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st tribune january 8 1997 p 7 letters tragic school bus accident in aurora deserved local coverage dear editor i am saddened and disappointed that you chose to ignore in your news coverage the school bus acci dent in aurora nov 15 that claimed the life of fiveyearold jacob parke i suppose some would argue that this paper has no business report ing on accidents which occur in distant towns but the issue of safety or lack thereof is one that affects every parent who must rely on the busing system to transport their children to and from school intact after all the policies governing school bus safety in aurora are the very same as those in whitchurchstouffville and every other community in york region one would think that the exis tence of serious flaws in this sys tem is ample cause for concern no matter where one lives what happened to jacob could have happened to any child in fact exactly 24 years ago this very community was reeling from the tragic death of one of our own youngsters eightyearold jo- anne coughlin in precisely the same way it is appalling to think that in 24 years not a single thing has changed in terms of school bus safety in this region publicizing this issue is not a matter of sensationalizing anoth er communitys pain but of afford ing due respect and sympathy to our neighbors and of raising pub lic awareness of the very real dan- tin lottery calendar winners november 1996 30 winners j allen j mcgivern r pogue l powell f hollingshead p dufton c trowse l slade j allen p martindill h scevo j weidlin k forsythe m evans d mcgrath c clark d james l puppella r campbell a davis h gourlie sr d snoddon g metcalfe c ledrew s lang d menzies s winners c bongard r stemp r hickey h crawford s winder m bagshaw ger our children face every time they board a school bus we owe it to all our children but particularly to the mem ory of the precious young lives that have been lost to rally behind the community of aurora in working for changes to a woefully inade quate school transportation system somehow i expected more from my community newspaper than the intro verted view of the world it seems to uphold does tragedy have to strike in front of our very noses yet again before we finally see fit to leave off contemplating our navels and add our voices to the effort z kamocki stouffville editors note unfortu nately because of space constraints the tribune can only cover news with in whitchurchstouffville m wus s wov 7 0 f 7 7 gvuev anv 7a hsf reasuag ssotfsvice youvjruolce pov a uihea hwe l gnvodlev coiap shl ccyoas i selling cw hiavvv fws oppev evas jvivvy i ifu nf voiav ckevvolef fbve dont- former- o u5c yow 6m cw eahj hwava mac purevnwse e ese aowh pywehl- of you- nexr new 5h vehicle ww5vrs youv cevtk koe o you wely wtlsmartlease you could got lowor monthly pivmonts on any cm car or truck call 180032 smart yu should know vuij sea en 1z iontl leotfe for cvdier coupe 1 eih s euippea s describe annual uflotnewe limit- 20000 vw 00t pe cxccs5 vn a whiwuw ahh paywcnt of 1100 va 100 security aeposif ve require offer applies h 1117 new or cobrc woc1s dew ove or wc vwy be necessary qtunnhkes 1ivyte fveigul 620 licence insurance ha lnxej ave not- include decile hoy icoise fo less opfe applies to ulipie eru cusroc only oc unirea kne offer wy not- be combine cr use uivu orue cwcvj oruc lee ophehs writable ee you- svj est- vha cenh deoe for aerail td vua 3m ve licensed wevj of kvrvs subject to sh ova juiekmex