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4 atillwlh stux cas cant do the job of child protection alone parents usually repeat the childrearing practices of their own parents the good and the not so good is absorbed by future generations books and courses on par enting can help break harmful parenting habits but most of us arent even aware that new parenting skills can be learned one mother of two outstand ing teenagers said she reviewed her own childhood and decided that she would not resort to humiliation although she remembered being hauled up on her three- yearold feet and scolded and spanked hi public she made a conscious decision to treat and teach her children with respeck viewpoint jo ann stevenson most of us muddle through parenting doing the best we can others arent coping at all the childrens aid society struggles in court this week following the death of shanay johnson who was released to the care of her mother the agency in the role of child protector is stretched to its limits budget changes and increased violence within fam ilies are factors cas focuses the funding and the expertise of foster parents protection workers support staff and childcare workers on the dysfunctional family with their expertise cas could develop training videos and seminars for the general public and supplement its income as a society we need to break the cycle of poor parent ing childcare workers visit the group homes and foster homes where children are placed while their parents get then- act together or can convince the cas theyve done so a few children are freed by the courts to be adopted but too many are bumped from foster home to foster home while the parents have scheduled visits having worked for the cas many years ago it seemed then as it does today that the agency cant do much more than offer bandaids we have serious ills in this society that are healed only when the entire community makes all children a priority intensive parenting social skills selfesteem training and eventual job training should be well designed read ily available and mandatory such programs are first to be cut if indeed they even exist at present our goal as a community should be to put cas out of work theyd be the first to agree the tribune weekender edition a hetroland community newspaper patricia pappas publisher jo ann stevenson editorinchief andrew maffi general managereditor debraweixer director of advertising barky goodyear director of distribution vivian otdol business manager pamela nichols operations manager stovf all enquiries 905 6402100 fax 905 6405477 6244 main st stouffviue ont uxbripge all enquiries 905 8529741 fax 905 8524355 88 brock st w uxbridge ont the tribune published every wednesday and satur day is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of community newspapers which includes ajax pickering news advertiser alliston her ald barrie advance brampton guardian burlington post cityparent collingwoodwasaga beach connec tion east york mirror etobicoke guardian george 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sad thought if id known i was going to live this long why did i go to all those parties eat all that junk food do all those drugs drink all that booze smoke all those cigarettes theres an old story about a circus strong man known around the world for his ability to lift incredible weights off the ground a newspaper reporter asked him how he came to be so editors mail biblical quote must include message of hope dear editor i am responding to nk ellis letter dated april 12 entitled new millennium prophecy calling for global disaster although i accept wholeheartedly the text quoted from revelation and the scriptures i fail to see the relevancy if not brought with the message of hope that goes before it we live in a time of unchurched generations knowing little of gods acceptance and mercy we have tried so many things to fill the void a voice of encouragement is what is needed now the church has been given authority to heal the brokenhearted and proclaim liberty to the captives christ commissioned us to do this in matt 2820 teaching them to obey everything i have commanded you abandonment anger aggression and abuse abound because people need to hear that god loves them first we all yearn to be loved for who we are and receive healing in our souls but god doesnt forget the promises he made only he can touch our deepest shame give us hope to live again and then call us each by name he can find the homeless ones call them daughters and sons then he says the words well done he can make our sorrows cease then fill our hearts with perfect peace only he can set the spirit free and so he comes and wraps his strong arms around us this is our peace be encouraged jeanette laird uxbridge mighty the strongman explained that hed been raised on a cattle farm one day in his youth as he was carrying a new born calf to its mother it occurred to him that it wouldnt be too long before that little calf would be too heavy to lift unless unless he made a practice of lifting the calf each and every day he did and thats how he came to be a circus strong man or so the story goes im not too interested in running off to join the circus but i admire the mans determination and it occurs to me that if i had just touched my toes a half dozen times or done a few deep knee bends every time that guy picked up his calf id see a hel luva lot svelter silhouette each time i looked in the bathroom mirror ah well too late for that but i regret my sedentary ways every now and then for instance every time i think of everett w hosack hosack is a track and field champ let me quote one of his reviews hosack brilliant young hur dler will uphold the standard in the obstacle races this ath lete has blossomed out into a formidable hurdle hopper what you need to know to put that review in perspective is that it appeared in the gainesville florida daily sun of may 2 1924 what you also need to know is that everett w hosack is still competing and setting world records at the age of 95 this spring hosack traveled to birmingham england to the european indoor veterans ath letics championships where he set a world record for the long jump in his age category it must be added and since he was the only entrant in the 95 to 99 years age bracket his triumph basic black arthur black was a bit of a foregone conclu sion but everett hosack has no illusions about his win the only reason i am excelling now he says is that i have outlived all my competitors still would you at your age like to get up in front of a stadi um full of spectators and try your luck at the long jump everett hosack jumped six feet eight inches and hes 95 its been a busy year for hosack he also set world records at the kent state indoor masters meet in ohio and the masters indoor championships in gainsboro north carolina then there was his triumph at the north coast masters indoor championships and the cleve land classics masters meet nothing to compare of course with hosacks achievement at the world championships in japan where he carved a phe nomenal 21 seconds off the world record for 400 metres mind you that was back in 1993 hosack was only 91 then i managed to catch up with everett hosack between track meets last month i asked him if he had any advice for a pudgy out of shape over the hill guy about half his age should i take up weight training join a gym start jogging not really he said i used to preach vigorous exercise for all but now i believe that you should just do what makes you happy it makes me happy to compete and it makes me happy hot to thank you everett w hosack i feel fitter already