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a4 tribune june 1 1988 editors mail no win re busing urged for arts students at unionviue high dear editor as a member of the arts york advisory committee i see harry bowes idea of accommodating french immersion high school stu dents and unionviue high arts york students on the same bus as a positive step towards a future solu tion to the stouffville unionviue arts york students transportation problems whue the arts york program is open to every student in york re gion the majority are from the markhara unionviue thornhill areas its for this reason the arts york advisory committee asked the board to consider some form of busing with some transportation alternatives students like the two from the suttonkeswick area might not have to call it quits after a yearandahalf at uhs the reality of the situation is that currently only students with certain geographic and economic advan tages can participate in the arts york program while the board makes decisions in principle to offer programs to the entire region they neglect the sup port systems that have to be in place to serve everyone its a nowin situation the board of education is continually under funded schools are overcrowded costs appear out of control but spe cial programs such as arts york en rich the community i would be sad to see them curtailed if ever we need compromise and creative thinking its noiv margaret brock duchess street stouffville would you be interestedm a free trade the itibune established 1888 james thomas bruce annan patricia pappas editor publisher advertising manager jennifer hutt distribution manager retail advertising susan berry manager charles canning real estatbclassified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young classified manager debra weller distribution lea kitler doreen deacon business office manager chns bertram national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday and sit jrday at 5j mam st slouffvue on is one of the metroland printing publishing distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acion free press ajax picvenng news advertiser aurora bonne- brampton guardian burlington post etobicove advertiser guardian georgetown independent markham economist sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oawille beaver oshavva whitby this week richmond hll thornhill vaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willow dale mirror metroland printing publishing distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd single copies 50e subscriptions 2100 per year in canada 5500 elsewhere member of canadian com munity newspaper association ontario weekly newspaper association ontario press council and sub- urban newspapers of america second class mail registration number 0896 6402100 v 6492292 roaming around- somebodys mother by jim thomas- editorials credit to community keith actons a credit to our com munity not just because hes a member of the stanley cup champion edmonton oil ers thats nice not just because he scored two game- winning goals thats nice too whats so great about the keith acton story is the fact nothings changed hes still the kid from burkholder street so many of us knew more than a decade ago certainly we admire his hockey skills and the allout intensity he puts into ev ery shift theres no coasting with keith no dogging it as coaches often say he gives the game everything hes got sometimes more hes earned his climb to the pinacle of success but apart from all this the icing on the cake so to speak our admiration for keith would be the same if he was still toiling for the north stars in minnesota for its the individual not the indi vidualist that counts both on and off the ice a recent interview published in the toronto sun really hit home not only with stouffville supporters but hockey followers in general keith wasnt playing at the time so quite naturally he was singled out for comment his response could have been derisiv- e downgrading the coach the manage ment and the team but what did he say he described the oilers as a class organization wow thats what we call a response from a class player gradual growth politicians are playing with words at whitchurchstouffvillcs ex pense with respect to growth descrip- tives like explosive and uncontrol led are continually being bandied about another markham is a compari son thats sure to attract attention all are exaggerations our town wants none of these what we do want is controlled growth buildup thats gradual not only rcsidcntially but industrially and commercially as well to describe whitchurch- stouffvillcs future growth plan as explosive and uncontrolled is a scare tactic that will surely influ ence people and win votes the opposite stagnation is equal ly scary lets take the middle road far be it for us to read glen sathers mind but dont think for a moment the reply didnt touch a chord he called and keith answered and how rec rooms all over stouffville vi brated to the thrill of his heroics when opportunity knocks keith acton answers wrote rick matsumoto in the star thats the keith acton he knows keith acton the hockey star thats the keith acton stouffville has always known and a whole lot more we appreciate him for what he is and for what he isnt the two qualities com bined make for a class person welcome home proud were pleased and recently i had occasion to visit a nursing home not in this area to see a close friend there were four other residents in the room i was the only visitor other than attendants i saw no one anywhere where is everyone i wondered to my self that question was answered as i was leaving so nice of you to drop by a neatly attired nures aid stated stopping for a few seconds while making her rounds some of our people have no callers at all she obviously detected a surprised look on my face would you believe m rs hasnt had anyone in to see her since last christmas a daughter was here but only for a few minutes she doesnt live far away either too busy i guess its a shame her descriptive was mild a dis grace would have been more appropri ate and i told her so she gave me that i dont understand it either response and continued on her way in all honestly im not the greatest volunteer visitor i find it a difficult chore telling someone i hope youll be feeling better soon when i know theres no hope the patient probably knows it too such words seem so empty but at least it indicates someone cares cares enough to call twentyfive years from now should i live so long i trust someone will care enough to call on me if they dont ill try and understand just as elsie struggles to try and under stand why no one seems to care about her elsie now 78 has lived at goodwood all her life at least all my life i first met her 30 years ago when i covered a story related to dogs running at large elsie must have had a dozen canines some with tags but most without neigh bors complaints came to the attention of council and the municipality took her to court because the outcome was not in her favor i fully expected id made an enemy for life quite the contrary weve been friends ever since elsie isnt one to waste words if she dislikes something or someone she says so the opposite is also true the word thank you is very much a part of her vocabulary she said thanks on saturday i agreed to place an advertisement in the tribune for free her request was a simple one or so it seemed she needed a place to live and still does even a room without board is as scarce as hens teeth today i spotted elsie standing outside our office door with the help of two canes shed made it that far that was tough enough leaving was tougher still between times she poured out her heart a sad tale of being shunted about from pillar to post right now elsies home is the cab of her small pickup truck she sleeps there often eats there most nights are spent in the goodwood park when it gets a little chilly i turn on the heater she explains had the story come from a stranger i might have shrugged it off as a hoax but this was no exaggeration elsie looked me straight in the eye thirty years ago such tales were com monplace but not today elsie had news for me stubborn yes she admits she could move to sutton and live with her son and daughterinlaw she might also gain acceptance in subsidized seniors hous ing but she doesnt want this shes an xious to remain in goodwood even stouffville but not sutton the truth is says elsie ill be glad when i die at least then ill be at peace such is the load on a communitys con science wanted a room in the stouffville- goodwood area phone 6402249 please help a selfportrait created by uxbridge student ninctccnycarold emma croft of rr 3 stouffville a three weeks to complete following graduation emma grade 13 student attending uxbridge secondary school hopes to enroll in the ontario college of art toronto recentrydelailcdhcrownsclfportraitthcworkofarttook jim thomas editors mail too harsh in response to the tribunes may 25 page i story concerning principal peter brights ultimatum over beer at school dances i wish to provide a different viewpoint undoubtedly as principal of sdss mr bright has every power and authority to terminate a school function that gets out of hand it is beyond my comprehension however why he opted to deal with the situation on may 13 with such measures due to the irresponsibility of a few students possibly more than five one of whom was a non- student mr bright cancelled the dance for the entire student body im sure this was not the only alternative that a principal of a secondary school could have pur sued in such a situation mr bright himself has noted that the majority of students are good kids interested only in a good time there are always those who will attempt to spoil an entertaining occasion for all but the few stu dents who were intoxicated may 13 surely did not represent a threat to the majority who were acting in an orderly fashion if mr bright feels most students are in agreement with his actions with regard to the cancellation of the dance he has quite apparently lost contact with them it is also confusing why in your newspaper he attempted to make the problem of drinking at dances seem that of a growing one there have always been students who in sist on entering dances under the influence as long as ive been attending stouffville high to imp ly that the problem is growing is an exaggeration of the truth if mr bright wishes to assist mayor fran sainsbury with the creation of teen activities in whitchurchstouffvillc i doubt the cancellation of school dances will be of assistance to her i cannot argue with mr brights course of action with regard to those caught drinking but in future i feci our principal should be held more accountable to the majority of responsible students ron ormson grade 12 sdss