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editorials tremendous accomplishment twenty thousand dollars and still coun ting unbelievable but true whitchurchstouffville has responded to the terry fox marathon of hope like no other municipality our size in ontario you want to stand up and cheer its been a community effort all the way everyone pitching in to do his or her part the schools just marvellous over 2100 from summitview st marks and orchard park another 300 from dicksons hill close to 500 from the high school and goodwood in the region of durham a bonus of 1239 the four pool players bob watson tom stephenson steve upton and elio zoffranieri are the talk of the town over 3100 and 12 year old mary hoey a blistered foot after running five miles a day for six days her donation 407 and who among us can ever criticize bumpertobumper traffic through stouffville on a friday night and saturday morning not after these drivers however frustrated contributed more than 8000 to the fund the list of accolades could go on and on just as amazing as the end result was the swiftness with which the whole affair was organized rick ashton and bruce stapley two stouffville businessmen started the ball rolling ged stonehouse and the executive of the chamber of commerce joined in and the venture simply exploded into an emotional holocaust an outpouring of volunteered time and funds like nothing ever seen here before and its still continuing including a giant street sale on obrien avenue this saturday when will it end it cant ever until cancer has been beaten approve pa day for fair benefits gained through professional activity days are still being questioned by most of the media some parents and even a few trustees why because for most people its difficult to understand something they cant see and certainly one can see little to be gained by taking a day off school only four weeks after the fall term has resumed however on this one occasion we ap- plaud the york county board of education our own trustee in particular and all other persons responsible for arranging a pa day in areas 2 and 4 on friday oct 3 so that elementary students can attend markham fair last year only pupils in area 4 were granted this privilege children at dicksons hill orchard park summitview whit churchhighlands and ballantrae were ex cluded we criticized the practice claiming time spent there if properly organized could be educational and our opinion hasnt changed mind you this professional activity will be no easy task for teachers certainly no holiday undoubtedly some parents may be pressed into service but out of it all will come benefits far greater than would normally be gleaned from books we guarantee it community c ut to ribbons there once was a hamlet called gormley yes its still there in name but little else the communitys been cut to ribbons persons returning to the area after a few months absence would never recognize the place in short its a mess the problem of course is hwy 404 the little village just happened to be in its path so the obstacle to progress had to be eliminated we viewed the massacre saturday and possibly saw it as its worst when paving sedding and seeding are finished the com munity may come alive again but it will never be the same plastic surgery can only do so much while gormleys voice may only be a whisper at queens park and ottawa surely the powersthatbe willnot see fit to close off the cnr level crossing to either pedestrian or vehicular traffic that we suggest would be the final nail in the hamlets coffin sausagemaking pioneer style professional sausagemaker lome pioneer village steeles avenue and jane smith of rr 2 markham helped out street sales had to be conducted under saturday at the mennonlte sponsored cover because of a steady rain festival on the groands of black creek jim thomas a helping hand for marathon of hope at wheeleroo the trl3un roaming around hfici dieage inflation by jim thomas four weeks ago af f flaking out on the bathroom floor and hitting my head a resounding bang on the bowl i decided it was high time i dropped in for a visit with good friend and family physician doc glenn graham not that i wanted to its- just that well with a wife and six kids still dependent on me for grocery money i felt it would be somewhat of a tragedy if my years as head of the house were suddenly cut short not that i couldnt be replaced im not so egotistical as to think that however even jean admits that a successor facing my kind of respon sibilities would be hard to find the appointment was for five oclock but i arrived fifteen minutes early unconsciously hoping the lineup would be so long theyd ask me to come back in a month but no i was immediately ushered into one of two down stairs offices by a staff nurse she was a nononsense type of girl who didnt fool around a split second after id grabbed a seat she had a grey bandage wrapped around my arm and was pumping it full of air that over she requested i step on the scales what a shock 174 pounds i couldnt believe it and said as much so she checked again gulp right the first time still not convinced i went through the procedure myself after shed left the room no mistake the hand stopped right where she said twentyone years ago when first married i weighed 134 my blushing bride was a mere 105 since then inflation has hit both of us im up forty and she by thirtyfive whats the solution while joggings the most economical all it costs is a little shoe leather its not very practical because we cant be regular neither of us is ever free at the same time besides its kind of embarrassing what would the neighbors think watching two middleage crazies romping up and down the street i think shed go for tops take off pounds sensibly but i prefer weight- watchers only because the groups new in town and wed all be starting from scratch besides as i understand it weightwatchers seem to cater more to men than some of the rest and they meet thujday evenings usually an open night for me might be fun but how did the forty pound increase all come about gradually i might say until my jour nalistic sojourn dwn at markham the new paper there was and still is located in a plaza called the village shoppes close by too close for my own good was and still is a combination grocery store and restaurant in there they sold the finest black forest cake id ever tasted once a day and sometimes twice id order a huge slice of the stuff eighty cents i think it cost it got to be such a habit the gal behind the counter would dish me up a hunk without my even asking that along with a quart of chocolate milk and a pound of cashews would keep me going to well past midnight youll be sorry the girls on staff would say holding up their hands in envious disgust and they were right what went on wont come off even though the black forest cake and cashews are long gone from my diet but theres a faint ray of hope a few months into the future come december according to realty communications incorporated an urban beauty spa dedicated to fitness for both women and men will open at 255 davenport road toronto mira linder its operator the first of its kind in canada has booked me in for a workout some time before christmas which means i suppose no second helpings of turkey mince pie and plum pudding editors mall farm land for gravel we are continually being bombarded with warnings about imminent peril to our democratic way of life from arrogant foreign systems while this may be true one wonders if this barrage is designed to distract our attention from serious threats to our freedom from our own servants of the people the provincial government every citizen of whitchurchstouffville ought to check out the governments decision to designate some of the best residential and farming sites as gravel areas i suspect this designation is only a step away from eventual expropriation under the guise of the greatest good for the greatest number the greatest number in this case implying the greatest number of gravel pit operators sincerely clarion baker rr 2 stouffville well done we are extremely proud of you let us each in our own way keep terrys dream alive sincerely barbara tindall a proud canadian goodwood dear jim a pat on the back to ourselves for the tremendous response last weekend i for one took part in the walk-a- thon saturday morning and believe it or not actually enjoyed it in my opinion its time one of the organizations here got a walkathon going on an even larger scale history repeats itself they say and i think hun dreds would respond if the event was organized properly fred hopkins stoufferst stouffville dear editor through your newspaper i wish to thank the principal mr hannah the staff and students of goodwood public school for their enthusiastic participation in stouff- villes marathon of hope including the run and walk friday and the jogathon saturday our school raised over 1200 a fantastic achievement a word of appreciation to the parents and community residents for their mar vellous support in this a very worthwhile cause congratulations to everyone for a job dear editor along with others i wish to add a word of praise to those folks who pitched in and made last weekends marathon of hope such an outstanding success a special thanks to the school kids especially those from goodwood and dicksons hill outside the town who crossed municipal boundaries to lend a hand the event was a tremendous display of community togetherness it made me proud to be a resident and a participant glenn hooper main street east