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at the tribune thursday october 22 uo service corner bymahlon wshantz social fitness his friends frequently commented on his energy and apparent good health at the age of 86 sometimes be was asked bow many miles he jogged each mor ning he would smile and tell them that he walks two blocks to the post office for his mail and back home he finds that far enough for his strength but can manage it if he does it each day and does not get lazy he is afraid he might lose both the will to do it and the physical strength for this regular walk if he stopped for a while this problem is common to most of us both older and younger not only in the area of physical activity but as i suggested in the last column we can so easily become indifferent to other peoples needs ever more selfcentred and content with doing nothing this ailment has a way of feeding itself and getting worse as we expect others to serve and pamper us until it becomes a normal way of life for us it is a beautiful scene to see a mans wife or his children clear his favorite easy chair of clothes and the sports section of the daily paper after the evening meal at the end of a days work when this is an expression of love and respect on the part of the family and not a demand from the man of the house to be sensitive to others needs and willing to respond depends very much on our attitude to our fellows and our relationship with them the experts say that old people who are cranky and generally unhappy about everything have been selfish by nature all their lives but it was called something else like aggressive a good leader etc but now they blame this condition on old age in this little series on sharing i would suggest that the pleasure of giving should be experienced early in life as when a child is taught and helped to make a gift for a friend at christmas time or for a birthday in this way he gives a part of himself to another this might even work for the older children or mother and dad the wonderful part of this little bit of social exercise is jhe fun and satisfaction we have for so little expense ze- established 1888 james thomas barry w wallace andrew p cook editorinchief publisher advertising manager editorial dept jim holt jim irving greg coates display advertising dept rod spicer bryan armstrong classified advertisingcirculation joan marshman office manager doreen deacon business office eileen glover national advertising representative dan poyntz 3831 051 published every thursday at 54 main st stouftville ont tel q4021 01 toronto phone 361 1 880 single copies 25c subscriptions 12 00 per year in canada 3000 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 the stouftville tnbune is one of the metreland pnntmg publishing ltd group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxwhitbypickenna news advertiser aurora bannernewmarket era aurora bannernewmarket era weekend edition the bolton enterprise bramp ton guardian the burlington post the burlmton weekend post the etobicoke advertiserguardian the etobicoke consumer the georgetown independent markhamthomhill economist and sun the milton champion the mississauga news the mississauga news weekend edition the north york consumer the north york mirror oakville beaver oakville fnday beaver oshawa this week oshawa this weekend peel consumer the richmond hillthomhill liberal the scarborough consumer the scarborough mirror the woodbridge vaughan news roaming around the aroma lasts and lasts 6402100 3611680 editorials our futures in jeopardy if you want something done do it yourself on any other occasion if a politician had made such a statement hed have been booed out of the building but such was not the reaction to mayor eldred kings suggestion at the benefit variety show friday night rather he was applauded the event organized to raise money for independent testing of wells adjacent to the landfill site is in reality a doityourself project in saying what he did mayor king obviously hit a note of accord with many in the audience for lets face it these people have lost faith in bureaucrats from on high to do the job right and no wonder the government has botched its responsibilities all the way down the line theres now no doubt if anyone ever thought otherwise that poison chemicals are contained within the dump even worse at least two adjacent wells are reported polluted however or john hodgkinson the associate medical officer of health states categorically that stouffvilles water is as pure as any in the province we believe this to be true unfortunately not even the environment ministry will guarantee this degree of water purity in the future and because of this reluctance the future of stouffville is in jeopardy ducks have become favorite parttime residents at 381 rupert avenue for a third straight summer weve had a pair waddling round the backyard custodians of these webfooted quackers have been neil now thirteen and marylynn seven they brought them home from the sales barn so naturally the onus of responsibiility has been theirs on occasions however weve all had to lend a hand par ticularly the morning the latest pair flew their coop and landed exhausted in harold cattons garden two doors down the street in all honesty though of all the tran sients forced on softhearted mom and dad ducks have been the least troublesome two helpings of feed per day and a change of bath water once a week is about all the care they require in fact so independent do they become i think they could fend for them selves with no handouts at all thats more man you can say for many humans but a warning to all parents dont rush out and buy a pair of similar pets until i point out the most pressing problem excretion while intelligent in many respects toilet training is something to which none will ever become accustomed in other words when nature calls they go be it on your hands in the grass or on your shoe time and location means nothing its anytime and anywhere on a farm this kind of embarrassing behavior can be ignored after all the closest neighbors probably a hundred rods away the only whiff hell get is when the wind shifts in the wrong direction but in a subdivision where the empyreuma sort of permeates the atmosphere the results can be nauseating at best especially after a rain fortunately for the kids the neighbors on all sides have been kind at least the en vironment ministry has paid us no personal calls the reason i suspect is that earl thompson to the south vic little to the west howard bakewell to the north and roy ap- pleton to the east are all born and bred country folk who dont get terribly upset over such things as for ourselves my wife just makes sure she keeps the kitchen door closed when shes putting down preserves one of the benefits from all this is the kind of lawn itll produce next spring all i need do is sprinkle a little seed on top of the ground and whammo its rooted and growing over night editors mail by jim thomas being the beneficiary with no original investment didnt give me much sayin the final disposition of our ducks the very thought of them ever becoming a delicacy for dinner sent both neil and marylynn into deep depression so we didnt even talk about it but silence on the subject was no solution to the problem what to do with two ducks over winter the answer was you dont for com- monsense told us theyd never stand the cold so last wednesday we placed the pair in a cardboard box and transported them to the conservation area near claremont this decision wasnt made without feelings of regret and a hidden tear or two for pets to kids and their parents can become very personal even ducks neil and marylynn agreed however reluctantly that a shift in sites was the only solution so today quacker and scratchy have a new home a beautiful pond filled with creatures of their own kind the superin tendents snowwhite swan and today we also have a new home at least we can open the back door and breathe a very responsible position search for pure spring water shouldnt be necessary here oct 24 to 30 is school bus safety week across canada reader reaction to this announcement will range from an uninterested yawn to a grating of teeth depending on individual car- driver experiences to some motorists these stopandstart vehicles are a necessary evil something to avoid to others theyre a menace something to ignore because of such attitudes school bus drivers can relate many harrowing ex periences a total disregard for flashing red signals that mean stop in spite of this these operators in york region and elsewhere have established an incredibly low accident record one at tributed mis to a sixth sense whereby a driver takes preventative measures to avert a i tragedy we believe this particularly when one realizes that close to 19000 students are transported daily to and from elementary and secondary schools in this area alone we would go so far as to suggest that the position of school bus operator is the most responsible of all parttime jobs the lives of from 60 to 70 young people are in their hands too often unfortunately the task is taken for granted school bus safety week isnt likely to generate much excitement but at least it allows the media to give credit where credit is due to salute the drivers mostly women who manipulate these big machines from september through june wait a minute the slogan says it could save an eternity of regret f dear mr thomas the photo and accompanying story on the demand for fresh water at a spring bordering uxbridge township intrigued me not that i was unaware such springs are available to the public but that so many hundreds you said would travel so far to use it it would seem that these same hundreds probably thousands have lost confidence in the government or some bureaucratic body to safeguard their health from contaminants these include many here in stouffville on the strength of your report our family visited this site on the weekend we filled up ten 3quart jugs which should last us about two weeks sure it was an inconvenience but the peace of mind is worth many times what we spent in time and gas we now intend to make such trips a regular practice dorothy moreland stouffer street stouffville dear editor the page 1 photo and story related to the freshwater spring on the uxbridgescugog townline published in the oct 15 issue of your paper interested me its not the fact that a spring is located there but that residents from whitchurchstouffville drive that far to use it the thing is stouffville folk have a similar service about two miles north of town it is or was just as cool and just as clear as the one near chalk lake however some apparently no longer regard it as safe so they drive ten miles to the east for supplies that are or should be obtained with the turn of their taps i hope through your newspaper article the environment ministry realizes whats happening in stouffville this whole mess is so ridiculous and unnecessary sincerely janet drew thicketwood blvd stoaffville in the tribune issue of sept 14 the reporting of the ratification of the agreement between the york county board of education and the secondary school teachers was in error i telephoned your office but apparently no effort was made to correct it i was reported as not being in favor of three special education teachers however my position on this matter was made very clear i supported the sevenplus teachers for special education plus three extra teachers if designated for special ed in this way because we are below the special ed weighting factor at secondary there would have been a grant for them i opposed the addition of three extra teachers who would not be included in special education and for whom the total cost would be charged to the local taxpayer harry bowes trustee whitchurchstouffville