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fsw4ymtiim august too late for dump meeting yu hy is council not hold ing a public meeting on the proposed landfill sites in whitchurchstouffville immediately ask your coun cillor council has decided it had best wait to see the outcome of the study before meeting the general public this will not take place until after aug 4 markham and other towns have already held similar meetings that is a month and a half of waiting stewing and worrying it makes sense to hold a meet ing to at least allow people to vent their frustration on this issue council could lis ten and learn perhaps not to take immediate action but to appease a concerned citi zenry august is too late for a full public meeting on the dump sites the tribune has received more than 130 responses see the form on pagel from people who do not want the dump council could at least fill one out the attack of kodster and his fists of food xi ousecleaning has taken on a whole new perspective since the kodster came along that is it used to be that sweeping the floor meant gathering bits of dirt the odd stiffened pea a bread crust or two and a whole lot of ordinary fluff not anymore however since 10monthold kody decided its more fun to whip his cheerios across the room than to eat them raisins stick nicely to the side of the cupboards too its a matter of wills now because the more i try to reason with the midget the farther he throws those toasted oats ill say no kody thats not good thats bad n0 spells no he laughs looks right at me and whips a slimed cookie at the refrigerator please tell me this is just inno cence mishmashing with intrigue because if i have a future charles manson on my hands ill need some sort of coun selling now wont i it seems the little guy throws things i dont know about right away too because after hes asleep a rare occasion ill head back into the kitchen aka food battleone and attempt to clean up something squishy and slightly warm oozes up between my toes banana aah a moth ers nightmare its called food cement the kind you have to scrape off furniture if its allowed kibble bits to dry there walking on my heels to find a cloth i realize this is only the beginning to a slow but sure process project house trash so thats why the guy who laid our lush pink carpet two years ago laughed out loud as he banged it down no kids eh he asked me and shook his head that pale pink tone has settled into a soft twotone brownbeige color thanks to mr monster arid his flinging fists of food kody is now at the stage where he wants to grab the spoon from my hand just as it approaches his mouth usually an overloaded spoonful of- orange mashed squash ends up down the side of his highchair or on his forehead or on my blouse i wear a bib now too kody has the death grip 1 end up tugging the spoon back and forth watch ing carefully that the contents dont spray across the room but he holds on i say no kody tah tab to mommy yeah right its hard to discourage a kid when hes trying to learn to eat himself hes turning independent wants to feed himself wants to show me how smart he is wants to drive me crazy just when i got used to kody crawling around the house at an unbelievable speed he decides to up and walk a few steps here and there he looks like a drunk en sailor my friends all say the same thing oh ifs real cute the first few weeks till they get the hang of it im hoping hell be so caught up with walking around that hell forget all about this food throwing thing he will wont he answer me someone hello stounville tribune publisher editorinchief editor patricia pappas jo ann stevenson andrew mair advertising director business manager promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager debra weller vivian oneil jennifer hutt pam nichols staff reporters tracy kibble julie casporsen roger belgrave photographers sloerd witteveen steve somerville real estate joan marshman classified doreen deacon debbie amundson uxbridae retail sales joan marshman doreen deacon heather hill gibson uxbridgo 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result of proper braiding i pride myself on my ability to handle teen tantrums adolescent angst and the perils of puberty there are some things pertain ing to parenthood however that turn my blood to ice chief among them is an announce ment from my daughters dance teacher that french braids are required for the annual recital dance recitals are a bitter sweet experience at the best of times although you are filled with parental pride at the sight of your emerging swan your enthusiasm tends to be clouded by fears that her hat will fall off her shoe will come untied or her inexpertly coiffed hair wont make it through act 1 scene 1 these fears which often wake you up in a sweat at 3 am are not lessened by the assurances of your more creative counterparts who cant understand what kates corner youre getting all worked up about its easy they insist and worse ill teach you its no use saying that it would be easier to teach a ferret to fly they remain stubbornly convinced that you will eventually get the hang of it furthermore like everything in my life this trauma was played out at the last minute on the day of the recital fortunate ly for me one of my accom plished friends offered to do clares braids although her offer was accompanied by a vague threat of teaching me later on the results were magnificent not only did my daughters hair look perfect but she didnt show er her neighbor with bobby pins every time she did a pirouette even after shed slept on her coiffure it was still firmly in place my gratitude to my friend was overshadowed by the fact that the recital ran for two nights it was one thing to ask her to give up a chunk of her lunch hour to help me for the opening night but another entirely to expect her to do it twice being the perceptive kind person she is however she didnt wait to be asked and we went through the whole rigma role again the next day for the first time in my career as a stage mother i felt relaxed and confi dent as the curtain rose for the last night my daughter and her hair per formed beautifully and my friend has a job for life