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a4 tribune june 3 1987 editors mail a concern dear editor the subject of head lice among children in our town has become a serious concern because lice are not a disease and thus not contagious from a public health standpoint the responsibility for control and elimination rests with parents only the staff at summltview school for example have gone beyond the call of duty in trying to control it public health nurses volunteer parents and staff alike are all working very hard to abate and stop this irk some problem the parents whose children have been sent home two three and four times may justly feel outraged but are they sure they know enough about elimination of lice from the household head lice are not an afflic tion of the unclean they actual ly prefer clean scalps the only way to stop this epidemic is to check ones children every morning and every night if you dont know what youre looking for ask mr boadway has been pro fessional and caring enough to issue many statements on the subject and has even invited pa rents in to inform and answer questions mr boadway and staff have done more than required please its adversely affecting our childrens health and educa tion target groups such as day care centres sports clubs etc must all take appropriate ac tion now ten minutes time morning and evening is not asking too much begin immediately tricia rock church street north stouffville the tribune established 1888 james thomas bruce annan patricia pappas jennifer huh editor publisher advertising manager distribution manager community editor chris shanahan sports editor alan shacklelon display advertising dept lome hillier retail advertising lome hillier manager charles canning real estateclassified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young classified manager debra weller distribution lea killer doreen deacon 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 hilt thornhill vaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willow- dale mirror metroland printing publishing 8t distributing is a division ot harlequin enterprises ltd single copies soc subscriptions 2100 per year in canada 55500 elsewhere member of canadian com munity newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and sub urban newspapers of america second class mail registration number 0896 6402100 6492292 eoaming around choosing a vocation by jim thomas editorials changes in education times are changing nowhere is this more evident than in education secon dary school in general and stouffville dist secondary school in particular on thursday afternoon there were happenings at sdss touching both age ends of the education spectrum at one a 39yearold mother of four and grandmother of three had success fully completed her grade 12 at the other students enrolled in ear ly childhood education were caring for kiddies two to five a trend is developing in years to come more and more adults will be re turning to school some will see it as a necessity others as a challenge the mature student program is strongly supported at stouffville high predictable too is the authorization of daycare as a specific part of the early childhood course of study taking the program a step further its conceivable that a section of the high school all schools where space is avail able will be utilized for daycare accommodation itll be part of the federations con tract theres nothing wrong with this as long as the studenttraining and teacher- needed stouffville needs neighborhood watch not that breakins pose a particular problem here compared to some com munities weve been lucky i however if hamlets like ballantrae and goodwood consider these programs beneficial certainly stouffville has need of it too only last week a theft occurred at a residence on glcngall lane the owner was home at the time but the culprit gained entry picked up an article and escaped this is frightening about a year ago there was a move afoot to establish neighborhood watch in stouffville it was backed by several church congregations what happened to the program no one seems to know it just disappeared lets bring it back not only docs it provide police with the support they need but makes for a clos er community neighbor helping neighbor service is provided at no additional cost to the taxpayer with respect to the mature student program this should be encouraged even more education should never end for many the education they need can be acquired only in the classroom one evening following a function in the stouffville legion hall apprecia tion night for fire chief walter smith eldred king chairman of the region of york came over to where i was standing you missed your calling he said you should have been a minister or a politician at first i took the comment as a com pliment after all chairman king isnt one to waste words he says what he thinks later however i began having second thoughts what did he really mean did he see in me a richard nixon maybe a gary hart was he likening me to a jim bakker maybe an oral roberts then again maybe he meant none of these perhaps he was tactfully suggesting far better to have been a politician or a minister than an editor or more blunt ly far better to have been anything than an editor i trust this wasnt his thinking for journalism is what i enjoy doing most i think ive never really tried anything else so how can i know maybe eldred from his seat in the au dience saw in me a future john diefen- aker or a pierre elliott trudeau i doubt it maybe he had visions of another robert mcclure i doubt that too but whos to know the truth is we all see ourselves in others and we pose the question what if thats what i asked myself saturday i attended a service of ordination for the toronto conference of the united church of canada nearorillia eighteen ministers were ordained one of these was a nephew john tapscottof epsom a rural community southeast of ux- bridge i was impressed not with the ritual there was none of that but with the sincerety trappings sometimes associated with such occasions were thankfully absent the message as i heard it was the academics are over the field work begins its an openended field with no head lands or fences i know not what prompted johns deci sion to enter the ministry an honors graduate from queens university at kingston he had established himself in ah excellent position with an insurance firm in toronto for most that would have been enough but not for john hef had a wider vision one that few of us see jj yes i put myself in his place as he walked proudly onto the podium for the laying on of hands and vesting with a stole i asked myself the question many others were undoubtedly asking could i have done that my honest reply is no i couldnt such a- decision requires considerable soul- searching more strength of purpose i than i could muster no mr king ill never make a minister a politician maybe but never a minister while i hold the profession in high regard i believe it to be a calling a calling of the highest order so far ive heard no trumpet sounds and the roll doesnt bear my name i nancy was towns first festival queen in 1967 on june 25 whitchurchstouffville will honor its 1937 selected miss congeniality and trudy cadicux won the strawberry festivalcanada day queen back in 1967 dur- best talent award here nancy receives her pageant tro- ing the towns celebration of canadas centennial the phy from the evenings mc wally kostcr judges choice was 19ycarold nancy wideman the first jim thomas runnerup was linda wright margaret sheridan was editors mail negative dear mr thomas we citizens of stouffville do not think your review of monster mad ness was appropriate you didnt even mention the chor us the stage crew and some of the actors when you inferred that no one laughed at the jokes or clapped when it was appropriate we feel its a bunch of hohum your word and totally untrue when you were watching the play you should have woken up and smcl- led the coffee when you wrote about the ballan trae play it was all good things but when you wrote about monster madness you seemed to concen trate on a very few and we feel not important negative points our play had students grade 5 to grade 8 working together and get ting along you did not talk about a lot of things you mr thomas were there in body and in mind but certainly not in spirit sincerely young citizens of stouffville twentyfour students of orchard park school thanks dear editor on behalf of the stouffville christian school we wish to thank the many local merchants for their generous donations that contri buted to another successful spring fair thanks also to all who attended and participated in the various acti vities approximately 11000 was raised from the silent auction the public auction the slowpitch tournament the various games and the food booths thanks for your support sincerely the spring fair committee