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p 4tribune may 291996 4 st comment v i v art in park getting tremendous response the response has been overwhelm ing to date more than 200 artists have inquired about the tribunes art in the park set for this july in elgin park what a weekend we are expecting on july 20 and 21 uxbridge will be inundated with art lovers and artists from all across the province and some as far away as quebec there will be as many as 80 artists from uxbridge stouffville and markham which is a testament to the areas draw to skilled artists there will be dozens of musicians performing as well both on our stage and throughout the park patrons can expect to see sculp- ture paintings in all mediums shapes and sizes works in glass wood and steel and more obscure art forms like papermaking printmak- ing and even an animator will dis play his works the uxbridge camera club will be there so will the lemonville group of artists the oshawa art associa tion and many many more groups one highlight of the weekend will be the fine art auction led by gary hill local world champion auction eer as well artistjudy bear camp bell is putting together a fantastic childrens art area called kreative kids and the pineridge weekend on your calen- chorus will present a tea dars the proceeds from in the park both saturday the event will go to a very and sunday worthy cause the cottage be sure to mark this hospital the tribune wishes to thank all groups who have volunteered to help out and to the artists for signing on now if only the weather will hold out stouffville iribune 6244 main st stouffville ont l4a1e2 905 6402100 905 6492292 classified 905 6402874 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 harry j goodyear administration vivian oneil operations mgr pamela nichols questions news andrew mair editor joan kaasberry julie caspersen mike adler reporters sjoerd 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without written permission from the publisher e3h3 grads not caught up in superficiality of past generation the seniors had their annu al blowout this week it was time for the students in their final months of study at the high school to celebrate this threshold of adulthood by doing some childlike things among other things the local students decided to pull an allnighter at an amuse ment park acting like kids one last time before theyre expected to act like adults for the rest of their lives and why not goof off coming of age or surviving the rites of passage doesnt happen every day nor is it as easy as it should be because these days becoming an adult doesnt automatically guar antee a job nor troublefree human relationships nor all of lifes amenities it was very different when we were their age for some of us back then a senior matriculation was enough to get a permanent maybe lifetime job a uni versity education was consid ered a bonus and generally ensured a professional career back then some of us inher ited family businesses or family farms and learned to prosper in the footsteps of our parents for most young peo ple today however those advantages are gone that doesnt mean our gen eration of grads didnt party we did but even senior proms were different then when i graduated prom barris beat t e d b a r night was more than a cele bration of adulthood it was a statement and unless you had every detail in hand well in advance including rented tuxes corsages borrowed or rented cars not tomention the right date you were con sidered something less than a success back then proms were status symbols thankfully this years crop of grads at least my daugh ter and friends dont appear to be caught up in the super ficiality we were their prom while antici pated is not a competition its less a statement than a celebration in fact she and her friends arent going as couples but as a group there hasn been the six-month- long campaign and search for gowns and tuxedos there arent the trappings we let get in the way of having a good time so i say let them have their allnighter of behaving like kids and let them enjoy a prom night unencumbered by status and pomp because from here on in lifes harsh realities will force them to grow up far too quickly in todays adult world there wont be nearly the time to smile and celebrate mile stones that there should be despite the evidence parents mean well the trouble with the kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat ogden nash that principle also applies to babies who eventually become teenagers who in turn become irrational parents who forget they were young once them selves if youre having prob lems with your parents kid dies read on inept parents do ept ones even exist come in many guis es theres the authoritarian type an increasingly rare phe nomenon these days thanks to empowerment for everyone except boring old middle aged parents a typical example of the genre thinks you owe him i use the pronoun advisedly a modicum of gratitude just for supplying a couple of decades of shelter clothing and suste nance not to mention the equivalent of the national debt for your education this type goes ballistic just because you havent cleaned your room for two or three years rendering it a veritable museum of unidentifiable ante diluvian foodstuffs which have mysteriously accumulated under your- bed and in various dark dusty corners where not even the keenest neat freak parent would boldly go v you could try combatting this parents attitude by muttering i didnt ask to be born but be prepared for a long boring lec ture in which most of the senti ments are prefaced by when i was your age then theres the trendoid who keeps abreast of all the lat est music movies and clothing and hangs out with you when your friends come round despite your best efforts to per suade her to leave she considers herself cool and shock proofand the only way to get back at her is to announce your intention of becoming a kates v corner kate cpi i dercta i e jank manager or a chartered accountant equally excruciating is the hearty type who tells appalling jokes and insists on snowing your girlfriendboyfriend pic tures of you as a small child sitting stark naked on a beach with chocolate ice cream drib bling down your chin if despite this your date cares deeply enough for you to hang around this parent will gleefully continue to under mine your relationship by showing the unabridged ver sion of your formative years on video complete with bad hair days fluorescent clothing and a slew of embarrassing moments of which you are the chief insti gator parents even good ones tend to sit about a lot complaining about how tough it is to raise kids today they tell you how they used to have their mouth washed out with soap for using bad language and you find yourself wishing youd taped the unambiguous sentiments expressed by your daddy the last time someone cut him off on the 404 despite overwhelming evi dence to the contrary your par ents mean well thinking they know whats best for you is sim ply a side effect of growing old be patient with them and with the passing of time you may even find yourself echoing the words of mark twain when i was a boy of 14 my father was so ignorant i could hardly stand to have the old man around but when i got to be 21 1 was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years