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Page 4—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1987
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ANNE NAREJKO - Editor
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SHELLEY McPHEE HAIST - Reporter
DAVID EMSLIE - Reporter
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Serving the customer
What appeared to be the makings of a serious rift amongst business
people in the Clinton BIA area has fizzled in a short lived debate.
The question and controversy arose when the town council voiced its
concern about Friday night hours of the business. Council expressed a
need, for business people to set uniform hours of business.
A problem does exist. Some shops are open Friday nights, others are
closed. Most Clinton stores are open on Wednesdays, others are not. Some
close over the noon hour. Some stay open until 5:30 p.m. on week nights,
others are open until 6 p.m.
For the consumer, it's a "take your chances" affair when it comes to
shopping in downtown Clinton. For the most part, most shoppers are ade-
quately served, but the Clinton BIA members must realize that they live
in an age of tough business competition and they must be prepared to
make more than an adequate effort.
In many instances, Clinton merchants are progressive and accom-
modating in their business practices. They must continue to be so in any
effort to keep Clinton's shopping district a thriving area.
Sandra Balfour of Sandy's Card Shop stands behind the Friday night
openings. Her reasoning is simple, "The less we're open, the less business
we get."
John Wuerth of Wuerth's Shoes suggested that Clinton business people
need to promote their Friday night hours of business in an effort to make
them profitable.
"We must leave the consumers with a strong impression. Maybe we
should give them a reason to shop on Friday nights by offering
promotions."
The main priority of a dedicated and active business people should be
that of serving the public to the best of their ability. Janet Buchanan of
Everything Good noted, "There comes a time when we have to be a ser-
vice even if it means staying open for three hours on a Friday night and
not doing much business. If a customer pulls up to your door and they find
it closed, they're gone to another store, another town. They may never be
back."
Not many business people in Clinton can afford to lose a customer. For
their sake and that of all the Clinton business community, merchants
here must work together to maintain a vital shopping area that attracts
the consumer, not one that sends them to another town for better service.
For the most part, Clinton can boast a pleasant and conscientious
business community. Merchants here must continue to work to keep it
that way. - by S. McPhee Haist.
Searching for camp
Kitchi graduates
i)ear Editor:
Camp Kitchikewana has been in operation
on the shores of Ontario's Georgian Bay since
1919. Since that time, there have been
thousands of young men and women who have
attend "Kitchi" as campers, counsellors, or
staff people, and who are now successful
adults located in every corner of this vast
country.
The camp is now on a much-needed re-
development program to upgrade the
facilities and equipment in order to enhance
the camping experience for young people of
the next generation.
Through the co-operation of your news-
paper, we hope to expand our alumni mailing
list t• reaching Camp Kitchikewana
Letters
graduates in your readership area. We are
convinced that the "Spirit of Kitchikewana",
imbued through camp values and friendships,
will now be returned to us in our time of need.
All Kitchi Alumni please contact: C.K.
Alumni Campaign, Camp Kitchikewana,
Y.M.C.A., Box 488, Midland, Ontario, L4R 413.
Yours sincerely,
Austin Matthews,
Camp Director.
Thanks for the support
Dear Editor
As co-workers of our local Minor Hockey
Association this past month has especially
shown us that there are still many people
who are overly willing to help the younger
set enjoy another season of hockey.
This season. 23 local merchants eagerly
supported minor hockey by generous dona-
tions towards new sweaters and sweater
carryalls for several teams.
This past weekend was our annual Minor
Hockey Weekend where each home team -
hosts a visiting team with a game of hockey,
snacks, pop, and hockey sticks and
generosity again over whelmed us. Over 130
local and surrounding area merchants sup-
ported with either cash donations, to more
than cover expenses, or merchandise
towards a successful draw with over 100
winners, Several referrees, time keepers,
mothers l who baked goods, ran a bake sale,
sold pins, etc.) also donated their time and
efforts.
Without this kind of assistance, registra-
tion would be much higher, and we're sure
some of our local talent would be on the
sidelines watching others participate or
possibly even less fortunate.
On behalf of all our Clinton Minor Hockey
Association executive, we feel quite safe in
saying a big "Thank you" to each and every
one who helped in supporting one of our
greatest local winter sports.
Thank you all for such
greatful assistance
.lane Ladd, June and Jake DeRuyter
Timmins celebrates birthday
Dear Editor:
To all former and present residents of the
city of Timmins - Mountjoy, Schumacher,
South Porcupine, Golden City, you are cor-
dially invited to join us in our 75th anniver-
sary birthday celebrations.
in order to achieve success, there remains
the tremendous task of reaching beyond the
boundaries of the city. Your involvement is
crucial to the success of the year-long
festivities. A celebration is a gift which will
last a lifetime,
For further information, please contact
City Hall, 220 Algonquin Boulevard East,
Timmins, Ontario P4N 1B3
Got an opinion?
Write a letter
to the editor
Bill Boychuk
Chairman
It wasn't so bad
For a person who uses a camera five days
a week if not more, I have a very strange
hang up - I hate getting my picture taken.
What's even stranger is I have to talk people
into getting their picture taken at various
events I cover, and believe it or not, I'm
pretty good at it.
But try and take my picture - no way!
Well, all of that changed last week. I grin-
ned, smiled and chuckled in front of the
camera more than I have since the last wed-
ding I was in. And when all was said and
done, it wasn't so bad.
One day when I was in an extremely good
mood, general manager Gary Haist asked if
myself and my betrothed would agree to be
the bridal couple for this year's Bridal Edi-
tion. After we agreed, the consequences of
nodding our heads up and down started to
sink in.
"This means I'll be on the 'other' side of
the camera," I kept repeating to myself,
wondering if it was too late to back out.
Maybe, just maybe, they could make do
with only one of us for the majority of pic-
tures. And of course, I'd graciously offer
Colin's smiling face.
But this was not to be the case as it seems
the bride gets more attention than the
groom.
The big day finally arrived and we were
about as ready as we were going to be. The
first advertising representative to request
the use of our smiles was the News -Record's
own Janice Gibson.
First stop - Herman's Men's Wear. Much
to my delight, I was not needed for this shot,
so I quietly stood off to the side and watched
as Colin was positioned just right, held the
props just so and aquired the appropriate
facial expression.
He made it look fairly easy so when we
stopped at Mary's Sewing Centre and I was
informed this was another solo effort, but I
was to do the soloing, I wasn't too nervous.
Together, we moved the mannequin into
position and I admired her veil and wedding
dress while Janice took careful aim and
fired.
Owner Carol Wammes then entered and
together we giggled until we decided we
were going to look pretty silly in these pic-
tures if we didn't sober up a little.
After these pictures were complete, it was
back to the office were Gary awaited our
return.
Upon arrival, Gary informed us that it
was only me he needed. Fine, said Colin, as
he decided he'd head to Bartliff's for a„late
breakfast and leave the smiling to me.
We were in and out of Karen's Aesthetics
in no time and later stopped off at Board &
Batten and Groves TV and Appliance Centre
- all very painless.
Gary required the services of both Colin
and myself for a portrait, and of course
Gary didn't want the normal ho-hum por-
trait. He wanted something a bit more
creative.
With Colin sitting on a table in the back
room of the office, Gary directed me to lie
rinwn on the table and prop my head up by
placin§ my elbow on Colin's leg.
Gary looked at the scene he was creating
with a critical eye and discovered
something was a little off. However, a solu-
tion entered his mind immediately.
The problem he saw was that my, arm
wasn't holding my head up to the right
height, so an "elevator” was put in place
and the shooting began.
At first I had no problem smiling, mostly
because I thought the entire scene was
humorous, but after the first six pictures
were taken, my expression became stiff as
the novelty wore off - the patience of a model
I don't have.
Next it was on to Goderich where we
visited a few more stores before heading to
Benmiller where we were scheduled to have
a picture taken at the Inn in front of the
fireplace.
Well, we got our picture taken in front of
the fireplace just before a chimney fire
started.
Sparks were flying outside and then
flames started to shoot from the chimney.
The bartender phone the Goderich Fire
Department who ca e and quickly ex-
tinguished it before any damage could be
done.
Good thing we took the picture when we
did or we would have had a picture of a
fireplace with no fire in it!
Colin and I made it • through the ordeal
unscared and glad we had agreed to be the
bridal couple. Now we just have to wait and
see how we look in these pictures!
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When I was little 1 wanted to he a singer
when i grew up. 1 wasn't going to be just any
singer, I wanted to be Ethel Merman.
That failing, my second career choice was
to be Prince Anne. I always felt that we
were kindred spirits since i carried Ann as
my second name. Besides that, I had a View
Master slide of the Royal Family and i liked-
them
ikedthem a bunch.
Thirdly was my desire to be a married
lady with a nice house. husband and a cou-
ple of babies. 1 wanted to have a cottage at
the beach. There I would spend the summer
with the kids while my husband worked in
the city. He would come to visit on weekends
and he would go golfing. 1 would have long
red nail polished fingers and a nice bathing
suit.
So much for my childhood plans.
Somewhere along the line 1 had a notion to
become a journalist and here i am. I'm still
not sure how Ethel Merman fits into the
picture.
As a child, my aspirations and expecta-
tions of adulthood were based on the notions
that most little girls dreamed about. My
friends and 1 played house with our dolls, we
played teachers and nurse. We would swim
and imagine ourselves as mermaids. We
would sing, dance and dream of stardom
and Hollywood fame.
That was 20 some odd years ago. Back
then we knew nothing of the worlds "libera-
tion" and "equality." Today however, we
believe that our children live in an
enlightened age, one that is attempting t9
breakdown the traditional sex -role
stereotyping that once dictated that girls
would grow up to be nurses and boys would
be doctors.
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A new study undertaken for the Women's
Bureau of Labor Canada tells us that we still
have a long way to go before our young peo-
ple reach beyond the sex -role limitations
that guide their career decisions.
When I Grow Up.... is a fascinating survey
that looks at the career expectations and
aspirations of more than 700 Canadian
school children.
Recent research has suggested that sex -
role stereotyping learned by children is the
precursor of their later adult roles. In order
to learn the current state of children's at-
titudes towards their career aspirations, the
authors carried out the study of the 364 girls
and 342 boys across Canada, ranging from
six to 14 years of age, from a variety of
socio-economic, cultural and linguistic
backgrounds.
The results of the study are best il-
lustrated in the personal comments from
some of the children:
• "Boys couldn't become nurses...because
they're not girls and they don't wear
dresses."
• "Women can't be ministers because
women's voices are too soft to be heard at
the back of the church."
• "Well I think the man should work and the
lady should stay home and babysit."
•"Women have as much right as men.'
• "Men don't do anything right."
• "Only women could be secretaries or
nurses.."
• "I'd like to become a bus driver when I
grow up...but if 1 can't 1 want to be the
queen."
•"I want to become a pilot because my
father told me it was a very,good job where
can earn a lot of money."
• "1 want to work with computers, because
that is what will be most in demand. My
father told me."
Over 90 per cent of the children who took
part in the survey were able to identify their
sources of career choices. Some children
acknowledged the influence of specific in-
dividuals who were in their family or circle
of acquaintances, while others mentioned
role models from television or some other
media. The influence of role models and per-
sonal contacts is illustrated by the fact that
teaching was the most popular occupation
among the children in the project -
The study determined that while both
boys and girls believed that when they
become adults they could be engaged in
many of the same occupations, the statistics
showed otherwise. The study noted, that
many of the girls seemed to be saying.
"Yes, women can become doctors, but I ex-
pect to be a nurse," or "Bank managers can
be women as well as men, but I am going to
be a teller," or "Dental assistant is my
career goal, although 1 know that women
can be dentists."
The fascinating results of the study com-
pared the traditionality of career choices of
boys and girls. Some boys (but no girls)
wanted to be air traffic controllers,
astronomers or mathematicians. Boys
aspired to build rocket ships, be construc-
tion workers or plumbers. Very few girls
chose traditionally masculine occupations
other than the learned professions. Boys
were conspicuous by their absence from
some traditinally feminine occupations such
as dental assistant, hairdresser, librarian,
nurse, sewer and flight attendant.
The study showed that 93 per cent of the
boys gave traditionally masculine occupa-
tions as their first choice of career and only
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