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a4 tribune february 27 1985 editors mail protest dear editor i join with other complainants in protesting your papers coverage of a court case involving two ux- bridge men and a toronto prosti tute the girl admitted she was a streetwalker seemed almost proud of the fact does your media have to lower itself to that level we moved from sin city to whitchurchstouffville to get away from this sort of thing it seems to be following us i it may be news here if a prosti tute is beaten up in toronto its not it probably happens every night no one cares and no one cares to read about it not in toronto and not in whitchurchstouffville i like to think people here are a little more high society than that if we want to wallow in the gutter well go back to the innercity where gutterwallowing is commonplace sincerely dorothy langelle ballantrae approve dear editor despite opposition i was pleased to see york region board of education recommend edward street not be made a through road past the high school i see the school as part of the re creation complex this was one of the reasons this particular site was selected in the first place its pro ximity to sdss to allow traffic in this location would ruin the entire concept far better to make the decision now than try and correct the mistake la ter on sincerely blake johnson harold street stouffville the tribune established 1888 james thomas bruce aninian pat paas editor publisher advertising manager editorial dept jim holt chris shanahan display advertising dept lois wideman real estate classified advertising joan marshman distribution doreen deacon national sales representative metroland corporals sales 4931300 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing distributing at 54 main st stouffville ont tel 6402100 single copies 50 subscriptions 1700 per year in canada s4750 elsewhere member of canadian comrrjynity newspapers association ontario weekly newspaper associatioo ontario press counot and suburban newspaper of 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numbers often too much strength politicians tend to weaken when opposition appears strong some- i times with detrimental results not so however with respect to area j relocation for dicksons hill school un- less the board of education ruled other- i wise monday dicksons hill will re- main in area 2 whitchurchstouffville rather than go to area 4 markham- i unionville as was initially intended the shift was almost a foregone con- elusion were certain dr peter ross i supt of schools area 4 anticipated no support hs variety show variety show 85 goes on stage at stouffville dist secondary school thursday tomorrow night and con tinues friday and saturday its a total school production involv ing close to 100 students and several teachers the community has come to regard it as a mini music mania audi ence support has been excellent and rightly so for the student talent is also excellent the challenge is in put ting it all together this charmaine lintner and leslie stronach have obviously done they feel confident that come curtain time everything will be ready for sdss this an excellent form of community outreach for it reaches out to those ha ving no direct connection with the school as well as parents of partici pants with this kind of combination success is assured make variety show 85 a must this week on your entertainment calendar strong opposition and this was under standable to him sitting on the press ure side of the fence the move made sense even whitchurchstouffville trustee harry bowes saw no reason to argue against it but many parents viewed the situation differently not so much as to what might happen but how it might happen they wanted to be asked rather than told when they werent they objected if the board approves the committee recommendation and allows dicksons hill to become a twotrack school french immersion and english speak ing yet remain in area 2 both sides will have been served no one could want for a more compatible solution and to think it all came about because a hand ful of parents decided to ask questions cant fight city hall dont you believe it they resembled small pieces of buff- colored foam or shreds of chamois press ed in the bark crevises of a medium- sizdd oaka jcloser look revealed an- equal number of reddish brown pupae casings on the same tree trunk the infestation was as heavy as an out- break of tent caterpillars without a canopy my curiosity was at once aroused as i had never before noticed such an occurence carefully cutting away a few samples i planned on taking them to the ministry of natural re sources office to have them identified but that was in december and other priorities dictated they stay in their small plastic bag until last week at that time i presented the bag of bugs to officials at an open meeting held at sharbot lake it was a public con sultation gathering set up by the minis try to explain a proposed spraying prog ram in three nearby provincial parks the reason for instigating this spraying was an attempt to reduce the spread of the alien gypsy moth within these high- value recreation areas it was little con solation to find out our samples were in deed those of that same destructive forest pest a moth so named because of its habit of hitching a ride to move across the country like many introduced species the gypsy moth came to north america for a reason unrealistic by todays stan dards the reasoning seemed sound at the time who for example could have foreseen the ongoing destruction this mediumsized moth would perpetrate on our forest canopy tracts as large as 90000 acres defoliated right down to the ferns on the forest floor normally au gust green landscapes ravaged to look like the bare limbs of december thus the boston importer who in 1869 hoped to create a new silk worm industry spawned instead a munching monster capable of devouring a square foot of leaves every twentyfour however the exploding gypsy moth approximately 98840 acres by 1984 that affected area had mushroomedto total 197680 acres a 20fold increase with thepotehtial to destroy sorne of ontarios finest forests including slow population didfarmore than mar the growing oak its little wonder natural- seasonal appearance of the woodlands successive infestations with their resul tant defoliation caused significant tree mortality if not by the moth itself then from other insects and disease that attacked the weakened timber and while some southern woodlands have the capabilities of recovering from this pest eastern ontarios forests are battling for survival actually hardier and more vigorous strains of the gypsy moth have been gra dually moving into our province since their discovery in southern quebec in 1925 this pest now infests eastern ontario as far west as port hope and includes the ottawa valley north and beyond renfrew a significant increase in both area affected and damage in tensity was noted in the ministrys east ern region in 1982 in one season the in fested area rose from 9884 acres to resources agriculture canada arid the canadian forestry service are keeping a wary eye on the situation better than that they are combining expertise to try and slow down this voracious forest pest a new nontoxic biological spray called bt will be used from the mood of the meeting i attended the bt spray program is re ceiving almost unanimous support the only dissenters are several private land owners outside the test area who want their properties covered along with frontenac sharbot lake and silver lake provincial parks the ultimate ironic twist in the whole gypsy moth saga is the fact the house sparrow was introduced a few years later to control these hordes of insect pests only the bluebirds can tell you the disaster of that avian effort editors mail rural school days many memories dear editor i enjoy reading about bygone days at garibaldi public school ss no 9 ux- bridge township and the memories the stories recall letters the tribune continues to receive letters some of them critical some of them complimentary and some of them unsigned we will publish unsigned corres pondence only if the writers identi ty is known to the editor we ask that you respect this policy other wise youre only wasting your time and ours garibaldi public school ss no 9 jjxbridge twp 1922 on sat may 11 former teachers and students of garibaldi public school ss no 9 uxbridge township will gather for a reunion in the goodwood community hall this photo flash back is to the year 1922 the names follow front row left to rightdouglas bacon donald bacon howard hayncs walter hope stanley irwin howard storry delbcrt booth ivan mairs second row left to right- lome tindall evelyn pais ley gertrude morgason kate van home hazel bacon ruth hope gladys wagg jean mairs irene storry emily macdo- nald third rowieft to rightwilbcrt irwin bert paisley morley hayncs velma helmkay margaret paisley etoile hclmkay miss kerr teacher vera tindall bertha bacon jean dowswell alice bacon george hammond rear row left to rightm tindall harry hope earl tindall r hope and ed haynes trustees photo courtesy irene storry pattenden i remember the old oneroom wooden school there it was painted grey as was the woodshed the school was heated by a round fur nace that burned wood on real cold days the teacher and pupils seated close to it would be nearly roasted while those in the far corners of the room were not very warm at all it was the caretakers job mr tin dall to go early on cold mornings and start the fire also see that the box was full of wood sometimes this wasnt enough and the older boys would have to bring in more in late winter loads of wood were brought to the school and left in a large pile behind the shed when the weather was more favorable it would be put in side during arbor day the chips bark and sawdust were raked as part of the cleanup bee there was no well at the school then so the older boys and girls in pairs would take turns going to the closest neighbors for large pails of drinking water at noon or recess several children lived on the townline between uxbridge and whitchurch they had long cold walks in the winter across the fields when the weather was really bad one of the fathers would take a team and sleigh filled with straw and lots of heavy blankets and pick up the children also take them home i was one of those children i lived at gravel hill during the summer we still walked through the fields with our neighbors permission we followed a path so as not to destroy their crops it is in recalling the past we realize how fortunate we are today at the same time we appreciate the education we re ceived from teachers in charge of eight grades in a single classroom sincerely mrs irene storry pattenden newmarket