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been called the friendliest town in ontario as well it brings back the in nocence of a less frenetic age with its baby contests baking competitions and dare i say the miss whitchurchstouffville pageant an event which pro bably would have been banned long ago in a more culturally aware bastion of the new era of puritanism we may think we live in an enlightened age but that view only applies as long as you subscribe to whats socially ac- kates corner kate gilderdale ceptable which right now would tend to rule out pageants for teenage girls such events are generally described by such overworked adjectives as inappropriate or sexist isnt it strange that in a society which claims to cherish the idea of individual freedom there are so many social reformers who want to ban what they personally disap prove of the young women who take part in the pageant presumably do so of their own free will and quite obviously enjoy doing it why would anyone want to stop them it puts me in mind of some survey results i read recently which shocked experts by show ing that the majority of young teenage girls were more preoc cupied by their boyfriends than their future careers and that some of them were so spaced out they thought they could get married have children and then stay at home to look after them interestingly no one seems to have asked similar questions of teenage boys but i wouldnt mind betting a fair number of them are more interested in fast cars and attractive girls than in the toronto stock exchange doesnt it seem ironic that this desire for such mature views among the young should be demanded by the generation that in its own youth brought us free love a mistrust of big business and the beginnings of the drug culture getting up in front of a capacity crowd parading up and down a runway and perfor ming a song or dance does re quire a certain amount of courage confidence and talent even if it wont get you a univer sity degree and anyone who can stand on stage and answer a question with intelligence and without hesitation as these girls did last wednesday evening has my un dying admiration of course pageants dont ap peal to everyone but neither does major league baseball which is a maleonly preserve and which as far as im aware no one has tried to ban on the grounds of sexism never mind inappropriate behavior something not unknown in the ranks of highly paid profes sional athletes the strawberry festival is not after all meant as a deadly serious endeavor its about friendship fun and frivolity its also one of the reasons this family plans to be in stouffville for many years to come york group boosts reading skills thanks to the efforts of 106 dedicated volunteers 118 people are currently discoverng the ad vantages of literacy in the york regionsouth lake simcoe area literacy council york simcoe has just celebrated its fifth year as an organization dedicated to teaching illiterate adults how to read but according to the councils administrator there are still many challenges to be met by the organziation we are always looking for tutors says florence winterkorn a lake simcoe area resident who heads up the council from its newmarket head quarters and although we are funded by the ontario ministry of skills development we are underfunded and need donations so we can expand and initiate new programs the program is based on that of a missionary in the phillipines who discovering that illiteracy was the biggest problem there 50 years ago initiated a reading system based on the phonetic approach the system called the laubach way to reading series is named after frank laubach the phillipines mis sionary the majority of our students are in their 40s are bluecollar workers and have families ac cording to mrs winterkorn they are not slow but they just didnt accomplish when they were in school there are currently eight students and seven tutors residing in the stouffville area students are referred by the various social service agencies in york region and the south lake simcoe area while tutors dont need any special qualifications they are required to attend a 12hour workshop to become certified laubach tutors as well as teaching native canadians and mentally healthy individuals the council is making an effort to help both im migrants via an english as a ser cond language program and mentally handicapped people to give them the freedom and power of the written word says mrs winterkorn tutoring is mobile she claims and can be done either at the stu dents home or at the home of the tutor the next tutor training workshop was announced for late september mrs winterkorn who has worked on a volunteer basis with the big brothers organization and the brampton womens in stitute asks that anyone in terested in becoming a tutor call her at 416 8536279 2942200 4959440 6402100 t0advertise call e rvi c e d 1 r ecjq hfvsttfl ibkaaeksfi bcuui aafeob wgqiitttflmiymm twtj rrr u 3r wfjb h inm ii tsumm m wsi iwji v m m toadvertise call 2942200 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