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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-11-20, Page 27v.. FAVORITE�pFLOORINGS FROMO PROVIDE YOU WITH A SPACIQUS SETTING FOR NEW TRIUMPHS IN ROOM DECOR WHETHER YOU PREFER A CLASSIC TILE DESIGN ORA COLORFUL FLORAL PA rI'ERN, DOMCO VINYL FLOORINGS WITH NO -WAX FINISH OFFER YOU A CHOICE OF GREAT PA 'TERNS AND COLOR VARIATIONS. MEETS GOVERNMENT STANDARDS ALL DOMCO VINYL. FLOORINGS HAVE AN AQUAGUARD9 PROTEC'T'ION AGAINST MILDEW ANI) ALKALI, THEREFORE YOU CAN HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DOMCO FLOOR ANYWHERE IN YOUR HOUSE, INCLUDING BASEMENTS • (AilHome Hardware 1,83m&3.66m5 6' & 12' wide to fit most rooms FROM 99 Watson's Hwy. 87 E. GORRIE - 335-3551 Get a RUSTIC APPEAL—A charming country style is created in this dining room with its floral stripe wallpaper in shades of rose, raspberry and moss seafoam on white. Rose and white draperies are lined with a stripe repeating the color scheme and design on dining chair seats. Fabrics and wall covering are from Raintree Designs by Laura Ashley. Yields and overall agricultural productivity in Canada increased by 25 per cent in the last 15 years. REBATE CHEQUE DIRECT FROM CHRYSLER 1985 or 1986 Models LASER • TURISMO/CHARGER OMNI/HORIZON D50/D100 PICKUPS .'�+•'`;,;;.T RELIANT/ARIES Example: 1986 ARIES/RELIANT 2 -Door 2.2 litre fuel injected engine, power Steering, power brakes, left remote mirror, bodyside moulding, halogen headlights, front wheel drive. LISTOWEL CHRYSLER PRICE 8336.00 Less Rebate Cheque - 500.00 YOUR PRICE ' $7836.00* OR LEASE 1986 ARIES/RELIANT 2 Door FROM 17 75 Monthly payment based on 48 months Gold Key Program, 100;000 -km FREE driving, freight, license and Ont. Sales Tax extra. AT LISTOWEL CHRYSLER best WE JUST WANT TO BE THE LISTOWEL 754 Main St. E., Listowel Open daily 'til 9 pm. Sat. 'til 5 pm * Freight extra • Dodge Trucks CHRYSLER • LISTOWEL, CHRYSLER KNOWS PRICE SELLS CARS & TRUCKS A dining -room with country charm By Barbara Hartung Q. I like country designs a lot and want to use them in redecorating my separate dining room. I have used pale rose and gray in my entry and living room, mixed with pine, walnut and ma- hogany. I would like some ideas for creating a traditional country look in a plain room with no personality.—D. R. A. Give your home person- ality with tender loving care including hard work, paint, paper'and beautiful fabrics. Here's an idea on how one lovely dining room was created to reflect a country charm. 'Perhaps you could adapt the ideas., The walls were covered with a country -inspired floral stripe, with a chair rail and ceiling and floor Mold- ings painted the background color. A small geometric design was chosen for the drap- eries, which were fashioned with fabric loops.eThe lining, of a contrasting but coordin- ated stripe, was repeated in upholstered chair seats. Q. I am going to put a new floor in my kitchen , and would like to know what color to use. 1 have an ,off-white round table with cane back chairs with royal blue seats. I have a mural on the wall with touches•of blue, and the cab- inets areoff-white (grayish). There is also a white divider between the kitchen and liv- ing room, 1 have thought of no -wax flooring. I would like your idea on this.—C. J. P. A. Perhaps it is only a per- sonal preference, but I like to choose rather neutral colors for large and permanent ele- ments in a room, particular - y the—flucring. Biu—won't— often change this so you are committed t� particular color -schemes- whren;you in- stall a many -colored floor covering. With grayish white and your white cabinets you can introduce a wide variety of color schemes and change the "scheme easily and inex- pensively. One of my favorite kitchen floorings is the grayish -white simulated brick pattern that a variety of floor covering manufacturers offer. They are exceedingly good-look- ing and so versatile, a u mlfst cfie-aomt.�h-a —' careful about the indenta- tions of the simulated brick. It is easy to get food down in them and hard to get sticky things out. The simulated brick does not, however, show the dirt. I would warn you, too, about no -wax flooring. Be wary of what I consider ex- aggerated advertising claims about no -wax floor- ing- F1'rompersonal ex- perience, my no -wax floor- ing needs frequent cleaning and re -waxing .— and the task is difficult. So don't ex- pect too much. Q. Our bathroom has white bathroom fixtures. The walls are painted pale yellow and the tile is pea green plastic with a black border. The rug is rust with specks of green in it. I now have white sheer curtains on the small window with a drape and valance in green. The shower curtain is green. What can I do to change the color scheme?—B. S. A. Unless .you plan to change the tile, an expensive proposition, you are commit- ted to a color scheme with a touch of green and black in it, But, you can neutralize the green and black somewhat by choosing a very pretty fresh wallpaper. Let's say you found a crisp floral print with a white background andlots of pink and fuchsia blossoms, green leaves and a tiny bit of black. With that on the walls, you might paint the ceiling pale pink, use pink towels and curtains for shower and win - Freshen up the floor with a white peel -and -stick vinyl tile topped with pink throw rugs. You really can't get away from the green and black but you can tone it down consid- erably. The "stamp" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word "stempel" — a sharp blow. Crossroads— Nov. 20, 1985—Page 11A Mainstream Canada Wisdom and opinion often polls apart By Tony Carlson If it doesn't move, paint it. }Many military veterans have heard that watchword before. And one suspects that a slightly altered version is being heard in the depths of government buildings across the land these days. The order is simple: if it moves, poll it Governments are not alone in their increasingly intense campaign to get the latest on how to statistically signifi- cant portion of the populations feels about every issue under the sun. But this perceived reliance on polls as a means of governing raises consider- able concern. This is not a dig at pollini firms which are mushroom- ing in this favorable climate. The data they produce is for the most part solid, reflect- ing the prevailing wind of public opinion. Rather, it is' an appeal to those who receive and read about the survey results: that these opinion barom- eters —. without argument important tools off the trade — be treated with kid gloves. There are many reasons these tools of decision should not be seen 'as the magic wand of government policy- making: For one thing, we expect from those who .lead us a. plan of action, even a,vision of the country or province as they perceive it should be and a blueprint for turning such a dream into reality. Our vote, then, gives them a mandate to act, even if a snap -shot sampling of the populace indicates some opposition. In short, leader- ship means having the gumption to make the un- popular decision. Of more concern is the possibility that the public, despite all the best efforts of the pollsters might be off base. That's the blasphemous charge to make in a democratic society where the rule of the majority is a sacred trust. But consider. this: These polls are not asking how many people are watching The Cosby Show. Rather, they are seeking opinions on such things as equal pay for work of equal value, issues which have complicated arguments and lots of emotional punch on. b.oth sides. W live in a complex world where the issues do not divide into black and white, but too often dissolve in a muddle of gray. To what extent can ordinary citizens inform themselves of every nuance of social and economic debates that would test the wisdom of Solomon? It's especially tough when . confronted with a pollster armed with a battery of question.s. An example: Ask a Red Deer retailer or a Moncton manufacturer about value-- added tax and chances are you'll get a blank stare. But ask one of their peers in Britain and you'll hear in- formed opinion. Canadians don't know enough yet about a VAT to know what to think. Britons live with a VAT and can offer up a useful com- ment based on experience. The public is not stupid, but in many .cases, through no fault of its own, it is in- nocent of the background it needs to make a dis- passionate judgment... Given that, it is unsettling to think that those in power may lean too much on the advice of a public which often reacts' with its gut rather than its brain. RECEIVES GIFTS Forty-one works by Inuit artists were among the most prominent gifts received by the National Gallery of Ca- nada. They are part of a i group of 1,000 Inuit sculp- tures, drawings, prints and stoneblocks collected by M, F. Fehely and gradually do- nated to the Gallery's ex- panding native art collec- tion. Sixteen prints by Maurits Cornelis Escher were given by the artist's son George A. Escher. A collec- tion of Canadian art was do- nated by Mrs. Jules Leger that includes works by Jean- Paul Lemieux, Jean Dal- laire, Jacques Godefroy the Tonnancour and Alfred Pel- lan. 1 LOCKHART FLAGS. 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