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6 stouffville suntribune thursday marck 31 2005 i stouffville suntnhune a metroland community newspaper 34 civic ave 3rd floor stouffville on l4a 7z5 publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief advertising director distribution director marketingpartnership debora kelly retail flyer sales circulation director business manager nicole fletcher barry black debra welter robert lazurko advertising director director circulation york region printing director production classified real estate systems general manager interactive media events management lynn pashko bob dean john futhey gordpaolucci editorial vaughan turns table on trash long the poster child for poor waste management in york region the city of vaughan is changing its tune city councillors approved an ambi tious new waste management strategy last week that can serve as an example for other municipalities aim to curb the amount of trash being trucked to the landfill among other measures the phased- in plan wiu see a strict bag limit for garbage an expanded blue box program separate organic waste collection it will mean a big change for residents who until last year enjoyed twice- weekly garbage collection during the summer months and no limit on the amount of trash they could put out to the curb efforts by residents to fill up the keele valley landfill site and force its closure no doubt played a role in the citys dismal 10percent diversion rate yet now more than two years later vaughans waste diversion rate at 26 per cent still lags behind other municipali ties and is a long way from the provinces target of 60 per cent by 2008 literally taking organic waste which according to the province accounts for 38 per cent of household- generated waste out of the mix puts vaughan in the ballpark the real challenge for the city will be educating and then encouraging resi dents to buy into the program it is working in markham where part of the community is already separating organic waste and the program is set to expand this year there is no reason why vaughan and other communities cant follow suit markham aside yorks municipalities delayed implementing organic waste col lection this year citing budget con straints it was the wrong decision waste disposal must be treated as more of a priority by our elected officials we cant keep depending on other com munities to be willing hosts to our trash and remember collection is still only part of the puzzle while reducing landfill loads is admirable the fact our trash is still shipped out of the country for disposal is simply unacceptable disposing of our trash in michigan is stopgap at best if we truly want to be responsible for our waste we must be able to dispose of it within our own borders whether through the creation of a new landfill site or other measures such as incineration york region must find a sustainable homegrown solution only then can we truly solve the solid waste puzzle letters to the editor call to silence train whistles in vogue in stouffville again re town set to silence trains feb 24 bravo to the residents of stouffville who would like to silence the go train whistles at the level crossings of millard street bethesda road and the tenth line some years ago when the yorkdurham heritage railway began its travels between stouffville and uxbridge it also blew its horn at the millard crossing during each and every trip at that time i wrote a letter to the editor of your paper complaining about the noise of the horns i explained i worked three different shifts days evenings and midnights which required me to sleep during the day on any given weekend my family and i live approximately one block east of the millard crossing well that letter caused quite a little stir letters were published in your paper ridiculing my opin ion i had people pointing at me while out and about and was even teased at sunday morning hockey one gentlemen even wrote to your editor asking what i wanted next to silence the go train too its funny how things come around full circle now that a lot of our residents are affected by the go train and its travels mechanical arms bells and lights should be enough to get the train safely tlirough stouffville i guess we will have to wait and see to lisa hume good luck with your neighbours petition and your proposal to whitchurch- stouffville council to silence the trains mark milne stouffville the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters i submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the stouffville suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor34 civic ave po box 154 stouffville l4a 7z5 email jmaspnymgcom tattoo parlours elvis festival not what downtown needs i am writing this letter to express my concern over the fact a tattoo parlor is scheduled to open up on main street stouffville next month one of the main reasons we enjoy living in stouffville is because of its charm and character as a small town its a great place to bring up a family this establishment will do nothing positive for our town and will only serve as a hangout for our local youth exacerbating an already difficult youth situation is this the type of development which our business improvement area is bringing to our downtown core as a resident of almost eight years it is disappointing to see what is happening to the old section of main and the lack of any positive progress being made perhaps if we could spend more time properly developing the old section of main and less on hosting elvis festivals and bringing tattoo parlors to town we might be able to in time make the down town core an area we could all be proud of similar to main street unionville or port perry brian claman stouffville editorial editor jim mason jmasoniffytngcom administration office manager vivian oneil voneilyrngcom production manager pam nichols pnkholsymgcom advertising classified manager ann 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jim mason another chapter of smalltown history written by teenagers a proud part of stouffville history hangs in the banners that dangle from the south end of the stouffville arena hockey championships and near titles are remembered in the felt letters and dates like the names and team names on the stanley cup they each tell a story underneath those artifacts the next team that will have its name hoisted for smalltown eternity posed for the pre requisite team picture early sunday evening many of the 600 strong remained in the bleachers as the stouffville juvenile clippers mugged it up with the mitchell f hepburn trophy the final score still in lights behind them and between the banners stouffville 3 harrow 1 whats a harrow try the twotime defending omha juvenile a kings before being dethroned by the home town clippers on the weekend it was harrow a small town in the shadows of windsor thats home to canadas southernmost arena that knocked off the then defending cham pion clippers in easy fashion two years ago some of the clippers still on the roster of 16 to 20yearolds remember that sickening feeling grant nesbitt was in the crowd sunday his son todd scoring a goal from back on the clipper blueline after time on the injured list grant knows the banners at the stouffville rink he coached the bantam clippers to an omha title in 1986 the year after the arena opened but that win came on the road in niagara same for the juveniles of 2002 who bused it from southwestern ontario before celebrating back on home soil in the wee hours the peewee clippers of thatyear did win the ontario hockey federation banner an allontario tournament offered in some age brackets at home it was a similar scene the stouffville faithful cheering on the home squad its a moment the champs shouldnt forget goaltender jake balsdon remem bers at 16 the most junior juvenile clipper this year he picked up the win in sundays deciding game he was a standout in net in the peewee final three years ago too love to win them at home he said winking while ducking the bubbly being sprayed in the clipper dressing room theres nothing better the banners know all about it jake jim mason is editor of the sun- tribune