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Herdmamuvesm You an suppon Shannon's Dwain: - Go to mmanmn'mn and addyoutwppon. Puausmaa Ian Proudfoot 0(Zontactyour MPand PM‘loask their support for safe and proper schools [or all. Canada is a rich country. Children are our greatest “source. The wodd's fume our children. EVERY child is entitled «0 quality education. 'lhe lack of educational opportuni» ties anywhere in (inn-ch is a shame- ful situation. [marginal communities have been promised. then denied. change min and min. We have the power to nuke real Find out about Shannen. a youth to. and add you: support to Shannen's (imam. '(hecko‘nMolion M-57) thalwas pmbefiweParliamemhstfaJL 6290Mm$t SnlMIefi'LLM 167 mmmmnwn W'ibune IDVANNA a: "M SANDERS swunwus Emma m (but: Ikbom Krllr luuum Mung“ Rab"! Luau rim While you and I are sleeping off the Friday night befon: like a bad country song. they are on the pmwi. legally. officer. Like human raccmms, they are cruisin our cul-de-sacs before dawn, for signs of future life and mapping out their Satur- day morning befom your weekend papet hits the driveway. _1heyaregaragesalegeeks.m search of that Roger Miller eight- track to complete the boxed set or the 5' ~95 potyester pants Sea. stopped s ’ Aingout in “393 r Many @3er on gm 391?? like a drug, ing anothcrfiifiduo set or a Beta copy of Dirty Danrmg like the Middle East needs a mu conflict. And they admit to it as if they were on Celebrity Rehab They represent a subculture 01 urban Stouff’ville life known to few. (And judging by the (werflmn'ing pickup trucks that left our street Saturday, there an;- nominees for one of those hoarding shows among us. too. people. These folks don't need those cheap come-0m somv garage sale signmakers mon to, “Free beer" and "I lot dancing girls" were two of my favourites.) Still, believe me or not. I'm hem not to junk but to praise the garage; moving/yard/su'eet sale as 3 won derful social vehicle of our times. And not just to dig up din on your neighbour. (Bui. hey. whu wally knew they had a donkey in their side yard?) It's a place to gather and recon ncct with folks you haven't seen since your kids graduated from gain to school or playing orga- nizes sports. And. short of baking banana bmad. it's a prime opportunity m greet the new neighbours Maybe best of all. it's a (hanrc to skip the landfill and rm‘yclu stuff you haven‘t seen in ycam and see it used by somcom‘ » nfll‘n someone in need. Saturday morning’s addictive pursuit Iim Mason is editor of The Su In “(Him m. Plowman lath: Smart with lim Mason Off The TOp [nut 10-. M“fl1§l~h, Dunn-1mm Natal? Flru'hw Dunn». ()rmnor’as Barn am