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lost we attended the event on both days and we were impressed impressed by what we saw and what we heard the antiairport campaign was low key no soapbox oratory no high pressure no hardsell just a weekend of downtoearth fun and fellowship the organizers are to be commended too bad it took the threat of an airport to get it going sugar and spice bills turn as father of bride by bill smiley new business sites contrary to prophecies of doom and a stagnation of growth due to the coming new airport plans for new business locations in stouffville have zoomed to the greatest number at any one time in history no less than ten new business outlets are planned with an additional three being prepared prices continue to edge upwards house lots in markham are reported past the 15000 mark while it has been plainly evident that the city tide would continue to roll in this direction regar dless of the airport it would seem that the announcement of its coming has speeded transactions in many instances while buildup is now much more rigidly controlled than previously it has not in any way deterred the expansion of those concerned with business queens park has for some time predicted no change in stouffville growth with the effect of the airport only bringing about a speedup in this process the rash of new business buildings now pending would certainly tend to sub stantiate this prediction other times other customs theres a famous french phrase that neatly covers an issue before whitchurch stouffville council other times other customs mayor ken laushway and supporting members are to be commended for taking the initial step towards legalizing sunday sports in this municipality as the mayor correctly pointed out certain activities have been going on for a long time now quite illegally and council should make a decision one way or another the law in this case the lords day act is an example of legislation that has outlived its time people cannot be forced to attend church and any law that at tempts to accomplish this is self- defeating the mayor has said and we agree its up to council to make the decision in fact that decision is long overdue the situation as it now stands requires clarification however councillors merlyn baker and gordon ratcliff do not hold to this kind of dictatorial attitude they feel the question should be solved through a referendum a vote of the poeple we oppose this stand for two reasons first it would tend to divide the town into two segments those for and those against secondly theres an underlying fear that those for could lose then we ask who among us would be man enough to turn the key in the lock at the swim ming pool this summer or at the arena next winter something to think about im sure you are sick of reading about my daughters wedding but hang on shes the only one i have and it will be all over this saturday the last typewritten with crossed fingers if she ever does want to get married again shell get exactly three words from her old man beat it kid however theres something to be learned by every experience and both the kid and i are learning fast for several weeks she has been floating around aimlessly telling her mother who is a fussbudget of the first water stop worrying mom theres not that much to do its a simple wedding and ill be here to help you get ready typical of todays youth naturally she wasnt here most of the time and she didnt help at all though her intentions were impeccable then fate stepped in a week before the wedding just when the throttle was going to be opened wide for the final drive her mother went into hospital for the kid it was like having a malicious goose snatch from under you the magic carpet on which you are flying for me it was like picking a bouquet of wild flowers for the wedding and discovering that what i had picked was poison ivy this is tuesday and the bride still hasnt got her wedding dress this is tuesday and the estate looks much as the world must have when old noah finally found some dry land the house was to be spicked and spanned the house is a shambles the yard was to have been immaculate the yard is a melee of last falls leaves broken picnic table and lawn chairs editors mail love thy neighbor individuals are entitled to own opinions dear sir while we sit back smugly and shake our heads over mans inhumanity to man in belfast and vietnam and the southern united states perhaps we should lake a closer look at ourselves sad to say the same blind streak of discrimination seems to lie dormant within many of us also only awaiting the appropriate spark to ignite it the one overruling factor that seems to be developing over the airport situation appears to be the at titudes exhibited toward one another to quote the toronto star friday may 5th the pop people have clustered together as never before and neighbours whove never been in other neighbours homes are suddenly buddies if they share the same views on the airport if not theyre not on speaking terms anymore of course many people do not want the airport for a great many good and suf ficient reasons and many people are in favour of it for the same number of op posing good and sufficient reasons but can this possibly be an acceptable basis for friends of longstanding or even friendly acquaintances to dissolve that association because of differences of opinion what is wrong with us as in dividuals that we find it intolerable to accept the fact that a person could support an opinion that differs from ours and still be right according to his own particular situation do we spend years trying to teach our children to love one another and then blow it all the first time some major development goes against our grain one thing that i always have found unhypocritical and commendable in this current generation has been its ability to try and view the other persons situation through that persons own eyes and even if they call it doing his own thing it still boils down to realizing that each of us has different needs and goals but the gift of brotherly love should encompass the individual without infringing on rights and opinions by all means support the airport if you feel an airport is needed and by all means fight the airport if you feel that your way of life is threatened but lets not fight one another let us all be adult enough to realize that a friendship is a valuable gift not to be cast aside lightly lets be big enough to allow the other fellow a difference of opinion and still love him lets not teach our youth that hating one another is ever any solution to a disagreementlt didnt work in nazi germany its not working in ireland and it wont work here because hate is not the answer just attend one of these airport meetings pro or con and youll see the same glassyeyed radicals waving their arms and screaming that they which always means the opposing factor had better not be there or be heard or be anything thankfully this type is not in the majority but a few always show up even they need our love and understanding perhaps more so than the more docile majority one gets the feeling that love and understanding are what they have lacked all their lives and so at least theyll make a bid for a little attention can you imagine how the lives and feelings of hundreds of people are going to be affected long after this airport has either been stopped or is an actuality relationships that have been part of our lives and our neighbours lives will be severed or soured for years to come a humble carpenter had the answer when he told a certain man to love thy neighbour as thyself the same maxim applies today and it works today adelaide kerr rr3 claremont dear sir yosir editorial april 27 describing the inequities that claremont area residents have had to face over the years is all too true but now once again we have been told to take the short end of the stick we are about to be the benefactors of a new airport which 90 percent of us will never use the passive acceptance hat most of us have taken toward this encroachment is bewildering claremont has everything to lose and nothing to gain below is part of a table obtained from a study of noise pollution prepared by pollution probe february 1972- typicil noise levels in decibels lei plane runway iso snowmobile seated on machine iooii5 heavy truck 1 15 ft x5 105 beginning of permanent ear damage s5 90 unn mower at 50 ft b5 kfl normal con- fallen limbs and cat dirt dont worry well cope wed better or kim and i will be taken away about 3 pm on saturday by the chaps in the white coats today i came home and found my baby wringing her hands and head and feet shed been going like a whirlwind doing all those little things she kept insisting her mum not worry about like clean shirts and socks for dad shopping cooking washing dishes ordering flowers trying to get shoes to match the nonexistent wedding dress feeding and throwing out two cats one of them pregnant visiting her mum same for me trying to get a gang of boys to rake the yard and it rains all day trying to cope with people who want to know whether the wedding is on or off its on i think but there are going to be some short cuts in which i am a firm believer and of which i have tried to convince my wife for years the windows will not be washed who looks out the windows during a wedding ceremony anyway anyone who does should be ejected the furniture will be dusted but only in the livingroom where the event will take place i dont intend to have a lot of people running around our bedrooms and wiping their fingers across the ledges in fact i dont intend to have a lot of people running around our bedrooms at all if they want to look at something they can go outside and look at my two dead elms the cups and saucers will not all be washed they will be dusted the silver will not be polished it too will be wiped with a dry cloth and if theres an egg- stain on a spoon tough toenails ive found that kim and i without her mother around to heckle us have similar basic philosophy whats it all going to matter ten years from now oh were not complete nudniks i will shine my shoes and she has promised me she wont get married in a tshirt even though she has to wear her brandnew peachcoloured nightie over jeans therell be solemn vows and candles and food and drink and children of all ages what more could you want for a happy wedding theres only one thing that upsets me if her mother is out of hospital in time shell give us hell for practically everything and if she isnt well all regret it all our lives but dont worry it wont be elizabeth taylor and richard burton but my daughter will be a beautiful bride if i have to dress her myself ill let you know versation 15 fio sleep disturbance 10 claremont is located in the high noise area we have been told to accept noise levels 4 times that of sleep disturbance and almost 2 times the noise intensity which causes permanent ear damage houses and properties in claremont can not help but decrease in value no one wants to live in or purchase housing in such a high noise area for those residents who feel claremont will become a thriving town as a result of the airport it is a complete delusion all land around claremont has been frozen to residential development and no wonder claremont should put itself on the map by presenting a united front and help defeat this destruction of our en vironment and the erosion of our way of life bob almack student claremont onl 40mn 3buunt pet mortality rate keeps on climbing by jim thomas i dont care if we ever keep another pet for their life span at our house seems tragically short it would appear that everything that swims walks or flies comes to an untimely end this year however the mortality rate has established the worst record yet first it was a praying mantis a kind of ugly yet intriguing sort of insect it belonged to paul at least he caught it and naturally pleaded with mom and dad for permission to keep it its temporary home was a cardboard box paul fed it well perhaps too well grass bits of lettuce and occasionally a dead fly for dessert then suddenly without warning it did a complete flip landed on its back and never moved a muscle the burial rites were simple in fact there was no burial by the next day when interment was anticipated the mantis was no more just kind of disintegrated into thin air next was our dog well not really our dog but barrys dog and not really barrys dog either he struck up a friendly acquaintance with the pooch in the plaza parking lot and insisted rover had followed him home we foolishly agreed to let it stay overnight by mor ning only the collar and leash were left rover was gone the goldfish belonged to cathy theyre both dead the turtles were susans one died last month and the other hasnt budged an inch since lonely i guess the worst calamity of all occurred may 3 the kids lost their rabbits brownie and powder puff were reported missing at 1115 am and the search was on during noonhours after school and on into the evenings we looked tramping through areas of stouffville we never knew existed so hopeful were we all of finding at least one that every small creature that moved had to be it on one occasion i galloped 300 yards across a vacant lot east of edward street only to find myself chasing percy schell s cat barrys hot pursuit of something brown was equally frustrating when it disappeared down a groundhog hole we erected signs everywhere in the a p the coin laundry at orchard park school every reported sighting was followed up without success and every night the kids included a special request in their prayers then cried themselves to sleep but where theres life we hoped theres hope we hoped i inserted an ad in the may 11 issue of the tribune and would you believe it our rabbit had been located powder puff was safe although not exactly sound her right front paw had been injured it was mrs walter beach on the second concession of uxbridge who called in with the good news i think i may have your pet here she said right now its locked up in my garage she was right it was powder puff a little worse for wear mind you but nothing so serious a qualified veterinarian cant repair unless just unless shes its spring you know dear editor i lived in the gorgeous village of brougham what a dump i have friends there now and they are thrilled at the chance to sell out at a fair price most want to get out before they had to give away their property and for a low payment the government will pay cash as for the farmers how happy they are with the chance of a cash buyer at a fair price those who rent and pay about 8 an acre can get land anywhere for that money to own land worth about 1500 an acre and earn only 8 an acre rent is a poor investment today how can they say people arc so much against the airport there george dragoumis toronto