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economist suntribune arts and culture thursday april 25 2002 13 rhefwarp slbordefajteftmwtocflhenewplafiktoen fs web gtectii of cal 1300253030 m the message brought you at a toamumqr service of the cco juh by carol cooper special ann likes limitations at least when writing the whitchurch- stouffville resident retired high school teacher environmentalist published poet short story writer and author finds stimulation from writing in restricted forms i like to be boxed in a little i think im a minimalist so maybe the box helps that having the restriction i absolutely ldvehaiku not of the 17- sydable variety but much smaller than that you can say so much in such a little spaceusirig so few words t so spare was her style when writing herrecent novel spitfire the publisher asked her to flesh out the manuscript i had to learn how to fill it in how to give mofe depth to it ms goldring said maybe i thought i was writing a haiku set in the fictional town of whitfield ontario duringthe second world war spitfire paintsa gentle but provocative portrait of aless productive limitation prejudice members of protagonist kathryn lockharfs grade 6 class routinely and matteroffactly bully and ostracize staff photosjoerd witteveen author anngoldring and her recently published novel spitfire those from the other side of the tracks while town citizens snub and ignore them and although there are no hard-and- fast rules it is assumed only boys can enter the towns soapbox derby aimed at 11 yearolds the novel grew from a creative writing course assignment at george brown college 10 years ago participants wereasked to describe a familiar childhood setting ms goldring wrote about her home- town of whitby on which whitfield is loosely based and then i just kept on writing to see what happened she said written and rewritten several hun dred times over nine years she submit ted the story to three publishers on the advice of canadian childrens writer- sarah ellis raincoast books published it i was very interested in the idea of the wrong side of town which i dont think we have now ms goldring said if there is a wrong side of town who said it is the wrong side so it has to be that the other side is then the right side i was interested in the psychology of what sort of people had the idea of a wrong side of town they were doing so much for the war but what were they doing for the people who were right there on their doorstep i wanted to empower those on the wrong side of town and in fiction see spitfire page 16 i 1e sets jron 79 tjj -a- r y -tjftf- -ssys- ajssgsggg golf gloves z for 1740 select styles up to 50 oft all clothing mm 4 day iniyl lensm iwesgoli shoes jnnn 39 save bo 80 topflite bulls 3 dozen rfffffffffftf hats z for 22 selected styles choose from callaway nike tltleist norman uhsets jnhr 149 golf bags from eitrtorsuni sb topflite zbalata save 50 s 14 m dimaixaflgblf ihiia1hkhi canadas most trusted golf retailer since 1969 zxt 9054795077 southwest corner of mccowam tk hwy 7 thel arthritis tomorrows gift whether its a charitable annuitv ensure continuing support for arihritis research nearh four million canadians who have arthritis are countiitj on vou for more information about our planned giving program contact the arthritis society give to give hope richmond hill 5805177 4 tju jmuwm j vtr wsv ppcd k r v 1 issst p ssp q 0 nokia 3390 handset postpaid s0 after s200 credit limit of 2 cellphones per customer 8 from 0099 39 rfemarex j7 99 1 v fy vj hp bright white inkjet paper 500 sheetspkg s reg 2399pkg mediaworx cd tower holds 24 cds cds not included reg 1249each papermate flexgrip stick and retractable pens blue black or red reg 199- 259each hp inkjet cartridges 51645a 51629a 51649a 51626a c1823d reg 4799 6199 neteach s memorex single cdr t black 80 minutes reg 179each shop early prices in effect apr 24 30 2002 personal shopping only while supplies last sale prices are net hrand v 1 1 markville shopping centre 9054776660 making offices work grandandtoycom rlrttiev4 jpnii4 iiensu a t