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as the tribune thursday december x mm council comments by jim sanders our choice council often refers to the westerly approach area waa as a place that deserves special consideration the waa is that land on both sides of the road between the village of stouffville and hwy 48 its an area in which council wants prime prestige in dustrial and commercial develop ments to achieve this council encourages proposals for clusters of buildings with a single road coming from the highway and circling within proposals of only one or two businesses with driveways leading directly to the highway are discouraged since they would result in accidents from traffic trying to get in and out of this main thoroughfare also they cut off development of land farther back although whitchurch stouffville has a rural atmosphere we are close to toronto and are ideally situated for some industrial and commercial build up to make the best use of the agricultural land with which we are blessed we should group our develop ments together the waa is an ideal area it is close to an urban area has excellent highway access and is in a clean quiet setting which can be major factors to an employer who is trying to attract and keep topnotch personnel as well this land is less expensive than sites closer to the city council has set policies to encourage a high quality development in the waa and i hope we stick to our guns where parcels of land are small owners must get together this is especially true in the ringwood area where several proposals have been made however they are either not of the quality encouraged or they are too dense and would create traffic hazards at an already busy intersection with a little cooperation and a determined effort on part of council we can have an entrance that will be comparable with and complimentary to the macneil and cable tech properties already here ht wrfitum is established 1888 andrew p cook advertising manager i james thomas barry w wallace editorln chief publisher editorial dept jim holt jim irving greg coafes display advertising dept rod splcer bryan armstrong classified advertisingcirculation joan marshman office manager doreen deacon business office eileen glover national advertising representative dan poyntz 363 1051 published every thursday at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 640 2101 toronto phone 3611680 single copies 25c subscriptions 12 00 per year in canada s30 00 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 0896 the stouffville tribune is one of the metfoland pnntmg publishing ltd group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxwhitbypickenno news advertiser aurora bannernewmarket era aurora bannernewmarket era weekend edition the bolton enterpnse bramp ton guardian the burlington posl the burlinton weekend post the etobicoke advertiserguardian the etobicoke consumer the georgetown independent markhamthornhill 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 friday beaver oshawa this week oshawa this weekend peel consumer the richmond hillthornhill liberal the scarborough consumer the scarborough mirror the woodbndge vaughan news viewpoint f gifts m ci 6uh some parents not responsible 6402100 3611680 editorials we need a positive symbol the town of whitchurch stouffville requires a symbol something positive for which the municipality can be known across ontario the ideas by no means unique however in most instances it relates more to cities than to towns smaller centres it would seem are more modest in publicizing a singular benefit or attraction than are larger areas the chamber of commerce are wholly supportive of a symbol but not totally agreed as to what that symbol should be residents forced to make a choice could undoubtedly encounter a similar problem regardless this newspaper believes you should be given that chancean opportunity to chose an emblem we can all point to with pride so that no ones confused were looking for a name not a sketch as brampton is known as the rose town and st catherines is known as the garden city so whitchurch stouffville is known as you fill in the blank in the weeks ahead the tribune will be publishing a form requesting recom mendations these can be mailed or delivered to our office at box 40 or 54 56 main street west a committee will be set up to consider the replies and make a final decision hopefully on or before celebration week july 1 to 4 we seek your cooperation had reason to celebrate on nov 22 the congregation of lemon- ville united church celebrated its 20th an niversary newcomers to the community might have wondered at a celebration marking a milestone of only twenty years what must be explained is the fact that nov 22 1961 marked the rebirth of a church and congregation that had its beginning back in 1856 this truly amazing story can best be told by those who through sheer grit and deter mination refused to stand idly by and see their church deteriorate and die one can only wonder at the reaction of the united church hierarchy when back in 1961 an application was received for permission to reopen this little country chapel for sunday services once again facing an ever- increasing casualty list in rural areas all across the province presbytery must surely have looked on the request as an exercise in futility a diehard experiment that would surely fail whatever the reaction they obviously agreed to give the undertaking a chance and to their credit and to the credit of the com munity its still operating today this picture postcard church meticulously maintained inside and out remains a monument to those both past and present who battled the trend of the times and won yes the congregation at lemonville had every reason to celebrate sunday nov 22 for their church once dead is alive again a symbol of courage and cooperation im beginning to wonder why couples have children anymore certainly for many the kids are an un wanted intrusion into their workaday world after all how can both mom and dad go off to the mill each day when junior is back home insisting they look in on him now and then and we all know how necessary it is that both parents carry a lunch pail now when there are two cars in the driveway that trip to rio with the kids safely out of the way on the farm with grandma and grandpa a tv in every room well maybe just a radio in the bathroom and sundry other great cultural advancements all deemed mandatory if one hopes to participate in the conversation at the neighbors annual christmas party that the mother stay at home is blasphemy of the worst sort now we are all created equal remember that means child- bearing for example ends with the exodus of junior from the womb into the room from then on he or she is the responsibility of anybody but the nolonger encumbered parents weve done our duty they say time now for the day care centres to take over not just any day care mind you we want the best and we dont care how much it costs you and cost you they shall especially if a recent brief to the ontario government has its way and it will too because what it proposes even though demanding illogical and all- round preposterous is couched in that were doing it all for baby language which politicians dont have the courage to dismiss for what it is the rantings of adolescent society in high gear so you can count on the inclusion of this program in the nearest budget and you know exactlyvwhat it asks for well here it is in part in the solemn prose of this hysterical group of me fanciers who think the world owes their kids a loving to say nothing of a pair of scissors and a roof over their sandboxes within 10 years all preschool children should have the right to attend universally accessible day care ontario must create an extra 10000 new subsidized day care spaces immediately because of the critical shortage of spots the government cannot ignore that many women work and grandparents often live too far away to help with the children such nerve grandpa and grandma the recommendations contained in a brief from 18 labor education and social groups include a call for a 5 subsidy to all nonprofit day care centres and a call for legislation ex tending maternal and paternal paid leave i shall save the best for last regardez the rationalization that professional in tervention damages the family structure often made in defence of severe social service cutbacks must be put to rest if we are to by jim irving- honestly address the crisis faced by parents and children today i especially like that part about the crisis faced by children tell them about it im sure they had no idea the future was so bleak they thought all along those two kindly people who had been showing them off to relatives and neighbors the past few months would be there to look after them or else they would have been picketing around their cribs if couples im all for helping single parents want day care centres let them pay for them themselves they are hardly the responsibility of others so far as the children are concerned the only rights they seek in those early formative years are the out stretched arms of their parents they arent looking to commute so soon in life if theres any crisis its the one manufactured by parents that there are no free babysitters and what kind of a world would inflict that kind of a problem on them but maybe not all is lost a week ago i was standing in line at the checkout counter of a local supermarket when the young lady in front of me laid her child down on the counter while she sought her money how much do you think theyll charge you i asked pointing to the baby oh no she replied this ones priceless somehow i just cant picture her sup porting the brief editors mail pay for power dear jim i seldom write to the newspaper so two weeks in a row is something of a record however i couldnt restrain myself when i read that the stouffville com munity centre board intends to tax ball players for the use of hydro power in the parks how narrow minded can any group be surely with recreation expenditures virtually peanuts compared to most municipalities the town can afford to cover this expense the park or parks cant be con sidered in the same light no pun in tended as the arena and the pool where maintenance costs are high aside from cutting grass and other minor chores theres little upkeep at all surely then the town can provide floodlight power i wonder what would happen if all teams refuse a summerlong blackout i suppose now wouldnt that be nice smarten up people youre being penny wise and pound foolish sincerely cecil miller stouffville rr 3 dear mr thomas whats happened to our main street this christmas its terribly drab has the town lost its christmas spirit over- commercializing the season is one thing but this is ridiculous cathy maxwell stouffer street stouffville dear editor i agree in part with your editorial of nov 26 under the heading town making right move in recreation overhaul i question however the need for a parks and recreation board com prising 14 members in my opinion any group of more than five is unwieldy let alone fourteen i feel council should reconsider a board so large half that many will accomplish much more sincerely edwin cassels rr 3 newmarket dear mr thomas im not a consistent letterwriter when it comes to expressing my views in the media but i want to put in a word of praise tis the season for two people in our area one is judy barrett our towns canine control officer and the other is jim ryan who performs a similar service near gormley miss barrett is a kind warm- hearted individual who shuns the dog- catcher image in favor of dog protector mr ryan possesses the same kind of concern were truly fortunate to have both in our midst sincerely greta mcnabb stouffville rr 4