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4ihtivkmt9hiisf the tribune thursday june 19 1997 vol 109 no 32 st send your letters to the editor to the address below jurial dont blame teens for hanging out police are keeping an eye on local youth hangouts there seems to be a problem with five percent of the teens in town while the other 95 per cent are fantas tic says the cop on the beat who appeared before town council recently but beefing up security around the local hangouts is not going to solve the problem and police presence is not the answer it is the same old story there is noth ing in town for kids to do teens like to be around their friends they dont want organized activities and they want to be in a place that is teenfriendly that is why the youth centre at the rec centre is not working when the tribune initiated the drive for a youth centre in 1991 a needs study was conducted of teens what they wanted was a place of their own operating with their own input run the way they wanted it run letf s face it the room above the arena is not teenfriendly places are cited by the police like java junction and success square as common teen hangouts thats because these locations have what teens are after a place to meet drink coffee and just hang they are what the youth centre was supposed to be but council refused to grant them that mandate if the municipali ty is worried about groups of teens gathering they should issue a curfew if parents dont want their chil dren hanging out they should keep them at home but dont blame the teens kids after all will be kids being positive pays off readers explain dear editor more than a year ago we met a man who was confined to a wheelchair at a coffee shop we would frequent his name is jimmy huddleston that day he came up to us and introduced himself and told us the story of his accident and how he came to be in a wheelchair he also informed us that he would walk again since that time we have come to know jimmy as a friend with a large heart a letters to the editor huge smile and full of optimism on a regular basis he sends us notes to keep us informed of his progress which we our rescue crews are wonderful dear editor i wanted all of stouffville and uxbridge to know what a wonderful rescue unit we have in our surrounding area my husband two children and friend were recently involved in that car accident on durham rd 30 on sun day june 8 not only do we have a quick and caring rescue unit but also its nice to know we still have a lot of caring people to whom id like to thank those who helped out id espe cially would like to thank mr art jones and his wife whom rescued my three year old son and five year old daughter that were trapped in the back of the car luckily with minor injuries as for the firemen and ambulance attendants another huge thank you to you for your very quick response car ing of the two trapped men in the car and also for the attention that was given to my children my children are still having a tough time sleeping at night but hug the teddy bears which were given to them that evening by either the fire dept or the ambulance attendants jennifer bell stouffville have kept with care in what we call the jimmy files a few months back we were sitting having our coffee when we saw jimmy and his sister pull up in the parking lot we could never have imagined what would happen next we watched as jimmy got out of his van and walked two or three steps as we witnessed this great man do exactly what he said he would do our eyes filled with tears as our hearts swelled with pride in the past months our lives have got ten a little busier and a little more com plicated and we have not seen our friend but our hearts are still with him as are our thoughts as a motivational speaker he taught others to be positive he has not only taught the three of us the mean ing of the word positive but has shown us as wellthank you for the gift jimmy karyn pickeringarmitage trina field law treating sexes differently not sexist auction dear editor re the ongoing controversy over the fact that womens publicly exposing their breasts for certain reasons is no longer a legally inde cent act in ontario the national community as dis tinguished from the feminist com munity regards physiology ie biology not personal intent ie volition as being the determinant of whether or not a body part is sex ual the average womans breasts are significantly more erogenous than the average mans breasts due to neurological differences between them involving tactile corpuscles a type of peripheral termination of nerves as well as connections between certain autonomic neural plexuses the erogeny of breasts is primarily a product of neurology not culture unlike mens breasts womens breasts have been naturally preserved in part to perform the function of arousing sexual desire when stimulated in the individuals whose bodies they are a part of ie nature intends them to perform this function hence from a physio logical perspective they are sexual an indecency law that requires men and women to publicly conceal whatever is for their respective gen ders physiologically a sexual body part acts on a single standard furthermore the fact that such a law treats men and women different ly at the level of concretes ie the perceptual level does not make it sexist likewise neither does the fact that the physiological identities of the genders are of consequence to it sheldon warnock was a hit topless issue should not be a priority reader dear editor 4 re topless in toronto is not a prior ity had the advocates of going topless in toronto channelled their energies towards child poverty or women abuse or the canadian unity issue or equality at the work place our country would have been even a better place to live in perhaps such advocates decided to resolve their unemployment syndrome by going topless mounir sahyoun dear editor on behalf of york durham her itage railway we would like to thank everyone who donated items and supported our auction on may 23 gary hill gave his expertise free of charge and the phoenix auction barn allowed us to use their facili ties at no cost we ydhr members appreciate all the support and help the community has given us in our endeavour to get the train rolling thelma mcdonald stouffville russ gould uxbridge stouffville tribune ia msk patricia pappas publisher andrew mair editorinchief julie caspersen editor debra weller director of advertising mike rogerson retail advertising manager stacey allen classified manager barry goodyear director of distribution vivian oneil business manager pamela nichols operations manager about iis 905 6402100 sales 905 6402100 classified 905 6402874 905 6402100 thetnbistarca 6244 main st stouffville out l4a1e2 the btoutlvlllo tribune pub- luhed every tuesday tliursdayjs s and sturday- u one of tho metround printing publishing nd distribution roupofeonuoii- nity cwnrepapocs which i iucludv ajxuikrixig news advertiser million heraldcourier barrle advance braraptoo guardian 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