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p4 tribune june 22 1994 tourney offers big opportunity vlt hat an opportunity await- ing our town of whitchurchstouffville this week will mark the arrival of 80 top celebrities and close to 30000 of their fans at emerald hills for the chrysler classic golf tournament everyone benefits from an event like this stouffville will be the focus of the golf world for four days and we will gain valuable exposure stouffville is already known for its many championship golf courses but an event such as this brings the town to many more than just golf fans people who have never heard of the town will be here visit ing our streets our stores or restaurants and tourist attractions now is the time to put on our best face and welcome those who will be spending time in our town so put on a big smile and welcome our guests to the friendliest town in ontario uhjjwijmo aukrviimajm ahiiw the sounds of summer jygnt music to my ears rp he problems of shovelling snow and other winter hazards seemed bad enough but at least the snow muffles sound and closed windows make for silent nights then summer arrived with a vengeance last week for those fortunate enough to be cooled by central air con ditioning the heat wave is a minor annoyance endured only between the house and the car then theres the rest of us suffering through a heat wave that held us by the throat day competing with night for record breaking tempera tures i thought fd hit my break ing point when i was awak ened for the third time by a toddler who wasnt quite sure what was bugging her but svould somebody please fix it the source of her disturbance just might have been the tem perature in her bedroom which hovered at about 92f all weekend then theres the cat who has made it his mandate to harass us as we slumber most often it involves pawing at the lamp cord so that it hits the dress er usually that can be stopped by a wellaimed toss of a kleenex or dirty sock in his direction but the heat turns him into a yowling beast he com plained loudly and i6ng about how much he was bothered by view point pau c ro well the heat he couldnt sleep and i guess he felt it unfair that we should rest that was only the beginning of the night that robbed sleep by 5 am the birds were chirping in a resounding cho rus most likely about the weather the cacaphony continued until after the sun rose when light streamed into our bed room window beckoning us to start the day at about the same time someones room air conditioner switched into high gear at a decibel level that would rival that of a trac tor trailer the days events were much the same this normally well- balanced content family turned in the crankies our heatweakened state com bined with the din of motor ized yard tools coming in through our open windows made it hard to hear each other after being asked to repeat something for the third time both ofus were get ting more than a little testy add to that the sounds of a whining child and the gleeful voices of the barney cast com peting with the outdoor noise and you get an idea of the noise level the solution we borrowed a room air conditioner noisy of course and a fan to carry the cool air to our daughters bed room peace reigns in the home although i cant say the same for the neighborhood motherhood made me blind stouffville tribune publisher general manager editorinchief advertising director business manager operations manager patricia pappas andrew mair jo ann stevenson debra weller vivian oneil pamela nichols staff reporters tracy kibble julie caspersen roger belgrave photographers sjoerd witteveen steve somerville real estate ads joan marshman classified ads doreen deacon retail sales joan marshman doreen deacon distribution mene maddock canadian publications mall sales product agreement 439010 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario up 1m3 tat 2942200 the stourrvrae tribune published awry wednesday at 244 main st stouffvu is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group ol suburban newspapers which includes alazplckarlng news advertiser aurora banner bante advance brampton guardian burlington post coiilngwood connection etomcoke guardian georgetown ndeesndentacton fraa piss kingston this was lindsay this week markham economist t sun mwand express hoton canadian crumplon mrsslssauga slews newmarket era bannar norm york mirror northumberland nawa oekvslle baavar ortttla today oshaara- wntby this weak peterborough this weak richmond hhthomhuwaughan liberal seerbor- ougn minor and uxbrkjge tribune national sales representative metrotand corporate sales 4931300 6402100 6405477 fax tvt otherhood made me blind when i received a note from school announcing the final grade 8 field trip i plunged in and affixed my moniker to the line at the bottom marked par ent volunteers my excuse for not checking out what i was signing was twofold one the arrival of a note home is a rare event in the lives of inter mediate parents its delivery leaving the recipient unable to function coherently for several days two i was suffering from an overdose of nostalgia my youngest child was leaving public school and i felt a soppy desire to be part of this momentous occa sion it wasnt until later that i discovered i would be going to an outdoor centre in a futile attempt to learn boating skills i comfort ed myself with the thought that they wouldnt expect old people to join in early on the fateful morning i kates corne hipbl w received a call from a fellow parental unit which shattered my equuibrium why are you doing this dont you know youll have to participate my friend knows that i stu diously avoid anything which requires physical prowess or coordination i sat on the bus unmindful of the mayhem ebbing and flowing around me and glumly anticipated the next five hours the morning program was sail ing thank goodness i muttered to myselfthat the afternoon was reserved for the canoe at least id done that although happily id forgotten how badly as it turned out sailing was a lot less embarrassing especially since i was the designated pas senger despite a couple of near colli sions between my head and the boom and several drenchings from students armed with bail ers i managed to avoid perma nent brain damage and was feel ing relatively chipper by lunch time ah the bliss of ignorance my first mistake was to climb into the back of the canoe it wasnt until we were on open water that our unremittingly cheerful instructor pointed out that it was my job to steer everyone took off we stayed more or less where we were going round and round in circles like eeyore stuck in an eddy the harder i tried the smaller the circles got at least now i can relate to peo ple with stickers on their cars which proclaim td rather be sail ing