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Sometimes with matching T-shirts and signs or petitions stacked several feet high. 1th meetings are usually When a group of young peo- "ple wanted a better skatepark. they came to council to present their case. (They @t it.) People came to talk about developers cutting down too many trees or bungalows that were too tall. More recently. seniors came asking for a 55 + cenmr (not there yet) and others came ask- twu and a reporter much Ioudet. ing for lights so they could cross from l’arkview Village to Nofrills (done). ‘ ' I )u‘isiuns about new facilities think library. swimming ptml. muwum. splash pads, 19 on the 'le'k. iu' pads and more are made at untm‘il mu'tmgs. l’cnplc mvn't dlwuys, happy with lnml pnlitit'iams’ (lu‘iuinns’. Hut lllt‘ \nst majority ul "matings wow conducted in a cixilxmd. iffl (X‘l‘élhlulldllv luttd. mamwr In general. people have learned that mu don't have t0 thmw stufi to gm wur paint acmxa. Smu' many ()1 us will be Reaching out In our muncdlor 1m help with a pmhk'm or to haw um say at council. why not hvcnmv part of the [Inn‘th now? Ku-p am vyr nut and do yum hummurk. And don't fnrgl'! In vnu‘, Hannelore Volpc LETTERS TO THE EDITOR During Iht‘ lam wwkvnds. I found "our" Mvmnrml Park rinsed for whirlv traffic. [he first weekend. thcn' was "minor" damage to one of the gatcs after a car drove right through. I talkvd m a police officer. who mentioned lack of warning signs and gates are unattended. The gates two ’ 'I"- I I‘ bWhatdoyouthi issmsotmyomen WWII I saw a large cars Friday an p.m.. including 4 more then 10 ca This is very No reason to keep gates in park When Main Street is congested” many driv- ers take the backmads (it. Blake and Market streets) to get home. were fixed and closed 1215! weekend again. - I noticed more damage at nm' of the 2mm. All that has changed is the diversion of the Friday afternoon and Saturday traffic. Inmead of taking the Park Drive. they are now diverted to the parking lot of our library/swimming pool. meaning the parking lot is now a lhrqway. "It"! [U DUI WI. > Very many pants were quite' upset about and meirconoemxsnsufied. mm “’d‘ W we have Whalwasonceaparking “WORM bxbmnmanifmunthish- JACKVERHOOG wayfor the enmelengmo MM 7411:” Visiting the area on both weekends. I could found no reason for the clusum. I think it was a wastem taxpayers money. again. PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoo! GENERAL MANAGER'Iohn Willem: iN HOSPITAL' ‘ - ' HOSPITALS ARE NOT HEALTHY pLAczs! r“ NO' ' '- I‘M NOT GOiflGTO WSW HER SPFTALS ARE T HEALTHY ACES! / /’\\. f Fig: . y ‘ 95‘??? FIVJVIIHL' ' ' I saw a large amoum of cars Friday around 6:30 pm. including a line-up of more then 10 cars. This is very dangerous as at least 50 youngsters are leaving the library/pool all at once. They are running toward their waiting parents' car and hardly looking out for moving cars. >Whatdoyoummkolmese Emuwmnm HAVE YOUR SAY, STOUFFVILLE ‘andeveningand dUdaySamrdaxl fimndnobodyinthe On Friday afternoon 'Sbwfi-Tribune snow-n51 m,o~.m1c7 thevlot. Stop signs are respected. but after mapping, all ran were speeding. I also noticed this on Sat- urday moming. It was ncafly the same. bu! in aftermxm the traffic was Iigh! On Friday afternoon and waning and all day Saturâ€" day, I found nuhud} Ill Hw . Leaves me with one question; Why do we now have gates to cm park? Burkholdcr 51mm in already propefly marked with stop sigma and a tow none. sign at $20 each on either:‘ sidetopost reduced speed lookingbradetmu.ifgates memtoourpark } It’s our treasure, our I took some pictures m pmw this and delivered them to my Councillor. Rub Heme remove the gates»