4 weekender july 171993 aus numbers at right reforms to family support needed for kids sake sweeping reforms are planned for the family support plan in ontario the attorney generals office is consulting with groups which will be affected by proposed changes this summer to be sure there will be opposi tion to the proposals they require increased sharing of information by employers banks and various levels and departments of govern ment proposals include issuing temporary drivers licences and vehicle permits until support arrears payments are arranged requiring certain employers to viewpoint paula crowell report new hirings and rehirings to the family support plan permitting the plan to enter into agreements with provincial and federal governments crown corporations and private employ ers providing for online access to or computer matching with data banks which may contain current job status and address of payors in default requiring insurance companies to obtain a clearance certificate from the family support plan before paying out any life insur ance proceeds critics will argue the reforms will create a big brother climate which will intimidate payors who fail to pay because of circum stances beyond their control pay ors will say its not fair to gar nishee wages from temporary employment when theyre just try ing to get back on their feet finan cially theyll also argue that sup- 1993 toyota corollabest in class and for some of its greatest valoes no charge for overall quality the 1993 j d power associates us new car initial quality study ranks toyota corolla best in initial quality in its class repair mainte nance costs the caas 1992 annual autopinion publica tion used car performance award proves toyota corolla costs less to repair and main- markville toyota tain delivering superior owner satisfaction than its competi tion even over 5 years value check the lat est industry resale values and youll see that corolla is consis- tantly in the lead for return on buying dollar buy a new corolla and youre sure of getting all the quality and value you pay for buy a competitor and all bets are off 5362 hwy 7 markham 29481 go iki your community toyota dealership for 11 years v jd power associates 1993 initial quality study study based on a total of 33691 us consumer responses indicating owner reported problems during the first 90 days of ownership price class claim based on average medi- an transaction prices caa and autopinipn arc registered tradcmarksof the canadian automobile association port isnt necessary once the custo dial parent enters a new financial lysupportive relationship in some cases the proposals may not be fair but neither is it fair to deny children the right to a decent standard of living nor is it fair to saddle ontario taxpayers with 232 million in social assistance costs for families whose payor defaults but complaints about such strin gent rules are far outweighed by the rights of children the pendu lum will have to swing perhaps too far to protect children before it can settle on median ground markham economist and sun stouffville tribune uxbridge tribune weekender edition a metroland community newspaper patricia pappas publisher jo ann stevenson ecutoruhihief paula crowell editor andrew mair editor debraweller director of advertising barry goodyear director of distribution vivian cnetl business manager pamela nichols operations manager markham 2942200 sales 7987624 classi fied 2944331 stouffville 6402100 uxbridge 8529741 2948244 distribution and administration 9 heritage rd markham l3p 1m2 fax markham 2941538 stouffville 640- 5477 uxbridge 8524355 the markham economist and sun stouftvihe tri- bune and uxbridge tribune published every wednesday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of subur ban newspapers which includes ajax pickering news advertiser barrie advance brampton guardian burlington post collingwood connection etobicoke guardian the liberal georgetown inde- eendentacton free press kingston this week indsaythis week milton canadian champion mississauga news north york mirror oakville beaver orillia today oshawawhitby this week peterborough this week scarborough mirror the era banner contents not to be reproduced without written permission from the publisher battle of the sexes destined to continue ready for another sea change in shopping patterns this phe nomenon is gathering steam in the shopping malls and chic bou tiques of sunny california the los angeles times calls it cross shopping whats happening is unprecedented numbers of men shopping for women and women are shopping for men but par ticularly the former los angeles retailers are reporting whole new herds of males poking around the lingerie and notions depart ments where only the female of the species used to congregate whats it mean no one is quite sure some experts think men cop an illicit thrill just infiltrat ing behind enemy fines other behaviorists tug their beards and warn of a dark side to cross shop ping they say it represents an attempt by men to exert control over their spouses i say phooey i dont think theres anything sinister or illicit about cross shopping at all i believe it represents but one more revolution of the gender blender thats been turning us into biological vichyssoise for years and about time too i come from an age when there were separate entrances at the public schools marked boys and girls i can remember a kid iri my grade 8 class being sent home in tears her crime wear ing slacks to class just to show you how much times have changed consider the case of brett martin an 18-year- old senior high school student in knoxville iowa he too got in hot water for inappropriate dress but with a distinctly 90s twist brett was nailed for showing up at his knoxville high school prom dressed in a wig mascara and a red sequined spaghetti- strapped dress he borrowed from his sister brett martin did it as a lark but the knoxville high school principal a humorless sod who must have been caught sneaking in the girls entrance as a stu dent didnt laugh instead he had martin charged with crimi- nal trespass the principal should get with the times hasnt he heard about teresinha de jesus gomes teresinha is a bluff gladhanding 50yearold woman whos been famous in military circles k for- i0stosajzj jr 1 i w 1 t vsk if j i mf m d basic black arthur black tugal for the past two decades but not as teresinha de jesus gomes her army buddies knew her as tito anibal de paixao gomes uh thats general tito anibal de paixao gomes to be precise for 19 years the general regaled hisher fellow officers with tales of daring military- intelligencegathering adven tures in south america and behind the iron curtain they were great stories but thats all they were teresinhatito had been imper sonating an officer since she donned a generals uniform and her dead brothers name away back in 1974 shed probably still be in the portuguese army if she hadnt run up colossal debts for her intended state wedding authorities took away her gerier- als uniform and let her off with a threeyear suspended sentence oh yeah and the wedding is off too but the good times are just starting for damian taylor down in brisbane australia damian is a 24year old australian life guard whos on the threshold of a whole new career there was a picture of damian in my newspa per last night damians wearing a sash across his torso in the photograph the sash reads miss wintersun 1993 a man has won the miss winter- sun beauty contest in australia now that ive done this who knows what i can do said a teary damian i dont want to cause any waves with miss aus tralia but im going for it sure go for it damian its just one more skirmish in the neverending battle of the sexes nobodys ever figured that one out but the comedian george burns came as close as anybody i know there will always be a battle between the sexes said george because men and women want different things men want women and women want men