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fcjceiesas mshsssii tt 6 economist sun stdufiviile tribune saturday march 6 1999 1 metroland community newspaper 37 sandiford dr suite306 stouflville ont l4a 7x5 7 publisher- ian proudfoot general manager alvin brouwer editorinchief advertising director business manager brenda larson debraweller margaret fleming regional editor classified manager office manager brian kirlik stephen mathieu vivian oneil isi editor tracykibble distribution director barry goodyear iwanews a forum for public opinion ks v march break is just around the comer and many parents are scrambling tofindactiyi ties to keep their- children occupied do you have suggestions that would help families plan inexpensive but fun days off j im going to take my kids to the zoo on one day and to arock climbing gym on the mother i i i i i i t i i i i i i i i i i i i i i joepalma oh geez1 work- if 11 belstreet hockey in all their spare time my kids play hockey plustwo hockey tour naments in the march break- debbie stretton stick around the house- play video games go dome golfing and sleep in and bug my brother umloughlin letters to the editor let the digging begin my kids go to the catholic school so theyll only have jtiethursday and friday off its disappointing ill probably take them skating patrick bauer it seems thereaieja lot of special activities going on for kidsjnejviarchbreak special classes at the librarybrskatihgat therinks an ice show or thecir- v cus might be a great event to take in l1 s jeanette hepburn the indoor pool has been an issue for 20 years lets get on with it thousands of taxpayer dollars have already been spent on feasibility studies and surveys it is not necessary to spend any more the indoor pool will bring jobs and patrons who will spend their money in town rather than in uxbridge aurora markham or newmarket it attract people to visit stpuffyille for recreation and to live r t the pool is something people of all was not with a human being otherwise we might find her using the pages of the tribune as a personal sounding board to advocate banishing certain races or social classes from stouffville i was bitten on the face by a collie dog at age three an event which i remember clearly it has not left me with a phobia against collie v or any other breed even at that age i knew it was that particular spoiled animal not all dogs that had attacked me ive known a neighbours rottweiler i would happily trust anywhere tve also seen some i f lie skating at the arena in the afternoon jjyifvhl vrsibwbswmj iz- probably themetro zoo and pubuc swimming and skating and library programs theyre all inexpensive janice walker cx i i i i i i i i i i r i r i i i i i awful childhood experi- german shepherd i librarybetreated as separate projects have had two female german shep- however if it willsave the town money herds duringthe last30 years both of thenitmakesperfect sense to combine whom lived to a good age them r both were delightful loving reliable intelligent happy dogs who never once offered die slightest aggression to any humahbeirig i on the other hand both were well r trained well- cared for respected as brendaiobraico stouffville onus is on dog owners staff writerjdan ransberhas7dis- a dpgskeptuhder proper restraint and- penwdherviews6nffiesubjectofdogs neverallqwed to roam loose zmimgvi6idpisnfyamukf whoever happened personal ivi ijiju iuiii ujlii responsibility and common m i i i i i i i i i i y her conclusions are strong and clearly- emotional and she herself admits they are rooted originally in a v traumatic childhood experience 1 t tshe ends up with a pointed hint that her father tookthe t his own hands and shbvthefojheriding dog of cburtrieytrempe is one tragedies ihave ever mother myself i can- l not tell you how heartbroken and haunted p have been by it and i will r nfeyer forget her picture in the paper i lets get the responsibility back where it belongs oh dog owners m miller stouffville roy green banks have eliminated all human contact s ome saturday morning mus ings to take your mind off more important issues strategy a canadian mar keting magazine reports this week that we used our debit cards more than anyone else in the world last year 136 billion times to pay for more than 585 billion in goods canadians are world leaders in their use of the interac system said interacs vicepresident but theres no mention in the story of why it is we swipe more than any body else could it be because canadian banks have pretty well eliminated tellers and every other personal touch from branches for all but a few minutes a day with the oscars coming up this month the inevitable arguments over who really deserves to win have already begun just in case you think the people who actually do the voting members of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences know any more than you and i consider that mel gibson and kevin cpstner have won oscars for best director alfred hitchcock and martin scorsese have not consider that mel gibson and kevin costner have won best director oscars while alfred hitchcock and martin scorsese tw havenot the canadian bar association says a canada is losing prospective immi grant millionaires because of tke lengthy delays andextensive back ground checks- they are subjected to under the immigration investor pro- gram v ofxrooks and illegal immigrants manage to vsneak in every dayjwithoufany-appar- erit difficulty r no ohe7 not even the tobacco companies seems interested in a recent study by the national bureau of economic research which shows that when all costs and taxes are taken into account tobacco saves the us gov ernment about 20 billion annually the tobacco companies arent inter ested because they dont like to point out that the savings come from dead smokers who arent around to use up expensive geriatric health care thestouffville tnbune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metro land printing publishing and distributing ltd group of newspapers which includes 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