us. All of us homo sapiens I n ean. "Non-human primates" are spe- cifically banned in Schedule *'A". Well you can laugh if you like -- but dammit, it's working. | personally patrolled the streets of Thunder Bay for three hours last 'gators are banned from Thunde night. I failed to turn up a sin zebra, kangaroo, gorilla, mot goose, otter, fur seal or alligata Just shows you what a vigilal City Council can do when it rea works at it. \ One problem has occurred t me. If elephants, zebras, gori las, kangaroos, walruses and all Bay ... then that means the ci might never have a Municipi Zoo. Ah but St. Philibusterus, th patron saint of City Fathers, mu be watching over us. We don't need a municipal zot We've got City Council.