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a4 tribune augusts 1989 su comment page editorial amicable start to solve flood problem last weeks spate of wet weather spelled relief for a number of area farmers but the toll those storms took on other residents resulted in something more like disaster topping the list of casualties was stouffville resident gord norwood a warden ave homeowner whose property was flooded by the downpour in all he estimates the flooding caused between 15000 and 20000 worth of damage and he says that was caused by poor grading near his property mr norwood concedes that town officials have been kind in their assistance in clearing up much of the mess but he has a point in saying it shouldnt have happened in the first place the norwood family whose house was built near anew sub division maintains that poor grading on the nearby site has contributed to the problem if thats the case and their must be an investigation to establish the cause of the flooding he is right in turning to the town for damage compensation but it must be noted that town officials were readily available after the flood and ward 3 coun cillor nick f atone has stated he thinks we should do something for him to date cooler heads have prevailed in the issue that tone should be carried into an in vestigation of the flood so a solu tion to the problem can be reached shanes fighting spirit displayed in recovery a tribune tip of the hat is of fered to stouffville burn victim shane stapley who returned home last friday after a gruell ing twomonth stay in hospital shane who suffered burns to 45 per cent of his body after a freak accident at a stouffville service station in june displayed a true fighting spirit in his recovery despite the slow and painful process involving skin grafts physiotherapy and healing shane found time to write letters of thanks and smile for the ever- probing tribune camera a smiling shane stopped by the tribune yesterday to introduce himself clad in a speciallymade glove and leg bandage he held out his good hand and said hello again its that kind of spirit that epitomizes stouffville he knew the community was behind him and he lived up to the challenge to recover and return home it was a tough battle but hes a tough kid the tribune established 1888 stephen houston patricia pappas deborah weller jennifer hutt biitx publisher advertising manager distribution manager retail advertising susan berry real estate classified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young distribution sandy kiteley arlene maddock business office manager chris bertram doreen deacon national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 tf stoolmk trioone pumwiw every wednesday frdcj a sunday 11 54 mai sly wesi sloortvile onare a one of ifte meiround pnntng pubdsrvnc and dstrouting grriup of commumiy newspapers wfncn melt the acton free press aa pickering news adveosef aurora banner barne banner advance branpion guardian budnoion posl eiofccoke adverisefguafdan georgetown 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three hours in their cars besides every farmer- doesnt own an airconditioned tractor also that hay doesnt jump from the wagon to the hay mow all by itself im just glad that todays residents asked to donate food dear editor the stouffville ecumenical outreach committee would like to remind stouffville shoppers of the food containers placed at the iga and a p stores over the years local shoppers have been contributing non- perishable food items in these containers which in turn have been distributed to such places as yellow brick house for abused women and children and downtown missions wherever the need is greatest in the past few months there has been a decline in donations we urge you to consider mak ing weekly donations when you shop sincerely marion boadway united church ursula oconner bc church esther powell presbyterian church joyce nailer anglican church farmers are different and are ef ficient and hardworking thats one reason why we en joy so much good food and a surplus of everything we eat jim rac stouffville mi if 9 yes indeed its the end of an era after countless years of hit ting the streets as a broadsheet newspaper the stouffville tribune is getting a facelift ac tually its more like whole body reconstruction but its an exciting and fresh prospect for all of us here at the tribune and well have a new sister paper in uxbridge that the residents in that growing and busy community can call their own beginning next wednesday the stouffville and uxbridge tribunes will be published as a tabloid newspaper in a clean colorful and easytoread format and its being done for you the reader the backbone of any community newspaper the packaging will be dif ferent but it will still be the tribune its an early welcome to the 90s well all do our best to main tain the tradition of community journalism established here many years ago that is ex pected and well continue many of the same elements you have come to expect with the new tabloid format well still have news features and photographs and well br ing you updates from surroun ding communities well also continue to beef up our coverage of council school boards police and other hard news elements which provide our communities with a com munication link to uxbridge stouffville and the larger areas of york and durham as well youll still see com munity news items wedding and graduation an nouncements and other local coverage coming to the pages of the tribune in coming issues will be an eye on uxbridge feature as well as a stouffville notebook in those columns youll read about coming events whos celebrating what and who may be visiting whom in the community it wont be gritty hard hitting fare but it will keep readers up to date on the every day happenings that occur in both communities but like any newspaper the tribune depends on its readers not only for the source of news be it tragic heartwarming interesting or downright funny but for the phone calls that point us in the right direction for a good story do you want to pat someone on the back do you have a beef youd like to see addressed in- school year setup pnotoofluce staptey while stouffville area students were having fun in those endless days of summer teachers at summitvlew public school on main st were busy preparing for the september rush summitvlew kindergarten teacher karen attrldge left and special education teacher susan lavine were busy sorting out materials for the incoming class of students it wont be long before tiny little hands dip into these bins for fun and education terested in sports or human in terest articles give us a call and let us know thats what were here for if something youve read in the tribune pages gets your back up or if you agree wholeheartedly sit down and write us a letter well be glad to publish it and its a serious business trying to become the best com munity newspaper in this area a phone tip hotline will be in troduced to allow you the oppor tunity to pass along informa tion it can be anonymous but a 100 cash award goes to the reader who provides the best news tip of the month and youll see more and more faces in photographs published each week in our tribune big ones little ones old ones and young ones theyll grace our pages because its the faces and personalities of our com munities that make the newspaper what it is yessiree thats our photographic motto faces faces faces the times they are a- changin stouffville and ux bridge this big new step for those of us behind the newspaper is exciting we feel like babies taking that first ten tative step but like those babies once we get going we wont be looking back keep an eye out for the new stouffville and uxbridge tribune weve had fun planning the new edition in the past few mon- ths and think we have something good to offer both communities its new but its still the tribune and best of all its yours for the taking fill our mailbox the tribune welcomes let ters from readers on current topics letters should be 500 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