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j xisfeisss5ii j jvtmsj islewseswre rkwcs i sfffumefidte o a metroland community newspaper 19 heritage rd markhamton i3p 1m3 publisher jdn proudfoot general manager alyin brouiver 1 editor in chief bretida larson i director of advertising debraweller deputy editor debora kelly editor julie caspersen production director cherikay distribution director barry goodyear online publishing manager brian kirlik classified manager i4nn campbell retail sales manager stephen mathieu inside sales manager staceyallen business manager margaret fleming office manager vivian oneil letters nhl players old enough to decide if visprs are necessary haveyou ever been hit really hard inthe face with an object moving fast enough to damageyour brain or sharp enough to cut youreye into two pieces that is a scenario that goes through the minds of all nhl players whenever they step orito the ice as youve probably guessed im answering the question everyone has been asking should face visors be mandatory in the nhl they shouldrft be mandatory most nhl playersare 6flegal age and can take care of themselves and the players who arent wear visors y 4 owlien marian hossa hit bryan berard in the- eye a stormcloud settled over the nhl just five games later igor korolev was hit just half n an inch below his left eyeby chris chelios the incidents caught the attention of sergei befezifi whojriow wears- a visor and mike johnson of the tampa bay lightning who now wears a fullface cage in college hockey you must wear a face cage and in the canadian juniors it is also manda tory r if the- players parents sign a waiver the player is allowed to wear only a face visor never can they have a bare face goaltenders only started wearing face pro- tectiori after jacques plante was hit in the face with a puck will it take something that drastic to get players towar the protection another reason for facial injuries is stick control of other players h there were more than 75 stickuserelated penalties in the firsvrqiind of the playoffs this yearand two stickuse suspensions alexie zhithik and chris simon were the two offend ers each receiving agame for theirconduct in other sports such as baseball people ave been hit by balls in the head and face and dqyousee them wearingprotection for that not a chance if people are so concerned about nhl play- ers who make more than 2 million a year thenwhy dont they stop worrying sit back relax and enjoylife 1 players should wear face protection- by choice and not by force cameron mcintosh u markham h hi s- sidewalksare for everyone sb be polite to all users i read with disbelief the ongoing letters backed forth regarding the problems joggers are causing forwalkers on sidewalks get real guys l as a jogger of15 years or more i have i encountered many people on sidewalks and have found everybody to be extremely polite and courteous both my husband and i will either go single file or right off the path to accommodate walkers we are in response greeted with smiles and nods of courtesy- the streets and sidewalks are for everyone to enjoy arent there enough pressures in life without finding negatives in a leisurely stroll lets all try to be just a little more accom- modating toward each other j kimeckersley unionville put politicians on the list of people who need annual testing f so now the ministry of education is going to go over the heads of its own govemment- appointedbody the college of teachers to test our teachers annually and this is howthey spehdouf hardearned tax dollars wisely i thinkhotl i am sick and tired of the way teachers are made to feel like cheap secondclass citizens in pur society and i think it is high time we had an accountability test for politicians teachers like other professionals spend years training what training does a politician have to have a big mouth for false smiles the gift of the gab to get you out of any comer and win you bigbuck backers and very little else h what about a test for integrity for honesty and trustworthiness for downtoearth com- mon sense for hard work and sensitivity are these not the qualities janet eckeris suggesting she will test teachers for in the fall teachers are always berated for their long hol idays how many days in a year do our provincial and federal politicians actually spend in the house conductingthe business of running our country didi not read recently that mike harris i managed to put in an appearance only 37 times at queens park in the last year and yet we cannot allow our teaching staff time during the dayto prepare mark orreme- diate with their students time that is sorely needed if only to rejuvenate and regain ones breath after spending a morning of trying to teach more than 30 nineyearolds to under stand the complexities of writing a coherent sentence correctly with accurate spelling punctuation and diversity notwithstanding the fact that many of these children still do not have a grasp of the spoken english language though this letter will undoubtedly be brushed off as just another teachergenerated tirade stop and give some careful thought to the ideasof testing our politicians annually remember it is these untested and unedu- cated people who are making decisions for each and every one of usfrorh selling hwy 407 to apriyate company that now wants to hike the toll toselling off our health system to pri- vate clinics to charge as they please for med ical procedures for which we pay our taxes shelagh harris richmond hill r letters policy stoufiville tribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 vvorcls and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the i newspaiwreserves the nght to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity ind space write letterstothe hitor i 9 heritage rd maikham0nl3plm3 f s rstouffville tribune x servingtrie community since 1888 e3h3 dub canadian circulations audit board member ontario press council canadian pumeaflons mai product sales afleement 1403419 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95 2942200 fax 95 2941538 classified 18007433353 distribution 9052948244 beer commercial not needed to fill me with pride yname is debora and i am hot american long ago during one of my familys annual seaside vacations ki new jersey a kid from troy new yof k asked me if we had tvs in canada i think he was won dering if there were outlets iin igloos by the end of the holiday this kid knewhow much canadians are like americans we listened to the same music watched the same tv programs saw the same movies played the same sports wore the same fashions anddid the same things with our friends except i realized my world was so much bigger than his for instance 1 jcouktrhyme off the last 10presidents while he couldnt even name the current prime minister or canadas capital and that made mecrack a- secret smile being canaclianfwas too polite to make him feel like a totalidiot for his v appalling ignorance jj canadians have finally found national nonidentity courtesy ofmolsons latest effort i have been charmed by many americans since then marvelled attfieir blind patriotism and swaggering superi- ority and made allowancestor the igno rance those attitudes breed believe me i have smiled the secret smile many times but ya gotta love em especially since they make you glad youre hot american i didnt need a beer commercial to make my chest swell with patriotic pride but many canadians apparently have finally found their national non- identity courtesy ofmolsons latest effort at flogging its swill hey its a parody guys v i have yet to meet an american who assumes were all lumberjacks fur traders or live in igloos asmolsons joe proclaims theyre more likely to ask about quebec and its quest to secede the state of our- healthcare system which has sent some canadians to themfor cafe or the debacles our peacekeepers have been involved in they know our dollar is worth about 67 of their cents and a vast number of them work with canadians whose brains were drained south i would cheer for a commercial that r could put- its finger on what makes a canadian a canadian beyond our own stereotypes like- 1 dont wear a tuque eh while joe is passionately declaring he is a canadian what hes really saying is les proud hes not an american and that in itself is just so canadian isnt it r n ft m f srtctuyn tn rrx r rz tirtur