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p4tobunejnovember im m l st mmm news item queens park to cut down sunday shopping a time to remember stouffville as always offered a fitting tribute last sunday to those who fell for their countries during the war years local veterans dutifully laid wreaths poppies were placed on the crosses at stouffville ceme tery all in the name of the silent young heroes who went off to war in a foreign place to fight for their democratic nations and in similar ceremonies across the country people paused to honor their war dead however this remembrance day carried with it a quiet but powerful reminder ofthe canadi an men and women currently fac ing the threat of war in the middle east in the face of dwindling hope for a diplomatic solution to the iraqi invasion of kuwait some of those men and women will one day be honored in similarfashiori in stouffville and uxbridge we have families hoping for the safe return of their children from serv ing in the middle east and our communities share that hope but their cause is as righteous as any during the world wars this year we remember the liv ing a suckers life and a new contest okay i admit it im a sucker im a pushover a dupe an easy mark and if pt barnums fabled phrase holds true theres one just like me born every minute ive always fallen for the old whats that on your shirt rou tine so some funny person can flick me on the nose i always look when people say over there and im usually the unwitting straightman to amateur comics who are trying to make others laugh why just recently someone told me of a young hockey play er who injured a leg during a big game the player who showed promise i wastold left the leg unattended and it eventually developed gangrene resulting in a diagnosis that said at random steve houston amputation would be necessary to add to this promising young players woes a surgical team inadvertently amputated the wrong leg consequently the promising young player was left with neither limb because the gangrenous leg had to be removed as well when i snorted in disgust and said the young player should seek substantia legal damages for the surgical teams inept- ness i was promptly told he doesnt have a leg to stand on stouffvilleuxbridge tribune publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager patricia pappas jo ann stevenson stephen houston debra weller chris bertram promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager jennifer hutt pam nichols published eveiy wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markhamontariol3p1m3tel 2942200 second class registration number 1247 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 54 main st w stouffvillo is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpfckenng news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mfssissauga news newmarket era oakvida beaver oshawa- whltby this week peterborough this week richmond hilutnomhiwaughan liberal scarborough mir ror topic newsmagazine wioowdale mirror metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd s8546m5ss5dx1 national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 8529741 very funny i the whole story of course was a- yarn to which inconve niently provided the perfect set up for the punchline there was no player no gan grenous leg and no incompetent surgical team there was just me left holding the bag so to speak very funny indeed in retrospect i did chuckle and have since tried the joke on others im hagpy to report many respond perfectly to the pitch so i dont feel that silly but im more than your aver age sucker i am routinely hood winked by government bodies who promise me freedom for a editors mail buck if i would simply spend money on their lotteries well ive spent about a thou sand times more than that in the past and im not financially free in fact ive sort of been given a life sentence by my bank branch visa centre insurance man etc meanwhile i thought i had about 199 million good reasons to win that recent 649 jackpot which made millionaires out of 18 lucky souls it turns out i have a better chance of being stuck by lighte ning twice im foolish lknow but its heartening to know that there is another like me born every minute thank goodness for people like pt barnum who put it in some sort of perspective i hope youve noticed a new contest in the pages of your wednesday tribune our photographers are out snapping characteristics of well known buildings in the area challenging readers to identify them a weekly draw of the correct entries will determine the win ner who will receive a 25 gift certificate for dinner at a local restaurant if youre a stouffville reader the certificates are honored at kellingtons family restaurant if youre an uxbridge reader the certificates are honored at maxims its a fun and relatively easy contest and we encourage you to lake part where else can you get a meal ticket just for reading the paper let us know what you think and were always open to your suggestions for some of the buildings that can be featured put your thinking caps on welcome wagon says thanks dear editor on behalf of the more than 95 bridestobe who attended the- welcome wagon bridal party at the maples of ballantrae mon day oct 15 we would like to thank the sponsors for thejr co operation in helping make it such a success many favorable comments were heard about the beautiful displays and door prizes the pro gram and the enjoyable fashion showv- we are fortunate to have such great- sponsors in our community to do business with in addition we want to con gratulate the local businesses which were awarded limited edi- tion plates as 10year sponsors of welcome wagon the award recipients are mcleans carpet cards hard ware stouffville tribune stouf- fvilie sun hathaway s fine inte riors john lords books and the iga also we offer a big thank you to the following local spon sors anns fabrics barthau jew- ellersrcross winds gift shop freckles george ross photo first choice limousine tim rochacewich main street print ing maples of ballantrae mary kay cosmetics nancys sweets original margherita star perfor mances stouffville florist stouffville travel joanne gun- ther sandy dike tuxedo royale wedding and lingerie room- whileaway stouffville sun stouffville tribune and rev wayne reed yours truly dianne darling eleanor dickens welcome wagon hostesses