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p4 weekender september 21 1985 weekender tragedy can be avoided a sixyearold boy is dead another man lies injured in hospital a familys heart is broken and another mans life has a scar that wont heal that pretty well sums up the tragedy that occured last week on hwy 48 when a markham man who had had too much to drink swerved from the northbound to the southbound lanes causing a headon crash naturally the perpetrator of this unthink able crime managed to escape without se rious physical injury but isnt that usually the way what do we as society have to do to get it through some peoples skulls that drink ing and driving dont mix it seems no end of carnage and death can alter the course of those bent on the destruction of them- selves and others so its about time the courts in this country woke up society de mands it maybe the legislative bodies in this coun try should try the following on for size conviction of impaired driving first time a oneyear jail term a 5000 fine and a threeyear licence suspension a second conviction a twoyear prison sentence and a lifetime licence suspension should an accident take place with no loss of life or serious injury and be proven the fault of the impaired driver double the preceding penalties and charge the driver with impaired should an impaired driver be the cause of an accident causing death or serious in jury a fiveyear jail sentence no parole or time off for good behavior a 25000 fine and a lifetime licence suspension maybe those type of penalties wont com pletely stop drinking and driving but they will sure make people stop and think at least while theyre serving time they wont be on the roads jeopardizing the lives of others speaking out do you think the provincial government should allow beer and wine to be sold in grocery stores asked at stouffville plaza and the markham dominion store at hwy 7 and mccowan rd weekender mailbag star wars decision is victory for canada freda poplar sales rep unionville it certainly should i think the distribution should be taken away from the govern ment as such i dont think it would affect prices the way everyone thinks it would leonard spatola hair stylist scarborough i disagree with it it would contri bute to a shabbier lifestyle in ontar io toronto would turn into another buffalo then where would it stop helen vutskos store owner unionville if anyone could go to the store and get it it would draw younger peo ple towards drink ing and they would end up drinking more we should think more about the future john deshaies woodworker toronto yes i think they should it would give the average store owner a chance to make a little more money and not just the government dear sir on saturday sept 7 brian mulroney announced that the canadian goverment formally rejected the offer by the united states to participate in star wars re search we who countourselves as mem bers of the international peace move ment applaud this part of the prime ministers statement it is important to realize that this deci sion was arrived at because people all across canada clearly stated their opposition to this countrys participation in the latest scenario of nuclear mad ness there are many scientific experts who have spoken out against the concept of star wars and against canadas parti cipation in it but most of those who addressed the government on this issue were nonexpert citizens some of them your neighbors and fellow work ers like margaret searle and doris schwar of markham who spoke before the parliamentary committee when the headline in the toronto star states mulroney rejects star wars understand that this is saying that canadians have rejected star wars i know that many of you who have agreed with the goals of the peace move ment in the past have felt powerless to act when faced with the immensity of the arsenal of nuclear weapons now present in our world i have been told of the futility of writ ing letters of going on peace marches of trying to fight against something so enormous the recent canadian deci sion on star wars research is an exam ple of how people can influence govern ment futility lies not with action but with nonaction in the surrender to the false belief that we as individuals cannot shape our own destiny julia graham benkofsky unionville economistsun the tribune weekender bruce annan publisher 9 heritage rd markham l3p1m3 2942200 4959440 6402100 6492292 published every saturday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 294z200 second class mail registration number 1247 the weekender is one of the metroland group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpiekenng news advertiser the aurora banner brampton guardian the burlington post the burlington weekend post the etobicoke advertiserguardian the georgetown independent the markham economist and sun the milton champion the mississauga news the newmarket era tho willowdalo mirror oakville beaver oakville friday 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