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p4 the tribune wednesday january 17 1990 stouffville recycling is effective whitchurchstouffville is miles ahead of metro in its blue box recycling program and the results are starting to show that comes from engineering coordinator paul whitehouse in response to criticisms in metro that the blue box program is a flop in whitchurchstouffville meanwhile as much as 15 per cent of recyclable material is be ing picked up and sorted at the curb before making its way through the recycling circle and further steps to include apartments and other areas as yet unable to join the recycling program are on the way the success of local programs in york region illustrate the fact that residents care about moun ting piles of trash in our landfills and want to do their part to com bat the crisis while metro continues its daily battle to make recycling work whitchurchstouffville and the rest of york region is preparing for more environment programs to expand a newfound relation ship with the environment and none of the new initiatives introduced will be for the short- term stripped o sixstar rating drivin expensive i have 2200 extremely good reasons to obey the speed limits as i trek to and from accident locations schools photo assignments and of course home i am a criminal a violator a high risk a deficit a driving disaster and a roadway loser in the eyes of my insurance company after only 11 years of driving im on the company hit list they stripped me of my sixstar rating and my 600ayear premium threw me financial handcuffs tossed me in the bad risk clinker and threw away my polished once untainted policy now here i sit in the bad girl books as i sign a new devil- branded paper that says you drive too fast missy and now youre going to pay dearly since 1987 my foot somehow got heavier i dont know why it just did or maybe the car com panies made the gas pedals a lit tle looser so that my foot didnt really make me go 100 km in 80 km zones yeah that must be it no i must snap out of it i am now paying 2200 a year for speeding plain and simple three tickets in 1987 three more in 1988 and two biggies in 1989 that will do it alright so as i waste away in this crowded violators dungeon i am stouffville uxbridge tribune publisher editorinchief editor director of advertising retail advertising mgr administration mgr dir of praiwtionsdistribution patricia pappas don bernard stephen houston debra weller susan berry chris bertram jennifer hutt 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 stouhvjeuxbridge trfoune pubfched every wednesday at 54 main st w stouffwte is one of the metroland printing publishing and districting group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiser-guardian- georgetown independent milton champion missisauga news newmarket era oakvibe beaver oshawawhitby the week richmond hibthomhbvaughan liberal scarborough mirror markham economist sun topic newsmagazine wbowdale mirror metroland prin ting publishing and districting is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 thinking how this happened were those trips to college at a racing speed so important just to beat my sneaky snooper col leagues at an opportunity to in terview the school mascot were those bounding trips home wheels off the road around dagmar ski resort really worth the last piece of moms delicious cinnamon apple pie and when i think about it were all those rushed trips to work so important just to beat the other waitress to serving all those beer gussling ignorant sex maniacs editors mail i think not there ive said it no no no not only did i lose a highly- enviable premium of a mere 50 a month for the privilege of driving which now costs a whopping 200 a month but i lost those six glorious stars that said man youre a good safe driver so thats it no more speeding now i drive 60 in a 60 80 in a 80 and i even eyes always checking my speedometer go 100 on the major freeways but i dont understand now that im obeying the laws and staying within the set limits im being passed by lime green ladas tailgated by monster trucks and fingered and sweared at by old men heading to the chiropractor my truck has never been so dir ty ive never used so much wind shield washer and ive never seen any of them get a speeding ticket am i the only sucker on the roads who pays this much in surance am i the only one who passes a ingeniously hidden policeman at an atrocious speed and gets the ole pull over maam look from those threaten ing flashing headlights well i dont care speed away people fines are going up this year to an eyebulging price im going to earn back my stars and im going to stock up on windshield washer and quarters to wash my mudswiped stone- laden truck if it kills me give me the finger swear your fool heads off ive learned my lesson it all comes down to dollars and sense patron wants coat returned 6402100 6492292 v rry mmhmmhmte dear editor my family has lived in this community for the past 12 years we have always read your paper which we consider a vital part of the community we believe that this is the finest community in which to reside however my faith in the com munity was a little dented back on nov 26 on that day we had sunday brunch at the maples of ballantrae restaurant when we were about to leave we discovered that a person had taken my wifes brand new navy blue trench coat left behind was a mans size 46 navy blue trench coat we thought at first this was on ly a mistake but since the coat has- not- beei returned- we now have to think that the coat had been stolen i am hoping that the person who took the coat reads this letter and now realizes where he left his coat hopefully it will be return ed to the restaurant and my faith in the community can be restored david jones stouffville lions say thanks dear editor on behalf of the stouffville lions club i wish to thank all the people of whitchurchstouffville who contributed to the christmas fund with food or toys special thanks to dr turners chiropractic centre and especially family trust for hav ing the food and toy depot centre also your article helped us to reach out to someone we might have missed v its local community support in projects such as christmas trees elimination draw dance toll day or one of our food booths to name only a few that makes it possible for us to support some of the needs of the community david barthau health and social services chairman v- stmiffviile ilditsehib