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sports brad may ready for season with buffalo sabres please see page 10 j ec0n0 taxi to from school runs available book now 6405466 ine inbune econo taxi mm vol 105 no 34 a metroland community newspaper wednesday august 25 1993 24 pages 50 cents businessman frustrated over hydro dispute tracy kibble staff reporter a new businessman to the area says whitchurch-stouf- fville is anything but friendly after the local hydro commis sion threatened last week to disconnect his electricity george robert new owner of the captain cook fish and chips located next to mr sub marine says the towns hydro commission staff is rude and is making it difficult during a business slump to get his six- week operation off the ground 1 regret the day i ever moved into stouffville im ready to close this business down and move it somewhere else the town of markham treats peo ple with respect robert told the tribune super mail box plan dropped for ballantraes felcher park canada post has decided to reverse plans to place 120 super mail boxes along the borders of felcher park in bal- lantrae according to a company spokesman canada post decided to drop plans that would remove mail boxes from private property at the bal- lantrae plaza to a location in the park canada post communications manager for york division jim charity ball game set for sept 1 the stouffville kinsmen and kinette clubs will swing into action next month to help raise money for cystic fibrosis the local charity organizations are teaming up for a softball game against the mix 999 fm radio station coed team in memorial park the kinsmen and kinettes will battle the radio squad on wednesday sept 1 at 630 pm at the main diamond organizers expect the radio team to include several morning show celebrities including comedienne carla collins announcer lee marshall and the burger king mix mobile everyone is invit ed to watch the game free of charge but donations to help the stouffville local charity clubs reach a 500 goal for cystic fibrosis will be appreciated craig said the company was not interested in pursuing the matter in light of strong oppo sition from a band of residents in a connecting ballantrae subdivision residents complained in july that the move robbed bal lantrae of already scarce greenspace and vowed to fight the move craig said canada post would only have needed a small rectangular area along the edge of the park and would allow neighbors more conve nience in picking up their mail craig said the company is investigating other areas cen tral to the neighborhood last week robert a markham resident- plans to change the name of the local fish and chips store to careless navigator once he gets settled in but claims the local g60itj6 commission robert is askin for too much money up front and says staff has been badgering him end lessly for payment i spent 35000 to get this business off the ground only to have the whitchurch-stouf- fville hydro commission thwart me ive had it up to here with this robert said i regret the day i ever moved into stouffville im ready to close this business down and move it somewhere else but commission general man ager walter metcalfe said its standard policy under statutes of the public utilities act and ontario hydros guideline for security deposits to collect a deposit equal to two months billing when any new business opens in town after two years of successful operation if hydro payments are met the deposit is refund ed in full metcalfe said the purpose of this policy is not in any way to discourage or penalize new business but rather to protect our other 3100 customers financially the commission stated in a pre pared release but robert said the commis sion- originally asked for a 300 deposit last june which he paid in weekly installments then 20 days later in a let ter dated july 9 1993 the hydro collec tions depart ment informed robert he must pay a 700 security deposit not the original requested amount of 300 which would be the purpose of this policy is not in any way to discourage new business but rather to protect our other 3100 customers reviewed next financially ortve monthly con- stouftville sumption hydro but robert said he refuses to pay the 700 deposit since he has already please see page 3 mmfmm vfl3s e3e bicycles baseball jtf equipment cv water ski equipment boyds p8hri3 farmer jacks ptaza in stouffville 6406657 aarf- n i 1 1 i i f i 1 1 j i r 4 i j l qkm sriftmcndoml laswl 10am-6pjn- thunftfri 0 on spin sot9mb4m nimmi i i uf u