more editors mail claremont reader is irked by pra letter dear editor i must take exception to the arrogant and simpleminded argument put forth in a letter to your paper by the fledgling pickering rural association in the sept- 20 issue one might expect from the name that the executive and member ship of the group is made up largely of people with roots in the rural pickering community in fact most are like myself urban refugees who have fled city life for a more affordable and slower paced life in the country their position against the building of an international airport in north pickering is an easy one to defend however they have offered nothing that has not been covered by people or planes and their effort in this area seems to be convenient and redundant their obsession with attacking the credibility of ward 3 councillor rick johnson is clearly hypocritical and borders on the hilarious executive member and claremont developer lome almack ap parently cant distinguish the difference between the numerous and carefully directed political contributions he has made over the years along with recent payments made by this association and those made to pickering councillors by other developers and special interest groups i find it hard to believe that mr almack and mr leach both of whom have been active campaigners for federal provincial and municipal candidates are so naive is it merely a coincidence that the pickering rural association made bad investments in the campaigns of losing candidates in the last municipal election why else would they distort the truth to suggest that their donation was unsolicited and all others solicited by greedy politicians are we to believe that the pra donations were merely the kind act of generous persons can we not assume that they expected the ear of their favorite candidate had they been successful patricia starr allegedly made political contributions on behalf of a nonprofit corporation and look where it got her it seems to me that mr johnson is being singled out because he defeated one of the chosen ones of the pra and supported an estate development on underutilized farmland in north pickering that did not meet the personal approval of the pra executive perhaps mr johnsons only fault in the matter is that he filed an honest financial statement knowing full well it would become a part of the public record show me a politician who has not accepted a donation from a special interest group or the development industry and ill show you a losing candidate i note that they reference liberal mpp norah stoner the darling of the special interest groups in pickering where has norah been while the provincial liberals conspire to approve a massive new dump in north pickering on the border of durham and york regions and plan to pave over north pickering to build affordable housing in seaton the membership of the pra has a long way to go on improving their record of political support before they earn the authority to direct public opinion john marks claremont softball success due to selfless participation the tribune wednesday october 4 1989 p5 dear editor now that our season has finally come to a close i would like to thank everyone involved who helped to make the first season of the weekender mixed softball league a success having never dreamed of organizing such a league and terry fox run a big success dear editor on behalf of the stouffville branch of the canadian cancer society sincere appreciation is offered to all who participated and supported our terry fox walk special thanks to whitchurch- stouffville fire dept deputy chief murray emmerson for his assistance in making our walk safe and to all those who helped that day congratulations to orchard park public school on again win ning the tribune terry fox plaque pledge and donations totalled more than 9000 sincerely dixie sellers chairperson terry fox walk with little background in ball i was walking around blind much of the time if it hadnt been for all the help such as friends and the people from community ball it would never have got off the ground of course without our sponsors there would be no league gila and wayne keeler and heather and bruce anderson all of remax imperial realty ltd weekender ladies wear and rrw wobito bros jewellers each sponsored one of the teams cards hardware helped supp ly the equipment and we received a donation from ap food stores pleins auto service gave us so much for our seasonend barbecue that we cant thank them enough i hope everyone in the league has enjoyed themselves as much as i have and though there are too many to mention i would like to thank those who helped throughout the season the cap tains umpires and people who organized the tournament and barbecue heres hoping that our second season will be as much fun yours truly marran woods coordinator dimnfi out aihome arift manicotti cannelloni veal parmiggiana victors f flamiilgo chicken nuggets all white breast meat not chopped 44 lbs 16 pork loin chops thick cut 5lbs17 thanksgiving treat pumpkin pie 8 2 v 3 cardinal- ja italian style veal cutlettes hfr 20x4oz9 oven or pan fry c a sr l v mm octoberfest mm v sausage w approx 25 sausages t galco foods ribeye steaks 12x6 0z 2 weeks of siamim expires october 17th 89 or while quantities last 220 main st e success square stouffwde 6408866 iwto 6408866 i t a i ttv hours monwed 106 pm thurs 108 pm fri 109 pm sat95pm sun 124 pm- visa r