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4 the tribune thursday december 13 1 wht wttbnm james thomas editorinchief established 1888 charles h nolan publisher barrebeacock advertising manager botowal dept joanatho jim holt display advertising dpt lois wldaman maria emmarson buswess office loan marahman dor n daaoon oaan gtotar pubhahad ncf thursday t 54 main st stoufmtte ofrt tal 6402101 toronto phono 3011680 sjnola copiaa 20 c subscriptions 1000 psr yur in canada 2600 alaawhara mambar ol canadian community nawspapara astodstkx sa ontario waamy hawapapara assocuoon socond class mall registration numbar 0896 tha trmuna is ona of tha inland publishing co lknhad group of suburban nanfjurs which t dudas tha ajax whitby plckarlng haws advartlsar brampton guardian burlington post etobteoka oazatta markham economist and sun naarmarkat aurora era oakiuia baavar oahaata this was mlsslssauga ntws oshawa this waakand acton fraa prass milton canadian champion and tha oaorgatoamlndapandanl 64021 00 3611 680 editorials our citizen of the year for a first time the town of whitchurch- stouffville will honor a citizen of the year the event sponsored by this newspaper will honor an individual who in the opinion of a committee made an outstanding con tribution to the betterment of this municipality during 1979 while the final decision will rest on the shoulders of three people the tribune wants as many as possible to play a part this week and in the weeks ahead the paper is publishing a coupon that residents may use to write their replies giving the names addresses of people they feel are worthy of recognition they should also give reasons to support each choice this is not a contest the coupon will serve only as a guide and make the com mittees task a little bit easier the deadline date for submissions is jan 31 1980 they may be delivered personally to the tribune at 5456 main street west or mailed to citizen of the year co the tribune post office box 40 stouffville ont a privilege to play a part stouffvilles first refugee family arrived nov 31 and are very quickly settling into their new surroundings a residential apartment on 18th avenue in the community of cashel we had an opportunity to meet them saturday evening when they attended a sunday school christmas party in st james presbyterian church and we were im pressed impressed with their friendliness their politeness and their swiftness at adapting to an all new way of life although here only a week they have already picked up many english words the two couples are attending a night class at stouffville dist secondary school the eleven year old is enrolled at dicksons hill this community should consider itself privileged to be a part of this worthwhile refugee program for believe it or not theres much we can learn from them better late than never a series of public meetings are being held this month dec 1 to 16 in the macdonald block queens park organized by the ministry of natural resources the subject of these discussions is moose management the reason back of these discussions is to explain causes for the decline in ontarios moose herds and to arrive at alternativesfor reversing this trend the ministry goes on to point out that since 1968 just over ten years the moose population in this province has declined from 125000 to 80000 animals overharvesting or in plainer english killing off under the guise of sport is the first of three contributing factors cited by the department one of the ministrys recommendations is better control of thcharvest or the im position of tighter controls over the shooting of moose strange isnt it how its taken con servationists all this time to arrive at such a conclusion a conclusion that laymen like ourselves have been advocating all along in our opinion hunting laws have been far too liberal in ontario its only after ten years of research and cold hard facts that officials have been prompted to act funny but it seems like only yesterday that conservationists were suggesting a deer hunt be held in whitchurch-stouff- ville funny but sad new course for midtown stream kv for a first time monday water flowed the target date for completion was mid- down the new manmade tream bed in december work b now expected to extend stoaffville the rechanneliiauoo project into the new year sodding along the river extends from a point oppositelthe public bank will be done in the spring library to the sewage disposal plant while jim thomas v roaming around our mice outwit mousetraps by l tho several weeks ago i mentioned the fact our house was being overrun by mice and how i the great lover and protector of nature was all for ignoring the pesky little creatures in the hope they might soon disappear they havent rather their numbers have increased to such an extent they sound like herds of miniature elephants racing back r and forth between the partitions whats more theyre even conversing with one another squeaky sounds plainly audible day and night and visible too previously the pitter- patter of little feet was confined to afterhours when most of us were asleep but not any more theyre now emerging in broad daylight scurrying around the rooms like they owned the place while unsure of what the gestation period is for an expectant mother mouse its obvious their numbers are increasing at an amazing rate what started out as only a pair that crept in out of the cold last october has expanded into children and grandchildren if theyd keep to themselves none of us including mywife would worry however they insist on getting together for family reunions a kind of ruckus revely that begins in early evening and lasts through til the wee small hours and talk about a time we docile humans could never have so much fun the amazing thing about all this is the fact prince the family beagle doesnt as much as twitch a whisker at all the goings on how different outside if a sguirrel or a rabbit ventures within twenty feet of his backyard domain he lets out a howl that wouldwake the dead but insidehe couldnt care less if i didnt know better ifd say there was some kind of conspiracy afoot that hes collaborating with theenemy v while he may be my wife isnt shes had it right up to you know where and said so just last week i had to choose it was the mice or her if they didnt go she would the choice of course was simple what mouse could sew on buttons take out the garbage make the meals wash and iron put on storm windows fix the sink wipe runny noses walk the dog and help with homework all in one ordinary day the solution however isnt so simple for these furry little creatures are craftier than most folks think their ingenuity has far exceeded mans ability to build a better mousetrap theyve advanced into a highly sensitive age far beyond the mechanics of cheese and springs and things theyre laughing at us one known haunt was a compartment under the kitchen sink while there was nothing really edible there boxes of dry dog biscuits and the like the evidence was plain it was obviously a main run up from the basement so thats where i placed the traps however as fast as i set em the mice would wreck em and i mean destroy them torn- pletely were breaking the bank running to v the store for replacements sur i caught a couple the impetuous ones looking for easy meals but those older and wiser are too smart for 19th century trinkets they have an escape formula all v worked out while most take the cheese and leave the traps others have taken the traps too one i found down a cold air register in the living room anothers gone completely disap peared j the unsprung traps that are left are so badly mangled they cant be used again like something out of a science fiction movie strange as it may seem what began as a chore has developed into a challenge man against mouse on the basis of numbers the odds favor the mice the distaff side- sad experiences with cars by joann thompson ive never had a good relationship with a car come to think of it i dont get along with anyvehicle ive had my licence going on four years now and consider myself a capable driver but during the past year ive gone through two automobiles and a pickup truck it wasnt by choice mind you but the fact is they all just up and died it was the first car i ever owned in my life a 69 ford galaxie with a back door that had to be tied to keep it from falling open when turning corners i bought it from someone i knew who had purchased it for 200 being a friend he said hed giye me a break and since he didnt want the car anymore anyway made the receipt out for one dollar the government certainly didnt make any money on that deal i was really excited with my new set of wheels i drove straight to canadian tire and purchased green plush covers for the front and a coordinating blanket for the back- finicky about matching colors a green garbage bucket and air freshener and a car wash made the old girl look superb i was proud but after a month of bombing about the city the transmission went no amount of coaxing would get the pathetic clunker across the intersection and eventually she wouldnt start in cold weather finally i had to give it up i was sad but when i thought about my many moments of frustration i felt better but thatwasnt the last of the old ford it really suffered a fate worse than death i went out shopping for another vehicle immediately and found one too good to be true or so i thought then a 1973 toyota corolla four speed clean certified 875 it had over 73000 miles on it but i was blinded by the impeccable paint job covering the body filler i was to find out later nevertheless i drove it off the lot and was glad i did for every time i took it out i pictured myself in a rally speeding along winding roads towards monte carlo the death of the ford came by surprise one day it was in the parking lot and the next day it wasnt nobody told me what happened to iti guess they thought i should have known it was my landlady who finally informed me an aspiring 13yearold delinquent had set it on fire just for the fun of it after numerous frustrating phone calls to metros editors mail no interest in town dear editor your newspaper gave considerable publicity to a public meeting in latcham hall supposedly to discuss the future of whitchurch stouffville i attended more out of curiosity and left two hours later throughly disappointed the majority of people who spoke showed no interest in the town but only in themselves me first if this is the trend today i dont blame local planners for being tough cecil jackson stouffville rr 3 finest i gave up trying to obtain restitution and buried the old lady at the police scrap yard for 20 the new corolla lasted three months v before it had to have new pistons seems i overdrove it small cars just cant take high speeds two hundred dollars later it ran like a ft gemuntil the muffler went during the in- spection of the exhaust system the mechanic told me the engine mounts were so rusted the whole thing could fall out at any minute i began to shake how many times had i gone down dirt roads late at night or sped along the highway at 70 or 80 miles per the distance from markham to home seemed like 0 an eternity the toyota now sits up in gravenhurst under the care of my enterprising younger brother who thinks he can sell it but im not keen on that because id hate to have someone get killed driving it again i was without transportation and being in the newspaper business lets just v say that a reporter without a car isnt dad came to my rescue and loaned me his dodge a good truck he said and i agreed that is until i drove back from gormley two weeks ago the brakes o failed all the way to stouffville i was glued to the wheel eyes on the road hoping noone would stop in a hurry so now thanks to the help of the tribune staff im borrowing cars as i need them for o assignments meanwhile im still in the market for a reliable cheap car if one exists can anyone help a damsel in distress i really cant believe the age of chivalry is dead j i vyfe