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w htinmwi wmmmm a4 tribune august 28 1985 visitors should be welcomed dear mr thomas ever since we moved to stouff ville from elmira weve heard nothing but complaints concerning traffic travelling to and from the stouffville flea market we find it all very amusing every morning commuters line up bumpertobumper on hwys 401 and 404 they line up on fleet street on their way to a blue jay game they line up on jarvis street going to see the maple leafs play un doubtedly some have lined up get ting to the farmers market in kitchener im beginning to wonder if its in convenience or jealousy people in stouffville should be pleased the market is doing so well and should roll out the welcome mat to guests from the city can you imagine what stouffville would be like on weekends without the market if residents want to live in a cemetery thats fine we enjoy the activity the sales barn creates well experience the cemetery en vironment soon enough sincerely theresa arnold ivy crescent stouffville a bridge into claremonts past the tribune ontario ns james thomas aiotor editor established 1888 bruce annan patpappas jenni hutt publisher advertising manager distribution manager editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connelly display advertising dept lois wideman real estate classified advertising joan marshman distribution doreen deacon national sales representative melroland corporate sales 4931300 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing dstnbutmg at 54 mam st stouffville oru tel 6402100 smge copes 50 subscriptions 1700 per year in canada s47 50 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers association ontario weehy newspaper association ontaro press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mal registration number 0896 the stouffville tribune is one of the metroland group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickenng news advertiser the aurora banner brampton guardian the burlington post the burlington weekend post the etobicoke advertiserguardian the georgetown independent the milton champion the mississauga news the newmarket era the willowdale mirror oakvillo beaver oakville friday beaver oshawaarvhitby this week oshawa whitby this weekend the richmond hill liberal thor- nhill liberal the scarborough mirror the markham economist and sun and woodbridge liberal metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd 6402100 6492292 hfewindow on wildlife barnyard patrols by art briggsjudej editorial its time to settle ambulance strike the strike by ambulance workers in stouffville and uxbridge has already lasted 1 vz weeks too long while no serious injuries have occur- red in the area since the ambulance per- sonnel went on strike aug 19 the risk is there every minute of every day i at word of the walkout the ministry of health reverted to its old system of directing this areas ambulance calls to ministry units in markham newmarket or richmond hill how long can we depend on this old system if someones life is lost because of precious minutes wasted waiting for an ambulance from markham the guilt will hang heavy on everyone involved the drivers claim that response time under the current circumstances is ab out 10 or 11 minutes almost three times longer than normal there can be no winner in a strike situation however there are thousands of losers namely the residents of whitchurchstouffville and uxbridge its time to end this walkout and get back to work as the drivers say they want to do if a contract settlement cant be reached work out the differences while on the job if worse comes to worse call in an arbitrator one things for sure the publics safe ty can no longer be used as a bargaining tool editors mail in our move to the country we never en visioned we would have to bear arms to protect our property and livestock despite the fact i had been brought up in a hunting and trapping environment and spent a good portion of my youth on a farm wild animals were never a serious problem in the niagara penninsula in that fruit belt area the bountiful pheasant population during those years likely provided the predators with ample food so that poultry raiding was the excep tion rather than the rule apart from some early spring crow and groundhog shooting our hunting then was confined to the cooler weather months you can well imagine our surprise and disbelief when we found ourselves compet ing in many ways with the furry creatures skunks digging up the seed beds groun dhogs nipping off the greens porcupines crunching everything from garden fare to barn beams and as a sideline trying to con vert our dogs and cattles noses into instant pin cushions then too the chipmunks especially liked our tomalos and melons and the raccoons seemed to have advanced notice as to the ripening corn to add to our summer fun the coyotes and foxes liked our brand of chicken and turkey so well we had to increase our quota just to meet their demands but while we never knew for sure how many of our domestic birds the coyotes got the foxes came boldly into the barnyard to choose their chicken to go despite our watchful patrols we lost seven gobblers last fall to these brushtailed predators at 14 pounds apiece it was no small loss add to this total chickens guinea fowl and the odd duck and you begin to grasp the magnitude of our dilemma the frustrating part of all this was that all the poultry were closed in at night and these big torn attacks took place in broad daylight sure we could have locked every last feather bearer in pens and cages round the clock but then they would turn out like all the rest of the flavorforced fowl you buy thats all finally as we mentioned in this corner last fall we were compelled to place sever al radios in strategic locations to discour age athe beasts however theres nothing quite like a blaring radio in the quiet confines of the country to put you off your rural bliss how can you appreciate the soft warble of a bluebird when some guy is telling everyone from here to the next concession that hes got cheatin on his mind so this spring because at the new house we have a more commanding view we de cided to impress on these fourlegged pluckers a few facts of life the first was that while chicken may be king these furred critters had better go back to basics if they wanted to remain healthy consequently when the first fox appeared on the premises after the snow melted we fired off a couple of warning shots unfortunately this particular animal was a slow learner and paying us little heed returned a couple of hours later to makeoff with a large rooster we tightened up our vigilance and sever al days later observed him charging into our flock of guinea fowl though he missed on his first attempt he soon singled out one of the scattered birds and pounced on it this called for more drastic action on our part with increased numbers of such con frontations it was decided what was needed was a definite plan of action a sort of fox alert what followed was kim the hunting dog was locked in the bathroom to keep her quiet wendy would grab her trusty win chester 22 and run for the barn and i would head for the old house bearing the heavier 303 enfield that way we could cover all the known routes since we adopted this fight pilot like scramble weve knocked off two long haired varmints and saved countless domestics the only problem is that strangers dont always understand our motives last week for example when one of the local charity canvassers approached us for a donation she wasnt quite sure why we came tor wards her car from two directions armed like a couple of latin american rebels probably the pinnacle of our embarrass- ment however occurred last friday after noon when a couple of naturalists arrived for the weekend while we still renewing old aquaint ances and before we had time to explain wendy yelled theres one beside the barn in the ensuing confusion of passing out the rifles getting the dog into the bathroom and racing out of the house we left these bewildered folks sitting at the table shak ing their heads and wondering if we had been sipping a little heavy on the mountain dew equally startling was the occasion wherein we had a neighbor staying over night in our house trailer he was just ab out to finish the last of a nice leisurely meal when i opened up at a fox with the heavy gun j he came out of his abode in such a rapid manner it was a bit questionable as t which one of us had the most egg on our face legislation required d f f ay dear editor margot marshall and members of town council are asking for responses re horses being kept on small properties with in the municipality i have a definite opin ion about this i have no problem with the legitimate farmer the trouble lies with excity people who move out to the country and pretend to be farmers they dont appreciate the problems that can later occur also once the novelty wears off they tend to neglect their animals at one hobby farm i know of the horses stand in a field for weeks on end no one bothers about them except to see they ha ve hay to eat and water to drink if our council thinks this matter can be selfregulated members are badly mis taken like in almost everything else leg islation is needed otherwise the problem will continue sincerely howard mcnaughton vivian road whitchurchstouffville horse owners here first dear editor whitchurchstouffville is horse country wc moved from scarborough to our garden of eden 12 years ago there was no one living even close to us at that time slowly but surely properties around us were purchased and people moved in for awhile no one said anything but wc were well aware it was only the lull before the storm our neighbors that wc looked on as friends began making nasty comments about our animals we feel we didnt create the problem they did by moving next door its much like people complaining about the noise of pearson international airport after theyve bought a home under the flight path i ask why should wc be penalized wc were here first sincerely melissa scott vandorf road whitchurchstouffville dear editor in recent issues of the tribune ive noticed some very interesting letters some humorous and some not concern ing personal problems encountered by in dividuals this happened to me about a month ago please dont reveal my name there was an ad in one of the daily pap ers reiated to a masseuse parlor in down town toronto i made a note of the address and dropped in one evening when i had a few hours to kill while attending a conven tion the rather lovely looking attendant directed me to a room requested a fee of 10 and said shed be back after i took a shower following the rubdown that lasted ab out 20 minutes 2 a minute she enquired will that be all i guess i appeared kind of stupid because she repeated will there be anything else not knowing quite what to say i replied what else do you have in mind with that she related the various services pro vided and the cost of each i answered no thank you not today she looked a bit surprised and responded with men usually ask mc instead of mc asking them i guess thats bigcity life anything goes sincerely a country boy 5 v 2jmj j jh j guest column by brenda little summer challenge working as a summer reporter on a smalltown weekly newspaper has proven a challenging opportunity as i think of my fellow journalism students packing crates at factories or answering phones in office build ings i feel fortunate i am one of the few secondyear students able to take the knowledge gained at school out of cold storage and put it to practical use writing skills are like anything else use them or lose them where you use them doesnt really matter many of my cohorts at ryer- son believe a big daily newspaper like the star orthe globe is the only place to be i tend to differ the old saying you have to work your way to the top doesnt exclude the writing profes sion at a smalltown weekly like the tribune a student writer has the be nefit of extensive personal attention i doubt a daily newspaper editor would take the time to leach mc the various tricks of the trade i have picked up from my editor and coworkers at the tribune each day on the job i learn some thing new i came to the tribune at the beginning of july a fledgling jour nalist with no experience other than the writing i did within the confines of ryersons newsroom since then i have learned to use a video display terminal and edit my own copy through talking to different people i have also been able to improve my interviewing skills what i like most about working on a smalltown paper is the editorial focus everyone knows that a weekly concentrates more on ordinary peo ple than does a large daily i prefer this approach talking to the resi dents of whitchurchstouffville and discovering what they have to offer their community has proven perso nally rewarding like anything however working at a smalltown paper has its disadvan tages in my case the pitfalls come from being an outoftowner as a re sident of scarborough i dont know the area or its people too well with a little help however im learning quickly by the end of the summer i hope to know whitchurchstouffville like i know scarborough even if come this fall i still be come lost in stouffville one things for sure ill never forget the oppor tunity the town and its paper have given mc ill return to rycrson one step ahead of my classmates