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p4 tribune april 281993 st stouffville directors package is shocking xhos in charge here any- vv wayit is maddening that in times of restraint and cuts to transfer payments for school pro grams that the york region board of education would hire director of education bob cress- man as a consultant to the tune of more than 200000 at that questions raised by this move are obvious 1 if cressman is needed as a consultant to the new director why did the board hire the new director in the first place is he not qualified 2 what possible benefit would the board gain by keeping cress- man on 3 where is all this money com ing from bob cressman while an able administrator should have been given the standard retirement offered to public school officials of his stature in this province onehalf or about 70000 per annum as retirement pay no more no less chairman bill crothers was shocked that the information about the cressman deal was leaked to the press what is shocking is the deal itself amateur thespianstn admirable lot ai usic mania has come and gone for another year the reviews are in and it seems that if the troupe of local talent could find a bankrolling pro ducer the show could likely give a chorus line a run for its money you have to admire these peo ple giving up months of their time these intrepid wouldbe thespians made a great deal of sacrifices to pull off the show each year and they pulled it off with nary a hitch one of the thrills of being on stage in front of everyone you know is the constant threat that something will go wrong sets have a nasty habit of tumbling onto your soliloquy flubbed lines have left many an actor working as street cor ner mimes and the fear of hav ing your voice crack at the high note of your big solo leaves every singer in a cold sweat i really admire these people overcoming their fears and leaping into the jaws of possible public rejection and ridicule is beyond my constitution i appeared on the boards once and only once i won the lead role in a lavish production of how the grinch stole christmas in grade 5 the teacherdirector said some thing about me being perfect for the role as with most amateur minute with mair an drew ma i r productions there was a tremendous amount of impro vising as in the grinch story a reindeer was hard to find improvising the teacher stuck a horn on the head of the small est child in the class instant reindeer it was this students job to pull me around the stage on a janitors trolley with a chair perched on top instant sleigh once the parts were all passed out we learned our lines practiced for weeks in the classroom and made costumes during rehearsal my reindeer pulled me around the class on a rickety cart expertly navigating chairs cardboard trees and cot ton baton snowmen with everything ready we took to the school stage six hundred faces peered up at us as the curtain drew back everything came off perfectly perfectly awful that is my reindeer guide got so excited about being on stage he pulled me furiously up the side of mt crumpet a set of ramps set up centre stage we came down the other side at such a furious pace that when the reindeer turned the corner i was flung from my perch chair and all right off the stage thankfully i was well padded and was unhurt but i received a predictable belly laugh from the audience that left the remainder of the production in a complete shambles in that embarrassing moment i imme diately discovered where the expression break a leg came from stouffville tribune publisher general manager editorinchief advertising director business manager operations manager patricia pappas andrew mair jo ann stevenson debra weller vivian oneil pamela nichols another year another lunch staff reporters tracy kibble julie caspersen roger belgrave photographers sjoerd witleveen sieve sonierallo real estate joan marshman classified ooreen deacon debbie amundson uxbridge retail sales joan marshman doreen deacon heather hill gibson uxbridge distribu tion 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something to write about when youre recovering from lunch lunch is a meal which general ly has little impact on my life except as an excuse to abandon the great white expanse of the computer screen unblemished by copy in order to feed my daughter last week however those of us who toil over hot deadlines to bring you your tribune and weekender celebrated spring with our second annual pot luck luncheon compared with last years funfilled feast a barbe cue cooked in a snow storm by our revered editor who can look back on it as a unique learning experience the 1993 beano was an unqualified success yours truly being used to a handful of crackers and a modest hunk of cheese at midday could scarcely arise from her chair at kates corner kale a pld 6 rda i e the conclusion of this bounteous blowout tuna casserole chicken wings lasagna and meat balls were accompanied by crab salad a la kibble caesar salad uxbridge style broccoli salad and stap- leys salad surprise complete with homemade dressing only a man would have the nerve to announce blithely that hed made his own dressing only a man could find the time pudding finished me off com pletely lethal lemon tart deb bies delectable cake and a heap of cholesterollaiden butter tart squares found their way unerringly to my thighs all of the above was washed down with a nondiet sugar- filled can of minute maid com plete with chemicallyenhanced additives we certainly covered all the food groups recommended by the canada food guide and a host of stuff that isnt based on their advice i shouldnt eat again for six weeks sentiments of mock despair along the lines of well never get through all this turned out to be laughably inac curate as i shunned the scales and sought solace in the penguin dictionary of humorous quota tions i happened upon miss piggys diet tips never eat anything at one sit ting that you cant lift always use one of the new and far more reliable elastic measuring tapes to check on your waistline and wait another year to do lunch