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a4 tribune may 10 1995 organizers should be proud st stouffville youve outdone your self more specifically the legion organizers of the ve day parade and celebrations have outdone themselves a truly great day was experi enced years from now the young people who witnessed this parade can look back fondly one thing was curiously lacking however where were the schools on ve day in 1945 the school bells rang children joined their parents dancing in the streets fifty years later an uxbridge youth band had to be brought in to music town ontario for the parade why was there not more local participation our view was it because the event took place on saturday was it because the schools cur riculum have been set and any deviation from this throw the entire educational system out of whack or is it because in our politically correct state our schools no longer feel obliged to participate in some thing which could be perceived in the shallow minds of some to glori fy war we sincerely hope this was an oversight and not a planned avoid ance because truthfully the peo ple who should have been in that parade helping to organize to build floats play music and carry the flags are the young people of this town many of them would not be here and this community would be a very different place if it were not for the people who contributed to the canadian war effort in 2045 on the 100th anniversary of ve day when there is no one who saw the war firsthand left alive will anyone of todays gener ation remember will the students of today then seniors themselves take time to hold a parade like this not likely it may be that the hardfought lessons we learned from two world wars will be lost on the next gener ation lets hope not the invisibil ity of the schools will not foster remembrance that much is true however organizers can take heart your efforts did not go unno ticed stouffville tribune jiatft 6244 main st stouffville ont l4a1e2 905 6402100 905 6492292 fax 905 6405477 publisher patricia pappas general managereditor andrew mair editorinchief jo ann stevenson director of advertising debra weller retail manager mike rogerson distribution manager barry j goodyear administration vivian oneil operations manager pamela nichols questions news andrew mair editor joan ransberry mike ruta roger belgrave reporters sjoerd witteveen steve somerville photographry retail advertising joan marshman doreen deacon classified doreen deacon real estate joan marshman distribution arlene maddock the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distri bution group of community newspapers which includes ajax pickering news advertiser auroranewmarket era ban ner bame advance brampton guardian burlington post cityparent collingwood connection etobiooke guardian george town independentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton canadian champion mississauga news north york mirror oakville beaver orillia today oshawawhitbyclarington this week northumberland news peterbor ough this week richmond hillthorn- hillvaughan liberal scarborough mirror todays seniors uxbridge tribune contents cannot be reprinted without written permission from the publisher how i see the election so far while the upcoming provincial election isnt exactly the talk of the town heres how i see it liberal is the party to beat bob rae is the leader to beat and in durhamyork larry oconnor is the candi date to beat sorry tories youre show ing in my crystal ball but ydure out of focus while the progressive conservatives leader mike harris and local candidate julia munro will give it their best none will cross the finish line first while im tempted to say dont vote it only encour ages them reality suggests that elections are part of democracy heres how democracy works we vote after which we refuse to live with our choices and then we lie ive never met anyone who voted for joe clark or john turner although william lyon mackenzie king was prime minister of canada for about 25 years nobody voted for him either the person who said the one with the most votes wins didnt know much about elections in canada and the person who said the people are always right didnt know what he was talking about on occasion the public is wrong we were very wrong about joe clark eventually we woke up to recognize joe clark for what he is hes a man with a true passion for canada when the history books draft canadas 20th century statesmen list joe clarks name will be included im no election guru but i do dabble sometimes im dead on and sometimes im dead wrong heres how i summed up the last provincial election ontario set out to have a onenight stand and woke up married heres how i see election 95 the campaign is a sleep er it promises to be dull from a to z in the end the liberals will win off the record ransberry but the grits will not pull off a whopping majority ontario voters have neither the energy nor the faith to give any party a landslide ive worked in durham york for three months and ive yet to hear a bad word about larry oconnor the word on the street is larry oconnor may be a new democrat but hes a better than good mpp the question is will the voters follow the crowd and elect a liberal or will they buck the trend and hold on to an mpp whos worth re electing when it comes to leaders bob rae is the only one in sight mike harris reminds me of an amway distributor and lyn mcleod has no pizazz actually when it comes to picking leaders the new send us your letters to the editor the tribune welcomes your letters to the editor letters should be no more than 500 words in length and can be typed or neatly hand written your letters can be on any topic but the tribune reserves the right to edit for length libel grammar and spelling and good taste letters will not be returned unless requested of the editor due to space constraints not all letters may be published however we endeavor to print as many as possible within a time frame that maintains news value and topicality please send your letters to the editor 6244 main st stouffville ont l4a1e2 or you can fax your letters to 90s 6405477 democrats arent half bad with the likes of james s woodsworth tommy dou glas david lewis stephen lewis and ed broadbent the partys done well of course when talking leaders few could hold a candle to john diefenbaker with diefthechief the tories were in fine form my favorite tbry leader was premier john robarts simply put john robarts was a man of style there are leaders and then there are leaders its been said before and deserves to be said again oh for the grace of pierre trudeau goes god some loved him some hated him on thing is cer tain nobody laughed at pierre trudeau im lucky i dont have to think when i vote when it comes to making political choices im not at all fair minded im a lib eral and i cant do a thing about my grandmother makes me do it the womans been dead for 26 years and im still afraid of her if i voted any way but grit grandma wouldnt roll over in her grave instead shed crawl out of it grab me by the scruff of the neck and box my ears it isnt easy being a liber al ive held my nose and voted liberal held my breath and voted liberal and cried and voted liberal once i turned up at the polls and pretended i was dead drunk i figured if any one peaked and saw that i voted liberal theyd blame it on the drink an oldie but a goodie in todays youth culture celebrating ones imminent dotage is no picnic thus it was a delightful surprise to come across a british magazine called the oldie the opening salvo from the editor him self no spring chicken set the tone nicely one of the inevitable hazards of employing elderly contrib utors is that they are likely to die i bet that sort of lan guage wouldnt make it past the antiprejudice sensitivity censors lurking about in lobby groups across the land how long is it for example since you heard someone of advanc- ingyears described as old you can be a senior citi zen of mature years or a veteran of the university of life but you can never be old songs like darling i am growing old silver threads among the gold are just not appropriate the oldie appears to be blithely unaware of all this however a regular feature is entitled the old uns diary in a magazine quiz delicately dubbed obituary game readers are invited to match recently deceased individu als with their late job descriptions a photo spread chronicles the oldies of the year awards luncheon with a bunch of chronologically gifted citizens tucking into their food and wine with geriatric gusto this years prize went to spike milli- gan a seasoned reprobate and former member of the goons and a wonderful role model for those not wishing to go gentle into that good night the oldie is a perfect publication for those of us floundering about through middle age for one thing it makes you feel young and for another it makes you realize that old age can be a rewarding time of life you have given at the office years of living have kates corne i endowed you with at least a modicum of wisdom and you have earned the right to say more or less what you think because for young whippersnappers to attack your views would be blatant ageism but even in the oldie there is a generation gap which shows itself most plainly in the letters to the editor older oldies are shocked and appalled by the ghast ly manners of the younger generation people like mick jagger or racquel welch younger oldies of the vintage of say mick jagger or racquel welch wring their hands over all manner of perceived preju dice against the aged a regular profile column rejoices in the title still with us and the only downside is the ads which contain a slew of health aids and the promotion of ghastly events such as a 50 plus lifestyle exhibition which threatens readers with a marvellous opportunity to see all the very latest ideas and prod ucts available to the over 50s other people can be senior citizens but when my time comes i will be old and to avoid accusa tions of british bias in quoting extensively from the oldie to make my point i conclude this weeks diatribe with the wit and wisdom of north american ogden nash to the sociologist squea mish the words your old men shall dream dreams are less than beamish so your seniors citizens shall dream dreams it shall henceforth be along with hemingways the senior citizen and the sea 3