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6 economist suntribune saturday may 25 2002 stouffville tribune a metraland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 opinion publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly director of advertising debra welter editor jim mason classified manager ann campbell reduction manager pam nichols retail sales manager stephen mdthieu istribution manager barry black inside sales manager stacey allen electronic communications manager john futhey business manager robert lazurko office manager vivian oneil not all chiropractic methods cause awful sounds re im not risking my neck when i see my chiropractor a column by david teetzel may 9 for those who are nervous about those awful sounds you hear when adjustments are made there is another way a chiroprac tor schooled further in the activator methods chiropractic technique manipulates more than just the spine and does it so gently that even children enjoy going for the relief they get from the corrections there arent many practitioners because it takes further and ongoing training after chiro practic college but many more people would use this treatment if they knew about it janet c king stouffville statistics actually paint ontario as spendthrift on education re province spends plenty to educate ontarios children letter to the editor by j shaw may 23 a host of figures in this letter which taken at face value seem to paint a picture of waste however a closer look shows an educa tion system troubled by a lack of funding mr shaw stated former ontario premier bob rae only spent 59 billion while the current government seems to be spending more than double that amount the reason the 200102 figure is so much higher is because it includes the education portion of our municipal property taxes while the 1995 figure does not these figures cannot be fairiy or accurate ly compared with each other according to the latest ontario budget 8241 billion has been earmarked for education not 13861 billion mentioned in the letter the total budget is 633 billion not 521 billion men tioned in the letter therefore education represents 1302 per cent not 2661 per cent of the total budget as stated in mr shaws letter mr shaw stated a company operating that way would have to file for bankruptcy well lets look a little closer the ontario gov ernment has earmarked only 386606 per student lets compare this figure after con verting it to 2513 us to a few neighbour ing american states according to the world book year book 2001 new york spends 9840 per student and michigan spends 8150 in fact ontario spends less per student than the lowest american state utah which spends 4140 so is education a priority with the current government i dont think so k stephen markham look to future to fix problem of crumbling fences re avoid fence problem by banning homes backing on to roads letter to the edi tor may 2 yes fences facing roads are not attractive and are problematic the fact is however what is done is done what is past is past and in his letter the honourable mayor steve parish of ajax fails to make note of this the town of markhams motto is leading while remembering today we are leading communities with houses backing on to roads are no longer seen in markham instead we are proud to have new commu nities such as cornell berczy swan lake and angus glen although markham is likened to silicon valley for its hightech businesses markham still maintains its charm and takes pride in its history in addition markham is an award winning communities in bloom community more than 200000 people from different cultures share in this town should we have- problems such as these fences we will work together to initiate change right now the answer is not to delve into the past and fook for reasons why now is the time to make changes and continue to lead while remembering councillor alex chiu chairperson markham beautification committee idiots cause danger with improper fireworks exhibition on victoria day evening a friend and i went to unionvilles toogood pond for a much anticipated fireworks show we found ourselves surrounded with bunches of peo ple almost having a fireworks war no barge in the middle of the pond like before no crowd sitting on one safe side of the pond while professionals handled the discharge now it was a war ground shots here shots there shots from behind look out too late my friend was bombarded with an array of hot embers that singed her forehead we raced back to the safety of my vehicle to check her out little sear patterns showed up on her forehead nothing a little home aid couldnt help but still it shouldnt have happened we watched out the window at the gath ering we noticed people were lighting fire works and not even taking two steps back to prevent injury we observed children mimicking the halfwitted adults lighting fireworks and holding them while they shot off numerous pink and green balls of fire over the roar of the many bangs we heard numerous ambulance and firetruck sirens no doubt rushing to aid someone who has unsafely played with fireworks my childhood memories of victoria day weekend being fun happy and exciting have vanished instead of exclaiming whoa look at that firework im resigned to remarking whoa look at that idiot lauren marks unionville spraying chemicals on declining green space cant be good any thinking human being simply has to walk outside and look around at what we are doing to our environment to know spraying chemicals on our declining green space cant be a good thing i suppose the heat of summer when your carpets are drying out and you have to water them with thousands of litres of fresh water thats a good thing too you dont need to be an expert in biology to know when so many species of fish in our rivers and lakes are categorized in a con sumption advisory published yearly by the ontario government since 1977 that maybe our ground water is being contaminated how about a nice plate of furans dioxin chlorinated phenols and benzenes with a side of pcbs pesticides and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and dont forget a sprinkle of mercury and photomirex to name a few grow up diehards and clean up your act stop polluting the water with your pesticides we are killing our planet and ourselves johnwarburton markham selfcontained basement apartments should be legal an open letter to markham council mem bers joe virgilio and tony wong as we all know there are thousands of self- contained basement apartments with sepa rate entrances in markham they are adver tised weekly in the local press however in discussing the towns require ments for building and fire codes a conflicting response is received the fire department hands out a brochure with four main requirements the building and planning department is adamant provincial laws do not permit such units they are in fact illegal i find this confusing as recently built self- contained basement apartments blatantly exist in markham and throughout york region apparently the designated criterion is having a kitchen in the basement as you know many single family homes have a sec ond kitchen in the basement there is currently no housing geared to income available in the region statistics on the working poor are mindboggling many fam ilies are a paycheque away from eviction shelter availability of any type is not increasing based on the these facts why would there be a ban on the construction of safe munici pally inspected accessory apartments joyce riettie unionville 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 letters to the editor 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 vl email letterseconsuncom stouffville tribune serving the community since 1888 ope ontario press council e3es canadian circulations audit board member how to 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