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6 economist sunsuntribune saturday may 17 2003 s istouffvibe suntnbune a metroland community newspaper 34 civic ave stoutrville on l4a 7z5 publisher ian proudfoot opinion editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director marketing new product development brendd larson advertising director retail flyer sales nicole fletcher advertising director classified real estate events management gordpaolucci letters to the editor thanks for helping fundraiser thank you to the communities of markham and whitchurchstouffville for supporting the legacy 5km run or walk for markham stouffville hospital our business community continues to display generosity the participants school children corporate teams individual pledge raisers and registrants contributed to the great sense of neighbourliness the legacy 5k engenders a big thank you to the residents of the legacy community in box grove who go through- the inconvenience of road closures and travel delays to make the event the suc- cessitis this years runwalk raised more than 120000 for the cardio respiratory equip ment needs of our markham stouffville hospital the total raised in the events six years is now more than 500000 welldeserved appreciation goes to the organizing commit tee which is already planning for the next runwalk april 25 2004 this years organizing committee mem bers are brenda barron refton blair wendel bonair wendy brown jane burchell susan bury brian chatland glenn crosby phil dawson darryl gray prem hall ian irving susan jones susan lawtori bob mcculloch janet peters blair seeley glenn schaeffer and julia taylor we all express a great big thanks to event coordinatqr lynn dunlop don hutchinson event director legacy runwalk stouffville event big success on may 3orchard park public school in stouffville held a spring fun fair to raise money for the school the school advisory council voted to also donate 50 per cent of the proceeds to a trust fund for luke anderson a former orchard park student injured in an accident in british columbia the fun fair raised almost 6000 which means luke receives close to 3000 as chair- person of the fundraising committee i would like to thank all those who helped to organize the event leianne mccallum karen burrows christina baggs avril martin linda ford denise irwin and all the parent volun teers who contributed either through dona tions or their valuable time i would especially like to thank families in the community for coming out and showing their support and businesses for their dona tions every little bit makes a big difference luke arrived at the fair and wheeled through a celebration of the spring fun fair ribbon to officially open the event arid we are looking forward to him attending an upcofn- ingassembly most people dont realize what a big deal it was for him to be at the fair so luke thanks for coming susan dekker stouffville uniting right wont work re canadas right must unite letter to the editor by kjrk sutherland may 3 with a federal election due in 2004 many people believe the canadian alliance and progressive conservative parties should merge i am not among them uniting these groups is not in canadas or its citizens best interest i believe the only motivation for a united right is defeating the liberals if such a move ment were successful what comes next if the merged party becomes the government can it stay united i dont think so once the alliance and conservatives achieved power there would be disunity within the government the merged party would have differing views and opinions currently both parties have internal weak nesses as mentioned by mr sutherland the alliance may have to dilute many of its prin ciples and the conservatives fear a takeover with these unresolved matters a merger will create more problems uniting them will not dispose of the issues but will emphasize them neither of the parties is broadly based the alliance is strong in the west and thelbries in the east if there is a merger the west may believe the east is being favoured because of the conservatives and the east will feel the same because of the alliance this will increase the suspicions and dis content of each region heela omarkhail markville secondary school pesticides bad for water supply we are not in favour of pesticides arid agree with- them being banned although pesticides can provide weedfree and pest- free green grass there are many reasons why they are not good pesticides are entering our water system and this water becomes poisonous to people arid wildlife children are affected most because they are small and often crawl on freshly sprayed lawns pesticides are linked to many health problems such as leukemia cancer and convulsions to prevent these things from happening we can stop or reduce the amount of pesti cide being used there are many ways to keep lawns and gardens naturally weed and pest free if slugs are a problem you can set out a plastic container in the ground with beer in it you can make up a product using garlic cayenne pepper and liquid dish detergent to spray on plants infested with pests you could even get down on your hands and knees and pull out the weeds finally you can make sure your garden is a place where lady- bugs earthworms and spiders want to live at first our class thought that people should stop using pesticides because they smell bad now after studying pesticides we realize there are many more important reasons grade 7 students glad park public school stouffville no mother but good mothers day though my mother is no longer alive i had the best mothers day may 1 1 our tem ple sanatan mandir in markham held its annual 5kilpmetre walkathon the morning was rainy so organizers decided to have it in the basement of the temple but i decided to walk outside on the laid- out route and there i went alone it was one of the best experiences of my life admiring rain the sound of birds singing the smell of the earth cool breeze the green lawns of houses the greeri trees and above all the beauty of nature arid a very peaceful morning i received the best news of the day later on when i switched on the tv and found out canada had won world the hockey champi onship as an immigrant of east indian origin i was more excited upon learning the winning goal was scored by anson carter who is the son of an immigrant i am proud of his mother who didnt need money didnt need anything but gold for canada on mothers day this is my message to those politicians and others who always blame immigrants for their own selfish interests sureshpatel markham vandalism hurt school project if was an amazing day at markhams william armstrong school recently as stu dents took part in a naturalization project that transformed the school ground everyone participated from junior kin dergarten to grade 8 theres no doubt the students rocked integral to the success of the project were donations of trees from york region and design work by cathie reid of landscape vision associates unfortunately it didnt take long for van dalism to show its ugly head a few trees were uprooted and a couple broken in half the damage was easily repaired this time as citizens we will need to keep our eyes open and wits about us vandalism is unac ceptable and must be stopped jimpriebe stouffville letters policy the stouffville tribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the tribune reserves the right to publish or not publish arid to edii for clarity and space letters to the editor the tribune 9 heritage rd markham on l3p1m3 y email leucrscconsuncom editorial editor jim mason newsroomecdnsuncom advertising retail sales manager steve kane skaneyrngcom sales manager new business development distribution dawna andrews dandretvs0ymgcom classified manager ann campbell acampbcll0ymgcom real estate manager mikerogerson mrogersonymgcom production director of production john futhey jfutheyymgcom 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