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rrs a living staff photomike barrett admit it youve always wanted to do just what jeff stewart does drive the zamboni fred simpson talks to stewart about his rockandroll zamboni rides making the ice clean and nice by fred simpson staff writer its highly unlikely that jeff stewart real ized his future flashed before him the day he saw an icecleaning farm tractor lumber on to the ice at the oak ridges hockey rink in the early 1980s but it did he ended up driving a zamboni for a living im dating myself a bit said the 27- yearold stewart but i can remember see ing that tractor with its conditioner on the back a blade and a water tank to lay the water on the ice his comments came as he climbed aboard his 2000 tractor for a turn around the richmond hill elgin barrow arena where he has been employed for the last 13 years this tractor happens to be a top-of-the- lirie zamboni machine costing between 55000 and 60000 depending on the bells and whistles stewart has been driving a zamboni for probably nine or 10 years and finds it a piece of cake its like driving a car you just get used to it theres really nothing to it he says stewart who was born and raised in richmond hill recalls joining the staff of the richmond hill arena association right out of high school i was hired as just a helper he said scezamb0nipagel8 thursday jan 2000 economist sun stouffville tribune etcetera 17 where oh where are the apples in our shopping carts nowhere were stocking up on chunks of chocolate and sacks of salty chips give us junk bydawnliersch staff writer a juicy succulent apple may have been the downfall of adam and eve but for todays society a rich dark chocolate bar or salty sack of potato chips is the ultimate temptation after all few of us would drive for miles in sleet or snow just to bear fruit but some will do almost anything when the ser pents humpty dumpty or hershey are calling our names and its no surprise a website boasting favourite snack foods describes the tantalizing treats as sinfully sensuous when it comes to snacking the majority of canadians would rather reach for a bag of potato chips than something low in fat and more nutritious junking all the hoopla about healthy eating so prevalent today a recent national poll con ducted by the angus reid group revealed that of the 81 per cent of canadians who are snacking at least once a day 65 per cent are opting for junk foods that are high in fat and low in nutritional value there was a phase when the lower fat stuff was in but now people are returning to the old favourites confirmed dave verbakel the grocery manager with oak ridges food mart pointing out the top standbys include potato chips chocolate and cookies although food companies have tried to create lower fat ver sions of tempting treats such as ice cream cookies and chips verbakel stressed their notoriety has been shortlived the big sellers in snack food have pretty much remained the same the lowfat items just arent big sellers for instance when oreo came out with a lowerfat version of its famous milkdunking cookie sales of lowfat oreos topped those of the original cookie verbakel noted but when those sales tapered off as people dis covered they didnt quite taste the same oreo came out with a doublestuff cookie that is now a hot seller the big sellers in snack food have pretty much remained the same he said the companies try new things but discontinue whatever doesnt sell the lowfat items just arent big sellers keevin foskett the assistant manager of dominion plus on davis drive in newmarket said some people are trying out the growing number of organic treats in the stores new health and well ness section but regular potato chips chocolate and cookies remain the top snack selections according to a website called staff photorob alary lets talk trash the 10 most pop ular snacks include chocolate bars potato chips and pretzels cookies nonchocolate candy gum filled crackers nuts mints granola bars and crackers more than one billion bags of potato chips are sold annually in the us and americans consume more than three billion pounds of chocolate each year making it the most craved food in the world famous chocoholics range from napoleon bonaparte who snacked on creamy nuggets of chocolate to boost his strength during battle to supermodel see controlling page 18 mm year 2000 news from t0r0mark furnitur wra flgkttag high pricml the oldest merchant in markham and he still best for less ask our 1000s of happy mstg i iaiiiimlje scf as bvcsea is ill choice khjj winner