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a4 tribune april 17 1985 s editors mail extremes dear editor our town council is obviously in a severe financial bind on one hand residents now living here are demanding certain services a new arena soccer fields improved side walks and roads on the other sewerage and water limitations place a restriction on urban stouffville growth appreciating this taxpayers myself included are undoubtedly wondering how council can go out and hire a chief administrative officer ata salary of 45000 it indi cates a policy of extremes res traint on one side and waste on the other surely out of the several depart ment heads on staff one could have been selected for an extra 5000 to take on this responsibility or why not pay our mayor a living wage and let him assume control something is seriously wrong if a highprofile outsider must be pa rachuted into whitchurch- stouffville to in mayor woods words clean house in short a resent my tax dollars being spent in this fashion arthur brennan rri gormley a benefit dear editor yours was the only newspaper in ontario i believe that didnt continually cry the blues concern ing the recent beer strike one would have that our very existence depended on it as far as was concerned the brewers retail stores could have stayed closed forever this was one strike where the people benefitted sincerely dale harrison stouffville super strawberry theme selected for festival week the tribune established1888 james thomas bruce annan pat pappas editor publisher advertising manager editorial dept chris shanahan brian kirlik display advertising dept lois wideman real estate classified advertising joan marshman distribution doreen deacon national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing distributing at 54 man st stouffville ont lei 6402jqo single copies 50 subscriptions 1700 per year in canada s4750 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mall registration number 0896 the stouffville tribune is one of the metroland group of suburban newspapers which includes the actfin free press ajaxpickering news advertiser the aurora banner brampton guardian the burlington post the burlington weekend post the etobicoke advertiserguardian the georgetown independent the milton champion the mississauga news the newmarket era the willowdale mirror oakville beaver oakville friday beaver oshawawhitby this week oshawawhitby this weekend the richmond hill liberal trior- nhill liberal the scarborough mirror the markham economist and sun and woodbridge liberal metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd 6402100 6492292 your time mother on strike by margaret foth editorials citizen of the year again in 1985 the town of whitchurch- stouffville will honor its citizen of the year since 1980 the tribune has been pleased to sponsor this event in co operation with the municipality thir teen service clubs and organizations the region of york and the provincial and federal governments the ceremony is planned for thurs day june 20 at the high school its one of many activities set for strawberry festival week june 20 to july 1 in past years the assistance by you the people has been tremendous and were calling on your help again to sub- mit the names of whitchurchstouffville residents who you feel are deserving of recognition there are dozens whose contributions i past and present are worthy of acclaim i you have indicated this unfortunately i only one can be selected this is the duty it is best to rebuild the centuryold building on stouffvil- les main street commonly referred to as the sanders block will be de molished main reason is said to be with- drawl of a provincial heritage grant that would have subsidized renovation costs with or without the grant we see the cost of refurbishing this structure as pro hibitive the building is only a shell and not a sturdy shell at that time and tide have taken their toll already owner john baird has ex pended hundreds of dollars on the in terior and what has he left exactly what he started with as far as visual appearance is concerned a decrepid old building that would require thousands upon thousands of additional dollars to repair its not worth it while there are those who will decry the decision to tear the structure down it is not their money that would be in vested john baird docs not profess to be the savior of stouffvilles downtown he must first think of himself we predict the end result of this pro ject will be something far superior to the original proposal and perhaps even at less cost tgffibfb through proper architectual design the past can be relived in the present and the future in this instance however first must come the bulldozer so rebuild ing plans can start from scratch of the selection committee and its a very difficult task each year however one name has come to the fore jim rehill 1980 wayne feasby 1981 fran sainsbury 1982 dr john button 1983 and joyce rowley 1984 who will it be in 1985 that decision rests with the committee and you indicative of the interest in this event is the fact that although the occasion is still more than nine weeks away recom mendations are already coming in this we appreciate and encourage mother on strike one woman chose this way to convince her children each had a parkin making their house a home thus surviving the juggling act of combining career with family going on- strike was a dramatic statement of keeling i guess every mother has shared at some point i know there were many times i felt the wheels wouldnt turn at our place unless j perso nally took responsibility who else would make sure the towels were clean and the soap dishes stocked and the sheets changed and the refrigerator cleaned who would keep track of library books and doctors appointments and three meals a day if i didnt one important step for me was to see our family as a cooperative venture- parents and children in this together we all benefitted from the additional in come i earned and we neededto share responsibilties working out this nev vision was never simple we talked things over set up schedules and assigned tasks we has sled over who had the toughest jobs and who had more than their share some of our work was finished and some of it was forgotten when i felt pooped i asked for help and things went better the canadian family has undergone radical changes in recent decades in families with children under six one- mother in three holds a job outside the home in families with older children almost two out of three hold jobs outside the home the two basic reasons are financial need and personal satisfaction this change has occurred so quickly most parents must learn new ways of thinking of themselves and how to divide the responsibilitites or parenting and making a home maureen teaches school as well as beinga wife and mother of four she says- they must all leave the house by eight each weekday morning she loves her work but she also fights exhaustion as when she faces a sink full of breakfast dishes with no idea with what to start for dinner and watches her youngest come into the kitchen fresh from a session of making mud pies in spite of the tiredness and the frus tration she says she enjoys teaching and certainly wouldnt give up mothering either maureen discovered three guidelines extremely helpful first do what mat ters for her what matters most is hav ing a home atmosphere thats peaceful and loving home must not be a tense and hurried place i am by nature impa tient and prompt its all too easy for me to rush meals push my little people around and have us all in tears since she recognized her tendency she made the conscipus choice to have the evening meal as a good family time she said she cooked simply but wanted nourishing and tasty food they couldehjby eating together and they also chose to try to keep the time relaxed time to hear ab out each others day but the basic concern of many parents trying to juggle career and family boils down to concerns about the children will daycare hurt our child will there be psychological damage melodie davis is a friend and co worker who has authored the book working mothering and other minor dilemmas she said one day she was a little unnerved when she put her 10- monthold daughter on the living room floor at the babysitters house michelle crawled immediately to her favorite playmate the babysitters elevenyear old son and pulled at his legs saying ma ma but it was only momentary as she knew that her daughter really turned to her with joy every afternoon perhaps the question should not be will daycare hurt my child but how do i feel about our situation if a mother feels good about who she is her children and what shes doing then the environment is conducive to growing happy welladjusted children whether working outside the home or not the point is each mother and her needs is different and im glad we live in a time when women can make choices which meet their individual needs a family must work out their values and tasks and goals together editors mail support garibaldi public school ss 9 uxbridge twp 1944 on sat may 11 former teachers and students of garibaldi public school ss no 9 uxbridge twp will hold a reunion in the goodwood community cen tre this photo dates back to 1944 the pupils and teacher are front row left to right- jean mcguckin helen tindall eleanor mcguckin elva yakeley jim hewlett garnet bacon george mcdonald dick taylor norman yakeley rear row left to right- clarc mcguckin billy mcguckin jim bagg biil hoff man bill hewlett alice mcgaw teacher evelyn bacon unknown joyce forsyth dear mr thomas i was pleased to read in the march 10 tribune that our fire de partment in stouffville has adopted the furnishing of a room in the new markhamstouffville hospital as a volunteer project this is commendable in addition to saving lives on the job these men are interested in saving lives off the job as well indirectly through the raising of 5000 they will be doing just that through your newspaper i urge everyone in the community to sup port each of the events the firefigh ters has in niind including the car wash this saturday april 20 sincerely jennifer carlin stuart street stouffville exciting dear editor whitchurchstouffville is com ing alive i see the signs every time i pick up a copy of your news paper itsexciting what prompted me to write is the news that stouffville is likely to have an indoor mall this is the best of all good things that are happening here while i hate to say it outdoor shopping plazas are as dead as the dodo bird we canadians can en dure playing and even working in the cold the wet and the snow but not shopping in it thats why one sees so many stouffville people at markville its convenient and com fortable i hope the indoor mall plan pro ceeds its another positive step for our town sincerely patricia pat hunter hemlock drive stouffville