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5 rt j 1 s v i v vf vtr f i f v 4 stouffville tribune a metroland community newspaper 37 sandiford dr suite 306 stouffville ont l4a 7x5 publisher- ian proudfoot v general manager alvin brouwer editorinchief brenda larson deputy editor debara kelly business manager margaret fleming editor alan snackleton advertising director debra welter retail manager stephen mathieu classified manager 1 ann campbell office manager vivian 0neil distribution director barry goodyear letters referendum needed on stop signs in york region if amalgamation is to be put to the people of york region in a referendum there are other issues that should also be decided by such a process maybe the time has come to go a step fur ther and let the people decide if they would agree to the removal of some of the many unnecessary stop signs on our roads that add so much to air pollution and frustrate so many motorists isnt it high time and long overdue that we replaced a high percentage of the stop signs with more traffic and pollutionfriendly yield signs years ago we were promised that our traffic flow would be greatly improved as soon as the new traffic computers were in place i understand the traffic computers are now in place but somehow the engineering department must have been able to wrongful ly cross some of the wires since in my opinion it is now worse than ever to drive on york regions roads however the politicians dont seem to have a problem erecting more and more new stop signs adding to the annoyance of drivers and increasing polution better traffic flow and less stop signs would save millions of litres of gasoline cut down on noxious air pollution and save millions of dol lars in healthrelated costs it would also make for happier and less frustrated motorists heinz nttschke markham stoufiville residents thanked for support of fox run stouffville citizens went the distance again in support of our annual terry fox run our current total from the sept 19 run is more than 35000 for cancer research adding in our local school contributions takes this total to more than 40000 thanks to our participants many who par ticipated twice at school and on run day their very generous sponsors our business community for their financial moral and refreshment support oiir local press who did an outstanding job of before and after run cov erage our school communities who hold terry fox events themselves andor encouraged students to participate and our more than 40 volunteers who continue to make our terry fox run the envy of many municipalities across ontario the stouffvilie tribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the stouffville tribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 email thetribelstarca opinion best ofnease many runners raised incredible amounts of money in terrys name others gave what they could they were united in the same cause as that brave young man in 1980 please remember to pay your pledges at any chartered bank before oct 16 please mark sunday sept 17 2000 as our next date to unite as a community in reaching terry foxs dream sandy schell kennedy run organizer stouffville releasing raccoons in the country does not help animals my dad was talking to one of our neigh bours who lives on vivian sideroad the other day and he was saying he had seen a van from toronto dumping 20 to 30 raccoons down the road from his house this summer alone we have caught almost 20 raccoons in our bam raccoons are a problem for everyone in the area and now we know where they are coming from the bad part about it is even though the organization freeing the raccoons in the coun try is trying tosave the animals most of them will be shot by the local farmers we definitely have an overpopulation of raccoons and i think toronto should eutha nize the animals when they catch them instead of bringing them here mikevanveen stouffville law sets high fines for dumping wildlife raccoons imported into our area have been a problem which we have had to deal with over the past few years we in rural areas have had to suffer the consequences of folks coming up from the city and dumping raccoons fortunately there is a new fish and wildlife conservation law which prohibits such behav- iourthe law calls for a 25000 fine for anyone releasing wildlife more than one kilometre away from where the animal was captured if you see someone dumping wildlife obtain a licence number of the vehicle and report it to the ontario ministry of natural resources in aurora at 7137400 dumping of wildlife can also be reported by calling the mnr at 18002228477 as a resident of a rural area i welcome the stiff fines and am looking forward to strict enforcement of the law chuck suikki stouffville iiy jl letters should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writers full name address and a daytime telephone number so authorship can be confirmed anonymous let ters will not be published letters will be edited for clarity and space limitations please send your letters to letters to the editor stouffville tribune 37 sandiford dr suite 306 stouffville ont l4a 7x5 brenda larson hospitals dealt another blow by province ontarios health ministry was busy friday shooting out let ters to more than half of ontarios hospitals telling administrators to go back to the budget drawing board and get the numbers bal anced markham stouffville hospital received a letter but president dr jim maclean says they will just ignore it they havent any other choice york county hospital president dan carriere was certain hed be receiving a letter its likely york central in richmond hill will get its letter too its absolutely unbelievable just when we thought the province was getting it was understanding the challenges our hospitals and health care providers are facing with the dra matic growth in york region the min istry delivers another blow despite the best efforts of our three hospitals to get the message across the province continues to demand the impossible maintain highquality health care accessible to all residents l but dont spend any more money when 24000 new residents arrive in york region each year underfunded york region hospitals will not be able to serve new residents carriere says when he produces his recovery plan he hopes it will be clear to the health ministry that its impossible for the hospital situated in one of the fastestgrowing regions in canada to cut spending without being ridiculous for example planning to hire staff in spring and then fire them in the fall to add fuel to the hospital adminis trators legitimate fire are the statistics chronicling york regions population growth figures that indicate actual growth is outpacing forecasts by between 6000 and 11000 people this year if that growth continues the region will reach its llihillibn population tar get nine years ahead of schedule carriere says it may be up to the hos pitals to take action at the root of the problem attending ontario municipal board hearings and munici pal and regional council meetings to warn developers that the underfunded undersupported york region hospitals will not be able to serve new residents perhaps that will get the attention and the funding our hospitals deserve stouffville tribune serving the community since 1888 the stouffville tribune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ltd group of newspapers which includes the ajaxpickering news advertiser auiston heraldcourier barrie advance barrs bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington post city parent collingwoodwasaga connection east york mirror erin advocatecountry routes etobicote guardian flamborough post georgetown independentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this 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