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To the Editor: The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville's capital reseryes are getting "very thin". That was the caution given by the town treasurer to council towards the end of the capital budget meeting on Oct. 29, 2002. He suggested that some capital expendi- tures be financed instead from the work- ing capital reserves I have attended town budget commitâ€" tee meetings since the fall of I993, when they first became open to the public. According to the town's official audits for years. there have been high reserves. Until now, I do not recall a town treasurer cautioning council about depleted reserves. FAITH LIFE The town's operating budget meeting is to be held in January. Will council be faced not only with increased taxation for town :operating costs, but also with the Depleted capital reserves a concern pfésént to peoble. This stud Include the Interior movemeg people notice within their emotions, and mead near. Also,wewl We mdaodmuled Inaolndl . min-act”. ,du "Dunne the month of lanuary, we Will locus on the theme "Encounteflng the Splrlt of God We wlll explore (“mm prayer forms that Chrlstlans have in thelr lives that allow themto be aware of God We will then lnvestlgat'ei the diflerent ways that _God W 4 - "WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH" and spirituality. Duringthese nexttewweelrs, I hope we am cons'der these faith questions. Chrlstian and norrChristian alike. and allow ourselves time to think about theminsomedepth. Withofifastpaoe and busy culture, it is a challenge to find such opportunities, for we are pulled in many directions. Because of this stressful reality, l encourage you to seek a church community if you aren‘t already part of one. One purpou of church is to help people create opportunities to contemplate these spiritual questions, _ and in contemmating. discover some sense of God's presence and guidance in their Whenweenteranewyear. itisoftena time of reflection. a time when we outsider making New Year’s resolutions. Many resolutions arLse as we ponder omlifeandhowwearelivlngoutour core values. Seeing discrepancies. we shift priorities hoping to add more meaning and joy to our life. Some of us also look at the big pictureâ€"where we have come from and where we see mrselves going. Again. if we are not content with our cunent life direction. weoonsiderdiangesin ourlifewiththe goal of a more meaningful future. When we reflect about core values and life's purpose. we are really asking faith questions, questions that arise from our unclerstanding and experiences of God A MENNONITE mm mm " mi Pastor of Community Mennonite Church Gord Alton various ways we. as humans. fashion God in ourown image orwishes and the reasons for this. if you would like to participate in this discussion, please come. Reading materials can be requested by phone or email. Middle East Talk: On lanuary 24. 7:30 pm. our church has invited Peter Ginsburg. a Canadian who spent several years in israel. to speak on "Understanding the Middle East". Please loin us at Parkvlew Auditorium for an interesting evening certain to illuminate a complex situation Feedback? We’d love to hear your comments. Please contact us at: lustioe. This emphasis on the Holy Spirit will carry overrto February and March when we explore. in more detail, the different ways that God's spirit moves within us through transforming our character and blessing us with special gifts of ministry. Cum; Edge in map for "mom“: minke"): On lanuary l6, 8 p..,m Parkview Village Boardroom, we will be discussing the book, W911 W The author explores the transfonnatiofi. and acts of love and Please loin us if you are looking for a Christian community to help you deepen your experience and undetstandlng ofGod. Box 95028, 5892 Main Street Stoufivfllc, ON [AA 288 Development threatens need to levy extra taxes to build up the depleted capital reserves? Is this a wake-up call for town taxpayers to pay attention to the way tax dollars are beingspent? .Continued from page 4 next smail toWn... but why do their wishes overrule the aspirations of our residents? The lifestyle‘ of all the citizens of Stouffville is in ieopardy. We are asking that development be slowed down and carefully monitored before any irrepara- ble damage' IS done See us on ‘www.stouflvilleqnlinexdni; Sig Kusatz Concerned Citizen Stouffville Margaret L. May Stouffville She sniffs everything she takes out of the fridge - cold cuts. milk, fish, even if she bought it two hours ago. If she is even slightly suspicious, It goes down the garburator. We could feed Afghanistan with the stuff that gets At least weekly, the following converâ€" sation takes place. Her: "What's that smell?" Me: "What smell?" Her: "CAN'T YOU SMELL THAT?" At this point, I look around to see if the house is on fire or try to remember whether i ate any chili lately. Like most women, she can detect a spoiled peach in the house next door, or look in the fridge and know the cheese is one day past its expiration date Researchers at the University of Chicago conducted a study in which they asked 49 women to smell a single T-shirt. each worn by one of six men from diverse backgrounds. I'm not kidding. This is a research study? ' The results were reported in a publi- cation called Nature Genetics. It appears no one man emerged as the most pleas- ant smelling in the study._ Instead, the women favoured men who had immune system genes similar to their own. The analysis showed those genes had been inherited from the women's fathers. The other important point is that they did this study on women, not on men. That‘s because all the women I know are very sensitive to odours, whereas most men are not able to detect an aroma below the level of downwind from a pig farm. I expect this is due to evolution and, over the years, becoming accustomed to the smell of their athletic bag in the back seat of the car. It contains the still wet socks, iock strap and T-shirt from the last I4 times they played basketball, squash, hockey or ran away from the cops after a 88E, That's certainly the way it is at my house, anyway. All together now. ."I want a guy, just like the guy, who smells like dear old dad" i find this a bit hard to believe. since my wife picks up my dirty T-shirts and socks with a pair of tongs. It seems. according to recent research, that women sniff out their prospective mates. Apparently they pre- fer a man who smells like dear old dad. With 9.000 walk-in patrons and 1,800 online visitors each month, the library bout! In average monthly circulation of I I,000 items. ”The library volunteers again come through with help In support services and fundraislhg activities; the Book Sale Corllnittee raised $6.700Ifor nev! eguiprnent. mgteriai and programs." Ihe new library. which opened in doors Aug i4, 200i, has quickly become a focal point at the community “An Increase in the number of lntemet and CD ROM work sta s to a total of nine. created a whole new side to information access." noted ury CEO Marilyn Ferguson. "Nearly 50 percent of the residents of Whitchurch ifville are active users of the library. Library a growing concern It’s all in the genes (sniff, sniff) It has been my experience that women generally smell pretty good. Even the ones who pour on that Estee Lauder Youth Dew, which guarantees you can smell them 20 minutes before they arrive and an hour after they've left; a week, ifthey've been in your car. Men, on the other hand, generally tend to give off the odour of "Recently Cleaned Stable,” or "Old, Road Kill." Anyway, it seems the growing story is that genes influence our behaviour in a big way. According to a guy from the University of Utah. the immune system genes might be involved in choosing mates, friends and in identifying kin (although I don't know exactly how that last one works). But back to the story about women sniffing out possible mates according to their immune system genes. "Hi." (Sniff, sniff.) "You smell like you might be my cousin Clarence‘on my father's side." Maybe that's what Maggie. my springer spaniel. is actually doing when she greets another pooch on the greet. checking to see if they're related. tossed. I, however, would happily scarf down a wiener left over from the last Blue lays World Series game. And that's why there are no self-help books on How to Build a Bigger Beer Gut, Ten Steps to Frivolous Spending, or Nurturing the infidel Within. I already have all those instructions implanted in my genes. No longer do we need to look to Sigmund Freud but. rather, to Charles Darwin. his only about a couple of years ago. Feb. l2. 200l. to be precise, that the annodncement was made of the unravel- ling of the genome - thatis. the analysis of the genes of human chromosomes. It was expected the genetic impact of all sorts of diSeases would be figured out. like ,Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, asthma and various kinds of cancer. in our genes. I find that to be very encouraging. No longer do I have to defend myself asTo why I prefer ice cream to salad, Licorice All- Sorts to grapes, or Big Macs to Brbwn rice It's in my genes. But what we didn't expect was that lots of our behaviours would be located JANUARY 2003