5. Terrace Review — Wednesday, augur 1989 : oe

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by Stephenie Wiebe |
Compiled by Tom \ Taggart - EP ey
August : A. Canada: Co-operative Commonwealth ederation: founded: in: Calgary 1932 :
August 3: Death of the eroticist, Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1954), ; we e
August 4: Death by poisoning of JFK's: and RFK’s favorite actress, Main Monroe (1962).
August 5: Nelson Mandala ‘goes to jail (1963)-as prisoner.of conscience. -.°
John Lennon says ‘The Beatles’’ are more popular than Jesus (1966),
Birth of the ‘poet, Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809). |
Birth of Lord'Strathcone (1820), Canadian capitalist/statesman.
_ U.S. vaporizes Hiroshima, ushering in the Nuclear Age (1945).
a American Yippies disrupt. business as usual at Disneyland. (1970).
August 9: 1593: Izaak Walton begins 90-year fishing trip. .
‘Nagasaki Day: U.S, puts end to WWII.(1945) with a bang (EVENT ol
~ Death of the author, Hermann Hesse- (1962).
- -“Tricky-Dick’” Nixon nixed by U.S. Constitution (1974):
Smithsonian. Institute founded with Janies, Smithson’ S $575,0 000 bequest (18
German terrorists attack “Big: Mae’* in Munich (1987). ' 2
Airliner crash near Tokyo claims body count of 320 dead (1985).
Birth of the suffragette, Lucy Stone (1818). -
Canada routs U.S. Army at Battle‘of Fort Detroit a1).
Death of the playwright, Bertold Brecht (1956). -
ASSUMPTION DAY, an immovable feast.”
‘ Birth of the opium eater; Thomas De Quincey (1785).
INDEPENDENCE DAY, INDIA, 1947. Boo
Death of the Bambino, George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth asi, ae 53.
“Woodstock Nation’’, pop. 400,000, :gets it on (1969). —
- Death of the pop star, Elvis The Pelvis’ Presley (1977), age 42."
HARMONIC CONVERGENCE, 1987.
FULL.MOON, ‘1989.
Tagish Charlie, Skookum Jim & G. Carmacks find gold in the Klondike (1869).
‘Rudolph ‘Mad Rudi’ Hess finally gets out of Spandau Prison (1987). -
Pakistan lightens up (1988) as Zia ul-Haq and Yank advisors explode in mid’ air.
CIA hits Iranian democracy (1953), ousts Mossedegh for nationalizing oil fields.
1988: Iran and Iraq decide to war no more, for awhile. —
Psycho U.S. postal employee in Oklahoma kills 15 (1986).
The ‘“‘Prague Spring” comes to abrupt end gratis of Soviet tanks (1968).
Benigno Aquino assassinated in Manila (1983). -
“Birth of the composer, Claude Debussy (1862).
~ British forces torch Washington, ‘D.C. (1814);
Birth: ‘of Bret Harte (1839), popular 19th’ century author. - .
“Superman” philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche dies (1900) a bad death, age
Chicago police riot at Democratic National Convention (1968):
1576: Death of the artist, Titian. :
American men grant “their” women the right to vote (1920).
Samantha Smith, 12-year-old American Peacenik, perishes in plane crash (198
. Birth of the philosopher, Georg. Wilhelm Hegel (1770).
Birth of the philosopher, John Locke (1632).
Birth of the author, Count Lyof N, Tolstoi (1828).
Last live performance of ‘“‘The Beatles’’ (1966).

Undefeated heavyweight champ, Rocky h Marciano goes down for full count 8 968). Ne |

their discovered. valuables. One
lady -kept bargaining on the
price of my child’s old swing:
A new swing. would cost
$25.00, and mine was priced at
$10.00. She got me down to-

eight, then six, but when she -
pushed for $5.00, I got my
back up. “‘No way. Six
dollars.” So she purposefully
strode back to the table and
left the swing for another
buyer. I wanted to shout at
her, ‘‘Hey, lady — it’s only a -
buck! Don't be so cheap!”’ But
I maintained my dignity.

I also noticed that certain
things just don’t sell. The
beautiful ceramic soup tureen
hand-made by your Aunt Olga, |
that: you haven’t used in 15

_ years because it’s really too °
heavy and big and awkward,
(but it is lovely, and a steal at °
$3.00) will never sell. But the
old ragged chartruese drapes: ©
that your friend is selling will
be snatched up immediately for
$10.00. This can cause tension
in any gatage sale relationship.

Buyers wouldipproach me,
asking if household appliances
worked, and how well, and
would I. promise ‘that they were
in good running condition?
This became irritating, especial- :

ly when I got the feeling they August 22:
didn’t believe me. I was temp-  August.24:
..ted to‘ put up a sign, “IF YOU August 25;
WANT A GUARANTEE, GO
TO SEARS”. Again, I re-
frained.

All in all, we profited well.
We cleared out a lot of excess
stuff, made a bit of money, -
and vowed to never collect so
much junk ever again.

. By the way, the child’s swing

never did sell. But if that lady

->. We're in the final stages of
summer, and the garage sales
are still going strong. Every
. weekend, bargain hunters. |
follow the signs to rummage:
through somebody else’s junk,
hoping. to find. something
useful at a good price. Often,
that useful item will end up at
the buyer’s s own garage sale
next year, I figure there’s a
small percentage of used mer-
: chandise that keeps moving
from one garage sale to.
‘another over the years, rotating
_ from basement to basement.
'. Fhere’s an orange and white
‘ flowered fondue pot around
town — I’m sure I’ve seen it at
“ four different garage sales.
‘We participated in a garage
’. gale this year. We shared the.
sale with friends, and between
the two families, the amount of
. junk we had acquired over the
years. was astounding. There's
one problem with sharing a
- garage sale, and that’s pre-sale
_ trading. For example, our
- friend noticed that we were
‘selling a carpet sweeper, and I
noticed my friend’s old. chairs;
‘each had items-that the other
would find useful. So we trad-
_ ed. Then I saw this fantastic
Jamp that she didn’t want, and
she admired my footstool.
Another trade. Her kids‘had
old skates that would fit my
‘kids: We had some old garden
tools that she needed. And so |
_ on. Suddenly, the array of
_ saleable items had shrunk
somewhat, .
~ Inoticed the ‘‘garage sale _
groupies” hovering around in
_ anticipation, itching to rifle —
through our discards. They
show up early, hoping to get
first crack at the goods, and: is reading this, she can have it
then haggle over the price of for $5.00.

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‘Tt wasn’t a big deal at the
time, a 30-second exchange of
words between aldermen Danny
Sheridan and Dave Hull at the
July. 10 Terrace city council
meeting.- But .one local media
outlet felt it was worth almost a
quarter page of coverage and
this caused alderman Ruth Hal-
lock, who wasn’t at that meeting

and didn’t witness the event, to
write out a cheque at the July 24
council meeting for $21 and of-
fet it to Mayor Jack Talstra.

Hallock explained that. the
$21 was tacked on to a claim for
expenses incurred while on city
business and was intended to
cover parking costs. Both Tal-

’ stra and city administrator Bob
Hallsor said, however, it was a

valid expense and refused to

“accept the cheque. This left Hal-
Jock with cheque in hand and no
_ pldcé to put it. She therefore

. paid she would donate the $21 to

- local organization and handed

‘the cheque over to the president
7 of the: ‘Terrace Northmen Rugby
‘ Iderman an, Dave Hull.

origina exghatge began

when Hull noted he had been
reimbursed $21 for-hotel park-
ing fees he had not claimed for
and suggested that the expense
did not qualify under city Policy
no. 13. Hull added that Hal-
lock had also received money
under similar cirumstances and
Sheridan had been reimbursed
an extra $15 when he changed a
city-booked hotel room to one
with an ocean view.

Policy no. 13, Section 5, Sub-
section 2, states:
charges which are directly asso-
ciated with an overnight stay at
a hotel or motel when an em-
ployee is using.a vehicle on the
municipalities’ business. This
applies whether the charge is
recorded on the hotel bill or is an
independent charge.”

Both Talstra and Hallsor feel

the reinibursement for parking |
expenses were justified under
the policy: but obviously some.

aldermen don’t. It remains to be
seen. how. many more similar
repayments the city will receive
in a public forum.

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