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4 the tribune thursday may 26 1s77 t rjohm montgomery editor established 1u8 charles h nolan publisher barre seacock advertising manager editorial dept aaaagret lamara kahk bomodtr display advertising dept lei wldamao art oixen- businessofficejaaamarshmadaraaaoacaaeuataglevar j pvmohad mtrythuridiy at it mala smwhvui oat ttl monolftonwho phooc lilimo single capiat c uitecriptioai smxo par yaar la canada ttmt alsawbaramambar of audit bureau at circulation canadian camaunity nawspaptn association and ontario waakly naanpapars association srcead clan mail raf blrattfa wihf mm- 5 rvn jp v tna tribua is om h tta inland publishing catumitad group of suburban nawspaptn willed includes the aiaxwhitbypicktriao ntws advertiser brampton guardian burllagtan pest etooicoke gatette marktam economist aad sua ncwmarketaurora era oakville beaver oshaifa this week and mississauga news 6402100 361rl680 council bickers over cost no0nthi i5mt an extra wipe wipe rr was bu vf ti x auibmbbite irtfr ramotftopoil councils decision tuesday night to pay only 1900 toward the cost of the walkway and landscaping from the new library out to the road means they have officially reneged on their agreement to pay the whole cost some time ago the library board straight of the original contract negotiated by the library board although council are crying they were led down the garden path the truth is no one bothered to take the time to get the facts presented council with a proposal to install a walkway and provide some landscaping at a- cost to the municipality of 5000 council altered the plan cutting the width zfit the walk but adding more landscaping and benches and decided not to become a partner in the contract the library board had negotiated with the general contractor instead they asked for more prices the other prices were for the walk only except the bid submitted by the general contractor which covered everything e that bid at2600 for the walk only was rthe lowest submitted the total price was 39150 i a great uproar ensued with several councillors claiming they had been misled they said they had been quoted a price of c1900 for the walkway mayor gordon ratcliff and councillor eldred king said the 1900 had not included the price of the base i the fact is the price did not include the ecost of the base and any member of council rcould have found that out by obtaining a copy 1 ibattle widening of kennedy rd another fight against expansion is now brewing although the battle may be over before it everstarted zz the fight pits the residents k living on kennedy roadcnorthiifrom 16th avenue to gormley sideroadiagainst the regional fanners who want l leventually fchange scennedy road into a four lane highway up to lake simcde- 5 the plan will be presented today at regional council and if it is approved a lot of jnesidents will lose parts of their property and insomecases theirhomes x the plan has two steps the first one is to improve on the existing two lanes of the road iwhich most residents approve of the next step which is the crux of the problem is the extension into four lanes which will not occur for at least 20 years j the residents are opposed to the road encroaching on their rural homes and destroying their privacyand also feel the need for four lanes is questionable in 20 years who ikiiows if there will be any traffic travelling ahy roads k the people are also hot too happy over the sway the proposal was handled with many jsayingthatitwas pushed through the plan iwas approved of only five minutes after the engineering committee heard the residents supposition s progress under careful planning and with an obvious beneficial purpose is acceptable but infthiscasetheplanning and purpose is fquestionable s l j to inconvenience taxpayers demolish some homes and move others onspeculation we can only conclude that council acted but of incompetence or a desire to obstruct the libraryrln these daysof tight budgets and inflationary building costs there is bound to be some tension and dispute in the planning and construction of any large municipal facility but things now are being carried to the point of the ridiculous by their shillyshallying council has apparently destroyed any chance of having a finished approach to the hew stouffville centennial project in time for the official july 1 opening a v in the bargain they have already driven tip the price of the walk and have further ensured thathe rest of the work when and if it is done will be considerably more ex pensive r not only is this taxpayers money but also cash that was voluntarily given in amounts ranging from a dollar or two lip to 20000 by individuals and business in the community library board is moving into thebiiilding this weekend but as yet have not gotten a deed for the property from council and in fact have no official confirmation on where the boun daries of their property will be except for the southern boundary which had to be decided so landscaping could begin councillor king later in conversation with the tribune said although he felt the price on the accessories was exorbitant the walkway was not he said he felt council had made a commitment to have the work done and expressed surprise atthe reversal i wejaregrowingweary this constant bickering andrsquabblingwhich7aifhough admittedly not entirely councils fault isstill managing to make this look like a twobit keystone cops municipality during the very year when we want to appear at pur best v window on wildlife giant canada goose not extinct by art briggs jude 30 years ago this week excerpts- from the may 29 tribune 1947 issue of the jisabsurdand when done atthe publicsex- ffrbma sanii pense becomes ridiculous v credit tj j t sunday milk delivery patrons of maple leaf dairy are being t notified that the summer sunday delivery will commence on june 1 so many homes have no refrigeration that will preserve milk from saturday until monday that it becomes necessary mr webster says- to dejiver on sunday during warnr weather m bottles must be put out an hour earlier every day how aside from this announcement we learn maple leaf dairy- has just been informed by the ontario dept of health that the recent j inspection of their premises indicate the place to be well kept from a sanitary point of view in fact dr perydeclared the condition of r the dairy and machinery are outstanding v the passing of a bird onto the list of ex tinct species is usuallythe final chapter in a tragic tale such was the grim and un believable hews in 1914 when it was an- nounced the last individual of a species that took millions of years to evolve and had numbered in the billions ofbirds was dead this loss of the passenger pigeon was followed in 1931 by demise ofthe less spectacular heath hen despite complete protection and a great effort by man to save it another hun- ters target that was thought to have suffered the samefate many years agohas since beentri rediscovered ji this rediscovery of the giant canada goose after more than three decades of believedextinction isa story with a much happierconclusion for from the earliest days on the great plains western sportsmen in both canadavand the united states told tales of kingbized geese that often tipped the scales near the 20 pound mark much of this information however was treated with tongue in cheek with the general feeling being most hunters tend to stretch their stories iri the same manner as fisher- men thenhy 1919ray holland a sportsman himself arid then president of the american game protective association wasnt so sure all the tales were far fetched he tried to shed some light on thesubject by publishing the question how much does a wild goose weigh i one of his many answers came from william b mershon a copper mine executive who had written a book about his outdoor experiences including goose hunting with the exchange of data and information the two men were convinced that theselarge geese did in fact exist and moreover were a separate racejo any recognized by the scientists of that era but from that day until his death in 1939- mershon and his ally were frustrated at every turn in their efforts to convince leading or about the time mershon was drawing his last breath a young biologist james moffitt was completing a six year study of large wild geese- unfortunately world war 2 in- terrupted the publication of his findings and with his death on active service the mystery remained unsolved for another 12 years then in november of 1951 another or- i nithologist jean delacour having been given access to moffitts notes released the word that the big geese were indeed a separate race branta canadesis maxima butalasi apparently the giants had been recognized too late for after three more years of study delacour stated these giant canada geese appear to be now extinct the american ornithologists check list for 1957 also contains the information that the giant canada goose is now extinct other leading bird men mourned the passing of this regal gamebird in publications from 1954 to 1961 then on a cold winter morning in mid- january 1962 dr hc hanson was with a- group of wildlife personnel weighing measuring and banding some geese from an overwintering flock at rochester minnesota the almost unbelievable weights of these birds caused the crew to rechecktheir scales- using bags of sugar andother items of known weight they soon realized that not only were the scales correct but that they were dealing with a flock of very large geese indeed dr hanson then began his findings and after matching them with those of delacours came up with the startling fact that these birds were the missing giants branta canadesis maxima subsequent research also revealed that far from being extinct there were ac- jj tually thousands of these- big geese spread across the midnorth american continent although never as plentiful as their ii smaller relatives these larger- waterfowl did u- however possess a trait that was instrumental to no small degree in their ultimate survival c foriunlike the majority of whitecheeked canadas that trailed across our horizons spring and fall pausing onlytojrestfand feed in certain local f areas thesebig birds remainednear our southern borders from saptapping time till late autumn at least the agonizing puzzle as to why only some captive flocks raised broods was finally answered u now wildlife management people coulduse these traits and apply this knowledge to establish these giants all across the southern parts of canada and northern us states v that such efforts have been successful are very much in evidence in ontario some 15 r years after their rediscovery for whether ia you travel from morrisburg to newmarket or it south along the lake ontario shoreline and over towards county and lake st clair youll see cahacla geese on the smaller waterways during thesummer months- and in the late spring theyll have young goslings j with them a siiresignthey are the giants of the goose world branta canadesis maxima back from the very brink of obscurity n mosquito control iiecsssary by david woods there was a lot of talk about encephalitis in ontario last year-understandably- so health authorities were anxious to avoid a s v ana machinery are outstanding nithologists and wildlife administrators of nitary viewpoint and this reflects their belief ll editors mail repetition of 1975 when stlpuisencephalitls sarnia andsouth mapped but the madeitsfiretiunwdotmeaprancemthis staenant wtprs that tharhor tk reader corrects facts fprmer residents respond to homecoming si although all former stouffvillites cant fmake it- back to town for the centennial celebrations many will be with the residents k hn spirit if not in actual fact these letters written in response to invitations to attend aibmecoming weekend illustrate the point ithey were forwarded to tribune by the homecoming committee iry 5 1 was r delighted to receive the an- tjiouncement today concerning the- homecoming and school reunion on july 2- jjsv v it would be a real thrill to be back at the old school for that day but i do not feel that i could make the long trip this year as i have thought of the school today many happy memories have come back to me it was a really friendly place and the teachers were really great even though we had our disagreements v them at the time i especially remember ralph haiste who was our hockey and soccer coach as well as our english teacher he was kind enough to drive to goodwood and visit me when i was en for cleanup dear sir 4 ithe recycling depot wishes to thank the following for their help and support in making the centennial cleanup so successful womens- institute cancer society ladies auxiliary- of the legion istouffville horticulture society who girl guides brownies boy scouts and cubs and theirleaders pioneer girls fran and denis sainsbury and dorothyv wagg leaders three church youth group kin smen kinettes lions club united church couples club the staff and students of or chard park summitview and st marks- out of school for a year due to illness f i remember our school newspaper which i edited for a year and alsoour first attempt at a i also remember when we swit ched from being a continuation school to a high school with our new colors wine and white and our new school crest that i helped design my one claim tofame since high school days in stouffville i spent two years in the canadian navy- had a short business career with the consumers gas company in toronto had six years of training in mcmaster university in hamilton and then pastorates in baptist churches in brantford and toronto in ontario calgary- and red deer in alberta and now in burnaby bc k r looking back thosewere great days at stouffville high school and i am very thankful that their influence has lasted through the years i- greetings to you and all the people who were a part of my life during those early jwho served the lunch wiv w park summitview and st marks years may god bless you all ipotso yv v schools and to the many other individuals r benny jones t north burnabv b c injcholas helen garrett and phyllismadlll avery special thankyou to the members unwmr- ofthecounty breakers cb aubwhopar- nrr a -m- v v woman sends regards cannot make the trip i birthday and i am too far i would love to be there i hope you have urnout i win keep the pictures b u- j c j iscnding five dollars you can use it as j j youwish from emily sutherland my name gmd bob belislewho iookectafter 4 apologize for failing to mention them in last v used to be emilyzelier -mrs- sutherland evening pidcsips 35p weeks story- v lives inregtaa saskk dearsir on behalf of the stouffville centennial queen committee i wish to reply to a letter from j mary foote aurora the photo ap- pearing in the toronto star may 12 was takerithe previous day at woodbine at which 1 time 88 residents of stouffville attended ihe stouffville centennial stakes race arranged by the committee the caption stated that the people in the photograph would in fact be modellingtheir attire at a fashion show to be held by the committee on june 12 this is not the case the people were dressed up strictly for the race to promote our centennial the fashions being presented at the june 12 show are by the leading canadian designer ritche the contestants from the queen pageant will model wedding gowns from the 1950s to the predicted wedding attire for the year 2000 a11 proceeds from the show are going to thvstouffville public library the committee and many- others are working very hard to make this fashion show a memorable event for stouffville and we cannot understand why some people are so quick to criticize before they have all thefactst weare riot for one minute comparing the difficult lives of our early stouffville settlers with the carefree lives of the residents of tara as im sure ms foote is aware every u fashion show must have a theme our show is entitled a return to elegance an afternoon v with scarlett ohara the finale of the show will be the mock wedding of scarlett ohara and rhett butler if we raise enough money perhaps we could purchase an additional copy of the book j referred to by ms foote and mail her a complimentary copy v yours sincerely carole reilly ai r i qneen pageant committee province and about 70 people contacted it- four of them dying as result last summer you may remember- municipalities in the highrisk areas from toronto to sarnia andsouth mapped but the shallow stagnant waters that harbor the larvae ofi fnosquitoesfcarrying encephalitis and sprayed them with chemicals the public was asked to empty or remove such mosquito- breeding spots as old tires or barrels bird- baths or wading pools anything in which- water could stagnate this cooperative tvehture in preventive medicine paid off last year there were only four cases of encephalitis in ontario hone off jthemfatai c nonetheless says dr barbara blake director of the ministry of healths com- munity health protection branch theres nor- reason forcomplacency this year we cant- afford to let our guard down municipalities she says will be en- couraged to step up their mosquito abatement programs and the ministry of health will pick up part of the tab for doing this the public too through reminders like this will again be asked to play its part we cant assume that encephalitis wont occur again this year or that even if it does it wont affect us personally the answer get- the mosquito before it gets us what is encephalitis its a swelling of the brain there are morethah 40 different types of the disease but the one were talking about here its called the st louis strain because thats where researchers first found its cause is carried by certain species- of mosquito- just for the record the type of mosquito i- that usually does the damage isthe culex variety but you dont have to take a course in a entomology to learn how to spot the culex just consider all mosquitoes equally unac- ceptable and- do everything you can to discourage them r breeding i which- theyre inclined to doprolificallyih warmt shallow stagnant- waters- ui yj- since there is no known treatment for encephalitis which is characterized by drowsiness loss of appetite fever headaches nausea and vomiting prevention is our best