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pspweekendefvnovemberd 1996 stux opinion take a moment monday to say thank you monday is remembrance day something we should all be very aware of i heard on the radio earlier this week that there are less than 2000 first world war veterans still alive in cana da what that number excludes is the thousands who died during that first of two wars to end all wars in some of the most horrific battles the world had ever seen i wonder what it will be like when there are no sur vivors of that war still living will we simply forget it ever happened and let it fade into an obscure memory viewpoint alan shackleton like the boer war to do such a thing would be a tragedy and a terrible mis take its important not to glorify war most who have fought in one want people to remember what they were like in order to avoid anoth er remembrance day is not a celebration of fighting but what it should be from the citizens of this country is a thank you to those who sac rificed for our freedom here are some facts to remember when 11 am comes around on monday according to the royal canadian legion 66573 canadians died and 138166 were wounded in the first world war the number of canadian soldiers killed in that war was more than 10 per cent of our entire armed forces in the second world war 44927 canadian soldiers were killed along with another 1146 merchant sea men and 53145 were taken prisoner in the korean war 516 canadians died and 1558 were wounded surely it is not asking too much for people to spend a few moments one day a year recognizing those who gave so much too often we take what we have in this country for granted our freedoms are precious things and we need only look at many other countries in the world to realize how lucky we are a moment to say thank you on monday morning would be in order the tribune weekender edition a metroland community newspaper patriciapappas publisher jo ann stevenson editorinchief andrew mair general managereditor debraweller director of advertising 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permission from the publisher permit 11247 the weekender is a member of the ontario press council eh3ii the powder rooms a forum dont you just love to ponder the great mysteries like womens washrooms what the hell are women doing in those washrooms heres a scenario chum you and your lady are out for dinner at a restaurant with another couple lets say theyre good friends of yours the food is fine the service is dandy the conversation around the table sparkles and shines after dessert the cof fee is served and inevitably one of the two women at the table excuses herself to visit the powder room and immediately immediately the other woman rises saying til come with you and off they go together to the wash room lb the male mind it is an utter baffle ment the very last thing a man wants to do is to share the bathroom experience with anyone much less another male we guys are all business in there in and out no lollygagging the chat if any is basic black arthur black editors mail wwl researcher seeks local information to the editor last year in this week of remembrance day i asked your readers especially those who are long time res idents for their help with a project at markham dis trict high school concerning students of the school who served in world war one and appeared on our 1916 honour roll as a result i got several responses which enabled me to add to the existing information obtained from the honour roll and from the national archives in ottawa this has been collated and is now deposited in the markham museum with a copy at mdhs since then i have been researching several more names of mdhs students and would like once again to ask for anyone who has information to contact me the men are herbert bilbrough matthew rae eddie sanderson henry lawrence major and victor frederick gamble i would also be interested to hear from anyone who had a relative at mdhs just before world war one that might have served in the armed forces in addition i am trying to locate the medals of max reesor and james campbell baird both of whom were awarded the military medal for bravery in the field in 1918 if you have any information about any of the above items please contact me at markham district high school 2941886 david harris teacher mdhs we welcome your opinion please make this opinion page your own this is your community newspaper your views belong on this page write fax or drop off your letters our address and fax numbers are on the masthead on this page kept to an absolute mini mum and is con fined to the shallow end of the conversa tional pool you see that football game last night brutal thats an articulate conversation for a male washroom actually guys get uncomfortable and vaguely suspicious anytime discourseattheurinals gets beyond primal grunts or manly chuckles women as has been noted in other contexts are differ ent and thanks to a canadian filmmaker named ann kennard we menfolk are beginning to realize just how different the national film board recently released a documen tary by ms kennard entitled the powder room to make that documentary she spent two years in womens washrooms around the world with her microphones open and her cameras running now if you tried that in a mens washroom the clientele would have kept everything zipped up including their lips but in the powder room the women waiting to use the cubicles dribble like leaky faucets they talk about everything the pain of childbirth the hell of dieting the knuckleheadedness of their men and they do it spontaneously without a shred of self- consciousness kennard hits a real crosssection there are aging jew ish yentas discussing bygone loves and goofy gangs of teenage girls taking a break from a high school prom kennard takes us through the hallowed portals marked women on several continents and through various cul tures we visit a honkytonk toilet in west texas a trendy loo in a manhattan night club a graffitipocked washroom in a toronto high school and a swanky sauna in suburban copenhagen and we learn that women god bless em have turned a humdrum slightly uncomfortable biological ritual into a meaningful opportunity to connect with other women but the irony is men are to thank for it male architects to be precisetheyre the ones respon sible for putting in too few stalls says kennard thus making for long lineups and much talk its tough to admit but i have to say that as a man i feel jealous i realize after seeing kennards film that women have managed to turn their powder room into a forum thanks to macho stupidity male washrooms will never follow suit youll never see mens rest rooms become a meeting ground of peers or should that be peeers