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v mmmdmfflmm st saturday october 18 1997 vol 13 no 42 the tribune comment opinions send your letters to the editor to the address below c editorial make informed choice its a popular saying that people get the kind of government they deserve the next three weeks leading up to the municipal election nov 10 are crucial for residents who wish to make an informed choice for good government for the next three years theres no point complaining and criticizing elected repre sentatives after the election the time to find out what the candidates stand for is now you owe it to yourself and your neighbours to find out how candidates will deal with some of the major issues facing your community in the years ahead those years are going to be critical as this community is facing some serious changes huge issues such as the very future of york region the kind and pace of development in town and waste management will all have to be dealt with by the next council you will also have your own pet peeves or vital concerns which you should address to the candidates who have your future in their hands allcandidates meetings or debates are perfect opportuni ties to meet candidates you dont know or hear candidates you do know discuss the issues of concern to you if you pay little attention to your candidates and either vote the party line or for the name you like the sound of your towns in trouble however if you find out something about candidates and where they stand on issues of importance to you then youre a wellinformed voter who can make a good decision youll get good government for the next three years thwehaveto new highway m3 but does the transponder have to gokachin5 wkh1ng every kilometer a m r mkfr im strictly a meat and potatoes man i hate to cook i really hate doing dishes youd think those two aver sions would make me a dedicated restaurant fancier but nope i hate restaurants too well i dont hate them exactly its just that for me the dining out experi ence usually makes me wish id stayed home with a peanut butter and jam sandwich watching madame benoit and taking notes first you have the restaurant names do they have to be so pretentious a name like swiss chalet conjures up visions of heidistyle milkmaidwait resses decked out in dirndls and pig tails backed up by bearded guys in leather shorts blowing into 20foot horns but what do you get at swiss chalet a joint that serves passable chicken in a basket in an atmosphere redolent of an airport terminal its not just the swiss there are ital ian trattorias and greek tabernas and french cafes and spanish casas or the very worst places basic black comments about library technicians unfair dear editor referring to the letter from me gibson comments and opinions tribune oct 9 concerning teach erlibrarians and librarian techni cians i am of the opinion that the writer has been unfair with the com ments about librarian technicians during the 1 970s i was employed parttime by the york region board of education to set up a small library at markville public school not having had any training as a librarian or with the dewey sys tem of categorizing books i made the effort to learn how to do this after a couple of years i was asked if i would carry on with the same work at bayview fairways p s in thornhill this i did from 1 974- 1 976 and 1 977- 1 979 working parttime with teachers and parents in addition i was instrumental in teaching english to a family of five children from lebanon grades 1- 6 i also helped with reading pro- letters grams for slow learners and with teachers helped set up projects in the library for use by students this left the teachers to do what they were supposed to do that is teach just because some library techni cians do not have a teachers certifi cate they are intelligent dedicated people which docs not make them any the less qualified by working in a school library thus fulfilling their duties both to the students and teachers a nonteaching librarian can de vote all of hisher time to the library as well as helping students on a onc- ononc basis in a library setting i personally feel that i with my socalled limited knowledge of library procedures did a good job if not why was i asked to carry on mrs ek dissettc stouffviile arthur black that go by the name of the guy who owns them salvatores chez pierre- luc bleh im still looking for the place with the winking neon sign that says meat and potatoes then there is the waiter problem i had just sat down at a table in a steak- house the other night when a guy in a white shirt comes up sits down across from me and with a big smile says hi my name is andy and ill be your server tonight well hi andy my names arthur but you can call me artie baby and this is sonya shes a belly dancer from latvia but shes got a phd in neurosurgery im in the international diamond business myself which means im licensed to carry a firearm in public as a matter of fact ive got a 44 colt python under the table aimed at your groin even as we speak now do you think you could bring us a couple of menus andy old pal thats what i wish id said being canadian i just mumbled something incoherent and played with my water glass but it put me off my feed which brings us to the bill how the hell arc you supposed to calculate a 15 per cent tip of a sum while making sure the grccdhcad government does nt get any more than the 1 5 percent its already skimmed off the top if i wanted to spend the evening doing math id have stayed home and worked on my income tax return still weve got it easy here in cana da if i ever get to hungary theres a restaurant in budapest that i intend to avoid its called the dreher halaszcsarda a couple of danish tourists decided to take their dates there one evening after a soso dinner and a couple of drinks they called for the bill the waiter gave it to them when they broke it down it came to four steak dinners 1279 four cognacs 460 round of drinks for musical trio 4448 with taxes the total came to 8300 and ahem that would be in us dollars of course those are our night prices the restaurant manager asserted breezily he explained that the dreher halaszc sarda has a policy of multiplying list ed prices by a factor of 1 0 after 7pm especially one suspects when the customers happen to be gulliblelook ing tourists reminds me of the story about a giant panda walking into a restaurant he orders a huge fivecourse meal scoffs it all down and calls for the cheque the waiter brings the cheque at which point the giant panda hauls out a handgun and shoots the waiter as the giant panda saunters out the door the maitred rushes up and says what did you do that for the panda says hey man im a panda look it up the panda leaves the restaurant the maitred calls for an encyclopedia and searches under p when he gets to panda he finds a large furry asian mammal that cats shoots and leaves stouffville tribune weekender a metrolanucommunity v newspaper patricia pappas publisher andrew mair editor- in ch 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