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st tribune dechvlber5 199c ptf sdss students tune up for annual christmas concert sdss graduate usha knabe won the ontario college of veterinarians scholarship prize which is awarded to a student in the sixth or eighth semester who exhibits academic pro ficiency leadership and participation in college activities the college is the governing body of veterinarians similar to the ontario medical association for doctors explained usha who is in her final year at the university of guelph usha knabe scholarship prize where shes working on her veterinari ans degree she left sdss in 1980 and attended the university of toronto where she obtained a degree in zoology extra curricula activities have always been important to her and she is also a member of the deans list for students with a minimum 80 per cent average last summer she worked at the town and country animal hospital in ringwood as part of her internship and she eventually hopes to start her own equine practice in stouffville after completing additional training in the united states if your at the matt today stouffville place mall invites all children to bring a brand new teddy bear and visit kellingtons restaurant for a pancake breakfast with santa on saturday dec 8 breakfast will be provided free of charge to every child who brings a teddy bear and each bear will be donated to needy children through the stouffville lioness club jj toby the bear and wally the rabbit will all be on hand to join the fun breakfast will be served at 930 and 1030 am and advance tickets are available from all mall merchants dance to aid food drive on friday dec 14 the recreation centre is hosting a preteen dance with a christmas theme tickets are 350 each plus an item of canned or dried food which will be donated to local groups hi town who are organiz ing christmas food drives festival committee seeks help last month the strawberry festival committee met for an initial discus sion on the 1991 event and they are urgently seeking new members to help make next years festival a suc cess anyone who can help out is asked to attend the next meeting at the recreation centre office on monday jan 7 at 7 pm or to call committee chairwoman pat ratcliff at 6405076 local scooter honored roma dempsey of cedar valley washonored for 25 years of dedica tion and service to scouting at the ontario science centre on nov 22nd mrs dempsey who has been an active volunteer in the movement as cub master troop scouter scout counsellor and a member of the ladies auxiliarywas awarded the medal of merit at the ceremony mrs dempsey was awarded the warrant of appointment in 1975 fishers say goodbye r almost a year after they first put their main street home up for sale gary wanda and elisa fisher are get ting ready to pull up stakes and move to vernon bc to join wandas moth er father grandmother and brother gary and wanda first moved into town from don mills in 1975 when gary was appointed local post master last march he took early retirement from the post office and since then has been working at the stouffville coop the fishers had originally hoped to move out west this summer but the sluggish housing market worked against them when the sale finally went through last week the dec 21 closing date gave them a scant three weeks to orga nize their move and its going to be quite a challenge to get everything including boots the family cat packed up and shipped out in time said wanda the family invites friends and neighbors to join them at a farewell open house at their home on saturday dec 15 between 1 and 5 pjn visitors from the ukraine local resident marie adams is enjoying a visit from her two cousins bohdan and roman harasymin who arrived nov 16 for their fust visit to north america 7 her guests are overwhelmed by canada and amazed by the selection of consumer goods she said when i took them to markville mall they couldnt believe that one could walk into a store and look around and choose from so many dif ferent items they wanted to know if there was another shopping centre like this in toronto at home browsing around in a store is unheard of she explained and peo ple have to ask to see specific prod ucts theres no such thing as impulse buying because they price something and work out how many weeks work it would take to pay for it despite enjoying their visit they are looking forward to going home to their fami lies on friday advised mrs adams boutique ladies fashions tt a j 1 special e pit hwkml sdss christinas concert the junior and senior bands at stouffville district secondary school are hosting their annual christmas conceit in the school gym on thurs- day dec 13 at 730 pjn the senior band which consists of 84 students from grades 10 and up will be playing a selection of music including christmas carols and high lights from the nutcracker suite as well as the themes from superman and the raiders of the lost ark both composed by john williams tickets are 5 for adults 2 for seniors and students and 10 for fami lies for tickets and information call sara harvey at 6420275 pool news council will be receiving a report on the estimated cost of phase two of the proposed indoor swimming pool at the next council meeting on tuesday dec 11 anyone who supports the addition of a pool at the recreation centre is encouraged to attend the meeting which starts af 715 pm in the council chambers d gsprts marketstreet gst this week i youasked i the gst 1 consumer information office q im thinking of buying a new car in 1991 how will the proposed gst affect prices a the outgoing federal sales tax fst is now part of the price of new cars so while they will be fully taxed at 7 in 1991 the expected effect of replacing the fst with the gst on the average 22000 midsize car is a reduction of around 850 q my son has figured out it will cost 500 in lumber to build a dock at our cottage if he bought it now how much will that lumber cost with the proposed gst a you can expect to pay about 512 for that same amount of lumber for personal use based solely on the changeover from the fst to the gst q i know the proposed gst wont apply to city bus fares but 1 take the commuter train to work will i have to pay gst a no daily commuter trains are considered a municipal transit service so fares are exempt from gst were here to answer your questions about how the gst will affect prices call us tollfree monday to friday 9am9pm ask for your free copy of the consumers guide to the gst and prices the answer is to call your gst consumer information office 18006682122 hearing impaired 18004657735 government of canada gouvernement du canada canada t r 0ziji