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he tribune thubsovy june 28 u79 isht wtthmxt james thomas edhohnchlef established 1888 charles h nolan publisher barrebeacock advertising manager editorial dot ed schraatar jim holt display advertising dept lois wldwnan marts emmarson business office joan marslanan doram oaacon ebaan gfcxsr pumshad avary thursday at 54 main st stouthua onl tsl 6402101 toronto pnona 3811680 stagia e 20 c subscriptions j1000 par yaar in canada 2600 aisawhara m oi canadian community nawspapara association and ontario waakiy hswspapsrs association saeond class mau registration numbar 0896 tha trtbuna u ona oi tha inland publishing co umhad group ol suburban nawspapsrs which in- ctudoa tha ajax whitby pickarfog naws advartisar brampton guardian burlington post etobicoka gazctts marfcham economist and sun nawmarkst aurora era oakvuls baavar oshawa this waak hiaslssauga naws oshawa this waakand acton fraa prass milton canadian champion and tha oaorgatownlndopsndanl 6402100 3611680 editorials need foot patrols in parks uor bill kamps is right in ex- concern over the conduct of some people in the stouffville park this is an should be reserved for women and ijdren not tough guys who think its mart to hurl insults at anyone within earshot itheir antics as bad as a section of the park has ome and as serious as the accusations may pseem we would point out that the problem involves only a handful of kids lads who derive some kind of enjoyment out of irritating others and the situation here is probably no different that one might find in hundreds of other parks across the province however that doesnt make it right as councillor kamps says we have a problem so lets seek a solution the answer as we see it is more foot patrol by police something weve recom mended ever since the regional force was formed chief bruce crawford counters this by saying his departments understaffed and hes right the force will never keep pace with crime be they 300 men or three thousand this is because crime occurs where the police arent not where they are and they cant be everywhere however where there are known trouble spots officers must be seen not in cruisers and not continually but on foot and only occasionally this stops trouble before it starts the town of whitchurchstouffville cannot expect preferential treatment eight other municipalities most with larger populations have crime problems too and council realizes this however this is a specific concern that must be nipped in the bud now otherwise it will only worsen as the summer goes on t reunion a successful events saturdays studentteacher reunion at stouffville dist secondary school must be considered a success while total attendance may have fallen short of what had been expected its safe to say that those present enjoyed themselves response to a gathering of this kind is difficult to assess in advance some say theyll come but dont while others decline to reply and still show up its a guessing game all the way over the past weeks hundreds indicated in one form or another their intentions a few however took the time to write very personal letters indicating that although they could not be present their thoughts and good wishes were with everyone back home the committee placed these notes in a very prominent location for everyone to see and read they came from lorna burns surrey british columbia jim mehaffey saskatoon saskatchewan john nolan hampton wick middlesex engfand evelyn davidson former teacher lawton blvd toronto and barbara hastings brillinger7of barrys bay ont we appreciate this type of response reunion organizers did also it helped to make the whole exercise all the more worthwhile this newspaper was pleased to work closely with the committee and play at least a small part in the event for this reason wed be the last to dash as much as a drop of cold water on an occasion of this kind however if the york county board is listening wed suggest they attempt to set aside adequate funds to provide the building with a coat of paint the fifty year reunion wont fall until 2004 that should be sufficient time kids look respectable again elementary schools closed june 27 this has resulted in graduation exercises both last week and this at several locations some on the same nights this newspaper has attempted to attend them all and its been an eyeopening ex perience for never have we witnessed a more immaculate group of young people than this years contingent of grads the dress code has surely gone full circle kids look respectable again this is not an attempt to candycoat the hundreds of proud parents who were present at these programs however we are asking for a degree of understanding with so many similar functions in such a short period of time its quite impossible to include all in the current issue but dont despair or feel ignored well work each of them in as space permits pictures too we appreciate your patience a tscene familiar in schools across york county diploma presentation ceremonies were held in downs of elementary schools across york county daring the past week here 14 year ow bryan todd rr 4 stouffville receives his certificate from glenn guyatt 1 the principal at dicksons hill bryan was also the receipient of a geography award and the class valedictorian news item mayor king says the dulverton development can proceed as soon as six million dollars is received to provide an addition to the sewage plant construct a water tower and other internal services taiwheeuer six million dollar aaanrand more power to him v i f j 1 v roaming around parking ticket was the last straw by jim thomas there was a time when i looked on our canadian court system with admiration and respect almost a reverence all that body language the bowing and the scraping before the bench the verbal jargon like your honor mlord your worship and learned friend used to impress me and still does but not to the degree it once did for the customs as meaningful and as impressive as they may seem are so com pletely inundated by an utter disregard for the rights of the wronged theyre abhorrent i know for ive been through the mill so many times in fact my faith in court order organization and common sense principles has been ground to a pulp this may sound like shirking ones duty to queen and country but id run a thousand miles from the scene of anything if it could mean escaping ihe entanglements of serving as a witness sure it may be a bit of an ego trip for those perry mason fans who enjoy courtroom confrontations but not me ive had my fill in case theres some smart solicitor out there somewhere who thinks this column wreaks i of contempt let me make one point perfectly clear i have no argument for the most part with sentences handed out to those accused of crimes its the time wasted in doing it and the utter disdain with which others are treated that causes my blood pressure to rise sure ive written about this before many times but nothing changes investigating officers just as frustrated as witnesses keep coming up with the same old excuses the courts too busy the dockets too crowded balderdaskf if thetime available was put to good use inconveniences would be cut to a minimum i give you this as an example three from our office were called to give evidence in an incident that occurred last spring the initial court date was may 24 in newmarket at 10 am be there we arrived at 950 am didnt want to be late and hold up proceedings we took seats gazed at the pigsty interior of the rundown dump and sat and sat and sat when minutes extended into an hour we made enquiries and learned that the judge for reasons that werent revealed had gone to toronto at 1115 am a justice of the peace emerged dismissed a couple of the accused on approval from the crown and retired from whence he came so we sat some more at 1135 am a judge replacement or otherwise took over apologized to no one and hearings one hour and thirtyfive minutes late resumed but ours was not to be the case for which we had persevered so patiently was adjourned for want of an in terpreter new date friday june 22 the day before we checked thinking complications might have set in but the doctor of the courthouse assured us the operation would go on as scheduled we arrived at 955 am took seats and sat and sat the judge came on the scene at 10 18 and adjourned for a 15 minute coffee break at eleven the fifteen minutes extended into fortytwo minutes only to have another ad journment at 1225 the dinner bell rang at 1250 with everyone to be back in place by two however court didnt get underway again until 219 and the case that concerned us was dispensed with in three minutes not one of us was required to testify to add insult to injury some over- zealous constable gave me a two dollar ticket for parking overtime wheres the justice j sugar and spice shoulda stood in bed on my birthday by bill smiley had a birthday the other day nobody remembered it except me my wife and the north american life assurance company i because i was one year older and not dead yet my wife for roughly the same reason and the insurance company likewise they dont have to pay off mat thousand dollars and can go on investing at huge in terest rates that 1200 annual premium my mother made me take out when i was sixteen we all reacted differently the insurance company sent me a 30cent birthday card signed by a guy i never heard of hes about the eighth agent who has wished me a happy birthday over the past four decades ive probably outlived the other seven my wife at a loss to buy a gift for the man who has everything bought me a stapler very good i am constantly coming home with masses of essays to mark none of them stapled together as a consequence i am constantly getting pages of one students essay mixed in with pages of another students essay with discombobulating results for example on page 4 of joes essay he finds written well said linda an excellent parallel and on page 7 of lindas essay she might find right to the point joe it is embarrassing confusing and stupid now with a stapler their essays will be all in one piece though its quite possible they will find a piece of fingerskin stapled to the essay im not much good with complicated machinery not to be outdone on my birthday i bought myself a present a couple of fair belts of a wellknown arthritis reliever it comes in a brown paper bag and thanks to a greedy provincial government is a leader in the inflation rate 4 the card was innocuous the stapler didnt do much harm either except for the two staples i put into my thumb while trying it out a little thumbsucking not at all an un pleasant activity cured that it was my own present that did the damage carried away by a flood of birthday sentimentality and malt i decided to take my daughter grandsons and wife on a trip this summer i felt a warm flood of kinship or something and made up my mind that i was going to visit my ain folk show off my clever and beautiful daughter to aunts and things who havent seen her since she was in diapers and proudly parade my grandboys to great- aunts second cousins and anyone else who would look at them or put up with them this wasnt so bad its not far out or weird to take your mob for a campingvisiting trip at the time it seemed a great idea even my old lady was lukewarmly interested my daughter was excited the boys were ecstatic ah yes a sweep down and around old ontario through algonquin park camping amid the bears and deer and hooligans visit my niece at pembroke who has a kid the right age five dig out old recluse don mccuaig at renfrew and catch some trout in his pond across the ottawa river at portage du fort and a visit to their greatgrandmothers home sitting on an island high above the river drop in on their greatuncle ivan at his beautiful rustic retreat on calumet island then to green lake on the quebec side where i spent my happiest childhood sum mers down along the river to ottawa and cousins galore maybe drop in on joe clark and give him a tip or two then to perth where i grew up show the boys the swimming place where i won prizes the park where i kissed girls the sandpit where i had my first smoke the old presbyterian manse where i learned to swear from listening to my father ear against the pipe as he cursed the furnace then a swing down tojjjhe st lawrence seaway see another sister7and then the long swing home camping and cooking out and detouring to things like niagara falls the weekly newpapers convention in toronto the stratford festival and any robs or points of interest along the way now i didnt say all these things but they what began as a germ a oneweek swing through the ottawa valley has turned into a threeweek grand tour my first sthought was scrounging on relatives with the odd night in motel rooms a modest trip then i began to realize that two motel rooms would be at least fifty bucks a night and also that five of us cant come crashing in on some poor aunt who has one spare bedroom im too old for tenting on the old camp ground with an insomniac wife and two kids who would be pulling out the tentpegs as fast as i drove them and things that go bump in the night so the answer seems to be a camper one of those great ugly things that pollute the highways and drive other drivers crazy thats going to a couple of hundred bucks a week plus grub and gas and everything that goes with it its going to cost me more than a trip to europe i shoulda stood in bed on my birthday are starting to build up slim missen a tribute the following poem has been written by close friends of albert slim missen rr 3 claremont who died june 11 in scarborough centenary hospital at the age of 53 he passed away this loved one slim r were comforted hes now with him all living things will live on high we think of him with a tear and sigh hell be remembered in the warmest way well meet again some future day his love absence cannot sever in memory hell live forever well remember him with love and bliss we yearn his face to see and kiss he was loved most deeply in our heart with him he took a caring part 4