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drug abilse meeting vent frustrations an inland community newspaper voi- 93 no 2 whitchurch stouffville may 8 1980 25 cents 24 pages stouffville feelings of frustration disappointment even anger permeated the auditorium of stouffville dist secondary school thursday a crosssection of close to 200 parents present at a drug abuse seminar said they felt betrayed by the fact very little of a specific nature was revealed concerning drug problems and solutions in stouffville the whole thing left me cold said one mother its high time we came to grips with the problem here the in formation she said while very complete was pretty much a rehash of what she already knew i know the cause she said its the cure im in terested in others contacted by the tribune said much the same stouffvilles my concern not messing up lives claim booze main problem stouffville a drunk is supposed to be funny people laugh at him staggering down the street hes the comedian on tv but theres nothing funny about him the drunk is dangerous to you and to himself norman panzica a senior consultant to council on drug abuse stressed this point during an hourlong discussion with grade 6 and 7 students from summitview and orchard park schools friday booze is messing up more kids than any two drugs he stated the lowering of the drinking age was a q lousy idea he said a lot of young folks died because of it people he said drink to access because theyre not afraid of alcohol its the thing youre not afraid of that can hurt you the most he warned his audience against being one of the crowd dont be someone who cant think for himself he said youre told on television to put a chemical into your body what does he care he doesnt know you he said panzica stressed one point emphatically the only way you pan ever get hooked on drugs is by trying it once schools elsewhere in york county or ontario said father of a boy in grade 10 mervyn witherow prin cipal at sjjss admitted to a difficulty in diagnosing the cause of a students condition when its not alcohol related he stated however that over a ten year period he could count on one hand the number of times hed seen a student out of control his first concern he said is for the individual an attempt is then made to contact a parent or guardian as to laying charges the principal said he would call police only if evidence of druguse or possession is apparent suspicion isnt enough he stated one speaker challenged the principal to keep a tighter rein on students particularly in allowing them to congregate on edward street across from the school its good to feel we as parents have the support of a system thats going to protect our children as much as possible she said mr witherow replied that moving the students off public property and into the school might reduce the problem but not necessarily solve it if they want it theyll find ways he said the principal praised those members of the panel who had spent an entire day in the school talking to students and staff he agreed that interaction bet- n ween the staff and parents is important and expressed the hope it would continue peer pressure v- on may 13 summitview and orchard park schools will send twentyeight gymnasts to an area 2 meet at york university steeles avenue west one of the participants is twelve year old frompts drug use stouffville peer noted however that few were pressure prompts many young people to turn to drugs frank fallon a community consultant with the addiction research foundation told a public meeting in the high school thursday night most will try it at least once usually in the company of friends and ninetyfive per cent will turn out all right added dr john denison york county board of education other reasons behind ex perimentation in drugs were listed by fallon as curiosity boredom rejection of parental values and for thrills as drug use continues he explained larger quantities are required to get the same effect dr denison described drug use as a universal problem he said it is a matter of concern not only for all schools but for all communities he described the situation at stouffville high as no better or no worse than any other kelly park a former student at sdss said many of stouffvilles drugusers are younger than average he inclined to get into the heavystuff norman panzica a senior consultant with the council on drug abuse advised a hardline approach why did you let me he said is the worst charge a boy or girl can lay against his or her parents let him know where you stand agreed dr denison mr panzica suggested straightforwardly that many parents are good listeners who dont hear anything drugs werent a problem when you were in school said dr denison this is a different society drugs are a part of their world and you must learn to live in that world as to the legalization of marijuana he descnbed such a move as the height of insanity town councillor bill kamps was panel moderator irsoircliarge markham in sep tember of last year a com- pany operting under the name r metro jewellery limited 315 steelcase road was heavily damaged in an explosion and fire three firefighters were injured in the blast one of them gary cyr 23 of unionville suffered second degree burns to his head damage was estimated at 140000 on feb 12 the owner surjit singh kanda 47 of 28 sherwood forest drive markham filed a proof of loss report listing damages at 32655100 on april 28 police laid charges of arson and attempted fraud against him kanda was ordered to appear in court may 1 despite the intensity of the explosion a number of valuable metals and gems were saved there were four 40pound propane tanks in side the building one was leaking and caught fire but none exploded leanne mumford main street east a student in grade 6 at sum mitview another member of the summitviewsgymnast team is pictured on page 8 31m thomas school gyninasjts reduce municipal site markham the town of markham will protect only twentyfive of its eightytwo acres on the site of its proposed municipal complex at warden avenue and no 7 highway the decision concluded in committee will be reopened for discussion at a meeting may 13 regional councillor ron moran told the tribune mr moran says hes op posed to the move calling it shortsighted he also sees seventy thousand dollars spent on a master plan for the v property gone down the drain it was his contention that the site should be a people place rather than a facility open only- from nine to five this he said could still occur v depending on what happens to the property thats sold off the regional councillor claims the twentyfive acres will accommodate the new municipal building and allow for expansion he feels however that when youre spending this land of money you want to do it right mr moran chairman of the administration committee says his argument was supported by mayor roman and councillor ron femson the 82 acres he noted was purchesed by the town from the ministry of transportation and communic for 1530000 as serviced land he now estimates its value at between 175000 and 200000 an acre councils main concern is maintaining its present staff within the four walls of the administrative offices at but- tonville working conditions are becoming somewhat crowded mr moran said even if everything goes according to plan he doesnt see any likelihood of moving into the new complex for three years stouffville twenty- eight talented gymnasts from stouffvilles summitview and orchard park schools will put then- skills to the test when they participate inan area 2 meet may 13 at the york university sports complex steeles avenue the summitview team will include maureen ferguson lisa heather johan- nessen barbie gourley heather glenn knsta mac- farlane julia glick leanne mumford leanna grabish and laura campbell entries from orchard park are jennifer tosney laura baatz anne christie dorothy eidt diane eidt mary sled rebecca ness kelly dobson susan murphy robyn grove brenda hachey tracy emery norma sayers daphne gibson debbie mosel leslie stronach elizabeth sled and charmaine lintner summitviews gymnastic coach is bernie mumford ron robbins is the coach at orchard park mrs mumford has had valued assistance from three other staff teachers ted shepherd trudy cadieux and jim fletcher as well as two 4 volunteers from the high school f ellen dowswell and jane k huxtable several girls are entered in three events which include the beam the floor and the vault by competition time most will have put in close to ninety hours of practice time soori announce sale of vet clinic stouffville the stouffville veterinary clinic has been sold drs dennis and terry oconnor announced this week the sale of the building and business to their small animal associates dr garry gall and dr anthony sekeres the oconnors have pur chased a property on the corner of hwy 48 and the bethesda road there they will erect an office for the practice of large animal medicine however they will continue to work out of the stouffville clinic for the next few months it was back in 1957 that dr dennis oconnor joined dr ron smith in practice here dr terry oconnor entered the partnership in 1959 they- built the present clinic on the south side of main street west in 1972 our own town flag stouffville whit- churchstouffville will soon have its very own flag delivery is expected june 1 ged stonehouse chamber of commerce president told the tribune work on this project ex- l tending over several months 4 has been in m cillors june sanders the background is yellow with blue bars and a blue crest s the chamber will make the flags available to town v businessmen and residents at the following prices a canadian flag and a town flag together 4 charge of counf button and jim is will cost 18 25 a town flag alone will be 1200 and a canadian flag alone will be i 750 i with cheerleaders like these summitview teams cant loseg long distance call to town museum with cheerleaders like this summitview school cant lose these vivacious girls both kindergarten pupils concluded a colorful assembly program thursday morning the five year olds are kathleen miko left of manitoba street and linda lattner north street jim thomas stouffville would you believe theres no stouffville phone listing for thewhit- churchstpuffville museum yes the buildings located in town on woodbine avenue at vandorf but contact via ma bell results in only a sorry sir but we have no such number so whats one supposed to do send up smoke signals the answer is yes unless youre willing v to pay long distance charges and call aurora the number if anyones interested is 7278954 the tribune index youth page 3 editorial page 4 personals page 6 churches page 7 business page 11 sports pages16 17 classified pages 21 23 events ivrpage 23 r