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v jsr j62em s s jx jsc- sfouffviuetribune xametroland communis newspaper 37sajidfoitipr k publisher- ian proudfoot general manager- alvinbrouwer editor-in-chief- advertising director business manager brendd larson odebra welter margaret fleming regional editor classified manager office manager brian kirlik- n stephen mathieu vivian oneil editor tracy kibble distribution director barry goodyear a forum for public opinion qwere you surprised by the revelations ofcor- ruption in- the internationat olympic committee selection process and do ydir think toronto shoujdcontiriue its bid for the 2008 summer games i was surprised when if first came out they hid it so welltoronto should still go for it it would be nice to have it here in canada maybe we can be the start ofacleancampaignr v troydos santos i wasnt tobsuf prised but this shouldnt prevent torontotfrojn frying to getthe olympics just because you have a few lunatics in there doesnt rheaneverybody should go hide seetaramciiaran letters to the editor i wasnt surprised by it- yes they should continue with a toronto bid becauseit should be here were thebesfc 7 x 1 i nannepoelstra i- im surprisedtheyhadntbefen caught earlier ir v think itwill helpour bid and they should definitely go for it 1 i u v v bjorn gudehus j- j sdss tech program givels students a head start the question mbstfrequendy askecl by secondary school students as they approach graduation is what will i dp when i finish school a growing number of students are finding meaningful selffulfilling and highpaying careers in the field of tech- miology i know a good number of these stu dents personally and can assure you their quality of life far surpasses the stu- t dents finished school and simply got a job v an excellent palace to get your career in technology started is in the technical j- shops at stouffyille district secondary school 7 j a broad range of courses are offered which can lead directly into employe ment an interesting hobby or post-sec- ii c -v- r ondary education at a community- col- f all toronto should go for the 8s- volyntpicsf10jpercent a v regardless of your career plans you j r will- find your experience in the vwmhifimht stouffyille technical education program arewardingohe- v harrybowes community member sdss morri proud of generosity im glad they went after them its about time and 106 president tjuan samaranch definitely has to ga- ithinktorontoshouidgoforit vv i j reelmilitzer vitolamanna f v ithink im a bit rialivemaybe but i was surprised i i fwasdevastated when i read the sioujfuille tribune article about the jacksohmullings tragedy but what really picked up my spirits yple grey percherons on sleighs and thar was when my nineyearold daughter winter the snow in the bush was so deep proud of myself as her parent this money was a birthday present to her and what better gift thantohelp rout someone in a time of need it was also her idea to write her own letter my heart goes out to angelina and hope she will find the strength to get her through this time of despair christine empringham t musselmansmke sammys letter dear angelina and kennedy sorry to hear about your tragedy my name is sammy and i am nine years old- 7 have lived in stouffville for all my life and it is a wonderful town i wouldjiketo give this to you in per son because i would like to meet you and your new son but i know this is a very dif ficult time for you so you can let me know if you would rather not i will understand maybe at another time 1 i if there is anything i can help you both with please call me sammy empringham cartoori refreshesmempry its snow joke time in the cartoon of tuesday jan 19 in the stouffville tribune it reminded me of the time when i was 18 years old i was hauling logsfrom a bush west and north of ballantrae to stouffville i was driving levi forsyths team of dap- i i h roy green thisweeksquestlon read about the trust fund arid said all i could see was the tips of the horses- andmore s v jivj- m6mmycanrgive20- ears v ihtopolitics cm slwlnsrher thoughtful- bernard burnell f5 lollujn ness- it makes me so proud of her and -stouffville- were just 300 synthetic genes away from another politician ucked away at the bottom of my daily paper one day this week was a story about the possibility of scientists creating whole new species new forms of life from scratch the convention of the american association for the advancement of science was told that synthetic bacteria could be stitched together to create artificial chromosomes to form the nucleus of neverbeforeseen crea tures the artificial life forms created could be tailored to clean up environ mental pollution deliver drugs or on the darker side to wage biological war the story stated get fitted for your gas masks given what we know about mankind today which of those three alternatives do you think will be the first priority when theybegin warming up the bunsen burners get out the gas masks martha the story stated scientists no longer need a stormy lightningfilled night and an assistant namedlgbr to build a new frankenstein in- fact all it takes is 300 synthetic genes compared t the 80000 to 100000 genes that make up your aver age human there was of course the expected warning about the need for public debate about trie ethics of the venture before anyone begins making lowlife genes l0w nothing new we have not decided to go ahead and do the experiment yet we want to make sure the positive implications outweigh the negative ones one sci entistsaid yeah sure i dont care whatthey sayits obvi- qus somebodys been churning out 300gene lowbulbs for number of years now j you see- then every day giving you thefinger on the highway yakking it up in theatres shou ting incoherently at one protest or another onthe nightly news v and the frightening thing is more and more 6fjthem seem to bef going itoj mapleaf garderiswill host its final nhe game iy v saturday feb13 have any special memories ofaneventatthelandmarkarena t- 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