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p 4 the tribune tuesday december 9 1997 st tuesday december 9 1997 vol 109 no 81 the tribune comment send your letters to the editor to the address below editorial dangerous driving near schoolbuses inexcusable an innocent man and maybe a busload of children nearly died last week because of yet another example of road rage and aggressive speed it was an early morning accident on a busy main road in markharh but it happens on some street in every community almost every day a driver probably in a rush to get to work passed several cars on a curve and a school bus then hit another driver headon in the oncoming lane that innocent driver almostdied but amazingly is in fair condition in sunnybrook health science centre this week the other driver may face criminal charges when police have finished their investigation it would be comforting to believe this is an isolated incident but york regional policeand school bus companies say its far too com mon that drivers pass school buses illegally in fact that week they did a surprise safety blitz in markham and two other york region com munities and laid charges against a driver for passing a bus illegally the police put one officer on each bus they tracked with an unmarked car following them to witness driver infractions more surprise police blitzes are in the works for the afternoon bus runs which bus drivers report are especially bad for illegal actions from drivers in a big hurry to get home please remember while youre in such a rush to get home to your family children from many other families are in the buses you pass every day its a crime to pass in an unsafe manner under any circumstances but its even more heinous to jeopardize the lives of a busload of chil dren t tkeres got to be j some that work how not to dress for the office party few issues are more vital to world harmony than that of dressing cor rectly for the office party the gilderdale wardrobe is not what you would call extensive and party frocks particularly are in short supply truth to tell i have but one all- purpose festive outfit which i wore at last years junket and which i would happily have trotted out again in 1997 of late however the office walls have been plastered with photo graphic evidence of the 1996 bean- fest in which your correspondent never shy and retiring features with kates corner kate gilderdale distressing prominence there i am swanning around in the same silver pantsuit that took my nearest and dearest by storm on the night of malcolms birthday and in which i have been draped at every other posh event i have attended during the past year no one could accuse me or it of being inconspicuous partygoing has always been fraught with pitfalls especially for the young who are more suscepti ble to what other people think than battlescarred veterans such as myself and who among us has not shown up in completely the wrong thing at one time or another i have dressed up to the nines for luncheons to find my contempo raries clad in jeans and tshirts i have arrived in hippie mode to be greeted by fellow revellers in twin- sets and pearls on one infamous occasion my carefullyselected ensemble would building bridges in community dear editor open letter to councillor car rol ward 2 on behalf of the lions club of stouffville please accept our thanks for your public recognition of our allowing council the use of latcham hall for their monday letters night meetings meetings and consultation with mayor wayne emmerson accom panied by the good graces of the how about anorexic barbie dear editor i enjoyed andrew mairs recent column dec 4 realistic barbie could benefit society about the potential benefits of a realistic barbie and the suggestions for modern careers she could pursue i wonder whether theres a place for a reincarnation that might suffer the consequences of her flamboyant past how about bulimic or anorexic barbie possibly depressed suicidal or even abused barbie if mattel truly wants to update barbie they need to face up to the prob lems her old persona may have created yours sincerely phil smith silver jubilee club afforded us the opportunity to once again sup port our community your words of appreciation rein forced our decision to move our meetings your positive step in building bridges in our community initi ates three years of working together for the good of stouf fville hoping you will plan to join with us in our anniversary cele bration feb 28 1998 i remain yours in service thos e winters chair of membership and publicity lions club of stouffville have been perfect but for the fact that my sisterinlaw had been as smitten by it as i was and showed up wearing its identical twin when i was growing up there were hardandfast rules about what one could and could not wear on special occasions the problem with this approach was that i was obliged to spend my clothing allowance on dowdy dress es and duster coats as well as the skin tight jeans beloved of my gen eration rumour had it that the latter could be made even more formfitting if you got into the bath wearing them and allowed them to dry while you were still in them my attempts to prove this theory served only to make me unpleasant ly damp the jeans remained stub bornly the same size and i caught that nasty chill my mother was always warning me about but i digress the good thing about rules was you always turned up wearing something appropriate unless you were my brother who arrived at a cousins wedding wearing a sober grey suit and looking unnaturally smart from his head to his ankles while my mothers attention was elsewhere he had managed to slip on a pair of sandals because as he later explained they were a lot more comfortable than dress shoes my brother is not like other mor tals being immune to sartorial embarrassment but his little rebel lion went down like a lead balloon with our normally calm mother still he taught me the golden rule in dressing for success never wear brown sandals with a grey suit 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