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6 economist suntribune saturday oct 5 2002 s stouffville tribune sening the community since 1888 publisher ian proudfoot letters to the editor future nhlers on york regions junior hockey teams re junior hockey teams need support sept 12 in response to the editorial about york region not having support for their junior hockey teams i must say i agree having fol lowed the markham waxers for the past three seasonsplus its sad to see that barn with all those empty seats it is important for people to support the teams within their community mentioned in the editorial was the fact many of the players are local kids these are your neighbours kids out there i agree its good hockey it is junior a is good hockey because the level of play is high and also because these kids have the poten tial to go somewhere who wouldnt want to claim having seen a future nhl star play at the junior level community support for things such as this is important and it seems having an active role in the community is becoming a value of the past i think everyone in york region who calls himself a hockey fan should get out to the bam this season even if its only once vaughan plays monday nights newmarket plays thursday nights as does stouffville which also plays tonight markham plays friday nights and thornhill plays saturdays so go around the corner to the rink and pay your eight bucks youll see what youve been missing laura nelles markham why go to university with shelters available recently i attended the university fair at the metro toronto convention centre to explore postsecondary options as an hon our student i intend on graduating from high school and going to university so i can get a good job when i finish after hearing the squatters in tent city were evicted from the private property and looking to sue the home depot i became outraged now going to university seems pointless i should just leave home and squat on land that doesnt belong to me when i get kicked out ill become litigious and file a lawsuit of 275 million against its rightful owner perhaps i will go to a shelter for which taxpayers shell out 50 a head and get free food shelter and yes alcohol to make matters worse i am sick and tired of have these bleeding heart left wing social ists complaining the city should build houses for the homeless at the expense of the citizens opinion letters policy the markham economist sun welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the economist sun reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space letters to the editor the economist sun 9 heritage rd markham on 13p1m3 email lctterscconsuncom of ontario it is not the governments responsibility to house the homeless my advice to them get off your lazy butt go out and find a job there is plenty of work out there for people willing to look this all seems so good i think ill just drop out of school and live at the expense of the city sign me up jeff schwalm markham first local superwalk helps those with parkinsons the town of markham declared sept 29 parkinsons awareness day more than 150 walkers participated in the first annual markhamstouffville superwalk for parkinsons and raised more than 22000 for research markham and whitchurchstouffvilles contributions combined vyith funds raised in many communities across canada last sunday will be directed toward research to ease the burden and find a cure for parkinsons these funds will benefit die more than 100000 canadians who suffer from this dev astating condition in particular your gener ous support has given hope and encourage ment to those living with parkinsons in markham we thank you we hope to see you at the second annual markhamstouffville superwalk for parkinsons in september 2003 judy hazlett markham stouffville superwalk for parkinsons committee regions save a life program isnt working chief re traffic deaths double in york region sept 28 i was shocked tiiat york regional police chief robert middaugh was not willing to admit his save a life program was not work ing this program was meant to reduce the rate of fatal car accidents this year there have been 31 fatal acci dents and 38 people have died last year at this same time there were 17 fatal accidents and 18 people killed clearly chief middaughs program is fail ing and he is not willing to do anytiiing about it julian fantino torontos chief of police is trying to cut back on fatal accidents by having a more comprehensive enforcement approach to me this sounds like a good way to help editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director marketing new product development brenda larson advertising director retail flyer sales nicole mathieu advertising director classified real estate events management gord paolucci stop fatal accidents sgt peter orlovski said the motoring public now is more aggressive less polite he also stated theres a loss of civility its ridicu lous theyre speeding discourteous and not wearing seatbelts if this is all true then mr fantinos strategy sounds like a good option for example if there are more officers around then the speeding the people not wearing seatbelts and aggressive drivers will get pulled over in turn this will make the drivers use more caution and drive safer which prevents acci dents if mr fantinos idea does not prevent fatal accidents i believe it would not be a flaw in his strategy i believe it would be a problem with police the police may not be pulling enough people over or when drivers see police they drive cautiously and obey the laws but as soon as the police drive away the driver con tinues in a reckless manner there is only one solution i can think of and it is to have police in unmarked cars that will pull people over chief middaugh says his traffic strategy is being refined but i dont think his actions are the best to keep drivers safe eric lindsay markham columnist high and mighty over barroom smoking re smokers hitting wrong notes joan ransberry column sept 26 how dare joan ransberry think she has the right to try and destroy a business owned by a young family just trying to make an honest living is beyond my com prehension and do note they are not breaking the law this is not a smokefree town i am a server in another establishment in stouffville that wasnt mentioned in this scathing column and am here to tell you my sales have dropped 40 per cent since we changed over to nonsmoking gone are the people who would come in two or three times a week have a cock tail order some appetizers move on to dinner and perhaps some dessert i may not have ms ransberrys trained eye but they dont appear to be sick alco holics and ill admit i wasnt counting but id swear they didnt smoke 60 cigarettes i have no grudge against the nonsmoker who would like a nice place to sit and have a meal or a drink smokefree however i do take issue witii this high and mighty attitude of ms ransberrys and anyone like her a lot of people like me are so totally fed up listening to zealots like ms ransberry who go way over the line if her wish was to cause a stir then indeed she has done so cjlilley stouffville editorial editor m mason neiusroomeamsimcom advertising retail sales manager steve kane steivklbelilieralcom sales manager new business development distribution dawna andrews tiaiulrewserabanncrcom classified manager ann campbell anncerabannercom real estate manager mike rogerson production electronic communications manager john fnthey jfutheyyrnizcom distribution distribution manager barry black bblnckeralxmnercom administration office manager vivian oncil voneileconsuncom york region events specialsyrnncom managing director debra welter debrauiecoiisiincom shows manager stacey allen slaceyaeconstmcom york region printing general manager bob dean meanyrngcom editorial 9052942100 fax 2941538 advertising 2942200 classified 1-800- 7433353 t 8534626 distribution 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