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m 1 m the toliune wedvesdav february 17 1m2 v wfsbtf jrv 3jn sv fci j y r j j- c council o 7 fy jim sanders a step back statistics recently put before council by bob forhan the chairman of the region of york and police chief bruce crawford indicate crime in york region is increasing more slowly than in the rest of the province during 1381 in york region 13544 criminal offences were reported this is an increase of 832 over 1980 r from brief information provided council it would appearthe police are doing their job with adults however the december report from the childrens services committee points out that york region does not have as many youth bureau police officers as peel and durham youth officers spend time with juveniles rather than just charging them time costs money the youth officers take time to get to the bottom of- situations before taking juveniles to court with this understanding and knowledge of the youth and his her community the officer can use discretion and often turn the situation around without resorting to costly- court proceedings and possible punitive detention which has proven to be little more than an apprenticeship for a life of crime getting rid of the youth bureau seems to be the current policy in york region to me it seems like a step in the wrong direction an education program run by the police in the schools is being suggested as a replacement we heed both the youth bureau and ar improved education program however the people to run the education program surely would be the schools with the help of the police not vice versa if the police need more funds so youth officers can be properly trained equipped and given the time they need to do a proper job then we must pay the price this is a price demanded by a society that has grown like ours surely it is wiser to spend our money on a program that is truly corrective than one that simply punishes while rein forcing the problem we need police officers on the beat where they can be seen and where they can get to know the community they are serving york region police department has attempted to do this i would like to see them continue the s policy for the youth as well as the adult population lets see 6 for landfill its gotta be in here somewhere established 1888 andrew p cook advertising manager 1 james thomas barry wwallace editorinchief publisher editorial dept jim holtjim irving display advertising dept rod spicer bryan armstrong classified advertisingcirculation joan marshman i office manager doreen deacon business office eileen glover national advertising representative dan poyntz 363- 1 05 1 published every wednesday at 54 main st slouffville onl tellb402101 toronto phone 3611680 single copies 25e subscriptions si 300 per year in canada s3500 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers association arid ontano weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number 08sj6 the slouffville tribune is one of the metroland printing publishing ltd group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxwhitbypickerma 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 markhamthornhill economist and sun the milton champion the mississauga news the mississauga news weekend edition the north york consumer the north y rk 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 woodbridge vaughan news 6402100 3611680 mpp can reclaim lost faith its high -time- for bill hodgson york norths patriarchal mpp to stop playing referee in the government vs the people on the landfill site question and corne out fighting for the people and fighting where it counts notwithin the secret conclaves of caucus where all the wheelingdealing takes place but in the middle of the ring where the trueworth of a representative can be seen and heard the natives are restless the towns been wallowing up to its armpits in first chemical slime then garbage for close to thirteen years and were hurting hurting so badly unless somethings done and done soon well be destroyed thousands of words have been spoken and thousands of dollars have been spent in connection with this issue still on the surface at least were no further ahead than before mr hodgson argues that closing down the dump is not the answer and he may be right but to continue depositing refuse at this site and even to entertain an application for ex pansion is no solution either certainly a complete shutdown of dumping operations is a first step a psychological victory if nothing else a check back through past election statistics will show strong support for bill hodgson in whitchurchstouffville this newspaper too has without fail recom mended his reelection why because we trusted his willingness to help the people he represents let it not be said that our faith was misconceived never rains but it pours one thing can be said about slouffville when it rains it pours and were not talking about the weather were talking about businesses duplication of businesses ten years ago the former village had an overabundance of gas stations then came a flood of restaurants both sitdown and take out variety probably more per capita than any area in ontario and now guess what were to become the electronic games arcade capital j of york region four such establishments all on main street not to mention those places that accommodate only a single machine regardless of zoning too often a con venient facade its time planners showed some intestinal fortitude and said no to problemmaking situations problems for owners tenants and ultimately the general public lets face it this town isnt large enough to support so much of the same kind of thing its strictly survival of the fittest however the law that- applies in the jungle need not apply in business if planners would use a little corrimonsense roaming around iavysikstsfitli fcv 5 no pain with dolly parton jja by jim thomas im a real coward when it- comes to dentists i know it my wife knows it my kids know it and so needless to say does my dentist because of this awesome fear of all things related to the profession i check myself in for openmouth surgery only when absolutely necessary this hitandmiss practise has created problems my teeth have deteriorated to such a point ill soon be restricted to a diet of bread and milk my trouble relates to needles- the very thought of one penetrating any part of my sensitive anatomy sends me soaring into nevernever land this innermost fear goes back as far as i can remember i think on the day of my arrival old doc macdonald must have ac cidentally set me down on something sharp and the phobias been with me ever since this timidity quirk is a standing joke with my kids oh dad says marylynn whats there to be scared of it doesnt hurt a bit a few physicians have said the same only to dicover seconds later theyve an emergency case on their hands out like a light fortunately here in stouffville my reputations well known glenn graham for example housecleans his office of all protruding instruments even before he in vites me in doc morgan doesnt go quite that far but hes learning fast a no needle order is written across my dental file in red ink to be honest i dont know why doc morgan even accepts me as a patient better to pan me off on some unsuspecting newcomer and let him endure the aggravation however so far hes persevered and somehow so have i steady now just a wee bit more well be through in a couple of seconds is his oftrepeated expressionas i groan and squirm in agony strange as it may seem though i think we thats me and doc morgan have par tially solved our problem it was two visits ago that i observed a young girlabout nine or ten placidly prostrate on the chair with earphones strapped to her head i enquired as to what thatwasall about to which janine shes the receptionist who holds my hand explained how music of the patients choice is played during drilling operations thus soothing the persons nerves v ill try a little of that i said can you make it country and western she nodded okay and promised to remember ah what a relief johnny cash hank snow kenny rogers and a doublesided hit by dolly parton i didnt feel a thing window on wildlife- a wo byartbriggsjude the new snow came on top of the glaring crust of several previous thaws these con ditions wouldnt always support the weight of the dogs but were ideal for snowshoeing i made my way up the less formidable part of the ridge and crossed into a section of old pine forest fresh tracks were almost everywhere so while the dogs disappeared into the evergreens i began to take note of the dif ferent marks in the snow under the pines the thick white blanket was considerably less and it was here that most of the tracks seemed to congregate of course the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit had left plenty of sign in fact in some places their well worn runs had created regular channels between patches of thorny berry canes and ground juniper periodically you could see where they left their main trails of travel arid sought out some succulent shrubs itseemed they must have stretched up to their fullest length to nip some particularly tender f twigs one set of these white rabbit tracks led me to an old burnt out stump but although i moved cautiously to peek inside the long-eared- occupant had already moved on a similar track but somewhat smaller showed where black squirrels had scratched down through the snow in several places to retrieve some hidden acorns i checked these scuff marks carefully because on other oc casions deer had pawed down through the snow in a similar manner and for the same reasons satisfied they were the workings of squirrels i moved slowly ahead at the base of a really big pine a series of quotationlike indentations caught my eye i followed this hunting weasels trail as it searched for prey under snowcovered logs and along the padded rabbit paths at a place where a red squirrels track crossed its route the marks of the relentless predator turned and began to overlap those of the bushytailed chatterer in a few yards though this chase was over as the squirrel apparently took to the trees i too left the weasels track when i noticed a large section under the evergreens littered with the tips of hemlock boughs a search of the immediate area did not produce a porcupine sighting but a taildragging trail in the snow showed where it had traveued to another grove of nearby conifers i began to swing my snowshoes in that direction when i heard one of my dogs whimper in the thicket just off to my right half expecting a rabbit to come bouncing out ahead of the dog i remained still and facing into the wind if i was a bit surprised to see both dogs come and stand beside me i was also a bit unnerved at the next course of events for suddenly from the shadows of the thick pines ahead a pack of wolves errupted in a series of spinetingling howls not that id never heard wolves howl before but the very closeness of this pack and their penetrating wailing voices caused me some concern surely i muttered it was unusual for wolves to carry on in such a manner in mid- afternoon as i got my back up against a stout pine trunk i wondered among other things if one or more of these howling predatorswas rabid i also wondered whether we had come up wind of them and disturbed their feeding on some downed carcass but of all the thoughts running through my mind none persisted like the one that in fact told me january wolves are a hungry lot and if they really made up their minds to attack what chance would a man have even if he had two dogs and a 22 rifle which at the moment he was- trying desperately to clear of 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