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While it's good mm the numhvt uf "mom-d rrimm in the wginn has dumped. nut gaming-[unflatkm may offset funm- (Imps. leaving nur mun- hmm' wilh Ihv «Lamv hunk‘n, Momjudges. courts will fix justice system Editorial I live in Ballammc and have twu dogs that we regularly walk in Ihchork Regional fomsts ' . ‘0095 (an really be dogs’ in leash-free park One of the reasons we moved to this community is because the fatests are Egaliy leash-(me parks and we have always believed dogs were not meant In be on leashes. ' We moved to this am: about-fly“ yeanagoandwrlmewalkingindw forests. l have noticed, however. that many people mminue to walk their the opportunity :0 be flee. After a mum meeting with Mark Riden and Brendan O'Sullivan. we decided :0 take out dogs to the Smufiville huh-free park, I had been asked to work on a com- mittee to expand the leasthe parts to the Ballamrae area and. although I was convinced I would never use any such park. I felt that to work on this mmmitwc. I should at least visit the park (mm. l wax in [or a very pleasant sumnsc. Hur young nzsla. only four munths old. had an absolute hall. Thom wow 0mm dogs to run and play with - wr often walk m the fame: and newt mum any ulhcr dogs. 111v~ pvnplt‘ we met were wry friendly and all wvrv wry pleased with the park. Everyone kept wry close watch 0! what their (tugs mm doing and IKM they WI? behaving, liverynm cleaned up after their dug-s. Everyone. even my :wnim dog. warned to be enjoying themselves. I think Mark and Brendan. their gommiltees and the Stouflvilk' Dog Owners Asstxlalmn have done a wow dcrful [oh and I hope than them were Letters to the Editor /‘“\,./ be many mutt leash-flee parks estab- lished so dog; can really be (1035. mm SANDERS BALLANTRAE Why can’t town officials work with business people? Reikplaxsignlaummmbmm zfimrwmavflnsbym The high-priced bureaucrats in Smufiville want «mm tiusiness to impm. but they don‘t want to work with thv people who pay them. 'mcir attitude seemsm he: "hm pay our sala- rim and do what we tell you.” ltiswimgreatimetesttoreadme tutors in fine Sun-mbune wilh com plaints regarding the business Sign Miaw 'm WhnchurdI-Stouflvflla Maybe. just maybe. wv ran gm mmmm‘ in 'officc whu doesn‘t haw tunnel vision and can wort with bus-inms "when and taxpayws. Is it malty hard to work with bust mm punit- 'm umn? Apparently it xx l‘hc issut‘ has been alive for years You can rind Wm. mlumns and stories fmm The Suit-lhbum’ on ,W)rkrrgion.mm D Whatdoyou‘th‘nkofmmuesor others? [mammmmmm HAVE YOUR SAY, SWUFFVILLE AFPAHENTLY I USED ms mom DETERGENI N NE DISHWASHER ! =4;ng ME scoop rr our, THE WINDOW BEFORE \ my mom ans HOME! 'N W maul. 'RL’E' STOW BILL BFLI. ~11 uitnuu; Mark me down as a big fan or "Country (lose to the City”. this town's muchâ€"maligned slogan. Some of the larger minds at Ihr â€"’I‘own of Whitthurch-Sloulhillc think it's lime for a change. We need something a little more Madison Avenue and a little less Ninth line. they argue. l-lnnuu In (“um After all. huw are we going In attract Canadian head nfl'lres to our place with visions of barns. (ml- houses and the movie Deliwmnce dancing around in the heads of corporate CAOs when they {hint Stoufl’vifle? Horse feathers. To quote the great Marie we're st“! “3 link bit coun fly”. city slickcl's. And that's pretty darn cool There's still some green space although it's shrinking faster than the U.S‘ dollar ‘ between here and Markham. Pickering. Aurora and Newmarkct. those bigger burghs on our horizun. And many of those ncwmmvts Who bought those thousands of new homes; on Smuffville's nut- skins during the last five years did so for the same reasons cm- porale Canada xhuuld be looking our way â€" we've gm a nice mix of urban and rural guing (m hem neighbours It's the very thing differentiates us from most of the (ETA. My late gulf partnm. Iiddiv L‘hel. he of Cl‘RB/(THH hvlit‘np 101‘ traffic icpumng fame. mmed here in the 19705 to gm away from the very cny he 5am gruwing beneath him overv dav. "The last small town IN! on the doorstep of 'l‘monm." he‘d um "(That‘s the appeal. hmmv" Still is. i‘ddio. still is for at Hunt a link- while longer 0! Country (Ilmc tn thv (My. as another vxpcrt so vluquvmly put it. Mootin lacttr ‘Smm I Still is. lim Mason is with" n} "l'hc‘ \un Tribunr. Drbom Katy Nothing wrong with a little country Off The Top wnh ltm Mason Amun nun. Dltmw'non. Nude- “(awry Dim-mu. Dunno» Barrvfllark