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a- 4 the tribune thursday may 8175 kv esublished1888 2charles h nolan f publisher t v v i i i don bernard editor pamisbttftrytlwidyaimatalastsfovttvilleoattim02l0i beacock coonity rf tb tribom b emef ike inland pumhnaa co limited group of ttttrtu mvneoptirs which inchxta iho aiaxmitbytacktriag notts j jv v v artlar- bramptoacimrdioa bwrtlagtoa pott etobkokc cuotto m 1 morkham economist and soo nnnnarkoaorera er oakvulo buw ie r it oshowa this wfrtk and mississonsa nws a sv- i i t there is an old newspaper cliche about an issue that is batted back and forth and not resolved it is called a political football that appears to be what has happened with the 1975 budget for york regional police the police commission submitted a budget that was almost 2 million above the 1974 budget that was rejected by regional council and the police commission was told to trim 500000 n the commission on the urging of chief bruce crawford trimmed about 100000 and sent it back to the region the region at its meeting on april 24 rejected the police budget and suggested cuts of 250000 v the total budget is mtheneighborhooii of bounces again 7 million it is a classic case of one body trying to pressure another in this case the police commission has shown itself to be somewhat arrogant police services and costs in the region have increased considerably but everywhere you look there are yellow cruisers parked at road sides with radar waiting to bag car drivers k in the past four years the regional police have become visible enough it should not cripple the force to postpone hiring 18 new- policemen that would achieve the needed cut for this year taxes are going iip in york region- but hopefully being overpoliced is hotgoingto push them up even further bible 5s thouglit i foivthe via rrwfc32 from the living bible i i followed h the jewish religion howl went after the j christians mercilesslyvvhunting them down and doing my best to get ridiof them all i wasone6f the most- religious jews and tried aas hard as i possibly could to follow all the rules of my religion but then something happened for even before i was born god had chosen me to be his and called me to reveal his son within me so that i could go to the gentiles and show them the good news about jesues galauans 11316 l siugar and spige eitra meeting lihiiecfessiary i a novel experiment was tried at a recent council meeting a 15minute open question period took place a the conclusion of the meeting the angry confrontation which resulted makes us wonder whether such a thing is worth it i democracy is a preciousthing the right of the public to take part in the political process is a cherished part of our heritage but it can be taken too far councils are elected to make decisions it is incumbent upon council to delve into any given problem and find a solution however chaoswouldresultif rules do not regulate public input into the political process as far as whitchurch stouffville council is concerned the public has ample op- a v portunity to take part in the proceedings the number of public meetings in the past few years means that residents have had then- say 1 anyone wishing to speak can get on the 5 agenda if a person comes unannounced and wishes to speak on something that ison the- progress 9 has bill upset n 4 one of the things about modern society that bothers me is mouthyl minorities at tempting to impose- their wishes on silent majorities another is the attempt by those who profess a profound belief ina vague concept called progress to find the common denominator in everything and try to shove the rest of us in that direction v sometimes i have a nightmare about the future in it- 1 see the entire earth populated by beings no longer humans who look alike talk alike think alike and even smell alike everyone will be a sort of creamy yellow brown in complexion well all be the same height and weight- all individual anomalies such as hooked noses buck teeth and jutting ears will have been eliminated- 1 wake up from this dream screaming at thirty- rears ago thuweeh victory ours 58 today the united nations- partners in freedom have triumphed over the beast of t berlin and all his nazi tyrants let us join in joyous thanksgiving praising god that through his wisdoni- justiceand freedom l 1- have prevailed freedom thatpecious heritage purchased at tremendous cost in sacrifice toil and sweat has risen from the ashes of iworldwide ruin and slavery gi grant us courage determination and unselfish leadership so that in the days to come peace and brotherhood- will reign throughout the world tlianksbe to godwliich giveth us the victory to the families from stouffville and district whomiaye paid the supreme sacrifice every heart goes out utsincefe aridheartfelt sympathy v to all who t haveserved we owe a great debt ibf- gratitudei iri 4 thev community and district pf t stouffville has played a proud part in this war in its contribution of men materials and money all of which shall not have been in vain if only i a peace shall reign for evermore agenda council is usually willing to let that person be heard r this 15 minute experiment should end it is unnecessary and could bring all softs of people who have nothing to contribute but still wish to be heard on any and every sub- ject t r democracy is served well enough by the present setup gentennial project requires thought everybody appears to have an idea for a centennial projecttwo major suggestions have surfaced so far at the council level a new library has been considered and the proposed recreation complex is another suggestion at a recent- council meeting councillor cathy joice wanted council to take jn the complex as the official centennial project sc w but lets stop for a moment and consider centennial realistically thevbest way to approach the problem is to establish a cbm- mittee to study possible realistic centennial projects- j v a list of possible ones could be drawn up and then after consideration of cost and other factors a sound decision could be made the centennial should be memorable but lets not go overboard with large projects that are beyond the means of the local taxpayers and community groups to payjor public shouldnt pay for vfirje calls i j- this is the grass fire time and inevitably f 7 every year foolish people start fires to burn garbage or dried leaves and end up starting a whole field on fire v 1 as long asthe tall grass is dry and brown it is a potential fire hazard fire chief walt smithadvisestpeoplenotto burn anything t during the next two weeks- f o- t it is strange that people are warned every v youknowthedhcthismanis shrugging year about the hazardsthere is no excuse- intohis newly j- washed shirt his wife stands but many pebpleclo not consider the- by anxiously clutching her automatic will sequences before setting fires i hopefully the town charges back the fire my wash with blahketyblank costs to the people involvedthe taxpayers of hubby of course notices at first touch whitchurch stouffville should not have to and sniff he is in fact stunned but not into foot the bill for a small number of people who speechlessness by the unutterablesweetness insist on being foolhardy in the face of and softness of his garment numerous warnings the shirt we are led to believe with traces of chinese elm russian borscht congo musk and american bs j we will all arise when the universal siren sounds in unison at the appointed momeutc we will take our breakfast pill our pep pill to gefus going our tranquilizer to slow us down for our lunch pill another pep pill a dinner pill and at 2245 hours we will simultaneously swallow our i sleeping pills and become un- conscious for six hours and fortyeight seconds but each evening before retiring we will have our universal culture and recreation period something like counting our toes its only a nightmare but each year that i live the picture seems closer and clearer one of these days im afraid i wont wake up twoofthe most recent steps bymouthy minorities and the people who cherish com- mondenominatms are the attemptsjiuvthe by bill smiley same language some type of bastard speech like esperanto literature will be extinct except for a scholars studying its fossilized remnants shades of meaning will be lost iloveyou je tadore and eu te amb will all come out as yochamoor something of the sort r f in the dream there are wdecisions to be made because there will no longer be any difference between right and wrong black and white good and evil television will tell us switch from fahrenheit to celsius no did anyone ask me no did anyone ask either of us if we wanted- to think imetric same answer- i am used to attempts to brainwash me by politicians newspapers experts arid my wife that is what they are for and at least i can fight back i r but i deeply resent simply being told by some ottawa ostriches and their stooges in the media that i must willynilly switch to j and what to thinkvpainlessly and why celsiuslhemometer and metaic weights a we will all smell alike a subtle essence measures z- along main street -l- v v t i am fa reasonable man i hope if someone convinces me that something is fort the common good even though it in- conveniences me ill go along with it example at this very moment the i government is removing money from me who has never been unemployed and giving it to some lazy bum who wants not to work this is known as unemployment insurance in the same way i am helping subsidize other peoples food- medical care housing not a word of complaint v but what gets me is the arrogantattitude that typifies those who espouse celsius and metric they do not present one validto me reason for the changes they say vaguely that everyone else is doing it so what if the latest fad is joining the flat earth society must i become a mem- ber if everyone else is picking his nose in public does that mean that1 should- too a u metrichianiacs insist that metric ismoreig accurate more accurate than whatisya thousandth of a centimeter more accurate than a thousandth of an ihchof course notmt is merely shorter or longer im not sure which and i dontgive a diddle canadians with their wild extremes ofj climate and vast expanse of geography should battle this sokallediprbgresswithi every ounce of their strength yes the wordjt was ounce do you realize that will soon be a dirty word- if the metric marauders haves their way- v y i wasti6iiiaiih y i fi f if anything is guaranteed to deactivate my gyrator and send me into an early spin cycle itsthatinsjie laundry ad thats been appearing on tv lately v i by sheila aacleqd nn previously been so impregnated with oil tar vw they bundle the wash into spindryers and i groundin dirt jit was about to be down in the basement then quickly hussleit nationalized by the ministry of natural resources v- ii suffering soapsuds i i wonder what would happen to that wifes morale if her husband like mine invariably gave his freshly laundered shirt the ohce- f and asked did you say you washed washgiveme at fit i t into drawers without evergiving ita public j airing they sneak it in and outof tlie stoiiffj j ville laundrymats in dark plastic garbage bags v j- dont misunderstand me im not ij mourning the passing of the great outdoor an ecstatic comment from family frieridsor neighbours- v- jyi mymother would have vbeen most disappointed in my dismal performance like most of her contemporaries in bur scottish hometown she took great pride in turhingout a sparkling lineup of clothes and in seeing plucking lint off thejwoolies with tweezers she never washes jeans with hockey cardsiw chewinggum and half a big mac still in the t them snap to crisp revue out on the back sandpaper against the puffedupte green z- st f tvi marched right out and bought mind you it took more than swishing in that blanketyblank i was telling y blanketyblarik to make the laundry pass muster in these days r jrx it meant trisuig at five in the morning always on monday and kindling a fire under a massive urn in the washhouse behind our home the clothes were boiled and tamped with soap and soda rinsed in tubs hand- cranked through a monstrous mangle then pegged and propped outside to dry it wasan allday jobc newlywashed towels stacked up like grade 3 terries on somebf blanketyblank i was telling you abouu t the brand that made the mans shirt feel j like gossamer and smell like the avon lady i asa myhusbandss pyjamas a special wash treatmenty ji i pegged them out on the line to billow in the breeze i gathered them in and without desecrating their fluffy freshness with am iron piled them on his pillow like paisley- t patterned meringue- v w r jtlr early next morning he suddenly sat up in maqjf a wet washdayeverythin hid to- swtoffnss be broughtinsideanddrapedfrompullies a t1 tuj h sn- t we sit li theres something different about these pyjamas he started off c rtfmi attached to the kitchen ceiling then wed sit dbwn ttortdinner while dripstfronis heavy combinauons drummed the oilcloth itrinkled down bur backs and diluted the scotch broth f- its incongruous really here i am with a long lineage of efficient washerwomen in my background and a long laundryline in my backyard burdened with this- inferiorwash complex i hang the whites out at dusk when rvmay back- eyes closed ready to savour the moment of praise ij usually when you wash them he wenf j on they feel like grade 3 sandpaper this time it feels like im lymg on abag oftent i r 1 drbffth herxffl dilapidatedtann eqaipment things were done in former daysit is located on the road leading jvt 5 j- of anotherera tells a silent story of how town reservolron the farm of mayorgordmratcllffjjfi gyp 4 john montgomery