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van i nieuwenhove uxbridgescott member on the durham region board of education is ob- viously not that type of individual he believes in telling it the way it is webb public school is doomed at a meeting of resident ratepayers march 11 mr van neiuwenhove laid it on the line telling his audience that ah enrollment of 45 students less than 50 per centcapacity does not constitute of viable operation and hes right its a waste of taxpayers money particularly when theres a facility only a few miles away that can accommodate these children webb school it seems became ex pendable the day the durham board decided to remove grades one and two from the building and bus them to goodwood that in reality was when the decision to close the structure was made for the primary classes are the foundation for continuing education at a specific location take that away and eventually theres nothing left like the little country church its sad to witness the closing of a rural school for it represents something viable in a community that can never be replaced a monument 1 to the past r however sentiment has no place in big business today and education like it or not is big business a bureaucratic institution that sheds no tears for treasures of yesteryears trustees deal in dollars and cents not delusions or sensitivity regardless webb residents are to be commended for their concern no matter how i shaky the argument upon which these con- cerns are based if the axe falls they can look at themselves and say we tried sue cessful they can rejoice and say wewon v we wish them luck safeguards at intersections with ministry approval flashing red beacons will be installed over each stop sign at the intersection of kennedy road 6th concession and the stouffville road ken nedy road 6th concession and major mackenzie drive 17th avenue and mc- cowan road 7th concession and major mackenzie drive this action authorized by york region will be applauded by the hundreds of motorists who travel these routes daily while we have advocated the installation of automatic traffic lights in all three areas these will undoubtedly follow as road use increases in the meantime the red beacons will serve as a stopgap between an obvious hazard and sure safety the criteria for having such beacons installed is interesting the directive states that at least two accidents a year must occur at a particularintersection for at least three years and that each must involve personal injury or a minimum of 400 property damage so there you have it first the collisions- then the solutions proof positive before anythings done will- there ever be a time when common sense will prevail over statistics only when common sense prevails in politics 1 need discussion on drugs allegations of drug abuse among some students at stouffville high are reasons for concern among many parents concern over what they dont know rather than what they do y perhaps their worries are unfounded we hope so however the comment we keep hearing that stouffville is no worse than any other secondary school in york region is merely a way of avoiding the problem and evading solutions qld man winter retains its grip with today being the first of spring scenes like this will soon change the tribunes oatoorphotograptier joann thompson spotted this setting while walking along the crosscountry ski trails at pleasure valley recreation centre brock road south of coppins corners in summer these same paths win be nsed for hiking v okay so neither of us missed a mfeetingwell see what happens this year roaming around time lias taken its toll b jim thomas burying ones head in the sand never solved anything that is why we wholeheartedly support principal mervyn wifherows decision to arrange a public meeting- on the matter hopefully it will tell it like it is replace rumors with facts and clear the air more importantly we trust that the rumors if substantiated will give rise to ways and means of combatting this curse oh my aching back and arms and legs and shoulders and two mornings after the night before and brother do i hurt all over i honestlythought it would be simple to stage a hockey comeback and thats what i did friday night it all came about when a bunch of the guys got their heads together and v decided to rent the rink for a couple of hours all were members of the oncefamous or infamduspeachsteamthajroamedthe ice- lanes between woodville and wexford back in the 50s while stouffville was vhbme base it seemed like we were on the road as much as in our own rink butnobody cared heck we were young then or relatively so but its hard to turn back the clock twentyfive years takes its toll as strange as it may seem i found myself torn between two desires the head saying go and the legs answering stop so there i was all wound up on theblueline like a pretzel doing a little bit of both but neither very well- what provoked most of us to get back into the silly puckchasing business was the challenge that our sons the new generation would provide the oppsoition no father regardless of how old or decrepid could do a flipflop on that so i was caught between going out and doing my best and theem- barrassment of admitting im- over the hill let history record i chose the former let history also record that ive aged twentyfive years in the last quarter century and feelit while ive changed so also has the game take the sticks kids use today for example all with silly curved blades and i mean curved not slanted slightly to the right or left buthooked like a corncutters sickle- and the price i doubt i ever paid over a dollar in my day but now eight nine ten and up with the frightening thought it could splinter into a million pieces the first shift after pleading absolute poverty the sympathetic clerk located a onenighter for 340 1 grabbed it v and left fearing hed discover his mistake before id get out the door and the skates wow theyre beautiful and light as a couple of feathers by com parison mine are cement slabs regardless- an investment in this area was completely out of the question since no scouts would attend to see me perform another switch in the past two decades which to me proved a bit embprrasing is the fact women as well as men are employed in sporting goods stores editors mail honest council j dear jim your comments regarding a divided council are i believe inadequate this council has its share of unanimous- votes as well as divided votes sure there are differences of opinion and- through open debate if a councillor finds shehe cannot r support hisher opinion hisher vote usually changes accordingly find this a very open and frank group of people to be working with they are also a hardworking group and contrary to your suggestion each and every councillor definitely has the interest of the people of whitchurchstouffville uppermost in their deliberations perhaps asthe rookie member of council i am in a good position to make these observations however rather than make a general widesweeping suggestion that council decisions are consistently wrong you would be providing a- much better service to the town and to responsible journalism if you indicated with which votes of council you disagreed who voted whichway you would find quite a variety of differences and why they voted in that way this would help to get the issues discussed even more openly than at present and would enhance the democratic process much more than widesweeping ac- cusations and innuendo v t if council was willing to raise taxes could have several major projects built in short order i believe that people in whit churchstouffville are not willing toendure a large tax hike at this time especially when so many young famines are being faced with tremendous rises in mortgage payments due to high interest rates- v also at present there are several sub divisions ready to go ahead including in dustrial subdivisions but we cannot force developers to build if they feel they can make more money with less risk in other in vestments neither will council give developers all sorts of concessions which will eventually cost the present residents tax dollars yours sincerely jim sanders councillor ward 6 plain people heart fund a success dear jim this has been a very successful year for the whitchurchstouffville branch of- the ontario heart foundation thanks goes to the 18 captains and 110 men and women who volunteered their time to canvass for this worthwhile cause the tribune has been most generous in helping to remind everyone that february was heart month j the whitchurch-stouffville- fire department represented xby bill brown demonsffatedrcp7 r rcardiopnlminary resuscitation to the canvassers woo attended oor annual coffee party iniswas very much appreciated y through donations to the heart fund canadian researchers are i mhrig great advancements we thank you for contributing to this program sincerely lovanna sanders and gail richards cochairpersons v heart fund 19801 dear editor through the tribune i wish to commend the town works department for a service- thats- surely appreciated by every senior citizen in stouffville the snowclearing on main street sidewalks f v 1 with all the other things these men must look after this job may not seem like much but it means a great deal to me sincerely i i gertrude hayes main street west stocffviile cliff aiken rupert avenue stouffville twenty years ago this may cliffaiken purchased storeys drug store on main street- stouffville best move i ever made he says vitsbeen a rewarding experience and a good experience for stouffville we might add for cliff- has played an active part in town affairs particularly through the lions clubi he served as president in 1972 and held the position of zone chairman in 197374 he was club treasurer for a time arid has worked on a number of committees in- eluding health and welfare other in terests include the ontarlomentalhealth association and the stouffville branch of the royal canadian legion a few years back he was chairman of the stouffville businessmens association during world war ii he was a petty officer in the royal canadian navy a devoted family man he is the father of two girls beverley athbme and shirley mrs noel ramsey attending ryerson ins titnte toronto and fwoy sons geoffrey iri saskatoon saskatchewan and howard a student at the mennonlte brethren college in win- nipeg manitoba its because of people like cliff aiken whitchnrchstoaffvuies a better place in which to live a 1 vv i needed a jock the moths ate my old onewhile rummaging through items in the garterbelt department v this cute thing a enquired if she could help i nearly fell through the floor im looking for an athletic support answered tactfully male or female she asked malei stammered what sizedo you take she in terrogated vadulti think i answered vi think hot she replied pointing to a bin marked alarge theyd fit a hip- popotamus i had to agree settled for a medium only to discover it was all for nought the game was played with a sponge puck as for the end result thats the part of me that hurts the most i picked up a sliver on the bench while taking a double breather in the second half however the pain at that point isno worse than the multitudinous aches elsewhere thats why im writing this column standing up 4 o v h