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4 the tbibune thursday may 8 un pi v v m x james thomas edltorlnchlef barrebeacock advertising managtr established 1888 charles k nolan publisher eotc4ual0tojaaia thompson jka holt msptay advertisino d6pt loto wld huh emmwai classedadvertistncorculat10hjcwflmnimbai offtcemamagekdormadttcon business office ebmogkmr pubushad maty thursday at 54 main st stourrriba oot tl 6402101 toronto phofla 3811680 single copim 25- subscriptions s1100 par yaar in canada 3000 auawhara hambar of canadian community nawspapars association and ontario waakly nswspapars asodationsacond dass mau registration numbar 0886 the tribune is one of the inland publishing co limited group ol suburban newspapers which in cludes the ajaxwhjtbypicfcarlng news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke gazette markhara economist and sun newtdarkavaurora era oakvllle bearer oshawa this week misslssauga news oshawa this weekend a fr press hilton canadian champion and the georgetown independent e 3611680 6402100 editorials street no place for students newsjjeaa trustees vote to close webb public school a bust in the square world that stands for failure and that in our opinion was the end result of a drugabuse seminar held at stouffville dist secondary school may 1 while a crosssection of the 200 people present may have applauded the panel the reaction as we saw it was only out of respect for the majority of parents undoubtedly left with an empty gut feeling that nothing basic had been accomplished however no parent could say he or she wasnt warned dont expect instant solutions commented the moderator everyone reacts differently these people the panel are here to enlighten us and tell us where to go for help they told parents that granted and a lot more but not the kindjjf specific information most wanted to hear what parents want to know and are entitled to know is is there in fact a drug problem at stouffville high if the answer is yes then fhe question that follows is what is stouffville high school doing about it as we feared from the outset panel members with the exception of exstudent kelly park had no direct association with the stouffville scene so they spokein generalities presenting facts and figures anyone can read in dozens of informative books but whats happening at sdss if our board representative the ad ministration staff teachers and the police are at a loss for a means of curbing this curse we offer one suggestion establish a policy declaring that section of edward street opposite thehigh school off limits to student loiterers from eight oclock in the morning til f ivevclock in the afternoon to compensate for this the unused quadrangle within the school complex could be transformed into a student meeting place with certain freedoms and certain controls it could be prepared and maintained by the students themselves but get the kids off the street at that location theyre vulnerable to every parasitic pusher in town treasured memories that will last forever young people have spoken j sugar and spice homeownership impossible by bill smiley the young people of stouffville have spoken response from 550 students at sdss has indicated in an extremely forceful manner 95 per cent the need for more planned activities in town furthermore the majority 60 per cent want these activities to take place at locations other than the school itself they mention the arena and latcham hall as two we agree with the poll on both scores for the nonathletic kid between the age of thirteen and eighteen this towns a bore for the athlete theres so much going on he or she hardly knows which way to turn this leaves us with a clearcut question one the municipality must face what can we offer the nonathlete its a simple thing to ignore this responsibility shrug it off like the problem doesnt exist let them make their own fun like we used to do is a common reply or nothing but a bunch of bums anyway or theyu only cause trouble who needs the aggravation such negative attitudes will never ac complish anything were merely burying our collective heads in the sand if organizations and committees within organizations can be set up to look after team sports like fastball soccer bowling hockey and rugby theres no reason something similar cant be arranged dealing with more passive forms of recreation while young peoples interests should be uppermost in members minds activities could be extended to include adults also the challenge is here all we have to do is meet it we would urge the whitchurch stouffville recreation committee the various community centre boards and recreation representatives from council to put their heads together and get something going my heart goes out to all the young people who have been saving to buy a home at todays interest rates they have about as much chance to achieve their- ambition as i have of being chosen best dressed man of the year lets take a typical example and reflect on the grim picture a couple with young children face when they want a home of their own with a bit of lawn a little garden some room for their kids to explore and set- some roots by dint of cutting every corner pinching every portion dick and jane who have two kids called jick and dane have amassed a total of 5000 over their five years of wedded bliss theyve been able to do this only be eating cheap food eschewing all luxuries such as drinks steaks movies they have taken moonlight jobs on their holidays to make a few extra bucks and of course they have both been working sending the kids to daycare for which they have to pay their only concession to entertainment has been a black and white tv an old car in which they occasionally venture forth for a picnic and extremely careful sex but i still feel sorry for dick and jane they had a dream the old canadian dream of owning your own house and a bit of land and its turning into a nightmare they dont want to be up there with the vanderbilts theyd settle for a very modest home around 40000 if there is still a detached house in the country for this price dick would work on improvements and jane would make it warm and lively with her unerring sense of taste so they decide to take the plunge with their hardsaved cheque for 5000 clutched in one of their hopeful hands they go to the bank or a trust company to borrow the rest no problem as the ads said a few years ago then comes the crunch the bank manager or the realtor or the trust company bird welcomes them with the warmth of an undertaker and fiddles with his pencil and mutters canadian dollar and interest rates and finally gives them a figure for the 35000 they still need at 15 per cent a year their uh interest would be 525000 just 25000 more than they walked in with to say that dick and jane are stunned would be like saying that pierre trudeau is humble with both their jobs they gross 22000 after the revenue departments through with them theyll be lucky to have 18000 more like 16000 but thats still quite a bit isnt it take off another 4000 just to eat and keep clean and maintain the old rusty car take off a few hundred for telephone and hydro and medicare and all the other deductions from their pay checks and its another 1000 they havent laid hands on were down to 11000 of course if they have a house they wont have to pay rent thatwill save about 3600 a year if they happen to be living in a slum but that 3600 will be gobbled up by taxes fuel and all the other things that houses gobble then theres that 525000 a year interest on the mortgage they are left with around 5000 a year to pay for clothes toothpaste repairs to everything dental bills and all the other flack of modern living and they still havent bought a washer and dryer a stove and refrigerator and color tv or a second car all the absolute necessities for a proud houseowner poordevils v they might just make it if they were prepared to eat porridge and spaghetti for the next twenty years never take a holiday stayed j healthy and each got an extra job they could always send jick out babysitting and dane out shining shoes but they wont be ready for another ten years by that time dick and jane will have paid about 50000 interest on a 40000 house and nothing on the principal forget it dick and jane take your five thousand blow it on a good holiday and go on welfare youd be better off and without the stress would live an extra ten years so much for the canadian dream and i dont want some accountant writing and refuting my figures theyre close enough plain people window on wildlife- portrait of a fox by art briggs-jude- ijmwfmhekmg of pond castle w c t r w a beautiful swan was the lone occupant unmindful of the intruder the location b of apondv saturday when a tribune v louella farms- 7th concession of whlt- jcameranun happened by the bird glided church- stouffville near lemonvllle silently back and forth across the surface jim thomas the distant landscape came to life under the careful scrutiny of my 7 x 35 binoculars a crow flapped lazily across a shallow ravine a groundhog hugged a patch of hillside green three white gulls stood immobile in a newly cultivated field part way up a rolling slope where several mounds hroke the pattern of an old hay field a rusty movement caught my eye focussing even more intently on that far- off spot i was rewarded in seeing the form of a red fox standing beside one of the holes then i discovered three small chocolate- brown youngsters frolicking on the dunes beside it v to get a group portrait of that wildlife family was going to be a formidable task yet one that with some luck and past experience i felt i might be able to achieve at least it was worth a try in a few moments the surroun ding terrain had been carefully surveyed and the wind direction noted now with a route firmly implanted in my mind i moved the vehicle to the shelter of a nearby gully a few minutes later dressed in an old brown jacket and with a camouflaged hunting hat pulled down almost over my eyes i began my ap proach j one of the lessons you learn very quickly when trying to stalk animals in the wild is the keeness of their three senses what to you might be a challenge for a picture is to them their means of everyday survival the snap of a twig a slight movement on their horizon the warning scent carried by the breeze are all signals that must be heeded in their life and death struggle to exist keeping all these things foremost in my mind i slipped under a sagging section in the fence and maintaining a low profile worked my way through a patch of young poplars from here it was hands and knees to a boulder strewn fence and a long pause to peek at my unsuspecting subjects they were still there i again checked the wind and using every available clump of cover moved closer now it was belly down push with the feet and pull ahead with the elbows my eyes never left the adult animal as i inched forward moving only when her attention was drawn in another direction than v mine my movements now were painfully slow careful deliberate noise was becoming a factor that had to be reckoned with- an hour and a hundred yards later i gently poked my spongewrapped camera be tween some tufts of grass and focused on the fox now at a distance of less than forty feet she almost filled the frame with my 205mm lens j the shutter clicked she moved her head v i advanced the film she turned at the sound and stared right at me for what must have been a full five minutes we stayed that way eyeball to eyeball without as much as a knowledgeable blink finally she shifted her gaze up the valley i took a long deep breath knowing she hadnt seen me then clicked the muffled shutter again v i betty vannostrand r r 1 gormley betty vannostrand r r l gormley is probably best known in whitchurch- stouffville farther work as a municipal councillor three years in the township and two years in the town following the in troduction of regional government however theres a volunteer side to betty that many may not know for example she was an energetic member of the com munity centre board at vandorf some of her proposals in the park there are still very much in evidence it was through her and others efforts that the centuryold bogarttown school was preserved for a museum she was a charter member of the whitchurch museum board her member ship with the vandorf womens institute spans more than 25 years she has served as both president and secretary she was an elder in the wesley united church betty was campaign organizer in whitchurch for the aurora and district cancer society and a volunteer driver for patients requiring transportation to hospital while on town council she retained her associations with the vandorf community centre board the museum board and fthe whitcburchstouffville recreatloncommlttee at present shes the property manager for the new ohc senior citizens apartment on timothy street in newmarket michael and betty vannostrand reside on the vandorf i sideroad east of woodbine avenue they have three sons david of gormley paul and gary both at fort st john british colombia it is because of people like betty vannostrand ywhitcharcbstoaffvilles a better place in which to live k y