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p4 tribune january 4 1995 sioiravme comment take time to enjoy what winter offers o o another new years eve has come and gone and its time for everyone to settle in for the long haul that is the depths of a canadian winter it would be easier to take if we at least had the prospect of some nhl games to tide us through those frosty saturday nights in february but it seems as if the powers that be in professional hockey seem bent on denying us even that small pleasure but labor disputes aside there are still numerous things to do during the winter the photo at the bottom of this page portrays a typical canadian scene a youngster trying out the skates on a frozen pond and just goes to prove that winter is what you make it perhaps we should look upon the nhl strike as a chance to see what other wonders besides don cherrys suits exist in and around our communities theres certainly no lack of skiing be it alpine or crosscoun try opportunities in our area and theres also ample space for snowmobile enthusiasts to enjoy their sport though it must be mentioned they need to make safety and considera tion of private property top priorities however those pursuits can get expensive and often hap piness is found in simple things a walk with the family through the woods an afternoon of skating a day watching the kids toboggan or play hockey lets look upon the next couple of months as chance to enjoy the many blessing this country provides rather than as an excuse to hibernate indoors or flee to warmer climates lets look upon the next couple of months as chance to enjoy the many blessing this country provides rather than as an lltjlzs excuse to hibernate indoors or flee to warmer climates ivrrzitff moniker may have set cat over the t he adventures of i jfl almighty splash followed by by plunging himseli qmoknl part 2 the iatltio mbbbk rapidly moving soggy blur foot or so of soap order of the bath tvalto wtbpof white and butterscotch water whenever th as a cerebrally challenged phdmrn m r f as tne newest family takes him kitty qmoknl fits right into ownljtzrud member discovered first one thing even h the intellectual ambiance of g paw and for the second time chateau gilderdale labll in a week that cats definite- tubs edge hp he adventures of x qmoknl part 2 the order of the bath as a cerebrally challenged kitty qmoknl fits right into the intellectual ambiance of chateau gilderdale of late he has taken to observing the strange ritu als of the human bath from the vantage point of the tubs edge the first time he took it into his tiny brain to test the waters by jumping in on top of the unfortunate body already happily ensconced therein we assumed it was because he didnt know any better no one had read him the cat performance manual and we imagined he was working on that favorite parental premise known as learning by your own mis takes several days later he ven tured back into the bath room eyed the recently vacated tub which was still full of water and gave it 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morality of the mid- nineties which eliminates most of the funny and inter esting possibilities one of our number had the bright idea of bashing all the keys on our game board at once to see what happened what happened was qmoknl in our neverending search to be original we saddled our cat with the name but now we wonder if he will ever recover from the emo tional damage it may have inflicted upon his fragile psyche perhaps all along he would have preferred fluffy kitty or that stal wart standby puss or maybe he is simply a cat with an attitude who has decided to defy human per ceptions of feline behavior into a have figured however is warm this mood you can take a cat to water but you cant make him must swim 4 winter scene a young girl skates on bloomington road last a frozen pond near hwy 48 north of week pholosjoerd witteveen