The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

tribune 35000 copies vol 3 no 18 a metroland community newspaper saturday may 2 1987 64 pages 25 cents walks okayed despite petitions wemmdm vws imeff was simulating a drug overdose for sjocrd witteveen j gghrbgj council subsidizes catscan campaign by denise mcdonald york county hospitals whipper watson catscan campaign may be one step closer in its attempt to raise 17 million thanks to help from whitchurchstouffville council on tuesday night mayor fran sainsbury and all members of coun cil voted in favor of special events committee chairman pat macdo- nalds request they subsidize use of town facilities for fundraising activities according to a press release submitted to council the whipper watson catscan campaign must raise 17 million to purchase this important piece of diagnostic equipment for york county hospital although provincial government funding is available for the actual operation of the catscan all money for its purchase must be raised through donations from individuals local businesses industry and community groups such as service clubs sports groups and schools cat stands for computerassisted tomography one of a growing number of methods for performing diagnostic imaging or looking inside the body read the press release thousands of lives have been saved by its early detection of tumors and by its quick and accurate assessment of internal damage to accident victims reduced rentals of local facilities will encourage many groups in the area to hold fundraising events which will in turn raise many times the value of the subsidies said mrs macdonald although agreeing with councils decision to approve the subsidy councillor jim sanders voiced concern whether a catscan was a top priority item as opposed to other health expenses a great need has already been exhibited said mrs macdonald by denise mcdonald thirtynine homes in stouffvil- les new victoria woods develop ment will have sidewalks even though the town received 28 peti tions from subdivision residents against the construction of street walkways council voted tuesday night in favor of putting in the sidewalks on beryl ave percy lane and sunset blvd in accordance with a subdivision agreement between victoria woods development and the town of whitchurch- stouffville according to a letter submitted to council from bill perof of beryl ave 39 homes were issued a peti tion form to vote for or against the construction of sidewalks of the 32 petitions returned 28 were against and four were in favor mr perof suggested the money contributed for walks be held in trust by the town in the event residents find a greater need in the future mr perof was concerned with other problems as well but this is the path he chose to follow said mayor fran sainsbury he indi cated residents dont want to be responsible for snow shovelling or be fined as an alternative he was also cqncerned less front lawn area might affect having two cars in a driveway and contri bute to more garbage on their front lawns however ward 5 councillor wilf morley added we agreed not to have sidewalks on aspen cres and took money in lieu which appeared to be a viable alternative but now that the houses have been completed peo ple are starting to ask where theyre supposed to walk their baby carriages and frequently only one car can be parked in the driveway with the other on the road mr morley also pointed out he continually gets requests from other subdivisions to have school buses come around crescents however their biggest complaint is theres no place for students to- walk according to clerk co ordinator pat oakes the resi dents purchased their homes be fore the subdivison lot was reg istered i just wish people were proper ly informed about where a side walk is to go before they buy their homes said councillor margot marshall of ward 1