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v a4 tribune september 30 1987 editors mail garbage the following letter has been mailed to all bia business im provement area members in stouftville it applies to a section of main street from albert street on the west to park drive on the east it relates to garbage and reads dear member garbage is picked up on main street stouftville daily monday through friday the bia is again asking mem bers to please not put their gar bage out on friday nights saturday and sunday garbage should go out sunday night for early pickup mon- tday morning since stouftville is a part of the ifastest growing area in ontario 3 first impressions are important jvisitors to our town on weekends see garbage strewn along main street and leave with a bad taste in their mouths they may not return j during the week to do business in your stores the bia is spending your money to make the downtown a beautiful place in which to shop to work and to live right now we are defeating our own purpose gar- bage goes out sunday night not only is this practice impor tant to visitors but considerate of the town folk who enjoy walking jogging and window browsing on weekends sincerely sandy stronach president michael larkin vicepresident the tribune james thomas editor established 1888 bhuce annan patricia pappas publisher advertising manager jennifer hutt distribution manager editorial dept denise mcdonald sports editor alan shackleton retail advertising manager charles canning real estateclassified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young classified manager debra weller distribution lea kitler doreen deacon business office manager chris bertram national sales representative melroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday at si mam si stoutlville ont is one ol the metoland 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 8 sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa whitby this week richmond hilt thornhill vaughan liberal scarborough miror topic newsmagazine willow- date mirror metroand printing publishing distributing is a division ol harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 60e subscriptions 21 00 per year in canada s55 00 elsewhere member ol canadian com munity newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario pres council and sub urban newspapers of america second class mail registration number 0896 6402100 6492292 eoaming around me of little faith by jim thomas- editorials fran earns her stripes i va single voice at the regional level of pwlhics can be a voice crying in the psvilderness this is the position fran sainsbury fegptten finds herself as mayor of whitch- jgflprchstouffville a flea tickling a dogs jrljack a mouse gnawing on a lions ear ijvmayor sainsbury is more than merely jecsfckling and gnawing however shes fslfjting so hard she attracting attention tjjnd obtaining results vion thursday mayor sainsbury tossed 5tpl her cards on the council table and vtssued members a challenge put up or explain the reason why kvvhat she wanted was a trade off whitchurchstouffville to assume that section roadway from tenth line north through to the yorkdurham boundary and york region to assume the york- durham townline from hwy 47 to york road 30 main street east their pride never died several years ago this newspaper carried an editorial related to what it claimed was the steadily deteriorating state of the business area of claremont residents of that day quite naturally took exception to these comments i criticism hurts so does the truth thc truth was claremont as a busi ness community was rapidly becoming a nonentity the sarco plant had closed the cpr station had been demolished the oncethriving chas cooper ltd hardware had been destroyed by fire and several smaller stores had closed up shop generally the situation looked bleak in most towns and villages when a business slide begins one of two things happens the community tosses in the towel and admits defeat or it digs in its heels and alters its image with respect to claremont the latter appears to be occurring out of a some what dishevelled and chaotic business state a new sense of desire and deter mination is emerging those persons spearheading the new look business profile realize competing with big chains and shopping centres is jilost cause so theyre taking a different approach they intend to make fclarcmont unique with attractive gift shops and boutiques not unlike union- jvillo such a project will take planning ex pertise and financial help the town of pickering must provide both with cooperation all round as is occurring in stouffville claremont will rebound from a position of privation and pauperism to one of substance and pride ph our opinion its already made the jum wc sec better days ahead mayor sainsbury also agreed that whitchurchstouffville would assume hwy 47 from ringwood hwy 48 to lincolnville bloomington road after this section has been upgraded to minis try standards four lanes the vote was 10 to 7 in her favor while in some politicians eyes this may not be viewed as a major victory in our view it is not from the standpoint of what was accomplished but from the fact something was accomplished yes the mouse has to bite pretty hard just to attract the lions attention mayor sainsbury to her credit is not afraid to let her bite be felt and her voice heard ten members listened thursday that was sufficient sometimes when one speaks long enough and loud enough the message gets through even the message from a voice crying in the wilderness i like to think im the blue jays biggest fan well okay maybe their second biggest for i have to admit when it comes to bj euphoria few folks exceed the visual excitement displayed by weekender columnist bruce sta- pley hey how about those jays did you catch the game last night wasnt that something thats bruces greeting every time he enters the office at least every time he enters the office after a blue jay win even when toronto was on an earlyseason eightgame losing streak bruce never lost hope dont worry theyll turn it around he would prophesy opti mistically and he was right they did and how ive always been a baseball fol lower even as far back as the 50s i thought nothing of driving to cleve land to catch a game with my hero indians when toronto landed an amer ican league franchise i switched allegiance to the jays and ive held them in high regard ever since even during those frustrating building years no im not a fair weather fan in fact i detest boosters who climb on the bandwagon only to go along for the ride like now these people are every where caught up in the excitement of pennantdrive fever theyre easy to spot they men tion players long since retired some even deceased they talk plays com mon to basketball and football but not baseball oh well everyone likes to back a winner in all honesty the blue jays have tested my patience on many occa sions when they slid from first to third behind both the yankees and the tigers i thought theyd never come back but they did down 30 to detroit friday i thought theyd never come back but they did down 97 to detroit saturday i was sure theyd never come back but they did trouble is they did it but i didnt hear it i lost confidence and turned my radio off not until arriving home an hour later did i learn the good news and all the excitement id missed belatedly i joined the celebration long after 46000plus fans had left the stadium for this reason me of little faith takes a back seat to cocolumnist stapley he at least remains true to the cause never once has he given up on his heroes but who could comprehend this kind of comeback two games in a roweven the 46000 onsite specta tors were left rubbing their eyes in disbelief and no wonder regardless of what happens from here on in this was a series to be remembered who can forget not i for it taught me a lesson the great yogi berra would etch in stone its never over til its over as for remembering i trust my family has a good memory too for im making my want list public for christmas 88 one gift and one gift only a reserve seat for the first game in the dome and i promise not to leave before its over regardless of the score editors mail sanctions no solution dear editor last year at the commonwealth conference in london england mar garet thatcher and her government were on the receiving end of a lot of di- i queens past and present in spotlight at markham fair the next four days oct 14 will be busy times for the 1987 queen of markham fair wendy ford and her atten dants annika hannan and susan holt so it was with the queens of markham fairs past pictured on the right is martha mulholland fair queen in 1973 and on the left cathy michaud fair queen in 74 martha now mrs ed ward gardhouse resides at rr 3 schomberg shes the mother of rebecca age four cathy formerly of llth ave nue markham now lives in scarborough the fairs his torical committee is featuring a display of queenly candi dates dating back 14 years jim thomas plomatic abuse for not going along with sanctions against south africa mrs thatchers reasons in my opin ion were valid she saw no morality in putting thousands of people out of work in south africa and the united kingdom both arc large trading partners prime minister mulroney along with several other commonwealth leaders endeavored to change her mind but with out success the commonwealth games in edin burgh were greatly affected by a boycott from many commonwealth countries but were not cancelled its now over a year since these sanc tions and boycotts were put in place so whats happened nothing has changed in south africa except the results of the last election made dissolution of apar theid further away than ever mainly be cause of outside interference what is our policy with regard to south africa now it changes like the wind with no hard and fast policy statement from the government we are left only with what we read in the newspapers on other government policy matters over the last two to three years we have had so many contradictory statements from ministers its little wonder the conservatives arc at the bottom of the totem pole in public opinion sanctions never worked against italy when that country invaded abysinia or against rhodesia before it became zim babwe nor against russia when it in vaded afghanistan so why do countries persist in the ap plication of sanctions and boycotts when they know from history theyre not effec tive and only hurt those they think theyre helping there arc so many holes in the fence the penalized country can easily survive in spite of punitive measures i suppose it looks good from a poli tical point of view especially to third world countries if we go along with this kind of upsidedown thinking but it does nothing to help the oppressed sincerely adam johnstone rr 1 stouffville