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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1986
Second class mall registration Number 0696
OPINION -._.._ ..
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Spring p a foul up
This spring stuff is not all it's cracked up) i�1 H.T S ANGLE
to. be. j
Sure the days are warmer, the roads less by Patrick Ref tis
hazardous, the daylight hours longer and the
head less stuffed. But -- is that enough? _ ...�.....
poes it make
known and upfor
that fearedy to April
people
everywhere as -- SPRING CLEANING.
It has taken me years, but I finally
figured out last night why this strange
malady affects thousands of people who are
otherwise perfectly good slobs, everytune
the ice. melts.
I mean, why not do fall cleaning or winter
cleaning or sunnier cleaning? Surely dirt
and grime exist N sufficient quantities the
year round. They don't come out of
hibernation along with the house flys and
mosquitos. Do they?
The answer of course, is not related to the
warmth of the weather, but rather, the
increasing length of the daylight hours.
All winter long, the average person goes
off to work at first light and does not return
home until the murky shadows of twilight
have begun to creep through the windows of
the old homestead.
living with the constant lack of sunlight
and, with careful use of low wattage light
bulbs and the wearing of dark glasses in the
house, it is possible to remain bland to the
existence of dust and dirt from late
September until early April. Unfortunately,
one must then face the inevitable and admit
-- the place is a filthy mess and something
must be done.
My fist remotion unon coming to this
horrifying realization was to seek alternate
lodgings until next fall. However, it occurred
to me that dirt is- probably universal. One
can run, but not hide from it.
And so„ with heavy heart, our hero
valiantly rescues. the broom and dustpan
from its winter prison and boldy sets out to
clean where, so it seemed anyway, no man
had ever cleaned before.
It soon became apparent, after the initial
feeble efforts, traditional cleaning tools
w lThe kitchennot bewfl000r resitask of the resisted theinet inefat fectual
touch of the mop and pail with surprising
resiliency. What was needed here was
something more in the nature of a fire hose. I
looked in the cupboard. I didn't have one.
And so, on to the living room carpet. A
veritable cesspool of debris soon clogged the
vacuum cleaner to the point of no return.
However, with theaid of a simple garden
rake and wheelbarrow, the, carpet area could
pemutngerthe
rformits eddpupose.Score ne for
our side.
Does anyone know if Windex undergoes a
chemical breakdown if left unused for long
periods of time? When used on mywindows,
the substance seemed powerless to do more
than smear the layers of accumulated grime,
mating it more difficult than ever to catch a
glimpse of the outside world. Perhaps
sandblasting would be the answer.
In the life of the average bachelor, there
are few occasions which require one to dine,
anywhere other than in front of the television
set. Therefore, the kitchen table often
junk mallmes , little
used cameraan a �equipry for
ment
and assorted other paraphenalia. So, it was
with great surprise that I discovered, upon
excavating the table top, it too was in serious
need of soap and water. How the dust
managed to filter down through those layers
of bric-a-brac will remain forever a mystery
to me.
Rarely visited by outsiders, the bedroom
in thehou house. Mine had come the most
alm stneglected
reached the
status of sacred burial ground for ancient
mounds of unwashed laundry and long lost
objects. Rumor has it that missing gangster
Jimmy Hoffa had once sought refuge here.
Never to be seen again.
Out of respect for Jimmy's memory, I
decided to leave the disturbing of his
possible final resting place for another day.
After all, spring will last for several weeks
more. No sense using up all the joys of the
season in one day.
Basic freedoms must endure
The Government of Ontario is moving at an alarming pace to impose a
socialist ideology upon the face of this province. Is that what we really
wanted when we voted for change at the last election?
The fiasco between government and the medical profession is an issue
which is cause for concern. Actually, two basic issues emerge after all the
smog of rhetoric has cleared. One is the issue of freedom of the individual
and the degree to which we will permit the government to encroach upon
it; the second is the quality of health care we can look forward to as
citizens of Ontario.
The extra billing aspect of the issue is nothing more than a smoke
screen. Politicians realize that appeal to voters is best achieved by strok-
ing their pocketbooks. And so, while the extra billing issue grabs the at-
tention of the public, the government can move in onthe medical profes-
sion under the guise of better medical care for all at no extra cost. We've
heard those kinds of promises before.
What is astonishing is that so many people believe this will happen.
Consider the record of government administrative ability. Consider the
basic principles of human nature. Surely these would indicate that the
people of Ontario will be the losers.
Doctors, while they may appear god -like when one's life is at stake are
after all human beings with the same desires, sensitivities and needs as
the rest of the human race. What is going to happen to the morale of these
professional people if they are all reduced to the lowest common
denominator by being forbidden to charge according to their worth?
ble
rewards willt achieving n to it? Where else in oueir quest for r society is that achievence if there are no ment
denied?
And what is most disturbing, what profession or segment of our society
will be next on the government's hit list?
Basic human rights are beirfg interfered with in this Issue. Is that what
we really- want?
What is at stake here is not the option to overbill, or equal access to
medical care. It is the overall level of medical care we can expect by a
group of once dedicated professional people who have been squelched by
an overbearing bureaucracy. And it is the tenuous status of some very
basic freedoms we have all come to expect.
We in Ontario, enjoy an extremely high level of medical care. When
world-renowned experts are necessary, we need go no further than our
own medical centres. Do we really want to interfere with the level of ex-
cellence we have achieved in Ontario? One thing is sure: it will not be
here for us under a system where professionals are government-
controlled.
It is disheartening to see the spirit of freedom of choice and free enter-
prise, principles upon which our province grew and flourished, gradually
being eroded from the Ontario scene. J.A. Shrier, Publisher
is it feasibie?
Women everywhere should be ecstatic at the possibility. Certainly equal
pay for work of equal value is a wonderful concept --if it were a practical
one.
But, as the president of the Ontario Chamber of Corerne'rce said
recently, perhaps equal pay for work of equal value is an "unworkable and
unwarranted intrusion into the free marketplace."
Maybe he was correct in stating the Ontario government's plan to pass
legislation making it mandatory Is misguided. Perhaps the plan to usesuch
legislation to narrow the wage gap between men and Women will result in
unemployment and inequality.
Pay equity is another term for equal pay for work of equal value. ft
attempts to address the historical undervaluation and underpayment of
women's work. It is a cernMitment to the alleviation of what has been a
historic imbalance by ensuring the value of the work, not the gender of the
worker, becomes the main factor for assessing and getting safeties.
Pay equity does not mean the sanii5 thing as equal pay for equal work -
which has been law in Ontario since 1951. instead pay equity encompasses ,
jobs that are dissimilar by definition but comparable in term's of skill
required, responsibility given, effort demanded and working cond%tic»'s
implied. So, while the law' governing equal pay for equal work guarantees
. that male and female typists, fair exannpte, in one company and male and
female bricklayers in another are paid the same, pay equity will go further.
It will ensure, for example, that a female administrative secretary Is paid
value by a standard teve ui t an s�steinii apart. �s��ejudg�to�of i�tlal
the samea
That s where the whole idea 'y
You win some, you lose some
I, like most people, love a good movie and
a great song. I think Gone with the Wind,
The Wizard of Oz and The Great Escape are
just a few of Hollywood's wonderful
moments. Considerably less brilliant are
celluloid disasters ince Police Academy RI
and Heavens Gate. I also believe% Robert
Palmers song -video, Addicted to love is
belongst and In the iocacallandfillel site.tcchie does
In recent years Ihave tended to avoid the
Oscars and award imams � osgrnding, no hothe lo
ds
barred war to see which can be the most
mediocre. The Grammies have been win-
ning.
In truth, I have not totally abandoned the
Oscar awards. I manage to catch snip
each year but can't watch the whole gala
(used to. They still fascinate me to a degree
but the politics aro enough to make a person
scsei
For instance, why does The Color Pbrple
r
get nominated for 11 academy awards and
its brilliant director, Steven Spielberg get
the royal shat? Some say tfollywodd is a tad
jealous of the young director`s huge
sumesses with such dandy films as Jaww.,
E.T. and Indiana Jones.
ii73tydoes a movie, like Out of Africa, that
The business coi'ii'munity u'ntfetStarida what equal pay fcir equal work
mewls but few employers know how to teinpat`e the real worth of jobs. If
such legislation iCArtie doWil 'they would be forced to undertake cornpieXy
costly s �'stetits of jOb ev'alu'ation to order to ten pry with government
cosy Y-. ,. tself wduld Mean a fbt of extra paperwork,, numet titi
regula#ions.
That In i
g g .'the only ones *Ware Of
meetings with o'verhrrlent officials iNlio Mitt be
the evaluation standards;• aryl again, a large expenditure Of cash.
in Canada, under federal leglslatian, the Joiis of female cafeteria,
laundry and personal services have been foundto be of equal val ue tothose
w, jobs of
Of rrialewarehbuse,.bullding�
and custodial service personnel. The 1
al therapists were found to be of equal'
va ueto fhifte of por"edomn atitly Male agriculture and forestry employees.
Under the united: Miry Join'S pay" equity, system, the job of an.
administrative assistant was found to. be comparable to a data analyst
working iii the sante establishment. Continued on 'page A
CORNUCOPIA
by Dave Broome
many critics called pretty to took at but very
thin on substance, win far beat picture?
William Hurt, copped the best actor awerd
for Kiss of the Spider Worrisn. That was a
good choice but I was pulling for Matson
Ford, Witness, beeline be proved beyond
d cnbthe is indeed a talented actor and not a
one Juno iatial pretty face swsxhburkling
his way through adventure film after
ad a thxre filar.
Geraldine Page is a Jassy lady and
weeder/id actress who deserved ber hest
attnits trophy for The tip to Bountiful.
digThe swotting n Ameactor print went to
ebo who has bounced
around Hollywood since time began. He also
gave the best aceaptance speech t have ever
heard.
lhad never heard of Apie1ica Duston until
she nabbed the suepoa,xting act tinter
inearly choked when "Say you, Say Me"
by y ekv- o, wan for beast ovrrginal
song. Some things never change.
All in all most were deserving winners but
the scandalous omission of director Spiel -
berg and The Color Purple's failure to gain e
sthgie golden statue again puts a sbrowd
over the integrity of the Academy Awards.
By the way, the sixth annual Golden
Raspberry wardses
was hl th nightfor �beftre the e worst inOscar
presetttati'on extzivagarun. The less than
glittering parody of (he Oscars chose
Sylvester Stalloee's Bamboo: First Blood,
Part worstg�dionttom films
also voted Stallone the worst actor and
director.
are you Wieling? Probably cot: His
ma0, Will never be a threat to the likes of
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest but who is
going to argue with a guy that crakes zillions
with this stuff?
Anirnais, spring hand in hand
Wing lies sprung, the grass has riz ... A
,how vrondw spthe vvouweaticl arrive,.
v7]/
I always know sprang avoid strive,. but I
ith
never anticipated at arrival like titin: It atilt
by Heather 11'i �v '�
does a lot to lift your spirits.
Spring is& exciting time of year Sire it is
Breeze of year when the white of winter is
removed and we are faced With the drab
tirowns of this pre-surnmer seams, but
spring, is the season of anlicipatiOn, We the'
season when people are on tete go.
It is in the spring that talk of meter
vacations cease and plans for the stinnter
start. Hockey is winding _Up and aside trout
the exdteannt the playos bring to tie
fanslucky°enaugh to have teams Make it that
far, thoughts and pinparithons tum to the
,outdoor silent of ball and sower and
Stith.and elle
And it is during the sp i
weiekg Ind prier fella Marcb'20 artiftli that
we ss humans sbnw a Prue align' tit t
ith
tiding Members Of the anunal
Ant& amazing how intertWilidd tide Wel
Forexample, on Febnaary 2 we turn to the
,rl,'og to fmit out how' in
tint& ter l§.
eft" We,put a certain amount of f mix in the
fact that, If the grolmdiog. sees , shadew
there'd be silt mon 'n'eeks, of winter°. If he
doesn't,wwell . _,. eiskeepmga,
Soon afferthat eve
eye one the bird population in their r peeti zee'
areaq,lookingforthatreabi'easted, Ore sign
of spring the robing
And, if the robin sighting a ,gF.ast l
ri
than't always the reassirran.
r
brings. Because, whether' we ve seep the
other` signs of goring of not., We lmotir when
Peter I ab'bit corner hippetthoPlciY up the
Easter'trail, happy $in'es are hereagain
But; sometimes not even all diose events
cart produce a convincing announzero nt of
spring"S 'vaL ,
F'orsomepeople s tuinds the season is not
officially declared Ohl the Bine Jays rpt
to Toronto and the 'Agent to Detroit.
Whatever it is that convinces people
suing he§ prriVeti most know that it will,
indeed aniva
Per as Hal Borland put it,'"No winter Lasts
feresz&,. rib spring skips its tIYlni."
ERE THE BEEF
by Carolmme Doig
•
d new bail ame
Well it tools -tee spraig. •spring hail
fee hie af+:,is alb -find new ball g tine. As golf
t, can look forward to a beetle
smnmer. ouglt 1-inay still have a lot to
' beef about, I won't have time to take
advantage of *opportunity to arse 'fielded
.li to vent my frustrates: Instead,:
1'ball.
Aa as veto take it out on that littleWhite
Icertainlybave enjoyed the opportunityto
Witte an edrtonai._ In fact I Was. very
flatteed`to be askedand even mareflattered
by the maty w6 mm'ents 1 .received wabout
thenl, nmpiimenteryand othetWise. Even if
the earnineritli are negative at least the
c,;alt0I as getting i9ead ..
reit the eternal ,
'°
i It's otthatlhave run out ofthings
tosem- lnas anyone Who is is tefyatip au!.
Withne ten readily testify„it's• jwust that„I
have nm bet of tone. Peentding aay at; the
typewriter'etcla Wintery Monday at 2 a.m. is
but duan the' Stints- manors it
is ndentell and ypss� ; able, �' wv�ill.
1lavetoWman- wlittng�expertisethatl ae
ti torelated
a imedtowntin'gabcutgolfanditt;
subject§ UM human and ndnhuma$:- ,
•chaps is tHe:fall iii be back with the
beef. Until then it has been an inter estiag
experience and I thank you for your support