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economist suntribune saturday june 29 2002 stouffville tribune a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 opinion publisher iar proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly director of advertising debra welter editor jim mason classified manager ann campbell production manager pam nichols retail sales manager stephen mathieu distribution manager barry black inside sales manager stacey allen electronic communications manager john futhey business manager robert lazurko office manager vivian oneil letters newly approved secondary plan good for box grove residents at tuesday evenings meeting of markham council a vote of 12 to 1 approved the box grove secondary plan this completes four years and four months of the public planning process that included countless meetings involving town staff consultants land owners council members special interest groups and the residents of box grove who together with main street markham is the group most directly affected by the plan i believe this plan sets high standards for future planning in the town it provides among other improvements municipal water and a road realignment that will return box grove to the safe residential community it once was it also makes possible the markham by pass which will relieve traffic on main street markham the lone dissenting vote was councillor erin shapero she chose to think of the people of box grove as pawns being used by the developers to push through urban sprawl the opposite is in fact the truth the res idents of box grove have negotiated hard to get much needed improvements from the developers councillors and town staff helped with the negotiations and the devel opers cooperated this is in contrast to the years of intru sions into box grove by various projects that left us with very little in exchange for the negative impact to our community councillor shapero chose not to make herself aware of the process or the issues but rather took the position that all developers are bad and all citizens are victims this is not true in box grove we are winners tom farrar chairperson box grove community association firing publisher for expressing opinion abhorrent in free society it was with considerable dismay i read about the firing of russell mills as publisher of the ottawa citizen to think a wellrespected publisher could be fired for doing what he is sup posed to do express his opinions openly and without fear of repercussions is abhorrent in a free society letters policy stouffville tribune 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 email letterseconsuncom izzy asper ought to be ashamed of him self for his bullyboy attack on someone who dares to criticize his buddy jean chretien as a member of thejewish community of which i am as well he also ought to be ashamed of his totalitarian mentality so reminiscent of 1930s europe mr aspers actions have no place in democracy ianwainberg thornhill referee irresponsible to keep game going with lightning near earlier this week i drove between my two girls soccer games which were happening concurrently one game at markham district high school was stopped at about 750 pm due to lightning the girls were immediately sent to parents cars to await the decision to end the game it was shortly after 8 pm by the time i arrived at my oldest daughters game at markville secondary school by this time the lightning in the clouds beyond the field was very frequent almost constant i pulled into the parking lot and couldnt believe my eyes the teams were still playing i was informed the referee had already been challenged about the lightning but he was unwilling to end the game because the lightning was not close enough to the field i was outraged and pleaded to the referee from the sidelines but he didnt hear or he chose to ignore me my mind flashed back to my days as a soccer convenor i was told the game will continue in rain hail sleet snow and fog however we never ever play in lightning then i thought about the professional golfers association and its rules golfers with millions of prize dollars at stake are not allowed to complete so much as a twoinch putt if there is even a hint of lightning with this in mind i looked out at the two teenage girls playing goal at each end of the field there they stood under football goal posts sticking straight up like forks into the electricitycharged sky how could this referee be so confident in his ability to judge how close is too close for lightning and where it would and would not strike i pulled my daughter off the field as peo ple watched puzzled how dare he gamble with our kids lives is it going to take a tragedy before common sense is used e brown markham mayor councillor help protect heritage unionville tuesdays markham council meeting was a drama to behold the council chambers were filled and more than half the people there were once again fighting the issue of the proposed large office building on station lane in heritage unionville bottom line the residents won after three years of meetings often with only two hours notice that the developer was coming before council with more demands finally the stiver mill property has now reverted to town ownership our ward coun- stouffville tribune serving the community since 1888 r7h 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 9052948244 9 heritage road distributioneconsuncom markham l3p 1m3 cillor joe virgilio did a splendid job leading the battle consistently against this develop ment on tuesday joe finally won with the strong support of mayor don cousens they know only too well heritage areas must be protected from large inappropriate office buildings well done joe and well done mayor cousens and well done to the very large turnout of seniors from union villa who once again appeared with their walkers and canes to add their support the stiver mill residents committee and unionville villagers association led by richard talbot and doug worsley have shown themselves to be caring able leaders no wonder the uva is attracting such a large number of local residents jeanne kerhornell director of public relations unionville villagers association york region drivers can help in effort to reduce road salt re hold the salt region weaning itself off june 22 brian harrison and his colleagues at york regions roads transportation department are to be congratulated for their initiatives to reduce the amount of salt applied to roads next winter whether salt brine sticks are the answer or sand instead of conventional rock salt the environment will be better off if less salt ends up in our precious groundwater in addition drivers in york region can help by lowering expectations of driving fast in winter weather if we condition ourselves to allow more time to get around in ice and snow and drive more slowly there ought to be fewer accidents this should reduce the need for the region to apply salt of any type on the roads bruce rhodes richmond hill decision on stouffville town hall about money not character re private firms get council nod for old town hall tribune june 27 with all the manner of a summary execu tion there was no public consideration or dis cussion when this matter came up at tuesdays wwtchurchstouffville council meeting before anyone had a chance to fully under stand what was going on mayor wayne emerson stated his position three councillors followed suit two councillors were absent and one councilor was desperately trying to save the town hall now our most important public heritage building is in private hands beyond the hopes and dreams of people hungry for an outlet for their frustration and for public and artistic expression once again it was a case of money over character as the decision was announced there were cries and boos calls for give it to the people and why did you bother getting people here in first place if it was a done deal a third of the crowd filed out in protest and disgust randy mole stouffville stouffville tribune published every thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ltd group of newspapers which includes the ajaxpickering news advertiser alliston heraldcourier barrfe 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 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