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o iawjattrxmittxisii mmttt8s3mmwpta customdesigned firetruck expected to be in service by middle of march vr ft rx- rryrjrr twbljne sfgm3er x3993j tracy kibble staff reporter the towns 513000 customdesigned fire truck is under construction and remains on schedule said fire chief bill brown this week the chief said he regularly corresponds with the trucks engineers and has recently returned from a trip to red deer alberta to go over specs with the builders everything appears to be on schedule and there are no problems so far brown said browns visit out west last month involved a fourday con ference with superior emergency se engineers to discuss the design i went over the details very specifically went through every line they told me the specs are fine brown said he expects the dualrig truck will pull into stouffvilles main street fire depot next january just ahead of sched ule brown said the truck wont be ready to serve the residents until march however because it will be subject to 60 days of extensive tuneups and servicing before its ready to go se is the worlds largest manufacturer of fire and emer gency equipment and is a division of federal siren and sig nal a traffic warning light company based in chicago with plants in alberta and ocala flori da se remains a canadian based entity portions of the truck will be built in canada while the lad der and mechanisms will be constructed by independent engineers based in florida stouffvilles truck will have tower water capabilities to protect adjoining buildings such as attached dwellings and will more effectively provide a safer working environment for firefighters manning the machine photosjoerd w1tteveen fun at the beach from left carol bannan laura ryckewaert 4 last week residents can find lots of ways to paul bannon 6 and therea ryckewaert enjoy beat the heat but one of them wont be the the water at bruces miill conservation area town pool which is closed this week markham fair entry books now available if youre gearing up to enter that pumpkin that quilt or that unique craft in this years markham fair a visit to the tribune office will set you on your way local residents can now pick up the 1993 markham fair homecraft and general exhibits booklet and entry forms at the tribune offices at 6244 main st free of charge there are a huge number of categories to enter ranging from photography to livestock this years markham fair runs from sept 30 to oct 3 novopharm lobbies mp to help fight drug patent bill tracy kibble staff reporter one of whitchurch-stouf- fvilles largest industries is ask ing tory mp bill attewell to assist in its bid to keep drug prices affordable novopharm one of canadas most productive generic phar maceutical manufacturing industries wants attewell to call for an amendment to a bill which extends the patent life on brandname drugs by seven years bill c91 passed in the legis lature last february extends the life of a brandname patent from 10 to 17 years which crip ples novopharms ability to cre ate an effective cheaper repli ca company officials say we believe inventors of drugs should be protected and award ed but we are against excessive rewarding and seven or eight years is more than enough novopharm president leslie dan told a press conference at the stouffville plant last week photoalan shackleton mike karpowicz left explains procedures at stouffvilles novopharm pharmaceuticals plant to markham whitchurch-stouf- fville mp bill attewell centre and company president leslie dan during a tour of the building friday morning dan is hoping attewell after bill c91 is not a good bill taking a tour of the local opera tion will send a message to prime minister kim campbell that the bill should be changed and its not a consumerorient ed bill and it prevents the pub lic from receiving pharmaceuti cals at competitive prices dan said novopharm makes more generic pharmaceuticals than any other drug manufacturing company in canada employs 63 people locally 1400 people throughout the country and has 130 people working on research and development there are more prescriptions filled with novopharm than any other name in canada said brenda drinkwalter presi dent of the canadian drug manufacturers association but bill c91 stifles our growth and slows us down at public expense dan said during a plant tour last fri day novopharm representa tives pointed out several areas of industry expansion including a 1 million hightech high speed fluid bed granulator machine the first of its kind in canada novopharm now makes more pills in one hour than any other company making over three billion a year drinkwalter said but bill c91 seriously jeopar dizes its growth both nationally and locally dan said changes are needed and the sooner the better he added attewell whose government approved the patent bill six months ago said he had tried to pass an amendment to the 17year patent life but was unsuccessful drinkwalter said if the gov ernment refuses to acknowl edge the escalating price of drugs in the next federal elec tion the fate of the countrys health system will seriously be jeopardized canadians have been largely insensitive to pharmaceutical costs in the past but many are losing their benefits drug costs are now becoming a big health care issue drinkwalter said obituary church a focus for elmina wideman longtime whitchurch- stouffville resident elmina cressman wideman passed away at parkview home on sun aug 22 she was in her 85th year mrs wideman was born jan 24 1908 in new ham burg ontario daughter of osiah and annie cressman she married willis e wideman on sept 2 1941 and became the mother to 11 children she was later blessed with 32 grandchil dren and 26 greatchildren she is predeceased by her husband willis two grand children one sister selina shantz and four brothers widemans mennonite church was the centre of her married life the chris tian heritage that she cher ished was passed on to her children and to her grand children through bible reading prayer and story telling relatives friends and mis sionary contacts were top priority with mrs wideman and were kept current through numerous letters sewing circle and partici pation in the care and share shoppe in stouffville became her focus in later years parkview home provided such special care during her last weeks that she main tained a joyful time of grati tude for a place and staff so dedicated to her j w i kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville i attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as if a piece so far this year we have delivered 19907663 flyers doortodoor in markham unionville milliken stouflville uxbridge claremont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman cornerb box grove cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood leabkdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr ashburn cannington and all adjacent rural route areas we can deliver your flyers on the day you want 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