Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), October 12, 1983, p. 4

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salhnesdayw 88 t misled dear mr jordan of rr 3 swf vlle and bis feelings oetteroc 5 concerning the resignations j hutch inson cliff dunked md iq bc gers from the to recreation committee ji donot care how many wou officeholders are wait ta g wings they wiunev three gentlemen recreation has fo ti they eat and sleep sportsj part larly mr hutchuiso j dunk eld persons of th calibre are hard to find t sure with or w h ae board will carry oh but our town will be the poorer b an ob yious breakdown k communica tions between coun an g com mittee sincerely gordon roberts r stouffvule an asset dear editor politics can h very borine mainly because m j doi really understand ckaee things like zoning and affected ss direcuy because of this v your new columnist bill fo bemg a former town co obviously has an i into what municipal governing is au about pu mor he can pu this knowledge down paper a way that makes cresting and humorous reading i for one welcome lamps korner to your editorial pa and look for ward to future colug sincerely vince stargill hrmley rr 1 the tribune james thoma editor u established 1888 bruce annan publisher joe anderson advertising manager editorial dept j im holt audrey green sstmn oting dept bryan armstrong tern bernhardt nfn nlvtne sashed advertising joan marshman ss ier ooreen deacon naiiunal altb totpnesentative- metroland corporate sales 493 1300 nji ontttl 6102100 single copies 35 subscrip tion onum wmk rsj s450 exvhere member ol canadian community newspapers associa cu jftitjtspersajsociation ontano press council and suburban newspaper ol america second class mail resis number 5555 dud ki metroland pnntino publishing ltd groupol suburban newspapers which brami5onguardin t ataxivvhtbyrckenng news advert ser aurora banner the bolton enterprise thi ssissv1jys mnflton post the burlington weekend post the etobkoke advertiser guardian mss trssmunn it i- thehimllionwentwonh postthe marknarrvthornhill economist and sun the usm1i n- the newmarket era the north york mirror oakville beaver tolimii tha th 1 week oshawa this weekend the richmond hill7hornhll liberal the woodbndge vaughan news 6402100 roaming around video filmsbeware by jim thomasi editorials wate issue is closed unless something new last week this nevv rece two calls concerning aj t mg between province libex leader david peterson and several whitch urchstouffyille reside the subect water was e but ntsjjie pthe invitations not because we have wthmer aeainc mr petersen or the onlfflft ty but because we fabgfgd reason for reintroduciwaniu thats already signed and sea 1ssue that s t settlement our town is at lon last moving nothing that will lr4 lhis prog just what purpose th on dis v cussions are supposed to ser not sure perhaps mr petersen knows something we dont icewt at this point in time were co to out the finalization of an agreement that will see the hwy 48 landfill site permanently and properly closed by june 30 1985 i no this newspaper didnt agree with an extension of the date past june 30 1983 we felt the parties concerned in cluding the town let waste manage ment inc and the environment minis try off the hook the municipality it seems was pri marily concerned with providing four teen propertyowners adjacent to the dump with town water this project is now complete the homeowners are happy and it didnt cost the town a single cent this is a big plus in councils side of the argument and points to the possibil ity that maybe just maybe mayor eldred king and company will emerge from this mess smelling like roses if so well be the first to offer congratulations there are no good family movies anymore how often have you heard parents mothers in particular say this while i wouldnt go so far as saying there are no good movies their num bers are far fewer than when i was a kid 1 however in all fairness to the movie industry weve seen several excellent ones includmgannie et the fox and the hound the wilderness family i and ii the black stallion i could go on our problem is were never quite sure whats suitable and what isnt not even the newspaper reviews clue you in mainly because uncensored sex and bad language are apparently acceptable today while its one thing to be bombarded with verbal filth in the hockey arena and on the streets its quite another when one must pay for the privilege i ob ject and i know i speak for thousands of moms and dads who feel the same for the most part however weve been saved the embarrassment of attempting to explain its just a movie and people dont really talk like that i guess weve been lucky or just naivetrying to convince ourselves and our kids that people dont talk like that when we know and they know they do at least many do i to be forced into an unsavory situation is unfortunate to buy into it is tragic this happened to us last weekend for the very first time we rented what is known as a vcr video cassette re corder the cost was around 29 and this included our choice of four movies quite reasonable i thought considering the fact we could keep it a week the perplexing problem was selecting something suitable for the age range of our kids nine to twentythree so we split it up this wayone for marylynn one for neil one tor cathy susan and jean and one for barry and paul because my tastes differ from all the rest i purch ased an extra cassette for myself marylynn wanted star wars despite the fact shes seen it or one like it a halfdozen times barry and paul selected smokey and the bandit neil ordered timeridcr cathy susan and jean requested without a trace and i picked up a thing called cherry hill high naturally we all wanted to watch each others which is the family thing to f rt do however for three out of the five it was definitely not the family thing to do yes star wars was fine no com plaints there without a trace had its blue moments but pretty much what one might expect in a suspensefilled drama but from there on it was all down hill timerider included vulgarities like id never heard before smokey and the bandit wasnt much better and as for cherry hill high it wasnt not one re ference to a high school at cherry hill but rather the antics of a teacher and severapstudents on p a day trip what garbage admittedly i should have been clued in to what was to follow by the warning notice that flashed across the screen at the start however what i couldnt read in the fine print i saw in the first few scenes and thats when i turned it off 265 cents down the drain so moms and dads beware dont get so caught up in the vcr craze that you forget to screen whats suitable to hear and see to me three rejects out of five add up to a pretty bad risk well be more selective next time if there is a next time window on wiidiife- creature casualties by art briggsjude interchurch crusade is welcomed here its many years s an inter denominational evange carnpai was last held in stouffvjj m h w recal the evenings of worship at the arena ari ere supported by all segme of c community this week sees the r of a crusade and while the service i is changed the ministry still encompas ses the entire community this is heartening in all eleven churchy representing ten denominations a directly in volvedanglican basnet christian pentecostal united p mennomte bretherninvhrts ary and congregational viththis kind of cooperation the canxpjjg certain of success r there are three main services friday saturday and sunday evenings 745 pm at the high school in addi tion a womens luncheon will be held in the united church friday 1 pm a mens breakfast in the missionary church saturday 8 am and a carpen ters workshop also at the missionary church saturday 10 am to 4 pm coffee meetings are planned through out the area rev marney patterson andor mem bers of his team will be attending the majority of these functions theme of the mission is life at its deal iv 11 k the tribune endorses the campaign and is as encouraged as its supporters that eleven churches are serving as hosts to put it mildly weve had a few crea ture casualties around the farm this summer and while in most of these coses wildlife were involved there were a few instances when our domestic stock suffered some setbacks i gues some losses are always going to occur despite our precautions and we should be thank ful that there are not more songbirds for starters always seem to be knocking themselves out on some thing or other their clashes with win dow panes tall structures and power lines are painfully evident especially at this migration season recently though i picked up a bluewinged teal that had hit the hydro line on a foggy morning a more fortunate collision occurred right at the house when a buzzing humming bird barrelled right into the fibre screen door my wife had just opened though impaled by its slender bill it was able to extricate itself unharmed as she held both the door and her breath later in midsummer a pair of hole- nesting kingfishers began rearing three youngsters in the sand bank by the new pond all went well until a sudden rain squall formed several large puddles be neath the dunes next morning we sadly found one of the more adventurous offspring drowned in one of these shal lows of course there were other un avoidable mishaps such as the large snake that went through the hay baler and the beautiful rosebreasted gros beak that broke its neck flying into a section of fine mesh fenccline and theres a very large raccoon down this way that must figure fences arc for the birds this masked rogue had appe tizing designs on our sweet corn patch until it connectcdwith the electric fence on that electrifying occasion even my blissfully sound sleep was suddenly interrupted by its squeals of anguish as it raced for the safety of the wooded ridge it has not returned neither has one of our fastgrowing turkeys so several days later i happened on the long trail of scattered feathers where it appeared a coyote had captured the 15 pound bird and dragged it into the bush of course domestic urkeys arent known to have an abunuance of intelli gence last seasons awardwinner in this category went to the big torn that jumped off the fence into a large steel drum oh there was a lid on the barrel alright but when the big bird landed on one side the cover swung down dropping the turkey into the bottom among a pail or so of wood ashes it rained during the night and when we found and released it next morning it came out of there look- ing like a sloppy grey goose however the goat i had to release from between two saplings came out in even tougher shape it had been reaching up to leafbrowse and on the way down got its leg caught fast a deer caught in a similar situation would have starved to death rather than call out our goat is just now starting to walk again on all fours thank goodness and since the neighbors on both sides of us have been out looking to see if they can discover what killed their young calves we became involved also we didnt find the culprit either in fact all we saw or heard was a wolf chorus one night yet our checking paid off in another way when we came upon one of our beef cattle with a nose full of porcu pine quills it looks so easy when you see those cowboys roping steers at the cal gary stampede but trying to subdue 600 pounds of lively beefburger brings you up a little short on breath however af ter suffering several series of rope burns and assorted bruises we cowtied the animal and removed the festering barbs each morning we take a head count on our poultry because from time to time a fox will sneak in and decrease their num bers lately its been the rule to lock everything with feathers in the barn at night yet for all our trails and tribula tions were still able to smile most of the time grow sunflower heads that mea sure 16 inches across and gather enough produce after the predators to fill our freezer and just think of the fringe be nefitstranquility fresh air beautiful scenery good neighbors and the hunt ing dog chasing bats in the kitchen i f k a

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