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economist suntribune saturday june 15 2002 stouffville tribune a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 opinion publisher lar 1 proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly director of advertising debra weller editor jim mason classified manager ann campbell reduction manager pam nichols retail sales manager stephen mathieu istribution manager barry black electronic communications manager john futhey inside sales manager stacey allen business manager robert lazurko office manager vivian oneil letters stouffvilles music mania another artistic financial success the cast and crew of music mania and stouffville united church couples plus club would like to thank everyone who supported our productions of our baloney has a first name we would like to thank the stouffville tribunestouffville sun for the excellent pic tures and stories your support is greatly appreciated we are pleased to report once again the show was a success and that the proceeds will be donated to the following organiza tions stouffville united church the student music scholarship concert sponsored by st james presbyterian church and a scholarship award for excellence in the per forming arts at stouffville secondary school bunny and bruce burton presidents the united church couples plus club theft at funeral home shows disrespect for grieving customers i thought i may go unscathed this year from vandalism and theft but alas after less than a week stuffed decorative butterflies at my business were stolen to the petty thieves nobody comes to oneill funeral home because they want to they come to say goodbye to a loved one or friend we try very hard to brighten up our build ing and give people a smile so please try to respect not only my property but what this building represents im keeping my fingers crossed so far my flowers havent been destroyed robin l walsh managing director oneill funeral home stouffville problems at markville secondary blown out of proportion re markville students arrested june 6 after reading the article and seeing a report on ty i can honestly say this situation is being blown out of proportion seeing the media at markville secondary school trying to talk to people about the sit uation is ridiculous bullying has been a factor in our society for many years and i feel all of a sudden when letters policy stouffville thbune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the newspaper reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 emailletterseconsuncom teenagers are arrested our society reacts as if it has never happened before from what kathleen griffin has written in this article the impression is homemade gangs are made up of bad kids the whole article trashes those individuals what i am trying to say is those kids are not part of a gang theyre a group of teenagers who consider each other friends theyre actually intelligent individuals who dont deserve to be trashtalked by the media and should be getting a bit more respect than this how can you judge an individual by his or her actions what ever happened to the idea that its the heart of a person that counts we dont even know if those kids are guilty and already our society is judging them claudia so markham thanks to all for renovation help at pathways resource centre on behalf of the children and families using the services of the pathways family resource centre at 70 main st markham i wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to mem bers of the junior league of toronto who recently renovated our kitchen the junior league is a womens organiza tion of trained volunteers dedicated to improving the community through effective action and leadership the dedicated junior league volunteers donated their time and talent to solicit mate rials from local businesses prepare the floor paint the walls and hang a wallpaper border and baseboards their energy and support was very much appreciated by the moms dads grandparents caregivers pregnant women and children who attended our prenatal nutrition postnatal support parentchild attachment early learning activity and caregiver support programs our sincere thanks also goes to hunters paints home depot on markham road and ronalansing for their donations of prod ucts and to home depot for providing two staff to lay the floor you are local businesses with heart you believe in supporting children and families as well as providing excellent service to your customers thank you cheryl neave program director pathways for children youth families of york region protect oak ridges moraine for future generations i dont want to see urbanization of the oak ridges moraine because people like me go there to relieve stress i cannot afford to take a vacation and the moraine is the clos est and best place to do this i also want the area to be visited by my parents and future generations if it is taken away then nobody can enjoy its beauty remember this isnt just our world its the future generations we are only taking care of it for them if this urbanization goes on everywhere there wont be any more natural habitats and animals living there will slowly die off and stouffville tribune serving the community since 1888 ems dde canadian circulations 1 audit board member ontario press council canadian publications mail product sales agreement 1403419 subscription rates by mail 1 year 6955 thursdays only how to get in touch with us telephone 90529422oo fax 9052941538 email classified newsroomeconsuncom advertising 8532527 distribution 18007433353 905 2948244 9 heritage road distributioneconsuncom markham l3p 1m3 possibiy become extinct why cant people think about the future instead of just money if this continues what will happen to us this place is also a historical area as it tells us what happened in the ice age and may even contain ancient artifacts as a future parent i want my children to see the wonderful things the world has to offer justin so milliken mills high school volunteers needed for terry fox run in stouffville i have been involved with organizing the terry fox run in stouffville since 1990 1 need the publics help i want to speed up terry foxs dream of finding a cure for cancer but i like terry know greater results come from multiple sources i need to add committed volunteers to our group to assist in the organization of the terry fox run which is on sunday sept 15 if you share the same dream of finding a cure for cancer please call me at 905 640- 4705 and lets discuss how you can contribute sandy schell kennedy event organizer stouffville symposium focused on making york region more innovative i would like to congratulate york region and don eastward director of economic development for taking the leadership in holding a recent symposium as part of the ontario competitive cities regions program the symposium focused on attracting and retaining knowledge workers in york region of particular interest to us at seneca college corporate training and development sctd was the blend of com munity resources government education and business that were represented in the attendees participants came from organizations such as the canadian urban institute york technology association national research council microdea inc bell canada and ibm canada ltd speakers at the symposium focused on lifelong learning interlacing education and innovation creating a culture of innovation and developing a culture of inclusion their comments ranged from the impor tance of having children at an early age encouraged to exercise their natural creativity to having our education system innovation- focused from public school through postsec ondary and into the business world sctd now plays a role in fostering such innovation through training programs deliv ered to the workplace that build skills in a broad variety of areas a major theme of the symposium centred around community organizations educators and business people working together to build the innovative strength of york region and to make the region a better place for peo ple of all backgrounds to live and grow drtonyfattal seneca college corporate training stouffville tribune published every thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ltd group of newspapers which includes the ajavpickering news advertiser alliston heraldcourier bame advance barrys bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington post city parent collingwoodwasaga connection east york mirror erin advocatecountry routes etoblcoke guardian flamborough post georgetown independent acton free press kingston this week lindsay this week midlandpenetanguishene mirror milton canadian champion milton shopping news mississauga news newmarketaurora georgina erabanner northumberland news north york mirror oakville 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