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p 4 the tribune thursday september 11 1997 st the tribune thursday september 11 1997 vol 109 no 56 comment inions send your letters to the editor to the address below editorial lets honour hero this sunday we all have a chance to honour a true canadi an hero along the way we can also make strides towards beat ing cancer the event is the annual terry fox run the run was started in 1981 as a tribute to fox who died in june of that year fox started his marathon of hope a bid to run across cana da to raise money for cancer research on april 12 1980 in st johns newfoundland interest in the run was minimal at first probably because a lot of people simply did not believe a one- legged runner would ever make it across canada however by the time the run hit ontario terry fox was the most popular man in canada during the summer of 1 980 his courage and commitment stood as a symbol to everyone who has had to triumph in the face of adversity sadly fox had to stop his run on sept 1 1980 just outside of thunder bay it wasnt the rugged terrain of northern ontario which beat him though it was a recurrence of cancer in his lungs which finally stopped terry fox though the marathon of hope ended and fox himself died less than a year later the worldwide run named after him stands today as a tribute to the man and his dream since 1981 terry fox runs have raised more than 180 million for cancer research in canada in stouffville alone participants have raised 184000 since 1982 this years stouffville 10km run will start sunday at the stouffville recreation complex at 1 pm participants may run walk or ride and pledge sheets can be picked up at any public library scotiabank td bank or at the towns offices increase order to tolerate large classes dear editor some comments about class size i was in education for 54 years 35 as a teacher and 19 as a stu dent some of these years over lapped because i went to universi ty at night i have seen vast changes in class size in elementary school there were 40 seats screwed to the floor and in most classes the enroll ment was 35 to 40 if students misbehaved they were sent to the office to be strapped in high school there were 48 seats screwed to the floor in the academic classrooms most of the seats were full aca demic classes holding yp to 48 and the shop classes up to 24 colonel dean was the principal he ran danforth tech like the army misbehaving students were expelled not suspended in university some of the first year classes had 400 students this was done so that second and third year classes could be around 12 to 20 students misbehaving students skipped class when i first started to teach in the early 1960s class size varied from about 32 up to 40 if a stu dent misbehaved he was sent to the office and strapped in one school where i worked the principal told us in september that in the morning of the first snowfall we were to all be on duty in the yards and write down the names of all children throw ing snowballs he then announced to the stu dents in september that there was to be no snowballing on the school property those who threw snow would be strapped on the morning of the first snow 75 names were recorded seventyfive kids were strapped there was no snowballing at that school for years in the late 1 960s the desks were unscrewed from the floor stu dents were encouraged to follow a woodstock approach to learning man we now have a generation of teachers whove never experi enced the order of sit up straight fold your hands and stop talking because of the noise and confu sion in many classrooms 24 stu dents in a room seems worse than the 36 in a room in the 60s also the paperwork has in creased a set of school reports used to take about an hour and a letters half to do the last set of reports i did a year ago took 30 hours to do my point increase order in the classroom reduce the paperwork to more reasonable levels and larger class size can be tolerated ron brownsberger stouffville red cross appreciates support dear editor on behalf of all the staff of the canadian red cross society region of york branch we would like to extend our sincerest appreciation for the support given by so many people in our community over the summer more than 42000 was donated for manitoba relief by the peo ple in york region the branch itself was also able to deploy four people two vol unteers and two staff over the parents responsible for children dear editor to those parents who dont know where their chil dren are how they behave or what they are doing when they leave home these children are boys 14 to 16 years old skate boarders who roam stouffville in the evening until after dark drawing as much attention to their activi ties as possible their manner is rude and aggressive and disre spectful to others who wish to enjoy the quiet com fort of this community including parents with tod dlers younger children and other teenagers older men and women who wish to share this community with each other these youths wish to take away this enjoyment by disruption i say to those responsible for these children do you know where they are do you know how they behave in front of your neighbours your ministers priests the police find out get a grip of your responsibility do not expect the writer the police the school your neighbours or others to bring up your kids for you john lewis stouffville last few months to assist with relief efforts in manitoba we have held several fundrais- ing events including our fun fun fundraising bowlathon and summer tastes of york region at southbrook farms the success of these events was due to the hard work and dedica tion of a group of outstanding volunteers and to the generous support of the community money raised will help to pro vide red cross programs and services in the region and enable the branch to provide assistance to the vulnerable people in our community as the summer comes to a close we invite the community to come out and support the united way kick off ducks for a dif ference on sunday sept 21 at boyd conservation area from 1 to 4 pm as a member agency of the united way of york region we thank you for your continuous support donna chanda branch manager canadian red cross stouffville tribune a metroland community newspaper 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 us ney 9056402100 retail sales 905 6402100 classifieds 90564028743 distribution 905 6402100 ik v ism i l 905 6405477 mail stotdfville oht l4a1e2 tho stouffville tribuno pub lished every tumdoy thursday and saturday is ono of the printing publishing shd distribution group of cpjnrou- fehity newspapers which iriclud ajxpicfcorirjg news advertie allistonherjdcourlorbare collingyoodwasaga beach cotv s n 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