HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-03-09, Page 26Page 10—Crossroads—March 9, 1983
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By John W. Prince
A city of many personali-
ties, Toronto ranges from the
• cool and cultured to the loud,
bright and outrageous. For
first time visitors, long time
residents point out two good
ways to get an interesting
orientation to the city. Spend
an hour at The Great Toronto
Adventure, an exciting and
informative multi -media
sound and sight show at the
Colonnade Theatre on Bloor
Street W. near Bay Street.
A stroll down Yonge Street
on a warm evening can help
capture the ever-changing
personalities of Toronto. The
2 km (1.3 miles) from The
Bay department store at
Bloor Street to the Eaton
Centre at Dundas is the place
to see and be seen any night
of the week, and especially
on the weekends. Young
people in the latest and wild-
est fashions mingle with
business people in suits,
tourists, senior citizens, jog-
gers and street vendors.,
They window shop in some of
the city's best, and worst
shops, make friends, play
chess on street corners,
exercise and enjoy the
sights, lights and sounds that
are Toronto.
Of course, Toronto is the
more than just a section of
Yonge Street. It's 3.5 million
people living in Canada's
largest metropolitan area.
It's a Canadian and interna-
tional business, fashion, tra-
t
anada's
vel and entertainment
centre, as well as the capital
of the Province of Ontario.
FAMILY TORONTO ,
Toronto is a city for famil-
ies of any size and budget.
The Metro Toronto Zoo, a
family favorite, is rated as
one of the best in the world.
The animals, birds, fish and
plants are grouped by geo-
graphic origin so that a visit
to "Africa" can be followed
by a visit to another "contin-
ent". Most of the animals
live in large natural outdoor
enclosures. A full day or
more is needed to see every-
thing. Comfortable shoes, a
sunhat and camera are con-
sidered part of the required
equipment.
Canada's Wonderland, just
north of Toronto at Maple, is
the country's first full-scale
theme park with roller coas-
ters, rides, fun activities and
a huge man-made mountain
with waterfall. The admis-
sion covers most of the rides
and activities.
For a rainy day, or a day
out of the sun, mix fun and
education at the Ontario
Science Centre. The admis-
sion cost is minimal, and
lively "touch me" exhibits
encourage visitors to con-
duct their own scientific
experiments.
Ontario Place, three man-
made inter -connected is-
lands on the shores of Lake
Ontario, is a cool place on a
hot day. One of the award-
winning playgrounds keeps
children busy with water
squirters and swings that dip
into the swimming pool.
World class entertainers
perform at the Ontario Place
Forum, an outdoor theatre
with chairs and on -the -grass
seating for thousands.
At Harbourfront, 37 ha (92'
acres) of restored and refur-
bished dockside on Queen's
Quay West, the entire family
can come for an hour or a
day t� do crafts., picnic,
sightsee and be entertained.
As well' as being great fun,
Grapefruit's name
How did the grapefruit get
its name? One historian says
it came about because the
fruit grows in bunches like
grapes. Another suggests it
was because the flavor
resembled the grape's. A
third thinks the fruit was
named for its similarity to
the seaside grape of Barba-
dos, where the grapefruit
originated.
No -return boomerang,
Australia's aborigines
used returning boomerangs
for play or for felling small
birds, mainly on Australia's
east coast. The hunting or
fighting boomerang was
much heavier, weighing up.
to 240 ounces; it was not de-
signed to return.
The cure for depression
By REV. LEE TRUMAN
John Littleton, 45, came
to me for help because he
was afraid he would take
his own life. Everything he
was doing was so com-
pletely without meaning
for him that he felt that he
stopped caring whether he
lived or died.
John had all the usual
symptoms . of depression:
boredom, listlessness and a
deep sense of futility. His
lack of concern touched his
whole life; his friends were
bores, his business was a
job, and he was cynical
toward life and hard-nosed
in business. John felt that
he loved no one and no one
loved him. This included
his wife and children.
John had enough money
that he could follow his
doctor's advice. He took a
two-month rest cure in a
hospital and felt no better
for it. John and his wife
took a cruise to the Baha-
mas for a month, and this
left him in about the same
condition.
It was at this point that
his doctor suggested that
he talk to me. I asked him
about his leisure time, and
while he seldom ever
played golf, he went
through the motions. His
hobbies and interests were
summed up in the fact that
he did not really care
about anything. This in-
cluded a 28 -foot yacht that
he had not had out of the
harbor in over a year.
I asked him about his
business and it was as the.
doctor had said. John re-
plied that it was all routine
and he really didn't care
whether it made or lost
money.
[asked him about his re-
ligious feelings and he said
that religion left him cold;
he had once attended
church, but it didn't mean a
thing to him now.
Because of a, family
breakup, John was brought
up by an aunt who "did her
duty," but she had been
very unloving in her atti-
tude toward him. John had
the material things, but not
the warm, loving care that
opens up the heart of a
young child.
John's problem had
three causes:
John first had his life
pointed toward emotional
coldness by not being loved
in his childhood. I would
rather see a child without
clothes and shoes than not
to be loved.
The second — John had
never learned that to get
love from others, you give
love.
Last, since he had never
Your
Handwriting
Tells
By DOROTHY
ST, JOHN JACKSON
Certified
Master Graphoanalyst
Dear Dorothy: I wonder
what I'm supposed to do
with my life. I like music, I
like to write, and I seem
teed toward selling. Yet, 1
have settled for an 8 to 5
job, getting a minimum of
salary, and there's no fu-
ture. 1 feel there should be
something- better for me.
What's bolding me back? —
J.M.
Dear J.M.: It's your
strength of purpose, which
is the starting point of all
achievement that's miss-
ing.
You are a man of many
talents but they he un-
tapped and without direc-
tion. Yes, you can get ex-
cited, but about nothing in
particular, as is told in
long t crossings that are
weak.
Because you can't de-
cide, strongly indicated in
fading finals on words, you
keep changing your mind
until necessity causes you
to settle for less than the
best.
You are, unquestionably,
as talented as many who
have achieved success and
even recognition but you
lack drive. Too, you are a
man who requires much
praise, so criticism and op-
position blurs your vision.
This is detected in large t
loops.
You can rise above your
menial job if you really
want to. You have all the
talent material you need,
whether in music, in writ-
ing or in sales.
Decide upon one area of
achievement and see it
through and don't keep
changing your mind.
It's a strong driving de-
sire to accomplish that
makes us or unmakes us.
But 'it's decision, drive, and
doing that run down all the
barriers.
learned to give love, he
needed help in learning to
give it as an adult. But to
tell him this would be to-
tally useless. It is some-
thing that he had to be led
to do'l
This is the technique that
worked with John.
I had him try to discover
what other people were
like, beginning by writing
Out this sentence and keep-
ing it in his wallet: "I am
daily learning to under-
stand my wife, Betty. I am
daily learning to under-
stand my children, Alice
and Fred."
The man was a sharp
businessman who knew if -
this was going to work, he
had to work . the plan. The
plan was to take time to do
what they enjoyed doing.
The next week I had him
write all of the qualities he
could see in the members
of his family. He was to
carry this list in his wallet
and study it and add things
to it as they occurred to
him. Whenever he got de-
pressed or got to worrying
about himself, he was to
take this out and reflect on
it instead of himself.
Two months later he was
far enough along that I had
him do the same things
with his employees. He had
treated them impersonally
and in an abstract, harsh
manner. In less than three
months, he was not think-
ing of his subordinates as
stuffed shirts. but found
them to be both interesting
and to use his own words,
"They're really outstand-
ing people."
You see, I had John
practicing changing his
thought patterns, and that
is to learn how to under-
stand others.
The next step in John's
recovery was a most im-
portant one. It is essential
that people suffering from
depression replace their
old, sad feelings of futility
and pointlessness with a
strong positive sense of be-
longing to something big-
ger than themselves. What
he needed was to be needed
in a definite specific way.
When John began to realize
that he was the instrument
of a higher power and that
he was put here on earth
with a cause to serve and
useful functions to per-
form, then life had a whole
different meaning for him.
Eventually John gained
a measure of confidence in
himself and his future. His
depression was no longer
in evidence and I never
heard him say again, "Re-
ligion leaves me cold." He
learned to love and be
loved by those around him
and he had a new way of
living and thinking.
John had spent a great
deal of money trying to
beat this problem of de-
pression. What finally did
it for him was getting out-
side of himself and giving
of himself.
erson lity city
everything including the
craft supplies are free at
Harbourfront.
The stars and planets are
on display daily at the
McLaughlin Planetarium on
Avenue Road just south of
Bloor. The adjacent ROM —
Royal Ontario Museum — is
undergoing re -construction.
HISTORIC 'TORONTO
Toronto was once known
as • Yprk, Hogtown, and
various other names, some
official and some unofficial.
Early historians complained
of the muddy streets and the
provincial attitude. Black
Creek Pioneer Village at
Jane Street and Steeles
Avenue recalls those days in
a green, rural step back in
time Staff in period costume
and more than 30 restored
buildings re-create life in a
typical Upper Canada pre -
1867 village. The village
emporium sells homemade
fudge, visitors ride horse-
drawn wagons, and the huge
Dalziel Barn contains the
country's largest collection
of 19th century toys.
Just about every Canadian
student knows of the War of
1812 when the Americans
and British waged on and off
skirmishes over the border.
Fort York, the restored mili-
tary bastion of the era, is
alive with the sounds and
sights of a British garrison,
ready to defend the village of
York. Students in redcoat
uniform drill and re-create
life at the fort.
Mackenzie House is the re-
stored mid-Victorian home
and print shop of William
Lyon Mackenzie. He was the
first mayor of Toronto and
Leader of the Rebellion of
Upper Canada. Therebellion
was a failure, and Mackenzie
was forced to flee to the
United States.
The story of inland ship-
ping on the waterways and
Great Lakes of Central
Canada is told at the Marina
Museum of Upper Canada.
Boats, equipment and dis-
plays show the locks, canals
and the development of ship-
ping from freighter canoes to
the massive lake freighters
of today.
CULTURAL TORONTO
Theatre, music and dance
are integral parts of the
Toronto personality. The
National Ballet and the
Toronto Symphony Orches-
tra make their homes here.
The O'Keefe Centre, Massey
Hall and a dozen more halls,
auditoriums and theatres
host a continuous parade of
rising and established inter-
national stars. Small dinner
theatres to the Royal Alex-
andria feature everything
from contemporary musical
revues and Broadway hits to
traditional Shakespeare.
Jazz, blues, rock, country
and classical music are well
represented in clubs, restau-
rants and lounges. c�
The Art Gallery of Ontario
sponsors special exhibitions
by world famous artists and
main„t}5. permanent col-
lection '�' anadian art. The
Henry Moore sculptures are
among those modern artistic
efforts the viewee,either
immediately loves or Mates.
The Canadian • National
Exhibition, in late summer,
is a free-flowing, exciting.
and distinctly Toronto event
that artfully mixes a carni-
val atmosphere with com-
merce and entertainment.
The Sunday Harbourfront
Antique Market draws thou-
sands of Torontonians and
visitors to look, touch and
marvel over the objects and
craftsmanship of an earlier
day.
COSMOPOLITAN
TORONTO
Toronto is a city of many
cultures. Italian, Greek,
Chinese, Caribbean, Jewish,
Portuguese and Spanish are
among the groups that lend
their customs, languages
and heritage to the city.
Kensington Market is a
model of Toronto's ethnic di-
versity. There area dozen or
more languages, none of
them English, reggae music
from the Caribbean; fresh
fish with their heads'on; live
chickens, rabbits and ducks,
Oriental noodles and vege-
tables. The bright traditional
costumes of Africa mix with
the somber blacks of south-
ern Europe in front of open
air stalls, stopping traffic in
the street.
Gourmet Toronto revital-
izes even the most jaded pal-
ate. There is falalfel from
the Middle East, Chinese hot
and sour soup and pastas
from Italy, lamb dishes and
retsina from Greece, cheesy
raclette from Switzerland.
The choices are limited only
by the capacity to explore
and enjoy. Prices range
from the best bargain in
town to the ridiculous.
SPORTING TORONTO
Toronto maintains a stub-
born pride in its pro sports
teams — the CFL Argonaut
football team, baseball's
Blue Jays and the Blizzard
soccer team.
Hockey fans will score a
'hat trick at the Hockey Hall
of Fame at Exhibition Place.
The original Stanley Cup, do-
nated by Lord Stanley in
1893, is on display. Famous
players' sticks, sweaters and
equipment can be seen,
along with the photographic
history of hockey and cham-
pionship teams. Next door,
the Canadian Sports Hall of
Fame honors the greats of
other sporting contests.
BIRD'S EYE
TORONTO
From the top of the 600 m
(1815 foot) CN Tower, Tor-
onto lies like a busy tapestry
sweeping in a huge semi-
circle along Lake Ontario.
Scattered among the sky-
scrapers and residential
streets are hundreds of
green areas. Natural,
wooded -ravine areas stretch
like long fingers running
south to the lake, parks,
parketten and playgrounds
encourage people to walk, sit
and he on the grass, picnic
and play.
Ferries from the foot of
Yonge Street shuttle to the
beaches, trees and paths of
Toronto Island Park. Wading
pools, an amusement park,
bicycle and boat rentals — a
city playground that is
worlds away from the gold
and silver glass office towers
just across the water in the
downtown heart of the city.
It's just one more of the
many personalities of
Toronto.
•ti,j,..,
It doesn't happen often, but it
can happen. You see or hear an ad-
A/ertisement that doesn't seem
to -be shooting straight. But you're
just not sure.
To know, you need a copy of the
rules. They're the Canadian Code
of Advertising Standards. And every
advertiser has to play by them.
The Code is set by us, the
Advertising Standards Council - an
organization of industry and
public representatives set up to
establish and enforce truth,
honesty, accuracy and fairness in
advertising.
If any advertisement bends or
: breaks the rules, we make sure'it is
revised or discontinued.
Should the advertisement in ques-
tion not contravene the rules,
we still notify the advertiser of your
concern.
So if you have any questions,
comments or complaints about
advertising, direct them to us. And
if you want to know what's fair or
unfair in advertising, write for your
free rule booklet.
Advertising Standards Council
1240 Bay Street, Suite 302
lbronto, Ontario. M5R 2A7
TO KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT IN ADVERTISING, WRITE FOR THE RULES.
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Tim Haines'
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$12,918.90
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1983 Ninety Eight Regency 4 Door
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1983 Delta 88 Royale 4 Door Sedan
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1983 Delta 88 Royale 4' Door Sedan
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