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a4 tribune april 12 1989 editors mail disturbed dear editor i find it very disturbing that residents of westfield estates would even consider going to the ontario municipal board without first consulting the owners of the stouffville flea market concerning their problems troubles it seems relate mainly to garbage mr faulkner appears anxious to correct this it irritates me that homeowners some new to the community would want to curtail even evict an operation thats been here more than a quarter of a century as your editorial so correctly stated little wonder the federation of agriculture is so fearful of en croachment by subdividers within the farming community the two are not compatible the flea market sales barn was once a farmers market and in some respects still is gordon martins rr 3 stouffville a ball dear editor as a mother of two elementary schoolaged children i wish to ex press my appreciation to the staff of the whitchurchstouffville library for their excellent pro gram during march break my children had a ball i enjoyed it too the work that went into this pro ject defies description the donation provided by the lions club is money well spent congratulations all round mrs julie hay ward hemlock drive stouffville goodwocjopff fkesents rob jn hood april 13w srn jl when i told you to practice your part i didnt mean for you to take it so seriously the tribune established 188s james thomas patrrciapappas deborah weller jennifer hutt editor pubfeber advertising manager distribution manager retail advertjsing susan berry manager charles canning real estate classified advertising joan marshman real estate manager dorothy young distribution sandy kitetey arlene maddock business office manager chrts bertram doreen deacon national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 the sioutfvifle trdune puwisheo every wednesday fndav and sunday at w mairi sty west siourfvdie ootar is one ot the metroland printing publishing and fsrtung group of communry nertsmpm which include the acton free press aja pickering news advertiser aurora banner barne banner advance brampton guardian burtngion post etockoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston ttvs week markharo economist aid sun milton charnpon missjssauga near newmarket era oakvifie beaver oshawawrwoy this week richmond hji- thrxnrultvaughan liberal scarborough mirror topc newsmagazine and wliowdate muror metrotand printing putijhng and distributing a dnson of harlequin enrerprscs ltd single copies 50 cents succrptons s23 year in canada ssoyeu eisewhee member ot the canadian community newspaper association ontakj commuoifr newspaper association ontaro press council md suburban newspapers of america second class marf regtaiion number 0896 rroaming around 6402100 6492292 the downward path by jim thomas i editorials onsite inspections succeeding mpp greg sorbara was not an easy chore bill ballinger would be the first to ad mit this sorbara served whitchurch- stouffville well he gave provincial politics the high profile image it so bad ly needed the electorate here was willing to mark time with ballinger let him get his feet wet learn the ropes this hes done with unbelievable speed bill ballingers approach differs greatly from that of mr sorbara the former mpp was more of a loner the present member seeks help and in re questing assistance he goes to the top the presence here friday of transportation minister ed fulton at a vacuum on main st businesses come and go some disappear suddenly here to day gone tomorrow others simply change hands a similar operation under new management some are missed others arent miss ed at all however the thought of westend stouffville minus lloyd britton auto sales is difficult to imagine yet such a vacuum will occur the end of april lloyd and marg have sold the site their home away from home since august 1975 this was more than business this was community in every sense of the word the volunteer billboard that publiciz ed everything from wedding anniver saries to church bazaars was in itself unique however those who knew the initiative behind this project realized it was only an extension of the good cor porate citizenry continually displayed by its owners such outreach can never be replaced we know we speak for whitchurch- stouffville and friends many miles beyond when we say lloyd and marg britton will be sadly missed business folk of such stature are dif ficult to find their leaving is stouffvilles loss the site of the summitview school hazard plus the trouble spot near canadian tire shows the distance ball inger will go to serve this riding in the past three years whitchurch- stouffvilles had more highprofile government people visit the municipali ty than in the last thirty telephone talks cheap cor respondence is cheaper still plans even promises can be pigeonholed forgotten but onsite visits create definite impressions from which should come positive results bill ballinger to his credit is doing his job youre like vintage wine a gentleman commented at church sun day the more you age the better you get i had news for him for as well- meaning as his statement was meant to be at that very moment i felt like the patriarch methuselah he supposely lived to be 969 sunday was my sixtieth thats right i reached the big co on april 9 little wonder i felt a wee bit down for 1929 my birth date ushered in the worst depression the world has ever known people were jumping off tall buildings throwing themselves under speeding trains and going for long walks off sleep cliffs it was the year of the crash i and a few thousand others have been tarnish ed with the tcrriblencss of those times all painted with the same brutal brush with already two hungry mouths to feed another bawling brat was the last thing my parents needed to make mat ters worse my baby brother arrived 12 months later together we initiated the start of the dirty thirties no one would have blam ed my parents if theyd stuck our collec tive heads in a ninth line snowbank and left us there but fortunately for us they didnt we somehow survived that onerous ordeal and so did they but the stigma remains every time i write 1929 on anything my hand shakes just like the country did sixty years ag for these and other reasons i didnt go around boasting about this upcoming birthday milestone why because its a mark of which im not particularly proud face it jim youre old old old i dont need to tell myself people keep telling me comments like how soon are you gonna put your feet up lookin forward to the pension eh you must be thinkin about retirement one wellwisher said simply im sorry me too strange isnt it that sixty is only one year more than fiftynine yet peoples reactions are so different for instance when i drop in weekly to see my girl next door the parents see no need to chaperone the interview when i put 60 cents in the iga coke machine i receive 70 cents in change when i make a deposit at the bank of nova scotia the teller fills out the slip when i order a prescription at the ida the clerk points to a special on ex- lax when i climb aboard the subway at finch and yonge an elderly lady offers me a seat when i cross main street on a satur day morning flea market traffic comes to a halt when i visit my favorite restaurant the waitress suggests broth when i arrive home from work theres warm milk on the stove when i eat shredded wheat i first soak it in hot water when the president of the silver jubilee club sees me coming he holds open the door when doc graham takes my blood pressure he shakes his head when i walk past oneills polly mill ion shakes my hand when i arrive at an accident scene the ambulance operator says room for one more when i inadvertently crash my daughters sleepover she says room for no more when i lit the candles on my birthday cake the heat alarm went off when i quiety sneak in at 4 am the dogalarm goes off at church im an elder at work im an editor at home im plain dad at night im plain dead on sunday i turned sixty fell no different than saturday lord give me a fiveyear extension so ill qualify for the pension editors mail a cause dear jim tickets are now available for the thicksons woods wildlife art raffle the prizes arc fabulous nowhere else will anyone have ihc opportunity to win such super works by some of canadas finest artists seventeen framed pictures have been donated originals including one by robert iiatcman thicksons woods heritage foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1981 its purpose is to save the unique 16acre woodlot and marsh east of whitby all proceeds from the sale of tickets will go to paying off the re maining mortgage the draw will be held april 26 at 730 pm in the whitby public library 405 dundas street west for tickets call edge and betty pcgg 6195023 or write thicksons woods heritage foundation box 541 whitby out lin 5v3 edge and betty pegg rr 2 clarcmont musselmans lake landmark site is sold glcndalc beach and pavilion on the north side of owner gord hamilton above confirmed ihc sale fri- musselmans lake has been sold the purchase price of day he described the offer as too good lo turn down the llacre property is said to be about 2000000 jim thomas fed up dear editor im fed up with reading about the problems caused by smoking students attending stouffville high school harry bowes is right its not a board of education matter these young people arent within their jurisdiction trcspassings an offense let the police issue charges a few sum monses would clear up the situa tion in a hurry graham charters bramble crescent stouffville