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x6 econqmjs supjhbwei tuestfy zpoo stouffviue tribune a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham on l3p 1m3 jp ijsjron telephone 905 2942200 fax 905 2941538 email newsroomeconsuncom publisher ian proudfoot general manager alvin brouwer editor in chief brenda larson director of advertising debra welter deputy editor debora kelly editor julie caspersen production director cherikay distribution director barry goodyear online publishing manager brian kirlik classified manager ann campbell retail sales manager stephen mathieu inside sales manager stacey allen business manager margaret fleming office manager vivian oneil letters councils must protect moraine the oak ridges moraine stretches about 160 km from cobourg to the niagara escarpment it is easy for the province to say each municipality should govern within its jurisdiction but not all municipalities feel and think alike developers are everywhere lobby ing local councillors and their priorities are money greed ego they call it challenge development does not take place everywhere at the same speed the greatest development area stretches from west of uxbridge to as far west as caledon uxbridge is me first community that fought development on the moraine richmond hill is second now that leaves aurora and whitchurchstouffville if aurora and wwtchurchstouffville follow the steps taken by uxbridge and richmond hill we will have an open green space which would be a defi nite corridor we would keep toronto from gobbling more land by sprawling itself north ward like volcanic lava we could create walk ing trails for hikers and campers if the people of each municipality are to decide the future of the jdak ridges moraine then it is up to the local council to follow the wishes of the people steve pliakes councillor town of whitchurchstouffville were young lovers engaged i hate to sound picky when it comes to any thing so romantic as valentines day but im afraid the wording on the caption under the photo of two lovebirds in front of the heli copter belies its proposalinducing claim rather than stating that jennifer and jeremy were engaged while on a romantic heli copter flight it should have read that they became engaged while on it the implica tion that they had already plighted their troth before boarding sort of takes the romance out of the junket hey dont get all huffy at this no longer young damsel griping about improper word usage especially around valentines day im as young at heart as any of the starryeyed pas sengers on those helicopter flights and i loved reading about them margaret stapley stouffville coping with cancer changes a persons spirit every day once again we are approaching the time of the year when we focus all our attention and energies on the fight against cancer its a word we are all too familiar with we have either dealt with it ourselves or we have heard about someone else dealing with it we have heard about the lack of treatment we have heard about the side effects of the treatment or we have watched a loved one being snatched away from us very little is mentioned about the one who cares for the loved one the agony and the pain that is just as real as the pain from the cancer we need to give our young people hope not silence they should be made aware that cancer is not necessarily a death sentence they can learn valuable lessons how to pro tect the future generation and themselves in the fight against cancer i have learned more in my 15 years of living with cancer than in all the years before i have learned to live each day to the fullest to enjoy the sunshine to stop and gaze at the awesome change of colours in the fall to hear the first song the robin sings in the spring i have learned to watch a flower unfold and tender sprouts of grass as they push their green shoots through the earth each day is yet another learning process i have learned to lis ten i mean really listen when someone just heeds a listening ear most of all i have learned to have compas sion to weep with those who weep and to smile when there is a ray of hope without hope there is failure we ail need hope our young people need assurance and hope that cancer can be beaten they need to know that in the loving of themselves they will care for their own well being they will have self esteem they will learn to say no when a good choice needs to be made yes there will be more cancer but fear is not the answer learn from the experiences of others never give up without hope there is nothing believe in yourself and you will have hope doris robertson stouffville perfume sensitivity is difficult your article sweet scents offensive odours in the thursday feb 18 edition of the stouffville tribune was well done it bothers me that a medical doctor would suggest that sensitivity to perfumes is psycho logical as this makes matters worse for many of us i do not have asthma or emphysema and normally i am healthy but i am sensitive to fragrances many years ago i worked briefly in a partic ular office but i had to quit because of per fume a woman who worked near me always reeked of perfume she arid another woman on the other side of the floor were the subjects of jokes because of their perfume but it was no joke to me my sympathy goes out to anyone with more severe reactions diane hagan newmarket letters policy stouffville tribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the newspaper reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letter to the editor 9 heritage rd markham on l3p1m3 email lettersaeconsuncom stouffville tribune serving the community since 1888 bsa ope canadian circulations audit board member ontario press council stouffville tribune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ud group of newspapers which includes the ajaxpiekering news advertiser 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warning apparently there was a bit of eye rolling among police reporters at a news conference called by outgoing york regional police chief julian fantino last week calling carjackings the crime of the times the chief urged drivers to take precautionary measures to prevent such brazen robberies this is the next wave of crime fantino told a throng of newshounds tuesday this is not fear mongering this is reality but some reporters questioned his motive for calling what they obviously thought was a nonnews conference eyebrows were raised when the news release announcing the event arrived at media outlets across the region and city it seems fantino who certainly has had his share of the spotlight during the protracted dealings before being anointed as torontos chief and then as a speaker at atory policy conference is suspected of being a gloryhound the globe mail sent a columnist out to this northern hinterland to take a swipe at fantino while the toronto star followed suit in a weekend editorial warning hell wear out his welcome in the big smoke if he uses the chiefs office as a soapbox to plague them with a steady diet of crime alerts and warn ings i love it the toronto media have been recording fantinos every breath since it was rumoured he was taking his billy stick and going home and now hes the starchaser there have been 23 carjackings and 10 attempts in york region over the past two years most in the southern com munities in toronto there have been more than 100 carjackings in 1999 fantino said inyourface crimes such as carjackings and home invasions are on the rise in some cases car thieves will use whatever means neces sary they can be brutal unbeknown to fantino on the very day he was requesting the media pass along the forces precautionary message sixyearold jake robel died in independence missouri after being dragged alongside his mothers car entangled in the seatbelt with a car- jacker at the wheel ignoring his screams and those of- this mother and the honk ing of other motorists rather than wait for such a horrific tragedy to occur here reporters would approve of a news conference for such an event our force took a pro active measure regarding a crime it sees as a growing danger to the public insiders say fantino was requested to act as messenger when an actual car jacking victim couldnt be convinced to help draw the media the force then turned to its own inhouse media mag net soapbox hogwash v f v iy twjjwjjf v