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People everywhere confuse/What they read in newspapers with news. AJ. Heb/lug, New Yorker When I say ’Start’ let's have five seconds of silence. That gives something for the news media to quote with absolute “WNW: Instead of bein arrested, as we stated, for kicking his wife own a flight of stairs and hurling a lighted kerosene lamp after her, the Rev» James P. Wellman died unmarried four yean “Bog HOT NECEfiARILY Anon: (from an American newspaper) Bobby Knight, Indiana basketball coaéh A public meeting was to be held Oct. 80 at Latcham Hall and continuing public involvement in the process is encouraged. To find out more about the proposed changes to the Ninth Line corridor visit york.ca or call 1-877â€"464-9675. The region is currently reviewing the 1999 study and now recom. mends extending the four-lane widening to Main Street and remov- ing an additional jog at 19th Ave. and Ninth. In view of the proposed changes, residents living within 500 metres of the corridor have been invited to submit their cements on the amendments to the original assessment. Another major bugbear is the lack of traffic signals on Main St. between Ninth Line and Market Street. With almost 1,000 people using CO Transit on a daily basis, a crosswalk in the vicinity of the station should be given serious consideration. While the revised assessment is focused directly on Ninth Line improvements, it does give residents an opportunity to suggest other adjustments to the management of traffic flow in and around the com- munity. Millard Street and Hoover Park Drive (when it is completed) have been touted as through~traffic alternatives to Main Street, but they are not genuine bypasses; they are residential streets filled with families who would likely prefer not to live on a busy highway. At some stage, a proper east-west corridor will be essential. Revised projections indicate that the population increase along Stouffville'e Ninth Line corridor will be approximately 11,000, or three times the original estimate, by 2021. According to the current review, the '2-lane roadway capacity of 12,000 vehicles will be far exceeded by the future traffic demand of 21,000 vehicles by 2021 and will increase to approximately 230 per cent of the roadway capacity by 2031 .' Apathy in the new black Connider the recent provincial election, which netted a record low turnout of 52 per cent of eligible voters. Let's hope the same attitude: don't prevail when it comes to an invitation for residents to review and comment on Ninth line reconstruction in the wake of revised growth projections in Whitchurch-Stouffville. In August 1999, York Region completed an environmental assess- ment study based on a projected population increase of 3,500 in new homes adjacent to the Ninth Line corridor in Stouffville by 2021. At the time, the study concluded that the road should be expanded to four lanes south of Major Mackenzie Drive, narrowing to two lanes north to Stouffville, and that east-west road ‘jogs' should be elimi- nated at Ninth and Elgin Mills. W20”. ”mm-nuisanc- QMQI huMmuhumflhm Making your voice heard Journalism largely conlsts in saying 'Lord Jones Dead’ to people whenever knew Lord Jones was alive. Newspa era are unable to discriminate between a icycle accidentand the collapse of civilization. An editor is one whoseparates the wheat from the chaff and printsthe chaff. Adlai Stevenson No self-respecting fish would be wrapped in a Murdoch newspaper. Mike Roylco, Chicago Tribune GK. Chesterton George Bernard Shaw ‘dAfiwFp-fiuMmbwwmmWWflmbMMflqu-mdulmb .. .. - A A4_A -4A44‘..- _....a.l Luz-m If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read, ‘President Can’t Swim.” Lyndon B. jolmson The secret of successful journalism is to make your readers so angry they will write half your paper for you. C.E.M. load Everything you read in newspapers is absolutel true, except for that rare story of whlc you ha pen to have first-hand knowledge. Erwin no/I Freedom of the press in Britain is freedom to print such of the proprietor’s prejudices as the advertisers won’t object to. Helen Swafl‘er In response to Doris Robertson’s letter about cancer in your September issue: Doris is a long time close friend of mine and we both grew up in very large Mennonite families. Doris is from western Canada and I am from the east â€" Pennsylvania. 1 have admired her courage during her battles with different cancers. Last February, the week'of my buddy’s 59th birthdayâ€"Eis- Burkholder went to be with her lord afterbravely facing three different cancers. I have had many dear friends and family members who have dealt with cancer. I pray that we will embrace the knowledge We already have for cancer prevention. Hazel G. Grove ' Stouffville To the Editor: To the Editor: Our wonderful community is indeed making a difference in cancer research. This year's Terry Fox Run contributed over $85,000 to cancer research. Over 100 volun- teers made the community event very efficient and fun and our local schools that participated raised funds and helped spread Terry Fox's message of hope. Terry Fox asked in 1981, prior 'to his} death, that not just on’e person continue his Marathon of Hope: He asked all Canadians to do their part. Thank you Stouffville for_foflowlng his courageous lead. Sandy Schell Kennedy and the Terry Fox Team Readers Write Terry's total tops $85,000 Truth!“ Remembering friends M-fimquyh mmmumummduaoo noun m.m.0ubwm ' MMWMOHI) mmzmm-muwn MWmWa Now, it may be that Jon Stewart isn't making anyone smarter; perhaps America’s most informed citizens simply prefer corned over the stentorian drivel the networ anchormanneqyins dispense. The challenge for the newspaper business is not to stay in business; it's to stay in journalism. People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true. Lewis H. Laplmm Harold Evans Greg Beagp, Reason Magazine