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a4 tribune october 8 1986 editors mail protection fire prevention week reminds us of the everpresent possibility of disaster that has the potential for major disruption to our lives even tragedy in an organization such as park view where many people reside who would find it very difficult to quick ly evacuate their living quarters the possibility of fire is an ever- present spectre i supposed we who are responsi ble for management rarely listen to a fire siren in the nigbt without a twinge of terror while we have in place in all our facilities efficient fire prevention equipment and procedures we do depend very much on the services of our towns volunteer fire de partment for protection and security on behalf of everyone at park view i sincerely thank all members of the stouffville fire department for courteous and generous assist ance through the years a special thank you to chief wal ter smith in addition to fine lead ership chief smith has always been tremendously helpful whenev er his services were required for staff training or other direction and counsel jm nighswander parkview executive administrator priceless the heavenbound minis tries venture as proposed by david howard and helpers is cer tainly an ambitious project while the investment boggles my mind the truth is how does one put a price on the future of our young people i trust mr howard plans to reach out to youth beyond the limits of whitchurchstouffville there are thousands of lost souls out there whose lives could be changed through this ministry shirley cheung rr 2 stouffville the tribune n onmrio cofrmufty wsssx james thomas editor established 1888 bruce annan patricia pappas publisher jennifer hutt advertising manager distribution manager editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connelly display advertising dept lynn moore retail advertising lynn moore manager charles canning real estateclassified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young classified manager debra welter distribution doreen deacon lori low assistant manager sandra marrier business office manager chris bertram national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and salurday at 54 main st stouffville ont is one of the metroland printing publishing distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent markham economist sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawawhitby this week richmond hilltnornhiflvaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willow- dale mirror metroland printing publishing distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 50 subscriptions s2000 per year in canada s4750 elsewhere member of canadan community newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper associarion ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0896 rperspectives time to drive to survive by chris shanahan 6402100 6492292 j editorials weather hurt the fair the weatherman dealt markham fair another backhanded slap in the face conditions were the worst since 77 j attendance and receipts will undoubted- ly reflect this the weather wednesday night and thursday was good and so were the crowds the situation deteriorated fri- j day and saturday forcing hasty changes in locations of several events sunday however was a different story the skies cleared the sun broke through and the people responded the sabbath saved the day markham fair is fortunate in that so many activities can be accommodated under cover this proved a showsaver saturday friday too the heavy horses were moved inside so was the teen ta lent contest and the cake decorating competition this was appreciated throughout saturdays ordeal pres- 1 ident mary cosburn maintained her i usual pleasant and accommodating composureshe was everywhere at the pet contest in a fashion show at the school presentations and in a spelling bee while perhaps inwardly upset she refused to show it certain of the fact things had to improve and they did except during saturdays downpour conditions within the fair core itself we rent that bad the paved entrance way and walkways proved beneficial it was the parking that was the problem some motorists were hesitant to take a need lighted crosswalk a pedestrian crosswalk protected by a pushbutton light is urgently required at the entrance to the a p plaza in stouffvilles west end the sooner the town acts the better it will be for all concerned a second acci dent at this location could be more se rious than the first regardless of risk residents of park view village will continue to use this route its councils responsibility to make their passage from point a to point b as safe as possible as the situa tion stands lives are in jeopardy six days a week as we see it an approved pedestrian crosswalk is the only solution to a se rious problem traffic interruption will be minimal and shoppers will be able to travel from curb to curb in relative safety chance many who did became stuck this is an area that undoubtedly re quires attention improved parking gravel first then asphalt should be top priority parking attendants were extremely accommodating so were tow truck operators all helped every way they could but while the rains prevailed they were fighting a losing battle commit tees had to make the best of a discourag ing situation and this they did markham fair will continue to have its good years and its bad but the show must go on its wanted and its needed now more than ever among the regular stack of letters in the tribunes mail bag the other week was a press kit detailing a new corporate campaign launched by texaco canada news of the program called drive to survive caught my attention mainly be cause id recently been at the scene of several brutal traffic accidents one in particular a twovehicle crash east of coppins corners that claimed the lives of two scarborough men left a lasting impression i happened by the scene shortly after the late model cars had met and come to a grinding halt on an unforgiving stretch of durham region rd 21 one couldnt help but notice an eerie silence that lasted until emergency crews raced onto thescene and began the gruesome pro cess of prying bloodied bodies out of the twisted wreckage the assignment did yield a couple highimpact spot news photos ones id rather not have taken texacos safety campaign is graphi cally illustrated by an equally chilling television commercial it depicts a head- on collision much like those that occur at an alarmingly frequent rate right here in the stouffvilleuxbridge area one of the things thats never failed to amaze and disturb me is the terrible accident toll on roads within this papers coverage area in uxbridge for inst ance seldom does a day go by without a motorist finding trouble somewhere in that sprawling rural township hopefully drive to survive will make a difference clear across the country according to texacos senior vice- president stuart j walker the vast majority of driving accidents are caused by driving error the result of a lack of professional driving training and bad driving habits our aim is to increase the number of properly trained drivers which in turn could help reduce traffic deaths in canada by one third such a major commitment is essen tial to fight this serious problem mr walker added last year in canada 4000 people were killed in traffic acci dents and 200000 injured on top of the untold human suffering accidents cost canadians 25 billion annually the company has three main plans of attack the first of which is to arrange a 10 per cent discount for anyone wishing to take a young drivers of canada course ydc is recognized as one of the most thorough driver education prog rams in the country with a strong emph asis on defensive driving skills the tv ads are part of the programs second element a broad public aware ness campaign designed to inform and remind canadians about the importance of safe driving thirdly texaco is rallying behind di verse community business and govern ment organizations to further- co operative action on the issue already drive to survive has re ceived welldeserved support from the likes of metropolitan toronto police chief jack marks people dont know the driving rules they have lots of bad habits the chief claimed we can support this program and we would like to bring it to the atten tion of the canadian association of chiefs of police one of the areas most highly publi cized traffic mishaps was an aug 28 crash between a loaded dump truck and a school bus on brock rd north ciaremont both the truck and bus driv ers were supposedly trained profession als yet the circumstances surroundings that near tragedy brings into question their skills behind the wheel fortunately none of the nearly 50 bus passengers were seriously injured but the accident an obvious case of careless driving in my opinion could easily have been a lot worse nows the time to take steps to cut down the carnage on our roads drive to survive is a good place to start they grow them big at goodwood this photo was discovered in the tribune files of 1959 the holder of this rather large snapping turtle is ken mayo then of rr 1 goodwood and now of stouffville the snapper was found in a pond on the family farm cone 4 uxbridge township jim thomas editors mail dangerous dear editor the front page story in the tribunes oct 1 issue under the heading parents say bus stop is death trap prompted ine to write not as a mother or dad but as a motorist one afternoon last week i approached the intersection of ninth line and lakeshore road just as the school bus was pulling to a stop believe me york board of education its dangerous in the winter itll be even worse the steep hill on both sides of lakeshore road is extremely treacherous when icy accidents happen frequently at this location i feel the parents have just cause for concern the dropoff point for students should be changed before a tragedy occurs sincerely gordon hindcl musselmans lake commend dear editor through your newspaper i wish to commend stouffville mer chants bob ancheril and jack vcrhoog for their stand against sunday shopping because of their christian approach to the sabbath i intend to support both businesses and would urge others to do the same sincerely dianna gilbcrtson millard street j stouffville