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a4 tribune july 30 1986 editors mail serious dear editor ive been reading with interest recent stories in the tribune re lated to the shortage of rental accommodation in- the stouffville area i could tell you of my experiences the situation is serious every week im one of the first to purchase a newspaper hoping ill be first in line for a place trouble is all seem to be taken before the tribune appears on the street word gets around in addition to the scarcity of apartments most are priced beyond my ability to pay sincerely shirley mcbride elm road stouffville a crisis dear editor there is indeed a rent crisis in stouffville i have a partial solution i feel residents with spacious re creation rooms or even unfinished basements should lease out the space to young couples until they get on their feet and can afford a house of their own this would provide added income for the homeowner and much- needed accommodation for people in search of temporary living quar ters sincerely gordon henson main street west stouffville the tribune ontifio community james thomas editor established 1888 bruce annan patricia pappas publisher advertising manager jennifer hutt distribution manager editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connelly display advertising dept lvnn moore real estate classified advertising joan marshman distribution doreen deacon karen heise national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday at 54 main st stouffville ont is one of the metroland printing publishing distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaw pickering news advertiser aurora bonner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiser guardian georgetown independent matkham economist sun milton champion m neyvs newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa whitby this week richmond hillthomlitfvaughan toneral scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine wiilow- dale mirror metroland printing publishing distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 50 subscriptions 2000 per year in canada 54750 elsewhere member of canadian community newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0896 roaming around a guiding light by jim thomas 6402100 6492292 editorials town shafted again j shafted again whitchurchstouffvilles location within the provincial riding of york north was bad bad for the riding mpp but not bad for the town we were managing quite well a liberal municipality on the basis of results in the last election represented by a liberal member of parliament now by virtue of redistribution whitchurchstouffville has been shifted and shafted into the riding of durham- york represented by a progressive con servative mpp how do you like them apples it would seem that federally provin- cially and regionally no one knows quite what to do with our town we get the feeling governments would just as soon we didnt exist were a kind of a ruptured appendix on a politicians anatomy we have to be removed but no one knows quite what to do with the en trails greg sorbara our present member has been quoted as saying its a good deal for york region but bad news for whitchurchstouffville if mr sorbara thinks or thought so highly of this muni cipality he should have opposed our being blatantly thrown to the wolves lets face it our municipality has no thing in common with east gwillim- bury georgina and brock far better to have remained linked with aurora and newmarket to the west or even mar- kham to the south but east gwillim- bury georgina and brock no way undoubtedly ross stevenson will seek reelection when the province goes to the polls again mr stevenson is an excellent mpp but his is a voice crying in the wilderness and so is the voice of his party yes whitchurch- stouffville is destined to become just another grain of sand on a desert waste land we urge our council to voice its opposi tion provineially speaking itll be our municipalitys last gasp soap until recently i was accustomed to only a halfdozen brands lifebuoy pamolive lux rinse oxydol and sun light lifebuoy was always our favorite on the farm it came in a orangered bar we liked the smell mostly because it outsmelled whatever we smelled i can still remember holding it up to my nose and inhaling yes lifebuoy was about the only kind of soap i knew back then of course there were two radio brands called the adventures of helen trent and our gal sunday but we kids never paid those programs much heed they were girls stuff things havent changed that much the soaps as theyre called arc just as popular today as yesterday maybe moreso certainly the stars are thanks to the convenience of television these people walk into our living rooms and our lives continually no i havent been bitten by the soap bug ive better things to do but my daughter has marylynns favorite is called santa barbra she lives for it twice a day 9 am on channel 2 cable 9 when shes not in school and 4 pm on channell 11 cable 11 ones a repeat of the other but it doesnt seem to matter initially i was a bit concerned at age 12 marylynn seemed a little young however jean convinced me i had no thing to fear that it wasnt on a par with dynasty or dallas i guess she should know its really amazing how these types of programs are sweeping the nation the stars have become national heroes whats the attraction i have to find out what happens re plies our youngest its exciting i see at least one benefit to this theres no doddling on the way home from school sharp at 355 she comes bursting in the door all out of breath i made it i made it she pants rushing to her room and turning on the set marylynns not alone her friends tara kristi leanne lindsey and heather are also avid santa barbra fans some of the boys in the class are too they compare notes after each epi sode one of these days before the fad wears off they hope to meet their heroes cruz and eden they keep watching the tribune to see if by chance a guest appearance is planned at markville if so theyll be camping out overnight at the main gate this all strikes me as kind of funny but it shouldnt when my brother and i were mary- lynns age maybe younger wed run home from school on the dead gallop to hear a 15minute radio program called hop harrigan americas ace of the airways nothing short of a detention would cause us to miss santa barbra i suppose is a 1986 ver sion of the same thing plus a little smoochin thrown in hop harrigan as i recall was loo en grossed in the winning of world war ii to concern himself with the love stuff regardless if the minor adolescents choose santa barbra as a form of press ure release thats fine with me it would seem to be a lot less threatening than some of the few i have seen general hospital as the world turns guiding light one life to live search for to morrow and days of our lives i fear however that santa barbra may be only a stepping stone that graduation from grade 6 may mean graduation to dallas if so ill be writing the script for a drama all my own called not on your life editors mail grateful smile of the week dear editor many comical incidents occur in sports both amateur and profes sional athletes arc really big kids at heart the bush league hockey team on which i played had one real big guy who saw little ice time but he al ways came out even though he sat on the bench this one night it was a playoff game with a large crowd in attend ance buster not his real name was picking up slivers as usual af ter the second intermission we talked the trainer into snipping the buttons on his hockey pants with about five minutes to go our coach hollered at buster to relieve a regular on defence buster was so elated he jumped over the boards from where he was sitting as he hit the ice so did his pants in front of nearly a thousand people the crowd roared and buster just stood there too embarrassed to move but all was well that ended well the game went into overtime and buster scored the winning goal this time the crowd roared for a different reason sincerely bill elliott rr 4 uxbridgc stouffville natives back in the good old days these gentlemen both stouffville natives were famil iar men about town back at the turn of the century and beyond joe mcrlens left farmed at stouffvillcs west end and later lived on duchess street frank kac was a village tailor and a bcltcrlhanavcragc baseball player he lived on church street north jim thomas dear mr thomas your page 1 story on heaven- bound ministries was interesting and complete it was given the prominent positioning it in my opinion deserved david howard and his associates are indeed to be commended few of us would have their kind of strength and faith i would suggest the entire community say fervent prayers on their behalf with gods help and our help this venture will prove successful thanks to your newspaper the town is now aware of a project thats been in the planning stage for months your story was perfectly timed im sure mr howard and company are grateful sincerely angus charlton rr 2 claremont course dear sir im anxious to tell your readers about a course im currently tak ing sponsored by the government and offered by seneca college of applied arts and technology it allows one to upgrade her en glish math and physics it also tells one how best to sell herself in estab lishing a career one is instructed on the dos and donts of job inter views a person acquires more re spect for herself and how to better use those skills she already has skills she ordinarily takes for granted or doesnt recognize computer instruction is also pro vided i found this a great help one is paid to better herself in the work force the course is called working skills for women for additional information the number to call is 18986199 sincerely janet t spears rr i stouffville struggle dear editor your newspapers page 1 story on the rent crisis in stouffville was interesting and informative how about a followup on the per sonal heartaches involved people struggling to keep a roof over their heads the situation is desperate sincerely marian solway stouffville