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"filings sum to gel had: an“ track: You’re feeling goud. taking it easy. going on a trip. Pvthaps 16 Ausualia! 'lhen om; wrung mnvc and. "Arrth My back!" liven if they could fix your back. you feel like you'd never be nu! nf danger. "Man thruws back back." Which would serve you righ! A guy with a bum'bark shnuldn't vow ture loo far from home, ' Mind you. you'd have so} wtmng m tall: about a! cnciuail paQA. How the guy with tho Hum-mm strapped yuu m the mnf and drove you to Melbtmrm', llnw thv airline transpnrtvd yml hy «wither and _ "This back is shot!” you tell you} self. Best to throw it out‘ Unfortunately. the price 0! new hacks has shot up in recent years -- or else they haven't quin- perfecu‘d the back transplant. Which is wfiy you are still fora-d In try and get your back back In nurmal. which isn't always easy. Ask residents befote HAVE YOUR SAY (“Sing “doc, ‘ § What dn mu think 5mm Ibo! could atm- sible «tater park. Ian. 13. Where is the community consultation in the decision to replace Stnuffvtllds outdoor pool? Swimming is an activity many families can do together rather than sitting on a bend] and watching your run around a splash pad. I'm not going to put on my balhingsuil and run through rings of cold water. In in the existing wall?! parks around tau/n; I don't think I'w sum a parent do that. I' would like a surwy con- ducted lo what the prefer- ence would be. On a m-deglee day in My. it's nice to head lo the outdoor pool in Memorial ltgetsalmduseduflmme summer. My cider sun can now ride his bike over with bud~ dies and go for a splash on a lETTEWS TO THE EDITOR um in ()m It would be a big mistake for lawn muncil to take the pool away. [I was one of the masons we moved here seven yearsasa In fact. we used to make the Muphembcforewelivedln theareaiusl logo tothe_p00‘l._ Well; as Statffville mmsvimo mini Markham. I will probably say. “Honeyi when: now?” The town should take my Wu and do an onlinc poll of Whitchurch-Slouflville residents. 1- , I hut day. It's no! the same swim- ming in the indoor pool during the magma. ‘ Pool or W818! park? I have a feeling 11} have to do my own petition - ' D WhaldoyouMoflhis issue? E-maileflerstoflwaifo: Iojmasom‘flym'gxom rhargcd you for the three seats ynu took up and how your request for medicinal marijuana was turned down by the courts only to become an election issue. leading to a mainr ity win by the Mariiuana Party. When you're a (all guy Iikc mysélf and your hack gum. for a minute you feel like a pie“- of fipagheni that's snapped. It doesn‘i'foel fixable. Herc. yum back is at the backbone of your life and yuu never knew it. I'd like to say! threw my back mtt m the weightmnm. or doing utmo- thing more glamumus, say. lifting the from and M a runaway cat that had come “nest on an unsuspecting scnmr citizen. 3 la Superman. ‘ In reality. I dislodged my sacroiliac going on a long drive with‘ the kids up north to visit family. skhuvxflli'ng snow DAWN VAN~SICKLE VII HJIH I11 I“ Bernie O'Neill He had t9 eét. Would he lie down all day on his Sealy Pusturcpedic anti ’rislt starvation or being eaten by a sable tooth tiger or crushed a woolly mammoth? Of course nut! - llow l'll recover (I haven’t recovered yet) I’m not quite sure. I've tried the difierent inversion positions. stretch- ing. yoga. hot water bottle, cold pack. pain killers and so on. while still going to work since I typically use the same moronic method of reasoning 1 use at times like these. which is to consider what Early Mari would have done. off a lake for outdoor skating purposes and then taking anotherfilong drive back down south. In other words. I hurt myself by sit- ting on my rear-end for an extended period. while lifting a, shovel a little in between. Guess I'm getting old. He'd pick up his aching carcass and go about his hunting and gathering as best he could. cypn if he did look like the Hunchback of Markham. It all makes me think of the big expansion now In. the works at Markham Stouffvillc Hospital. needed because the community around the hoopimljs Mn; but also aging. It's a $400-milli6n expansiofi. vihich is a lot of money. (I'd throw my back out carrying this much in S “)0 hills.) So (10 our tucs simply pa,y.l_for~all of this great new hospital space? ~ Bugusum Ian ,1?mudfoo1. , POLITICAL RHETORIC lN AMERICA Many individuals and groups are already awam of [his need and have done much to help the hospital mom its fundraismg goal WMW‘W In essence. we need to show our local commitment m expanding the hospital. since we are in companion for government dollars with other communities in Ontario that would also like to see their hospital s expand - ed or simply modernized An expansion may nut seem as glamorous as when the hnspital was first built. but in many ways. It's as if we're getting a brand new huspilal. which will help new residents having all those new hahiefi. as well as those like myself whose parts 0! no longer brand new and at limes need fixing. No. The hospital is expected to misc $50 million within the cummu» nity. in pan to buy new equipment. 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