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a4 tribune february 22 1989 editors mail not here dear editor it would appear that stouffville merchants and perhaps even whitchurchstouffville council are looking over their shoulders as to what will happen in markham with respect to sunday shopping i dont feel this should be a concern markham and stouffville are two widely different urban com munities sunday shopping may be acceptable in markham it wouldnt be in stouffville the amount of business tran sacted in stouffville on a sunday wouldnt pay the hydro besides sunday shopping or not all stouffville merchants wouldnt comply that was obvious from comments made at a recent business improvement area board meeting people arent going to sunday shop in an area where half the stores are closed mrs phvllis chester stouffer street stouffville i had occasion to watch the parliamentary debate on channel 2 television feb 14 ordinarily these programs are boring however on this occasion mpp greg sorbara was front and centre i had to marvel at they way he handled himself even under close scrutiny by the opposition his replies were straight forward and concise and to think whitchurch- stouffville was his training ground gordon thorn the tribune szssi james thomas acwi- editor established 18sb patricia pappas deborah weller jennifer hutt pubfcher advertising manager distribution manager retail advertising susan berry manager charles canning real estate classified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young distribution sandy kiteley arlene maddock business office manager chns bertram doreen deacon national sales representative metrotand corporate sales 4931300 trie stouitvjle ubune published excry wednesday and saturday at 5j man st stouftvje on is one ol the metrdand pmtrg pubfcrmg cetrbutiig group o suburban newspapers whch rckides the acton free press ajax pckemg news mjtset aurora banner brampton guardian burtagton post etobcoke adertser guar ds georgetown ndependen markham economst 4 sun mdon charnpon 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offences serious enough to pro mpt the laying of criminal charges the case and resulting conviction raise many questions we believe the matter was badly handled the time period between the raising of suspicions and the laying of charges almost six months was too long why should it take parents from march to august to make up their minds we also find it hard to understand why the schools principal wasnt taken into parents confidence she should have been the first person contacted out of respect if nothing else yes the school was closed for sum mer vacation but the principal hadnt disappeared from the face of the earth besides the fall term was to begin in four weeks one more month wouldnt have mattered prior to the laying of charges the teacher should have been allowed an op portunity to defend himself in the presence of the parents and the principal his accusers owed him that much what of the children if the alleged sexual interference was upsetting think of the scars inflicted in testifying against their teacher the former theyd forget the latter theyll never forget the ramifications of judge woods conviction go far beyond a single school in the region of durham every teacher in the elementary system across on tario will soon shy away from the hands- on approach to students with hisher career on the line who will want to take the chance this is unfortunate for many teachers use it and many students need it education is the poorer without it corporal punishment is one thing corporal caring is another weve gone from the ridiculous to the bizarre the good old days folks talk about them me too some long for their return not me im too caught up in the wonders of the present to be concerned about the glories of the past and while a trifle long in the tooth im still looking forward to the future and what the 2lst century holds in store i hope i make it lets face it the good old days werent all that great few if given the chance would want to turn back the clock ile either our memories however have ways of playing tricks they allow us to recall only the good shutting out the bad believe me the latter far outnumbered the former for example would you rather read by coaloil lamp would you prefer to drive a model t would you want to heat your home with coal would you choose to walk two miles to a oneroom school would you pefer an outside toilet how about obtaining water from a backyard well come on now be honest if you arc youll answer no its unfortunate the pluses of yesteryears cant be combined with the pros of today this would give us the best of both worlds if you detect a tinge of regret in my writing youre right the main plus back then was togetherness people needed each other to survive it was long before the advent of the combine the gotrain supermarkets and shopp ing malls now about the only time we visit is at the checkout counter or in church even then the encounters are all too brief this is not a malady affecting only the old young people loo are deprived of close encounters of the 50s kind and its too bad why the nostalgia trip on saturday various selfappointed assignments took me many miles around the whitchurchstouffville coun tryside and beyond my first stop was island lake durham road 30 and the aurora sidcroad the ice surface there was like glass with only a few skiffs of snow to impede a skaters progress but where were the skaters there wasnt a one next stop musselmans lake there thanks to the energetic efforts of coun cillor hon robb a beautiful rink has been created but there were few users i counted two boys and two girls on to aurora immediately north of the rec centre there was an outdoor arena covering almost half an acre in a town of 17000 plus i would have expected a crowd survival of the fittest but no this naturemade ice pad had only five skaters two boys and three girls and this was a saturday is outdoor hockey and pleasure skating a thing of the past have custommade facilities such as rec complexes and the like killed the desire in kids to forage on their own transportation to and from warm dressing rooms and showers polished ice and convenient snack bars sure beat frozen fingers and toes but is the ex perience more fun i doubt it while my children heave sighs of disgust whenever i relate to the way it used to be nothing will ever replace the exhiliarating experiences of the old out door rink or the memories thats where the gordie howes the max bentleys and the jean beleveaus were born ask keith acton doug todd and doug feasby but riding in a warm car to a heated arena and skating onto ice without lif ting a shovel is a pretty nice way to go this is the kind of custommade recrea tion weve created for our kids theyd be foolish to ignore it but arc they missing something i say theyre missing a lot what for a century mother nature has provided free of charge we now ig nore replacing it with structures costing megabucks to build nothing but the best we insist not realizing the best is what we had and we gave it all away reunion will bring together hockey stars of yesteryears the third annual markhamstouffville oldtimers hockey reunion will be held fri may 12 in the auditorium of crosby memorial arena unionville the event will bring together hockey greats of yesteryears in cluding bob bangay left and charlie ncsbitt lincmatcs of more than 40 years ago jim thomas editors mail support dear editor i wish to commend mayor fran sainsbury for her public stand against sunday shopping this is in the spirit of the com munity of whitchurchstouffville it is also biblical if all residents of york region wi support mayor sainsburys stand the preservation of family life will be encouraged as well as respect for sunday as a day of rest peace and quiet for shop owners who remain closed i venture to say your loyal customers will support you and not shop elsewhere your expenses will be lower you and your staff will be refreshed on monday for a new week of better and more cheerful service your conscience will be clear your spirit invigorated and your community will remain unique as a place where people prefer to live let us shop six days only at stores that remain closed on sunday sincerely albert drudge rr 1 stouffville 1