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am tribune february 18 1987 durhamyork mpp ross stevenson politician hears riding concerns by chris shanahan durhamyorks member of provincial parliament mpp says hes always willing to try and help constituents with their con cerns even if they dont reside in his riding and though ross stevenson doesnt officially represent the people of whitchurchstouffville he welcomes their questions and calls for assistance at the provin cial level if people come to me i try to help them as much as i can ex plained mr stevenson who was in stouf f ville friday afternoon for the first of a regular series of visits designed to better acquaint himself with area residents its justa matterof getting out and meeting people were get ting quite a few calls from people in whitchurchstouffville he added noting that hell endeavor to assist people with their con cerns nomatter where they live the progressive conservative mpp will be the incumbent when whitchurchstouffville joins durhamyork through boundary changes effective in the next pro vincial election whitchurch- stouffville is presently in york north which is represented by liberal greg sorbara the 44yearold stevenson plans to continue his informal get- togethers at the rec complex lounge despite mr sorbaras claim he finds this practice a lit tle bit offensive what i am doing is certainly no exception its happening all over the province mr stevenson said of his visitations to the site of the planned riding addition with whitchurchstouffville coming into my riding it seems natural to come out and meet the people liberal mpps including a cabinet minister have already begun setting up shop in opposi tion ridings in anticipation of changes recommended by the election boundaries commission according to mr stevenson he stressed his stouffville meetings planned for the second friday of each month are fi- health science student awarded barbara wilson left of stouffville recently re ceived an award for outstanding achievement in the health sciences division in which shes enrol led at etobicokes humber college the health sciences faculty achievement award was pre sented to ms wilson during a ceremony held at the college in november nanced by his riding association and dont come out of his consti tuency office budget contacts the yorkdurham representa tive feels he can use his varied provincial government experi ence to effectively serve the needs of whitchurchstouffville and constituents across the riding i have excellent contacts into the civil service i think i have a very good record in the riding of durhamyork and i dont see why it wont continue in the new riding mr stevenson said as an example of how he has worked hard at queens park mr stevenson pointed out that of 42 total library funding programs announced in 1986 two were targeted for his riding uxbridge township and holland landing the mp claimed this shows he and his fellow pcs have avoided becoming socalled voices in the wilderness while in opposition i feel i can give excellent rep resentation on either side of the floor claimed mr stevenson whos presently agriculture critic after serving as minister of that portfolio in the shortlived post election miller cabinet background mr stevensons initial discus sions with whitchurchstouffville residents have centred around environmental issues of which the mpp has a keen interest his educational background in cludes both a bachelor and mas ters degree from the university of guelph as well as a phd in agri cultural meteorology the study of weather and its impact on plants and animals he was a professor at guelph for seven years and has received the universitys alumni gold medal of achievement raised in udora hes married with three children and operates a family farm north of uxbridge mr stevenson was first elected mpp in 1981 then returned for a second term in the last provincial ballot the riding of durhamyork was created in 1975 and will now change as a result of proposals made in 1986 mr stevenson said population growth and the result ing need for continual riding re distribution will likely dictate more changes within durham- york in 1991 ross talks politics in stouffville durham- york mpp ross stevenson left visited the whitchurchstouffville rec complex friday to meet and chat with town residents here he talks with for mer town councillor charlie warden of wesley cor ners whitchurchstouffville will become part of mr stevensons provincial riding when new election boundaries become official chris shanahan 1 billion special canadian grains program a helping maud for grain jrmers the special canadian grains program is assisting farmers with 1 billion this initiative announced by prime minister brian mulroney is the largest of its kind ever undertaken by any canadian government on behalf of farmers it is a national program that responds to a national need it will help offset low grain and oilseed prices resulting from the subsidy war between the european community and the united states the first 300 million will be in the hands of grain and oilseed farmers this winter another 700 million will be paid out in the spring the details of this historic program are as follows 1 you will benefit if in 1 986 you grew wheat barley oats rye mixed grains corn soybeans canola sunflower seeds for crushing or flax pedigreed seed high moisture corn high moisture barley and farm fed grain are also covered 2 the first cheques are being mailed directly to western farmers based on canadian wheat board permit book data 3 if your crops are not included in permit book data or if you are a qualifying producer who doesnt receive a cheque you can pick up an application at the following places offices of members of parliament grain elevators grain producer organizations agriculture canada offices and research stations farm credit corporation offices baowater solution new taylor water treatment systems buy op rent at unbeatable prices complete installed with no surprises taylor water softener co est over 30 year call for free water analysis consultation 6215969 n i horsepower despite frigid temperatures saturday bill harzard and his horse team were kept busy during whitchurch- stouffvilies winter carnival sleigh rides were one of many popular attractions offered in the park over the weekend chris shanahan advertising correction eatons february preview book appearing in the markham economist and sun wednesday february 18lh 1987 sola beds tcrritie styles all specially priced pago 31 ltems bc these two iiems aro incorrectly illustrated illustrated item b is topaz style by simmons illustrated item c is ashley style by simmons inadvertently the errors listed above havo appeared rfi our advertising wo sincerely regret any inconvenience or contusion to our customers eatons volunteers will form historical committee stouffville organiza tion of a historical committee for whitchurchstouffville has been placed in the hands of a group of interested town residents meeting incommittce feb 10 council recommended the new committee be operated by volun teers whove expressed interest in the project a list of names compiled by the town includes that of vic san ders who originally suggested formation of such a body to pre serve local history the proposal was first discus sed in late october of 1986 when ward 6 councillor jim sanders and several of his colleagues spoke in favor of the committee