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Page 4, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, June 8, 1983 Editor: Harry Huskins Features Editor: Judie Cooper Business Manager: Diane Matson Production Manager: Mary Melo Receptionist: Sharon Mark member ot Contributing Editors: st 5 es Published every Wednesday by Laurentian Publishing - Terrace Bay Schreiber Mews Deadline: Friday, 5:00 p.m. Subscription rates: $10.00 per annum (local) # 5 Win. Campbell ed j to r Ss $14.00 per annum (out-of-town) ney rar ath = | Pe Te Second Class Mail Registration No. 0867 fs Ltd. s Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario TELEPHONE: 825-3747 Anne Todesco choice Remarks at the. Official Opening of the Rossport Community Hall. Editorial Community with spirit The ceremonies for the re-opening of the Rossport Community Hall did not just mark the renovation of a wooden building. They also marked the rebound of an entire community. Since the mid 1970's when the Rossport Inn foundered, the commun- ity has picked itself up and reversed what many saw as a slow decline. The inevitable death they saw for all small communities in the decade when big was better, and the biggest was necessarily the best of all. Instead the people of Rossport have built themselves a major water system, the Inn will soon be operating again, the Hall has been re-built, and there has been a steady population growth reflected in the construction of some of the most interesting homes in the area. These achievements have come about because people were not pre- pared to calmly accept whatever **general opinion" decided was in store for them. Through hard work, determination and the will to work together the people of Rossport have defied "general opinion", and have decided their own fate for themselves. The determination to do so was an Act of Faith in themselves and in their neighbours. An exercise of the small town virtues that seemed dead ten years ago, or at least out-dated. Rossport is a reminder in a world in which everything sometimes seems pre-determined, that we are still the masters of our own fate - if we want to be. Arthur Black Ray Kenney delivers the Introductory GRANDPA AND ME BY MARK TURRIS IVE HAD rd DAD WANTS HE TO BE A LAWYER. MOM WANT'S METO BEA pactor .MY TEACHER SAYS A 'TEACHER. NOW), nent Doo ON Eo! 4 I \ r= AW Ssecmele yes - Tt, BM, \ &% as oN Mire bas Northern Affairs Foreign land sales by JANE E. GREER In the late 1920's disreputable sales people discovered Florida. What they found was. eternal sunshine and miles of uninhabited swamp. They sold these damp lots sight-unseen to thousands of unsus- pecting consumers throughout the world. The great Florida land swindle came to a screeching halt when people showed up for their long-awaited va- cations or retirement only to find their piece of paradise submerg- ed in 10 feet of water. Everyone thought the publicity surrounding the Florida land swin- dle would put an end to this type of con. Not so, only the loca- tion has changed, the latest being Arizona because of its rejuve- nating climate. Take steps to pro- tect yourself: If you're being pressured by a salesperson to buy a piece of property you haven't seen, say 'no' until you've consult- ed a lawyer about the contract and are satis- fied that the location and the property is what you really want. Your best defense is to go down and see the property your- self. Be wary of accept- ing invitations to free dinners where __ for- eign land sales are being discussed. While it's true you're 'under no obligation to buy, resisting the high pressure sales tactics may be diffi- cult. Before such de- velopers sell property in Ontario, they are required to file and have accepted a pros- pectus of the property with the Ontario registrar of real estate and business brokers. The prospectus gives precise details about the property. After it has been filed, the property is inspected to ensure the pros- pectus provides an Weathering heights "The weather belongs to us at least a week. The sky is the Ontario last he rained for the rest of April. all, doesn't cost us anything and it's about one of the few possessions we can afford." | don't have to tell any Northwestern Ontarian that the above quotation was not written recently by anyone from these parts. It was actually penned by Ma Mur- ray, the great and feisty editor of The Bridge River - Lillooet News. Bridge River-Lillooet is in British Columbia, where | assume people enjoy the kind of weather someone might like to brag about. Lately in Northwestern On- tario we've had the kind of weather you couldn't give away at a garage sale. | don't know what it's doing overhead right now, as you read this. But as | write it, it's doing what it's been doing for colour of a coal miner's under- wear and the rain is plop, plop, plopping on the picnic table in the backyard. So far, it's been a cold, clammy and altogether crum- my spring. It's the beginning of June and the trees are only half out. Last week -- last week! -- there were snow- _ flakes in Geraldton, and the 'people | see every day are developing facial tics and be- ginning to show a lot of white arounc' their pupils. | think they're -- terrified. Terrified that we're in for a repeat performance of last summer. Remember last summer? Of course you don't. We didn't have one. Last summer was cancelled. Rained out. If Noah had lived in Northwestern could've had a LIP grant for his basement project. --_- Hell, he could've built the boat in my basement. | had enough water down there to float it. Ma Murray's right about one thing, though: the wea- ther doesn't cost us anything. And that means we can't buy our way out of it. About all you can do when the weather is lousy, is look around and find someone who's got it worse. Enter Great Britain. April 16 was a lovely day in England. The sun was shin- ing, the birds were cheeping, British commuters left their brollies in the brolly stand. On April 17, it rained. It rained on the 18th too. And the 19th and ... well it Every day. Farmers fields dis- appeared under water. Crick- et games were cancelled. So were horse races. The British were soggy, but not suicidal. After all they remembered the old rhyme -- April showers bring May flow- ers, right? Wrongo. Not this year. In Britain it rained the first full week of May. It also rained for the second full week of May. By the third week a London bookie was offering five to one odds to anyone who wanted to guess when London might enjoy two straight days oc sunshine. The bookie was cleaning up. On the morning of Tuesday May 24th the sodden siti- zenry of the British Isles GRANDPA, CAN -- I stay He Re, WITH YOU, FOREVER 5 | OH, gl y M38 accurate description. If everything is in order, the developer receives a_certifi- cate of acceptance. Every prospective buyer must get a copy of the prospectus. Read it carefully before signing a con- tract. You should, if at all possible, also visit the property first. Remember, a _ certi- ficate of acceptance doesn't mean the property has govern- ment endorsement or approval. Value judgements are left to the buyer. The government's role is to ensure that all the facts are available to you so you can make an informed financial decision. For further infor- fation on Foreign Land Sales contact your nearest North- ern Affairs Office, lo- cated on the lower floor, Peninsula Building, 2 Gilbert Street, Marathon, On- tario (229-1153) or Zenith 33160. awoke to yet another sky of grey and gloom -- but suda- denly, about 10 a.m., an unfamiliar body appeared in the heavens. The London Times tentatively identified it as a planet known to the ancients as "the sun". Marvel of marvels, it didn't rain that day. Or the next day. The bookie paid out 500 pounds to 10 lucky bettors. He was smiling as he did it. ° Britain came through 37 Straight days of rain -- and survived. That's what | keep thinking of when the weather in Northwestern Ontario beg- ins to get me down. The Saga of Soggy Britain. It's a marvellous topic, really. Or was until | checked the forecast for London tomorrow. Cloudy, showers.