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6 economist suntribune saturday aug 17 2002 s stouffville tribune a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 opinion publisher ian 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 electronic communications manager john futhey inside sales manager staceyallen business manager robert laznrko office manager vivian oneil letters region treats valuable water like a waste product re region to investigate after dewater ing drains wells aug 8 in response to this article your readers will be interested in the practical aspect of the dewatering at the stone mason drive and 16th avenue site in markham a call to an official at region of york con firmed the project is pumping 1 1000 litres of underground water per minute if one does the mathematics this repre sents a pumping rate of 660000 litres per hour 15840000 litres per day and 1 10880000 litres per week the ultimate figure is 33 billion litres per month this is water i would be drawing from my well as pure drinking water interestingly this is enough by town of markham standards to provide highqual ity drinking water to between 13000 and 15000 homes this represents between 20 and 25 per cent of the residences in markham this water is being treated as waste water to be dumped into the stormwater management system congratulations to your readers who are being asked to conserve water the region of york and contractor confirm the pumping will continue at this site until 2005 after the walkerton tragedy i would have thought groundwater was a valuable asset to a community not a waste product yes my well at 1 18 feet deep went dry on july 1 mcnally the contractor was monitor ing the well and watched it go dry i am sure your readers can understand why i feel violated by this region of york pro ject as it drains the water from under my property three kilometres from the pumping site and all of this after five generations of family living on the property lorner smith markham federal government must consult public on marriage issue as a man married to a woman under canadian law for 35 years i- have a consti tutional right to maintain this legally binding contract under the law i was married by and riot have this definition of marriage changed in any form any member of the liberal party includ ing allan rock or sheila copps who wishes 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 newsptiper 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 letterscconsuncom m gwk5dwtme wr its polluted we cant hwhe and vie heed tuemiw jrnswt wwwdohghancom to mandate his or her own personal view of marriage on canadians without input from the canadian electorate is committing nothing short of a travesty i am certainly looking for alberta to invoke the notwithstanding clause should the liberal party decide to change one word of what is a legal marriage in canada this matter of marriage should never be a domain of judicial decision at any level if necessary give canadians a referen dum on the definition of legal marriage in the next election what a price we are paying in our daily lives for pierre trudeaus charter of rights and freedoms peter k macleod thornh1ll crisco unknown to chinese because few know how to bake re poor service begs question are cus tomers wanted letter by josipa klostranec aug 8 i am a chinese immigrant here for almost 15 years and i speak reasonably good english yet i have no clue of what crisco is either now i am going to expose some of my peoples secrets most chinese people dont know how to bake back in our old countries the food we ate was either cooked in a wok or pot on top of a gas stove so when we came here we were lost on how to use an oven some will take that as an initiative and learn how to bake but most dont diet is very personal and difficult to change one of my friends uses her oven to store her wok and other pots i like rhubarb pies but i dont know how to bake them i hope this explains why we dont know what crisco is as to how ms klostranec felt rejected by that chinese grocery store if the staff was indeed not friendly i encourage her to boy cott that store personally i have been refusing to go to a chinese grocery store in richmond hill the management and staff in that store some times are unbearable so after a few times i decided to take my business elsewhere and my family boycotted a chinese restaurant in scarborough more than 12 years ago after being snubbed my hus band is caucasian and we looked and were poor well the restaurant no longer exists if the management is made up of igno rant and rude people they will be rude to anyone and business will suffer still there are some friendly chinese gro ceries i would like to recommend to ms klostranec the store on 16th avenue west of leslie street is a nice store the staff is polite the owner speaks good english and is eager to satisfy his customers who helped me find items a few times the new and big tnt in the promenade seems a pleasant place to shop i tried it today i am sure lots of my people will look for crisco in grocery stores tomorrow and ms klostranec will have better luck next time echolundy richmond hill stouffville tribune serving the community since 1888 e3ee dde canadian circulations 1 audit board member ontario press council subscription rates by mail 1 year 6955 thursdays only how to get in touch with us telephone 9056402612 fax 9052941538 email classified newsroomeconsuncom advertising 8532527 distribution 18007433353 905 2948244 9 heri roadp distributioneconsuncom markham l3p 1m3 street racers have no training to indulge in illegal activity re street racing much more than drugs girls fast cars letter to the editor byjonathon cross aug 10 i do not think people should take advan tage of the lawabiding public by turning our roads into street racing courses according to the letter street racing acci dents happen when people pull out without checking first but i dont much care how they apply their skill in races first racers do not have proper training to ensure public safety second it is outright ille gal to speed this is selfish and ignorant behaviour how would participants feel if their family members become victims of their own incon siderate actions if people are conducting activities that may endanger innocent lives they should do so in private secluded locations do not blame the media for misrepresent ing their image by reporting only race acci dents and not the social atmosphere the media is not responsible for the pri vate matters of any person or group unless it is relevant to the public heres some advice for street racers gain ing respect from the public is wiser than entertaining a few buddies johannengel markham defence minister pm dont care about armed forces re defence minister should reopen friend ly fire investigation letter to the editor by patricia barclay july 27 i was a member of the armed forces and was very and still am proud of the forces i served during the second world war korea and elsewhere with the united nations forces for 24plus years i retired with a short pension for too many reasons to print however to show you one of the last kicks in the face three days before i was finished a long overdue pay raise was announced my raise was 100 per month and 1000 monthly for my officer in charge why he received 10 times more than me i still cannot understand after all it was my butt that was on the line and he was sitting 1000 to 10000 kilometres behind where the problem was the prime minister jean chretien defence minister and markham mp john mccallum too are indifferent to our very precious very welltrained military person nel equipment is old and out of date what about the choppers used for sea rescue they have been obsolete for at least a generation heavy air transport is a laugh too one got as far as australia and was grounded for parts these hercules aircraft are at least 40 years old bruce carl barker bay on 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 barrie advance barrys bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington post city parent collingwoodwasaga connection east york mirror erin advocatecountry routes etobicoke guardian flamborough post georgetown independent acton free press kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist sun midlandpenetanguishene mirror milton canadian champion milton shopping news mississauga news newmarket aurora georgina 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