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immuia mmmmmm w tribune february 10 1988 a3 elownmg aroun 1 fes- ii eft sg al legion timmy da record set straight on teen house party dear editor im writing this letter con cerning the tribunes page 1 story on the teen house party issue of jan 27 and a letter pub lished last week issue of feb 3 as a close friend of the hos tess i wish to clarify a few things the story under the heading some party stated that exten sive damage was done to the in terior of the house broadloom and walls this was an exaggeration obviously your informant had his facts mixed up there isnt any broadloom in the house secondly the crashers didnt arrive by the hundreds as police were quoted as saying in my opinion the story was based on rumor and halftruths not on facts i thought the tribune was con cerned about its people and not just meeting deadlines i guess i was wrong last week shelley hannigan of hemlock drive made two impor tant points even though the name of the hostess was with held the street name and the age of the hostess were identified in my opinion your newspaper didnt need to further upset the parents of the hostess dont you feel theyve suffered enough the story affected more than the hostess it affected all stouffvillc teens maybe though after town council realizes what can happen when students find their own fun they will take the idea ofa teen dance social club more seriously in the feb 3 edition of the tri bune a letter was published from a regretful crasher even though the hostess may never find out who wrote that touching letter let me say thank you for her after all most of the people present probably didnt evenstop to care about what had and would happen to her howev er the crasher did care heshe is someone worth recognizing thanks also to those who did re turn the next day to help its nice to know some people cared perhaps in the reporters opi- non this was good journalism in my opinion it was not id appreciate it if my letter could be published it might help straighten a few things out the hostess deserves better believe it or not one good thing did come out of this i learned a lot about a lot of people about those who care and those who dont i only wish there were fewer of the latter sincerely a friend of the hostess threeyear6idgingeklcuschherc6hc4 ux- clown wit bridge is held by brenda icqaakervtfautifqifjoan goldha legion branch president bill imcquaker thd isfsii life valuable from conception m re tribune story feb 3 on courts decision re abortion creates shockwaves in town dear editor i was very pleased with the coverage provided by your news paper with regard to the prolife movement how sad it is that the supreme court and others feel its a victory to declare the choice of some hu mans to be more important than the right to life of other humans how beautiful it is though to know that god in his word de clares each human life intrinsi cally valuable from the moment of conception to eternity one minor point of correction my brother mel whom your newspaper quoted extensively in the article works for another organization and is not president of emmanuel international but dont worry even mom still gets us mixed up sincerely mark d middlcton general director emmanuel international we deliver we can deliver your flyers for as little as 35c each call advertising al 2942200 or distribution at 2948244 1907 flyers delivered to dec 31 economist suntribune 17058400 metroland distributing 366889600 wtowi 4 daniel simon rutledge flyers with feb 10 edition tattlers total care pharmacy aic investment planning rrsp upper canada mall shoppers drug mart mm