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6402100 2i 311680 editorials an example for all of us every once in a while a story of sheer determination comes to the fore in this area an accomplishment against what we might consider incredible odds when this happens and it undoubtedly happens more often than we know about we feel the individual should be singled out for special praise and acclaim in the past three months three have come to our attention all involving young people the first was in the tribunes march 13 issue a story related to the achievements of a nineteen year old grade 13 student at pickering high diane mically appleview road dunbarton has been totally blind since the age of four yet despite this handicap she has accomplished more than many of us do in a lifetime she plays the piano and flute in the high school band shes learning the trumpet and hopes to master the oboe and clarinet she sang in the chorus for the musical brigadoon takes ballet lessons makes many of her own clothes the list goes on and on truly an inspiration to everyone whos come to know her the second was in the tribune issue of march 20 eighteen year old janette burgess of hollinrake street ballantrae suffers from cerebral palsy in spite of this she enjoys swimming rides horseback and next winter may take up crosscountry skiing in addition shes continuing her education at stouffville high and like diane is an inspiration to a wide circle of friends this week we commend the per severance of stephen schmucker main street unionville like diane stephen is also blind yet he participated in a nineteen mile bikeathon saturday cosponsored by the markham lions club and the markham unit of the canadian cancer society along with cocyclist john maduri pomander road unionville the two not only completed the route in sixtytwo minutes but did it ahead of everyone else given a challenge young people represent the greatest force on earth some need a helping hand some are selfmotivated regardless we must never sell them short diane janette and stephen are living proof of what can be accomplished against seemingly impossible odds js av lis t z t x i 0 v jg mwal spring f ivetfome xu trampoline nothingthat quilt cost me 46500 a longawaited project roaming around 1 pffft 1465 up in smoke by jim thomas this coming weekend the whitchureh- stouffville conervation club will commence a longawaited improvement project in the area of the town dam north of the high school we commend the membership for taking an interest in this site a potential wildlife sanctuary close to the main urban centre of this municipality however the club shouldnt be expected to do all the work alone volunteer assistance is needed both saturday and sunday in addition to the planting of shrubs and trees a barricade will be erected and signs will be posted therell also be a general cleanup of the property if the scouts and cubs girl guides and brownies are willing to offer their helping hands the conservation club is more than anxious to utilize their services young people not affiliated with these organizations are welcome too i the action starts at 9 a m strangled by frugality late tuesday but too late for publication the tax rate for whitchurch- stouffville was scheduled for finalization by town council as predicted earlier by mayor eldred king the increase for 1980 will be about 15 for the average homeowner commendable it all depends on how you look at it with growth practically at a standstill councillors must have been using exceedingly sharp pencils to keep the figure so low our concern is that theyve kept the figure too low and in doing so no new projects or programs can be contemplated its one thing to keep a tight rein on the purse strings its quite another when we pull the strings so tight we strangle ourselves that we fear is whats happening in whit- churchstouffville snap crackle pffft pop fourteen dollars and sixtyfive cents up in smoke that im ashamed to admit was the extent of the fireworks display enjoyed by the thomas family may 19 the kids had been looking forward to it all weekend just about every time i turned around one or the other was asking when are you gonna get em dad then theyd follow up the query by relating how little johnnys father was preparing a magnificent display and if we werent going to have anything theyd like to go over there faced with that kind of peer pressure i gave m promising a backyard show all our own that was fine i however unbeknowst to them i had a trick up my sleeve that had worked the year before the idea was to wait until the very last minute around two minutes to six then go in and vload up at a drastically reduced rate a miscellaneous bundle priced at close to eleven dollars i obtained for about seven and why not fireworks on may 20 are about as much value as a christmas tree on dec 26 so rather than hold them over merchants are prompted to take a cut and a sizeable one at that but no sir the shopkeeper i visited was sticking by his guns take em or leave em he as much as said as i bided my time looking for bargains i wasnt alone other parents stunned by the prices but not daring to go home empty- handed were doing the same a ripoff a ripoff one mother kept repeating to herself would you believe a single rocket four dollars i couldnt but there it was in bold black figures 400 one even at five ripoff was right r if it hadnt been so late id have shopped around but time was running out so i did the worst of two things instead of taking a boxed lotfor 1160 1 chose them individually trying to keep track of the total as i placed them on the counter but somewhere along the line my calculations went wrong fourteen dollars and sixtyfive cents the cash register read i couldnt believe it but modesty if you can believe that kept me from putting half of them back now the cost i could take as much as it hurt i was prepared to cut back on my four cups of coffee six packages of chewing gum two doughnuts andan order of toast and jam the next day to help make up the difference but the result of this extravagance was just too much we had a terrible tune getting the sparklers to sparkle the burning schoolhouse wouldnt burn and one of the rockets didnt even have a wick in less than five minutes the show was over and all we had to show for it were five disappointed kids with ashes in their eyes a shellshocked dog and an anemic pocketbook is that all there is came the chorus as the last rocket sailed out of sight i had to admit that it was i also had to admit that id been had but it wont happen again once burned twice wary as the saying goes next year well pack all the kids and the dog in the wagon and view the display courtesy markham kiwanis for two dollars adults and children free an entire family can see a show worth 4400 now thats a bargain i the potential of the conservation area north of v edward and church streets in stouffville is depicted in this extremely rare picture taken by denis sainsbury r r 2 stouffville the birds perched on a dead elm tree are white egrets seldom seen in this- area the whitchurch- stoaffvuie conservation club is holding a work bee at the site this weekend and hopes to maintain the property as a wildlife sanctuary j y sugar and spice im glad im not a farmer by bill smileyl im glad im not a farmer im glad im not a number of things a bartender a doctor a goalkeeper a fighter chairman of the treasury board among many others but imparticularly glad im not a farmer a bartender must cope with a low class of people forever trying to tell him their sordid secrets a doctor must handle some of the lowest parts of the human anatomy piles bowels ingrown toenails seed warts on the sole a fighter professional or merely domestic must constantly be on guard against low blows physical or vocal the chairman of the treasury board is faced with trying to sell savings bonds at a low interest rate when everyone else banks trust companies and jumpedup usurers of every color are offering the moon in interest but the farmer is faced with the worst low of all low income low prices and the low opinion of the vast majority of lowlyinformed people in the land a number of things has recently brought this to my attention though ive known it peripherally for years last saturday the old lady and i gazed- with the fascination of a rabbit facing a rat tlesnake at a tiny prime rib roast of beef in the meat counter we turned simultaneously to each other and as i was blurting what the hell she was saying its been two years we bought the little beauty we slavered as it roasted and we attacked it when cooked like a couple of eskimos who have been living on boiled moccasins for two months and have finally killed a seal lying groaning after the orgy i began to think the roast wasnt much thicker than one of the steaks you tossed on the barbecue ten years ago it weighed 235 pounds it cost seven dollars with whipped turnips roast potatoes and onions a little garlic rubbed in and a salad it was something you wouldnt be ashamed to serve queen elizabeth then why was it such a big deal because we like so many shortsighed spoiled canadians have been shying away from the beef prices in the supermarket for a couple of years without really thinking about it mut- tering not really blaming the beef farmers but feeling hard done by a bottle of whiskey of anydecent brand costs eight dollars plus the price of three pounds of prime rib roast which would you prefer which takes more tender loving care which returns a decent profit to the producer in west germany people are paying seven dollars a pound for beef if this hap- editors mail memories dear mr thomas ninety per cent of your towns residents no longer know me in fact few v village oldtimers will remember me regardless i know stouffville during the summer as a cottager at musselmans lake i was a constant visitor sometimes by car a few times on a bicycle and more than once on foot i loved it just walking down your treelined main street gave me a big thrill on occasions id drop into shine daviss tobacco shop and listen to the stories as told by big morley pat malloy bucket rae and a few more of the boys around town my biggest thrill came in watching stouffville play ball you had some great teams way back then the lehmans red forsyth the clendenings what a great bunch of guys that brings me to the point i want to make whats happened to your beautiful park i returned to stouffville last weekend and was disappointed in the way it has deteriorated not the beautiful place it was the last time i was there there was once none finer in york county maybe ontario if the advice of an outsider is worth anything dont let this happen a good park is a towns finest asset maintain it well and youll reap dividends a hundred times the investment j sincerely mac mcdonald niagara falls ont pened in canada thered be lynching parties running through the countryside looking for beef producers same day we bought the beef i picked up a fivepound bag of pei potatoes for 49 cents ten cents a pound ill bet youd pay more for manure if you wanted to green your lawn a pound of bread shot through machines is about seventy cents a pound of butter likewise is up around 145 a pound of eggs costs about forty cents a quart of milk is ninety per cent water and costs around seventy cents v a lousy lettuce imported from california costs a buck same for a bunch of asparagus a pack of cigarettes costs more six imported tomatoes shipped from new mexico green as bullets and less tasty than mashed toejam will run you nearly a dollar theres something crazy about our way of life our prices our values we pay 125 and will eventually be paying 400 to run a rusty piece of metal from here to there there are about six middlemen the arabs the shipping com pany two or three governments the trucking companies the eventual dealer and we shudder as we walk past the meat counter and see that beef choice is 338 a pound would you rather have two gallons of gas or a pound of beef would you rather have a quart of rye or two and a half pounds of beef would you rather have a pack of fags or ten pounds of potatoes perhaps im not making my point eggs and butter and cheese are right up there in price but the farmer who supplies the milk is working for peanuts however these products have some kind of control after all eugene whelan dumped sixty zillion rotten eggs on us a few years ago and canada cant give away its huge supplies of powdered milk but a lot of our farmers are being royally shafted especially the meat producers and the poor devils who come up with ouf spuds have you any idea of the capital cost the heavy interest and the horse labor that goes into producing a pound of beef or a pound of potatoes i thought not im glad im not a farmer v 0