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6 stouffville suntribune thursday march 9 2006 tstouffvwemmm suntnbune a metroland community newspaper 34 civic ave 3rd floor stouflville on l4a 7z5 publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director advertising distribution barryblack director interactive media technoiogy john futhey director circulation systems lynn pashko marketingpartnerships director debra weller york region printing general manager bob dean editorial legislation may be answer to strike given ontarios history of labour strife in education some of these students have been here before whether it was in elementary or high school many already know what its like to be pawns in a battle between militant teachers and unswerving bureaucracies students this time the community col lege variety are once again paying the price for unsuccessful negotiations ontarios 9100 college teachers walked off the job tuesday tossing about 150000 students out of their classrooms this is only the third strike by college faculty in more than 20 years in 1984 the walkout lasted about three weeks ending with backtowork legislation five years later college classrooms were darkened for a month with teach ers returning through a much preferred negotiated settlement when it comes to students theres a significant difference between those strikes and this one its all about timing the strikes of 84 and 89 were in the fall meaning lost time could be more easily made up throughout the school calendar this time theres only four to six weeks left before many students gradu ate as steve mattar president of seneca colleges student federation says this is a crucial time for students they may lose their semester or be faced with making up classes in the spring or summer when many are work ing to pay tuitions students in their final year would have to postpone graduation some putting jobs on the line while teachers have a point saying their fight for smaller classes and more fulltime staff is about quality education the timing punishes this crop of students too severely they are being sacrificed if it werent for the bad timing many more students would be behind their teachers perhaps the colleges bargaining team purposely forced the strike as the union suggests knowing how unpopular it could make teachers but the fingerpointing rhetoric of labour negotiations provides little com fort for students paying thousands of dol lars for an education regardless of what triggered the walk out its the college students especially this time around who pay the heaviest price fortunately there appears to be some room for a negotiated settlement teachers say this is not about money but the colleges are offering a 126per cent increase over four years giving the top paid college teacher a handsome 94277 letters to the editor weve lost enough heritage re old fighting new neighbourhoods feb 16 regarding the comment while the mayor is working to protect established neighbourhoods why then would the mayor town council and powers that be in whitchurchstouffville remove two established baseball diamonds in the centre of town there is also the possibility of a third diamond the lawn bowling court the tennis court the skate board park basketball court and outdoor swim ming pool all being removed from the centre of town for what more green space or a dog walking area lets not forget these or some of these facilities are going north well over a kilometre away to bethesda road and ninth line but this will be great because the kids can get there by way of the nature trail a pedophiles delight getting back to the new and unimproved memorial park the drawing isaw at an informa tion session jan 18 showed park drive extended south to hoover park drive it showed an equal amount of land on both sides of park roadway perfect for development down the road we were told otherwise at the information session jan 18 no development but many didnt believe it i can see the new park drive now or maybe it will be changed to lebovic trail lefs not forget what memorial park was intend ed for like its name a park dedicated in memory of our whitchurchstouffville war vets a very important part of our canadian heritage god knows weve lost enough of it tarnott stouffville the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the stouffville suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 34 civic ave po box 154 stouffville l4a 7z5 or email jmasonyrngcom protect children in courtneys memory re girl 12 hurt as pit bull attacks newspaper car riers march 2 i am so mad as i type this letter i am shaking another dog attack in stouffville of all places a young girl is attacked by a dog that has attacked before shame on you wwtchurchstouffville town council mayor sue sherban york regional police and citizens of stoufiville do something about this dog fine the owners and destroy the animal it wasnt that long ago my daughter courtney was attacked and killed by a 130pound bull mastiff in a stouffville backyard a dog that attacked before maybe if something had been done after the first attack my daughter would still be alive we had a coroners inquest into courtneys death ontario has bill 132 banning pit bulls wwtchurchstouffville has bylaws for dangerous dogs and still another little girl is attacked thank goodness the dog only latched on to her arm with its teeth shaking her 85pound frame back and forth until her arm snapped do not let this dog live these attacks are not accidents please stouffville do something in courtneys honour do not let this beast attack another child do not let this dog live donna trempe newmarket editorial editor jim mason jmasonymgcom assistant editor rick vanderlinde rvanderlindeymgcom interactive media marketing advertising manager dawna andrews dandrewsymgcom advertising classified 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with jim mason sorry stouffville were not hockeyville yet stouffville is hockeyville the name sounds cool and would look great on those blue signs that mark so many entrances to our town but it wont happen unless someone enters our name in a nifty national con test by the end of next week capitalizing on this countrys obses sion with the game and maybe cheese kraft came up with the idea the corpo rate giant must have already earned its investment back in ink including this very column and this is just the thin edge of the wedge my puckfancying friends a tour of eastern ontario last weekend and an online read of papers in other communities reveals this is serious stuff smithers and trail bc miramichi nb the soo schreiber and barrys bay ont all hockeyvilles in the opinion of their inhabitants people are into it the contest has people sending in photos of their towns and rinks and for some reason they have to make up a name for a town team as if the people at kraft already checked the roster of team names from coasttocoast and were not impressed would the wwtchurchstouffville kds work kingston already has jerseys done up with the name the sir john as after its most famous son next to don cherry and doug gilmour on them the winning community will receive a trophy 25000 in upgrades to its arena 10000 in hockey equipment and an nhl exhibition game thats somehow valued at 400000 stouffville has a notable legacy of pucks with its roster of indoor and out door rinks through the years ontario championships and pro products including its most famous offspring leafs assistant coach keith acton the charity games he organized raised tens of thousands of dollars and drew the biggest names in the game to our town but it would be hard to compete with the likes ofkingston the selfproclaimed cradle of the game peterborough a hot bed for producing nhlers is in same for collingwood and orillia and how about belleville the home of bobby and dennis hull where the stouffville minor atom clippers won sunday its home to one of the oldest rinks on the planet the downtown memorial arena looks like a movie set for a hockey flick set as far back as the 1920s in canadian idol style a group of up to 50 qualifiers will be be narrowed down to the winner during a series of made-for- cbctv shows from march 29 to june 11 dont know where hockeyville is you will jim mason is editor of the suntribune