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a4 tribune aug 29 1984 editors mail left out dear editor sinclair stevens of the progres sive conservatives will undoubted ly increase his margin of victory over his nearest rival particularly in whitchurchstouf f ville few peo- ple here are aware who the other candidates are there have been no meetings no advertisements little main- streeting and even very few signs ive come to the conclusion our town doesnt count in a federal elec tion the candidates concentrate their efforts in the more urban cen tres of aurora and newmarket this leads me to believe that if elected the successful mp would give these municipalities most of hisher attention this however cannot be said of mr stevens i feel hes represented whitchurch- stouffville well sincerely norman banks rr 3 newmarket privacy mr editor to all the stuffed shirts at dick sons hill unplug your hearing aids and bury your heads we had a party and i hope we have another we had a great time is there an antinoise bylaw at dicksons hill is there a law that says twentyyearolds cant have beer on private property is there a twelve oclock curfew in the com munity too bad we disturbed your sleep one night out of three hundred and sixtyfive if you wanted complete privacy you should have moved farther north maybe baffin is land sincerely fred james rr 1 milliken the tribune ontifo community aocion established 1888 is thomas bruce annan pat pappas editor publisher advertising manager editorial deptjim holt chris shanahan display advertising dept terri bernhardt real estate classified advertising joan marshman circulation manager doreen deacon national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing distributing at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 6402100 single copies 40 subscriptions s1650 per year in canada s4500 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press coun cil and suburban newspaper of 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their work in this way rather we grumble about the tick et we received or the delay in response to a trivial complaint not knowing or real ly caring about investigations else where often behind the scenes personal service is all that matters particularly when the personal is me this attitude must change the tragedy that is constable doug trib- blings death will hopefully prompt us all to take a long hard look at ourselves hopefully too it will prompt all of us to look more kindly on members of our police departments and the work they do on our behalf many people have been quick to sug gest what officer tribbling should or should not have done on the night of aug 19 when he answered an alarm on steel- case road in markham unfortunately constable tribbling was not afforded the same opportunity that of second guessing what was to hap pen seconds after he stepped inside that building indeed even if he had awaited assistance someone perhaps a fellow officer would have met a similar fate for this breakin suspect meant business four shots at point blank range is proof of that while the inevitability of such an occurrence is of little solace to family members and friends let us never forget that the fight against crime is a form of war that must involve us all in the re gion of york 350 uniformed officers man the front lines let us stand in support not in judgment constable doug tribbling i knew him well and was proud to call him a friend in many ways we had much in com mon we had many of the same in terests strange isnt it how one reflects on the little things at a time of great loss for the mind like a computer has a way of recalling those seemingly unimportant events creating the realization that yes i was there yes i was there when doug tribbling fresh out of school joined the markham township police department as an office clerk still a fledgling journalist i remember him like it was yesterday a looping wave in his neatly combed hair a halfroll in the sleeves of his pinstriped shirt and shoes that mirrored a shy smile on a stillboyish face he was immaclate in every detail a trait that would never diminish even with age how ya doin today hed say look ing up from his work long enough to rec ognize who had arrived whats up id ask hoping hed tell me something that would make my trip from stouffville to buttonville worth while not too much was his usual reply then hed wind the crime sheet report back through his typewriter just to make sure there wasnt something hed missed often hed invite me into the privacy of the open office to check the log for myself when he didnt i usually went anyway cognizant of the fact that any thing in red was off the record for the most part though i simply looked and listened and it was from this vantage point that i came to know doug tribbling for what he really was a young man dedicated to the task at hand it was- harvey cox then the townships chief of police who realized doug tribblings potential not only as an office clerk but as a constable within six months december 1956 he had promoted him to a fullfledged officer douglas tribbling and in september 1965 to the rank of detective in uniform and out his appearance was always the same immaculate he did the force proud chief cox showed his faith in doug tribblings abilities by assigning him many important cases including several involving armed holdups i counted it a privilege to attend the ceremony when doug and joan stephenson were married i took their wedding pictures they were a hand some couple i also followed through to a second generation when their daughter kelly now 26 was crowned may prom queen of markham high doug as proud as any father could be attended that event and was among the first to offer congratula- tions but time changes things with the ad vent of regional government and a re gional police department our paths crossed less often but when they did hed always stop and say hello the second last occasion was the opening of markville plaza the last was at grace anglican church on friday this time i spoke not a word and there was no reply the finality of it all was as much as i could stand veteran newsmen hardened by years of repetitious graveside scenes must surely have wondered at the grief so visi ble on my face v to them he was a cop to me he was a friend a friend ill remember always with respect and so will harvey cox its a sad day for both of us he said fear of the unknown a sixbed residential home for mental ly handicapped adults is to open next month at 345 north street in stouffville the project is sponsored by christian horizons a reputable organization with headquarters in kitchener horizon house as it will be called is the second of its kind in york region the other is at rr 2 aurora understandably some residents in the area are concerned this is caused through misunderstanding people tend to fear the unknown there are also fiscal concerns the sus pected devaluation of neighboring prop erties theres no support for this claim for a town thats noted for its friendli ness this kind of negative attitudes dis turbing we should be rolling out the wel come mat to christian horizons and re ceiving the residents with open arms yes stouffville should feel honored to be selected as a christian horizons site for remember but for the grace of god there lives one of yours window on wildlife slow but smart by art bp n we all want peace everyone wants peace and assurance of peace to suggest otherwise is like opposing motherhood and santa claus yet peace and related issues such as the testing of nuclear missiles have be come favorite topics of discussion at pre election meetings in the riding of york- peeland elsewhere across the country the ndp has made the nuclear test ban a plank in its platform and while as noble as the partys position may be we would suggest it take the same message to the soviet union for at this point in time theres no guarantee the russians are the least bit interested in adopting this new democrat policy they like the united states feel that offense in a pre paratory way is the best defense unlike neville chamberlain of great britain at the outset of world war ii these two super powers arent about to be caught with their pants down so the arms race goes on in reality it all boils down to a matter of trust can the united states trust the soviet union and visaversa neither wishes to take the chance and canada like it or not is caught in between to advocate peace who doesnt and preach disarmament who wouldnt sounds very sincere when spoken from the protected confines of an election platform however to put such propos als into practice on a global basis arc goals that seem difficult if not impossi ble to achieve the ndp in reality are preaching to the converted the united states and the ussr believe that to be fore warned is to be forearmed and neither at this point in time is about to be con vinced otherwise we were on our way home along a one- lane back road when an unusual hump in the gravel attracted my attention there in the rise in the twisting track was a large turtle stopping the truck we walked ahead to investigate what at first appeared to be another traffic casualty was instead a very much alive female snapping turtle this fact was at once apparent because the big moss- backed reptile had somehow dug down through at least three inches of hard- packed gravel and was busy laying a clutch of eggs and our presence did lit tle to deter her mission for as we watch ed in wonderment she calmly added another whiteshelled oval to the pile my wife carefully guided our vehicle and the one following over the turtle nursery hoping all subsequent traffic would do the same luckily it did because when we curiously returned some time later the hardshelled critter was striding down the roadway towards us it took only a moment to divert it into a nearby swamp a check of the egg cache re vealed it had been filled and well co vered up the thought of those tiny turtle embryos developing under the thunder ing wheels of passing automobiles seemed almost unbelievable yet the more we discussed it the better the chances appeared for the potential young snappers in fact judging from the number of turtle nests we find pil fered every year by skunks and rac coons these tarmac terrapins would likely outfox all of them maybe old ma turtle had more brains than we credited her with because what rightminded rac coon or scentsmelling skunk would ever think of looking in the middle of the road for a raw egg salad turtles are reptiles along with snakes lizards and some members of the croco dile family on the evolution scale they stand somewhere between the higher birds and mammals and the lower fishes and amphibians because they are cold blooded they do not have like us a cen tral heating system instead they must get along with a temperature reading close to the air earth or water that sur rounds them consequently icecold conditions force them to hibernate while long exposure to direct sunlight can cause their death since these hardshelled turtles have remained almost unchanged for 200 mil lion years they must have something good going for them the hare inciden tally its mythical racing adversary has been running around for about a quarter as long probably the most important part of a turtles unique survival mechanism is its protective shell not only can this ixxvjtvjqj juih armour coat oe used to saieguaru tuo head legs and tail but it has the capac ity to withstand tremendous external pressures a fiveinch box turtles shell can hold the weight of a fullgrown man and although a smaller area of the snap ping turtles shell or carapace as its known does not offer the same overall protection the aggressive nature of this particular species more than makes up for these shortcomings while individual turtles have been known to livo for 150 years most of the larger species in the wild survive to around the 40 year mark that is if they ever reach a first birthday which very few do some duck hunters are inclined to look on the snapper as a water wolf even though it is part and parcel of the water ways their unattended egg offerings to raccoons and skunks could save a clutch or two of mallards while this large tur tles appetite for course fish gives more game fish a chance to survive but whether its a snapper a wood tur tle the nottoocommon blandings or the prettilymarked painted turtle one sees crossing the back roads these days give it a chance better still give it a liftto the nearest watcrhole youll feel a lot better for it but remember keep your hands away from the business end