As any journalist will tell you, the type of work we do tends to affect our lives to the point that we sometimes have a difficuit time keeping the two apart. Deadlines hiave to be met constantly and mny editor will give you an car- warming 40 page report on how 1 mnake out in thiat respect. Copy mnust be written crystal clear and infor-mative the first time or dic second time at the very latest. Because news breaks quick.ly newspapcr people can't afford the Iuxury of taking their own sweet tne to inform the publicby way of newspapers as to what is happening. So, ail in ail, the whiole scene is one of rush ing around trying to make doadlines and it seems you neyer get fin.. Last week 1 was visiting rny friend Jfnd colleague Cal Millar of The Tempo News Service in Mississauga. As we chatted away about the good old days in journalism at thc now-defunct Toronto Telegram. stiddenly. a phone rang in the kitchen and Cal got Uip to answer it. One of hiis many informants told hirn about a big fire irn progrcss on 35th Street in Etobicoke. He dropped everything, as one would expect frorn a professional ncwsman. and turning towards mne lie briefly annouinced, "Cet yotir camieras ready. We are going f'or a ride. Two hiou ses are ablazce'. In a jiffy. 1 gathered myv camieras and we started a inad, m-ad race toward the disaster arca. Using backroads and superhiighways. wve managed to reach the destination in n0 more than i D- minutes. Yes, reporter Cal, is quite a driver. He can negotiate the toughest roads whenever there is a news story in the offering. Upon our, arrivaI, we saw fire trucks ail over the place. Sure enoughi, it was a 'biggy' as they say in the newspaper parlance. Wiîhi cameras dangling from our shoulders. we finally reached the two houses which were on l'ire. lmmediately 1 noticed police officers ini ail directions shouting and cajoling. It took mie only a few seconds.to find out that cameramen, reporters and photographiers were being harassed by these law enforcement officers who kept shouting, "Don't go there! Stop right here! Don't cross the fire hoses! Keep back! And, you'll be arrested if you don't move on." At one point a shouting match between the media and police ensued. Then, there was sorte push- ing and shoving. More hot words were exchanged while the fire crackled away. Finally somebody higher up from the local police division arrived.. Again, tempers flared up aiid once again arguments lew back and forth. Around ten o'clock that evening, the excitement liad finally died - for lack of interest on both fighting parties. Nevertheless, 1 feel, something went wrong. And, the media got the blame for everythling. Though in realitv they were unly there to do their job; like policemen whio \vere thiere to look after tr affic prublemns and firemen whio were called in tu fighî fthe tfire. Su. what business liad thlese cops. trying to intimidate newsmien with possible arrests? And. what business had these cops tu start a verbal fiejit with Etobicoke's firemen who were definitcly annoyed by the actions uft' te Toronto police furce. 1 overieard une firemian sayîng, "Youi leave th use ph otograph crs alune! They are not causing any probtemis t us." Despite that assurance, police ignorcd the firefigh ters' plea for peace and order. So, who was really causing a disturbance? Clearly, a number of police officers were responsible for the disturbance on the scene. Therefure. they should hiave been hield responsible for any disorders on 35th Street. The matter did not look better next morning when ail three Toronto dailies published their home edi- tions. 1 could not find any reference to the fracas on the preiou nihton 5thStret- Thr edtor w r cnpi- served anid right now! islied . Yoti Ilasu on'bave tIel t uie lutaRe aKcouple0ut da.,ys and get properly u-gan ized . Wliî ut lit tic organlization we do lias lu bc donc 0un the sput th Ile iloietwith f'ingers crossed hoping ltoir (ieluesI. 'l'h are really isn't iuch part ut il. Mvy cal falîs i tle lattecr ca tegory . 1Ineyer khow wlien Viii going tu coic home to bc facecd with a iît île whoopsie on the carpel. If 1 don't remetiber to gel the ligbts on befure going lu tfar 1 o flandiscover the worst in the dark and liif th iniem witli stocking fac t un. Other occasionîs it's a damip spot off lu une side on the lîinoleumn where 1 cati hardiy aven nuotice it until my f oot gels wet. As 1I mnitioned soniec lime ago dishies are a problem 100o 50 whien I can I use paper plates and plastic cups but the real crunchi cornes wlienii can't gel a glass of waîcr oûI uf the kitchen fap beca use the dishes are pilecl loo igli in tlhe sink beneatb. At that point 1 find il necessary lu cither cat out or miake up mnyiinid to do the lishies, often for the fir-st time in a mionth. 1 don't have lu tell you what a choi'e il is. The smell is awful and I oflen tb ink il would be quicker lu just pour acid over hiewhole mess first fe, soften up the cîricd food. Lauindry 00 liîas it's owfl way of telling you whien il's urne to fire up the old washing machine. Ail of a sudden time lu look back in retrospect at our mistakes. Once you have been in Ibis game a few years you quick- ly realize thal noth ing wil change for the better 50 you learn tu live with 'the situation. You also discover your lifestyle is becoming the same as your workstyle. A married journahist lias bis or ber partner at home tu look after ail the endless littie detuils thal plague us in everyday life. 1 have only my cat at home lu look after these details and 1lI1 tell yoîî rigli t now sbe's nul a lîeck of a lot of help. You've probably lîcard the story about une man asking another if hae was lelping lu solve the problem or bccuming PArchivist Makes Requests Brian Vinter. archivist for ic Wiby Hlistorical Societv miade severai raquests t0 tuwn cou n cil recently. M r. \inter asked fo r space in aitiier the present or proposcd municipal building. i-le suggested that a special vault or room with tempera- turc and liumidity controls be incorporalcd imb hfie plans for thue naw nmunicipal building. Also, the municipal staff could open the vault to the public upon request. Mr. Winter suggested that a portrait gallery might be included as part of the new municipal building. The historical sociely lias portraits of 26 of the town's former mayors and ail but une of the town clerks. The portraits of 15 of the former nîay ors are mnissing. Thiese two requesîs were referred *tu the commiffee of couincil. Mr. Vinter thanked cuuincii for a S2,000 grant for dIll h ist()rical Socie ty archiives t'or i1975. Mr. Vinter lias luad 100 uld piîtugrapbis ut' Whitby cuPied. le purclîascd a set oft two books (unlthe -istorv ut' Metbodism iii Canada, writtaîi by Rev. J. E. Sander- son. uOie ut tIlî founders ut the Ontario Ladies' Collage. Mr. Vinter said lue wîlI sub- mit a full report aI lec end of the ycar. Palm Sunday Servicie The Brooklin United Churcb wiIl present a special service this Sunday, Palm Sunday. The Brooklin United Church and Newcastle United Churcb choirs will combine forces to present Stainer's "Crucifixion" and Handei's "Hallelujah Chorus': The service begins aI 7:30 p.m. WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1975 PAGE 5 oIiC cay I rip open thie dcrawcr to gel sorte cdean undies s0 1 can clash off lu a dinnier or a mieeting aînd bchold, thcre's nolliiîng lc't . Ai tiiat point ithe penny dirops and 1 say a couiple of tînprintiables and resulve lu cubler su owcr wi th îtîy clothes un and h upc tihey'll dry iii 'time or do a load of wash ing. Usuially it cornes ou t tu abouit six or seveti loads. aind works ou t tu a 'session tiirough ithe carly tiiovie, th e Cýarsuni show. thc Tomiorrow show and then the late - early if tlie imrning miovie. At _î a.rn.I- caf be scen out on the patio lîafgilg tup a couple of hunldrcd pounds -of wet clu (ies. Knowitûg thal the heieî, disorganized lifestyle of. journalismn keeps mc ruinning iin circle s I do try to keep organized in une area - packing thie car to go away for the weekend or whalever. A numiber ut' times I have taken off skiing for the weekend or lu visit friends and was unpieas- anlly surprised to discover 1 bad forgotten shoes or a shirt and tie or niy waliet or ail those tbings. The police are nul particularly inmpressed when you' fail tu produce a licence and mieckiy explain that you waliet is 500 miles back home.' Nor is your host too happy to have you ask lîim for the boan of a toothbrush because you-for- got iuurs. i can also reniember die timc I went §kiing and discovercd 1 had arrived with only one pole and no ski jacket. On another occasion 1 arrived at a dive site 10 do somne scuba diving and rcalized l.had, left my regulator and weight beit at home. As the saying goes, "Once bitten, twice shy" but with me it's bitten about 30 limes 80 now 1 start a week ahead if possible to make out a lengthy list before 1 go away. I review il nighîly and by the end of the week I have what I consider everything I need listed. For me it's the only way tu go. But ask me to tell you some day about the timne I îost the list on the morning 1 was packing and 1 was already thrce hours behind ... THL/RSIJA Y A ND FRIPA Y MA RCH 20-21 Don't miss this Sundae treat! . two Scrumpdillyishus DAIRY Sundaes for the price of one! 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