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4 the tribune thursday october 1 ws lte riune james thomas editor-in- chief established u charles h nolan publisher 8arre be acock advertising manager editoaial dipt id scfemttr klm olaadar outlay aovcktisino oct ltil wmtman art oiien usini is oficc j mtrtamta owmi ottcm titotn clar pvdiimma trr turi4a af mtiivsi stouttvill ofll td h01i8i tbtmio phont ml un sinai c4 mc- ivfttcrlfiiwa j mr ytw la canada sttm abawhara minimr el canadian community mwf apart attodaltm m4 oatario wttkly nawtpapan atucuhoa sacead clan mail raglitratloa numbtr otm tm tnstaia it m h inland pvmiuiinf co umif ad f roup el lubvrban navipapari which uiclvdat iht aia wntftr picktruif na adarfr arameton guardian surlingtsn pow etobicott caiana markjiam econamitt im sun nmnirui aurora era oakvillt it atr oihawa thi wttk and mitsuauaa nii 6402100 3611680 editorials from fish our towns famous again twentyfive years ago a most unlikely commodity goldfish put stouffville on the map visitors here were continually enquiring as to the whereabouts of the goldfish factory now the site of testa villa apartments victoria street when the daily press both the star and the tely had space to fill theyd invariably search through their files and come up with a rewrite of the same story theyd featured six months before to local folk well acquainted with the tale of the finny creatures it all became a bit boring still it made stouffville famous with the sudden demise of this firm the towns position in the spotlight of public at tention also went sour and remained that way for a time now were back in the thick of things again and by thick we mean traffic bumper- tobumper traffic every saturday the reason the stouffville sales barn thats what we call it the stouffville flea market thats what they call it but for the local resident attempting to inch his way out from any one of a halfdozen side streets the applied name or names are quite un printable in a family newspaper regardless this business that had its start in a small shed on park drive north has developed into the success venture of the decade its a wellrun operation this is obvious otherwise people by the hundreds or is it thousands wouldnt keep coming back there are side benefits too town restaurants and service stations are only two but putting aside traffic problems that can be endured with a little patience all of stouffville benefits through widespread publicity that cant be purchased at any price election fronttoo quiet window on wildlife bird feeders for bird watchers by art briggsjude with just over three weeks to go until election day nov 13 theres little apparent interest in whitchurchstouffville as the situation now stands there could be an acclamation right across the board this is bad not because the members now holding office have done a poor job they havent but because after a period of two years the electorate is entitled to a choice earlier there were rumblings of can- didate enthusiasm in wards 1 and 5 these have pretty well petered out in ward 6 jim sanders the only definite nominee could still face opposition but time is running out despite the fact only about 40 per cent of town voters exercise their franchise theres a growing feeling of resentment here over the thought of no vote at all people weve talked to cant understand how such a thing could occur it has and it will unless responsible residents come out of the woodwork and offer a challenge why the hesitation to serve in this capacity the missing ingredient is time the majority refused to be pinned down to a position they cant serve well then theres the fear of making unpopular decisions decisions that turn friends into enemies who needs the aggravation theres also a hateful thought about being beaten no one likes to be a loser these things combinedjeauses would- be candidates to cringe hence an ac clamation still a nocontest is bad bad for the acclaimed and bad for the town surely out of more than 12000 theres more than one new face to step out of the crowd for the sake of good government there should be town lightingunacceptable town council has approved an ex penditure of close to 3000 for the upgrading of lights in several blackout areas of the municipality builder should fix faulty fireplaces its happened again another blaze in another fireplace at a home in the second phase of the felray subdivision at ballantrae damage has been estimated at close to t 2000 important certainly but not a major concern what is relates to the fact that had the fire occurred at three oclock in the morning instead of ten oclock at night the result could have been far more serious even loss of life before such a tragedy occurs an order should go out from the town of whitchurch stouffville prohibiting the use of suspect units this ban should remain in effect until all have been thoroughly inspected if during inspections faulty work manship is discovered the municipality should bring pressure to bear on the builder to correct all structural defects with lives as well as property at stake no one can afford to play games with this problem it should be remedied as quickly as possible with the welfare of the homeowner a top priority editors mail fire service appreciated dear editor after reading in your paper of an in vitation to visit the whitchurch stouffville fire station thursday night i dragged myself away from the tv screen long enough to accompany two of my children down to the hall what was supposed to take fifteen minutes was extended into an hour and one of the most worthwhile hours ive spent in a long time i found the department volunteers exceptionally friendly and knowledgeable my son and daughter appreciated them too so thanks men youre a great bunch of guys and you do a tremendous job glenn beckett j northstreet i x stouffville this is good news money well spent however it goes without saying that such a limited expenditure will accomplish very little when one looks at the overall requirements throughout the municipality a drive along some of stouffvilles back streets after dark points out a laxness in this regard on some virtually no lighting at all and this is a town consider then the illumination in some of the hamlets like bethesda lemonville and musselmans lake candlepower at best look too at the lopsided lighting on main street bright on the south dark on the north like driving through a cemetery one visitor put it and she wasnt far wrong the council of 1979 should double its budget in this regard and continue an up dating of the service until an acceptable standard is reached its autumn again theres a chill to the morning air an artistic touch to the land scape and a seasonal sound in the calls of the wild birds and of the three most apparent 3 signs of fading summer its the notes of the feathered folk that often give us the earliest forecast of the changing season in many instances the prolonged cries of an inquisitive bluejay in auguskhave triggered the remark j gee that jay sure sounds like fall is here but gradually as the summer slipped into z september other voices in the bird world were heard from almost daily in a passing 3j parade oj inrpatientfenergy the warblers flitted and twittered throughour backyards and gardens robins headed for the hedgerows where berries were prevalant uttering single chirps not at all like their summer rain songs in the evening flocks of blackbirds swept across the horizon sending down a series of short clicking notes to draw your attention and who could fail to hear the traditional music of the wild geese winging their way overhead in shallow v for mations birds then have a particular appeal to most people and whether youre a wildfowl hunter in the middle of a marsh a bird ob server out checking the fall migration or simply a homeowner watching the birds arrive at your feeder the attraction is there surprisingly some folk like myself are a bit of all these things as an example on the 15th of september we opened the duck season near blind river then spent the weekend of the 23rd at point pelee observing the southward movement of hawks and this past week we have been busy building new bird feeders and restocking the old ones for the coldweather months ahead actually this is a good time to begin your winter feeding program the great general movement of birds at this season makes it possible to attract some of these migrants to your feeding station as they drift by and of course if the pickings are right and regular theres a good chance theyll stay on to en tertain you in the sometimes drab days ahead a bird feeding station may range anywhere from a single shelf with a raised edge to keep the seed on to an expensive redwood creation with glass panels and the whole bit again ill repeat onceyou have decided to set up a feeder its imperative that you keep it supplied for its cruel to have birds become dependant on your offerings and then cut them off in the cold weather so put your feedtray in a sheltered spot out of the strong winds and up high enough so the cats cant spring onto it a bracket on the garage a wire hung from a tree or a pipe driven into the ground all work equally well f a support only make sure youcan see it n the window for thats where all the action will be when winters blustery days arrive and stock it well with sunflower seed and a mixture of cracked corn and maybe some rolled oats millet or canary seed will often bring in goldfinches and redpolls while nutmeats attract nuthatches and bluejays and while on the subject of nuts and jays a mesh bag filled with peanuts in the shell and hung from a tree willprevent these boisterous clowns from robbing your handouts as fast as you put them up such bags are also a great favorite of the woodpeckers especially with the addition of some chunks of raw suet if you live in an area where there are lots of large trees a long suet log works even better simply split the 4x24 inch log lengthwise then make a series of hollows into the flat sides now from the bark side drill a number of y holes into these crevises stuff the hollows with chopped suet nuts peanut butter and old canned fruit and you have a smorgasbord for sapsuckers and flickers with the addition of a feeder or two in jj your backyard you have just joined a whole host of people who engage in this popular cold- weather pastime and as the birds begin to arrive and accept your handouts try making a check list its a good reference for next winter and will give you an idea as to what to expect and when and youll be surprised to find how your list will grow from year to year quite often when a different bird turns up it causes some excitement not only in your household but in the whole neighborhood at such times youll begin to realize youre a confirmed birdwatcher if not how else can you explain tv tables at the picture window and a pair of binoculars resting on a partially opened field guide nearby council capers- privileges abused by ed schroeter veteran plowman anthony featherstone of rr i mniiken is a likely entrant in the east yorkking and vanghan match this saturday on the howard burkholder farm cone s markham a halfmile south of the stouffvillegormley road guardian photo when philosophers first popularized the notion of establishing justice for all men and women they didnt realize what a costly proposition it would be it is certainly a very noble if somewhat optimistic project in fact after the ink eraser its one of mankinds more worthwhile ideas as a reporter i wont deny that unfortunately after being pumped with rhetoric about mans inalienable rights the public has forgotten that justice is really just another basic service provided by the government it like garbage collection is expensive its added onto your tax bill at the end of the year make no mistake about it it seems to me some citizens are abusing their privileges at an enormous cost to the general public at the municipal level for example the recent increase in the number of ontario municipal board hearings in our area has proved to be an enormous burden on the town i dont propose to do away with them that would be like inviting the son of sam killer over for a quick round of fencing it would be a very quick round indeed at a cost of over 1000 a day the omb hearing should be a last avenue of appeal they generally deal with opposition from residents or the town to a proposed housing or industrial development but it might be the case that a developer wishes to appeal a decision by the town forbidding his sub division council has taken measures recently to offset the expense by asking developers who have the towns support to share the cost of the hearing after observing several recent omb hearings im not sure if this is at all fair i came away with the impression from one hearing that the residents who opposed one development had no case against the plan at all they were tying up his time and money and were abusing the judicial system they certainly raised enough valid concerns however an omb hearing is not the time or place to dispell these doubts they could be dealt with at the numerous public meeting and private sessions held earlier on the subject there was plenty of opportunity for his it occurred to me the residents in this case may simply not have wanted the project located near them if this were true they certainly shouldnt have been allowed to abuse the system in that way there must be some kind of deterrent for those who might not have any valid com plaints against a proposed development now if the loser of the battle was assessed the court costs people might think twice before they called for an omb hearing editors mail dear sir john b regans advertisement in last weeks tribune by which he proposed to clear up the misunderstanding surrounding this matter of his gravel dealings in ux bridge does nothing of the sort to my mind it was meant to further confuse the issue and mislead the people of this township his 6v6 centaton assistance for the taxpayers is hogwash this levy would only be payable until new pits quarries legislation comes into effect which the provincial government promises within the next few months he wants to haul a million tons a year for the next 40 years of which 39plus years would be under pits quarries legislation which uxbridge people havent seen cant guess and have absolutely no control over he would get 40 million tons of income we would get to take the chances his offer to pave the 7th concession to durham road 21 means nothing to the people who live here except an increase in the number of gravel trucks on our roads and his claim that the total tonnage involved will not increase is playing very loose with the truth the facts are that pit c would allow him to take out the full million tons a year he is licenced for but at present he cant because his pit a is nearly exhausted and his pit b isnt licenced finally his proposition would allow him to get around the townships opposition to pit b in effect he would rub all our noses in it randy howard uxbridge