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The sidewalk on Main Street makes a graceful turn onto Stouffer street and ends at the Whenever I get the opportu- nity to speak to local politicians or municipal staff, I always point out one hazardous problem that has existed for many years but with not near the interest or success generated by this one young man. The 16-yearâ€"old is to be con- gratulated for his initiative and community spirit for his con- cern. 1 I was pleased to recent- ly read in The Sun-Tribune about Stouffville student lohn Pehar who managed to convince the town, with relatively little effort, to place a four-way stop on the streets near his house. I know this is a fairly minor crime. The point of my letter is as minor as this crime was, I thought, “The people are decent here and who would want to steal a faded blue wagon in such a busy place?” I was wrong. When we exited an hour later, the wagon was gone. With the help of others, we looked all around, but no luck in finding it. My son kept asking all day, “Where is wagon, Daddy?” I wasn’t worried abdut it being taken because, after all, this is Stoufi'ville. We arrived with a child's wagon (my son being pulled by me) and to avoid creating congestion inside, we left the wagon out front of the gallery and Care Share building. On a beautiful Saturday morning, my two-year-old son and I were attending the Lat- cham Gallery’s family day. Smallest of crimes leaves large impression Staufifixille teenager proves he has political future LETTERS TO THE EDITOR n Whitchurch-Stouffville, we need the new genera- tion to step up to the plate. b What do you think of these issues or others? E-mail letters to the editor to jmason@yrmg.com Crime affects people and people make up communities. Each time it happens, we lose a little more of our innocence and start locking away more and more of ourselves. Thank you for reading, STEVE NOORHOFF STOUFFVILLE Cn'me hurts us all and even the smallest of crimes changes a person. It’s not just a financial or material loss; it’s an emo- tional scarring that isn't undone easily. I feel hollow and angry. When something like this hap- pens, you lose a little bit of your faith that people are good for the most part. there is still a victim. HAVE YOUR SAY, STOUFFVILLE 'The sidewalk on the east side only services the plaza and pedestrians wishing to safely stay on the side- walks must cross at the traffic lights about 100 meters to the north. 0 Dead-end streets: There is no apparent traffic-load grid in the Since we are on the subject, there is no shortage of work for this young man in Stouffville. He could also start by putting in reports about: first driveway entrance to the school. From that point south, there is no sidewalk. With winter snowbanks, parents and children must walk on the roadway north to the school driveway entrance. Morley Lymburner 0 Obstructed views at stop signs: Several locations have shrubs and bushes so thick near intersections that motorists automatically pull their cars much further into the cross streets than is safe. 0 Lack of sidewalks: Anyone who has walked around the heritage areas will quickly see the contempt the town has for separating pedes- trians from cars. It is obvious, when given the choice, cars win. 0 Tripping over existing sidewalks: There is no shortage of sidewalks heaved and cracked to make pedes- trians walk with caution. There is no apparent reason for this to be closed off. A new police officer in town might be in for a surprise if he goes north thinking he can answer a call on Millard. town. If one attempts to take almost any side street north from Main, you will find it blocked off at some point. This, of course, causes heavier traf- fic congestion on other streets, not to mention what emergency ser- vices people must think when they have to get to an address in a hurry. A fine example is the dead-end on Edward Street where the old high school was torn down. - Plethora of senseless 40 km/h Stouflvme resident Modey Lymbumer is group publisherof Blue Line Magazine Inc. on Main Street, a national magazine serving the law enforcement community. John, it is an election year. You could well be just the perfect answer. You may have my vote whenever you are ready. Given the realization I am prob- ably getting a little too old and grumpy to complain about all these apparently minor things, I now see a perfect opportunity for the younger generation to take over. Add to all this that we live in a town with a hyphenated name where the first two syllables are silent (causing us to look under “W” in the phone book for Stoufiville), I have come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as gravity... the whole world just sucks. The real pointless part of all this is that if there are schools on these streets, why not put more sidewalks on them so the kiddies don’t have to walk on the roads? zones: There was a time when 40 zones were strictly for school zones. Given this criteria, Stouffville must have a high number of schools that are not apparently obvious as such. TELL US ANOTHER 9N5. NANNY M‘GUlNTYm