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p4 toibune juix 31 1991 st stouffville dance was success for local teens a column in this paper last week targeted teens who had little to do with their spare time and who were not making the most of what they do have but the recent dance in uxbridge put on by the junior farmers proves there is an effort out there to make life easier for teenagers and this effort comes from teens them selves the crowd of 75 young people were gyrating to the latest hit music stayingout of trouble and having fun and the general consen- sus has come down that a good time was had by all why can an activity of this sort not be put on every weekend by some group or other a continuous teen program has certainly worked in other municipalities a dance gives young people an outlet as well as an opportunity to hone social skills at a confounding time in their lives hats off to the junior farmers for an effort wellintentioned and well- received perhaps we should poll teens what they want to do in- stouffville and uxbridge instead of assuming we know what they want the junior farmers may have one answer looks like co tuls iew 68 4mai4f foodbank dilemma give us food for thought 7 or most of us hunger is a brief moment before our next meal it is never the sort of thing that occupies our minds or stomachs much longer than it takes to read a menu but there are a few unfortunate souls who spend much of their daily lives thinking of little else for the simple reason they are among that portion of our commu nity who cannot afford to feed themselves or their children on a regular basis as we spend the summer months lying on beaches and smearing our sleek bodies in oil its difficult to think of such things especially so close to home hunger is something that plagues the third world countries ravished by insurrection and handicapped by illiteracy and economic misfortune lately ive come to realize that is a convenient rationalization i use between christmas and thanksgiv ing these are but the few occasions when im reminded of the less for tunate however donations of food at those times each year clear my conscience as quickly as it takes to satisfy daily hunger pains and my thoughts soon turn elsewhere yet there continues to be people in our society in the same town perhaps even next door who must awake to the reality of hunger each view point morning and face it each night before bed regardless of what someone thinks about their neighbor i know the people in this town will not allow a child to seek slumber to escape the hunger of their waking lives and i know those in this town who have the power to change that cycle would gladly do so all they need is to be reminded of the spirit of giving theyembrace but once or twice a yean a dramatic drop in fooddonations has left all seven of york regions foodbanks in tough situations food was so hard to come by auroras foodbank was forced to close its doors for a month in stouffville there is fear the whitchurchstouffville foodbank may have to do the same marianne ohlis is one of four local people who lost all their belongings in a house earlier this month without help from the foodbank i would of been lost she says for people whose houses burn down and they have no place to go or people who cant afford to buy food its really important she adds once i get back on my feet ill start donating coordinator for the local food- bank robyn magee is pleading for the communitys generosity in the form of canned food or money last month the bank gave out food to 63 families 150 children in stouffville if all the households in stouf fville could donate a single can of food a week magee says the facil ity could continue to maintain its current level of service canned donations can also be made at the tribune offices as well as the churchill baptist church stouffville tribune publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager patricia pappas jo ann stevenson andrew mair debra 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week richmond huvthomhilvaughan liberal scarborough mir ror topic newsmagazine widowdale mirror and uxbridge tribune metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 6405477 fax patience wears thin around garage m y old man is kind and consid- erate cheerfully tolerating the role of fall guy in my meanderings in this column patience on the other hand is not his strong suit nevertheless he manages to dis play the patience of job himself when dealing with chateau gilderdales perennial garage door crisis up until 13 years ago when the arrival of our first child was imminent we operated that massive hunk of steel manually a feat which would have given arnold schwarzeneggar pause fear of having to attend a prema ture birth in the driveway however led my husband to invest in an automatic opener initially we were enchanted as the door obediently rose and fell at the mere touch of a button alas with the arrival of winter the door started to fight back when the temperature dipped below about minus five it would kates corner jam stubbornly a foot above the ground in my rush to gain admit tance to the warm house i would neglect to don my gloves and would thus find myself welded to the frozen handle as i struggled in vain to pry it open my husband has labored in all weathers to fix the wretched door he has bought new springs re attached the mechanism to the ceil ing readjusted the tension and bashed out contorted panels along the way a succession of wellmean ing but misguided visitors has offered a flood of useless advice ive become accustomed to spine- chilling crashes swiftly followed by a choice expletive or two as the old man grapples with the latest door dilemma a few minutes later he will appear in the kitchen a bloodstained handkerchief wound tightly around his injured hand and ask in a mildly apologetic voice if i would mind turning on the tap he is a brilliant fixer of things- gonewrong but in this case each solution results in a new problem yet the same man who loses it when the cat deposits a hairball on the rug or the children upend a bot tle of pop on the basement settee or i inadvertently lock the keys in the trunk is a model of restraint on the explosive subject of the garage door we just want our children and their friends to know our door is always open but their father is working on it