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st weekender march 20 1993 p3 v march break fun photos by steve somerville the library was a beehive of activity this week as march break programs kept youngsters busy above an attentive audience watches the beirdo brothers right perform thursday danielle elaine mcneil begins life at the top bruce stapley correspondent a perfect landing that best describes baby danielle elaine mcneils grand entrance into the world early last thursday morning after being born on the top of the mother and baby are doing fine stairs of the mcneil familys edward st home danielle who weighed eight pounds three ounces was named after her uncle dan mcneil who was killed in a car accident last october the babys mother elaine mcneil was taken off guard by a labor which lasted only an hour and a half according to her sisterinlaw cindy mcneil she said thats it i dont think i can make it to the hos pital cindy told the tribune this week we called dr janice li who just lives a few streets away and she came right over everything went smoothly and the baby was born at 6 am elaine the daughter of stouf- fvilles ken and donna smurthwaite resides in an apartment attached to the home of her inlaws bob and sheila mcneil cindy who arrived on the scene just after the baby was born said her father bob mcneil waited for the doctor in front of the house he then stayed downstairs with his twoyearold grandson bradley elaines son until the birth elaine and her new baby were driven to markham- stouffville hospital by ambu lance at 630 am elaine walked to the ambu lance and she was out of the hospital the next day cindy said according to cindy mother and daughter are both doing fine the babys healthy and con tent as for elaine she han dled it like an old pro tribune article picked up by magazine an exclusive story in the march 6 tribune entitled horses found near death humane society on case will run in an animal protec tion magazine in the publications happy end ings section the ontario society for the prevention of cruelty to animals an umbrella organization of the ontario humane society publishes the animals voice magazine quarterly and has asked permission to run the events of the tri bune article and the accompanying picture in its next edition animals voice assistant editor susan swanek wants the article to show the effectiveness of ohs investigations into animal abuse cases and to let its readers know there are happy endings to many animal cruelty situ ations the article told of two horses owned by a terminally ill stouffville woman who were allegedly intentionally neglected by a markham stable operator because of an alleged payment dispute between the owner and the woman ohs inspector marin cole called the case one of the worst he has seen in his 12 years investigating animal abuse cases the horses have been subsequently rescued and the stable owner charged under the criminal code no taxi decision until june from pagel to population numbers a ratio in 1983 allowed for one licence for every 1250 people since stouffvilles population figure is 18357 the population should be able to support at least three additional taxi licences a staff report states the building department has on occasion received verbal com plaints regarding the lack of taxi services in town the report says the town will request a trip record of all 1992 and this years taxi pickups to decide whether another licence could be support ed officials decided mayor fran sainsbury said healthy competition and peoples rights to start a business is what democracy and free enterprise is all about she added if businesses provide a good service to people compe tition would not be a factor in survival a decision whether to grant additional licences will be made in june no sign yet for music town promotion whitchurchstouffville should tell the world theyre about to enter music town ontario by erecting signs at the communi tys entrances council heard this week stouffville resident jim thomas told officials a sign emblazoning the slogan music town ontario is exactly what is needed to tell the thousands of motorists passing by each day what local community groups arid entertainers have to offer thomas the initiator behind the slogan two years ago recommended however that groups pay user fees to advertise their annual events in light of tough economic times financing is very important and i feel it is fair for those organizations wishing to publi cize events to cover the costs thomas said eachqrg3niation should promote their event the pub licity gained would be worth many times the expenditure thomas said he asked officials to make the music town ontario slogan part of its permanent welcome to whitchurchstouffville signs and reserve a place for detach able ones for annual events to be removed after they end council will make its final decision on costs and placement in fttow im kids earn i extra 1 money become a carrier i today i j call 6402100 j stouffville attention flyer 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