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w juggling act needed whitchurchstouffville town council is attempting acrobatics in its bid to please everyoneover use of the rec centre it has been asked to bend over backwards to accommodate requests from different interest groups in the community and so it should if any real attempts are to be made to reduce the recreation complexs operating deficit the facility has to be offered to a wide range of users in the community in the midst of this friendly bat tle which revolves around a may 17 calendar date for use of the complex is the stouffville figure skating club our chamber of commerce and stouffville district secondary school clearly the most lucrative of events is the annual home show which was a success after being revived last year and the 1000 former students expected for a 1991 sdss reunion could also generate needed rev enue meanwhile the skating club has a vested interest in providing need ed ice time for its members a balance to meet all the needs will require an impressive juggling act on the part of town council task ahead is battling 919 this newspaper is stepping up its commitment to its readers as a paper that cares weve served stouffville and area readers since 1888 and have ridden through some tough times and some boom times together today not everyone in the community is prospering a growing number of resi dents are without work and are getting caught in the highcost housing bind its sometimes difficult to see however any need in the face of evident success within our two communities as your local newspaper we want to publish stories about people who are feeling or meet ing this need people who are viewpoint jo ann stevenson editorinchief making a difference in some small way community news papers can raise public aware ness but we cant do it alone we need you to keep us in touch with whats happening for the first time perhaps since the depression a signifi cant number of those in need are within our town borders we in stouffville and uxbridge responded to the recent thanksgiving food drive with abundance the stouffville and uxbridge stouffvilleuxbridge tvibune publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager patricia pappas jo ann stevenson stephen houston debra weller chris bertram jennifer hutt pam nichols 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 stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 54 main st w stourmhe is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickertng news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion miss news newmarket era oakvihe beaver oshawa- whitby this week peterborough 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diligently behind the scenes for years to help a vari ety of causes are beginning to focus on this growing problem the york region food bank and salvation army are finding the same situation in stouffville the kinsmen have just completed a shopping spree in which they spent 1000 to buy and donate food to the needy but we all fear the gap is widening we hope to tap that vein of charity that runs throughout our communities and help coordi nate groups so we can all reach a common goal to ease the bur den for those who need it most people unfortunately are falling between the cracks and are finding it difficult to make ends meet as one spokesman from the salvation army pointed out you cant tell by the address who may be in need of a help ing hand food shelter and clothing are the basics for families to main tain dignity and should not depend on public generosity but until the economy is boosted through policy changes theresponsibility falls on us the new ndp government will have to work closely with business to combat poverty meanwhile its up to us mulroney a dictator forcing gst upon fellow canadians dear editor i am not a canadian citizen with this goods and services tax and the canadian people not fighting against the gst i dont think i want to become a citizen if this country is so great for all the refugees and people that have been allowed to maintain their ethnic backgrounds dont they think its good enough to fight against the government as far as i can see mulroney is a dictator the people and the opposition parties should be able to fight the gst the senate has to listen to the people and vote against the gst its about time the people of canada started to fight are the people of this country just going to let mulroney take away their votes and their option to speak out or are they going to become a country where mister mulroney can tell them what they should think i think its time to save cana da is canada not worth saving sincerley caroline warnocr columnist said it well dear editor id like to thank your columnist bruce stapley for his opinion in the oct 20 edition of the stouf fvilleuxbridge tribune week ender the topic was locker rooms should remain mans domain i am usually one of the good old silent majority however i would like to add my support to everything mr stapley said in his article thank you again for putting my thoughts so well into words donna mckenney uxbridge