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4 the tribune thursday may 29 175 tf twmm don i i i i i a editor 6 established 188s i charles ii nolan j- i rjj publisher patxhlkdtvcry tburuuy t 54 main st stooftvult oatl tl mohoi barre beacock tareate pbes mmmo single copies mo subscriptions moo pec year in ailvrrtkinff cautsllmclmwtmrt member of audit bureau of circulation canadian 8 jiauaga- ceamtmity newisapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number mm the tribune is one of me inland publishing co limited group of suburban newspapers which includes the ajaxrihitbypickenng news advertiser brampton guardian- burlington post etobicoke gazette markbam economist and sun newmarketaurora era oakville beaver osnewa this week and mississauga news residents must sue to wn three homeowners on stouffer st are being put in the position of having to sue the town of whitchurchstouffville in order to receive compensation for damage to their houses caused when sewers were installed on the street protestors arent going to give in barrage balloons to stop the airplanes that appears to be the plan of the people or planes group they are calling tenders for barrage balloons the spectre of these balloons floating around the perimeter of the pickering airport is rather humorous except for one thing there is an airport in tokyo japan which is brand spanking new the runways and terminals are complete but no aircraft has flown out of the facility citizen opposition and various activities by residents near the airport have managed to stop it from opening whether one approves of that kind of extreme activity or not it appears the antiairport people will not give up easily all three houses need extensive repairs including new basements for two residents in a semidetached building the price tag last year was 40000 the town has insurance to protect these people if damage is done in construction the towns insurance should cover compensation for the victims it appears that satisfaction for the three will only come after a protracted legalbattle the mayor suggested that the residents sue the town but wait a minute why does the town have insurance if the injured parties have to sue to receive compensation it is certainly a miscarriage of justice if this is the case the scenario should be that the town pay the damages and then go after the contractor and the developer who are the ones responsible for the mess instead the three homeowners are carrying the full burden of the damage that was done and also have to fight a court battle for something that should be theirs without such a hassle we hope the council straightens this mess out these people are enduring hardship unnecessarily it is not only unfair but also unjust r aocu tgy etratit years ago this week excerpts from the tribune from may 31- 194s prefabs t a factory built four room cottage in appearance an attractive conventional bungalow and to sell for 3300 with initial payment as low as 300 will be moving off the assembly line of the fairchild aircraft plant in montreal by early july at the rate of six or seven complete houses a day ground hog war the ground hog population which in creased greatly in these parts during the war owing to tbe ban on firearms and am munition will suffer to some extent during the coming summer with the biting of the ban on guns and making ammunition available to the general public stouffville district farmers will be able to make more pot shots on these nuisance animals in fact we overheard two school boys discussing ground hogs last week and one lad from the country was telling that his dad shot 38 pounds of groundhogs when another said they had destroyed 90 pounds but neither knew how many groundhogs the weight represented v tide turns on regulations it is rather a sad fact that housing is in short supply in ontario and the politicians at one level of government try to blame their counterparts on another level programs designed to do something about the shortage are more talk than action thus far it is true that municipalities have strict standards for allowing housing developments to proceed there are endless delays and various agencies to consult approvals must come from the regional provincial and local i levels the provincial government ihas recently i been rather critical of local municipalities for the difficulties in having new housing ap- proved especially a scheme called ontario housing action program the province has even said they will streamline the process for approval to boost the housing market well thats all very well and good but the system of controls has been developing over a number of years there was a time when subdivisions in a place like stouffville would be approved almost without question by the province and biblethought for the week from the living bible e orphah kissed her motherinlaw goodbye and returned to her childhood home but ruth insisted on staying with naomi see naomi said to her your sisterinlaw has gone back to her people k to her gods you should do the same but ruth replied dont make me leave you i want to go wherever you go and to live wherever you live your people shall be my people and your god shall be my god i want to die where you die and be buried there may the lord do terrible things to me if i allow anything but death to separate us c ruth 11417 without many controls by the local council this resulted in some very bad development roads were narrow and standards were very poor- the subdivisions proved to be costly for the local town it was after this kind of development that municipalities started using written agreements between the developer and the town these insured that work would be done to proper specifications and would protect the local municipality butthe provincial government became ar more active as well standards were stricter and the ministry of housing took over the rightof final approval now the province wants to reverse the procedure because the housing shortage is acute one wonders about the wisdom of such a move it could mean a return to illadvised and poor development we sincerely hope that it wont circus roniance shoddy 3rd rate the circus was a disappointment there is no doubt about that the show especially in the afternoon was a disaster from start to finish the bleachers gave way and the children and parents had to sit on the grass the show itself left much to be desired the one group hurt most by the fiasco is the kinsmen club which sponsored the event the club does fine work in the community and the circus appeared to be a good idea they might have learned from an ex- perience the lions club had some years ago they sponsored a similar circus and ended up with a myriad of problems and vowed never again somehow the circus with the bigtop tent appeals to our romantic instinctsits top bad the reality is so shoddy and third rate viewpoint christian school alternative by pon bernard the establishment of a christian day school in the stouffville area was the main topic of discussion last week when a group of people representing various churches in the area metat the stouffville youth centre a panel discussion provided some food for- thought and then the meeting was opened up jo questions fronythe floor the upshot was that a steering committee was to be established to look into the project further it was generally agreed that the public school system is not fulfilling the needs of the christian child- but let me go over some t aspects of this question thathave become apparent to me in thisregard firstly education is more than just reading writing and arithmetic education involves the development of the whole person the intellectual physical and spiritual moral values are as much a part of education as the 3rs in fact the style of presenting material in a classroom is as important as the content of the presentation wrap something up man attractive package and children will digest it more easily rules of discipline conduct and dress are also important although these are taught in the schools in a lessnlirect way but all of these things are part of education traditionallythe public school system in ontario was synonymous with the protestant school system the values taught at home were reinforced by what was taught at school for all intents and purposes that was the christian way of life as our society has become more secular the public school system has had to reflect that change one would not expect it to do otherwise thus the public school system has reflected for instance the basic relaxation of moral values that is prevalent in our society as this has happened some christian parents who is truly concerned about what and how their children are taught have been put in a difficult position the values promulgated by the school are in conflict with those maintainedin thehome this kind of tension makes it difficult for both the children and the parents it is very hard to teach the idea of christian humility and service to a child whois told at school that he can do his own thing the centre of the public school system is man and the development ofjman the christian would say that obedience to god and serving him are paramount valuesone is mancentred theotheris godcentred all right with that in mind there are some questions about a christian school system for instance will children brought up in a protected atmosphere of a christian school be able to deal with the world that is the main criticism of such a concept but lets be realistic children are generally protected and jnurtufedanyhow why is there all this fuss about violence on television we protect children from the evils of the world until we feef they are bldenough to deal with them -i- christians then want to nurture their children in a way consistentwith their beliefs at some pointy the children will have to face the world and live in society education in a christian school i believe- will prepare children to deal with theworldbut from a christian perspective u l it appears that enough local people are interested in the coricepuand a steering committee is being formed the interesting thing about the people who organized last weeks meeting- is that they are almost all teachers in the public school system many have found things that are disturbing in that system and would like to have an alternative school the idea of starting a private school has both advantages and disadvantages s a private school costs alot of money a- building willhayetojbe built and teachers hired the standards of such a school must be at least as high as the public school system the advantagejs that the school can set its own standard and regulate who is ad- mitted in that respect the christian- com- vmunity supporting the school would be able to know that a proper atmosphere was being maintained i the money aspect requires faith if a christian schboljs truly in the will of- god- then the lord will supply the money to support it it is this aspectthaf requires prayer on the j v part of- those interested in seeing such a -school- v jesus saidlwitnoutme you can do nothing arid i believe that we must depend on i himthis is probably the hardest part of such 5 i a venture it is top easy to run ahead and start organizing without seeking god and knowing his will inthe ventured v from my way fof thinking a private school is the only alternative it is up to us who say ve are christians to support r it 1 especially with our prayers pretending the public schools can do the job will not change the fact that we live in secular society that- demands a secular school system j todays health maksure bfwatr by david woods fa ftsummeruke with us forthe past twoweeks enabled area fanners to get their crop in here a farmer on 17th more than half of ontarios boundary abuts onto enormous amounts of potentially drinkable water including four of the five great lakes 2 4 that quantity constitutes a vast natural resource but what offthe quality of this provinces water siippjy is the stuff fit to drink well if youre on the public water system what comes out of your kitchen or bathroom taps has been througha pretty rigorous filtration and purification process even o and keeping in mind a variation of the old adage about many a slip twix lip local health units are constantly checking the final product to see that high standards of water purity are upheld j i dr joseph burkholdef the niagara regions medical officer ofhealth says that sometimes perfectly goodwater entering the s distnbut ion system can get impurities in it somewhere along the pipe-lines- although thats a pretty rare occurrence s but just to make sure local health units take monthly random samples of cold water straight from the tap samples are of water that has not undergone extra softening or filtering in the home this is then placed in a 3 r or 4oz bottlerefrigerated and sent to the lab for testing if the tests reveal a coliform bacteria count the medical officer of healths team immediately goes into action to track downthe cause and put it right- v- all of this is vital preventive medicine since contaminated water can spread such diseases as polio typhoid hepatitis and dystentery dr burkholder advises those with private water supplies to take- extra precautions summer cottagersfdrexample shouldnot assume that the water in that idyllic lake is necessarily pure when in doubt about the water boil it you can also do your own purifying byadding two drops of household bleach which contains chlorine to each quart of water and waiting 20 minutes before drinking perhapsthesafest solution of all says dr burkholder- is to take bottled water with you whenybu goto the cottage this water he points out doesnt have to be the increasingly popular spring water sold in stores but simply water from the tap at home in this connection burkholder says the trend towards drinking bottled purified or distilled water may be selfdefeating because even though the chemical content of our public water supply mustbe monitored to ensure that it doesnt contain dangerous levels of asbestos say or mercury we do heed some m the svkialled trace elements in the water we drink f unlike the ancient mariner who com plained water water everywhere and not a drop to drink ontario has possibly more drinkable water than just about anywhere else and engineers health workers and- you ean ensure that what we drink isas pure as it should ber -j- r h aite