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stiujfvillelyibjune saturday nov 182060 v r v e v y- w-h-a- ti vtf v- s sfdlxfrmehmune iametroland community newspaper i 9hente1pmjmkh6nt publisher on proiidfoot i- general managenylwnbrouiwr i editor in chief brenda larson director of advertising debra welter deputy editor debora kelly editor jim mason production manager pam nichols distribution director barry goodyear online publishing manager margaret fleming classified manager ann campbelt retail sales manager stephen mathieu inside sales manager stacy allen business manager roblazurko office manager vivian oneil letters v politicians should take moral stance rather than easy way out kudos for publishing houda hayanis nov 7 letter israel should take blame for itscrimes against palestinians iechoes the sentiments of all fairminded canadians appalled at the bloodshed- of palestinians what is so distressful is tina molinaris rant residents insulted by ottawas endorsement of unresolution as an elected member it is her public and moral duty to decipher truth from convoluted logic and take a moral stance to aid the oppressed and not the easy route which she choseto pacify the vocal chords of her con- shtuents ivtheiatest eruption of confrontations between the israeli occupation army and civilian palestinian protesters became the playing field for the fullforce ofthe israeli spin machine in a most deliberate concen- tratedarid racist exercise of deception and dejiumanizationdfrected against a whole people xx blaming the victim has been the com- rripn resort of the guilty- in rationalizing and distbrting the horror of the crime itself whether battered wives abused children of palestinianslpng sabjectedto this brutality of the horrendous israeli military occupation the first and last resort of the cowardly is in maligning the victim in accusing himherthem of having brought about the deserved cruelty of the crime the most basic form of deception is in fab ricating a false symmetry between occupier and occupied between oppressor and victim ivrt- v javedakbar iv markham s 965 2942200 1 416 7987624 x ef905294 email newsroomeconsuhcom roy green markhaven says thanks for response to fundraising effort on behalf of the volunteers of markhaven seniors home and the markhaven foundation i would like to thank the commu nity for their wonderfur response to our building fund campaign which has to date reached 24 million of its 35 million goal in particular i would like to thank everyone who attended our 40th anniversary celebra tion dinner ari evening with john mcdermott and all those who contributed to our silent auction we are just over a mnillion dollars shy of being able to turn the sod on our new facility and with the continued help of themarkhant community we hope to do this sometime in 2001 this 96 facility with its new alzheimers wing will be built on the same spot as the exisringbuilding at 54 parkway avenue but will be more spacious arid allow more privacy for residents j again- many many thanks markham for helping the seniors who call markhaven home j harryjames chairman board of directors markhaven foundation holocaust still being denied despite evidence of survivors last week marked the closing of holocaust education week which began oct28 holocaust survivor gerda steinitz- frieberg the founder of the holocaust education and memorial centre in toronto has educated many people on her terrible experience of the holocaust and how it has never ended however there are still people saying enough already this is all history other peo ple dont believe that the holocaust had hap pened even with the survivors proof t if is important that we educate the youth about this so that it doesnt happenagain but it is still happening in different places in the world i think it is disgusting and disrespectful that these people dont believe that the holocaust had happened especially with the survivors proof the numbers on their arms pictures and their stories pbelieve all students of all different cultures should learn about theholocaust as well as other important historical- events in their school curriculum i think the people who dont believe it hap pened should back down and let the survivors tell their stories to lis because we need to learn our history and know about this tragedy spit wont happen again the grade 7s and 8s from parkviewpublic school in unionville visited the holocaust museum this past week where we received first hand information from sally areal holocaust survivor till this very day she still has nightmares of her terrible experiences this has opened up my eyes and the eyes of the other studentstoa part of history that had happened some time ago that we werent aware of this has shown us how important history is to the youth today i hope that other schools can follow us and visit the museum to experience what we became aware of through a survivor learning about the holocaust wasnt just an eye opener for me but a lesson learned ryansista grade 7 parkview public school- unionville vy editors note ryan sisti decided to give his dream catcher to the holocaust survivor so that she would no longer have nightmares letters policy stouhvilletcbune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number 3 newspaper reserves the right to publish ornot publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor j 9 heritage rd- i markham ont l3p 1m3 email letters9eeonsuncom stoufmle tribune serving the community since 1888 iwaff canadian circulations audr board member ontario press council i 4- f i- stounville tribune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ltd groupof newspapers which includes the ajaxpictenng news advertiser alliston heraldcourier barrie achance barrs bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington post city parent collingwoodwasaga connection east york 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east gwillimbury where its done the oldfashioned way with results written with black markers on charts taped to the wall around the council chamber imagine my surpriserthen when i entered the civic centre monday night to discover the towns internet election page showing election 2000 blown up on a iargescreen very electric very modern r only 52 of 2870 eligible voters turned out for election night at cfb borden the alltime winner of die voter apathy award belongs to base borden which spreads across two municipalities just southwest of barrie its true that most of the soldiers-in- trainirigat the canadian forces training base areshortterm residents butjivhen only 52 of 2870 eligible voters turn put to vote in the local elec tion maybe it would be betterto let them vote by mail for candidates in their jkorrie municipalities across canada then again considering the mess in florida with absentee ballots maybe not then there are those areas where you wish there was a lot more voter apa thy like newmarket where 1400 peo- pie actually cast a vote for the man who robbed the town of 300000 like king where 68 people r for a man whohad withdravyn from the race ivjft k like toronto wherefmoie than 50000 mayoral votes were cast for a man who chained himself to a toilet i third place with 13000 votes went to a drag queenwho complained people didnt- take himseriouslybecausehe wore a dress jj ancj in torontos wafdi2 where morethah 2500 people voted for for nier councillor mario gentile who was jailed in 1994 for accepting 1501000 in bribes finally it is truly amazing that so many dedicated school board trustees in ontario have lost interest in the post since- the province capped trustee salaries at 5000 v