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st tribunes anuaryjd 4993 p3 dog owners may be hit by 1993 tag fee increases whitchurchstouffville dog owners can expect an increase in the 1993 dog tag fees if council approves the hike next week staff is recommending the town hike its 15 a year dog tag fee from 15 to 20 the rate for two or more dogs would remain the same at 30 each the rate charged for dog tags has not increased since 1986 and a change in the munic ipal act last year permits the town to readjust its fees deputy clerk michele skinner urges dog own ers to come in now and get a reduced rate before the march 1 hike kennel operators will also see a hike in yearly fees from 25 to 50 for people who breed board treat or keep dogs for sale effective immediately if council approves the increase next week politics mp objects to taiwan stories bruce stapley correspondent sharp eye pholocelia bronkhorst claremonts ken zappy zampaloni takes aim during the clare- mont grudge dart match saturday against uxbridge the godfather thats what bill attewell thinks hes been made out to be in an article in the jan 11 issue of macleans magazine and a subsequent toronto star editori al the macleans story targeted the markhamwhitchurch- stouffville mp as the person who decides which mps get to take advantage of offers of free trips to taiwan as chair of the canadataiwan parliamentary friendship group attewell is effectively in charge of a small patronage machine determining which politicians receive invitations to visit taiwan at that countrys expense said the story attewell told the tribune the macleans article contained sev eral inaccuracies and that it makes me look like a godfa ther its all disclosed in parlia ment he said of the trips our objective all along has been to improve relations between the two countries attewell who has taken three trips to taiwan said canada currently sits at a two to one dis advantage in an annual three billion dollar trade relationship between the two nations he said taiwan is planning to spend 300 billion over the next five years on its infrastructure and that visits by senior digni taries such as michael wilson last year can open doors for canadian businesses attewell also responded to the claims of ndp mp phil edmon- ston in the macleans article that the trips are meant to affect crime man charged in new years eve sex assault york regional police charged a man in connection with a new years eve sex assault at the stouffville inn a scarborough woman 30 complained to police jan 8 that a man sexually assaulted her in a room at the ringwood dr motel dec 31 police said the victim knew her attacker a scarborough man 36 of goskin st is charged with sexual assault and anal assault arrest made police have made an arrest in connec tion with the breakin at the stouffville cooperative association the theft of a large number of tools was reported to police jan 2 th missing loot includes electric screwdrivers drills saws and flashlights one man was charged with break and enter monday and another suspect is under investigation these are the same men charged with the jan 3 break in at a ringwood dr building where 5000 in office equipment was stolen police responded to an intrusion alarm at the main st iga which they believe was deliberately set off to divert officers from the ringwood dr breakin where two men one from markham and one from toronto were arrested loading loot into a pickup truck stonehouse to manage halifax golf club one of whitchurch-stouf- fvilles citizens of the year is leaving the community to pursue new ventures ged stonehouse known largely for his contributions in helpingthe high school track become a reality and other community projects has already left for halifax where he will take on the fulltime post as general manager of a golf club i feel bad that im leaving but im also excited about this new project stone house said his family moved to stouf fville in 1974 and calls the town a major part of my stonehouse familys life this commu nity was the growingup years for our kids and whitchurch- stouffville will always have a spe cial place in our hearts stonehouse said stonehouse was selected to receive the tribunes citi zen of the year award in 1991 he moved saturday after receiving recognition from the area reform party earli er in the week the judgment of a member of parliament they are effective ly trying to buy their support said edmonston if some mps have a problem with accepting a trip paid for by a foreign government i respect that said attewell but when other mps insinuate that the ones who are doing it are being bought this is what i object to attewell said the relationship between taiwan and canada is a two way street and that canadian mps are not reluctant to present grievances such as taiwans high tariff rate on canadian beef were not being patsies he said he added that the macleans report that gifts of up to 3000 are sometimes given the visiting mps along with the offer of sex ual favors were also off base small gifts were exchanged between he and his hosts when he visited taiwan he said adding he had never been aware of offers of sexual favors as for personal abuses attewell acknowledged the potential was there and that he had heard of some cases of visi tors who had drank excessively you could abuse it and some people may have the star in its jan 6 editorial said the practice of mps taking free trips from foreign governments should be outlawed accepting similar gifts in canada would violate most con flict of interest guidelines if not the criminal code said the star attewell called the star edito rial a vicious attack if it was something where you knew you had your hand in the cookie jar thats one thing said attewell but when you have a chance to enhance the economy of cana da thats another thing attewell said he had requested time on the classicom cable tv network to present his objec tions to the macleans and star articles under the covers under the covers an up and coming rock band 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