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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1973-09-13, Page 10PAGE 10 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1973 F .ro m my window BY SHIRLEY J. KELLEI of pants shortened, a dozen cookies for the school bake sale. This is followed closely by a unison chorus of "What's for supper?" I'm starved." You get the picture. Our children, bless their hearts, are involved. They all enjoy school and like to study --this requires plenty of homework, usually completed while dinner is being prepared and the dishes done. They are all popular and have many friends --this results in club membership, visits, tele- phone calls, meetings, etc. They all consider good groom- ing a must --this demands ample bathroom time plus a good sup- ply of shampoo, soap and hot water. In short, once school gets underway and the autumn act- ivities get into full ,swing, my children are suddenly extremely busy and more and more duties fall to nie. Since school began, my evenings are far from my own. I'm busy washing dishes, cook - When I was much younger and my children were mere babies, I lived for the day when my kids would be older. in those days I believed that once we'd finished with diapers and toilet training and measles and babysitters we'd find life much easier and simpler. Was I wrong. Boy, was I wrong. Oh, my children are no long- er underfoot. They don't require my full attention every waking hour. —but life is not, as I'd hoped, easier and simpler. If anything its more difficult and a great deal more involved than anything I've experienced to date. My children like everyone else's have returned to school. Our oldest son is in his last year of high school. Our daughter is in Grade 10 and our youngest son is in a Grade 2-3 class. The all leave by 8:30 in the morning and I don't see them again -- except maybe for a quick sand- wich at noon --until dinner time in the evening. Of course while they're at school. I'm at work. Generally we all converge on home about the same time --5 p.m. each evening. And that's when the fun begins. My first job is to hear the reports of the day's activities plus a rundown of all the prob- lems- - usually financial. Then I hear a listing of the evening's agenda --study, social and or sporting. Next I get a compl- ete briefing on the needs of my brood --a clean blouse, a pair Steer This Way BY LARRY SNIDER A gasoline with too low an oc- tane rating can cause knocking or "pinging", and may damage engine parts. * The most important engine sur- faces to be lubricated are the frictional surfaces of the pistons, cylinder walls, main and camshaft bearings, timing gears and valve mechanism. To prevent overheating, have fan belts and hoses checked before going on a trip. Squealing tires may indicate low tire pressure, or a wheel alignment problem. A sinking brake pedal may mean you have a brake fluid leak — have it checked at once. It may be time to think about a trade- in. Come see what's new on our lot at Larry Snider MOTORS LIMITED EXETER 235.1640 LONDON 227-4191 Huron County's Largest Ford Dealer Drive in soon! Wheat rebate The Ontario Wheat Board has just announced that the board's operations for the year ending • June 30, 1973, resulted in a rebate to all wheat producers in Ontario of ten cents per bushel on 1972 crop marketings, which will be made in the near future. This will amount to $1, 475, 000. and is in addition to ref- unds of reserves already made by the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board to producers in Ontario of $1, 005, 000. earlier this year. In making the announcement, Fergus Young, chairman of the board, stated that the board was in the position a year ago to be required to move over six million bushels of wheat into the export market and the reb- ate of ten cents is very encour- aging in light of world market conditions last year, He further stated that the cur- rent year situation is very much different and will be rev- iewed at the Ontario wheat producers' annual meeting which has been set by the board for October 1st in Chatham. Notice of the meeting and the board's financial statement covering 1972 crop operations will be forwarded to all produc- ers within a few days. 0 There's nothing in the safety rules, whether at work, play, in the home or on the highway, where it says we must take a chance, especially a chance that may result in an accident and perhaps death. Don't use short cuts or ignore basic safety rules, says the Ontario Safety League. T.V. & RADIO SERVICE Complete repairs on all makes REASONABLE CALLS • Government Certified Techniciar call GORD BLECK Bluewater Electronics 236-4224 ing, cleaning, sewing, washing, ironing, hearing spelling, solv- ing problems... you name it, I'm doing it. I'm driging kids here, picking them up there, answering the telephone, shifted from room to room to accommodate visitors, needed two places at once all the time and three places at once part of the time. If I thought my life was hect- ic when my family was younger, I know now it was a breeze compared to life now that they' are older. But I must not complain for when rhe time comes that my children do not need me any more, I know i will be lone- some. I realize that some of the happiest hours I ever shall spend will be those times when I'm doing things for the children. There's fulfillment in that for me and I'm content in a harras- sed kind of way. I guess what made me acutel: aware of this fact today was a conversation I had with a wom- an who has lost a child due to an unfortunate illness. She explained how she'd sometimes felt used and abused by her young family to the point that she longed to be free of them once and for all time. "I was wrong, " she told me in deepest sincerity. "Now that I ant free I ant lost and listless. There's no purpose for getting away, no reason to come back: This morning I watched a young mother with her two small children. She looked tired and frazzled the way young mothers sometimes do. As she chased after her offspring she wailed in time honored fashion, " I can hardly wait until they are older." I smiled, knowing full well that when the children are older she willhave just as much to do, only of a more exhausting type. And then, like me, she will be perfectly at peace with her lot in life because she will know it is carleg for children which makes them such a precious commodity to have. 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