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stux f 111 always be his girl the cantel- att wireless summer when my father bruce stanley asked me to cover for him while he was vacationing with my stepmother susan and my two younger brothers in prince edward island i found myself feeling slightly nervous for years living with my father i observed the wildryfluctuating stress levels involved in a week in the life of a freelance journalist it was almost like living in a shoe comic strip now that he is responsible for three issues a week i can only imagine the extent of his panic mondays were bad enough but deadlines on wednesday and friday too however after giving the matter a little more thought i realized i had been handed the opportunity of a lifetime for as long as my dad has been writing this column mentions of me his 18yearold daughter have been frequent often embar rassing and sometimes tear jerking now that hes safely in pei its my turn to share a few embarrassing moments and maybe provoke a few tears i figure that a few extra deadline panics are worth it the first mention of me in this column occurred way back in the late 80s i was nine years old entering my first season as a little league baseball player and my everloving daddy was one of the coaches of the team he had practically pleaded with me to take ballet or jazz lessons like most other little girls but i refused i wanted to play baseball like my big brother my father described with heartfelt senti ment the image of his only little girl stepping up to bat he shared with his readers the anx iety that he experienced as he watched me swing and miss twice with an expression of utter concentration on my little face when i hit a bouncing single along the first base line he was ecstatic and gathered me in his arms for a big hug what he didnt mention vas that daddys little girl never played baseball again in fact from where i live marissa stapley she was quite happy to enroll in ballet and tap lessons the next year abandoning hopes of becoming the first girl in the major leagues all the extra time my coach spent with me after our games while all the other little girls were off having milk shakes with their dads was in vain i just wasnt cut out for baseball im not so sure my dad was cut out to be a coach either in the final inning of our league tourna ment ending what had not been a great sea son my dad made the strategic move of telling my team to go easy on our oppo nents since we were winning anyway he didnt want the other team to feel bad we all struck out and the umpire decided that since that inning had gone by so quickly we might as well have another one needless to say mine was the team that ended up feel ing bad yet i still have to admit that every time i read the daddys little girl steps up to bat column which hangs on my dads office wall along with a similar column about my older brother in a snowshoe race i get a little mistyeyed and for a time i think it was the fact that it was the last column for a long while in which i was mentioned at all favourably that made me a little sad you see i went through my terrible teenage phase and was no longer daddys sweet little girl im quite sure that i was his worst nightmare for three or four years i have told my dad many times that i hon estly dont think i was that horrible ill admit a great call for summer introducing the audiovox mvx 470 phone exclusively from cantel att includes handsfree ear piece added safety while driving extended battery life 140 minute talktime 30 number alpha memory display multifunction access key yoicemail access key audiovox mvx 470 just sign up on the cantel att 30 plan cantel att 30 plan day minutes included a e thereafter y 10c local evening weekend minutes 30 local weekday minutes included a 50 per minute thereafter y j n 95 a month hurry this exclusive offer ends soon gafcph llpra markham 4560 hwy 7 east markham west of kennedy 9055138448 richmond hill 10westpearcestbdg b richmond hill highway 7 leslie 9057317318 hillcrest mall 9350 yonge st unit 5 richmond hill 905 7704433 l oriarktt roaming dwrr crxj ckxije taw are s offer rek augui 31 iwrogorc cnl inc aim corp used wxv uotrw leasing and financing plans from hyundai credit canada limited time only based on new 1997 accent l 3dr msrp from 10995 1997 elantra gl sedan msrp from 13995 interest rate 7372 158188 per month for a 48 month walkaway lease total lease obligation of 75849024 oac and optional purchase price of 47537034 down payment or equivalent trade of 850 plus first monthly payment and security deposit 200250 required 20000 km mileage allowance per year applies additional km charge of 008 msrp for 1 997 accent l 3dr from 10995 msrp for 1997 elantra gl from 13995 all lease and purchase prices exclude freight license pds and taxes markham noni div markham mm aksitd the new hyundai driving is believing 5829 highway 7 east 9054725525