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rcinnmmnmii immhmiii mmmmmuhntiuim mifra tip of the hat to local employer the beleaguered economy has reared its ugly head once again in stouffville this time cable tech one of the towns primary employers is feeling the pinch but the company deserves a tip of the hat from this community instead of laying off workers or shutting the plant as other companies across the country have done cable tech is opting to keep all the employees on for a fourday work week while the staff will only be paid for the four days they work at least they are still employed the company has no intentions of laying off employees tough economic times make for depressing news so its nice to see a positive alternative to what could have been drastic measures its nice to see there are still some employers who look at all of their options before they start to cut farewell to stouffville its been great maybe it was something i said every time i think about it i still shake my head just one short week ago i was editor of the stouffvilleuxbridge tribune as i write this im clearing my desk and moving to a sister newspaper in oshawa the experience ive had in stouffville is invaluable ive learned how the community works and have also learned to appreciate the people who live in this town dealing with them average citizens business people and politicians alway made it interestingyoure real people who live in a caring community over the past two years they are the one constant that has remained in an everchanging world leaving the tribune newspapers in stouffville and uxbridge wasnt an easy decision but one i had to at random steve houston occurred as the tribune published its community news and events every week for the people in stouffville and that will continue i thank the people who have encouraged and supported me i when i arrived here in 1989 which is no secret and i have endeavored to do so but if i can steal a quote from frank sinatra i did it my way lei me leave you with this if i could do it again in stouffville i would and i wouldnt change a make not many editors i know would pass up the chance of moving to a city of 130000 souls to meet the new challenges that would bring after nearly two years of work here however there is one thing that will stay with me and that is this for every call you get from an angry reader there is one that makes your day never was there a time when one could predict what could happen day after day we at the tribune did our best to carry on the fine tradition of being a community stouffvilleuxbridge tribune publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager patricia pappas jo ann stevenson stephen houston debra weller chris bertram promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager jennifer hutt pam nichols published every wednesday by melroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p1m3 tel 2942200 second class registration number 1 247 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 6291 main st w stouffville is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawawhitby this week peterborough this week richmond hillthornhillaaughan liberal scarborough mirror topic newsmagazine willowdale mirror metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 8529741 newspaper for the past 103 years we must however realize that the times they achange ive been part of the change here at the tribune and im proud of it learning coping and making mistakes was all a part of that process life lessons i suppose people often disagreed with the changes we made but like the song says you cant please all the people all of the time really i tried even now in these tough economic times the tribune will prevail again a long tradition provides a firm foundation for all of us virtually every modern event in canada and around the world has editors mail had a huge pair of shoes to fill thing needy aided by publicity dear editor stouffvilles ecumenical outreach committee thanks you for your support during the past eight years we will be combining our efforts with the newlyformed whitchurchstouffville food bank in november 1982 joyce and bill nailor of christ church anglican started a collection of food and clothing in january 1983 stouffville united church and st marks catholic church joined the anglican church to form an ecumenical outreach committee st james presbyterian church joined the committee in september 1986 with the wonderful cooperation of their congregations the local iga and ap stores and passifumes fruit farm thousands of boxes of food and clothing were distributed to innercity missions yellow brick house and more recently the markham food bank with the current recession we have great needs right here in whitchurch- stouffvillewe urge those who are able to continue using the food boxes at local stores and churches to assist this newlyformed organization in its worthy efforts thanks for the tribunes publicity over the years sincerely marion boadway publicity chairperson stouffville community can help others with gift of clean water dear editor i wish to commend our town council and administrators for enclosing information about watercan in our water bills and allowing community residents to make a contribution to water projects in the third world when we pay our bills our municipal leaders have their share of problems especially during a recession but i am glad that they have not lost sight of the fact that some communities in other parts of the world are faced with far more urgent and life- threatening situations my husband and i were part of a group of volunteers from hagerman mennonite church who went to haiti for a week last december we find it difficult to describe what life is like in a country where only 20 per cent of the population has clean water to drink there is an 80 per cent illiteracy rate and a per capita gross national product of about 300 us i hope people in stouffville will take the time to read the watercan leaflet and that they will give something to help needy people in countries like haiti sincerely joanna reesormcdowell stouffville