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Page 4, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, July 20, 1983 Editor: Harry Huskins Features Editor: Judie Cooper : Published every Wednesday by Laurentian Publishing 'Terrace Bay Ld. i = 998. Advertising: Diane Matson Schreiber Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario TELEPHONE: 825-3747 Production Manager: Mary Melo member of al 4 ; Receptionist: Sharon Mark ©. | Deadline: Friday, 5:00 p.m. ; Contributing Editors Cc) eens _ Subscription rates: $10.00 per annum (local) itally Meee. Bee J A -- - $14.00 per annum (out-of-town) Mary Hubelit Second Class Mail Registration No. 0867 ' Keith Penner, M.P./député by KEITH PENNER The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario released its revised report to Par- liament last month and the news for Northern Ontario, and the people of Cochrane-Superior in particular, is good. The commission wise- ly decided that northern Ontario will retain its eleven seats in the House of Commons, even though the popu- lation of the region has not greatly increases since the 1971 census. Changes in riding boun- daries, however, were necessary due to the considerable population shift in the north since - 1971. The commission's original proposal would . have attached Cochrane and Smooth Rock Falls to the Timmins consti- tuency and would have extended the southern extremity of our riding as far south as Sault Ste. Marie. This was not acceptable to the people .of Cochrane and Smooth Rock Falls. It was not boundaries commission in Sudbury to present my views. At the same meeting were repre- sentatives from Smooth Rock Falls to voice the concern of their com- munity. The people of Cochrane had submit- ted a petition to the com- mission at an earlier date. Our messages were identical: keep Cochrane and Smooth Rock Falls in the same riding as the other com- munities along Highway 11 and, if possible, bring Moosonee into the con- - stituency. The Commission's report was positive. By virtually rewriting its previous proposals not only was a better report produced, the commis- sion showed sensitivity to, and understanding of, local needs and com- munities of interest. The new constituency of Cochrane-Superior will. retain Cochrane and Smooth Rock Falls. In addition, we will acquire the territofy north of Lake Abitibi up to James Bay. This includes the Redistribution: Acommentary by Keith Penner M.P. eral Indian communities north of Nakina will join us since they have com- munications links with the town of Geraldton. The towns of White River and Dubreuil- ville, unfortunately, will not remain in Cochrane- Superior. They will be attached to Timmins- Chapleau in order to ensure that the com- munity of interest be- tween them -and the town of Wawa is res- pected. This new version of Cochrane-Superior will be geographically lar- ger than our current rid- ing, but the main com- munities and popula- tion centres remain to- gether. Those who made presentations to the commission should be congratulated for ef- fective and thoughtful Anne Todesco Northern Affairs: Free trip scam by JANE E. GREER The Ministry of Con- sumer & Commercial Relations recently is- sued warnings to con- sumers to be on the lookout for back-room operators who are sell- ing Las Vegas tour ex- tras which are free at most hotels when you get there. The operators set up offices in differ- ent cities for about two weeks. They call peo- ple at random telling them they have just won a three-day all-expense paid trip to Las Vegas and tour extras worth $1,000.00. All you have to do to take advantage of this free offer is pay a $69.95 service fee. That's if you own a credit card and are will- ing to give out the num- ber over the phone. If you agree, the caller promises to send the package by mail. It con- tains coupons for free drinks, shows, dinner and gambling chips. But what people don't real- ize is that the coupons are available free in Las Vegas and the service fee doesn't cover trans- portation costs or guar- antee accommoda- tions. You should never give out your credit card number to a phone soli- citor, and if you are approached, call the po- lice. There are many varia- tions to this scheme, a common one is the 'clip the coupon' con. An ad invites you to join a club which offers members such things as discount merchandise and low- cost travel. By simply clipping and mailing a Editor's Quote Book coupon, you can also enter a contest. The first prize is an all- expense paid trip to Hawaii. A few weeks later you get a letter saying you have won. All you have to do is send a small amount of money to secure the trip and so you gladly send a cheque. It's not until weeks later that you finally realize you've been duped. Before pay- ing any money, check with the police, the local Chamber of Commerce or the Better Business Bureau. For further informa- tion on "The. Free Trip Scam" please contact your nearest Northern Affairs Office located on the lower floor, Penin- sula Building, 2 Gil- bert Street, Marathon (229-1153) or Zenith 33160. briefs. I would like to especially thank the rep- resentatives from Smooth Rock Falls, and the people of Cochrane, for their statements to the commission. Thanks to the vigorous efforts of local residents, the commission realized its acceptable to me either. before the electoral In March I appeared Arthur Black town of Moosonee. In the western end of our constituency, sev- original proposals were not suitable for our con- stituency. demands. The key to friendship is to not make any unreasonable Arnold Glasow So you think you know elephants! Quick now. Off the top of your head, how much do you know about ... elephants? On the face of it, it's an unfair question. We live, after all, in Northern Ontario. Ask us about moose or moles, bears or bun-. nies, walleyes or whiskeyjacks , and we can extemporize for hours. But elephants? How often do we get to walk around an elephant? Actually, chances are you know more about them than you think. Remember all the pachydermal trivia you soaked-up as a kid? Sure you do. You learned that elephants are afraid of mice; that they have prodigious memories; that they can suck-up copious volurnes of water through their trunks; and that somewhere in the deepest jungles of Africa there exists a fabulous elephant graveyard. That's where all old, elephants go to die, and whoever finds it will have themselves enough tusks to become the Ivory King or Queen of the world. There. See how much you know about elephants? Well, forget it. All of it. All of the aforemention- ed elephant lore is fallacious. Elephants are not frightened of mice -- or anything else that crawls, flies or slithers, for that matter. People apparently like to believe that old chestnut because they think a mouse might run up an elephant's trunk and suffocate it. You know what would happen if a mouse was dumb enough to crawl into the open end of an elephant's trunk? The elephant would rear-back - its head, straighten-out it: trunk and blow a high "C", a la Louis Armstrong. If the mouse was lucky, he might come down in a mound of straw three or four cages away. And while we're on the subject of the elephant's trunk: they don't drink copious amounts of water through it. In fact, they don't drink any water with their trunk. What they dois, slurp-up a trunkful, then curl their trunks and squirt it i i you'd dike aegraphie tkenay of what would happen if an elephant tried to drink through its trunk, order yourself a Pepsi with a straw in it. ' Now stick the straw up your "nose and inhale deeply. I hate to mangle another old myth, but there's nothing parti- cularly remarkable about the elephants memory either. That's the verdict from experts who've had to train them. They say elephants forget about as often as panthers, pomeranians and para- : keets. It's just that when an elephant forgets -- say, to lift his foot off your chest -- the results are a little more serious. Which brings us to the last hoary legend -- the elephant graveyard. Ain't no such animal. Yes, elephants do tend to leave the herd when they die but there's no big mystery about the disappear- ance of their mortal remains. Africa and India teem with in- sects, rodents and all manner of scavengers, furred and featherd. They, and the tropical wea- ther, make short work of any car- casses that are left lying around. Where did I find most of this out? Well mostly from a book called "Dictionary of Misinfor- mation" by Tom Burnett. Mister Burnett has devoted his literary talents to debunking most of the myths and folk tales we all grew up with. He's got a new edition of his Dictionary coming out soon. I'm not going to buy it. He'll probably try to convince me there's no Santa Claus.