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the tribune community w james thomas editor axi3n established 1888 bruce annan patricia pappas publisher advertising manager jennifer hutt distribution manager editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connelly display advertising dept lynn moore retail advertising lynn moore manager charles canning real estateclassified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young classified manager debra weller distribution doreen deacon lori low assistant manager sandra marrier roaming around paries- vous francais by jim thomas editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connelly display advertising dept lynn moore retail advertising lynn moore manager charles canning real estateclassified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young classified manager debra weller distribution doreen deacon lori low assistant manager sandra marrier business office manager chris bertram national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday at 54 main st stouffville ont is one of the metroland printing publishing distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajax pickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiser guardian georgetown independent markham economist sun milton champion mtssissauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawawhsiby this week richmond hillthornhill vaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willow- dale mirror metroland printing publishing distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 50 subscriptions 2000 per year in canada 4750 elsewhere member of canadian community newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0896 6402100 s 6492292 j editorials limit election expenses tfcrwheelek the tribune ribune led 1888 patricia pappas jennifer hutt advertising manager distribution manager onnelly jer charles canning joan marshman fied manager debra weller assistant manager sandra marrier roaming around paries- vous francais by jim thomas a4 tribune november 26 1986 editors mail a joke dear editor the opening of stouffvilles ap on sundays has created con siderable controversy in town with both the fors and the againsts having their say im neutral on the issue in that i would suggest those who wish to take advantage of this service will and those who dont wont the whole subject of sunday shoppings a joke and has been for years sooner or later the govern ments ridiculous law had to be broken i personally see nothing wrong with attending church sunday morning and grocery shopping sun day afternoon sincerely cynthia kinsley ballantrae a sinner dear editor i was one of your sunday sin ners i went shopping at the stouff ville ap and didnt feel the least bit guilty what i ask is the difference be tween picking up groceries at a su permarket and going for a quart of milk at beckers surely god doesnt disapprove of one and approve of another the government endeavors to establish laws as a guide to the pub lic however when a law is known to be archaic to the point of being ridiculous then it will be broken this is whats happening people and business can only be controlled so long sincerely gordon leblanc churchill drive musselmans lake the responsibility for limiting election expenses may be turned over to the municipalities the provincial government is moving in this direction the right direction we strongly suggest there should be a ceiling on how much a municipal candi date can spend we also feel its up to the municipality to establish that ceiling not the pro vince in our opinion election expenses either in whitchurch or stouffville and now whitchurchstouffville have never reached formidable figures frugal might be a better word to describe ex penditures here however there were accusations of votebuying during the last mayoralty race and certainly candidate fran sainsbury spent as much or more than her two opponents combined regardless compared to what occurs in towns like markham and richmond hill hers was a drop in the bucket to spend and win is one thing at least the successful candidate has an oppor tunity to earn the money back but to spend and lose can be tragic politicians have been known to drown in debt for years on the other end of the scale some people often extremely capable candi dates refuse to take the chance they an end to smoking smokings old hat out of fashion while a few oldsters buck the trend and some teens still think its smart the day is fast approaching and it cant come too soon when the cigarette will be a thing of the past boards of education that should have been first off the mark are slowly com ing on stream better late than never mind you theyre not pushing too hard but they arc pushing york regions ro man catholic school board for exam ple has set sept 1 1988 as its no smok ing target date anywhere on board property just why it requires 1 vz years to im plement the ban remains a mystery we can only presume it takes some people that long to kick the habit j regardless the decision shows pur pose and for that members must be com mended cant or wont afford the risk because of this their services are lost however if they know at the outset exactly what the cost limitations are they can budget expenses accordingly this way it no longer becomes a surviv al of the richest while the media and the signmakers are the big gainers from election hyster ia there comes a time when common- sense must prevail that time is now be fore election spending goes completely crazy regardless of what transpires at the provincial level we say whitchurch- stouffville should take the lead pass a bylaw and place a lid on election expend itures prior to the next trek to the polls let deeds speak rather than dollars in high school french was my poorest subject well one of my poorest latin gave it a close race with geomet ry not far behind it wasnt a case of not studying i stu died hard however my approach was all wrong for the life of me i couldnt figure out how french latin and geometry could benefit me one iota for id planned a vocation that would auto matically eliminate all three and journalism has except for an occasional derivative ive had no earth ly use for latin geometry or french but this doesnt mean im pleased any thing but it irritates me no end that i didnt accomplish what i originally set out to do back in the old school we didnt have the subject choices kids have today you took it or else for many the or else was the only way out i hung in there as the saying goes but only by the skin of my teeth but the fact i flunked french has haunted me these past forty years yes i have failings my wife and six kids will attest to that however a quit ter im not beating my head against a brick wall only makes me that much more determined to bash my way through and ive encountered a few brick barriers in my day unfortunately the one breakthrough thats eluded my grasp is mastery of french but i havent given up where theres life theres hope recently i learned that conversation al french is offered as a night school course at stouffville high it was jim kennedy of spring street who tipped me off he was ecstatic saying all kinds of nice things about the classes and the in structor its fun he said fun i wondered how could french be fun he assured me it is so much fun in fact the students were sorry when the eight- week session concluded jim explained that conversational french is far different from grammatic al french whats more its practical you dont necessarily write it you speak it i wonder how many of us have at one time or another visited montreal or quebec city and made perfect fools of ourselves trying to stickhandle through their native tongue i have in restaurants hotels even on street- corners i felt like a secondclass citizen jibbering away in a dialect of part- french and partenglish that made no sense and i wasnt fooling anyone only my self true quebecers can spot a phoney in a minute however ill give them credit they appreciate an honest effort even if prompted to burst out laughing in the middle of a sentence but laugh no longer mes amis if my time schedule fits i hope to be first in line when the conversational french course resumes atsdss this january instruction is to span ten weeks rather than eight i guess they know im com ing and the registration is a very reasonable 32 thats what i call eco- nomy class i just hope the teachers a very patient person ill surely put her endurance to j the test but think of the surprise in store for i her predecessor my greeting on the street a la francais may send her into shock that is if shes fully recovered j from the shock related to our classroom encounters of 40 years ago question dear editor the whitchurchstouffville ru ral ratepayers association is con tinuing to pressure council with re gard to development opposition in their part of town on this subject i wish to pose only one question how did the majority of these people conic to be here sincerely philip metcalfe rr 3 newmarket weather at the stouffville christian school j bazaar saturday a novelty item was placed on sale called a weath er wood it was simply a round piece of wood with a string looped j through the centre instructions on j how to use it and results from using it follow hang six inches from the house through attentive observation you should be able to determine the weather if it sways its windy if its wet its raining if its yellow the pollen count is high if its black pollution is serious if its white its snowing if its difficult to sec its foggy if its gone call the police your weather woods been ripped off each was priced at 100 and all sold within two hours editor s mail create controversy dear editor for this reason id like mrs wil li believe an education columnist iiams to be a little more controversial is a valuable asset to any newspaper i raise and discuss issues that will read lynda williams spotlight on prompt people to think education every week it may get her into a little hot water ah of us have definite feelings on from time to time but thats the price a education whether we are teachers columnist sometimes pays for trustees parents or students nor do notoriety isobelle humphrey we always agree ballantrae i