Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 5 Sep 2013, p. 6

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I Thursday, Sept. 5. 2013, 6 Mmmn Suns “Warmth:- mmmmm mad-yum elephant mum m- lsflnuaniuuubnutwhichyoumpusiomh? mmuammwmmm mmmummrmmmdm Wm" chuSaumqua amonan “continuum am medw “WNW”! not "Maximum knduiylldsparr. (all My.“ 90564026” hi 905-“0-3778 a... LED-7434353 DISTRIBUTION 905-294-8244 5:“ mmrmaMWE-mimaso-m :..-'9-F=‘! mm to mon@ymm.com «mum; amt ank chm Mach 1 .mup mmunnv anno- m (Emu Debora Kelly ANDC dkmvmm nun lETTERS POLICY Robert Lazurko Daphne lawm' hm Mason immuth up: Dave Willan Jhll‘flfin mg 4 tom Tanya Parhrm (10rd Mum memqam lath: Smart IN Smhtmne Debra Wk! Dunstan. 'Nuhurch-Smflvillc is «Merit; onlinc and lrlephom- voting for the 20“ cltditm. Editorial You deserve option of voting online next year You don't make a purchase at the [1180 using a short pencil and small piece of paper. And (kmsumcrs Distributing. which also forced you «0 fill out a form to buy an item. close its last stone before many of you were born. Town council will have an opportunity to change that next month. ()nline voting. even only for the advance polls. will be mute inclusive. Think oftlhc disabled. our students living away from home and the single parents in out community who may not be able to get out to vote un cluliuu day. But we still Vole like it's 1982 - or even 1882 ~ in Whitthurch» Stouffville. ’ We agree with a staff report that recommends on|inc and telephone voting should" be pan of our 2014 election. Electronic votin I is not the magic elixir that ' 1 increase voter turnout 13 months from now â€" but it is the step in the right direction for a forward- thinking community. Consider the commuter who boards a train at 7 3.111. m UMP; You an doing and doesn't return to our com- munity for 12 hours. "PM from lo Environmentally speaking. m5”, fired,“ ou probably don’t bank like you did in 1982. ISSUE online voting uses less material goods. it will also mean fewer drivers on our roads on elec- tion day and a reduced carbOn footprint. ()lder voters can still head to the polls and usefla pencil to vote. It's their tradition. It's a social experience for them. ‘ But our younger neighbours are banking. shopping, read- ing newspapers and reserving books at our library on their While I agree cycling can be dangerous. I go out often on weekends and l have to say I don't see packs of cars: wwmingredlightsandstopsigns; 0 riding side by side. forcing motorists to leave their lane; 0 pulling up beside vehicles. blocking their view to safely cross the intersection â€"- the intersection the motorist arrived at first. ‘lhe list goes on... . in case you haven't figured it out. I see cyclists breaking the law often. lust talk to a‘nyone who lives up here in the ‘bush' about all ol the city slicker cyclists who swamt our roads on the weekend. breakng laws and. quite frankly. being a nuisance. ()lder voters can still head to the polls and useaa pencil to vote. It's their tradition. It's a social experience for them. It's not free â€" about $3 per voter â€" but it is the future as the Ontario communities that welcomed onlinc voting in 2010 and previously noted. We hope you and your councillors can vote for that ‘ But our younger neighbours are banking. shnpping. read- ing newspapers and reserving bunks at um libmly an the“ phones and laptops. (Zall i! convenience or ser- vice. II is the way of the day. Think of online voting as an extension of the e-sérvices package the town is providing mu reside-ms. York Region Media Group newspapers across the region. including The Sun-Tribune. along'with our-Community Links Panel citizen groups. are attempting to increase voter turnout in our communities to the 50 per cent mark. We call unlinv voting prog- I‘Pss. We call it The Big 5-0 proj- LETTER OF THE WEEK Cyclists disobeying rules of road Re: ('{vrhkt's death no shock to riders. Aug. 3!. And let's all be honest with ours-elm hcm. Yes. Cyclists, ynu pay taxes. too. But motorists pay more. And what we pay goes inm the roads for maintenance and impmvemcm. Also. we pay It is alsoexpensive. ‘ ' Do cyclisxs pay insurance? No. Even though under the memy hank Act. a bicycle is a vehicle, you do not pay any fee or have to hold any insumnoe. You don't even have to wear a helmet if you don’t want. Huh. \ ' ” Until you cyclists Stan fees equal towhal mmoristspayandforhml 'IJ‘I -‘I‘u 'IIV‘IJ mostdangerous We're there. D driving is more (1. AL-.. .I._-_I. JA4_ _ lim Mason. Aug. 29. I haw been following that situation with inter- est for some time and this pmblcm is progressively getting worse. It wasn't mow than a few munth ago I mad il was most likely inevitable dis- ltacted driving deaths would outnumber drunk-driving deaths in the near future. last Thursday morn- ing, just before I read lim Mason's column. I was read- ing the Globe Drive section of the Globe and Mail. Re: Bad. distracted drivers med to be blitzad. column by In a small anicle. pro- vmual police Deputy (30m- missionct Larry Beechey said 47 oflhe 177 deaths on pmvincially pamlled roads this war involved disman- ed driving. mmpamd to 32 impaired driving-related Gunman MANAGE! Inhn Willims PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot ' Maybe MADD should Change its name to Moth- ers Against Distracted and DrunkDriving. Drivers should tum off cdfphomwmndwydrive and ifcaugn. should face could get 1h: 47' deaths dwnIo 32.3191 ’Zoo’ rabbits escaped the same punishment as “As the story goes. two rabbits escaped from a pet ownets yard". Mr. Thom wmte. Well. I can tell you now with certainty the ori~ gins of this story are true. Re: Stoufl‘m‘lle zoo no more. column by lim Thom- as. Aug. 29. Up until this February my animal-loving sister. ROB MACLAREN m n 'anqu l’mfairlysmedmammm motorists denerepayimhissahrymmughtaxes Andmaybcifcycfistsfolhnedmemlea aMdidn‘lcbgtheroadandfomedrivers mrisklegalmooursefotleavingalane.you mighlacmallyhawacaseor.atleast,some respectfiommotorists But everyone knows the truth about cycIiSts. they just can't admit it. Cyclists don't belong on roadways. I! doesn’! mean Mcan’tusedm Butcycfistswuwillnewrgetwhatever hisyouamlookingforbecausewhenour axwestorswerebtflldingthiscounuy. they werebuildingfmu’aefixtummdgmwthmoi accommmhting a certain few who don‘t onroadwayswpayfon AndwhydidStevenKempofmemgion say motorists should “"3er the way we use roads“? He should think befom he nukesacommemtomemedia. lfyou wan! your own "bicycle work’. go raise" numey and start building. You cyclisasbrcemotoriststobreathe law. \‘brkRegionfomalsohawaknof trails torideon. Nocars there. think you should keep quiet. Motorists pay almofmoneyandwewill nmberunofithe mad by non-contributom 'SiIW-fiibune 6290mm 9. W. ON. MA 167 Rebeoca. lived on Commer- cial Street, whgch runs just offMiflSheet.thmehdp deRebeccaandher todmsememdownand return them home when they invented new escape routes. a few Rabbits madeitoutonceinawhfle. Though I feel a small need to apologize for the destruction of what I am enclosureswchopeyouor yomkidshadasmuchhn aslngandid. enclosme for many guinea pigsandmbbitstolivein. TotheneighborsonMifl who fed and cared for the nmawasthankynu futgiv- ingmemlovclothepeople hoodphanealliuStwam logivcourlhanks who went the extra mile‘ to take them in and make; WHI'IUIL'RCH ~ STIR’FH'ILLE SA M Cl AP'FRTON \‘ 1‘01 'I-‘H'ILLF

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