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a4 tribune july 2 1986 editors mail cycles dear editor most things run in cycles a couple of years ago rollerskating was a top priority recreation past- time in whitchurehstouffvilleand everywhere else one doesnt hear so much about it now regardless i feel the town parks and recreation department should be commended for instituting rol lerskating at the new complex whether the children and young people take advantage of it is up to them its to be hoped they do im tired of the ongoing complaint theres nothing to do in stouff- vule sincerely mrs grace beaton manitoba street stouffville praised dear editor on behalf of dozens of parents i wish to extend my appreciation to those teachers who took the time to attend the board of education meeting at aurora june 16 by protesting the withdraw of principal nikiforks services from stouffville district secondary school in favor of markham dis trict high school the staff were only saying we need him let him stay i see no reason why the trustees should have been turned off by the teachers reaction to a very un fair and unreasonable decision rather they should be praised i dont believe this kind of pro- principal response has ever occur red in the history of any school in york region i say it speaks well for mr nikifork and the administra tion sincerely helen armstrong alderwood street stouffville please dont wake me until next year the ttfbune ofttfo community a35 james thomas editor established 1888 bruce annan patricia pappas publisher advertising manage jennifer hutt distribution manager editorial dept chris shanahan kelly connellv display advertising dept lvnn moore real estate classified advertising joan marshman distribution doreen deacon karen heise national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and saturday a 54 mam st stouffville ont is one of the metroland printing publishing distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajax pickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiser guardian georgetown independent markham economist sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa whitby this week richmond hill tnornhill vaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willow- dale mirror metroland printing publishing distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 50 subscriptions 2000 per year in canada 4750 elsewhere member of canadian community newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and suburban newspaper of america second class mail registration number 0896 cathys chatter im feeling my way by cathy carter- 6402100 6492292 editorials town was disgraced the whitchurchstouffville strawber ry festival was a success despite attempts by local physicians to turn it into a fiasco we stand disgraced regardless of political leanings re gardless of feelings against bill 94 pre mier david peterson was our guest we treated him and his wife badly and should be ashamed premier peterson wasnt obligated to come after all hed paid us a visit only last september its not an election year he owes us nothing but an offthecuff remark about liking strawberries prompted the festival committee to ex tend him an invitation he responded graciously and patiently to what to signwaving physicians carrying a makeshift casket and the boos of a group of ingrates whod have done the rest of us a service by staying at home to many in metro this is the boonics on wednesday we lived up to that repu tation although outwardly she didnt show it on the inside mayor sainsbury was seething tipped off that some sort of protest was planned she requested police reinforcements the protection afforded the premier was extremely tight but it didnt prevent his mingling with the people folks at the grass roots level with whom hes so popular nor did he ignore the protesters scenes like this are nothing new but theyre new to stouffville and re pugnant fortunately for the festival we got the poison out of our system early the rest of he week went well its been almost a month since i started my summer job as a reporter here at the tribune thus far ive survived with few in juries except for a serious case of foot-in- mouth disease a ruined pair of nearly- new shoes a little blue honda covered with whitchurchstouffville mud and a heart that beats faster than before let me explain last wednesday as i innocently watched an exciting tournament at the stouffville lawn bowling club i met a lady wearing a dress covered with strawberries not the real ones from head to toe i was flattered she took an interest in me a lowlv reporter i knew she had to be a somebody problem was i couldnt figure out who who was this woman possessing a wealth of knowledge about whitchurch- stouffville and its citizens excuse me i whispered cautiously interrupting her but who are you suddenly silence settled over the club house what had i done im the mayor im fran sains bury she replied courteously well now you know should you pass me on the street why i have a size 7 stuck in my mouth please accept my apologies kind mayor now about my sandles ive learned quickly that running shoes or work boots would be much more appropriate for this job than those that match my clothes after trudging through strawberry patches all last week my pink shoes have darkened considerably then af ter a trip to the new gormley fruit mar ket which by the way does not yet have grass myshoes are no longer rec ognizable the straps are broken the color is gone and so are the soles now bless their soles theyve been re verently laid to rest my prize possession is my little blue honda its not much but its all mine however recently the ear has become harder to find i would never have believed so much happens on dirt roads ive covered more territory on mudcovered thor oughfares lately than ever before my car seems to attract all flying globs and all birds take deadly aim at this little puddlejumper i often wonder when i drive into a car wash what ill find when i drive out so far ive found the same little blue car basically intact with any luck itll last me through the summer now about my youthful heart during the recent wave of violent electrical storms that have swept the stouffville area i decided it was time to play pro fessional photographer i stepped out the front door of the tri bune office during one such storm and armed with camera and film stood there waiting for lightning to strike with lens cocked and aimed at the spot where id last seen a flash in the sky i waited and waited everyone in the office thought id gone a little loony standing out in the pouring rain but like the postman nothing could stop me well my wish came true right in the very spot where id pointed my camera a bright flash of lightning struck beirigji person with strong nerves and a quick trigger finger i pushed the butto however since id jumped nearly a foof my camera moved and i ended up withja lovely picture of stouffville bakery roof as i shuffled nervously back inside p the safety of the office i asked if anyone had heart pills to spare 5 there you go an insight into the gla morous life of a reporterintraining actually im really enjoying this job where else could i find so much excite ment and still be paid for it j i want to thank all the people whove helped me so far in obtaining the in formation i need to write my stories without such cooperation and support t would probably have given up on this career four weeks ago and tried some thing simpler and safer smile of the week dear editor my smile of the week may give others a reason to smile i attended the oneroom little red brick schoolhousc in the section where i lived during the summer holidays the grass in the schoolyard grew up wild so the trustees granted a local farmer permission io pasture his cows there for a small fee no doubt one eveninga few of we hoys bor rowed a long rope we attached one end to a cows neck and the other to the crank on the rooftop bell nothing happened or course while the animal was lying down but soon as she started eating she pulled on the rope and the bell be gan to ring this one night she must have been particularly hungry for the bell rang continuously neighbors to the school wondered what was going on they drove to the site to sec what all the commo tion was about they found the cow- grazing contentedly to a constant dingdong sound the bell is now gone so arc the cows and the school is closed but the memories remain sincerely ernie bolton kr 4 uxbridgc editors mail too late j dear editor weve all heard the saying ab- out locking the door after the horse j has been stolen sometimes i think our york re- gional road department practices 1 this policy i recall them sanding a section of j the stouffville road west of ring- wood church last winter following a i multivehicle collision on a stretch of pavement resembling a skating j rink too little too late more recently they repaired a i washout again on the stouffville road after a farm tractor struck j the hole and rolled down an embankment too little too late roadmen should be constantly on 1 the lookout for hazardous problem p spots particularly after ice snow and heavy rain storms an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure s sincerely andrew mcbride- rr 1 gormley upset guard of honor for retiring summitview crossing guard for almost fifteen years irene conklin has been guid ing children across stouffvilles main street to and from summitview public school on june 25 mrs con klin was accorded a personal honor guard of students after saying her farewells shes moving to newmarket during an assembly involving staff and students from kindergarten through grade 8 mrs conklin was pre sented with a new fivespeed bicycle and other personal rifts jim thomas dear editor 5 i along with many other paj rents am extremely upset by the school boards decision to shift- principal john nikifork from stouffville high to markham from what ive been told the past three years have been the best ever at sdss due for the most part to his leadership mr nikifork seemed to under- stand the whitchurchstouffville community were different here as hell undoubtedly discover when he goes to the metropolis of markham i had faith in mr nikifork and his decisions so had the staff and the students he was very student and community oriented despite the fact he didnt live here he under- stood kids his successor will have big shoes to fill sincerely mrs rcmadcttc gould rr 2 stouffville