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a4 tribune april 6 1988 editors mail dont look dear edmor im responding to your concern re smutty sweaters roaming around column jan 6 ive noticed these sayings and slo gans also while a few may be vul gar most are cute they shouldnt be taken seriously if you think what you see in ontar io are in bad taste you ought to observe some of the exhibitionists in the united states and europe by comparison ours are mild while i personally wouldnt be caught dead wearing such a gar ment there are obviously thousands who buy them or these merchants wouldnt be in business live and let live i say if you dont like dont look sincerely janette goulet lakeshore road musselmans lake editors note the sales barn man agement obviously didnt like it either heshe is gone its not the eiffel tower but its the best weve got satisfying dear editor the interview between yourself and reporter denise mcdonald re the may 6 sacred music night at st james presbyterian church prompted me to circle this date on my calendar this is indeed an inspirational evening one i look forward to every spring the fact so many church de nominations are involved is satis fying in itself as the story said its truly a community event sincerely mrs patricia holmes rr 3 stouffville cjua thtkboajet the ihbune established 1888 james thomas bruce annan patricia pappas jennifer hutt e publisher advertising manager distribution manager editorial dept denise mcdonald retail advertising susan berry manager charles canning real estateclassified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young classified manager debra weller distribution lea killer ooreen deacon business office manager chris bertram national sales representative metroland corporate sres 4931300 the siouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday at 54 mam st stouffville ont is one ol the metroland printing publishing distributing group ot suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajax pickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicove advertiser guardian georgetown independent markham economist sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa whitby this weet richmond hill thornhill vaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willow- dale mirror metroland printing publishing distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 50e subscriptions 2100 per year in canada 555 00 elsewhere member of canadian com munity newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and sub urban newspapers of america second class mail registration number 0396 6402100 6492292 roaming around- oh to be bilingual by jim thomas- editorials need youth club here a likeness to club 404 is needed in stouffville in talking with teens around town the topic continually arises why not here okay why not here at this point in time were not sure what makes club 404 tick certainly the guidelines are strict but this hasnt hurt its popularity helped if anything young people are gathering there from miles around including from whitchurch- stouffville parents of these young peo ple seem satisfied the environment is right one thing in its favor drugs and alco hol are strictly forbidden the teens to whom weve talked appreciate this in their opinion its a fun place to be but why must they travel fifteen miles to get there we could and should have something similar here in stouffville the town now has a fulltime recrea tion programmer jpeter arnott an extremely person able gentleman appears anxious to cut j our guests have arrived i theyre here twentyfive students plus several teachers arrived in whitchurchr stouffville saturday from carpentras france the meeting of hosts and guests at the markham theatre was an exciting event it was also extremely well organized with maureen cunningham and dale grose both staff teachers at sdss play- ing important welcoming roles as pointed out previously student ex change programs are important theres so much to be learned from other countries other cultures we were greatly impressed by the warmth and friendliness displayed by host young people the genuine interest and affection displayed by guest stu dents was equally impressive t this feeling however must extend further than 25 whitchurchstouffvillc homes it should envelope the entire community council has taken the first step the twinning of the two towns is an impor tant move the ceremony and reception thursday is another while townsfolk may sec little of our carpentras guests due io a busy 12day itinerary there could be opportunities when we do if so extend the right hand of fellowship and make these strangers in our midst feel at home may they wit ness personally the fact wc arc indeed the friendliest town in ontario his teeth on something new in the com munity along with the arrival of mr arnott an addition to latcham hall is nearing completion we see this as a challenge for our new staff employee let him establish a teen organization here with the same ground rules as club 404 and utilize the latcham hall facility we adults find it easy to sluff off the demands of our youth a passing fad we call it let them do what we used to do when we were kids we say on a smaller scale we used to do just what todays teens want to do whats needed is someone to put it all together an organizer the time is right the place is right lets get the ball rolling without delay do you ever feel small 1 mean insignificantly small like a pebble on the beach like a flea on a dog i do often whenever someone raises a topic with which im not familiar but should be my 59 frame sinks into my shoes people often assume wrongly of course that editors know everything they really put we poor journalists on the spot queries range from whos going to win the american league pennant to mayor sainsburys chances at winning the next election sure i have an opinion however when it comes to crystal ballgazing im as wrong as often as im right a 5050 guesser prettv well sums up my luck naturally when im mistaken which is half the time i feel small like ive led folks astray on saturday i felt smaller than small microscopic would best describe the feeling i attended the reception for staff and students arriving from carpentras france about 85 in total the docking station was the mar- kham theatre warden avenue union- ville the welcome was excellently orga nized it was immediately obvious to an outsider like myself the program lead ers had been through this ritual before they had everything down pat i wished i could have handed them my notebook and camera for the situation from a journalistic standpoint was out of control my control the language ba rrier set us continents apart strange isnt it how things you detest as a teen you later desire as an adult yes i detested french and french detested me the feeling was mutual sure i squeaked through by the skin of my teeth how was i to know 45 years later id live to regret my hohum high school attitude towards so allimportant a subject it came back to haunt me saturday bad enough i couldnt speak french worse was the fact i didnt know a soul from high schools in markham and un- ionville yet id agreed to handle the assignment for both the economist and sun and the tribune woe was me in an effort to make the best of a bad situation i grabbed three groups of stu dents as they left the stage and asked them to pose for photos later the canadian kids nodded yes their partners simply stared but i knew what they were thinking who is this guy anyway they were obviously asking doesnt he know were tired besides if he wants a favor why doesnt he ask us in french of all the nerve believe me i tried but even the sim plest words wouldnt come i remembered ouvre but there was nothing to open i recalled fermez but there was no thing to close bonjour was a start merci was a con clusion but there were no connecting word links in between ive blown it i said to myself star ing out into a quickly evaporating audi ence what do i do now fortunately two markham girls observant of the pained expression on my face came to my rescue well wait said heidi cavanagh of grade 11 just tell us what you want re sponded christine betts of gradel2 almost passionately i thanked them for their help in the lobby i spotted tracy blackwell and kim saunders both of stouffville please i begged sure they replied their guests were equally co operative they didnt say anything but they smiled in french that was enough partially satisfied but still somewhat frustrated i arrived back in stouffville i needed one more shot thats when i jumped on the phone and called robyn grove burkholder street robyn like tracy and kim are ex tremely personable young ladies they make it sound like the photographers doing them a favor when on thisocca- sion anyway it was the other way around were here robyn answered come any time saved an assignment washout was quickly transformed into an assignment suc cess but how much simpler the task had i been bilingual hence my recommenda tion to the publisher a sixmonth crash course in french where why paris france of course the irwin family are pioneer residents the irwin family are pioneers to the whitchurch- stouffvillc and uxbridge areas mr and mrs joseph irwin go back to the midi800s they resided on the bloomington road near lemonville this photo loaned to the tribune by maude irwin rupert avenue stouffville includes the following rear row left to right william john aurora joseph warsaw new york samuel stouffville adam winnipeg robert stouffville centre row left to right elizabeth buffalo grandpa joseph lemonville mary jane aurora grandma nancy and maggie front row left to right martha- of gait and tillie of stouffville editors mail response dear editor the canadian foodgrains bank uxbridge unit wishes to express to you and your staff jim thomas and bruce stapley our appreciation for the excellent coverage provided our corn- bagging effort in the march 4 edi tion over 140 volunteers bagged 6000 bags of corn and loaded same to be trucked to hamilton during the bag ging period this is our third year whether or not wc bag another year will depend on the need and the financial dona tions to fill this need the enthusiasm and availability of the volunteers shows their desire to express their christian response to hunger the story in the tribune pro vided readers a better understand ing of what were attempting to accomplish sincerely don asling secretary canadian foodgrains bank uxbridge committee