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ft 4 weojqvfmeertjidflri stux approach to 21st century offers chance to heal the few years left which lead to the 21st century may bring some of societys disen franchised into the main stream a look behind some of this countrys current controver sies reveals this trend and of course there is the possi bility that we will fail to choose this holistic course of action our first nations people and a royal commission strongly recommend major spending and changes to bring about self government and enhance economic inde pendence many of those wlio have viewpoint jo ann stevenson followed indian affairs have long agreed that the indian act is a patronizing and degrading piece of legisla tion that perpetuates pover ty there is a strong will on the part of canadians to respect and honor native people to understand their philosophy and wisdom and to heal this segregation we are quick to respond to such injustices in other countries and many feel the time is ripe for self healing at home as well the issue of pri vate education addresses the issue of main culture advantage jewish and pri vate christian groups have long sought for equal access to taxes they would choose to educate their chil dren their own way many complain that the public school system bends backwards to deemphasize the mainline christian reli gion as is noted with the marginalizing of christmas traditions in the schools yet others find the public schools not generic enough the public system is not intended to be the protes tant version of catholic schools except in quebec but a secular system in which students from all faiths learn religious train ing is the responsibility of the parents and done out side of school hours but the demand for private religious schools indicates this system is neither fish nor fowl groups including mainline christian ones are feeling disenfranchised these times are bringing such wounds to the surface that in itself is a welcome opportunity for dialogue and understanding the tribune weekender edition ametroland community newspaper patricia pappas publisher jo ann stevenson editorinchief andrew mair general managereditor debraweller director of advertising barry goodyear director of distribution vrvtanowen business manager pamela nichols operations manager stouffville all enquiries 905 6402100 fax 905 640i5477 6244 main st stouffville ont uxbridge all enquiries 905 8529741 fax 905 8524355 88 brock st w uxbridge ont httpwwwyorkregioncom the tribune published every wednesday and sat urday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of community newspapers which includes ajax pickering news advertiser barrie advance brampton guardian burlington post city- parent couingwoodtwasaga connection east york mirror etobicoke guardian georgetown indepen dentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this week midlandpenetanguishene mirror milton canadian champion mississauga news newmar ketaurora erabanner northumberland news north york mirror 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to santa claus hey kids have you tell santa what you decided what you want want this year by writ- stouffville ont l4a 1e2 for christmas yet let santa know through a letter to the tribune santa claus has a subscription to the tri bune at the north pole and he reads it from cover to cover hes looking forward to reading letters to the editor from area youngsters ing to the tribune today letters should be kept to under 100 words or so letters can also be faxed to us at the num ber below send your letters to santa at the stouffville tribune 6244 main st or fax 5477 or to them- to 640- the uxbridge tribune 88 brock st w uxbridge l9p 1p4 or fax 4355 them to 852- mileage i put on that car came from a tow truck that hauled it from the vendors driveway to mine just needs a little engine work the grinning exowner assured me right like john wayne bob- bit just needed a bandaid that car was cooked whacked ready for the big parking lot in the sky which is where it ended up without ortce convey ing me so much as around the block displaying the innate ability to learn from my mistakes that has endeared me to a succession of wives i swiftly went out and bought another english car a morris minor the morris ran like a top as long as the sun shone at the first drop of rain my morris would splutter cough asthmati- cally and figuratively go tires up on the pavement a daisy chain of mechanics could find nothing wrong how a rainsodden country like england could produce a car that refused to run in the rain is a mystery perhaps it was a lim- ited edition limited to me i worked my way through a succession of clunkers after that a ford station wagon that dropped its transmission on the road one day then ran over it snapping the rear axle in the process a manicdepressive meteor a schizophrenic studebaker if there was a dysfunctional vehi cle on the used car lot chances were pretty good id find it and buy it i was stupid but i wasnt crazy i always knew enough to steer clear of cars from behind the iron curtain i never ever bought a lada or a yugo or a zhiguli and i most especially never bought a moskvich in the 80s and early 90s more basic black arthur black than a hundred thousand moskviches rolled off the moscow assembly line for a lot of them that was the last rolling they ever did the moskvich a stubby hatch back that looked vaguely like a baffedout pinto had two pos itive features it was cheap and it was roomy how bad was the moskvich ask alexei kuznetsov mister kuznetsov is a fairly typical moskvich owner hes a moscow businessman 25 years old married with three kids he bought his moskvich brand new in 1992 for about 3400 it looked nice it ran nice says kuznetsov for the first 700 kilometres then things started to go very very wrong for the kuznetsov moskvich he replaced the ignition the gener ator the starter the entire elec trical system the clutch and the gear box he also replaced the gas gauge three times and the shock absorbers four times when the repair bills passed the 8000 mark alexei kuznetsov threw in the babush ka and sold his clunker at a hideous loss to some russian even more desperate and naive than he call me selfish but i find it somehow heartening that theres somebody out there who has even worse luck buying cars than i do i know my next lemon wont have a plaque on the dashboard that says moskvich