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6 xt- ifiiv j i cr ira z publisher an proitdfoot 1- general manager alvin brouwer s editor in chief brehda larsori r director of advertising debraweller deputy editor classified manager debora kelly 1 ann campbell editor r v retail sales manager julie caspersen y1 stephen mathieu production director inside sales manager chen kay staceyallen distribution director business manager barry goodyear margaret fleming online publishing office manager manager vwian oneil briankirhk v v v nsm u letters water contamination a byproduct of hwy 407 extension planning i guess we will soon find out the fate of our drinking water now the comment penod has endeclfor the public screening of the eastern v extension of hwy 407 tilings i have learned from this screening are very disturbing such as the fact that the first 16 kilometres will make 27 water cross- ings of that 27 there will be 17 bulldozed and buried in 80metre to 100metre long culverts if thats not enough wetlands will also be filled the harris government hasalso exempted the 407 consortium from important envrron- mnental laws such as the ontario water resources act the lakes rand rivers improvement act and the fill regulations of the conservation authorities act t i the avater crossings get their headwater fromrtheoakridges moraine flowing south hnto lake ontariothe sourceof our drinking r water this highway as planned will destroyour water by bulldozing filling and adding conta rninants from road salt which are known to be v cancer causing caught in a discarded fishing line fortunately financial benaltvnot the wav to the ospca was able to treat and release it v last year both our and a neighbours dogs teach parents about responsibility suffered serious gashes to their front 5 requiring surgery and sutures both- occurred after walking in the park behind our house this spring the show melted arid the garbage in the park surfaced once more the park is a popular place forchildren the eastern extension will be built on pub- people walking dogs and others not forget- liclyowrledjand that is being mismanaged for ting the wildlife thatmakesittheir home the m us bytlie ontario realty corporation it will amount of garbage collecting was obviously pave over- the duffin rouge agricultural- hazardous t t preserve v f i af first tplanned to don my gardening i read with interest about the proposed law which would fine parents of children who commit crimes lookingat it from the perspective of a17 year old i agree with the concept of a parental responsibility act i do however question the logic of a 6000 fine due to the liigh cost of living in ontario many families have two working parents they leave for work early return tired and look for ward to a few hours of relaxation in front of the i the education manners ensure a proper environmental assessment- markham parks departrnenti left a message respect tolerance and honesty wifiva publicreview paiiel is earned but i focthe parks foreman and in less than a week by handing the parents alarge fine au the encourage everyone to make a phone call to most ofttir garbage in our park has been- govemmentwill doing is forcing them to federal ministerof oceans ancl fisheries herb removed- dhaliwalat 1 613 9923474 he i want to express my gratitude to the parks t heading down the highway sv bernadette manning i r- markham my only hope now js thattthe teenagers v who like tqstopjand sit irithejpark during the summer m6hmsandall others who use the work longer hours and increasing the gap within the family l instead of a fine parents should be forced to attend parenting classes they should par- ticipate in courses that will guide tkem to be better parents i parents must be role models rules and limits should be set often these techniques v mown respondspromptlyto residents garbage concerns r f s twoyears agd while walking in the small w 1 v wooded park behind our home a found a j female robin hanging upside down from a tree v7 i w park taketheir garbage homewith them arid- come naturally but many parents heed guid help to keepithejarea safe for our children anceand a support system coriipanions and wildlife r 7 thepark belongs to ourwholecommunity lets respect it and keep it clean gwyneth treharne j f markham i feel a fine will accomplish very little how ever guidance and training will lead many parents in the proper direction yisroel yeres thornmll ylevterspoltcy i j stouffviuc tribune i welcomes your letters all i submissions must be less uian 2 400 wortls and mustincludea dayume telephone number v j- name and address the y newspaper reserves the right to publish ornot pubbsh and to 1 t edit for clarityand space ir wnte letters to the editor s heritage rdijv v a email letterstfeconsun com r uyi stduffville tribune serving the community since 1888 canadian ciraiutions audit board member i u ontario press counca stoufftniletnbune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one ol the mctioland printing publishing and dtstnbutmg 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905294-8244- ij t cl i f w l ir 7 it brenda larson help us celeb fate awards by telling us how id do better c etrolands yorlc region news- papers are celebrating great ck news of their own award- j winning hews- v at r the ontario community i newspapers association annual awards- ceremony saturday night the newspa per group earned eight provincial news paper awards for workpublisheci in the pastyear the liberal is ontarios best corhmu- nity newspaper in its circulation class and theerabanner ranked third in the province the judges called the liberal a great allround effort blending hard news and great features with compelling art and photography markham economist sun ranked seventh in the general excellence com- petition an outstanding effort while stouffville tribune ranked fifth in its classification s giannicolavecchia a staff writer for the liberal won first place in the news story category for his work at sister paper lindsay this week a story about two young brothers who drowned i rickvanderlinde won third place in the best news story category for his reports in the erabanner on an explo sion in keswick rick is now news editor v of the economist sun and stouffville tribune staff writer lisa queen- of the era- banner won second place in the envi- ronmentjwritingcategbry for her story i about whetker or not our blue boxes are really green described by judges as ah interesting arid wellwritten piece on the status of the communitys blue box program columnist joan rahsberry took third place in the general interest column cat egory the judges describing her work as absolutely fearless her column is likely a must read every issue its important to notethat the writer who won the clas- sificatioh is farleymowat the erabanner won first place for its frontpage design and judges said it combines good colour placement jwitha nice flow markhameconomist suns distrib- utjori department represented by man- ager barry goodyear won first place in the best jnhouse promotion for an advertisement it published after last winters mighty snow blast a thank you to all our carriers for getting the job done despite the snow s were excited about the awards and proud of our accomplishments v but we know the bottom line js witlv you our readers if you likewhat we do thats what really counts bewatching our newspapers in the next two weeks when we start conducting a readership survey to determine how to keep you reading our pages there are prizesto be had for filling bur the surveys it 0 c 4 v w v v i f