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6 stouffville suntribune thursday april 24 2003 opinion publisher ian pr0udf00t teleph0ne9056402612 fax 9056408778 email jmasonymgcom website wwwyorkregioncom editorial making it earth day every day of the year environmentalists across our area are strutting their stuff this week with good reason its earth week or at least an extension of earth day even little whitchurch- stouffville is doing its part with a day full of green events saturday in stouffville trees will be planted nature walks held and environmentally friendly information shared thats wonderful but shouldnt we be practising the principles of earth day every day we can keep pur vehicles in fine tune better yet use our own vehiclesless and public transit more kudos to go transit for improving service to whitchurchstouffville now we need more intraregional buses from our own york region transit authority even better we should avoid using all vehicles ride your bicycle to the grocery store walk to the library or your fitness club its bet ter for our bodies and for our air use chemicals sparingly and safely be as environmentally friendly to your lawn and garden as possible clean up the grounds around your home office church or com munity centre its our community lets have it look pretty and garbagefree plants trees and shrubs they produce oxygen recycle as often as possible not only- does whitchurch- stouffville have a fine curbside col- lection of recyclables i it is also home to a recycling depot visit the depot in stouffville memorial park next to the outdoor pool use its services to recycle everything from paper to the cartridges you use in your computer printer even better volunteer to help out at the depot youll be being a true friend to our environment 365 days a year letters to the editor market atmosphere answer for stoufivilles clock tower a quick course in orienteeringbloomington is north markharh is south ringwood is west and altonaiseast i live in bloomington and these are the choices i consider at the stop sign on main street in stouffville fast food outlets super markets liquor stores canadian lire or radio shack to the west to the east of the ninthline things gradually fade to nothing beyond park drive may as well keep going on stouffville main street east from park drive its the country market or on to altona this stretch of main street is the last vestige of stouffville country close to the city agree or not i anticipate growth will create a need for more services and merchandising east of park drive the centre of town could become a vacuum with nothing except time on a great land mark a market atmosphere around the clock tower would be a plus for downtown stouffville spring could be yard sale time with booths surrounding the tower instead of signs plastered all over town every weekend arts and crafts market gar dens booths to raise money for charities infor mation anything legal all around the tower and parking at the old municipal building look at the cities that were once small and now celebrate their centre of town market toronto ottawa kingston on and on bob lewis bloomington 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 darity and space write letters to the editor 34 qvic ave po box 1 54 stouffville l4a7z5email jmasonymgcom sidewalks stop signs needed re editorial take a walkmarch 4 a sidewalk along burkholder street to the lebovic leisure centre would be wonderful the west side of the poolentrance that road is so small arid the cars race alohgit as they have no stop sign from obrien avenue to park drive sidewalks are a must in a townwith children as a mother i know i am paranoid of every car that comes near us when we walk on the road i stop signs are also lacking in our town i live at the corner of market street and sommerville street market has stop signs that most people ignore sommerville has no stop signs i have seen one car accident several near miss- es and at least one cafa day flythrpugh the inter section in the four years i have lived here i have yelled at numerous drivers when they did not stop r only to be yelled back at crudely several calls were put into the town the answer the town gave me was those are your neighbours not stopping and stop signs cost money iknow for a fact it is not my neighbours we stop at stop signs natalie wood stouffville btouttvllle mmm f suntribune a metroland community newspaper 34 civic ave 3rd floor stouffville ontario l4a 725 phone 9056402612 fax9056408778 classified 18007433353 distribution 9052948244 website wwwyorkregfoncom email jmasonyrngcom member ontario community newspapers association canadian community newspapers association ontario press council editor in chief oebora kelly editor jim mason reporters joan rahsberry hannelore volpe retail sales manager steve tone sales representative susan berry production manager pamnichols office manager vwianotfeil business manager robert lazurko director of marketing new product development brenda larson advertising director retail sales flyers nicole fletcher advertising director classified real estate events management gordpaolucd managing director real estate mikerogerson sales manager new business development distribution dawna andrews electronic communications manager john futhey classified manager ann campbell distribution manager barry black general manager york region printing bob dean managing director york region events management debraweller shows manager staceyauen off the top with jim mason now that the nhl season is officially over that toronto maple leaf flag flap ping from the window of your suv or minivan should have been forcibly removed by now resist all temptation to torch or otherwise deface the flag put it in storage the noise from those six philadelphia flyer goals being deposited behind ed belfour tuesday night was the sound of freedom as far as toronto area hockey fans are concerned the stanley cup play offs are now over the anaheim mighty ducks minnesota wild if you had them in the office pool you are a hockey genius and psychic do not pass go do not collect 200 go directly to the hockey hall of fame for automatic enshrinement the rest of you you are now free to use your time for something more constructive than absorbing endless beer commercials while putting a dent in the family room couch looking for something to do with your newfound spare time scan the volunteers wanted section page 17 of todays paper the ospca big brothers and the canadian cancer society are always looking for people to help out here are a few additional ideas like hockey eh the whitchurch- stouffville minor hockey association holds its annual meeting next week the association can always use coaches managers and other volun teers take a walk through your home town check out the landmarks and the history looking for more topgraphic vari ety try the trails at the stouffville reservoir or through the york regional forest north of ballantrae local nursing homes and other seniorsrelated operations always need volunteers to visit their residents and clients hey they may even let you watch the hockey game with a group of sen iors pass the remote jim mason is the editor of the stouffville suntribune i n i i i i ii j 0 o 1 if i s