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p4 toibune may 51993 st stouffville time to band together against crime t t is happening more and more cars are becoming the tar get of vandals those just out for fun at night and it is no longer an isolated prob lem it is still the practice in this area for residents to leave cars unlocked doors unbolted and windows ajar times have changed no matter how long you have lived in your neighbor hood no matter how safe you think it is there is an element in our community who would break that peace and destroy our property just for kicks the police are helpless and neighborhood programs are needed to fill the void if you are not already involved become involved if you cant give of yourself at least keep an eye out in your neighborhood it is high time we looked out for one another m xuowt st it i ajke hi momvftlft stlewatel to e on mgfftcrfs tn quid sm sm swe mwt6d to catcw m art twe swps tuj she wbjt totwe tdwhl kfcjift mm bandwagon fan happy to see leafs winning kay i admit it f im a bandwagon leaf fan of course that depends on what you mean as bandwagon dont forget that term was con cocted by everfaithful maple leaf maniacs who despise those of us who want to share this rare thunder when were not around to share the pain if a bandwagon fan means that before the playoff finals i thought the toronto maple leafs were an environmental tree preservation club im not a bandwagon fan if it means i never watched even one full threehour hockey game the entire season im not a bandwagon fan but if it means i am fickle in my following and tend to say awful things about the leafs from time to time then i guess im a bandwagon fan im one of those parttime fans who jump on the leafs when they lose and enjoy calling them the maple laughs when they screw up a game and i even turned my back on the boys in blue after last weeks miserable home loss to the good- andfried red wings last week vowing not to torture myself saturday night in what was bound to miserably end the leafs season boy was i wrong and now i vow never to be as quick to criti- kibble bits t racy k i b b i e cize a team which can win under that kind of pressure and if thats bandwagon im there my husband bob is a staunch loyal and longtime maple leaf fan and people like me really irk him he makes excuses when they lose something he hasnt had to do in a while and prais es them when they win bob will knock the toronto blue jays off their perch for every single error made and he rarely watches a full game dur ing the regular season but im a maple leaf widow always taking the bench during a night out atthe guys to catch the leaf game duiing saturday nights stunning and explosive overtime win i could hear bob out in the livingroom screaming and yelling yes yes yes through clenched teeth i was on the bandwagon in the other room and couldnt help yelling a few hoorahs myself i come by my interest honest- lythough my grandmother is also a loyal toronto maple leaf fan who has been dedicated to the team since the 60s she rarely misses a game and now my 21monthold son kody runs around the house armed with a flailing hockey stick yelling shoots scores mommy play hockey mommy play hockey if you cant beat em join em thats what i always say the pipes the 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 julio casporson roger belgrave photographers sjoerd witteveen steve somervillo real estate joan marshman classified doreen deacon debbie amundson uxbridge retail sales joan marshman doreen deacon heather hill gibson uxbridge distribu tion arleno maddock canadian publications mail sales product agreement 439010 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 6244 main st stouffville is 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the installation of the basement sink a few weeks earlier he had removed its unsavorylooking predecessor and sealed off the old taps which continued to hang like some bizarre piece of modern sculpture from the furredup pipes of yesteryear he then purchased a new sink of dazzling whiteness which sat in solitary splendor attached to neither pipe nor drain it wasnt half bad looking for a sink but somehow it lacked a sense of purpose kates corne thus at 1030 on saturday morning he and a real plumber set about the task of connecting up our shiny new gadget the water i was warned would be off for about two hours once the plumber got going however he decided we needed to replace more pipe than he had originally thought six hours and about 12 trips to the hard ware store later we were still living in a waterfree environ ment since we were going out that night i naturally wanted to know when i could have a show er the old man was not terribly forthcoming on the subject at 530 just as my sunny dis- are calling position was seriously clouding over he announced that liftoff was imminent it wasnt until he visited the bathroom that he became aware of the unnatural warmth of the toilet tank at about the same time i was stepping into the shower and turning the hot tap full on to be greeted by a gush of icy cold water in a rare moment of inspi ration i switched to cold and narrowly avoided being scalded my husband flushed with tri umph at his newly acquired prowess in plumbing inquired whether i had enjoyed my show er everything was just hunky dory i replied except for the lit tle problem pf the taps role reversal since this is a family newspa per i cannot report his rejoinder and although hot is hot and cold is cold once more we both agree that he shouldnt give up his day job i am i mmjm