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Like so many other things in this world, my sons prefer to go to the chain or franchise type barbershops you see around these days Which are fine. I go there, too. The ladies who cut hair there are great and the price is right. in this world, my sons prefer to go to the chain or franchise type barbershops you see around these days Which are fine. I go there, too. The ladies who cut hair there are great and the price is right. Still, I sometimes feel like they are missing out on the experience of having a man, as in a male bar- ber, cut their hair. There are fewer and fewer of these gentlemen around, and it’s a shame. They are a dying breed. It was a totally different experience. “A good barber is usually older, “I do?" he said, his lO-year-old eyes revealing that, “Dad, what they heck are you talking about" look they sometimes give off. Yes, you do, I said. This concept seemed totally for- eign to him. The nice ladies at the ' h ' ' ' able to cut his ut welling up in his 'once. What gives? Back in the day, you knew you were getting a good haircut when you had your head pushed forward, snapped back, shoved left, tossed right. Your eyes watered. “A good barber is usually older, with solid-looking forearms,” I told my. youngest just before New Year‘s, after his haircut at the hair- cut chain‘ which made him look sharp We went to the Tim's next door to celebrate the re-emergence of his ears “He may have sheared sheep in his youth baCk in the Old Country, which is exactly what you want. You don’t want someone pussyfoot- ing around, snipping here, clipping lET'I’ERS POLICY The Sun-Nbune welcomes your letters. All submissions must be less than 400 words and must Include I daytime t ne number. name and a teas. The Sun-THhme reserves the Mt to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity nndspuoa Going to barbershop, chain or not, still money well spent [M 87 Inuouomnxom was trying to explain to my son the other day, what makes a good barber and how hair- cuts relate to the economy. PINION lETTERS TO THE EDITOR BRAEDEN MCCONLLE 8K MORGAN HOPPER STOUFFVILLE INTERACTIVE MEDIA Marketing a Advertising (www.com Dawna Andrews EDITORIAL Editor lim Mason jmawnOyrmg.com there, sizing you up in mid-haircut like he's a bad sculptor with a big Canada Council giant. “You want someone who can take command,” I told my son. “You want that comb yanking at your hair, tugging it into the upright position, standing at attention, so when he takes the clippers to it he can chop it down like so many Christmas trees, snip, snip, snap. Timber! That's what you're paying him for. Or her for." And here he thought we were paying them to shorten his hair in a style that would not make him a laughing stock (unlike his father’s Gladys would have been proud Re: Day in Gladys' memory aids her charâ€" ities, Dec. 4. The Gladys Clarkson Memorial Day and fundraiser Dec. 7 raised $1,400. Donations were received from many businesses, individuals and organizations across the area Organizations benefitting from the event were Royal Canadian Legion Branch 459 and its ladies auxiliary, the Whitchurch- Stoufl'ville Strawberry Festival, 1 st Stoufiville Cubs and Scouts, Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum and the Silver Jubilee Club. Guests wrote thoughts and memories in Gladys’ Memory Book. A silent auction, guessing games and a draw was held. More ihan 100 family members were treated to a pre-Christmas dinner by Glad- ys' children. Everyone involved made it a wonderful day. Gladys would be proud. HAVE YOUR SAY Clasdfled Manager Bonnie Rondeau hmndmuOyrmg. mm deanymg.mm Anvmmsmc Retail Manager Dianne Mahoney SW-Tribune 6290MainSt. Smuflville, ON. MA 167 mWnoun PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot CAROL SCOTT S'I‘OUFFVILLE attempts to cut his hair when he was younger). Back when I was a kid, they made sure we knew they were shortening our hair via an all- out sensory experience. Rule 1: Always say you want it short. That way, everyone’s happy. Sayatrim and,well, then it’sajudg- ment call. You’re saying you don't know what you want. “Besides, you want a haircut that’s going to last, and if it’s going to last, well, mister, somebody's going to have to cut off some hair," I told him. “They’re not going to just ‘sculpt’ your hair so that it looks cut, but is just sort of propped up there, Special Events Manager Pam Burgas pburgrxtOyrmg. mm Pnonucnon Team Leader Sherry Day Bernie O’Neill Enrmn IN Cum Debora Kelly “And as any barber knows, that’s why you go HIGH over the ear. Any- thing less is inferiorrwoflgnanship. so that two weeks from now you'll need another visit “Granted it looks like Farmer Brown just drove a combine over your head. But by Day 3, which is the Day of Truth when it comes to haircuts, nice and high over the ears looks just right." ADVERTISING 905-640-2612 Classified: 1-800-743-3353 Fax: I told him that, nearer the end, afier he's made you look like James Bond or Brad Pitt or whatever. you want to solicit his opinion on any of the recent federal or provincial political boondoggles, the state of the Leafs, the mayor’s popular- ity, and how the barber’s kids or grandkids are doing. You can repeat some of this wisdom back at the oflice, or in his case, Grade 5, like it’s your own and your colleagues (or classmates) will comment on your remarkable insights. . “And if you say you don't want it blow dried, a good barber under- stands. He doesn’t force the issue. Your hair’s been cut, it's still a little bit wet, you’re going home now." 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Ten years from now you can go to a barbershop and read about Al Gore’s run for the presidency. They say in tough economic times, people tend to have their hair shorter. They can only theorize as to why. You want to look good at work. in case they’re deciding on who to lay ofl (as in lay off the slob with the messy hair)? You’re spending on fewer material things so you want the world around you to be looking good, and that includes looking in the mirror? Who knows? I just hope the at-home haircut doesn’t come back in style. ‘ Without real skill, you cut the kid’s hair a couple of times and he starts to look like he’s been combing his head with a weedâ€"whacker. Uncertain times or not, going to the barber is still money well spent. You REGION Plurde BobDean