50 - Wednesday, June 12, 1985 - North Share News

BEING A BIG Brother was going to be a ‘‘cake
walk’’, thought Eric Slinn, 21 when he joined
North Shore Big Brothers.

| By DIANE BENTLEY |

Two years later, he realizes
like any relationship it’s
something that has to be
worked at and built on.
Because Slinn and his “‘lit-
tle brother’? come from dif-
ferent social backgrounds he
didn’t know what to expect

We made it for 20° a bottle

66 Il by our-
selves. Mum
helped a bit with the
scientific stuff - like the
hydrometer reading,
but it was real easy.

The guy at the store
said it was the best
malt you could buy
from England. Mum
told him the kind of
beer you like and he
said you would like this
even better. He said
there’s more flavour.
Try it, Dad. It's called
Muntona Canadian.”

“How much did it really
cost?”

“Well, Mum bought the
equipment, it was
$44.95 - but you never
have to buy it again -
you can use it over and
over.

So, when you've got

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when he was matched up
with nine-year-old Jesse.

He was a little scared,
Slinn recalled, even though
he had met Jesse’s mother
and had seen a picture of
him.

“Knowing the area of
town where Jesse lives, |
imagined he might be a
tough litth guy,’’ and

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that, it only costs 20¢ a
bottle. We made 60
bottles. Dad.

Jamie bought the caps
and the store lent us the
capper.

Try it Dad. What do
you think?”

“Mmm, this brew’s for
me. Thanks kids and
Murn, too.”

“Happy Father's Day,
Dad!”

“Hey Dad? Let's go
back to the store
tomorrow. They've got
all kinds of stuff there.
We can even make our
own soda pop. We
could save a lot of
money, Dad.”

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because of Slinn's mid- and throw the football

dle class background he around. ‘That was the

thought they'd have conflic- icebreakei,’’ said Slinn.

ting values. ‘‘But we really “I've always felt thar vol-

hit it off.” unteer work was something
Jesse asked Slinn to go out that everybody should do,

ge

NEWS photo Stuart Davis
CONNOR LAUGHS AT THE joys of fatherhood while
squeezing my nose and promising to wake me several times

during the night so I won't forget to get up early for work in
the morning. He is also planning to bide my car keys, throw

‘spaghetti sauce on my shirt, and knock over my favorite

plant, again.

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and 1 was no exception, but
it was a question of what
volunteer work was going to
best suit my needs.

“And I guess what made
me join Big Brothers is

Brother can you spare some time?

because I have a father fig-
ure -- a great father and a
great family life -- and I

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Fatherhood
hard work

1 STRODE INTO FATHERHOOD like Matt
Dillon into the Long Branch Saloon.

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW

Sixteen months fater, I
have been reduced to a limp-
ing Chester, humbled and
staggered by the undertaking.

Fatherhood cannot be
learned from books, from
word of mouth, from first-
hand fatherly advice. It has
to be experienced.

Fatherhood is not the
numerous pathetic
Hnilywoed caricatures pro-
ffers:. in countless half-

witi sd {m interpreta-
tions if §5 3 thousand varia-
tions one thcr-s, frightening
in its resicasibilities, over-

whelming in its rewards.

When my wife, Terry, and
1 first brought Connor home
from the hospital. he was a
fragile eight pounds of
squawk and snuffle. | held
him like I would
nitroglycerin: one false move
and wham! the whole place
would go up in an explosion
of piercing cries guaranteed
to wake the dead and freeze
the blood.

Obviously, as far as

fatherhood was concerned, |
was a rank amateur. But I
was never seized with a sud-
den claustrophobic panic to
catch the next tramp steamer
to South America; [ just felt
the clumsiness of a new man
on the job.

Unlike mothers, who
usually come ready-made
with the coordination, the
patience, and the motherly
sense to handle the job,
fathers do not come similarly
equipped.

We are jerked from the
various cocoons of being
sons, husbands, or one of the
boys and thrust into the
fatherhood fray.

No longer is it satisfactory
to put in an hour per day roll-
ing masculinely on the floor
with son or daughter. We
have been hounded from the
closet, charged with respon-
sibilities as seemingly mun-
dane as changing diapers,
giving baths, and dispensing
midnight comforts.

As unbefitting to male

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