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i i 4 the teibune thubsday janimby 11 u james thomas editorinchief established 1888 charles h nolan publisher barrebeacock advertising manager editorial dept ed schrotr jim hott display advertising 06pt lota wldaman art duoo v busxess office jonilrhmn dor ndconangfcr pubbdmd mr thursday at 54 mala st stouthris ont tl 6402101 toronto pbooa 1611680 slngj copies 20 c wbertouon 1000 mr yaar la canada s2s00 atmwrwr ifatnbar of canadian community nmrapapars aa and ontario weakly nmnpapars association sacond class mah registration number 0896 the tribune is one of the inland publishing co umhsd group of suburban newspapers which in cludes the ajax whitby pickering news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etobtcoke gazette ilarkham e and sun newmarket aurora era oamoe beaver oshawa this week ilississauga newssoshawa this weekend acton free press- milton canadian champion and the georgetown independent v 6402100 fs 3611680 editorials caring for special children the majority of parents are blessed with what can be described as normal children theyre not particularly gifted nor are they retarded also they possess no physical handicaps yet it is estimated that in york region alone there are more than 4000 young people who require some form of special education alarming yes it is when one realizes this number represents about ten per cent of the regions total enrollment more alarming still is the realization that this problem has always been with us not the same in total but close to the same in per centage one can only imagine the frustrations for hundreds of mothers and fathers who once faced with these difficult tasks were at a loss on where to turn for aid in recent years the york county board working in close cooperation with parent cnr station sita disgrace stouffvilles cnr stations a disgrace as much as we wanted this landmark preserved and attempted to persuade local politicians to preserve it nothing concrete was ever accomplished so now the struc tures reached a point of no return the sooner they bring in the bulldozers the better i if we sound bitter youre right weare we feel the matter wasbadly handled i l regardless of previous statements were certain the cn could have been coaxed into leaving the station at its present site were certain too that renovations one time could have been completed for less than 30000 if made a community project j a future use a town museum of course what is it now a monument to a council that refused todo anything a disgrace y we should be ashamed advance into second century the congregation of christ anglican church in stouffville is marking its 100th anniversary this year the tribune is pleased to join with all denominations in offering congratulations one hundred years is an enviable milestone for the few individuals who reach it the end is near for a church however it can be a beginning of new and greater things in the years ahead so it would seem to be with he anglicans here one hundred and ten families and growing the rector rev frank edney said worship services and social events in the weeks ahead could be the catalyst to spearhead the church into a new era an era where support is sufficient to retain a minister for this congregations needs alone therein lies the challenge of the second century may it take only a few years to achieve jja areatelephone pioneer ovadbnice a pioneer of the betaesda ami stouffville telephone co b shown here on the front steps of the brace family home south of the stoaffvfllegormley road near the 5th concession the well- patronized conservation area bears his name the picture was resurrected from an old photo file at the tribune news item chairman ken lanshway annowncrs end of an era for stoaffville public utilities commission groups york centre mpp alf stong york north mpp bill hodgson and the province have made tremendous strides in an effort to overcome such inequalities in education we give the aforementioned full marks for their accomplishments last month close to 60 recommendations were put forward by a special education committee comprising frank wilkinson a special ed superintendent margery boggs a special ed consultant in area 4 bob an derson principal of fairmead school newmarket and bill armstrong principal of the secondary school at langstaff the majority were approved harry bowes trustee for whitchurch- slouffville has called it a great move for ward truly it is a program that we trust will continue to move forward filling a need thatwas so badly neglected in years past v wheeler 0 ttltiu8umt goodnight roaming around r is there a pied piper in stouffville by jim thomas mention rats and folks cringe dont ask me why they just do next to snakes theyre probably the most despised and feared creatures on earth its been said that the bravest of men able to face up to anything frontan enraged indian elephant to awesome bengal tigers will flee in terror at the sight of a single rat okay laugh if ypu like id have laughed too if someone had suggested such a thing four weeks ago but noi now for ive seen the kind of effect they have on people its scarey back in december demolition work was completed on an ageold building south of the tribune office on market street i watched its dismantling with casual interest agreeing with other onlookers that the structure while possibly a landmark was serving no useful purpose in its present state not until later did i realize the building had served as the winter habitat for hundreds maybe thousands of rats with their home destroyed and cold weather setting in the rodents sought out the closest undercover protection they could find on a straight line the shortest distance between life and death was the tribune this place was quickly invaded obviously it took these longtailed squatters a while to become accustomed to their new quarters they were content to lay low nary a sound then just before christ mas things began to happen they became daring at first it was just a rustle like a couple of playful mice playing tag between the par titions later the rustle turned to a clump clump and the clump clump to a thump thump squirrels i said to myself 1s h3 uhuh no it cant be too loud for that must be raccoons then it happened a vibration so enor mous i was sure the intruders were coming straight through the ceiling not wishing to create undue alarm i didnt breath a word to others on staff when they arrived for work the next morning you know how girls are about such things they grab for their skirts vault onto desks and scream to high heaven i wanted none of that however when doreen the head ac countant pulled open a drawer and discovered a halfeaten apple where a whole apple had been the night before she started asking questions then as if in answer to her queries a rat with a full head of steam raced up the stairs catching ad salesman art by complete surprise he did a pirouette with such grace and style it would have put eddie shack in his prime to shame from that point the ratwar was on traps large enough to catch a hip popotamus were set at convenienflocations conveniencfor the rats buff not for night- lime patrons of the mens washroom no i didnt sit on one but something almost as serious i stepped into one and nearly lost a toe had it been placed on the seat i could have been maimed for anyway it gave me some idea how a rat must feel poor thing i found myself a wee bit remorseful over the fact they should meet such a terrible fate hardly a hospitable reception for a family wishing only to come in out of he cold regardless everythings pretty well back to normal now except during the wee small hours i can still hear the patter of little feet above my head an onimous sign of more clumps and thumps to come cil o j c v the fourth quarter seniors with contrasting outlooks on lif e by leslie holbrook t i fell in love with a male we cannot get married but we live together this is a quote from one of numerous chucklely letters i get from jeaders across the land to counteract complaining that comes from lots of others n this jolly writer mrs lmg meaford explains he is a little canary and his name is pepi he sings his heart out and brings joy to my soul a trio of sadfaced basset hounds is pic- lured on mrs gs stationery under the pic ture she has penned three senior citizens her whole letter bubbles with humor but she can be serious too there is not another country in the world which lakes care of its senior citizens like canada since my husbands death i have made my way back to meaford where i live in a seniors apartment i am happy for the comfort that i have i feel sorry for older folk who grumble about this or the other about being confined to a small apartment we should be grateful i am mrs g ends with some good words to awake each morning with a smile brightening my face to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it con tains to approach my work with a clear clean mind to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart to be gentle kind and courteous through all hours to approach the night with weariness thai woos sleep to feel the joy that comes from work welldone this is how i desire to spend wisely my days are senior citizens being robbed was the way one paper captioned a recent fourth quarter column manvof you were quick to shout yes of course we are says wll unless we have benefitted substantially from owning real estate the only asset which has kept up with inflation we are slipping behind all the time harder monies invested in government bonds life insurance andcertificates of deposit are p dpal in vrates of interest on savings have not equalled the rate of inflation especially if income tax has to be paid on the interest for us this indirect conscription of savings is not compensated for fully by income increases such as most workers enjoy at the same lime we are faced with increased costs for both necessities and reasonable comforts newspapers books music plus rising taxes income and sales taxes are considerably lower in the us florida for example and in some cases there is no school tax on seniors homes in connecticut real estate taxes are fixed al retirement protecting seniors from being taxed out of possession later increases in taxes are collected from the estate we also suffer from outrageous prices charged for goods and services required to keep us and our homes going a curb needs to be put on the cowardly and greedy claims of already overpaid workers who so often give us only a shoddy job editors mail praises town planners dear mr thomas with respect to the letter from frances baker under the heading favors super market published in the jan 4 issue of the tribune i cant understand her logic the writer complains about the main street being weakened by too many hair salons real estate offices and restaurants then she suggests a third supermarket should- be established in the harding gate plaza which in my opinion would only weaken the downtown core even more jm not a professional economist but its quite obvious a third store of such size is not needed in stouffville not now or for many years in the future this town is fortunate to have two ex- cellenl retail food outlets the iga and the a p are more than capable of handling all the trade thats available here another would only reduce the number of patrons at the other two making it difficult for each to survive rather than criticize the planning board for its delaying lactic i commend them members action is long overdue and should be an acrosstheboard policy rather than an s single specific act too many oi anything isl bad be they service stations restaurants drug stores or barbershops your newspaper has stressed this fact on several occasions and i wholeheartedly agree a third supermarket no way support the two that are here now thats my recommendation thanks for allowing me to air my feelings on this matter kenneth arthurs manitoba street stouffville y dear editor i despise chronic complainers and im sure most readers of your newspaper do also regardless i have a beef that i feel should be aired recently a rather severe ice storm turned stouffville streets into skating rinks the next morning when i left for work around 630am the back streets were as slippery as glass not a sand truck to be seen anywhere surely in a own the size of ours a night shift could be pressed into service to handle such emergencies x i if 5 norma jenkins f stonfferst i stouffville