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LET'S HEAR FROM YOU WHI'I’GlURGlâ€"STOUFFVILLE Whitdrurch-Smuflville This Month believes your opinions are important, and encour- ages you to voice your comments or concerns in a Letter To The Editor. We accept all let- ters, but only publish letters whidi have been signed. We request you include a phone number (not to be published) for verification of the letter writer. While Whitchurdi- Stouffville This Month reserves theJ'ight to edit letters, due to content or length, in most cases letters will be published as written. Fax your letters to: 905-642-2368, or eâ€"mail to: withwrinldethotmaiILom or mail to WSlM, Kate Gllderdale, 6111 Main St... Stoul'lville, Ont, L4A 3R4 Whitdrurch-Stouffville This Month is on the web. Loolt for us each month at: wwwstouffvilleonlinexom FEBRUARY 2004 Optometrists . 6085 Maln St. . 905 542-3937 Kirby Ross 'Shine' Davis earned his nickname as a teenager, when he was employed to clean the 'glass and shine the brass of a local store front Born and educated in the com- munity, he enlisted in the services when war was declared in 1914. On his return he worked with Frank Rae for many years before open- ing a tobacco shoE of his own. He is seen ere on Main St. with Flossie Foster. Hlstorlc photo submltted counesy of Whltchurch- Stouflvllle Museum MOLLER INSURANCE Home fir Auto 905-642-2745 64 Sandlfofd Drive, Unit 1, STOUFFVILLE Besides, by the time I've included all the requisite health warnings and exhorta- tions for moderation in all things, including moderation. the space left over for my rev- olutionary new manifesto for living will be mercifully miniscule. And in the likely event I fall off the appropriate lifestyle wagon, ill take comfort from the words of Redd Foxx‘ "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday. lying in hospital dying of nothing." Writing a self-help book. on the other hand. has been known to catapult even the most unlikely individuals to fame and fortune. And while the ability to write seems of scant concern to the purveyors of self-improvement, the combination of a noble com- ponent with something that has previously been frowned upon by the healthy lifestyle community [exercise versus steak or beer. for example) has at least a sporting chance of success among the hopelessly slothful. After all, Atkins broke the bonds of conventional wisdom with his diet. although sadly the good doctor's untimely death prevented him from enjoying the full fruits. not to mention high protein treats. of his stellar success. And let's face it. when you get to my age opportunities for making the odd million or two are severely limited. particu- larly since the Enron debacle and the martyrdom of Martha. A woman standing near us overheard my remark about beverages. "Surely you shouldn't drink beer when you‘re in an exercise program." she said. I explained that l was thinking of marketing a new diet and exercise regimen, tentatively entitled Bop and Beer. As I tried to overcome my lifelong aversion to all forms of physical exertion, I took heart from the fact that my pal had not gone completely over the clean living edge and was still ingesting beer. While I was at the gym, recovering from my own workout, I mentioned this uplifting fact to my daughter. whose support during my late midâ€"life crisis has been outstanding and without whom I'd still be curled up in a chair every night of the' week. Sigh. Last- time I saw her. she was looking more svelte and stunning than ever. "You look great. how do you manage it?" I asked. unwisely as it transpired. "l was lying in bed one night, when I felt something cold on my thigh," she explained, with a shudder "It was my stomach." So traumatic was the experience that she signed up at a gym the very next day and has been working out three times a week ever since. My conversion to a less sedentary existence, however. has nothing to do with end- less nagging in the media on the dreary topic of ‘appropriate lifestyle choices' â€".- a phrase whose author should be sentenced to 10 years on a treadmill, watching endâ€" less reality TV reruns in full view of a large crowd -â€" and everything to do with bra strap overhang. To add to my woes. one of my closest friends, who long ago swore she would rather die than iog. join a gym or swap her Creemore for Evian, has taken the pilates plunge. "I don't like exercise If God wanted me to bend over, he would have put dfa'monds on the floor," loan Rivers. Although I cannot find fault with Joan Rivers' admirable logic, I have finally been dragged. kicking and screaming, into participating in an exercise program. Of course. unlike most Hollywood divas. I can't afford to have lumpy bits of myself surgically removed when my clothes start to get snug, which is why I was obliged to resort to real- ly drastic measures. Exercising My Rights To Cure A Hangover - .1502 mi... m...=>n_n50._m-IU~SIUEI>? ‘la carte