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4 tke tribune thursdayraugust m 17 fte wttbtxnt james thomas erjhorlnchjef established 1888 charles h nolan publisher barrebeacock advertising manager etxtcaldeptedschroeterjtahorl display advertising dept lota wldoman m arte enkmfion business office joan manhman doreeo deacon ebeen glow pobfiahed maty thoraday at 54 main st sloufmlle ool tal 6402101 toronto phone 3611680 single copias 20 e eubacripnbna s10j30 par year in canada 32600 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers asaocutlon and ontario woakly newspapers association second class mau registration number 0896 the tribune la one of the inland publishing co limited group of suburban newspapers which in cludes the ajax whitby pickering news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etoblcoke gazette markham economist and sun newmarket aurora era oalnrioe beaver oshawa this week misslssauga news oshawa this weekend acton free press milton canadian champion and the georgetown independent 6402100 3611680 editorials ymca can help every town has its do nothing kids a group of young people who for reasons known only to themselves have little interest in anything by this we mean theyre not actively engaged in any visible form of recreation they dont play ball hockey tennis or soccer they dont like swimming bowling or skating theyre a minority but still their numbers are many so many in whitchurchstouffville they cant be ignored our attitude has been to criticize and condemn lazy bunch of bums we say a denouncement that applicable or not isnt solving the problem some organization here like it or not must face this situation head on and come up with a solution in todays society these kids are looked on as misfits why because we tend to ad mire the person who excells he may not be able to add two and two but if he scores the winning goal in a playoff final hes a national hero he may never lace on a pair pf skates but if he obtains an ma degree in math hes considered a success but what of the also ran the less than average is there nothing for him in whit churchstouffville it would seem not from what we have observed this segment of youth is interested mainly in a place to congregate and talk their language while often rough is no worse than youd hear at the local arena or on a ball diamond yet the appearance of cars and kids all in one place automatically raises suspicions so theyre kicked around from pillar to post hassled by police business people and the public usually they end up in a plaza the area of least resistance the difficult thing about the do nothing kids is their dislike for adult supervision even direction and organization this is where the clash occurs for grownups believe that for any program to be a success it must be planned leave nothing to chance this group wants no part of this to them informalitys the attraction the do your own thing kind of arrangement so we end up right where we started worlds apart while its very convenient for a town to sit on its hands and pretend no problem exists the truth is it does and will until some effort is made to resolve it the hope we see is in the successful for mation of a ymca branch here the pre selected location is the rear of the steer- burger restaurant main street west the size of the property is excellent so is the site with plenty of parking far removed from residential buildup so to the y we throw the torch may you be successful in doing something for those with nothing to do sugar and spice back to candles and coal new roadno traffic at considerable expense and in convenience to some propertyowners the region of york has completed a twolane highway extending a distance of about five miles from hwy 48 to woodbine avenue s to some its 17th avenue others major mckenzie drive and still others the maple road regardless its a beautiful stretch of pavement excellently laid out and engineered however its not being used at least not to the extent that was intended we travelled it twice friday and met only three vehicles all of them cars there wasnt a single truck on the entire fivemile route and this was to serve as a truck bypass around the former village of markham a reason for this could very well be a decision to erect stop signs at every north- south concession road no trucker rolling along at 60 miles per hour with a 25 ton load will tolerate that kind of aggravation its even irritating to many motorists some of whom at risk to life and limb have zipped through intersections at the 7th mccowan road and the 5th warden avenue without even slowing down in our opinion the only eastwest stop should be at the 6th kennedy road and the sooner the signswitch is approved the better itll be for everyone our fair too one month from today sept 27 is markham fair and while this truly great country exhibition is located in markham its also whitchurchstouffvilles fair the board of directors stress this point and so do we the directors are anxious to have townsfolk here feel more a part of the fair so much a part well participate more wholeheartedly in it thats the invitationthe challenge now its up to us to respond its a little like being an observer of the fall of the roman empire thats how i feel as i read and hear the latest energy crisis news one of these days in the notdistant future the last drop of that black stuff is going to drip into the last receptacle how then brown hen will we freeze in the dark well a heck of a lot of redblooded canadians will need every bit of that red blood to avoid doing so its not as though the handwriting has not been on the wall its just that nobody has been looking at that particular wall weve all been looking out our picture window instead ive been thinking about it during a particularly busy week in which a dentist saved one of my ancient teeth a doctor gave me an allergy shot and a barber removed some of my ancient white hair needless to say i drove my ancient car to each of these places none of them is more than a tenminute walk on my way to one of them i drove down to the dock parked and watched about three thousand boats trying to wiggle their way out of marinas so that they could open her up and cut a swatch across the lake with their oilburners at the doctors people were complaining because the airconditioning wasnt working the dentist used a highspeed electric drill in his airconditioned office with all the fluorescent lights on the barber was sweating turned up his airconditioning washed his hands in hot water and switched on his electric clippers by george i thought its going to be quite a change i visualized the dentist pumping away with his old footpowered drill the doctor giving me a shot by flashlight because there are no windows in the joint the barber using the old handpowered clippers and shaving my neck with cold water in a steamy- hot barber shop by bill smiley it wouldnt bother me too much i was brought up on weed stoves coaloil lamps a block of ice in the refrigerator and a coal- burning furnace but it sure would bother the doctor the dentist and the barber along with practically every human being in north america under the age of sixty its going to be quite an auction sale i thought when that last drop of black stuff flows from the last spigot listen to the auctioneer lincoln con tinental 1982 model like new tear out the insides and you have a grand outdoor rec room for the kiddies what am i bid do i hear thirty dollars heres atreal steal a fortyfoot cruiser with builtin cupboards septic toilet sleeps six get a teamster to tow it into your back yard and you have a dandy sleeping cabin for guests will somebody start the bidding with twelve dollars and heres another beauty three 1980 thunderbirds worth 23000 the day they were bought cut the tops off remove the wheels and theyll make beautiful flower beds not ten dollars apiece not even nine dollars each but the three for 2498 and heres todays superspecial shes only thirtyfive years old and guaranteed to work day or night not like those electric things that were always breaking down an almost automatic dishwasher yes ladies and gemmun the real thing this little lady came on hard times her husband had a heating oil franchise shes willing to wash your dishes like theyve never been washed before only 300 a week and so on snowmobiles aircraft its going to be a great day for the junk dealers on the other hand theres the bright side just as people today pay fabulous sums for junk furniture dug out of attics the good folk of 2010 ad might go as high as 200 for an ancient beautifullyfinished cadillac or a fine specimen of fourburner electric stove with infrared oven theyd make nice con versation pieces away back there i failed to continue the anology to the roman empire but its there they had their bread and circuses as the countdown approached our arenas like theirs are packed solid with sweaty sadistic spectators watching the gladiators we dont have enough christians left to throw to the lions butwe can always fire the coach which is almost as good and we have something romans didnt we have an almostinstant view of disasters all over the world so i guess mankind has made one giant step backward in the past 1500 years it looks as though the handinhand waltz of the oil companies and the car manufac turers which has lasted nearly half a century is going to become good night ladies but the merry walpurgisnacht of th western world continues its mad whirl as oir companies and airlines and car manufac turers and boat makers furiously advertise their wares and the rest of us just as wildly rush out to buy them of course i dont mean a word of all this somehow the human spirit though at one of its lowest points in centuries will survive and prevail well find something but in the meantime im going to sharpen my axe and get busy installing a windmill see you in the bush lot j pet subjects proper grooming by karen mcewen proper grooming of your dog is im portant with the many kinds of equipment and sprays on the market its best to enquire about grooming techniques from the kennel or the previous owner if you have a purebred a good place to obtain pointers is at a dog show ive yet to encounter anyone whos not willing to talk about his dog however never touch the animal or get in the handlers way when hes about to enter the ring purebred or not there are two basic kinds of coats with the regular a brushing and spraying should be sufficient with the double coat the first layer is rough and the second is downy it serves as protection against cold weather the soft coat often gets into matts that usually must be cut out it must be kept combed because parasites lodge there for small haired dogs a fine toothed comb will do for others a special comb- is needed remember to always dry your pet thoroughly hair dryers are useful but make sure the temperature isnt too high comb the fur while it is drying for a neater appearance a dogs toenails should be cut when you hear them clicking on the floor its cruel if you dont dewclaws when left to grow go into a circle and up into the skin the other nails become so long they spread the toesl outward nail clippers can be bought almost anywhere but be sure you know what youre doing before you start half way along the toenail and up the middle is the quick or blood vessel be very careful for any accident your dog will remember as a bad experience if you do cut too far up treat the injury with a disinfectant and cover it in white nails the quick is seen e as a red line black nails are best snipped a little at a time each week and filed back markham municipal site is town beauty spot j each summer the markham parks department transforms the grounds outside the municipal offices at battonville into a town beauty spot and this year is no exception the site has been admired by thousands who pass by on woodbine avenue during the week and on weekends jim thomas editors mail first benefactor dear jim with regard to your editorial in the aug 23 edition entitled call it latcham park id like to point out that everything west of church street south through the park was provided by dr wa sangster and called sangsters grove a sign at one time indicated this dr sangster built the first picnic shelter part of which is still in use he bought the swings teetertotters and other pieces of equipment at the time he put the stouffville park on the map the sign denoting dr sangsters con tributions continued to hang there until arthur latcham began providing facilities the trees were trimmed the sign was kicked around and eventually disappeared dr sangster also started the high school library in addition he provided a good deal medical aid to hundreds of townfolk free of charge he was respected and revered by everyone jeai barkey rote avenue stouffville