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However, the fact is while students in the Arts York program were promised busing, those at the new Bill Crothers sports school in Markham were not. Arts York students and parents had a reasonable expectation busing would be provided for the duration of the program, as it had been for some 20 years. This is not a question of policy, but one of fairness. Herein is the real equity issue. It was our view the board frustrated our reasonable expectation in a manner that violated our legal rights Parents, therefore, initiated legal proceedings, on behalf of the affected community, to redress what we believe was the result of an unfair process. Wisely, the board settled with us. Re: Board in pickle over busing equity, edito- rial, Sept. 4. We share the view that to truly support any regional program, arts or sports, the board should provide busing because the public transit alternative is still largely not a reasonable one for most. This ultimately is a question of good policy. “ This is why Arts York has busing. There was a settlement of a legal action, not a “flip-flop” and to sensatiOnalize it as such inflames the situation. When I was a boy, my father was a bigger-than-life figure, a wonderful storyteller who enchanted people with his outgoing personality. He was my hero. He took me camping and fishing and instilled in me a love of nature and the out- doors. When he came home from work. he always asked me what I had learned in school and, as I recounted my lessons, he seemed genuinely interested, often amplify- ing my information or correcting me. I loved those sessions and 1 now realize he was reinforcing my educa- tion by making me recount what I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Board didn’t flip-flop on buses Parents shouId be proud of son ow that I’m in my 703, I look back at the world of my childhood, with its shared phone lines, ice boxes, radio soap operas and no TV and it seems like an ancient, lost civilization. And yet, ideas and values I learned as a child seem every bit as important for today’s youth, for whom rappers, billionaires and movie stars are role models. lETTERS POLICY The Sun~TYibune welcomes your letters. All submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytlme telephone number. name and addmss. The Sun-'n'llmne reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space. Loam to the Editor. The Sunâ€"Tribune 8290 Maln St. Stou'Mlle, ON “A |G7 jmason.yvmg.com SmflWle Sun-Th'bune- Saturday Sept. 13, 2008 Elders have more to teach than so-called idols PINION JACQUES I. AMELARD Y STOUFFVILLE Immcnvn MEDIA Marketing Advertising Mmager Dawna Andrews dandmvsfi’yrmg.mm EDITORIAL Editor lim Mason jmasonOynngmm Dad was my biggest booster, but he was also my harshest critic. When I began in TV, he followed everything I did. More than once when he couldn’t follow my narra- tive, he would call and bawl me out: “If I can’t understand what you are saying. how do you expect someone who doesn’t know you at all to fol- low your ideas?” had learned. To this day, I think of my father as my audience whenever I prepare a script or write a book My mother was the rock solid foundation of the family. She was the first up in the moming and the last to bed at nigh. But, unlike dad, she did it quietly. I only understood how important she was as she developed Alzheimer's disease and I watched dad struggle to fill her shoes. I begged him to allow me to hire help for him, but he declined. Both of my parents are now dead and, in my own dotage. l “She gave her all for me,” he said, “and it’s my turn to pay her back." who returned missing cellphone In desperation, we got back on our bikes and retraced our steps to try and find it. We went back into all the places we had visited asking if anyone had handed in cellphone. : A knock at the front door that night reas- sured me there are kind and honest people in the world. The woman at our door was telling me how her son found my phone while riding his bike near Tim Hortons on Hoover Park Drive. And. after opening the phone, he rec- ognized my picture and told his mom he thought he knew to whom it belonged. After a few hours of searching we went home unable to find the phone and coming to terms with the fact it was gone. I was so relieved to have it back As you know,many people carry their lives in their purses. Well, mine was on my phone. I wanted to find an appropriate way to say thank you and to tell the parents how proud they should be of their son. My family and I were out for a bike ride last weekend in Stouffville. When we reached home, I realized my cellphone was missing. Classified Manager Bonnie Rondeau hmndmufiyrmg. mm Anvmmsmc Retail Manager Stacey Allen sallenOynng.mm 'Sfiwfii-Tribune THE NAVARANIAN FAMILY STOUFFVILLE PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot 6290 Main St smuflvilie. 0N. MA 167 www.mmmnmm think about the important lessons I want to pass on to my children and grandchildren â€" and I realize they are the same lessons I got from dad I can’t help thinking they are not quaint ideas from the past but very modem ones we need desperately today. “But dad,” I protested, “Mr. Saita is a fool." “Respect your elders," he told “David,” dad remonstrated, “he PRODUCTION Team leader Sherry Day sdnva’yrmg.mm David Suzuki “M Ara rid”! A r : rc!"o Emma IN Cum Debora Kelly has lived a long life and has had emeriences and thought about a lot of things you haven’t. I know he seems opinionated and stupid but. if you listen, even he can teach you something." “To do well in Canada as a Japa- nese-Canadian," he said. “you have to work 10 times harder, you must be able to get up and speak extem- poraneously and you must be able to dance." “Whatever you do, do it with gusto. Don’t do it in a sloppy, half- hearted way but enthusiastically, whether it’s scrubbing the floors, picking cherries or playing basket- ball. That’s how you get the most out of life.” Fortunately, hard work was never an obstacle for me and I entered oratorical contests for which dad drilled me in the art of public speak- ing. 1 never understood the dancing part and was not successful in that area. “We all need money for the necessities in life, but you don't run law'ficd EDI TORIA I. 905â€"640-261 2 Fax: 905â€"640â€"8778 ADVERTISING 905â€"640-261 2 uficd: 1-800-743â€"3353 Fax: 905-640-8778 DISTRIBUTION 905-6402612 Busmnss MANAGER Robert Lazurko A York Region Media Group community newspapcr The Sun-Tribune, published every Thursday and Saturday. is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd. a whollyâ€"owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. Metroland is comprised at 100 community publications across Ontario. The York Region Newspaper Group includes The Liberal, sewing Richmond Hill and Thomhill, Vaughan Citizen, The Era-Banner (Newmanret/Aurora). Markham Economist Sun. Georgina Advocate, York Region Business Times. North of the City. yorkregionrcom and York Region Printing szcmn, Ammnsmc a DISTRIBUTION Barry Black (Sim-Tribune after it as if money makes you a bigger or better man. If someone flashes his fancy new clothes or big car, pity him, because he has gone down the wrong road." “You must stand up for what you believe in, but be prepared for people to be angry and to disagree. If you want to be liked by everyone. then you will stand for nothing." “You are what you do, not what you say." Kids have a different way of saying this in their taunt, “All talk and no action." “Live within your means." This important lesson is embodied in the familiar expression, “Save some for a rainy day." My mother also taught me useful homilies such as. “Always clean up your own mess," “Be kind to ani- mals," and “Share; don't be Today’s youth are bombarded with news about the antics of Lindâ€" say bohan, Amy \Mnehouso and lay-Z and look to them for inspira- tion, but that’s all the more reason to listen to the words of our elders. You REGION Plummu GENERAL MANAGER Bob Dean