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i i i sports pee wee clippers lose heartbreaking finale to tournament see page 10 rumors swirling around mcneil sale sal bommarito staff reporter rumors continue to swirl around the future of the mcneil pharma ceutical ltd building located on main street but no buyer has yet been found said les gagnon the companys president the building which is owned by johnson and johnson mcneils parent company will be vacant as of december 18 thats when mcneil- will be moving to a temporary location in don mills while the companys permanent home there undergoes renovations said gagnon mcneil will share the location with ortho ltd also owned by johnson and johnson meanwhile the company is entertaining offers from prospec tive buyers for the companys stouffviile building gagnon con firmed we dont have anything in our hot little hands we have people looking were anxious to get it sold he said however gagnon would not disclose any details or reveal iden tity of any of the prospective buy ers as soon as something concrete happens ill be happy to give you a call said gagnon c he did say a new party has come forward in the last week novopharm ltd president leslie dan would neither confirm nor deny rumors his company is inter ested in the building if anything develops well let you know theres no comment at the moment said dan from his toronto office well have to wait theres noth ing i- can say at this time he said ministry investigates shots the ministry of labor is investigating a construction company after a stouffviile man and his stepson found some misfired cartridges near sum- mitview public school a ministry of labor investigator visited the schoolconstruction site last week after being contacted by keith gutkind a main street resident a stop- work order was issued to schonberg construction ltd which is building an addition to the school said investigator jim gardner the order was issued under a section of the occupational health and safety act which covers the disposal of misfired loads from an explo siveactuated tool said gardner the contractor is required to have a water container on site for proper disposal of the loads or cartridges he said once the company has com plied with the order work can resume he said he stressed the incident is still under investigation and that no charges will be laid until i found out what happened that day awareness isthe key factor we dont want to ignore the seriousness or the potential danger involvedgenerally in construction youll find mis fired loads lying around we have to educate the kids to stay out of the areas said gardner see page 3 photoannettc buchkowski she watched their flock students from st marks school in stouffviile were not sheepish at all about their role as shep herds insaturdays kinsmen santa claus parade for more on the 25th annual event see page 16 new council inaugurated amid pomp circumstance sal bommarito staff reporter the new whitchurchstouffville council officially embarked on its threeyear term last tuesday night as about 80 wellwishers jammed the tiny council chambers to witness the 45minute inaugural ceremony the ceremony began with the call to order by town crier marcel bossi followed by the singing of o canada by carrie garrett theres a lot of hard slugging and a lot of rough going ahead rev bryan coker said during the invocation council god bless you in youf tasks said coker before leading the prayer a hymn bygarrett followed the invoca tion and prayer those in attendance included friends and relatives of the new council as well as dignitaries and members of the media regional chairman eldred kingmpp larry oconnor and chamber of commerce president larry rogalski also attended the ceremony participants and observers were invited to a reception following the ceremony at sleepy hollow golf and country club mayor fran sainsbury and councillors were sworn in by town solicitor paul mingay who lead the oath of office and path of allegiance council members sat solemnfaced as their colleagues were sworn in one by one sainsbury s emotions came to the surface however fol lowing the presentation of the chain of office and gavel by mingay see page 3 dean myers pontiac bu1ck service specials smumlts v- 5786 main st stouffviile 6423655 dean myers body shop paint specials base coat clear coat reg msoctnow 1m acrylic paint reg 750 free pin stripe with every complete paint job free complete car cleanup including engine shampoo with every complete paint job askrwjwo v our body shop service includes free estimates the latest in downdraft paint booth technology frame straightening machine availability of loarier cctrs welltackle any size job big or small m m mbwbbbwmwww