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editor l h- to joc bripticm mm pr year injadvusiog jugtr v canada attbawktre maabar of audit bureau of circulation canadian camrawuty nnripaporsauociatioa and ontario weekly newspapers assodmioa second class null registration number mm tjnwtriaimw is oa oi the inland pumisbina co limited group o nawsaancrswbick includes tne alaxyraitbyfrckering news 1 advertiser orwnptoa guardian- burlington post etobiceke gazette marfcham economist and son ncwmarkevaurora era oakville beaver 1 osmwa tnls week and mlsslstauaa news- a i i i jkaises are out ot line i it seems that everybody and his brother is receiving generous raises at this time of year the list is rather impressive as to the num bers of elected politicians who have voted themselves increased stipends last week the members of the york county board of education doubled their salariesfrom to 6000 the increase compares unfavorably with salary increases the federal mps tried to give themselves just before christmas i doubling the trustee salary is not ap propriate at this time in fact it is not justified based on the cost of living the increase sidewalks ineedeci iii subdivisions t- planning board should give serious consideration to when dealing with future subdivisions tfie needfor more sidewalks in the present developments sidewalks are practically nil one finds f women pushing baby carriages along the roadways older people moving cautiously along the thoroughfare and children every where on the street noteyeryonejdrives a car arid even those who do sometimes pprefcr to 1 walk but find that they must be nimblefooted to keep out jof the way of passing traffic ji 1 r j some walks ihavebeen added in the j ponderpsabut many moreare needed the time tohave them installed is at the time of development v- r the new baycrest development also the area of manitoba hawthorne- may tree park dr and tyridale rdare very badly neglected in ihisregardpider streets such as some of those mentioned above bad since the streets are not even curbed with the possibililyof still another school in the east end of towhlhe need for sidewalks i for children alone is evenmore represents a desire by the trustees to receive adequate compensation when compared with private business that may seem like a good thing to some people but to us it does not necessarily follow people who seek public office should be doing so out of a desire to sere rather than for monetary rewards york regional council will likely vote itself a more modest raise at the meeting today each of the 16 members will receive a 1000 raise up from 7000 that is noi- cxhorbitant when it compared to the salaries in durham region council members there recently upped their salary from 10000 to 11000 this has been accompanied by increases for local councillors in newmarket and aurora yes it seems to be the season for elected politicians givejhemselveshealthy increases t the further straw that will help to break- the earners back was contained in the inaugural speech of york regionals chair- man garfield wright he proposed a hew administrative centre for the region it is a fact that the regional staff is lodged inovercrowded quarters al present site but the tribune feels it is a singular iy inappropriate time to start a large capital project governments should be trying to trim their spcndingtohelp ease inflation large wage increases and grandiose building schemes do not do much to fui therthal end the uncertainties of the coming year do not seem toibevery real to our elected representatives the provincial government has made it clean that grants tomiinicipal and regional governments will hold the line this year that could mean considerable tax increases for the average land owner v iit is singularly poor timing for these aveswhiclcadelinflatjonarj- stage for other wagedemands that would also be inflationary it is a time for moderation not unrestricted pilfering of thepublic purse justin mtfp krtola fzjt4 ok to keep te plsfjciallgtor fffljtfl box of pjffe li bible thought for the week from the living bible god paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take and vthe ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver as you very well know but hepaid for you with the precious lifeblood of christ the sinless spotless lamb of god god chose him for this purpose long before the world began but only recently was he brought into public view in these last days as a blessing to you because of this your trust can be in god who raised christ from the dead and gave him great glory 1 peter 11821 sugar an p spice personal remarks after christinas by bill smiley gs are costly waste the ontario- environmental hearing s board reopens hearings early jn february concerning theopevation of the garbage dump i on highway 48 it seems thehearings are g likely to extend fprisomeweeks possible months after that tt- it is rather startling that hearings can drag on in this matter indefinitely but that is lhe case the hearingshavemoved slowly to date y vv butthe dumping goes onlnjaclnblhing has been done to really limit dumping there thehearings themselves leave most bf us rather bewildered- r -i- one witness whohas some title that iniakes him an authority crosses swords with 1 another equally as capable the result in most s cases is a sawoff neither one makes a clear point and nonebf us is the wiser j j j pan f sigr enable to all but perhaps other criteria should be used to judge the situation on highway 48 the fact that the dump has aroused considerable public- opposition should be enough to show j something should be done about it f to our way of thinking arguments can be -made- by scientists to prove either case technical evidence does more to confuse than to enlighten sometimes y the tribune feels and has staled earlier- that thedump shouldbe closed until the ministry of the environment can guarantee that the- aquifer deep ground water thatms the source of stouffvilles drinking water is in ho danger the onus should be on the owners bfthedump to makesure about that before- dumping is allowed to resume v it is the onlyway to insure the people cf- this area that stouffvilles drinking water will continue to be pure and clean- next weeks column is going to be a real smasherbut in the meantime im going to clear up a lot of christmas things most of them personal if you dont like personalstuff turn to another page firsl of all thanks to my uncle ivan for a cheery note he is now the patriarch of the clanon my mothers side i amsupposed to- look like him and act like him i hope its true and that i do id like to be a patriarch of something when you are a patriarch you are old and wiseand everybody pays attention to you i am old and stupid and nobody pays attention to me except my wife and grand- babby and students blessypii ursulabrady ofvancouver remember how we kissedbehindthe car whilebob white v pappy warren and dinny mcmaniis tried to gel it out of the snow bank dont blush it was beautiful thanks norm lightford of ottawa you k always rcmemberd5vyou remember the room we shared af college with the bay window and the fireplace- cannel coal sunday jafternoons stripped lolhe shorts talking about lifeandwomen and stuff and do you remember that the middle of the year and left you as sports editor of toron- onensisand you flunked your year george and elda cadogan do you remember the night you had a party for all the sharp young editors and their wives whom you had mcuat the newspaper convention and it 5 was the night of hurricane hazel and only about fourpf us made it hello out lhere to a couple of characters first tv repairman six times a year i get a pungent comment from but there is no identification beyond thal he lives in westporl ont it always signed ihe same way your tv repairman mjeres hischristmascafd jn v merry christmas smiley ahd the biggest surprise of all i like your column you im riot so sure about are you trying to make us think you are old with that grandpa bit my kids are in trieivsosfand im nof old and more of the same how do you deal with that old reprobate and hello loahblher nut li col john mcewing who sends an annual picture of his pipe band in of all places spokane washington this years card is a splendid thing with four brilliantly colored quarters i wish i could include the description of the coal of arms but space forbids heres a sample the particolored shield azure blue and gules red t is quartered saltirewise by a st andrews cross argent silver taken from the old flag of scotland thats the essence by some wild reach of logic and probability the reminder of the coat of arms drags in such disparities as the united states air force the cairn of the mac- crimmons and canada the home of many fine pipers the colonel winds up his message with i continue to greatly enjoy your writing i have been told that whiskey improved with agc you sir and if you are correct in translating the gaelic motto suas leis aphiob- mhoir as up with the great football bowl or other perhaps the last bowel of the scots or the last bowel of the smileys if he reads this- but i wander i wanted to say that i am pretty disappointed in some people not a word from dutch kleimeyerhe usually asks me to the last reunion of the last fighter pilotsnot a word this year maybe im the j last and theyre all gone i wouldnt be sur- j prised last time i went to one i returned on j my last legs im a little piqued that i havent heard i from gene macdonaldythe man from j glengarry last of the big lime spenders and pete hvidsten of uxbridge last of the vital j virile vikings these are old newspaper i friends probably they both think im dead j maybc i am and im typing this inheaven god forbid c x finally thanks to mary and alan george and win john and helen- bill and joan karl favorite paperhanger alastair milligan who sounds irish but doggedly avers he is a scoos off to miami with a pipe band to play at some kathy i v v v and to everyone fight a good fight in 1975 its the only fight in town r a viewpoint a special wee fpr us j u dgnbernard s a group of downtown merchants have t- served notice thatthey intend to fight the off- i street parking schene- proposed bywhit- churchtouffville council that would see the i town buyland for parking and the merchants pay a special levy to cover the costs c the scheme has much to recommend it in fact it might well be the only way to provide offstreet parking in the downtown core of t zi- v the merchants however have some valid- points when they opposethe project first of fall they vol be paying for something lhatthe town will own future councils may see fit to vuse the land for other than parking leaving j- the merchants holding the bag so to speak he other problem is whether the sites proposed are going to fill the need two of them are remote although a third is quite jvcentrala fourth property next to the bakery iwill be bought by thetown regardless- f alternatives are needed orelse the plan j fas isentedby the parking committee will probably bo japprovedt by mbsttqfuieiher- chants vrftsvi4 w a flfsttedsdentmerdiahts manage to cpmeupwithsomeviable alternatives that kiiflvotib jni vfmediate future arid alio provide somethingin rliinlrirlanvrithmwiiinpil shnnlri rinnsirlpr lh this week is a special one for those people is typical ofraan to want to organize who feel that prayer is important and should- 5 everything including religion today it has be encouraged the eight churches in become big business operating in a way that is stouffville are alltaking part in ihe second annual week 1 of prayer last years first try was very successful it consisted of a series of meetings one each day for awhole week each church wasin charge of organizing and planning one of the s eight meetings v- i the main jis to get people of different churches and denominations together for prayer well this year the format isthe same pretty well we attended two oflke- scrvices last year and they were quite dif ferent one fromthe other but let me digress a minute in this con nection recently there has been considerable talk about the socalled j ecumenical movement which some think will see the creation of one large church organization to include all believers this movement has been quite strong in its hopes efforts are presently underway for the united and anglican churches to join into one organizational structure the united church at its annual meeting last year decided to start negotiations for a merger with the roman catholic church the idea being that if you can fuse the organizational structures you will eventually have one church well that is a nice idea i suppose if one is interested in churches combining their ad- ministrativeorganizations but what about an old fashioned concept that i call individual spirituality to me that riieans a individuals personal relationship with god that must be the foremost thing that each- christian must examine for himself the large institutions that call themselves churches are far removed from that simple concept- but i too believe f that there is an ecumenical movement in the churches but not the way most people see it no this movement is based on a new work that god is little different than plhei big businesses the differences if there are ariyare slight but true spirituality comes down to the individuals commitlinenltbjesus christ 1 1 and people with this kind of committment can be found in every denominational grouping mowandiriore thesvpeopleare seeking out hkeihinded people in a other groups for fellowship and prayer if one believes as i do that we are in the end times of the church age iheri this mbvemerit across denominational lines is predicted in the bible god is pouring out his spirit on all flesh and this can be seen in the various new movements in the socalled old line denominations 1 f but what about stouffville what does all that have to dp with the week of prayer lt has everylhing to do with it this is one further indication that this body of christ is becoming evident the invisible church with members in all different churches is now being made visible the week of prayer beings these people together in prayer it has other advantages people can share burdens in prayer- with god and with one- another that is especiallytruein a series of meetings covering a whole iweek people can pray togetherand the lifting of hearts in prayer can be a unifying force it provides an opportunity for members of one church to see what is happening in other groups often there can be certain good things in one church that can be useful in another the meetings last year were as varied as one could imagine the two went to were very different although both were pentecostal churches as such in one there was a long time of prayer with everyone taking part as they wished while in the other there was a movie with a powerful message arid x a call for committment to chrisuv- in thisway each soriiething doing in the hearts and lives of individual men different to contributewhich added up to a arid women4jn i wcekof variety and spiritual blessing to all you seethe true church has nothing to do ookpart- j 5i- with organizational structures no it is called the body of christ and is an invisible church in the sense that all church groups contain mcmbersof thisbodyvk jv church denominations aremanmadelt this isourhbpe forthis year that men v and women may see avew vision of what god is doing in this lime that we constantly renew vour committment to christ and that the body of christ is emerging in these last daysn i m j