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6 stouffville suntribune thursday april 17 2003 opinion publisher ian proudfoot telephone 9056402612 fax 9056408778 email jmasonymgcom website wwwyorkregioncom editorial ridings area not name important to taxpayers whats in a name plenty if you believe oak ridges mp bryon wilfert and some members of whitchurch- sttiuffville council they have their shorts in a knot over the name of the new riding of which whitchurchstouffville is scheduled to be a part recently town council sent alerter to the federal boundaries commission asking the local federal riding be named oak ridges- whitchurchstouffville instead of oak ridgesmarkham councillors pointed put whitchurchstouffville is the only municipality whose entire municipal boundaries are contained within the new boundaries fair enough only a portion of markham falls in the new riding and the proposed name isnt too bulky there are ridings in canada with names longer than whitchurch- stouffvillemarkham said mr wilfert who will run in the new riding of richmond hill in the next federal election assuming the changes are approved the local mp has agreed to join council in its fight to have whitchurchstouffville included somehow in the new ridings name all of whitchurchstouffviue is in the new proposed riding but theres no mention of the municipality mayor wayne emmerson said were going to fight this we want our towns name to be part of the new riding but is the name really that impor tant whats more important is prop er representation the proposed rid ing cuts a swath from east to west in york region taking in an enormous piece of geogaphy the current riding of oak ridges is more compact and geographically compatible- perhaps thats what local politi cians should be concerned with butithougkt a brown egg would be chocolate l uffville kids prepare fortue mai n street bt a easter egg hunt letters to the editor accident waiting to happen at stouffville secondary school re march 4 editorial requesting the names of streets in need of sidewalks in whitchurch- stouffville i would like to submit bramble crescent from millard street to stouffville district secondary school for the following reasons the many students walking to school from the east and west ends oftown along millard street must proceed down this street to the school with no sidewalk they must walk either on the boulevard or on the road with the closure of edward street at sdss all vehicular traffic must use this same street including parents driving their children to school maintenance vehicles suppliers of school and cafeteria materials the many school buses and students who drive them selves to school these students are younger and therefore less experienced drivers at an age when speed is a temptation in winter snowbanks cover the boulevards forcing pedestrians to walk on the road at a time of year when accidents are more likely to happen people picking up their mail use the turn around oh this busy section and then park beside the mailbox further narrowing the road close to the corner after years of complaining i have been assured by town officials that a sidewalk for this section has been included in the 2003 budget the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and addressthe stouffville suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 34 gvic ave po box 1 54 stoirfmlf e l4a 7z5email jmasonymgcom however this town sidewalk would go only to the edge of the sdss property and i am told that the school board has no intention of extending it further to the school hopefully this accident waiting to happen will be prevent ed before it is too late dpetrie stouffville capitalism christianity atoddsinlraqinvation there are those who consider george bush the saviour of our world and then there are those who are not so sure many prominent religious leaders disagree with george bush on the invasion of iraq somehow i suspect those whose main con cern is their pocketbook are wholeheartedly on theside of george bush they would have us believe that capitalism and christianity are complementary nothing could be further from the truth arthur d robertson stouffville 4 btoujpmle mmm suntnbune a metroland community newspaper 34crricave3rdfloorstoinlle0ntariol4a7z5 phone 9056402612 fax9056408778 aassjfied100743335 distribution9052948244 websiteinrwyorta9iononi email jmamnymgcom membenontarwtbmmimrrynewspapersassociation carato community newspapers association ontario press council editor in chief debora kelfy editor jimmason reporters joan ransberryhannelore volpe retail sales manager stevekane sales representative sisan berry production manager pam nichols office manager vhrianotjep business manager robert lazurko director of marketing new product development breridalajson advertising director retail sales flyers nicole retcher advertising director classified real estate events management gordpaolucci v managing director real estate mikerogerson sales manager new business development distribution dawnaandrews electronic communications manager johnfuthey classified manager ann campbell distribution manager barryblack general manager york region printing j bobdean managing director york region events management debrawefler shows manager staceyahen off the top with jim mason leafs officials come home for free stanley cup advice if im an official in the toronto maple leafs organization which will happen shortly after my presidency of guatemala it would be the last place id be on an off day from the stanley cup playoffs especially after my team stunk the joint out the night before in philly but there was assistant coach keith acton and joe bowen the voice of the leafs at the stouffville amateur hockey leagues 25th annual awards night at the markham fairgrounds saturday think about it several hundred hockey experts fresh from their own seasonending tournament full of championship knowledge roast beef and assorted liquid refreshments everyone with a sure way to improve the power play or shut down john leclair actually its pretty neat said keith stouffvilles favourite son tuesday i enjoy talking hockey with everyone and people here are very knowledgeable theyve been around the game all their lives so you never know what youll learn keith 45 grew up in stouffville with some of the folks playing in the sahls mens and womens divisions joe bowens wife is a player in the loop you should put more emotion into your work joe one of the sahlites told him tongue firmly in cheek joe a markham resident took the advice it sounded like the always enthusiastic one expelled his larynx monday night while announcing tomas kaberles gamewinning goal in the second overtime period all our guys played with heart that night said keith they were willing to make the sacrifice and thats what it takes to win in the playoffs as one of the sahl experts no doubt advised keith played in philadelphia and was an assistantassociate coach with the flyers tknow a lot of people over there but at this time of year we arent friends he said put it this way none of them will be coming up to stouffville for dinner this week- jim mason is editor of the stouffville suntribune