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kt the tribune ihubspayapbil u 1ot v j r james thomas edhortochtef established 1888 charles h nolan t- v publisher editorul oept ed scfemtarj jkn holt f barrebeacock advertising manager f ufu obflay advertising oept lob wldaman maria emmanon busmess officsjaan y aretimin per n iw tin ci n fmuiiir puboahad my thursday at 54 main st stoutmtt onltal 6402101 toronto poena 3611680 stogta c 20 e subscriptions 11000 par yaw to canada s26jx alsswhara uaobar ol canadian rnmm newspapers association and ontario wnuj newspapers awocutkmsoeoad data mah registration number 0s96 t i i l stt jwtba tribune is one of tha inland pubushiog co lknuad group of suburban newspapers which in- dude tha ajakwwtbyplcurlng news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etoblcoka v gazette markham economist and sun newmarket aurora eratoamlfe baairar oshawa this week mrnhi nawa oshawa this wast and acton fraa press hbton canadian champion and tha oaorgat -i- j i- i48sfo 3611680 newritem mayor will not permit politicians to post signs on his propecty- 4 t- j ts school reunions important twentyfifth anniversary reunions are being planned at stouffville dist secondary school and markham dist high school in i june similar gatherings maybe in the works j elsewhere across the region the york county board of education does i not have a supporting policy in this regard at least not tolhe extent where sums of money t can be automatically allocated so staff will draw one up i in discussing such projects bill laird t trustee for georgina township has been quoted as asking whats so special about a school jhats stood for 25 years are we congratulating the building or the com- imunily in answer to the members first question iwe would reply that theres- nothing very special about a school thats stood for 25 years in answer to the second wed say the board would be congratulating neither the building nor the community but rather recognizing an event within a community bill lairds questions were undoubtedly on the minds of several trustees and while the issue may seem trivial it reaches the very heart of whats really wrong with the system presently running our schools its too big too impersonal and too far removed from where the action is it would be too much to expect we sup- pose for eighteen board members representing an area from steeles avenue to lake simcoe to get goose bumps over reunions at schools built long before the present operation came into being if this is true then the same attitude should hold for- official openings of new schools in the region butit doesnt i h 4t wealth of student talent theres a wealth of talent within the four walls of the high school unfortunately for the i most part it remains there seldom showing itself in public beyond this location y- with the exception of the sr band that on occasions has appeared at local functions the c association between school and community is pretty well a parents only kind of thing not that others cant attend they just dont for this reason theschool must go to the people one staff teacher whos doing just that is physed instructor jim rehill jims work- in bringing i about a greater un-c- vderslahding between the wants and the needs tar of senior citizens in whitchurchstouffville and beyond has been outstanding hes taken his message to church groups service clubs and organizations in a very fsincere and meaningful manner however thats only part of his work now hes taken over the training of a 45- voice mixed choir the group made its debut at commencement last november and has since sung at the anglican churcli here and on richmond hill tv cable 10 jim rehill and his school choir are as anxious to sing as stouffville audiences are willing tol 1433 you roaming around the iiext fifty should be a breeze m i byjimfhomas understand pledge rules fifty years 600 months 2600 weeks 18250 days i never thought id- make it many havent when i glance back over old school photos i realize how lucky ivebeenat least a dozen dick and janes have answered the clarion call and these are the ones i know about could be just as many i dont sighfs a little further down the road r sixty- five seventy godonly knows if this fact ive reached this middleage will could have altered the entire picture weve all had such experiences i remember age seven running slam- bang into a treewhile playing tag at old ss 19 on the 9th of markham raised a lump on my head the size of a goose egg could have been gameover right there at age eight i recall gelling stuck headfirst in a snowbank nearly suffocated at age nine i climbed over a fence stampout a grass fire nof realizing the blaze hadbeenstartedibyx wire only fstepfaddercollapsed while i was putting up christmas decorations at age 14 1 became buried when a straw stack collapsed during a y- across the region ofyork close to 6000 students from grades 2 through 8 are par- yticipalingin an organized readathon ilv the project lasts from four to six weeks vl during which time pupils read books of their choice pledges arereceived with all proceeds going to the multiple sclerosis society of i canada the program is an excellent one howevery it can involve people with no close school ties and herein lies the risk they should understand that uhere is no restrictions placed on the number of books a girl or boy xnayread last year several received a rude jolt whenthey learned the amount owed was far more than had been expected for example a 2 pledge could total 20 if the student read ten books we support the program and its twofold purpose to stimulate reading among grade school pupils and raise funds for a very worthy cause all we ask is that each person agreeing to a pledge understand the rules plusplateau sounds like bragging it isnt threshing bee got out okay 4 anything but the truth -is- im not- happy for me unforeseen dangers increased about it not happy at all indeed if id had my way the occasion would have been ignored completely but my wife reflecting on what id put her through six kids a mortgage and all saw it as just reason for some kind of celebration for her butnot forme the fact im now admittedly sliding down the other side is a source of wifely relief i suppose now she goes to bed arid sleeps while i go to bed and dream any way ignoring my6rders she planned a party a gathering of kith and kin that took me by complete surprise she even had a cake i madeih the shape of a typewriter wow as i stood there completely dumfounded by it all i couldnt help but recall little in- cidenlsalong lifes pathway that except for good luck an unseen power call it what you with age j ill never forgef the morning i was at tacked by a vicious dog while riding my bike along the mount joy sideroad 16th avenue to markham high school while attempting to avoid the beast the front wheel slipped on loose gravel dr innis macdonald spent an hour picking stones out of my facev then therewas the afternoon a cow went mad in a field next to tony allens asparagus patch east of markham i would have been a goner but at chap named r harold wilkinson intervened anddistracted the attention of the enraged animal 1 k y needles have always been a nemesis dentist dr neil smith now of markdale will likely still recall the day i passed out twice following a simple injection when i finally came to his face was whiter than mine -r- and yes ive had a few hairraisers on the highway loo the scariest occurred when i soared over the top of a hill- on theway- to a house fire east of claremont atthe bottom was a tanker truck parked crossways f on the road drawing water out of a nearby stream to this day i still dont know how i slopped in time j i falling asleep at the wheel has resulted in nightmares but no accidents the cl6sestcall wasbelween toledo ohio and detroitat 2j am i woke up in time to sneak through a red light inches in front of a tractortrailer loaded with steel my wife will never let me the night we veered across the boulevard of the new v york- thruway after realizing we were easlbound against westbound traffic being a lightweight in hockey 1 was r hung out to dry many tunes oddly enough ihebonecrunchingesl checkofmy career was meted out by a teammate during a pregame warmup at unionville lloyd grove a solid defenceman of that day hit me head-on- after extracting my limp form from tthe upper rafters respiration was performed for several minutes to bring me around 1 so all things considered im lucky to be alive fortunate tqlhavesumved the next fifty should be a breeze i sugarqhd spice k i fixing little things dravesmeiiiad r vj by esllsmiley rrt- a special easter occasion i- i i- i rr course in easter illy completing the scene here b mrs adams five year old yffranililnfffif r alms tatvtl flanirfifmp af a trauuooal ukrainuit leaster f enjoyed sunday at the home of marie auiris main v street stoiiffvflleli with boaetakcd i bread called paska -v- i v and of granddanghter aimee powell daughter of imrland mrs len powell carlberg place ballantrae a y i ican muddle around with a metaphor search for a simile fool with a phrase or wait for the very right word to come by the hour withoulexpressingany emotion other than benignancy but the small inanimate things that besiege our daily life drive me into a fury that knows no bounds its not the big things ive mastered ihem i can stand behind a mechanic or a plumber and nod knowledgeably with the best of them any damfobl knows that the driveshaft is connected to the main brake cylinder or the hot pipeis not connected tothe coal pipe- or whatever theyre trying to tell you its the little things the things you are too ashamed lo get an expert for but havent a clue how to do yourself that make me break tfiings lake the name of the lord in vain accuse my wife and children of- dreadful things and generally act like an idiot whos going to call up a typewriter repairman for example lo change the ribbon on his typewriter or a carpenter to come and screw a couple of tiny nuts into a doorknob that keeps falling off mywife has just been through one of my experiences with ihe litue things and after ten minutes of it she ran into another room white and trembling and locked the door she bought me a typewriter ribbon at christmas we dont usually buy presents for each other the last few years the children and grandbbystake usfor such a ride that weve declared a moratorium but her love magnifying glass it made an impression on on second thought maybe i can un- the paper bill you couldnt see it it wasmore- derstand il1 get it from my dad he was a like braile than typing but i was hanged if i gentle man and yetive seen him fly into a was goingto spend a weekend changing the fury over nothing first car he ever had- back ribbon sol just went oh v in the twenties i didnt see it but ive i heard finally she typed out some addresses broke the ribbon arid practically ruined the whole blasted machine as i pointed put in a few illchosen words well i had to gel this column written and itll be late you can depend on it so i lore into the bloody thing half an hour later the air was blue i was black to the waist with ink and thefool thing was typing in red couldntyou just sort of switch the spools around and turn it upside down- or someinng she queried in a very small voice shutup you dummy or words to thai effect aaarghp anyway ihere you are its not one of my few admirable qualities i admit it but im stuck with it and the people who are stuck with me are also stuck with it i can start screwing a couple of one eighthinch screws into a doorknob and wind up with somebody locked in the bathroom for a week i can put an averagestandard stapler on the blink in 45 seconds with staples all over the room and wire irreparably bound around the thing you punch ilsall rather hard to understand i arii not particularly inept or stupid nor am i particularly clumsy i- was a pretty fair athlete with bags of coordination i drive a car reasonably well i learned lo fly aircraft with he story the dealer showed him how to operate it drove around the block a couple of timesi picked up his down payment and turned niy dadloose he in turn picked up my mother drove her around the block a couple of times headed for home and drove right through the back of the barn thai was to serve as a garage and he blamed my mother another time i saw him cut his finger when the knife slipped as he was carving a 4j roast he didnt say a word justflung some blood on the tablecloth turned purple sawed he edge of the carving knife on the side of the plate and ruined both another time i saw him break his big toe by design not by accident he had had five blowouts in len miles that was in the days when your lube blew out you had to jack up ihe car lake off he wheel extract lube from tire patch the lube and go throughout the whole process in reverse v after the fourth time the air pump hand operated refused to function he calfnly stood back looked the whole operation over and tried lo kick the entire apparatus wheel rim tire lube and air pump- over the nearest fencehe collapsed with a groan and my mother who was ah excellent engineer and repairwoman as is my wife- had lo wait for n the next motorist lo help out while my dad w r lay in the back scat muttering throughou his for me jras too deep- she bpughtmearrihousands of parts and i thousands of bor- leeth words thabl have since learned are lypewritef ribbon mainly because you could sepower yet i go berserk when confronted by vpalliauve to such a situation 7 only read the type ofihe old ribbonwiuvawaiypewril aint my fait its he genes r