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p4 the tribune wednesday september 6 1989 education the key to futures another long hot summer is past and the school bells have rung in a new academic year in stouffville and uxbridge the 198990 school year brings a promise of fresh challenges new horizons and ultimately ex am preparations a new crop of high school students enter grade 9 as seniors picpare for a final year of secon dary education but let us not forget the impor tance of education indeed it is a time for friendship social gatherings and sportsmanship but todays students are tomor rows business men and women artists and skilled trade workers its a cliche but the possibilities are endless and though many young people often find it hard to think in terms of the future three five or 10 years away that is the time they will enter the work force with new skills ideas and philosophies students mustnt scorn teachers who have years of ex perience in the socalled real world conversely teachers should keep an open and recep tive mind to the new values and ideals todays youth offers a balance struck between the two generations teacher and student will provide rich soil for the cultivation of future leaders silence just isn t golden these days there must be somewhere in the great outdoors situated closer to home than the interior of bc where an innocent bystander can enjoy the sound of nature without being subjected to an endless barrage of music news and commercials imposed on them by someone else its bad enough having ones ears assaulted by that canned drivel created to turn shoppers and elevator passengers into zombies or to sit in an aircraft while people drop carryalls on your head to the accompaniment of a kind of musical pablum fear of silence an aberration long displayed by american sportscasters has become an in- kates corner kate gilderdale ternational plague when you visit the beach park or cottage shouldnt you have the right to listen to the loons rather than the news no doubt the peo ple who crank up the volume on their portable stereos would be enraged if you relaxed uninvited in their backyards or helped yourself to their towels on the beach stouffville uxbridge tribune publisher editorinchief editor director of advertising retail advertising mgr administration mgr promotionsdistribution mgr patricia pappas don bernard stephen houston debra weller susan berry chris bertram jennifer hutt that after all would be a serious infringement on their rights for some reason however its considered perfectly okay for them to inflict the noise pollution of their choice on you or anyone else within the radius covered by their megawatt speakers recriminations or gently reasoned requests to turn down the offending noise are met with aggression complete with indif ference or simply openmouthed amazement isnt it odd that while in dividual rights are regarded as sacrosanct to an almost absurd degree theres nothing you can editors mail do to prevent such an invasion of privacy unless the offender can be proven to have rendered you completely and irreversibly deaf we now provide smokers with a few cramped areas in which to puff away at the evil weed we dont allow people to bring alcohol into many areas in cluding public parks and walk ing about with no clothes on is on ly allowed in the privacy of ones own home or in specially designated areas of certain beaches in other words youre entitled to indulge in your own particular deviation provided you dont infr inge on the rights of everyone else doesnt it follow that we should supply small enclaves where those bent on obliterating the gentle sound of nature can gather with likeminded individuals and allow the rest of humanity a bit of peace and quiet in a noisefree zone imagine the thrilling cacophony of sound in a small cordonedoff area with every con ceivable radio station being played simultaneously at full volume think of the pleasure of listen ing to a combination of def lep- pard and the eagles with a sprinkling of anne murray and a running commentary on how the jays are faring all at once since alas such a resolution is unlikely to be sanctioned by the powers that be the only alter native to beating them is joining them or living on a desert island nevertheless its a sad com mentary on the human race that consideration for others has all but disappeared having been replaced by an ill do what i like and you cant stop me attitude if music be the food of love play on said shakespeare but please not while im on the beach published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 second class registration number 1247 the stouffvileuxbridge tffcune pubssheu every wednesday at 54 main st w stouffvle is one of the metroland printing pubishing and districting group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown 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had realized the potential consequences of ignoring the poll no doubt the response would have been greater and the result much different hopefully our local council will keep its priorities and sense of perspective in order directing our tax dollars towards meeting needs rather than the wants cf a select few while budgeting for the cost expansion at some more appropriate future date yours truly brian and christine hopgood