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rmwbwe8bgewmmf990 t8st with this thumb i thee when i threw my wedding bouquet nov 29 it wasnt to my dearest friend nor to my still- single and aging auntie nelda and my family was nowhere to be seen but when you plan to tie the knot thousands of miles away from home on a thursday after noon what can you expect to tell the truth there were a lot of things i didnt expect about my fantasy wedding in manzanillo mexico when my husband bob and i planned to wed in another coun try we didnt expect- it could be as complicated as it was in fact if anyone ever tells me that while vacationing in some tropical paradise they just on a whim decided to get married i know what to say kibbles bits k wimmmmimm lilllllliiii mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmxm tracy kibble hogwash i wont believe them for a minute now that ive been through the process i just wont believe it for instance there was paper work after paperwork after paperwork there were the blood tests and the hours travelling from town to town to obtain a special document that no one seemed to know about i cant count how many times people said to me is this legal stouffvilleuxbridge tribune publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager patricia pappas jo ann stevenson stephen houston debra weller chris bertram well i can assure you it is just as legal as a marriage here only here you dont have to reveal every detail of your life since birth plus your parents histories nor do brides here have to stick their thumbs in purple ink and place a print on 17 sheets of paper while sweat ing in a wedding drdss under the heat of 32 degree sunshine its legal or ill drink tequila poppers until i fall off the bar stool mexico may not be as advanced or as rich as north america but when it comes to legalities and there are many amigos the officials there are not to be fooled around with we arrived at our exotic resort and told the canadian tourist representatives there of our plans editors mail we wanted to marry onthe ocean side amongst the habis- cus bushes and lapping waves no one there could tell us if this was possible because it had never happened before they said so on a tour to malique we went one day to get the neces sary blood tests the building was a dilapidated turquoisecol ored flatroofed building with an old fridge out front we looked at each other and secretly hoped the needles would be sterilized after 10 minutes of sign lan guage or charades my spanish is much to be desired we finally got the girl to understand our fears she showed us a box of usmade individually packed needles step one was out of the way step two was a test of our love waiting in the mexican immigration office for three hot sweaty hours was not my idea of a vacation but when the paper work was complete thanks to a translator named gaby we knew education leadership whitchurchstouffville trustee harry bowes made history last week with an unprecedented appointment to serve a fifth term as york regions school board chairman and they couldnt find a better person for the job a veteran trustee and adminis trator mr bowes has a proven track record he is keenly aware of the issues facing yorks school board after years of runaway growth and the subsequent pressure to keep pace with that growth now he will lead yorks trustees in a new direction with policies the board has in the works trustees are currently grappling with a race relations strategy and budget talks are aimed at keeping the next increase to a single digit neither of those issues will easi ly come to pass along with that school boards still have to cope with the legacy of david petersons liberal gov ernment that saw a marked decrease in education funding in recent years the future is not as rosy for the york region board of education as it once was but there is a lead er who is holding the gavel the wedding was a go everyone in the resort took care of us one girl made me a beautiful bouquet of hand- picked exotic flowers another man videotaped excerpts from our holiday arid the wedding and all the girls there threw me a stagette picture this youre tied to a chair on a lit stage and three men come out dancing in tuxe dos well soon they brandished only bikini underwear it was quite a show and a custom i totally respect our ceremony was romantic beautiful and touching we had to have two couples stand up for us and by the time the wedding took place i felt as close to them as i would my friends i wouldnt trade that day for all the kahlua in the country it was a honeymoon week ill never forget but i wonder why several stouffville councillors ques- tioned why i have a tan havent they ever been to mexi co before promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager jennifer hutt pam nichols published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 second class registration number 1247 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 54 main st w stouffville is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickenng news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiser-guardian- georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa- whitby this week peterborough this week richmond hillthornhillvaugban liberal scarborough mir ror topic newsmagazine wihowdakt mirror metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 8529741 old trees are like humans dear editor last october my wife and i were visiting relatives in stouffville we noticed some old maples marked for removal especially on church street i would have to agree with the treemarker that those trees should come down before they are blown onto some ones home in fact it looked as if several more trees could have been marked i was surprised to hear of the objections to removing these old trees because they can be replaced with young vigorous healthy trees that will outlive all the people now living in stouffville i can only hope the objections are being made from ignorance trees are like humans when they are young they can withstand the elements but they get old and dis eased and die the disease is evidenced by the rotten wood seen even from the outside of the trees much more will be on the inside weakening the trees so they can no longer hold themselves up and will fall trees dont live forever arid they must be replaced either naturally or artificially the town is showing wisdom by replacing those trees before they cause damage and law suits yours truly ralph t forfar