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Weiinesday, November 29, 1989

Sports

Community news

Arts & Entertainment

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* Centre —

- people who staff the B.C. Access Centre: Wilma Champlin, Anne

Meyer, Peggy Schmidt, Cleo Laxton and George Laxton. For a profile of
Randy Trombtey and his work, turn to this week’s Who is... on page 14b.

The way |
IT see it...

. by Stephanie Wiebe

Well, I’ve just about had
enough. If I hear one more toy
jingle, one more ‘‘Bouncin’ —_

Babies”? song, I'll spontanecous-

-“]y combust in the store’s toy
aisles. Between ‘G.I. Joe is _
there...’’ and the ‘Teenage

' Mutant Ninja Turtles” ads and

. the “California Barbie’’ song,

. it’s really getting to me.

’., .T*ve had it up to here with
heavily advertised plastic bits
‘that end up all over the floor,

se : lying in wait for a barefoot
- adult. P’'ve had my fill of Bat-

” man T-shirts and Barbie
cosmetic kits. Even good old

a : ~- Lego has resorted to a loud
- ‘ging-song marketing scheme.

What is the world coming to?
~ I’m just waiting for the

7 “Nativity creche with Barbie as

the Virgin Mary, Batman as
. Joseph, and Teenage Mutant
‘Ninja Turtles for the three wise
men. I’m not sure who would ©

be baby Jesus — a Cabbage

. Patch kid?
~ Have you seen the ad for the
baby doll that spits and drools?

The racing cars that blow apart.
upon impact? Whatever hap-
pened to regular books and
paints and Tonka trucks?

I figure it’s all a matter of
marketing, Loud and flashy
advertising that gets the
‘Bouncing Babies’’ song

‘ pounded into the child’s sub- —

conscious. How about that
‘*Jack, Jack — he’s a Lego
maniac...?”” The kids see and
hear these ads and they ab-
solutely pine for this stuff. But
without the marketing, these

* new toys are just new bits of
- plastic.

I figure that we parents need

. the same sort of marketing

scheme, With the right com-
mercials and ads, we could
convince today’s kids to clamor
for good quality, inexpensive -
toys. Have you ever noticed the
“Ducks Unlimited” ads? They
talk about saving marshlands,
while showing peaceful wildlife
scenes, but in reality, most of
these people shoot.to ducks.
Isn't that bizarre? From the -

coy

ing days. Bah, humbug.

ads, you’d think that they were
out feeding and cuddling the
feathery creatures, but they’re
hunting them. What a market-
ing ploy. Not that it’s such a
bad idea, the people who hunt
also protect that hunting en-
vironment. It just seems so
sneaky when you watch those
ads, Anyway, that’s what we
need — the person who came
up with the Ducks Unlimited
idea, We need him/her to set

‘up a campaign for better toys.

Real toys. Coloring books,
puzzles, and games. Baby dolls
that don’t do anything on their
own. Cars that you actually
have to push with your hand
and the ‘‘y’room’’ sound
comes from your own vocal

‘cords.

And where will we find such
& person? Probably out in the
stores, being dragged through
the toy aisles by a six-year-old,
being bombarded with ‘‘Look
at these Ninja Turtle fighters!
Wow! I gotta have those!’’ So
it’ll be no problem recruiting
this person, once we find the .
right toy aisle.
. Until we find this marketing

‘wizard, we’re going to have to

listen to the ‘Bouncing
Babies’’ song, the ‘‘Lego
Maniac’ jingle, and the ‘‘G.I,
Joe is there’’ tune.

’ For at least 25 more shopp-
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BONFIRES IN
THE BANDSHELL

Terrace RCMP Cst. Lee larger, there may have been
Oldham says there was no
damage caused by two fires
that were lit in the bandshell
earlier this month, but there’
are no suspects either. Ac-
cording to Oldham, RCMP
were called to the scene, but
there was no one there when
they arrived. The largest of
the two fires was lit in the
east corner of the bandshell
and the cement wall was
scorched nearly to the cedar
roof. Had the fire been any

serious damage.

Oldham says George Little
Memorial Park isn’t con-
sidered to be a “‘problem
area”’ in the community but
she says that young people
do tend to congregate there
and there have been a few
problems in the past. For this
reason, residents are asked to
keep an eye on the park and
report anything unusual to

the police. |

Inside Section B...

Sports — page 2b

Coming Events — page 6b

This Week Last Year — page 7b
Church Directory — page 8b
a: and a feature look at a rare and
special artist who performed In Terrace

last weekend: Loreena McKennitt.
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