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4 1he tribune thursday march 23 178 itte wrihum john montgomery editor established 1888 charles h nolan publisher barre seacock advertising manager editorial dept aaeegret lamer ken bettfldtr display advertising oept lois mua art ouan business office jeaa manlnja dereaa oeacee ellen clew i pvmished every thursday it m maiast stevhvui oat tec m0j10i tereale pheae miimo siogle copm ik sehscnptiees si m ear year ia caaada s2lm elsewhere mtnmr el audit bureau of circulalioa caaadiaa ceanaiimity newspapers assooatioa aad oatarle weekly kmpipm assetiatioa second class nail reaittratioa number mm the tribute is eaa el ike lalaad pemishtao co limited group of suburhaa newspapers which includes the aiaxwhitbypickanaa mews advertiser sr ample oeardwa burlington post eteotcoke catena markham economist aad sua newmarketaurora era oekville beaver oshawa this weak aad mississauga htwj 6402100 3611680 editorial dulverton bears looking at although members of council are decrying the ontario municipal board hearings into the dulverton subdivision as a complete waste of money we are not so sure but that the hearings are a good idea we have no doubt that the next major development in stouffville will be the dulverton project in spite of objections from other wouldbe developers dulverton which stretches from the 9th to the 10th concessions and will house approximately 2200 people was being planned for as far back as 1963 when the property was designated residential in an amendment to the official plan we are not quibbling about the fact of dulverton but we have some major reser vations concerning the planning aspects of the subdivision the planned extension to the sewage plant which dulverton is to pay for is projected to accommodate a minimum of 7500 while the subdivision will bring the population of the town up to over 8000 there is a possibility the plant will accommodate over 7500 but this can only be determined by careful monitoring after the population has reached the 7500 mark if no population can be accommodated after dulverton then the next developers will have to pay to have a tertiary treatment system added to the plant the problem here arises in that council has been led to believe there would be capacity left in the plant for other developers we have been told by mayor gordon ratcliff that dulverton was to provide extra capacity and the next lot of developers would not have to pay for sewage but instead would be asked to contribute towards much needed soft services these services could include a new arena an indoor swimming pool an addition to latchamhall an extension to the library or any other facility that was judged necessary at the time if these developers have to pay for hard services then the town will either not get more soft services or the money will come directly from the municipal taxpayers pockets resulting in a horrendous increase in local tax bills there is no denying that more soft ser vices will be required in town after the population has jumped by over onethird this whole area of the agreement needs a second look another problem we can foresee also as a result of the sewage capacity is that it will be at least five years before any apartments can be built in town as no apartments are included in dulverton and nothing can be built until dulverton has been completed rental ac commodation is at an all time low in stouff ville and many of the rents here are higher than that charged for comparable ac commodations in toronto it is a fact of life these days that most young people are unable to afford to buy a house and we feel council is absolutely neglecting their responsibilities in not providing more apartments dulverton is not a balanced development when out of 540 housing units not one single rental unit is provided our last complaint about dulverton is that the town seems not to have taken into account the physical characteristics of the land when allocating i parkland and laying out streets a mature cedar bush stretches from the controversial lehmans pond directly north to the northern boundary of the subdivision during crossexamination regional planner don knight admitted that the bush is a distinctive natural feature of the area and yet the whole of the bush has been designated for r3 development puttinghouses in there on 40 foot fron tages would necessitate the bulldozing of the entire northern portion of the bush at the same time the town is allowing this bush to be destroyed they have accepted as parkettes several rinkydink little corners of the subdivision too odd shaped to put houses on these parkettes in our opinion are of little use children in the subdivision would have as much room to play in their own backyards and these barren little corners provide no real natural environment the entire bush area around the pond is about 15 acres in size and in our opinion is a priority to be saved undoubtedly the hearings will cost the town a bundle so we as taxpayers should take advantage of them to air our concerns regarding the subdivision when the hearings reconvene in july time will be set aside to hear citizens concerns and we should take full advantage of the opportunity before its too late march hare our search for the easter bunny turned up this frosty specimen in gortnley the snow rabbit seems an appropriate symbol of such an early easter although if the sunshine continues hell be hare today but gone tomorrow annegret la mure living naturally- relaxation is vital for health by kathleen obannori relax relax how many times have you heard or said that and how many times have you actually been able to relax or been able to help someone to relax most people are so overcome by stress real or imagined that they are not able to relax at any time others can relax at will or when necessary the idea is to deal with living and stress so that you never need to relax so that you never allow stress to cause tension stress and tension can result in fatigue quick temper irritability restlessness anxiety sleeplessness yague pains that come and go listlessness con fusion seeing or hearing things that are not there there are many things that you can do to gain relief from stressahd anxiety following is a list if you suffer from more than two of the above symptoms try to do as many from the list as you can 1 eat three well balanced meals a day 2 drink three glasses of milk a day or the equivalent in yogurt or cheese 3 never go for more than three or four hours without eating or having a piece of fresh fruit glass of milk piece of cheese plain yogurt or sunflower seeds or unsaltcd nuts to avoid the stress of low blood sugar 4 reduce your intake of salt never add salt no respect for editors column by john montgomery contributors to the tribune who have seen their work mercilessly edited can take comfort in knowing that even the editor is not immune from such crass treat ment my column which appeared on this page last week was ruthlessly chopped by keith and annegret who carried out the final proofing of the paper in my absence as i was covering the dulverton hearings you can imagine my surprise and chagrin when i realized my work bad been drastically truncated of course one of the first things a reporter learns is that if he is a prima donna he or she is in the wrong business so instead of throwing a full scale tantrum i limited myself to abusive remarks aimed at my brash minions and sulkily threatened not to write any more columns so dont i was told sharply bringing to an end my complaints several people k at least one for sure commented that my column ended rather abruptly and asked me to continue my remarks as i said last week cuha has been com munist for almost 20 years but capitalism still flourishes in cuba and everywhere you go you are harassed to sdl t- swrts beach thongs sun glasses and especially blue jeans v we were often bounded by these young black marketeers who would stick to our heels as long as tbesbt there was even an outside chance we would sell them our stuff dealing with black marketeers isnt very profitable even if you are offered 130 pesos over 150 canadian for your jeans there is no profit in selling to these people because cubans have a currency monitoring system which involves giving you a card every time you convert canadian money to cuban pesos the card lists how- much money you are supposed to have and every time you make a purchase the amount is deducted from the total if you dont have a currency card it doesnt matter how much money you have they wont sell you anything in the stores the most chilling aspect of life in cuba at least to a born smartass like myself is- the em phasis on ideological conformity for anyone wishing to have a career we went skin and scuba diving while in cuba and thereby got to know mario the head of all aquatic sports fairly well a conversation on the beach one day got onto the topic of how lifeguards were hired mario said all new lifeguards chosen must be revolutionaries we asked how students for the lifeguard school were chosen and he candidly replied they were chosen only from members of the communist youth and added that the current lifeguards whose revolutionary attitudes were suspect were to be phased out good jobs in all sectors of the economy go apparently to party members only the state not you decides whether you will work in a factory or go to university whether you will become an artist or a fieldworker it doesnt seem that cubans can even be spare time artists as everything is tightly rationed and it is doubtful that materials are available evidence of russian and eastern european involvement is everywhere but at the same time people try to copy western styles and fashions often un successfully we were amazed to see so many cuban women using generous quantities of blue eyeshadow and wearing mini skirts at least 10 years behind western fashions there is still a strong american influence in cuba not political but social public places almost invariably have television sets that are mounted prominently and play free for the general public we would check to see what was playing and invariably it would be an old american movie often in english with sub titles it was really disorienting to come from the sweltering 300 year old spanish colonial streets of old havana into the central train station and be confronted by a 1930s humphrey bogart gangster film being watched on t v in the lounge cubans as you can imagine have a strange view of the united states and canada they know about blue jeans mirror sunglasses and many of them can listen to florida rock n roll radio stations one canadian who spoke spanish got into a con versation with a young cuban and the cuban could match old holly wood actors name for name but of american movies of the past 20 years his knowledge was scarce to say the least you could tell the russians because they wore their shoes on the beach right joked a friend of mine after our returp home no i replied but their idea of dressing informally was to not wear a tie with their 1930s style shapeless business suits although they did keep the top buttons of their shirts securely fastened the russians presented an amazing contrast to the jeans and tshirt of the young tourists and the stylish leisure wear of the more conservative visitors the cubans have a warm and open style people often of mixed races would embrace publicly if they chanced to meet on a crowded local bus or on the street in temperament i think they identify much more strongly with the free wheeling north american style than they do with the cold and supercilious stodginess of the russians american tours were just being allowed into cuba about the time we were there and so as usual a lot of the small talk amongst us canadians revolved around how obnoxious the american tourists were we entertained each other with stories of boorish statements and actions perpetrated by the americans this all came rather uncomfortabley to mind when we took a bus tour of havana with a group of canadians although i normally avoid these tours like the plague it was cheap and we felt it would help us to get oriented to the layout of havana i found myself sitting on the bus next to a woman from chatham who was promptly nick named tugboat annie because of her gravel voice which was heard interminably she started off of course by directingall her conversation at me in a tone that ensured that everybody else on the bus overheard she had obviously been hitting the bottle and she confirmed this when we passed the former bacardi rum factory the tour guide announced from the front of the bus and with the aid of a loudspeaker that it is now closed and tugboat replied from the back of the bus and with only the aid of her godgiven lungs yeah we drank it all after the first stop we made a point of getting a seat at the front in fact there was a real rush for seats at the front later on we stopped at die governors home built when cuba was a colony of spain and the jumping off point for much of the conquest of central and south america by the spanish the house had a beautiful central cour tyard with a statue christopher columbus discovered cuba for spain so naturally the statue was of him we had seen one other statue of columbus but it was only a bust located in a discreet corner tugboat barged up to the tour guide and demanded to know who the statue was of on being told she bawled not another statue of christopher columbus yuuch tugboat was the worst but unfortunately she was not alone we were walking down a narrow street that was at least two hundred years old when one tourist bleated loudly of course why do they make the streets so narrow he just couldnt understand how anybody could be so stupid as to design a street that wouldnt allow for two fullsize north american cars to pass walking down another street a hotel where ernest hemingway and other bohemians used to hang around was pointed out who inquired one of the tourists ernest heming way replied the guide the author of for whom the bell tolls the sun also rises he continued spieling off a few more names never heard of him concluded the tourist while cooking especially meat use sea salt if you must eat salt 5 eat foods rich in potassium several times a day especially fish watercress green pep pers molasses dry lima beans olives dried figs currants or raisins almonds and whole grains or wheat germ 6 eat foods rich in calcium such as milk milk products dark green leafy vegetables or bone meal 7 eat foods rich in vitamin c such as oranges lemons rose hips raw parsley cabbage or green peppers 8 eat foods rich in b complex vitamins such as organ meats liver whole grains wheat germ or brewers yeast 9 never take mineral oil or laxatives 10 never never take tranquillizers such as valium librium or diazapam take calcium rich foods instead with honey 11 never eat refined foods such as white bread or pastry white sugar or instant anything 12 avoid stimulants such as tea coffee chocolate pep or antidepressant pills 13 avoid alchohol 14 exercise or play at a sport such as tennis swimming squash badminton or volleyball to discharge muscle tension 15 learn relaxation techniques such as yoga meditation tm self hypnosis biofeedback or tai chi and practice them every day 16 take chiropractic treatments to realign your body and free tension blockages 17 take time for yourself dont put yourself under stress to serve someone else while neglecting yourself and your health take a v nap in the afternoon or do some relaxation technique to keep from pushing your body beyond its limit and creating further stress this week i set out to write this column on stress and anxiety so that i could give relaxation techniques and exercises the more i thought about it the more i realized that food and food habits play a large part in stress and anxiety syndromes sometimes the old sayings such as a healthy body is a healthy mind are wiser than we think is no exception if your body is not healthy it can send messages to your brain which interprets the message and produces one of the symptoms listed at the beginning of this article hoping you will understand and relieve it in some way if your body is tense and crying out for exercise or calcium and you take an aspirin to cover up the symptoms you have com pounded the problem so it is obvious that you must work toward being healthy before you can ever hope to find relaxation or relief from tension and stress it took a long time to build up to the point of feeling tension or anxiety and it will take a slow gradual process toward health to be rid of it do not rush or overdo on these tension relievers or you may cause more stress start slowly by eating three meals a day then begin to add the suggested foods carry sunflower seeds almonds and currants with you to nibble if you get very hungry or have to go without eating chew them up very fine before you swallow them then begin to do tension reliever exer cises such as the yoga rolls these can be done almost anywhere and are a necessity for any one who stands or sits in one place for more than 10 or 15 minutes at a time this could be at a kitchen counter store counter desk typewriter sewing production line reading or driving a car or truck etc always try to move as many muscles as possible as often as possible humans were made to move to be efficient sitting or standing decreases the efficiency of our muscles and reaction time muscles need to be used to be kept elastic they be able to stretch and release if they become tense in order to release the tension they must be stretched gently before they can return to a relaxed position this is why yoga or other types of stretching exer cises are so effective in relieving tension do each of the yoga rolls as many times a day as necessary to stretch and release the muscles involved doing each one twice or three times a day is more effective than doing each one 10 times once a day head neck rolls sit or stand straight but relaxed relax shoulders and arms gently allow head to fall forward as far as possible chin should rest on chest without moving shoulders or body roll head to right so that right ear is over right shoulder continue to allow head to roll freely toward back and then roll so that left ear is over leftshoulder and then continue to roll to the starting position always do several rolls to the right and then do several rolls to the left each time you do them keep the neck as relaxed as possible shoulder rolls shrug shoulders up to the ears then roll together in a circle to the back down front and end up near the ears reverse the direction and go toward see stretching page 13 l closed- minded are dangerous to youth dear editor i have noticed with growing alarm correspondence printed in your paper in the last few weeks which i feel may be of serious danger to the young people in our community i am of course referring to the recent prominence in the tribune of the efforts of closedminded letterwriters perhaps i should be more tactful but as i have listened to rock music for most of my life my soul is already damned and i have nothing more to lose by speaking my mind the writers of these letters will fill the minds of canadian youth with absurd and unnecessary fears they may experience great anxiety because they now believe that hell isnt half big enough for everyone who ever plugged in an amplifier worse still our young ones may take the closedminded letterwriters as their models using stereotyped views and secondhand in formation to concoct theories that show they have little knowledge about the subjects they truly believe they know so well paralyzed by fear because of the warnings of these letter- writers our youth will be unable to con centrate their efforts on the facets of life which i consider to be most important sex drugs and rock music in all fairness there is some truth to what these letterwriters are sayings i myself conducted an experiment proving a con nection between rock music and rampant communism risking my own mental well- being i chose the loudest album i could find put on a set of headphones turned the volume on my stereo up to 10 and played the record after only 10 minutes i felt like voting ndp i but by and large the halftruths and plain nonsense put forth by the closedminded letterwriters are pretty dangerousstuff as such until these letters stop appearing in the tribune it is the civic duty of every parent in whitchurchstouffville to keep their children from reading your letters column with their minds free of this poisonous influence there may yet be hope for our great country yours very truly david harris