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editors mail pleased dear editor we are a comparatively new family in stouffville we moved here only a few weeks ago from scarborough while the change is a rather traumatic experience for our chil dren new school new friends etc were sure theyll adjust quickly children usually do as for me and my husband were completely happy in our new en vironment our home is lovely our neighbors are friendly and the com munity is exactly what we were looking for small town yet close to toronto on occasions i hear some of the native residents complaining about this and that all very minor things in my opinion 1 tell them each time they dont know how lucky they are if we could have found a house to our liking wed have moved here long ago sincerely joyce hendry hemlock drive stouffville generous dear editor as a regular reader of the tri bune the page 1 story related to the donation of land for a new mission ary church at markham greatly in terested me unfortunately i feel the name of the donor was omitted this to me is important id like to know who this generous person is after all an individual doesnt give away property worth 100000 every day would you please identify this person or explain why hisher identity must be kept secret j sincerely isabelle macgregor rr 1 unionville editors nole the property owners requested their names not be made public what happened metribune the tribune established 1888 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 priming publishing distributing at 54 main si stouffville ont tel 6402100 single copies 50 subscriptions st 700 per year in canada s4750 elsewhere member o canadian community newspapers association ontario weemy newspaper association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0896 the stouffville tribune is one of the metroland group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajexpickenno 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 oakvlllo beaver oakvilfe friday beaver oshawawhitby this week oshawawhitby this weekend the richmond hill liberal thor- nhill liberal the scarborough mirror the markham economist and sun and woodbridge liberal metroland printing publishing end distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd 6402100 6492292 roaming around my mom is special jby jim thomasi editorials y in nn rimii i i i i i an antipc vote f bill hodgson has been helping people 29- years thats what his preelection brochure read unfortunately for him he tried for yet another term another four years arid lost not by a little but by a lot almost 4000 votes bill hodgson like so many politicians before him couldnt quit until forced to quit he chose to carry on justone more time even against the advice of those who knew his time had come the voters told him so in no uncertain terms may 2 now rather than retire a satisfied win ner he leaves with bitterness of defeat liberal greg sorbara may indeed pove himself an excellent riding repre sentative only time will tell but greg sorbara didnt defeat bill hodgson bill hpdgson defeated himself this happens trfparties and politicians who cling to the belief that reelections are automatic theyre not bill hodgson and many ontario tories discovered this the hard way thursday the big blue machine unless it can apply the brakes is headed down a oneway track to oblivion jwhile many people who voted sor bara couldnt even spell his name theres no denying the fact his organiza tion was excellent particularly was this so in whitchurchstouffville the opening of a campaign office here was a first good move the acquisition of en thusiastic volunteers was a second as days extended into weeks they could sense a swing the momentum buildup reached fever pitch election day and ex ploded into delirium election night how could a pc stronghold like whitchurchstouffville suddenly switch allegiance there were several factors first the town itself is changing this is not the whitchurchstouffville of 1981 and cer- tainly not the whitchurchstouffville of 1977 young couples with young families were attracted to a younger man sor bara projected this image with hodgson a senior citizen second hodgsons wishywashy atti tude with respect to the landfill site hurt him badly his refusal to go against the grain to stand up and fight for his own constituents against an immoveable en vironment ministry angered a cross- section of the electorate third to be associated with a party leader displaying all the charm and charisma of a cold fish won him no brownie points yes bill hodgsons time had come unfortunately everyone knew it accept bill hodgson himself the voters had to tell him old politicians never die they just fade away may 12 is mothers day or christian family sunday why is this day so special what does your mother mean to you at my request this question was posed to classes of primary pupils in several stouffville schools some of the replies follow samantha wrightmy mother is very special she makes my breakfast lunch and dinner she never ever forgets to give me christmas presents she always kisses me goodbye when i go to school diana vanderhennei like it when my mother tickles me sometimes i tickle her my mother makes my breakfast lunch and dinner sometimes my mother walks me to school sheila browningi love my mother be cause shes always there when i get home from school some of my friends have more things than i have but i have my mother all the time and they dont alison macdonaldilove my mother and she loves me she never tries to act like someone else ingrid bensonmy mother means ev erything to me i know she doesnt have a lot of money but she makes up for that in other ways when i start making money ill buy her dresses and things i never want to be poor jenny irwini love my mother because shes the only mother i have tara marshmani love my mother be cause shes nice to me but not when i get into her perfume crystal goodei love my mother be- cause my daddy didnt he liked some body else better because he left us three months ago i still see him but its not the same cheryl jacksbnmy mother takes me places i want to go shes very special because shes coming to see my tap re cital im a cave person she bakes good cherry pie jody grabieci love my mother be cause she makes the best cake in the world michael szucsmy mother means love to me shes very nice we are special friends nicole burtei can never love my mommy enough even when she gets mad at me for things that arent my fault i still love her aileen leadbettermy mother is the nicest mom in the world sander katzi love my mother be cause she bought me a puppy shes my friend daniel barthaumy mother is special because she puts care bear sheets on my bed emily freemani love my mother be cause she takes me to sunday school so i can learn about jesus the bible says god is love but god could love me no more than my mom loves me with both loving me i know im safe darren barthaui love my mother be cause she makes money and also makes cakes samantha moorei love my mother be cause im the only one she has to love her my daddy used to or she wouldnt have had me marie eeitchi ipve my mother be cause she loves me as much as i love her matthew michellilove my mommy because she helps take my slivers out she also tucks me in at bedtime yvonne browni love my mother be cause she understands my problems steven lummissmy mother is special to me because she puts three packs of fruit and my homework in a big en- velope kyle osbornei love my mother be cause she kisses me when she tucks me in at night jennifer arsenaultmy mother means hugs and kisses when i grow up i want to be exactly like her i hope my children will love me like i love her robert giesmy mother is special be cause she buys me lots of things even candies from the sales barn david greirit would take a whole page to tell how much i love my mom if it wasnt for her i wouldnt even be here think of all the things i would have missed martha oneillmy mother is very special to me because shes both mom my and daddy to me my daddy doesnt live with us any more but sometimes calls on the phone when i call him someone elses mommy answers i dont understand and i dont think mommy does either cause she cries a lot window on wildlife wormpicking project by art briggs-jude- town badly treated politically the town of whitchurch- stouffville is getting the gears six months ago it was announced that the municipalitys 416000 wintario grant for phase 1 of the new rec centre wouldnt be available until 1986 council protested but to no avail then april 18 two weeks before the pro vincial election this newspaper was told the earlier decision had been reversed and the funds would be forthcoming in 85 on may 3 one day after the election we ieam payment will be made in 1985 or 1986 what goes on here either someones playing games or the left hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing it sounds to us like a bit of both whitchurchstouffville needs this money add it needs itnow we say some people in authority should get their communication lines unscrambled or stop playing politics at the towns expense we dont find the on again off again funding promises the least bit amusing the second issue that irritates us greatly is our mps failure to follow through on the nosale promise of the silver jubilee club building at main and market streets in stouffville on the strength of what we were told the clubs executive and members of council were assured by this newspaper the building would not be sold now were told it will be sold and the town if it wants it will be forced to pay market value price council caught in a bind has agreed although what it will use for money were not quite sure with taxes skyrocketing this additional expenditure is the last thing we need nor should it be necessary from two levels of government whitch- urchstouffvilles getting the gears we dont like being used and council should take a dim view of the practice also with all signs of spring so apparent its only natural that a young mans fan cy should turn to thoughts of worms yes its the fishing season the time ev ery issac walton imitator lays down his tools lifts up his rod and angles off to the nearest waterway and you can be sure included in his complement of hightech tackle will be a can of ordinary down- toearth worms for worms are pound for pound the best all round fish bait with such widespread use its not too dif ficult to see why every fishing person at sometime or another gets involved in picking worms yet wormpicking itself can range from a lad digging a few for early may trout to a professional picking thousands a night for a bonafide bait dealer operating the frisky frog bait shop in gormley brought me full cycle as far as worm gathering was con cerned there were several reasons why it was necessary for me to go out gather ing in my sleeves the fact my supplier quit two nights before a long weekend sticks out most prominentin my mind faced with a wormlcss weekend i pleaded with him listen i said you just cant unbuckle your wormpicking harness and ride off clean into the west ern sunset because of a letter from an old flame in moose jaw before he could answer i added now can you and not to of all places moose jaw saskat- ccwan i was beginning to get a little fired up myself he responded by dump ing his whole lot of worm picking para phernalia in my truck and slamming the door once home i phoned duke campbell whose horse farm butted up against our back fence hows chances of picking worms in your south field i asked no problem help yourself anytime he answered chuckling had a bunch in last spring from toronto mostly women he continued just before l bedtime when i went out to check one of the mares all the horses were acting up then i noticed these people all sitting up behind the barn smoking on them big cuban cigars i got them out of there fast that night i set out in a soft drizzle dressed in the manner of a sudbury nick el minerhip boots yellow raincoat and ambercolored head lamp on each leg was strapped a large empty juice can and over my shoulder hung a small haversack full of sawdust in one hand i carried a pail brightly marked with strips of floresccnt tape after a difficult fence climb i reached the richly manu red horse pasture the wet night had the worms hanging it all out like so much spaghetti leaving the pail near the fence i headed out across the meadow stooped over slightly like an orangutang picking frantically with both hands in an hour i was ready to head for the pail to dump my can cargo thats when i heard the train whistle for the nearby crossing my already aching knees went even weaker i re membered duke saying he had brought in a bunch of new thoroughbreds and i knew what that shrill whistle would do to these new horses now i moved as quick- ly as possible towards the safety of the fence spurred on by the sound of oncom- ing hoof beats weighed down on each leg with bulky boots and worm ballast i gal- loped with the speed of an ancient swayback heading for le pages to add to my woes my haversack somehow swung to the front pulling my neck and head down even more the stampede of horses was getting closer but the fence wasnt i tried to spot the florescentmarked pail with my head lamp but it was not in sight in my eagerness i had covered more ground than i realized now it seemd my own gasps of breath were mingling with the snorts of the thundering herd in another instant they were upon me my light went out and i was flung to the ground sharp steel cut into my body in several places and i let out an agonizing yell as the animals charged past somehow one hand found the switch on my headlamp the eric glow showed blood on my other fingers a porch light flashed on and my wife called out what happened arc you alright yeah i answered sheepishly trying all the while to extri cate myself i just crashed into the barbed wire fence