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a4 tribune april 27 1988 editors mail sacrifice dear editor i was disappointed to read in the april 20 issue of the tribune that the town of whitchurch- stouffville had turned down the re quest of the christian blind mission for tax exemption this organization is a religious one fulfilling the purpose for which jesus came to heal the broken hearted and recover sight for the blind its popular in some quarters to disbelieve the miracles that jesus performed but his servants in this the 20th century are performing miracles on his behalf with their surgery medications and vitamins to cure and prevent blindness volunteering their time and skill for a mere pittance it costs 20 for a cataract opera tion and 1 for medication to pre vent blindness in two people these services are free to the patients the selfsacrifice of these work ers is amazing and done only with the reminder inasmuch as you have done it to the least of these my brethren you have done it unto me im reminded of the story of a re porter visiting a leper colony and on seeing a nurse bathing the open sores of a patient said to her i wouldnt do that for a million dol lars the nurse replied neither would i speaking for myself and poss ibly for many others i politely re quest council to reconsider its deci sion i heartily approve of some of my tax dollars being used to assist this work sincerely donald ward glad park avenue stouffville education week april 1723 cdlaw th tai3uac xs the ttfbune established 1888 james thomas bruce annan patricia pappas editor publisher advertising manager jennifer hutt distribution manager editorial dept denise mcdonald retail advertising susan berry manager charles canning real estate classified 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 mettoand corporate sales 4931300 the stoufville tribune published every wednesday and 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year were begin ning to sound like a broken record and so does the board as members continually pass the buck to the province for its shortfall in funding perhaps just perhaps the region of york received exactly what it deserved queens park by its recent horrendous tax hike isnt operating out of a bottom less barrel either it too is experiencing a shortfall in funds with respect to education trustees have a tiger by the tail the only way to control it is to shoot it and this is what the board must do shoot down all ex travagant projects and cut extra curricular spending to the bare bone were not talking pennies here were talking 272 million dollars an increase of 38 l million over 1987 or almost eleven per cent inflation remains at four per cent most salary increases too costs in other areas education included should not outstrip inflation when it does tax payers suffer whats the solution both the board and the ministry arc trying to be all things to all people they must stop catering to minorities have politicians got the guts we doubt it otherwise theyd do it we suggest they try these recom mendations on for size scrap french immersion its a frill those parents who want it should pay for it halt construction of lavish schools taj mahals like unionville high combine public and separate schools there are communities where one is only a stonesthrow from the other return to the sixarea system the more areas the more money it takes to operate them stop bowing to parental whims that sees students transported out of the re gion for selected subjects stop building schools and adding port ables until all area sites are filled scrap summer school students wishing to upgrade marks should do so by private instruction scrap publicsponsored daycare leave this service to private enterprise cancel all professional development days teachers and students time could be better spent in the classroom make teacher retirement mandatory at age fiftyfive scrap the publicsponsored gifted schools parents who feel their children require advanced instruction should pay for it we could go on if ever there was a time to get back to the basics that time is now the pendulum has swung too far lets return to fiscal sanity in education and ignore the blcatings of those who insist on nothing but the best before they break the bank susies eight years old nine come september in human terms this puts her at 56 approaching 63 no im not talking about my mother- inlaw unfortunately for her i assume people know invariably however readers become confused this is understandable since both bear the same first names they pose embarrassing questions like i didnt know you had an intense dis like for cats did that new brand of flea powder work i bet your barks worse than your bite its enough to split the family this week i want to make it abundant ly clear the susie im talking about is our dog a fourlegged pooch paul and neil purchased at the sales barn for five dol lars shes a fantastic pet affectionate warm friendly worth her weight in canine crunchies but like her owner she does have her hangups she dislikes changes in her itinerary and thats what happened thursday i took her to parkview home while susies a few years short of re tirement i thought it a good idea that she see for herself how humans spend their senior years but that wasnt my main reason for going the staff herb diller and company encourage doggie visits now and again but up until thursday id always been too busy the decision was a spur of the moment thing why not i said to jean jumping up from the table susies not doing any thing anyway the change will do her good while jean hadnt the foggiest idea what i was talking about she nodded agreement anyway feeling a noonhour walk wouldnt do either of us any harm parkview home for those who dont know is on rupert avenue only a few step down the street ive been there many times but this was a brand new venture for susie at first she was hesitant to enter snif fing out the welcome mat retaining an intense dislike for veterinary clinics she just wanted to make sure we went directly to the office not wanting to trespass on forbidden terri tory anywhere theres people the pleasant receptionist replied susie wag ged her thanks its long been said that dogs are a form of therapy i firmly believe this after my experience thursday the very sight of susie and the lounge area came alive editors mail support dear editor a noticed a sign on the front door of orchard park school that read education week is every week to mc this sounded like the poli cy of your newspaper ive never seen a media that promotes educa tion the way the tribune docs im particularly appreciative of your teacher feature you make these very important people seem so human the way the children i hope sec them and parents should sec them keep up the fantastic job for me wednesday is the best day of my week sincerely mrs nancy carillo iroquois drive ballantrae the hallways too with few exceptions residents reached out to touch her and she re sponded nestling her nose in their hands nice doggie nice doggie they repe ated as we walked from chair to chair and the memories we had a dog down on the farm some thing like her recalled one lady a wonderful pet she was too r shes beautiful replied another such a pretty face x two nurses came over to see what the conversation piece was all about each administered affectionate pats on the head and susies tail wagged like a cemaphore gone crazy our tour of duty took us down two halls stopping off at rooms with familiar- names on the doors everywhere we went the reception was the same smiles smiles and more smiles susie smiled back 3 it was so kind of you to come saidij lady near the door bring susie back soon and you come too the message was clear id been up staged by a dog susie was fairly bouncing as we lefh even far down the street she still kept glancing back as if to say do we really have to go ftj i stroked her nose and ears praising her for minding her manners that in afl honesty was my worst fear that sh might have an accident its been known to happen you know even with the most regulated of pets v2 but not this time susie was on her besl behavior j yes we are going back in fact with managements okay i hope to make it 4 regular routine therapy they say thats for sure for guests as well as hosts a thanks and a woof from both of us v spotlight whitchurchstouffvilles family of schools recently concluded the most successful education week ever those schools that dared to dream opened their doors to large audiences appreciative parents filled classrooms and gymnasiums to capacity the focus here was strictly local in the library at the rec cen tre parkview village individual schools and churches it worked parents loved it participants en joyed it education week was indeed an education it made the medicine of a 270000000 budget much easier to swallow province honors volunteers in ceremony at mcmichael gallery kleinbnrg fortynine volunteers nominated by fifteen local organizations were honored by the ministry of citizenship and the ministry of culture and communications at a ceremony april 18 at mcmichael gallery klcinburg included were members of the markham and district historical society shown here are left to right mac keith for walter hope ernie car- ruthers murray grove hon gerry phillips ministry of culture and com munications nelson smith murray rccsor and dorothy rccser each volunteer received a trilliumshapcd bronze silver and goldtonc lapel pin and a personalized certificate