PAGE 20, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989 i. n.CIl T 1 T iinf.1 I iNewsý uain uULUdmine me Pro lu. Phone 668-6396 / 1-694-1502 Florida was fun. No I didn't cultivate a great tan. I find sacrificing mysellZto.the sun god boring. There is too much else to do. Besides, in the evenings, I saw the results of broiling yourself all day in the sun. Bright-red bodies limped slowly into restaurants, arms outstretched, faces grimacing in pain with{ every tortured step, and the wincing and wiggling when they tried to find an unbaked spot to sit on while they ate. No thanks. Florida for me is meeting people, searching the antique and second-hand stores and devouring fresh oranges at roadside stands. I took long walks along the quiet streets, enjoying the gracious architecture, the myriad array of blooming flowers and the exotic birds that stalk the lawns. That's more my style. Also I realized a dream I have nurtured ever since I saw 'Where the Boys Are' as a kid. This is it: The sky is an azure blue undefiled by clouds. The landscape is an ernerald, gittering between sky and ocean. a soft, silky breeze caresses the palms and freshens m ski as I drive along the highway in a new car. Money to spend excites my. wall et. A '50's soul station slides Otis Redding and Muddy Waters into the passenger seat and I am on my own, tooling down a sunbathed stretch of tarmac going nowhere in particular, in no hurry to get there, or ek, I'm on my own in Florida. Yeeeessss!!! That's what I'brought back from Florida - the stuff dreams are made of - not things. Things you can buy anywhere, anytime. The realization o fa dream comes once in a lifetime. Thank you, Florida, for iving me the incredible joy of realizing a dreai. I never forget it. Sping in Canada. Great, eh! Snow on the ground. Car insurance that costs more than your car. Interest rates uoinu skv bigh and our esteerned governrnent AS ISE E IT by Lorna Miller Once upon a dream giving away $25 million after they had the gall to tell us to tighten Our belsanzet readyfotahie because theyve overspent their budget. Something's wrog Very wrong. w t can we do about it. Well, I suppose we could have a revolution and appoint people who know what they're doing to the posts that are now held by people who don't. ut power seems, as they say, to corrupt. So the term would be for one year only with an option to renew if the job was being done properly. a be that's the answer. One-year terms, with options for a second if the job is being well done. That way we could be sure that more than hip service is being given to the task at hand. Also, people who have some knowledge of the workings of life because they've lived it might be in keeping with good government. For instance, the Minister of Finance would be a woman who bas raised six kids on a moderato sahary. She would cut out this nonsense of cbartered planes ferrying ofliciaIs back and forth. She would provide them with business class air tickets instead. Forget about going the beauty spots of the world to have a 'think tank' to decide what to do about an issue. she would keep them at their desks until the homework was finished. No more free lunches in grandiose surroundings. Instead, a few sandwiches in a brown paper bag with an apple for dessert and then back to business. Forget the limos, the fancy furniture, the expense accounts. and the puffed-up ensions. Running the country is a job few are qualified for and our present deplorable state is proof of that. Our governing persons have lost touch with reality. A good injection of it into the government mainstream is exactly what is needed. Our elected officials have been self-deluded into believing their own hype.They constantly point out that Canada is a great country, and then proceed to implement policies designed to destroy the very foundations of it. Tame lawyers make the Iaws only as tight as need be, with loopholes built in so that they can char ge -lots of rnoney to work around and through t he holes and keep themselves in business. What makes me angry is the fact that these laws are s designed that we are financing our own downfall. And when that faîl cornes where will our esteemned politicians be then? In the front lines fighting for our ives? Never! Who will be clamed? You and I!We have become a country of wimps, from the highest post in the land to the lowest. e have become a nation of silent grumblers. We have become a nation divided. And you know what happens then - divided we fall. Is it too late? May be we still have a chance. Are we going to take it? Take that "all or nothing" gamble and assert ourselves to keep this country live? Or will history record our downfall as being a mere sigh that is lost amid the whirnering and flotsam floating down from ParliamentHill? Canadian-made emphasis at new Country Classies By Adam Sikora Ines Spalding hopes her recently opened Canadian Clas- sics store in Brooklin will con- tinue to bring her the success she has experienced in the last four years. Sharing a joy and flair for making things with her friends, she decided to try and sell their wares at craft shows, bazaars and flea markets. After a positive response, Spalding has established a firm base of operations at her store to attract the patronage of people in the area, while retaining pre- vious customers. Canadian Classics lives up to its name, highlighted by the fact that about 75 per cent of the store's inventory is Canadian- made. The store now offers, or will soon offer, such products as Canadian potpourri, stained glass, hand knitting (made in Ontario), custom gift baskets, hand-made children's clothing, sweaters, t-shirts, golf shirts, hand -quilted pillows, cards, leather products and ceramics. ýrooklin Flour Mlls -2 a sslsSt., Brooklin 654851-sUnder New Maagement TRAILER LOAD -Water Softener Salt C F Y 3«r L FU FR eIMAhUJMVor ~ELeC 20 kg 40 kg 20 kg 40 kg $4.30 $8.20 $3..95 $6.95 (reg. $5.65) (reg. $10.20) (reg. $4.85) (reg. $8.40) INES SPALDING in her Country Classics store recently opened. Free Press photo Myrtle news By Sonia Graham There was a full house at the annual Myrtle Church card party. Everyone had a good time gathering with old and new friends. The power failure which occurred while the luncheon was being served only seemed to add to the evening as we ate by candlelight. There were lots of prizes given away. Mr. Eckel donated the flowers and Mary Housego put them into arrangements. 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