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Classified: . : (Wham : 905â€"640-2612 Fax. 905-640-8778 .; EDITORIAL ‘ ADVERTISING 905-640-2612 _ Immed: l-800-743-3555 hu is composed of 100 community publications acmss Ontario. The York Region Newspaper Gvoup also includes The Libetal. sewing Richmond Hill and Thomhill, Vaughan Citizen,The Era-Banner (Newmarket/Aurora), Markham Economist York Region Media Group community newspapers The Sunâ€"Tribune. published every Thursday and Saturday. is a division 01 the Mem|and Média Gmup Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tatstar Corporation. Metroland Classified Manager Bonnie Rondeau The Sun»Tribune wek‘omes your let- ters. All submissions must be |ess than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number. name and address The Sun-Tribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clar- Ity and space. Lona: to m Ednm. The Sun-Tubal” 6290 mm St. W, 0N LM I67 Sun, Georgina Advocate, York Region Business Times. Nomi of the City. yotkregioncom and York Region Punting. Disnummon Circulation Supervisor Carrie MacFarlane mbanuille@yrmg.mm Fax brondeauétyrmgrom Mam-set Da wna Andrews dandmwsOyrmg‘mm Mike Banuille Stouffville Manager Caman Norman jmasonermgcom DISTRIBUTION 905â€"640-26 l 2 1muon0ymg.com 'norman @yrmgmm PRODUCTION Manager Sherry Day lETTERS POLICY lNTERACHVE MEDIA Enmonuu Editor Iim Mason “5-g‘l" e moved recently â€"â€" just a few blocks â€"â€" and while it was annoying not being able to find the can- opener, or scissors, or spaghetti strainer, or any number of the other items crucial to daily life that were all since found in that last unpacked cardboard box. the biggest shock to the system. I must admit, was not being electronically connected to the rest of the world for a while via home telephone. cable TV or highâ€" speed lntemet. It's almost a physical sensation of being cut off that was actually kind of unnerving. I thought I’d get used to it, but I didn't. Still, do I really need a land line from Bell? Why not just use the cell- phone I already have and save $30 a month, was the kind of thing I was spouting around the new place in the first days after the move. I wasn’t really going to do it, but the switching of everything from old plate to new was taking some time â€"â€" just enough time for me to start joking about how maybe. just maybe, we could live without all these con- nections and -â€" as Scrooge would advocate â€" save some money. Constructions sites don’t fit in neighbourhood I am generally not one to complain out loud; mumble perhaps to myself, though. But this week I spied in my driveway some construction- site rubbish that had blown down the road and come to rest on my family property. This is not the first time. Usually I pick it up, mumbling and grumbling to myself, and throw it in my own trash. Needless to say. my fam- ily resides nearby to the con- struction mayhem occurring at Tenth Line north and Main Street. Not only is the new Shop- pers Drug Mart being built (with an entrance directly across from our neighbour- hood street), but there is a gro- tesquely monstrous house also being constructed on the same street. My concern is that com- mon consideration for the Tough to live without electriclinks to world lETTERS TO THE EDITOR D What do you think of these issues or others? Eâ€"mail letters to the edito: to jmason@ynng.com existing neighbourth is not happening. We wouldn’t allow our recycling or garbage to fly around to our neighbours' properties. We put it out carefully, mak- ing sure everything is secure and doesn't have a chance to escape with the wind. Common courtesy goes a long way. You can read letters, columns and stories from The Sun Tri- bune at yorkmgioncom HAVE YOUR SAY, STOUFFVILLE I said to the kids about the home phone. “That's old technology. let's get with the times." They gave me an odd look that said, “What, were you Charles Dickens' col- lege roommate or something? Who the heck says, ‘get with the times’?” What if there's a fire? W11] 1 be able to find my cell phone to call 911? I'm sure they doubted it. Better to have a home phone that stays in one place and is always plugged in and ready to go so Dad can stumble through the house in the dark and bump into it. What if the kids are at home alone for a couple of hours and something happens? Bernie O’Neill MARY SPENCER STOUFFVILLE Sfifik-Tribune Pretty soon I was calling Bell to have my service transferred from the old house to the new one. It would be a few days, they told me, and cost me $55, which is what they charge for flicking a switch in a secret morn somewhere (wonder if those switch flickers work on commission â€"â€" must be very lucra- tive at $55 a second). And then there's the cable. “We can live without cable! As in, cut the cord! Pull the plug!" I started to tell myself, thinking of never having a cable bill again. mg. V“As they say, it’s a SOD-channel uni- verse with nothing to watch." But people were talking about the fourth Leafs game we’d missed, and you can only play so much indoor tennis ball catch or tease the cat for so long. We just started to feel out of touch. Radio and newspapers were good â€" and we were accessing a weak Inter- net signal from a neighbour, which helped (although that may be illegal). But we still missed cable TV. I went to the department store and bought some rabbit ears and before I knew it I was picking up four â€"â€" yes. four! â€"- TV channels: CBC, CI‘V, Citytv and Global. For free. PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot It was a nice feeling, although fleet- Or at least for $13, which is what 1 6290 Main St ' Stmfllvile, 0N. UM 167 wwyodcefionmm paid for the antenna. The kids did not appear impressed. Soon we were counting the days for the cable guy to arrive, as if we were wait- ing for Santa and should get cookies and milk ready for him and carrots for his van. Some day when the kids are grown. 1 might again try to see what it’s like to live without every electronic means of connecting with the rest of the world. Maybe paddle out to an island some- where for a couple of months and get away from it all. But for now it feels like these com- munications devices are right there in our veins. It's a tough cord to cut. swam resident Bemie O'Neill is a Region Media Groupediwr. Emma m Camp Debora Kelly Bumm Robert Lazurko Soon we were counting the days for the cable guy to arrive, as we were waiting for Santa and should get cookies and milk ready for him and carrots for his van} Duncan. WHO: Dmmmon Nicole Fletcher Dawns. Omens Barry Black