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the tribune thursday july 12 1j7s wkt mjutie james thomas edhorlnchlef established 1888 charles hnolan publisher l barrebeacock advertising manager editorial dept ed schroeter jkn holt display advertising dept lob wldeiiuii mario emmerson business office joan marshman careen deacon ebeea glover published every thursday 1 54 mam st stouffvbie out tel 6402101 toronto phone 3811680 single copies 20 e subscriptions 1000 per year in canada 12800 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0898 the tribune is one ol the inland publishing co limited group of suburban newspapers which in cludes the ajaxwhhbyplekering news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etobicou gazette markham economist and sun newmarket aurora era oakville beaver oshawa this week m news oshawa this weekend acton free press hilton canadian champion and the georgetown independent s 6402100 3611680 editorials lease system works agriculture is very definitely returning to the expropriated land of the now defunct pickering airport much of it is once more producing crops though many of the operators are nonresidents corn is being grown in considerable acreage though some people claim there is no incentive to care for rented property and the land is being mismanaged we believe the land in large part has been leased by good farmers while remaining buildings have deteriorated the lease arrangement appears to be working well and year by year the practical farm use of the area is increasing to make the land produce is after all the object of the exercise now that increased airport facilities appear so remote with matters progressing as they are there would not seem to be any practical advantage to reselling the land we dont believe that those who advocate such a policy have examined or taken proper note of the steady return of agriculture to the area a fact that is possibly long forgotten by the political advocates of this policy is that prior to the airport announcement a large percentage of this land was being held by speculators and producing nothing but weeds there are even those who would state that the land is more productive now than before good crops are being produced which is most important the ownership of the land is secondary made right decision the remnants of an old cement factory on the ninth line long considered a threat to the safety of inquisitive neighborhood children will be torn down at last we are pleased that this potential deathtrap is being eliminated it is time the structure was demolished however when town planners agreed to allow a builder to construct three homes along the ninth line in exchange for the destruction of this building they abandoned a strict planning policy critics may say in the past serious planning errors were committed through this type of spot rezoning it is of course a dangerous practice to abandon planning policies in resolving one problem another could be created for example in allowing three homes along the ninth line planning board is per mitting strip development it has always been their practice to oppose this because when many driveways open onto a road serious traffic congestion results in a plan of sub division however there is only one access onto the street but we feel in this case permitting a small amount of strip development is the lesser of two evils planning board has to bend the rules sometimes in order to correct past planners mistakes all other attempts to have the building removed have proved fruitless the land in question is zoned to permit some commercial operations much less appropriate for the area than housing the residents are also concerned about the danger the structure poses finally it seems three additional homes wont have a significant impact on the traffic pattern though we approve of the planners ac- tion in this instance we do see a dangerin un reasoning of planning board members f certainly they must take advantage of an opportunity to rectify past blunders but they must not be so eager to lose that chance that in the process of correcting one mistake they create further difficulties three additional homes may not create a traffic problem but three more and three more and three more just might bending the rules at any time is a serious matter it is a compromise and an invitation for an onslaught of crafty developers who will tempt planners to ignore planning policies and approve their projects roaming around teens create own jobs by jim thomas for the past several summers job- seeking students have had it tough they tell of tramping the streets inquiring at stores and offices even inserting work wanted ads in local newspapers without success 4 f tyi the lament somewhat overplayed by the media prompted both the federal and provincial governments to reestablish dozens of subsidized employment programs through these seasonal measures the politicians were made to look good or bad depending on who you talk to in spite of these efforts some kids are still looking while others are so busy they cant keep up is it that young people like many adults are too particular on what theyll take in some instances it would seem so not falling into this category are two fifteenyearold stouffville boys john carrick church street and kevin bartley harding gate are the kind of ambitious lads that tend to restore ones faith in teenagers as a whole i hope youll read their story and give them the support they deserve with the end of the june term ap proaching neither had a line on anything permanent for the holiday period ahead so johns father suggested they try their hand at blacktopping driveways his company mcasphalt industries ltd of west hill manufactures a coal tar emulsion called macsealwiththat kind of approval and a break in the price they felt sure they couldnt go wrong and they havent up to saturday theyd received fifteen contracts all of them completed with still two to go for john and kevin its business all the way first they had a few dozen ad sheets printed for delivery doortodoor they were brief and to the point reading driveway sealing by stouffville students prevents premature ageing makes asphalt pavement resistant to petroleum spills gasoline oil etc complete satisfaction with both product and application or money cheerfully refunded free estimates they also inserted an advertisement in the tribune the hardest part of the work is making the driveway ready for the sealer the surface must be washed down before the top coat is applied then they brush on the emulsion sugar and spice while the asphalts still wet on the average it takes about one hour plus two hours to dry if the weathers right sunny and warm prices range from 25 to 30 the right time for such work is all of july and the the early weeks of august they say with other jobs waiting john and kevin dont pay any attention to time often they cut their lunch hour short and continue on into the evening to get a particular driveway done if conditions warrant theyll paint the surface twice but this isnt needed too often they say in addition to filling in the cracks the sealer adds a distinctive appearance to a property that i care look that most people feel is important persons wishing to see a sample of john and kevins work can view the blacktop application at the stouffville and district credit union office 96 main street west if satisfied they can be reached at either 640- 4853 or 6402963 i talked to john and kevin for only fifteen minutes saturday thats all the time they could spare i was impressed as im sure you will be but dont talk hard times to these lads theyre as busy as beavers because they want to be just one of those days orphaned crow adopts hew family thb young crow fell from its nest in the milne conservation area in markham on the ground it would certainly have met with the came fatejasta nestling falling prey u roaming catsthe little fellow tried to adopt tribune reporter ed schroeter bat found a much more caring parent in the person of wildlife artist linda shaw joseph street markham linda b training the bird to fly and to feed itself r ed schroeter u right from the first i knew it was a day i shooda stood in bed as a thirdrate pugilist kingfish levinsky once said after being flattened by the great heavyweight joe louis in round one got up took a tug at the strap of my wristwatch to take it off and wash broke the strap nothing serious cheap plastic junk but it turned out to be applied to the watch by one of those unseen geniuses who lose one of your socks in the wash and produce four extra beer bottles when every case of empties is full ill probably never be able to wear the watch again unless i glue it to my wrist serves me right i hadnt a watch for 30 years and never felt the need for one but my wife bought me this one last summer in the duty free shop at london airport and now i find myself neurotically flipping up my cuff and glaring at the hair on my left wrist like all the other anxiety hounds in the country who are not going anywhere dont need to know the time but are constantly flipping up their arms like trained seals and looking at their wat ches who needs a watch life is going quickly enough without the evidence on a little dial the very word has nothing but unpleasant connotations watch what youre doing there watch out watch your step watch the late movie watch your wife watch that guy hanging around your daughter watch what you say in mixed company ok i shrugged off the watch went down and got my breakfast usually its toast and tea this particular morning i had more time so i fixed the works real coffee bacon fried bread and a rice sloppy fried egg on top of the bread a drooly great breakfast thought id eat in my favorite chair in the living room and read my morning paper in the sunshine pouring in the window so i put my grub on the kitchen counter and started cutting the fried bread and egg into bitesized pieces so that id need only one hand to eat something skidded the plate slipped off the counter sprayed grease all over the front of my pants and smashed to smithereens on the floor i emitted a most unladylike few words salvaged the bacon from under the sink and started cleaning up have you ever tried to wipe up just one lousy semifried egg from a kitchen floor it reminded me of the old days when id drop a quart milk bottle and sponge up what seemed like a gallon of milk and it was the first time id had to change my pants since i was about two well i should have stopped right there stripped to the skin and gone back to bed for the day but as faithful readers know i believe that bad things come in threes and then you have a good streak as it happened i was going to buy a car from a chap that day with impeccable logic i reckoned one more minor disaster would occur and id be home free for a while if it didnt the car would be a lemon to complete the trio and i wouldnt buy it it did the minor disaster i sailed out of the house figuring id slip and break an elbow or the car wouldnt start nothing of the sort stuck my hand in my coat pocket no keys no car keys no house keys and id left the latch on stood at the back door ding- donging like crazy for five minutes blasted if i was going to climb in the celler window and wreck my second pair of pants finally the old lady appeared shed been in the bath tub she was not ecstatic with our marital state grease all over the kitchen my watch busted and the second last set of plates also busted she felt like busting roe anyway i finally set off with a light heart the three baddies had happened and the rest by bill smiley 4 4f of the day would be glorious the car a winner everything golden x well you probably know the rest late for work thirteen decisions to make at same a hair in my grilled cheese at lunch lukewarm coffee banker who had promised me the loan out to lunch for two hours tried to sneak in a quick visit to doctor for allergy shots and he forgot i was there for an hour i late for my appointment to meet car seller wed both forgotten to pick up the safety check certificate rushed off to the garage telling car seller and wife to wait for me at licensing bureau arrived af garage breathless but still time nobody home but gas pump jockey mechanics out jogging jogging phoned license bureau to tell short illtempered seller with beard to hang on they hadnt seen him j since i left wait 25 minutes sweaty gasping mechanics arrive sign certificate i rushed back to license bureau no sign of car seller inside or out got all papers ready t waiting fuming inside them outside i turkeys probably gone to the bank op something y at five to five phoned his apartment he was there he and his wife had waited outside the license bureau had decided id changed my mind and wouldnt be back and were at the moment packing to go to the city for a week with my car and the license bureau closed at five tottered home in a daze expecting the house to be burned down ana my wifj pregnant or vice versa the way things were going and then i started to laugh and laugh i had to be administered a strong dose of cough medicine to cool me out somebody once said that the lord works in mysterious ways he sure does maybe it was a lousy car and he was trying to warn me ft