naiiiv ilj i i 5aj w fft anusg z 8stiu20lie8ssgbg jl- sa4 wednesday november 23 1983 sl ft im th praise dear mr thomas in my opinion its time to put in a good word on behalf of our mayor eldred king our to wn doesnt know ho w lucky it is to have a dedicated leader of his knowledge and ability theres not a subject or an issue within the municipality that he cant discuss in a factual and forth right manner ive never met a man so completely aware of whats going on mr king is not one to make rash decisions this being the case hes often looked on as being slow to ac tion people tend to forget that a hasty decision can be a wrong deci sion and cost us dearly from what i have seen of mayor king he has made all the right decisions simply because hes taken the time to think things through carefully and logically he shouldnt be faulted for this but rather should be praised sincerely mrs june pringle rr 1 cedar valley the best dear editor i take strong exception to the letter from disgusted published in the sports section of the nov 9 tribune if the writer lacked the intestinal fortitude to reveal his name i dont feel his opinion holds an ounce of credibility i say the location for our new rec centre is the right site i also say that history will record eldred king as being one of the best if not the best mayor or reeve this town has ever had and im not afraid to back up my opinion with a signature sincerely percy langille vivian the itibune james thomas editor established 1888 bruce annan publisher joe anderson advertising manager editorial deft jim holt audrey green display advertising dept bryan armstrong tern bernhardt real estate classified advertising joan marshman circulation manager doreen deacon national sales representative metreland corporate sales 4931300 published every wednesday at 54 main st stouffvihe ont lei 6402100 single copies 35c subscrip tions 15 00 per year in canada 45 00 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers assooa tton ontano weew newspapers association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of amenca second class mail registration number 0896 the stouffvihe tribune is one of the metroland printing publishing ltd group of suburban newspapers which includes acton free press ajaowhitbypckenng news advertiser aurora banner the bolton enterprise brampton guardian the burlington post the burlington weekend post the etoocoke advernserguardian the georgetown independent the hamilton wentworth postthe marvharnthornnill economist and sun the milton champion the mississauga news the newmarket era the north york mirror oakvtlle beaver oakvtlle fnday beaver oshawa this week oshawa this weekend the richmond hitlthomhill liberal the scarborough mirror the woodbndge vaughan news v- 6402100 6402101 it was a royal affair by jim thomas- editorials oppose open sunday the question of legal sunday store openings is almost certain to come be fore the dec 7 meeting of the stouffvihe business improvement area board while most members are undoubtedly aware such a recommendation is in the wind the outcome following discussion is anybodys guess as a member of the bia and the business community we stand opposed- for several reasons admittedly the sabbath is no longer the day of rest it once was however we consider it unfair to expect members of staff to work both saturdays and sun days which in some cases would be necessary where the business operation is small we feel its unfair to expect members of staff to work sundays at all regard less of ability to alternate working hours we feel store openings on sunday in stouffvihe is contrary to provisions con tained in the lords day act we feel store openings on sunday could prompt the stouffville sales barn flea market to follow suit and thus con tinue the traffic flow through town all weekend we feel that because store openings on sunday will be strongly opposed by the church community business here will be hurt instead of helped we feel theres sufficient opportunity to purchase goods monday through saturday plus friday evenings with out extending the business week into sunday we feel much has been done and much more can be done to make the stouffvil le business community attractive to shoppers without providing the socalled convenience of sunday store open ings we feel and fear store openings on sunday will be looked on as business greed rather than business need we are suggesting that if a consumer preference vote was taken in stouffville tomorrow sunday shopping would lose by ten to one the royal agricultural winter fair whats there the kids chorused as i announced id be attending the show for a second time within a week before i could reply they answered their own question with descripti ves like just pigs a few cows and horses sheep and goats hay and straw said marylynn our youngest why do you have to go all the way to toronto to see that to most kids thats what the royal agricultural winter fair ispigs cows horses sheep goats hay and straw thats because most have never been there but how does one get them there my invitation fell on deaf ears each had a hundred and one things he and she wanted to do and the very fact the royal has no midway really threw cold water on whatever enthusiasm i could gener ate all said theyd wait and go to mar- kham uxbridge and brooklin fairs like before i agreed knowing full well their minds were made up to be honest id have probably said the same had someone invited me to the royal a week before i went on my own for forty years had elapsed since i last visited the place i thought it was boring then and considered it unlikely anything had changed well either i have or it has perhaps both this time around i found it so interesting even exciting i was anxious to return the royal is professional farming at its best maybe a bit too professional for we who remember the physical rather than the mechanical all that has changed changed too is my attitude towards this fair its not just a show of pigs cows horses sheep goats hay and straw as the kids had said and i through lack of knowledge had left unchal lenged its these plus a whole lot more even after two trips i failed to see it all what interested me most i guess was the crowd thousands and thousands of people both city folk and country cousins exchanging greetins and excuse mes as they jostled from one area of the coliseum to the other no one seemed in a hurry the exact opposite the men with their hands buried elbowdeep in each pocket and the women carrying tugging and even pushing pintsized offspring through tid al waves of humanity while none seemed to complain it made me weak just to stand on the sidelines and watch and eat just about everyone i saw was consuming something one moun tain of a man had a chocolatecoated icream bar clenched in one hand and a hotdog in the other he was eating them both together what amazed me most was the variety of displays everything from flowers to fish apples to potatoes amd cows to cars far exceeding anything i had im agined while international in scope the in volvement by participants from whitch- urchstouffville uxbridge goodwood claremont mount albert gormley and markham is phenomenal and so is the success they enjoy firstplace entries in many divisions grand and reserve grand championships too when it com es to high class exhibits plus show manship this area doesnt take a back seat to anyone so there you have it folks a fair as regal as its name i liked what i saw and i intend to see it again next year with my kids as many as i can drag in that direction but it wont be easy theyre still convinced that without a midway its really not a fair at all and perhaps they have a point something the royal board of directors should consider when they meet to make plans for 1984 kornee s dieting for dollars by bill kamps 1 mayor cant do it alone mayor eldred king attended a turkey shoot saturday sponsored by the cana dian progress club with proceeds going to the town recreation centre fund mayor king was present not to win a christmas turkey or get in some target practice but to represent the municipal ity at a fundraising event we ask how much can be expected of any man hes everywhere not necessarily be- cause he wants to be but because he feels he has to be for the sake of him self and his family this kind of dedica tion to duty must stop eldred king is a member of what is known as the old school hes of the opinion that if you want a thing done right you do it yourself he refuses to delegate authority as much as he should even though on occasions two and three members of his council are present at the same event sitting there standing there but doing nothing v surely jim sanders can lay a wreath fran sainsbury can cut a ribbon and wllf morley can turn a sod i mayor king manages the municipal ity with the same singular resolve dis playing impatience with people who make decisions and those who dont the end result being he makes the decisions himself mayor king is tough make no mistake about that however he must remember hes working with employees and volun teers who are not so tough even young and immature some degree of patience and understanding is required apart from this he cannot continue to manage the municipality alone he must pass responsibilities and problems onto others shoulders and let the chips fall where they may the mayor of a town is much like the editor of a newspaper when people make a request they expect a response- a positive response sometimes theyre surprised when the answer is nojunfortunately for eldred king andsomenewspapereditorsthatword isnt part of their vocabulary however their successors will learn it fast and most folks will quickly forget the do-it- yourself guys ever existed well here i sit wasting away to a mountain after a week on my diet my ties have stopped fitting properly and my belt has suddenly become an inch longer i am definitely saving money on groceries but am forced to endure in credible abuse from the people who ac cost me in every aisle of the ap de manding to examine the content of my buggy and accusing me of sneaking cookies under lettuce leaves and melba toast the cookies are for my dog i sure appreciate all the diet hints everyone is giving me they range from drinking two quarts of carrot juice a day to standing on my head however id really appreciate it even more if youd sponsored ged and me for a few cents a pound a good guess about how many pounds and ounces ged and i lose by march 1st could win you a great dinner and scintillating conversation i read that word somewhere and have been dieting to use it all the money pledged will go to the recreation centre and not to the dinner we promise speaking of the rec centre the plans i saw in the council chambers last tues day are terrific in their basic design and utilization of space however i feel very strongly that phase one of the project must include a community meeting hall in some form its one of the most crucial needs this town has space that could be used for recreation programs meet ings dances musical and theatrical per formances if designed properly there could be room for daycare programs and a dropin centre for teens with games equipment and a snackbar with a basic rental fees for such func tions as weddings and receptions and lets not forget a qualified staff to plan the activities were so sorely lacking here lets give the taxpayers and their chil dren a break lets not force them to wait another ten years for some basic and necessary facilities last tuesday was another exciting night at council besides the usual leng thy communications from york region and the provincial and federal govern ments they had a stimulatingdiscussion as to where a special display on soil con servation should be placed after fran sainsbury explained to tom wood that all taxpayers arc landowners despite what he thought the councillors agreed to put the soil in both the town hall and the library dont miss it the mayor was in good form addres sing jim sanders as councillor rae at least five times during the evening either the mayors halfglasses need to be exchanged for fullsized specs or old age is creeping up as the evening wore on i was tempted to leave however the sight of the three reporters scribbling furiously made me fear i might be missing something im portant i decided to manoeuvre myself into position so that i could examine their writing pads and discovered all three were completely covered with doo dles the worst of it was their doodles were far more artistic than mine so i silently acknowledged defeat and left r editors mail extend smoking ban dear mr thomas i wish to make comment re the principals intended ban on smok ing in high school washrooms such a situation may indeed pose a problem he and his staff know best id like to say that the practice of smoking outside the school is also a problem it hurts the image im sure the administration wishes to present while the smoking area is not on school property it still puts the school in a bad light id like to suggest the principal extend the ban to include all of ed ward street adjacent to the school this would necessitate students walking only a few steps to the south if the habit compels them to light up before going to class not a ma jor inconvenience as for a smoking area within the school my response is a definite no sincerely barbara burns albert street stouffville