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pwhi w m v4 tribune december 10 1986 editors mail unfair l very much resent the fact your newspaper and others pub lished the names of those people charged with drug offenses in the whitchurchstouffville area supposedly each is innocent until proven guilty however as far as the public is concerned theyre giilty and convicted i would have thought their identi- ties could have been withheld until j at least their cases came before the court then of course whatever i happens is public information i think the time has come for i newspapers yours included to adopt a policy of when and when not i to use names of alleged offenders at the present time this decision would seem to be left to the whim of each editor or publisher i consider it extremely unfair howard crispin rr 3 newmarket spending councillors comments re elec- tion spending tribune issue of nov 26 were interesting strangely enough i agree with each one i also appreciate our i mayors stand that position is a different ball game my concern relates more to board of education where like the mayor a trustee candidate must canvass the entire town for the person with a limited budget and running against a veteran like harry bowes the con siderations unthinkable i observed that mr bowes wasnt polled by your paper id like to know his thoughts on the issue elizabeth hackner rr 1 cedar valley the ttibune onrro 2jw james thomas editor established 1888 bruce annan patricia pappas jennifer hutt publisher advertising manager distribution manager editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connelly display advertising dept lynn moors 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 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 ajax pickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiser guardian georgetown independent markham economist sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa whitby this week richmond hill thornhitlvaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagarine willow- dale mirror metroland printing publishing distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 50 subscriptions s2000 per year in canada 4750 elsewhere member of canadian community newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0836 6402100 6492292 roaming around ditorials a community service h i n i- parkview village is part of the mennonite home association of york region i so also is parkview home for the aged j jand parkview apartments as a single entity its a nonprofit op- eration i more importantly it represents a very i distinct service to this community in i fact nothing we know of serves this com- inunity as well i i its looked on with pride by all those leven remotely associated with it i our council must surely be aware of ihis of the high profile image it holds jwithin the town and yet it would seem the parkview administration is con- i tinually placed on the defensive whenev er it makes a move to expand i the application to build 20 units of cluster homes at a site on ninth line south is an example in point although the proposal was first initi ated back in 1982 and hopedfor construe- a thing of beauty its beautiful thats what people are saying about the lighted clock tower in stouffvilles civic square r most folks appreciate the good things they see what they cant see are often ignored out of sight out of mind the clock tower at night is now very visible its councils donation to the business improvement area the towns plan is to expand this peripheral lighting system to include the front of the municipal building we com mend council on this latest beautifica- tioh project and trust the fever will con tinue to contaminate the entire down town area and beyond tion was to have started this fall the board has since been advised of several hidden charges heretofore not included in the costing of the project road improvement is one ditching plus provisions for a manmade drain age pond is another unanticipated sew er and water expenditures is another all totalling many thousands of dollars while determined to see the project through the parkview administration admits the cluster scheme could be scut tled if servicing costs soar out of sight quite naturally the tenant must absorb these increases even now some may be having second thoughts we strongly urge the town to rethink its position establishing charges after the fact is not our idea of fair play and while parkview home for the aged may be receiving a free ride through exemption from taxes we con sider it dirty pool to stab the administra tion in the back in an attempt to get even lost thats my middle name everywhere i go i keep leaving things behind it happens so frequently folks who dont know me that well swear i do it on purpose just for an excuse to re turn not true im just plain forgetful and its not due to senility ive always been this way an ongoing memory lapse thats haunted me all my life even as a kid i was continually forget ting things one time i fell off a stepladder at pub lic school and severely sprained my wrist i had to go to the hospital for x- rays and the attending physician put my arm in a cast so what happened i returned to class and left the supportive sling at home over the past 50 years ive lost so many things the absentee articles would fill every salvation army box be tween stouffville and toronto at high school the caretaker had a special lost and found compartment in itialled jt it was seldom empty one of these times said my phys ed teacher one day youll walk out of the washroom nude fortunately that never happened but on many occasions then and since ive had to do a quick zip at the last second this trauma of losing things is really a terrible conundrum comparable to a chronic disease and just as difficult to treat only recently at the conclusion of one of my girl next door interviews i was halfway to the car when the young lady called out excuse me mr tho mas but you forgot something i looked back and saw her holding onto my camera kind of embarrassing note books you know those hard cover steno pads are extremely elusive im continually leaving them behind and theyre important too for they usual ly contain a full weeks news because they have a way of straying off i always write on the front cover if found please call 6402100 this helps have you ever inadvertently tossed something out and then spent an hour searching through garbage to retrieve it i have and do every day usually the wanted materials right at the bottom covered with everything from kentucky fried chicken bones to chewing gum and hot chocolate what a mess while pens pencils and even steno pads are cheap and replaceable some items arent like glasses i never did find my last pair and a beautiful diamond ring an en gagement gift from jean i lost that too hardly a day goes by that im not look ing up and down main street for my car can never remember where i parked it toe rubbers are another abstract oadi- by jim thomas solutions isnt it awful thats the comment i keep hear ing from people with regard to the drug arrests in whitchurch- stouffville where have these folks been for the past five years or is this a new generation of parents totally una ware of where the drug scene is at i would suggest its a combination of the two rather than confine our concern to streetcorner conversation i feel public meetings should be arranged in each of our communi ties what we need are solutions rather than observations cynthia cooper albert street stouffville ty saturday following the santa claus parade i arrived home wearing only one not that it mattered much the two were mismatches anyway and neither was mine for jean this ongoing losing streak has reached a point of total exaspera tion if youd just put your things in one place youd know where to find them she says and shes right unfortunately that one place can extend from the house to the office and all points in be tween its the inbetween places that prove so baffling i range pretty far and wide this week however im ranging no farther and no wider than absolutely necessary why because i lost my coat yes for a second time ive mislaid my beige winter wrap it previously turned up at the stouffville restaurant after hanging on the clothes rack there more than a month someone was cu rious enough to look under the collar and saw my name as far as i can remember and thats a chore in itself my last assignment was parkview village the date was sunday nov 30 1 went there to pick up my wife and daughter participants in a sunday night service and i wore the coat home since then ive retraced every step searching and searching without suc cess value wise its not worth that much the linings torn the pockets are ripped the buttons dont match and there are jam stains all down the front regard less with a little cleaning and mending it would possibly last through one more season now ill either have to purchase a replacement or succumb to pneumonia so please if you see a beige all- weather coat just hanging around and looking lonely give me a call i can be reached every day and most nights at 6402100 1 i parade only stouffvilles santa claus parade another good one has come and gone i it was well attended thousands lined jviain street from tenth line north through to westlawn crescent but afterwards nobody in fact even santa claus was a no show at the town lib rary and the silver jubilee club j it seems people come to stouffville on parade day for one reason only to see the parade afterwards its straight home i rather than a followup we feel a pre- paradc extravaganza should be arranged a festival of lights on the previous friday markham does it extremely well so can wc these were the straightest girls at sdss twenty years ago back in the 19g0s stouffville dist secondary school held a annual posture queen contest in which the straightest girl at sdss received an engraved posture oscar courtesy town chiropractor dr jerome dclauricr this par ticular year ten young ladies participated they arc left to right bonnie smith janet winn judy lcblanc janinc bass sue schcll elaine clcndcn- ning caroline wood marg burkitt anne duxbury and marlene storey jim thomas