The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

economist suntribune saturday july 22 2000 sfeiffifville tribune a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 s t jelephone v j 95 294226o aue 905294l8 email newsroometonsuncom publisher ian proudfoot general manager alvin brouwer editor in chief brehda larson director of advertising debra welter deputy editor debora kelly editor julie caspersen production director chen kay 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 arthur latcham feature a welcome read for old and new residents v it was a pleasure to read about art latcham- in your paper june 29 and especially to see the article rated the front page i remember as a youngster watching latcham do his magic tricks- at numerous community gatherings i consider myself lucky to actually remember him especially when i see his picture or name in the nurrier- ous buildings he gave us in stouffville and other surrounding towns we are very lucky to have had latcham amongt us and it was a good idea to remind 1 riativestoufrvillites of all he has done for us biit especially good tptell his story to anyone whohas movedto our town over the last 20 years s now they know him- too jburnett stouffville i municipal election last chance to ensure local representation a belated thank you to staff writer joan ransberry for the thursday june 8 article tyork on pool begins in 10 days she quoted ward 1 councillor steve pliakes as saying if we were charged with being lousy managers wed be guilty piiakes indicated his disapproval of the escalating costs of the librarypool complex this facility will be essentiauy unusable to pliakes ward residents who live far from the location we will continue to pay to use facili- ties closer to ourhomes while our taxdollafs- are being poured into the construction of the new poollibrary currently we pay to access both pools and books located near our homes an attempt to build a- community library iri vahdorf has ailed miserably the town has not beenable to helpus a location v alibfarygrouphasworkedforhearlyayear r have the books the volunteers the corpo- rate sponsorship and the money we have no ldcationlour initial hopestoshare thegallery space which thecommunity supported were not feasible as apparently uie gallery has too7 many programs and too many visitors to pro vide space to house the books the museum imderstandably does not have space atiny2pby20 room was finally offered laughable considering the number of books c to serve and prdtect to swerve amd neglect the safety of others required to serve the community a municipal election is on its wayi hope all taxpayers will remember while casting their votes which members of council have repre sented the wishes of the taxpaying public amalgamation will occur in the not toodis- tant future we musf act nowto protect our interests before the last of the decisionmak ing process is taken out of puf hands this election will be our last shot at ensuring our wishes are met elaine stewart vandorf thanks go to conservation authority for land preservation re milne land expands rouge park july 11 i would like to congratulatejhe conserva- tion authority especially don prince who worked with me in the purchase of the 45unit condo site on sarah jane court the article is somewhat inaccurate first markham mill inc sold theproperty to the authority directly for the sum of 695000 not7350qo as mentioned developer angelo orsi had nothing to do with the sale of sarah jane court i negotiated with him his depositback he agreed which allowed usodeal directly with the conserva tion authorityahd conclude the sale thereforeit wasprinceof the conservation authority my partner ross smith and i who made this happen im pleased for the residents on sarah jane court and hope they will benefit from the pur chase doug meharg president markham mill inc digging deeper wells key to safe drinking water call me cynical call me suspicious but it seemsmore than coincidental weare seeing an enormous amount of local media coverage concerning water pollution what with the situation in lloydtown the v permanent fencingof doris patton park in king city the sad tale of king mayor margaret blacks daughtersdeath 20 years ago and the hysteria from the situation in walkerton we seem to be bombarded from all sides i see york regions medical officer of health helena jazcekhas again appeared to reportthe high levels of e coli bacteria in the hurnber river in king city again without providing any evidence toubstantiate herclaim and now we are told 20 homes in lloydtown have e coli bacteria present in their drinking water there are many strains of e coli bacteria the one reported in lloydtown was not the strain present in walkerton as a resident of lloydtown who is fortunate to have pure drinking water as well as four- gallonperminute water- pressure may i respectfully suggest totiiose residents with 25- foot wells to think about having a 100-foot- drilled well installed once they do that there will no longer be a bad water situation in lloydtown the king city official plan with its subse- quent dependence on connectionto the york durham sewage system is all about money- and power it is a great pity more energy is not expend- ed in protecting the critical ecology of the oak ridges moraine mikeshackleford schomberg letters policy stoiiflmetribiine j v serving the community since 1888 istoullwllelrjbune welcomes your letters all submissionsmust be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the i newspaper reserves the right to v publish or not publish and to edit for clariry and space v write letters to the editor 9 heritage rd- j v maiwiam 0ntl3p 1m3 c a emilt lttn9tcoiuuncom jp canadian circulations audrt board member ontario press council stoufrvide tnbune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ltd group of newspapers which includes the ajaxpicterlng news advertiser alliston heraldcouner barrie advance barrs bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington post city parent collingwoodwasaga connection east york mirror erin advocatecountryroutes etobicoke guardian flamborough post georgetown independentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this week midlandpenetanguishene minor milton canadian champion milton shopping newsmissfcsauga news newmarket- aurora georgina erabanner northumberland news north york mirroroakvitle beaveroakvibe shopping news orillia todayoshawawhitbyciaringtonport perry this week peterborough this week richmond hillthomhillvaughan liberal scarborough mirror stouffville tribune lbdays seniors uxbiidge tribune and city of york guardian t i 1 1 phone 905 2942200 1 fax 905 2941538 classified 18007433353 distribution 9052948244 1 tji f1 rick vanderlinde taking children to adult movies a form of child abuse this column isnot recommended for children references to coarse language sexual content i ould you read this column to your threeyearold or let your 10yearold skim through ity with thatwarn- s ing tagged to the top not likely so why do adults subject children to movies that come withsimilar warn ings movies that are clearly inappropri ate for innocent minds movies such as jim carreys me myself and irene when my wife and i took in the adult comedy flick last week there were about 10 children between the ages of three and 12 in the theatre with us i knew l wouldnt want my kidstosee a carrey flick on the level of dumb and dumber thats why i steered clear of the comedy during a family outing to the drivein i never imagined iwould be sharing the film with toddlers at the nearest mega- theatre a week later me myself and rene began innocent- ly enough but it wasnt long before we saw the first crude sexual gag a scene where carrey rips a breastfeeding baby from its mother so he can latch oh minutes later carreys wimpy traffic- cop character asks a little girl to please stop skipping qnthe street for her own safety she turns to him and screams f- off incredibly this wasnt abig enough red flag for caregivers i wondered if they would ever aban- don the film for the youngsters sake but they seemed content to let the kids keep watching these kids should have been enjoy ing other films playing at the multi screen theatre the adventures of rocky and bullwinkle chicken run or dinosaur why werent they taken to see those movies the answer is likely root- edin the selfishness of the adults they wanted to sec the end of this twohour mbvie regardless of how it may affect thekids the unsuspecting children were dragged to a movie that was clearly intended for adults s and it wasnt as if their guardians werent warned about the content a poster for the film outside thetheatre carried these warnings not jecom- mended for children coarse language sexual content for these kids an afternoon outing to the movies bordered on child abuse i even wondered if a childrens aid social worker would be interested in the situa tion and i wondered whetherari usher warned the caregivers how raunchy the movie was i only wished i had had the courage to tell them what i thought somewhere s in the back of my ihind i decided it was nt my business thats not so of course watching oyer societys futureis veyerypnelsbusmess tvx mi vh-