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Citizens News, April 20, 1977
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New Radar
There was some good and bad news for
motorists in the announcement recently
that the Ontario Provincial Police have
acquired several new gadgets to help nab
traffic offenders.
The bad news was for speeders and
those who drink and drive. The OPP now
have a radar unit that can be attached to a
moving cruiser to record the speed of cars
that are travelling in the opposite direction
to the police officer. The other, is the por-
table breathalizer that can be used to
quickly record the sobriety of drivers along
our highways.
The new radar unit should serve to
slow down motorists because now they will
never know when they may be having their
speeds recorded. Oncoming drivers won't
be able to advise them in time as they do in
Dear Reader:
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some of the more conventional radar
setups.
Drivers who drink will also be under
more scrutiny and the ease of taking a
roadside test as compared to driving a
suspect several miles to a detachment of-
fice will no doubt prompt officers to be
even more watchful for potential offenders.
The good news is that both these
gadgets should make our highways safer
for those who do obey the law and it should
reduce the carnage attributed to speed and
alcohol.
While some people may complain
about the new surveillance, they are ob-
viously only those who fear being caught
because they do not obey the laws and they
are the people who are generally responsi-
ble for the accidents and for whom there
can be little sympathy.
We are disturbed by
discussions of the possible break-
up of our country, Canada. How
can we express our goodwill to
our French speaking fellow
Canadians?
Families quarrel but with love
and willing hearts the quarrels
are resolved, because the family
is important. So it is with our
country with its beauty, freedom
and diversity. With one of its
members gone Canada is in-
complete. It was a French
Canadian, born in Quebec, who
composed "0 Canada".
Are you searching for a way to
express your friendship towards
the people in Quebec? Please
write a note or postcard ex-
pressing your feelings about this
important matter, in French or
English, to:
Citizens of Quebec
c!o Council of Canadian Union
1470 Peel St., Suite 925
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1T1
Dear Editor:
I'm sure that many of your
readers know that in addition to
Zurich, Ontario, there is a Zurich
in Switzerland. I recently learned
that there are at least three other
Zurich's in the world. One of
these is in the United States, one
is in Algeria in Africa, and the
third is in the province of
Friesland in the Netherlands.
I was recently a visitor in the
home of Douwe Nadema, who
lives in Zurich in Friesland. He
publishes a monthly newsletter
along with two other residents of
the village, J. van der Ems and
H. Waterlander. Mr. Nadema
would be very interested in
contacting someone in Zurich,
Ontario, to obtain, more in-
formation about its history, the
people who live there and in the
surrounding area. As a former
resident of the Zurich Ontario
area, I was able to tell him a little
bit about the village. However, I
would appreciate it very much if
you could send him a recent copy
of the Zurich Citizen's News. In
addition, if you know from whom
he could obtain more information
about Zurich, Ontario, could you
please send him the name and
address.
His address is:
Douwe Nadema
Kerkstraat 2
Zurich 9440
Friesland (Post Bolsward).
The Netherlands
Zurich in Holland is a small
village which is situated along
the Wadden Sea, justnorthof the
dike which separates the Ijssel
Meer (former Zuider Sea) from
the North Sea. The village dates
back to the 1400's and at present
has a population of ap-
proximately 200.
If you would like more in-
formation about Zurich in
Friesland you could write to me
or to Mr. Nadema.
Thank you in advance.
Yours truly,
Johanna Lansbergen
P'A W. van Dijk
Prunuslaan 34
Oudorp Alkmaar
The Netherlands
Rainy Mondays
There is something about a rainy Monday that defies
even the most optimistic among us. If you don't believe me,
just ask the teachers and students at the Zurich Public
school.
With the opening date of their musical presentation just
over a week away, a rainy Monday struck and everything
that could go wrong, did go wrong.
Teachers held their heads as students forgot lines that
only a week ago they had down pat. Notes that were a cinch
on Friday were coming out rather squeaky on Monday and
everywhere there seemed to be a general lack of attention.
Even the curtains decided they had had enough refusing
to open and close properly. One teacher groaned and said
every other year they have extra staff to take over some of
the classes so the other teachers can be free to coach the
production. But not this year, no sir this year they are
trying to direct a musical with close to three classes in the
gym at the same time. Hectic is too mild a word.
But to say the teachers were fazed would not be entirely
true. After several members of the chorus jumped off the
front of the stage to make their exit, one teacher just shook
his head and sighed, "You can sure tell it's Monday," and
the show went on.
* *
Watching the Toronto Maple Leafs play hockey on
home ice is like watching someone slowly drown even
though they have all the life preservers they could ever
want around them.
After close to four hours of watching the Leafs play on
Sunday I was so frustrated I could have thrown something
at them—and I might have if I had thought I could hit them.
It's a good job the Flyers -Leaf series is almost
over—neither I nor the cushions on the couch can take much
more.
* * *
Some weeks it is very difficult to write a column.
Nothing springs to mind when you sit down to type and try
as you might nothing appears on the paper but gibberish.
One of these fine sunny days when the temperature
rises to the twenties and there isn't a cloud in the sky, I
would just like to spend the entire day basking in the sun,
walking on the beach, having a cold beer with some friends
and not giving even one tiny thought to a column or an
editorial. You'll know if I manage to accomplish this some
fine day. That will be the week you turn to page four and see
nothing but a "sorry, no comment". Just laugh and throw
the paper away as usual; everyone deserves a "no com-
ment" at least once in their lives.
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