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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1981-07-02, Page 4Page 4 Citizens News July 2. 19111 way vont 1,o41414EEO Mt01RtuOtra N»E T s HE�vs...tt� INE Ora Tt11n6S UM' tote' =uruntuuuwnnununnuuullununnnmummuunuuuunntuunnunuuiuunntnununnnuninumunniunuuunnnummuunnniuuntinuuu= Viewpoint Z.C.N• 3 nuuuuuuunnununuuunmm�runnnuiunnuunnuuuruimnuunnnuuunnuiiuuniin:nnnnuunniiurninn:uuinnin:�:nuunnununuurnnnrunnnw�. Equa! partners in life and work The editor of The Norwich tiazette says women who work outside their homes have been accused of "taking jobs from men", "neglecting their children" and "working just for frills". They have been forced to justify their employment with reasons of economic neeessity when in reality their reasons for working are just the same as those of their male co-workers. All workers, men and women, seek in their jobs the same things: recognition, earnings, social contact, achievement, self actualization. Need is not a criterion for allocating jobs between men and women. If equity means anything at all, it should mean that men and women have equal oppor- tunities with respect to satisfying employment, career advancement and earnings. Because women have for so long been in a disad- vantaged position in regard to employment, strong and visible commitments and efforts must be made on the part of employers and government. The Ontario Status of Women Council realizes that the full equality of women in the labor force will not be attained solely by legislation. Changes in attitude must occur as well. The areas where change is needed are almost unlimited. Yet government action is necessary. Women in the work force should not have to put up with low pay, discriminatory treatment and sexual harassment simply because they are women. (Listowel Banner) Take care to enjoy summer The warm weather has finally arrived and most of us are thinking of the summer wind and sun and out- door living. We are certainly ready for this but what about the electrical equipment that we use outside all summer long? For instance, before you fill up your lawnmower take a look at the gas can. Is It CSA certified? By law, it must be in Ontario. If it spent the winter on a cold, damp, concrete floor it may be corroded. If you are cutting the lawn with an electric lawn mower or using an electric clippers, make sure the cords are in good condition and not nicked or frayed. Be sure to take the cover off the air conditioner before it's turned on and if you're using a window air conditioner with a three -prong plug, be sure you plug it into a three prong receptacle. If you are putting up fence around your yard, phone the gas, hydro and telephone companies before you start digging, so one of their cables isn't ruptured. Also it you are planning on using a gas barbecue be sure the flames are properly distributed and none of the gas jets are clogged. Use a little precaution and have an enjoyable summer outside. (Thamesville Herald) MST WITH IOCAI NEWS Published Each Wednesday By J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd. Member: Can.dian Weekly Newspapers Assoc' ion doors° Weekly Newspapers AsMciatoon News Editor Rob Chester Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Subscription Rotes: $8.50 per year' in advance in Canada $19.50 per year outside Canada Single copies 254 By ROB CHESTER Trying to relive a memorable experience is often a good way to be disappointed. Often upon rereading a book or watching a movie for the second time I've found the magic didn't work again. I think you can be touched by something and someone, at a certain point in your life when you are open or accepting. Since our point of view can be easily influenced and readily changed the space of a year or two can alter point of view drastically. One of my big dissappointments was rereading Catcher in the Rye. The second time through, Holden Caulfield was less a hero of rebellious youth and more and more just a poor sick kid. It hurt. While -at college I wrote a newspaper column on science fiction. The one column where I tried to branch out into the genre- of high fantasy, I gave Tolkien's Lord of the Rings a rather rough handling. My point still stands and I do not now disagree with what I wrote, but in trying to make my own point, the good qualities of Tolien's epic were overlooked. (Basically I reminded readers that Tolien wasn't the only writer of fantasy, and that it would be a good idea if some of the cult worshippers of Lord of the Rings expandedtheir horizons a bit.) In short, (if Miscellaneous Rumblings can ever console itself with being short!) I'm reliving an en- joyable experience from my past, and enjoying it even more. I first read Lord of the Rings many years ago. It must have been at least 10 to 12 years ago when copies of the book were not impossible to find, but you couldn't just walk into a bookstore and pick one up. It was long after the book was written of course, it was first published right after World War II, but it was before it had been latched onto as a monument of fantasy writing. It was a monument from its inception, but it took a while for the general public to catch on. It took me a whole summer to read the 1,100 pages of the edition I have, and looking back, I recall no other accomplishment that summer. I read it at a leisurely pace, a few pages every evening. Some of it is rather slow, at the time I skipped over most of the songs, and again in retrospect, I remember more of the accomplish- ment of finishing it, than the story. While moving recently, the book happened to surface on one of the stacks. Like Frodo's ring, the book may have a will of its own. I've been wanting to reread it and suddenly there it was. I plunged into it. In about four days I was about one-third finished. The goal this time however is not to finish, but to experience Tolien one more time. Knowing the story, I know what to look for, I can find the clues I missed the first time, and -with no sense of rushing to the climax (no pressing sense that is, the book does have a definite -drive to con- clusion) and I am reading and enjoying the songs and the all too few bits of lore Tolien give us. While the book is artistic and well written, its main thrust is in genealogy and linguistics — it is a history of the people's of Middle Earth — a world Tolien created. The Lord of the rings is the story of... This is not a review. Read the book. I guess what I'm trying to say here is that people's attitudes change. I enjoyed the book when I first read it. A little older, and only a little wiser in the ways of the world, I can now appreciate it. I had planned to write on several different topics this week. But as. deadline looms closer.... It's been a good week, and a bad week. (It was the best of times, it was the worst of times .... ) HappyBirthdayZurich! Happy Birthday Canada! Goodbye Terry.... NEVER SAY DIE — In the grand old newspaper tradition of never admitting your mistakes: We ran a picture last week without a cut -line. This week for your reading enjoyment we present the cut -line, without the picture. DEAD GIVEWAY — The shades and the camera tellou this isn't any antique picture. Riding herd on a hot dog day was Zurich Public School principal Don O'Brien. Many of the teachers and students dressed in antique clothing styles for the 125th anniversary.