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pvtwfcunerdctober 16 1991 m stouffville xmt- v- iv h 1 fv v vy wx ws jj sonshine should go to top dog t his past week the supporters a of the sonshine square club in stouffville took the ministry of education to task for its stand on religious clubs in schools the ministrys reply was to say that the noon hour falls within the school day and is therefore within the ministrys jurisdiction ministry spokesman keith baird told the crowd of 350 sup porters that he sympathized with their cause but noted there would be nothing done about it the right to hold a club such as son- shine square apparently lies with the federal government it is apparently a constitutional prob lem perhaps v supporters of son shine square should take their message to a higher court with the federal governments newfound preoccupation with making amends in all sectors of society now may be the time to lobby joe clark to have the legis lation banning such activities amended it is a long shot naturally but in our estimation a cause worth fighting for start of the holiday weekend put me in fowl mood on friday my thanksgiving week end got off on a wobbly start i was shopping in an area supermar ket for a turkey that perfect holiday bird that i could picture roasted and broasted on the festively festooned table actually i should say two super markets one was completely sold out of birds oh sure they had some but they were either scrawny freezerburnt and dented or so large that it would keep the waltons in hot turkey sand wiches and turkey neck soup for two generations mom what are we having for din ner a tot piped up as i made my way through the aisles well on sunday were having turkey her mother answered as she pulled a massive grain forcefed pre packaged and prestuffed poultry from the freezer case it must have weighed 40 pounds i imagined the womans other two dozen children running amok in a local day care waiting for mom to pick them up the bird weighing down the trunk with the lid ajar and tied to the bumper i scanned the remaining birds checked the prices of a 15 pounder put it back like it was a hot coal checked the price of a lopounder broke into a sweat at the thought of parting with half a weeks wages then i checked the prices of precooked prestuffed turkey loaf then turkey slices then a package of mockturkey i was ready to settle on hamburger surprise for the thanksgiving repast but decided to give another store a try i found the selection a little better in the freezer section of the second super market and found a turkey of about minute with mair the right size i started for the cash and as the dead weight dangled from my arm i noticed the plastic netting was ripped before i could reach down with the other arm the netting came off right at the top and the frozen bird chunked to the ground and skidded off down the aisje like a curling stone i ran after it slipping and sliding in its wet wake while stock boys and customers looked on i chased this errant beast all over the store all the while twistedly thinking about the metaphor of the chicken with his head cut off i finally caught up to it slapped it back in the freezer and walked redfaced away i thought of skipping a turkey dinner altogether and molding a great ball of spam into a fowlshape instead but then i noted that most of the shoppers were lining up at the meat counter i saw the sign touting fresh turkeys and lined up to examine the butchers wares i have never had a fresh turkey hav ing grown up for the most part in the north where the only fresh turkeys were actually ruffed grouse fresh from the woodlands this may seem strange to longtime residents of this area where freerange chickens ducks and turkeys are as common as fenceposts i found the price to be quite reason able and actually imagined myself contributing to the welfare of some struggling local farmer so the fact the price was actually somewhat higher than the prebasted cholesterolladen monsters in the freezer seemed well worth it as i proudly stood in line with my purchase the man behind me started up a conversation turkey eh he observantly said you know you are what you eat heh heh i decided against mentioning to him that a box of ding dongs was peeking out of his cart stouffville tribune i clean up in the mess department publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager patricia pappas jo ann stevenson andrew mair debra weller vivian oneil jennifer hutt pam nichols staff reporters tracy kibble enzo di matteo jute caspersen roger belgrave photographers sjoerd witteveen steve somervne real estate joan marshman classified doreen deacon debbie amundson uxbridge retail sales joan marshman doreen deacon steve randall uxbridge dis tribution arlene maddock published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1 m3 tel 2942200 second dass registration number 1 247 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 6244 main st stouffville is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mssissauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa- whitby this week peterborough this week richmond hilvthomhiivvaughan liberal scarborough mir ror topic ni distrfculing is a national sales repr ne wibowdale mrror and uxbridge tribune metroland printing publishing and jn enterprises ltd attve metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 6405477 fax ju hy is it that organized people display a marked tendency to apologize for the state of their homes whenever someone drops in youll have to excuse the mess they announce virtuously indicat ing a picture perfect room that resembles a spread from architec tural digest i check to see if ive remembered to put in my lenses then vainly scan the room again looking for clues to the alleged dis array eventually i might notice a slight ly dented pillow a book which does not line up exactly with its compan ions or a picture which needs frac tional adjustment the truth is these people do not know the mean ing of the word mess things can be described as gen uinely messy only when you cant walk across the room without a map and a comprehensive insur ance policy most people who apol- kates corner ogize for their untidiness are ama- teurs in the art of muddled living but they make it difficult for experts of the genre to adequately express the depth of their disorder fortunately every dark cloud has a silver lining and one of the unsung delights of being immense ly untidy is the thrill you get from the occasional mammoth cleanup its like moving house only cheap er as well as marginally less exhausting not only do you unearth a variety of things youve been looking for since last august you also discover that underneath the chaos is the house you fell in love with all those years ago if youre a parent how ever your temporary craving for order is doomed even when youre filled with a missionary zeal to clean up this enthusiasm is rarely shared by your offspring thus checking on a sleeping child continues to be a hazardous experience in our house as an unshod foot encounters the sharp edges of a metal facsimile of the starship enterprise lurking under a crumpled sweatshirt should the party responsible for this misplaced object awaken he will be filled with concern not for you of course but for his beloved model on which you have so care lessly trodden at chateau gilderdale only my husband has ever espoused an inclination towards neatness but even that has been largely eradicated by his messy family if cleanliness is next to godliness i havent got a prayer