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p4 weekender january 2 1993 our opinion mmmmmmmmzm tree protection a mainstream goal it looks as though tree pro tection has moved out of the realm of the greenkeepers and into the mainstream in spite of the amount of media coverage devoted to environmental concerns it has seemed as though the public only paid lip service to the concept people who stridently worked to protect the envi ronment were still seen to be on the fringes of society tree huggers have been looked upon with a mixture of curiosity and sympathy but no more a story in the markham weekender last week in which two councillors com plained about the number of paula crowell trees and the way they were planted in a floodplain area sparked numeious angry let ters the trees were planted by volunteers of the group 10000 trees for the rouge valley and are laid out with a great deal of consideration some of the letters were from interested parties but others were from average residents who were deeply offended by the comments of the councillors on another front the provincial ministry of natu ral resources supports a move to give urban munici palities extra clout in dealing with those who cut down trees and destroy woodlots without seeking municipal permission after consulting the public the ministry intends to make changes to the ontario trees act which would allow municipalities to protect trees from the devel opers bulldozer in urban areas the town of markham is preparing for a court case involving tree clearing using its existing bylaw town offi- parks shouldve been preserved dear editor re trees taking away open lands dec 26 1992 markham council includ ing fred cox and carole bell should own up to the prob lem it created and not try to place the blame for misman agement on responsible members of our community i would like to remind your readers that developers in markham are required to provide open parkland for the residents who will occupy their developments in recent years three acres per thousand people has been the standard this land does not include any valley land which must be turned over to council by the owners once the land is developed council has been known to accept cash in lieu of park land this irresponsible position has created the lack of open parkland in markham it is not colin creasey and his volunteer group who are robbing the people but coun cil which initially robbed the residents of their open park land mr cox should be well aware of the fact that walk ing trails have been mapped out the tree planting was not haphazard as he implies but well planned and approved editors mail by council and residents i find mr coxs and mrs bells comments offensive i believe that colin creasey and his volunteer group deserve praise and positive recognition for their contribution to our communi not this kind of backhand ed misleading criticism fred cox and carole bell owe this community a public apology neil smith unionville and whilettiis has been a difficult year let us rememberttiereareihose having m eventoushertlvie i x v v vv- l l i ama jtome pohe nm6 rrsflf in r50ht by brian basset this i m cials are anxious to see how the case is seen by the court clearly the objective of increasing the number of trees in urban areas and pre serving those which already exist has become a priority of the general public it is hoped that this goal will result in cleaner air to breathe so that clearer heads will prevail on other matters of environmental importance theres sure to be plenty of those this year markham economist and sun stouffville tribune uxbridge tribune weekender edition a metroland community newspaper patociapappas publisher jo ann stevenson editorinchief paula crowell editor andrew mair editor debraweller director of advertising jennifer hutt director of distribution vivian cneil business manager pari nichols operations manager markham 2942200 sales 7987624 classi fied 2944331 stouflvuie 6402100 uxbridge 8529741 2948244 distribution and administration 9 heritage rd markham l3p 1m2 fax markham 2941538 stouflviue 640- 5477 uxbridge 8524355 the markham economist and sun stouflvillc tri bune and uxbridge tribune published every wednesday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of subur ban newspapers which includes ajax pickering news advertiser barrie advance brampton guardian burlington post collingwood connection etobicoke guardian the liberal georgetown inde pendentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this week milton canadian champion mississauga news north york mirror oakville beaver orillia todayoshawawhitby this week peterborough this week scarborough mirror the era banner contents not to be reproduced without written permission from the publisher coma would protect us from politicians where were you in thats the preamble to one of the more popular party games these days its kind of a varia tion on trivial pursuit without the board somebody names a year and everybody takes turns recounting where they were and what they were doing and with whom at that particular point on the calendar its an amusing way to break the ice and get to know your fellow partygoers bet ter for instance i could say where were you in 63 and we could have a fine old time com paring notes everybody well every middleaged body anyway remembers where they were at some time in 1963 because thats the year somebody shot john f kennedy and everyone whos old enough knows exactly where they were when jfk was mur dered i know where i was and i know where anne shapiro was too she was in her living room in florida watching television anne shapiro was from hamil ton ontario she and her hus band had moved to florida in the early 60s after mister shapiro retired in the fall of 1963 she was watching i love lucy on tv to keep her mind off the kennedy assassination right about the time ricky was screaming at lucy and lucy was wailing at the camera anne shapiro felt a small ping behind her eyes and thats when the lights went out anne shapiro just 49 years of age had suffered a massive and utterly debilitating stroke anne shapiro didnt die but she could no longer speak walk even dress herself she stayed that way for the next 30 years last november the comatose shapiro was rushed to a hospital with chest pains she was sedated and tucked into a hospital bed when she came to anne shapiro made her first sound in three decades it was a highpitched scream her eyes were locked onto a television set she was screaming because the picture was in color something shed never seen she thought the tv wasnt working and might be about to explode anne shapiro appears to be on basic black insofar as a complete recovery is possible the 49yearold woman who had the stroke in 1963 is now nudging 80 and learning to cope with a barrage of buck rogersish phenomena never dreamt of in 1963 every thing from microwave ovens and cabbage patch dolls to space shuttles and cellular phones rip van winkle slept for 20 years ane shapiro stayed out halfagainaslong when anne shapiro suffered her stroke sonny liston was the heavyweight champ christine keeler was making things hot for british parliamentarians people were flocking to the movies to see the new hits tom jones and cleopatra and a freshfaced comedian by the name of johnny carson was nervously taking over the reins from tonight show host jack paar martin luther king and gover nor george wallace represented the opposite ends of the evening news spectrum a hundred dol lars a week represented a darn good wage and with a five cent stamp you could mail a letter first class anywhere in the coun try and it would actually get there how long ago was 1963 the toronto maple leafs won the stanley cup that year for crying but loud just think of all the things that anne shapiro slept through canadas centennial paul hendersons goal all of karen kains career vietnam richard nixon the morton downey jr show dan quaylca good half dozen of liz taylors marriagesall of john turner and joe clarkand most of trudeau and brian mul- roney aidsjacaues parizeauthe constitutional referendum maybe anne shapiro wasnt screaming about her 1992 tv not working herway tola compete kbimmmm- mgohytoowell