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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), January 10, 1998, p. 4

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seer rf vvj p 4 weekender saturday january 10 1998 saturday january 10 1998 vol 14 no 2 the tribune is a member of the ontario press council tft ihe tribune opinions st send your letters to the editor to the address below prepare for winter it could be us the big freeze which has devastated montreal and eastern ontario could happen to us tonight this weekend or any time during the winter we take electricity so much for granted how prepared would our communities be for such a storm and lack of power yet it could happen any time this winter this disaster which so far has claimed 10 lives and caused as much damage as the manitoba floods last year should force us to ask some farreaching personal and collective questions on a personal level are we ready to cope with bad weather if we are commuters or are going on a long car trip are cars equipped with emergency kits blankets and snow tires could we withstand a day or two without power in our homes is the fireplace clean with a ready supply of wood are candles matches flashlights and batteries available for light on a com munity scale local politicians should ensure their towns are ready to cope with weather disasters which could become more fre quent in coming years more power lines should be buried under ground community disaster plans shouldbe dusted off and brought up to date on a provincial level ontario hydro our lawmakers and envi ronmentalists should work together to ensure we have a steady supply of safe power in the meantime anyone with generators to loan to desperate farmers frozen in the dark during this emer gency should call 416 3140538 as one montreal senior commented this week after all this is canada canadians must be prepared for winters worst and ready to help out in emergencies memory of malcolm still eggs wife on i believe in reincarnation ive had other lives i know i have clues first of all im exhausted carol siskind suppose there really is reincarna tion life after death what would you like to come back as not that youll be asked its a tough call if you choose to make a curtain call as another species you want to make sure you opt for something near the top of the food chain not much point coming back as a butterball turkey or a veal calf but even the lords of nature have their downsides african lions stand a pretty good chance of spending their declining years padding around in a cement zoo cage providing the poachers dont get them first majestic eagles look pretty good soaring across the azure skies but dont forget they have to live with fleas lice and large helpings of raw frequently aged fish its a hard decision you start out fantasizing about coming back as something dashing and romantic and superior then you pause for a moment and start adding up all of the drawbacks most of us do not malcolm basic black food bank appreciates towns generosity dear editor this letter is for the people of stouffville how can we thank you all for your terrific support of the whitchurchstouffville food bank especially over the past christmas season where do we begin thats the problem there were so many gen erous thoughtful people who gave of their time money gifts food and candies you name it we appreciated all the food donations from the school chil dren and their teachers the vari ous clubs in stouffville who sup port the food bank the many businesses church groups private donations anonymous donations coupons for christmas trees letters apples from a local farmer the list goes on on behalf of our clients and the volunteers who work at the food bank we appreciate your generos ity it makes our job so much eas ier and we want you to know we do appreciate you all h green on behalf of the executive of the wsfb ps one little girl wanted me to thank whoever gave her a gift at the food bank she said it was a game and it was really fun to play i said i would try and thank whoever arthur black eccles malcolm is or rather was a british bloke who never for a moment doubted what he wanted to be reincarnated as in his next life whats more he pulled it off malcolm passed away last febru ary after a complicated bout with bowel cancer but his friends hardly had time to grieve he was back in his brixton kitchen with his wife before the month was out actually malcolm now resides permanently on the kitchen window shelf in his old brixton home every morning before breakfast his widow brenda will pick hjm up bodily turn him completely upside down and plop him back on the shelf malcolm you see has come back as an egg timer or rather malcolms particulars have make that particu lates malcolm was cremated at his own request and his ashes were subse quently sealed in a glass egg timer carefully handcrafted to malcolms exacting specifications i cant boil a soft egg to save my life the widow brenda explains malcolm knew that and he suggest ed that after he passed on i should consider turning some of his ashes into an eggtimer that way he could help me and it would bea nice way of remembering him that mal colm he had a good sense of humour which he kept right to the end i guess he did quite a kidderthat malcolm clever too hes found a way to live forever or at least untij the cat knocks him off the shelf malcolms story reminds me of a couple of finlanders i knew back in thunder bay ontario- einar and charlie were brothers exlumber jacks who spent a lot of time sitting around the hoito restaurant drinking coffee swapping lies and arguing incessantly about religion einar was a strict lutheran but not char lie charlie was an atheist an unbe liever they would argue back and forth for hours einar would talk about the afterlife charlie would reply the finnish equivalent of we pass this way but once einar would turn beet red stomp his bush boots and shake a bony fin ger at charlie youll be sorry when you die einar would tell him sure enough one day charlie choked to death on a fish bone the night after his funeral einar awoke from a deep sleep to hear a familiar voice calling einar einar chchcharlie whispered einar in disbelief where are you youd never believe it einar- said the voice its beautiful heresoft green meadows lots of food and sex sex in the morning sex in the afternoon sex in the evening sex whenever i feel like it and by golly i feel like it all the time gosh so thats what heaven is ljke said einar who said anything about heaven cried charlie im a rabbit in aus tralia stouffville tribune weekender a metroland community patricia pappas publisher andrew mair editorinchief tracy kibble editor debra weller director of advertising mike rogerson retail advertising manager stacey allen classified manager- barry goodyear director of distribution vivian oneil business manager pamela nichols operations manager about us news 905 6402100 retail sales 905 6402100 classified 905 6402874 distribution -rvv- tv thetribistarca 62 14 main st stouffville ont i l4aie2 a the stouftville trlhunc pub lilihcd every tuesday thursday and 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