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st the triborvte wednesdaydecember31 1997 p 2 youthful new years wishes by joan ransberry if the children ofwhitchurch- stouffville get their way 1998 will be a very good year the question is as we step onto the threshold of the new century whats in store for us for the answer the tribune went to its best source our children grade 1 students at ballantrae public school have a lot in com mon they re smart they re chat ty they attend the best school in all the world and they re all six years old christine mow d e r hopes nobody in stouffville runs out of food next year and we need snow she added but this snow alannah tasikas christine mowder request does not apply to the entire country we dont want snow in montre al said christine ward 2 councillor mark car roll is being put on notice put the wheels in motion to fix a certain street in mus- s e 1 m a n s lake alahnah tasikas lives on hillsdale drive and shes not impressed its all bumpy people have to go so slow everyones mad she said theres a special guy in alan- nahs life i want him to be very happy of course the special man is daddy his name is albert and i love him said alannah weve just learned that grade 1 teacher barb crowder is a very fortu nate individ ual she doesnt need anything said adam connor adam on the other hand has adam connor bailey ruth connor n ii -4- w wis is s i m-iirn- i sir 1 nn richard mi davies high needs id like a million dol lars and a new pair of skates he said bailey ruth cotter has a safety tip for 98 and here it is look both ways and listen even the big people bailey is adamant she wants grade 1 teacher anne neuman to remember that her baby brothers name is john david hawthorn dale taylor having a fivename brother is quite nice said bai ley apparently the office is a bit of a puzzle at the ballantrae school principal katherine k o b e 1 s k i spends a lot of time there but we dont know what she does said bailey richard m i c ha e 1 davies would simply like bal- lantraes teachers to stop being teachers they can come to school but they should be them selves he explained and richard insists that everyone know this my birth days jan 21 according to b r en don alexander m ckenzie the hamlet of ballantrae could use some elbow grease and a shot of iron ballantrae needs to clean up and it gets tired said brendon ontarios education minister dave johnson should stop fight ing with the teachers roll up his sleeves and overhaul the grade 1 curriculum i want to learn to be a race car driver now said bren don while johnsons at it he could throw some money at adult education brendon wants his father to go back to school and learn to be a policeman kindergarten students at sum mitview public school have struck an impressive wish list brendon mackenzie tyler barber the school needs more books the town needs more hills moth ers need to learn to drive snow mobiles of course the kids are quick to tell us more love is always needed tyler bar- bersmommy is about to master the snowmobile and mommy had a great teacher my grandma taught my mom how to skidoo it shes good shes real ly good said tyler theres a serious hill shortage in stouffville claims tyler we need small hills medium hills and real hills he said kindergarten teacher jan is sanford neednt embark on a career change in the new year i think she likes teaching said tyler we dont know what she does when she goes home i dont have anything to do with her family apparently theres a special orange bucket at summitview and victoria lee sykes is keep ing her eye on it i want it filled with little mermaid books if local business improvement area bia chair sandra stronach is scouting for an ambassador for the bia her search is over victoria fits the bill id like more trees and more cars and more shopping downtown said victoria whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmcrson needs to review his skills in the new year if victoria had her way a mayor would have the fol lowing cre- 17 victoria lee dentials he sykes should know how to fix water pipes he should be a janitor that way he could fix the toilets and his socks shouldnt ever be dirty said victoria unfortunately drew staplcy 5 will not be sharing his wishes for 98 i wont tell if you tell it wont come true said drew drew has however made a new years prediction no doubt it will come as a surprise for his drew stapley ted taylor teacher sometime in 98 teacher janis sanford will give birth to twins if theyre boys well name them john and michael for girls the names are lee and rachael she cant have a boy and a girl edward ted taylor wants everyone at jiis house to love him i want my sister to stop telling me to get lost said ted as well ted hopes his mother continues to do well at work she sells money said ted make no mistake ted is civic mind ed stouf- fvilles parks need fixing and the slides are no good and theres mud every where not to despair ted has the solution for the mud problem bring in sand from coboconk drew victoria tyler and ted all agree school custodian peter boudew is a hard worker and a nice chap he knows what hes doing said victoria however at some point in 98 summitview principal wally robinson could consider a trip to the hair stylist hes got this hair i dont understand it said ted according to the grade i kids at orchard park public school stouffville could use flash attack shoes watch dog dads artistic mothers tiny presents smoother parks and lots and lots of snow and this country needs to laugh its head off jennifer carter 6 said her teacher veronika klemt deserves a very little very small very teeny present that cost 175 jen n i fer meanwhile expects her father to keep up his old work habits throughout the new year sometimes jennifer carter ivan evonic the people at daddys work do really silly things daddy tells the boss all about it said jen nifer ivan evonic is emphatic the mayor isnt the boss of the town my family makes the town said ivan furthermore when walk ing the streets of stouffville ivan has noticed a real problem theres not enough people wearing flash attacks he said laughter is indeed the best medicine for whatever ails our beloved country so says ivan canada people should laugh their heads off he said homeless people made the top of brenna arm- strong- ken ncdys list the homeless needs houses and when we give them keys to unlock the house doors locks better work said brenna armstrong kennedy those brenna we can expect jake niekraszewiczs mother to be discovered in 98 shes at art school said jake shes a sculpturing i think everyone will know her stouffville public works director paul whitehouse listen up heres a mes sage from jake stop plowing the snow jake has yet another bone to pick with the town where are all the bus dri vers happy new year from all of us at the tribune jakic niikraszkwk houston ford mercury bill houston ford mercury sales ltd 1 1 769 highway 48 stouffville 640454 1 on selected 1997 new or demo vehicles in stock up to 48 with joac as well as 00 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