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the tribune february o w 15 a letter to the editor from 3 organizations kids sports prime concern to the editor there appears to be a concerted effort within the community to discredit and question the validity of the organizations which currently use the stouffville arena a specific group seems to be promoting a con frontation which would see tbem take prime time hours from the boys and girls currently engaged in hockey and figure skating the group in question the mens amateur hockey association has elected to go its own route to get these hours bypassing the recreation com mittee and dealing directly with the town council they made their pitch and obviously impressed the town fathers who now cant understand why this league should not have some of the already non existent hours several questions to asks clarification dear jim your article regarding recreation needs some clarification i am not in favour of establishing a recreation board at this time i am in favour of studying the whole subject of culture and recreation for all of whitchurchstouffville it is important that we do this soon so we will be prepared for the in crease in population from the oulverton subdivision approximately 2000 people and we will have an idea as to which requests for expenditures should be allowed we are currently spending 45703200 on culture and recreation in this community this is and should be a major part of the budget a study into culture and recreation would suggest alternatives to us and help us to go in the right direction also it should be noted that wintario will not support any more capital expenditures until we have such a study although they will pay 50 per cent of the costs of a study definitely such a study would praise very highly the many involved people that currently run our recreation programs any future plan would certainly have to maintain this high level of involvement and let everyone know that they are giving of their time and energy in a coor dinated effort yours sincerely jim sanders councillor ward 6 which answers elude us are why had the mens amateur hockey association never ap proached the minor hockey association the girls hockey association or the figure skating club to negotiate for some of their time why do these organizations along with other recreational groups have to deal with the recreation committee while the mens amateur hockey association who because they claim to be self supporting deal directly with the town council this year the girls hockey association had to buy practice time at an outside arena the minor hockey association has problems providing enough time for house league and all star practices the skating club uses early morning hours in order to fit all of their skating requirements into each week lack of ice time is not something new to stouffville and its not going to get any better several ears ago a committee was formed with members from the three main users of the arena chaired by a member of the recreation committee to promote and organize the development of a new arena this committee has never had 5 meeting if we wait another two years we may not hare to worry because with rising costs of labour and material recreation budget cuts and in creased ice rates most people wont be able to afford to participate the three main organizations minor hockey girls hockey and the figure skating club have over the past several years achieved a very high level of cooperation amongst themselves this cooperation has led to several joint fund raising programs which were very successful im sure if the mens amateur hockey association were to approach these groups it would be a starting point for future cooperative efforts lets not forget that all of these people are volunteers who give freely of their time and it appears their efforts and motives are being in correctly interpreted they do the best with what they have a suggestion by councillor sanders that a recreation department is needed is completely out of line a recreation department would add unnecessary expense to the town as a whole and would detract from the voluntary services of all sports and recreational organizations recreation is for boys and girls at the lowest possible cost recreation for adults is an individual elective and usually the cost is not the prime consideration please dont lose sight of what we are trying to provide at the town arena it is recreation for boys and girls while creating a spirit of competition sportsmanship and developing future citizens if we lose sight of this then we may as well close the arenas ball diamonds tennis courts and pay a much higher price in a future misspent society whitchurch stouffville minor hockey association whitchurch stouffville girls hockey association whitchurch stouffville figure skating dub editors mail recommend the lash dear editor we are hearing more and more these days about muggings going on in toronto tills is not all that far away and our city is expanding doser and closer to us its been suggested by certain members of parliament that the lash be brought back to deal with certain crimes these muggings are a perfect example for which the lash should be used a treatment on these hooligans who prey on older folk would certainly be a deterrent and well deserved few persons would be back for a second application enough of these sobsisters this is the most effective way of stopping this outrage let s put it into effect before conditions set worse j c archibald stouffville rr 2 fjptser lirf camp bancroft area boys girls jrs912 srs 1315 yrst canoeing swimming pony ndmg crafts out trips fishing archery 1 0 regstratoon s80 weekly includes transportation 4393104 debbie hawkins snow princess by evelyn milsteo gormley seventeen year old debbie hawkins leslie street gormley was crowned snow prin cess at a recent winter fun day organized by steve campey and several helpers at the gormley missionary church popular debbie was selected on a ballot vote there were eight contestants other ac tivities included snowmobiling skiing indoor games and a pot- luck supper congratulations to newlyweds mr and mrs barry knoll bonnie harvey married feb 23 at the missionary church mr and mrs bob koopman were at tendants a family reception followed the happy couple will reside in toronto congratulations also to mr and mrs gary tipson pat vanmaris married saturday at st patricks church markham mr and mrs victor meade have returned from a two weeks holiday in hawaii alvin farmer is able valley view school speakers do well by mildred mctaggart greenwood debbie leong represented valley view public school in the jr division of the public speaking competition held for the pickering- dunbarton area at greenwood feb 22 charmaine lebrie a grade 8 student at valley view advanced to the intermediate oratorical finals at frenchmans bay feb 19 courtney graham of claremont school received top honors in the jr class seventyfive mem bers and friends of for mer pickering school section no 1 enjoyed an evening of i euchre saturday in the christian education centre of greenwood united church mr and mrs lloyd morden mr and mrs roy hooker and mr and mrs gordon hooker have returned from a 10- day vacation in the barbados linda eastwood of port perry called on the brown family salem road sunday afternoon unit 2 of the ucw will meet at the home of marjorie morden monday march 5 at 8 pm sheila brooks is in charge of the program a number of friends including mr and mrs jack frew and grand children nicole and scott called on mrs margaret frew satur day the occasion was her 80th birthday the square dance group met saturday evening at the home of ken and janet mc- taggart a family world day of prayer service will be held on fri march 2 at 730 pm in greenwood united church rev margaret butler is the guest speaker young people from both greenwood and mt zion congregations will take parl artifacts related to africa will be placed on display a special meeting of the official board at mt zion united church will beheld on sunday march t at 8 pm ninetytwo years young a by jennie johnson glen major congratulations from the community are extended to jessie day a resident of ballycliff lodge ajax jessie marked her 92nd birthday feb 15 greetings also go out to ralph faulkner mrs charles fiss mrs george johnson and mrs ossie gui joan tribbeck en tertained mr and mrs surge dubreiul and sons of oshawa and mrs leslie dean of richmond hiu mr and mrs fred gamek of pickering were sunday evening dinner guests at the borne of mr and mrs michael kavanagh mr and mrs leslie williams and children of peterborough were weekend guests of ber parents mr and mrs fred self maudie graham and edith taylor are enjoying a holiday in texas mrs fred fiss and mrs wm wilson hosted a miscellaneous shower recently for newlyweds mr and mrs michael third of lindsay mrs michael kavanagh and children enjoyed lunch friday with mrs john daven port of toronto dr and mrs ross parrott visited with the johnson family later dr and mrs parrott attended the shobate meal at holy blossom synagogue and were present at toe service that followed mr and mrs jim jones visited with mary hopkins in fairview lodge monday to be at home again after several months in hospital mr and mrs william ash and mrs clara wells visited on sunday with mr and mrs lawrence ash and family of palmerston mr and mrs ken kepler entertained a number of friends thursday evening at a book party rev jim hill passed away saturday evening following a prolonged illness the funeral was held feb 21 at lions head the intermediate adult sunday school class of the heise hill church are holding a fellowship meeting at the home of mr and mrs ray winger on saturday night a number of young people from the heise hill church attended the winter youth retreat at niagara christian college fort erie there will be a special missions service at 1030 am sunday march 4 at the oak ridges brethren in christ church with pete and mim stern missionaries on furlough from zambia africa the special speakers pete and mim stern will speak at 730 pm sunday march 4 at the heise hill church they plan to return to zambia in april the christ crusaders will meet at the missionary church at 630 pm thursday for roller skating the myf young people wilp join other young people at the stouffville high school at 730 pm friday march 2 to see the film the -cross- ami the switch blade the myf will have charge of the sunday evening service at 730 pm march 4 at the missionary church painting decorating m commercialresidentiallndustnal free estimates fc phone paul kerr or randy hathaway i 6406106 handyman complete household repairs renovations additions fencing painting decorating rec rooms roofing plumbing and electrical prompt efficient service free estimates call ron 6405477 before 1 0 am or after 5 pm 30 yrirs in markham 30 years experience yiur furniture like new the pricp of a new 5 year workmanship y 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