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Whitby Free Press, 25 Apr 1990, p. 5

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Oee AC jILqqA YAGMZ<UW 88MSN ýlSM' YRIrM SO waxyy i<r ENS Y~PI ~10,PG rDear Uncle Bill:> 1I neyer thought Ud e the 'firat person to write a I letter te an advice column. It juet doen't flt my macho Iilmage. Here's my,:Probem. i. it - alrgt th, wear the samne pair of oct-kstwo dayi in a row? My mothersy we .should change dil-ju'in case'we éhave te go te the hospital or something. But now r living- on my own I don't always get the laundry done. I say it isal right te 'double up, particularly with socks that ýdon't even have holesý yet. What do you say? ~ w: - igned ArgylAndrew' You may have doubta,- but uuch questions- certainly nail down your raw macho tendencies. 0f course it's ail right., Remember. .the word.' "-in that Kris YKristofferon movie, when h. taled'about putting n hio "leaneit dirty shirt?" Whast Bmoe, the pracbice, bring_ u mt the best instincts 'in yon aeWho wiifi ail over theeeles e loo aferyou.m Kaep it up. Deiar Uncle BM: Last summer I gtaiii and ordered two hundred two- by fours, or- whatever the metric equivaent m., te start fi nishing my basement.* Someone teld my wife' that these bc"d wl ail -Warp and give uif croolced walls. JIsay. that no reputable dealer would oU urw green woe.What doI do DearWilfe& -gned, Warped Wilfred You have sveral optons.. One, you could order a truckload of,wýarped drywalte -kep you decor consstent.- On the other hand, you could store the wood outdoors, this' summer and then cut it inte one-foot lengths. It wiIl then make great flrewood.. Dear Uncle BmU: I read Somewhere that a group somewhere broke inte a ail farm'and releaed iail- the several thousand snails- which were being cultured for fine dining. I would like tdo the sptiheie ere isthe neareat snail farm? -AmnecL NiI Snil WITH OUR FEET UP by Bill Swan LTncle Bifi'. Dmareil:>Iv afuèsswe elado fe nughBo know of no sna farms in Durbam - but anyone knows that this is no placeto culture anytfing. 'Ibat'. the way the escar go. Dear Uncle Bil: Our family ba ut recently Lecomne conscious of -the onvironen.Wpt aside ail compostable materials in a piabuktnttetegbaeai.M hubdinit on, calling this the 'slop pail' and says hie mother had one in the ldtchien Lefore the environ;nental was inventedand, Lefore. they. had Clumbing. Next hewnt me tsave sgth wy o smotherdhd. Wbat doî1do? - sgned, Concerned by not Frantic Dear Fran: If oucanfid ay ercan wh tes- packages with strig lt m knw. n te mantmekeop feeding the Dear Uncle Bil: ?4y father is awfullv old-fihddnAedI otn mll é.nv boyfiends anïd,.ask them te corne te my place, or 1 go visit them. «My flither -says decent, girls don't phono gus.Ithinik ,hienswrng - the -world'has changed uiceý hy: e . wa 1yun 1 utdon'twt'týWo flght about this anymore. -Besides, -Nm only four and need him to look up the phone nlumbers. DearErn Convince. Dad te put the nunibèrs in bis pocket-sisýed phone directory that you and your mother gavehini-for ai birthdlay. Since you already know how teo perate it, you can:make your phone colis without-bothermn Dad. You'l both Le bappier. Dear-Uncle Bill: Do macho men wear unatched socs? Baseonprctic ~ -signed, Argyil Andrew %eedon MUcý arondbere, it's the latest fad& Dear Unêle Bill: TeratoYf'sîl-burninmy 'airtightsatove give -off-.a-àlot of dirty ek. M nihosare complaing. Would it help.te burn ' this staff with tii. hardwood froni the furniture, that dried ýout anid warped this winter? Dear Wilfred., ' SoU your' n.ighbors the gàrden. Dear Uncle Bml: . I just love your column. your wonderful advice? -ignod, Warped Wilfred a.shes -it's good for the' Where can I get mnore of - - ~signedDoug A Juat'sond a big, big choque, c/o this nowspapeir, and lil send you- my latest bock, 'Macho Mon Make U&5&4w- - 4AA I&A Ç M anS]MYM atoas Catholie edu'cation stili underfunded dlaim trustees 5 By MkeKowaIakf Although Ontario's separate sc,éhool system ha. ejoy fl ,government funding for almost thIreeyersit issetill the aweak sstrwhen'compared té public- education. .That was the message deli- -vedby truitees froni- five .irrnto-area separate achool ýJioards duringlast. week's annuel ~cneton o f the National Cath- 1oic Educational Association Duhmse&arate ichool board ýýhairmanCa a e uiey wa -ýpýart of a five-membar panel w hic gave an bistorical over- jview of Catholic education in .,Ontario. Tunney's panel discussion was .,?-ne of several seminars and' -from- across North America * teddthe 87th NCEA conven- tion, the. fret ever held outaide 'the United States. Joining Tunney on the panel 7 were truste.. from Dufferin-Peel, Metro Toronto, Simcoe County and York Region. The five school boards served as hosts of the convention. About 100 delegates attendig the seniinàr received a brief bis- tory and explanation Of Ontariols »paateschol systeni. Ontario is one of six provinces and the two territeries wbicb fund Catholic education te some deuree. -In- the United States there is 'no'gvrmn funding ofreligloous orprivateamàos 1Panielmembers teuched--ona varietyý of teic'e -includin'g fund- ngtrà of àÃ"atholic tahr anthe= .t of separaté boards teý dsrminate aai4non- Catholics when bing unney teld th e delegatos that although the goermnt ban funded -,Catholic education through G'rade'13 since 1987., there are.stili inequtesbetWeen1,0 the two sysetems.. UsingDurham as an example, she Ilaid, "While we educate 30 par cent of the students, we receive only 20. per cent of the local tax base.' .Tunney said recent legialation allowing school boards teoellect industrial and commercial taxes should reflect the percentag9 of students each board teaches. «Why shouldn't we get 30 per cent of General MotoÃŽrs assoas- ment, for instance? asked Tun- ne ,ublic board han a much larprta base. If they rais. their mili rate by on. milI, that represents thousands of dollars more than on. of our mille." S Dufferin-Peel chairman Patrick Meany said bis board spends $600 less par studIent than its public counterpart. e "W. have a bigh standard of education,, but, we do it at the sacrifice of equipment and facil- tie&"sad Meany. MÏe said that wbile the govern- ment dlaims its goal in eqiutable acceos te education, this s not' mean, al funding. T% etalking about people living mn remote areas, the-hand- ic1 edsaid Mean *. eicue aequal funding would inelde facltyof education- for Catholic teachers ini Ontario. A director of the Ontario Separate Scbool Trustes Asso- ciation (OSSTA), Carroll said Catholic, teachers require their own training facility. «"Our teachers are special people. Who, because' they are Catholic teachersare beïig un- SEE PAGE 36 Wooden Outdoor LMYRTLE RD. ÀiiIKSON Fm, 12 WHIT5Y -Hxagons, Octagons,, Bondies, Handinde, pesibled, ~ Cal 65*8&8 eSoid Cedar constructio (lnrTLEWDelver*Buit to LàtJ -cissors HA JR-DS MONDAY $100 OFFPERM TUESDAY $ 1100 ÀFÀFPÀEAfWEDN ESODAY Ful PedicurE Nail body waxing9 Available- es* & Manicures A great Mother's Day, 1 Extension gi, Extended Hours Thursday & Friday 60.1,Dundlas St. W. 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Swish-Brite us economical. lt's iess.than a quart er of the pnice of pucica, one..hlf "h pniceof powcier. Corne on down to the Swish Cloan-it Centre and lot us show you how to look after yàwr pool the easy way this slxnmer. MAINTENANCE LTD.. 500 HOPKINS ST., WHITBY '666-1224 w, .3 ~1) r> [1 i fi Il '%iilililmmlilimm -114

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