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6 stouffville suntribune thursday aug 7 2003 publisher ian proudfoot telephone 9056402612 fax 9056408778 email jmasonymgcom website wwwyorkregioncom editorial cot its hard not to feel sorry for the own ers of cedar beach park they say theyll lose 150000 because of a false report of west nile virus this year its not fair the trouble started june 23 when york region announced preliminary tests on mosquitoes in a pool near the campground at aurora road and the ninth line in wnitchurchstouflville showed positive for me west nile virus -ttaraipuhcedasmefirpositn- test in ontario this year l zf problem wasii was afalse alarm v v- but before that could be confirmed a flood of cancellations poured in at cedarbeach the facility is one of the ingest summer trailer parks in the toronto area many people spend the entire surnmer there- v- j twentytwo days after thevprelimi- naiywest nfle tests werereleasfedais positivembre extensive tests conducted mywinnipe proved me mosqwitbes v werent infected thatvyas too late for the desgeam- ily which has owned cedar beachr 75 years now the fimily isasjkihgyj- why cudyorkreonbfficialsrelease preliminary test results why riot waijj for confirmation vfrnagirie if iheipnhktvque then received cbnfinriation three weeks later the disease was in the neighbour- liood pwple particularly customers of the camp would be furious they had been exposed to a potential health threaty fi this newspaper would be the first to demand an explanation if riot an apolo gy frbmthe region r c the inwtioiivhias caused se damage to this business r and tq the regions tourism mdiistry at large vjt perhapsthe most serious lies with me prolonged wait for con- firmed test results our public health department is tak- r mgwestnile seriously and rightly so- but theres someming wrong with the system when tests have to be sent out of province for three weeks before we can know whether west jnfile is in an area 4 its time the province started invest- ing iii test labs streamlining the i process of identifying and dealing with west nile and other diseases v v the riavies family wants the region to change its practice of annbuncihg unconfirmed tests it would be morel practical if the tests took a day or two instead of a week or two i the family also wants the region to advertise that me musselmansiake area is safe that would be appropriate tetters to the editor be- blessing the union of adam and steve coiumnkjtdy31 y -v- iread jim tobmascolunmiegarcungse- sexvlinions with great interest he quoted stouffville minister lou geense as saying christianityis not the baselineby which a gov ernment iruris canada is rib longer a christian riatidn and how this isleadingto our impendt ingdobni- please jim be wary of ideologically based qnesizetfitsali diatribes particidarly iceligipus and pplitical ones such as me aforemehtioned one need only look at all the problems these types of ideologies have caused gafileohthe cru sades underftoded pu tibri arrierica the ussr fran the taliban heck even the s number zero canada is a christian nation as well as a muslim hindu catholic jewishagnostic gay black arid an irisertyour pleasurehere nation a fnultiplicity which is very much tradeauesque he ends his colurhn by saying it is probable megoverrirnent wiu umlateraily legislate church es to formalize samesex marriages and that if current trends continue religious groups will have no say in the matter 1 bollocks the federalgbvernment is inqt pro posing this ihiactht isprqpqsingme statere iognizesamefsexmarriages arid remgious groups be free to consecrate whatever their definition bf this is a very inclusive very prqgres- the stoulle suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and addressithe stbufiville suntribune reserves the right to publish ornot publish and to edit for clarity and space- write letters to the editor34 ovic aye po box 154puflville ti fl4a7z5vemailjmasohirngcom sive and very gariadiari solution that will be a model for true freedom acceptance and richness of human society not only for canada but for v- z igoiiverselyit is views such as rev geenses that wouldleave many groups with no saypar- ticularly those- who do not subscribe to his flavour of christianity governmentdictated morality or edicts in the name of one reugioh has no placeih a pluralistic society such as canada this idea is suinmed up quite nicely in the prescient yet still timeless words of a wonderful 1960s draft dodger ditty by canned heat gqihgtjp the cbimrry ndmeinyowrunninorscrm cause you got a home man long as i got mine v- z finally with respect the bedrooms of riatiqnphrase was misquoted and not contrary to popular belief coined by pierre trudeau but rather by newspaper columnist mriomalley whom trudeau acknowledged the correct quote is itheies no place forthe state in the bed- jooms ofthe nation nembdefuria s s stouffville suntnhune 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management debraweller r v shows manager stacey allen j aassrfied manager g ann campbell off the top k with jim mason nor prices makeup for pricey petrol a guy leaves town for two weeks and all heck breaks loose v it wasntbad enough to be filurig the bottomless gas tarik in burfamuys yan t on the north shore i of lake superior the same fegtjar petrqlthat cost 66 cents a litre here tuesday- was 81 cents two weeks ago ihwawa r calculatethat rate oyer two tank fills arid im sure i equld have banked enough cbmtb put one of the kids through university tiimedorithe reporting lmeupsat the icbrner of stouffville road and vvardenavehue north of torbritq notfai theehbap gas tiie closest station is a concession away- a beef from beleaguered westerri ranchers was being sold at bargain base ment rates ma farm field arid where was i fifteen hours away arid headed west v but there arebehefits to life on the north side of oritarib and were not talkihg barrie here folks giuwpntiheartkc report in sudbury sault ste marie qr lliuhder bay rbadcqrigestiori isnt in the north ern vernacular t crime is a transient was seriously beaten by five people outside a plaza in thurider bay last wdek a neighbour was arrested in the murder of a sudbury man the nqrtii may be the unofficial retireirient hoinefor aging rockers on a tour of riorthernhightclubs during our vacation jielharlequmanddrhook vvild life a women was attacked by a biear outside her home ori me outskirts ofthuriderbay we werefishmgvin daylightqn the oritariolvjjririesbtajbofdera week ago today at 10 pm hauling in fourpound bass arid walleye that melted in our mouths at dirmerimenext night house prices will make yoii drool with envy that 350000 beauty in stquffvilie will cost you thousands less starter homes in thunder bay can be had for less than 100000 apartments for under 500 a month abourid but the north shares many of our southern problems many people are without a family dbctqr west nile virus is a concern an election is in the works jim tifason is editor of the suft jbune he can be contacted at jnqhyrngcgrn