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p 4 tribune march 12 1997 st email address stouffvilletribune pressnetnet municipal budgets are not ones to watch with march comes spring with spring comes budget time the municipality and the region and the school boards are current ly putting the final touches to the 1997 operating budgets and while for the most part people would rather have hot pins stuck in their eyes than study a budget there are important changes coming and as taxpayers we must all be ready for them and to stay informed about the new ways we are being governed residents often get concerned there will be a rise in municipal taxes something that hasnt occurred in years however while there is no such thing as a good tax the municipal level of govern ment is exactly where you would want to see an increase the municipal tax bill is a mere frac tion of the regional and more dra matically the school boards bud gets a jump in school board taxes in where people feel it most but it is the municipal level perhaps because that is the level where we see action we dont see textbooks unless we go into the schools and most of the school boards sanders roads crews budget goes to salaries recreation facilities and another intangible garbage collection with the town govern- while it is admirable ment we see snowplows that local governments can hold the line on taxes it is becoming increasing ly important especially with cuts to boards at all levels stouffville tribune 6244 main st stouffville ont l4a1e2 905 6402100 905 6492292 classified 905 6402874 fax 905 6405477 publisher patricia pappus general managereditor andrew mair editorinchief jo ann stevenson director of advertising debra weller retail manager mike kogerson classified manager stacey allen distribution manager barry j goodyear administration vivian oneil operations mgr pamela nichols questions news andrew mair editor joan kanslxiny kathleen griffin mike adler reporters sjoerd witteveen steve somerville photographers julie caspersen copy editor 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publisher cloning really something out of the xfiles with the new millennium peeking at us over the horizon change is in the air just when you think youve seen every thing along comes cloning the ability to reproduce an alike being right out of an xfiles episode is now a reality the big announcement was made this past week that a sheep had been cloned in dr ian wilmuts laboratory in edinburgh scotland the result of this experiment is a fluffy white docile sheep clone named dolly poor thing has no idea why thousands of flashbulbs are popping in her face proclaim ing her as a genetic first this is a frankenstein exper iment to many while at the same time an exciting opportu nity to many others whatever the opinion dolly is a living breathing firstever of a slight ly scary new phenomenon cloning now rural routers if i had a little more faith in mankind maybe i would be more positive about cloning unfortunately you just have to take a look at our rocky history to see that if mankind can mess something up we will find a way the thought of an army of adolf hitler types being cloned has crossed my mind one country fellow jim hughes says that the very thought of what lays ahead in the future is frightening to think about cloning and all its implications says jim are vir tually overwhelming rural route ruth leblanc with churches playing an important role in many rural routers lives i wondered how the clergy felt about this new godlike role man will now play stouffville missionary church a religious home to town and rural folks alike was quick to provide me with their take on this important news item both pastor lou geense and pastor david ianuzzo offer the following food for thought cloning must receive consid erable attention and discussion from the christian community questions will include what is the implication of cloning indi viduals compared with what god has intended when he cre ated us in his image how does this effect the human soul what would the criteria be for who would be cloned who would set the criteria would just the productive and attrac tive members of society be cloned the implication that cloning could have on human society is mindboggling at present the staff at stouffville missionary church agree with the professor of christian ethics at notre dame universi ty who stated t cant think of a morally acceptable reason to clone a human being on the lighter side if ever i am cloned may my twin be a statuesque size 8 in the non- aging non- wrinkling model work world certainly has its ups and downs now i can add failed country singer to my list of nonaccom plishments on the career front following a week of deafening silence from nashville agents eager to snap up canadas newest country sensation i remain yours truly on page four my claim to fame was revealed in last weeks column in the wake of an astute grade 3 students observation that i looked just right for the part perhaps the wire services simply failed to pick up on this momentous news but whatev er the reason i am once again in actors parlance resting although i keep reading that leading edge workers of the nineties must diversify and three jobs are better than one it seems that measurable talent is a prerequisite for most occu pations and nobody wants to pay me for my sparkling per sonality alone having finally come to grips with the fact that fame is to be forever denied me i have assembled my resume a docu ment of breathtaking dullness and have even attended an interview or two this has led to further unanticipated com plications eg i can only do two interviews with the same potential employer before i run out of appropriate attire while its okay for impover ished writers to conduct busi ness in distressed jeans and a tshirt bearing the nine inch nails logo a garment which has been languishing in the closet for abandoned clothing since earlier in the mid90s such expressions of sartorial individuality are hardly the thing for the committed corpo rate wannabe the problem with a real job is that you have to wear real clothes with vaguely matching shoes and understated jew ellery as opposed to retro 70s flares and that gothic choker from fashion crimes on queen st west working in an office kates corner kat e q i i d e yd a i e also means you cant goof off to raid the refrigerator comb the cat or stencil the study a la martha stewart on the plus side you are no longer required to field calls from purveyors of aluminum siding who mangle your name and then ask you how you are before revealing the dastardly purpose of their call neither are you subjected to interruptions from a bell cana da robot wanting to know if youll accept a collect call from one of your offspring who has not yet grasped the concept that it as much cheaper and more endearing to your parent to insert a quarter if you happen to work as a receptionist however you are constantly being bombarded by visits from people wanting to sell you and your colleagues cute n cuddly soft toys cook books filled with recipes which you would not dream of serving to your cat and little ceramic figurines bearing a distressing resemblance to the one your auntie gave you at 3our wed ding shower as the company ambassador you have to be polite to every one no matter how obnoxious and there are no cats around to kick when things go wrong still when you toil away in an office you do get to leave your work at work unless you are a type a something that clearly does not apply in my case in fact i am ideally suited to the position outlined in a car toon by hector breeze for pri vate eye in which the person nel manager observes i like your qualifications gribson you have the makings of a first- class underling