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p10 weekender november 29 1986 notice of the passing of bylaw number 19086 to regulate smoking in public areas tftkham sk ium-m- the council of the corporation of the town of markham has passed bylaw number 1 9086 to regulate smoking in public areas the bylaw provides that no persons shall smoke in the following areas subject to the exceptions as noted retail shops except in a part thereof used as a lunchcounter refresh ment stand hairdressing parlour barber shop restroom or a part used as offices by members of staff hospitals in which members of the public have access unless not more than 50 of the floor area other than a patient care area has been designated for the purposes of smoking banks financial institutions and municipal offices except where not more than 50 of the total floor area has been designated for the purpose of smoking reception areas except where not more than 50 of the total floor area has been designated for the purpose of smoking smoking is not permitted in a reception area where health care services are provided or where the reception area is less than 13 square metres elevators escalators and stairways indoor service lines restaurants except where not more than 80 of the seating capacity has been designated for the purpose of smoking the area where smoking is permitted must be separated by a movable divider school buses theatres and other places of public assembly except where not more than 40 of the total floor area has been designated for the purpose of smoking taxicabs except with the consent of all passengers and the driver of the taxicab the bylaw also provides that the proprietors of the premises referred to herein are required to post one or more signs in a conspicuous location on the premises to indicate that smoking is prohibited in areas which have been designated as a smoking area the proprietor is required to post one or more signs in the designated area marked smoking in this area only every person who contravenes any provision of this bylaw including any prop rietor who refuses to erect the appropriate signs is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than 200000 exclusive of costs the no smoking signs required to be posted under the bylaw may be purch ased at the building department in the municipal building located at 8911 woodbine avenue buttonville monday to friday 830 am to 430 pm the foregoing is a summary of bylaw number 19086 and a copy of the complete text of the bylaw can be obtained from the town clerks office at 891 1 woodbine avenue markham ontario l3r 1a1 sarah and christopher charles worth of milliken have good reason to celebrate this week the brothersister acting team are stars of the emmy awardwinning cbc production the kids of degrassi street the show was honored with an international category emmy in new york this week for an episode featuring a childs grief over the death of a friend sjoerd witteveen local degrass st kids win emmy award by steve houston staff reporter theyre still just a couple of mil- liken kids but have one over most of their friends theyre a couple of famous milliken kids they are brothersister acting team sarah and christopher charlesworth stars of emmy awardwinning cbc production the kids of degrassi street the show was honored with an international category emmy this week in new york for an epi sode featuring a childs grief over the death of a friend sarah 13 and chris 10 split their time between shooting the show attending regular classes at milliken mills public school and well just being plain old kids it feels great said sarah this week its made me feel very proud to work on the show her character casey which sarah describes as a friendly girl with a penchant for advice- giving has similar characteris tics to herself she therefore has little trouble playing the part but chris who plays tagalong brother benjamin insists he isnt like that with sarah in real life collectively the pair enthusias tically agree they love degrassi street and say theyll continue working on the series that evolved from a short film produced by an independent company in 1980 for the duo it started innocent ly enough as they cavorted around torontos harborfront they were spotted by producer linda schuyler who promptly re cruited sarah christopher joined the cast in 1984 in a bit part as a boy involved in water fight a later episode en titled benjamin walks the dog permanently introduced his char acter despite the responsibility and demanding schedule one that few grade 5 students face he enjoys working on degrassi street and will continue playing benjamin for a few more years when not needed for a scene the pair retire to a crafts room on the set or catch up on missed school work with the help of a tutor were proud of it it took a lot of hard work noted chris seniors invited to join local club seniors are invited to join the good neighbors club of mar kham the group recently enjoyed guest speaker maureen smith on the topic of make a joyful noise unto the lord instrumentalists mary and nicole honey assisted the group will not hold a regu lar monthly meeting in decem ber but will meet jan 28 1987 in the lower hall at st andrews un ited church main st markham