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PONTIAC-BUICK-CADILLAC-GMC TRUCKS HAMILTON ST., GODERICH �ad,MMuiuiri PolaiNawaiwwwwwwwwwwisig A good story .... and then some BY PATRICK RAP°1'i(S Everyone laves a good story and storyteller Helen Carmichael Porter delivers just that, and then some, with her "Forgotten Folktales" program. Porter visited Goderich on October 17, entertaining Grade 48 students at Robert- son, Victoria and St. Mary's schools, with her inovative program. Porter's show is the first of three, which are coming to town as part of the Children's Fall Festival, spon- sored by the Goderich Recreation Depart- ment and the local schools. Actually, Porter's stories are more than just entertainment. While they are fun to listen to, they also offer listeners a different perspective than traditional folk and fairytales. Characters in Porter's stories depart from the usual stereotyped heroes and heroines. They are not the typical fearless princes coming to the aid of damsels in distress, a la "Sleeping Beauty" and "Snow White". The stories Porter told in her Goderich performances emphasized affirmative ac- tion and featured strong characters of both sexes. Her stories are not original, they are mainly 12th and 13th century folk tales, which spring from a variety of cultures around the world. In one story, titled "Tam Lin"`' -the heroine's courage is tested. She must hold onto her bewitched elf boyfriend, while he undergoes a series of frightening transformations, in order to return him to human form. To make a long story short, she passes the test, he becomes human again, they marry and, as in more tradi- tional tales, they live "happily ever after". "The boy and girl are partners in these stories," Porter tells the children. "The prince," she says, "is strong enough to ask for help." Prior to telling her first tale, Porter asked the children what sort of things the men and women in most stories are usually doing. Some of the children answered that women were usually sleeping, as in "Sleeping Beau- ty" and "Snow White", or sweeping and scrubbing, as in "Cinderella". The males, by contrast, were perceived by `most children to be involved in such macho ac- tivities as "hunting" and "killing dragons". Porter works without props, although she does use costumes when working theatres. She uses her voice and body actions to create the characters in her stories. Children are not the only audience to which Porter takes her medium, but they are especially receptive to it. "It (the story) all comes alive for the kids," says Porter. "Also, I always felt I have a nice rapport with children." Porter, who was a school teacher for seven years, say she has loved hearing and And The Best Fit In Town! 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"Story telling is a way for me to be in theatre, and yet assume roles that I enjoy." she says, adding that she feels roles for women in theatre, are very limiting What Porter does is called "narrative theatre" and she takes her show to schools, theatres and churches. Porter has even gone behind bars with her act, working with inmates of a men's prison in Brampton. The purpose in telling Porter's folktales to men in prison, is to attempt to give them a better understanding of sexuali- ty. The process involves "trying to get them to look at erotica, rather than por- nography," says Porter. When dealing with prisons, she said she uses more explicit ver- sions of some of the same stories she tells to the children. Porter is a Toronto native, who grew up in Eastern Ontario. This was her first visit to -Goderich and she was facinated with local history. She said she was most interested learning about Goderich's historic jailhouse, the Steven Truscott story and other such things. She was also intrigued by local architec- ture. "I think the stores and houses tell a story all their own," she said. Will not regulate hours of convenience stores The Goderich Police Commission will not ask town council to regulate the hour of operation for convenience stores. Previously the commission and council learned that the police department was be- ing called to the Mac's Milk store on Bayfield Road between the hours of 1 and 6 a.m. on a regular basis to break up fights or act on complaints. The commission was considering asking town council to regulate the hours of operation in a bylaw, after a memo from Sgt. Gerry Hilgendorff suggested there was a problem at the store. The memo sug- gested that since the store went to a 24- hoiir operation the police were receiving numerous calls to remove people from the premises, break up fights and curb noise from squealing tires. Many of the people in the store between the hours of 2 and 6 a.m. were simply "hanging out" Hilgendorff said in the memo and others were not paying for mer- chandise. However, many of the concerns express- ed at earlier meetings seemed to have BOYS' IUNIOR-PRO MODEL COOPE RAL1 OUTFIT been ameliorated: In a subsequent letter to the commission, Chief Pat King said that Mayor Eileen Palmer and himself met with representatives of Mac's Conve- nience Stores Inc. on two occasions. Both Robert Caspar (Loss Prevention Manager) and Lou McMahon (District Manager, Sarnia District) were unaware of the problems as outlined in the memo from Sgt. Hilgendorff. A second mmeting took place with McMahon and the new store managers Peter and Kathleen Herlufson. Chief King reported that since the Herlufsons have taken over management of the store, there have been no calls to police. Chief King was confident that new management had the situation under con- trol and said he would not push for a bylaw to regulate the hours of operation for con- venience stores. "I feel confident that the new manage- ment will prove far more effective," his letter read. "Accordingly, I ask no further action by the board to my request to push for a bylaw. I shall monitor the situation and report back to the board periodically." More charges being, laid Operation Crackwhip, initiated by Police Chief Pat King after the depart- ment was accused of ignoring violations by citizens, has been a success. In reponse to questions from Police Commission members, Chief King said the force has been laying more charges and the extra manpower on weekends has resulted in more charges. "We will have extra men on duty on weekends until Hallowe'en and the system is working well," he said. "Many cars have been stopped and many offences and liquor seizures have been enforced. 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