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vj music mania raises 3000 this years music mania performance raised nearly 3000 fa local charity projects organizers report this week the fourday sellout show which ran thurs april 22 to sat aprb 24 cariied the be our guest theme complete with animated characters chorus dance and skit routines tlg t t stou lne inbune econo 6405466 vol 105 no 19 ametroland community newspaper wednesday may 12 1993 28 pages 50 cents welfare woes york taxpayers pay 3 million to 10000 tracy kibble staff reporter york region taxpayers have already paid out nearly 3 million in welfare cheques this year and the numbers are rising at a rapid pace nearly 10000 unemployed citizens throughout the region collected welfare in march according to the latest figures from yorks community services depart ment yorks welfare rolls appeared to be levelling off since last december but march figures show a 350caseload jump from february or a 19 per cent jump of the 9790 york residents cashing welfare cheques each month 5632 are classified as employable while about 3500 are considered to be unable to work the march report shows yorks community services commis sioner peter crichton said unemployed residents who have been out of the workforce for more than 12 months will likely take longer to get a job now that recessionary times are easing up that means welfare figures are not likely to drop during the next few months he said the region reports that 32 per cent of its 503000 residents are currently receiving social assistance payments the highest ratio in yorks history reports show the number one reason people give for needing social assistance in an inability to obtain regular employ ment followed by single parent and temporary illness reports show the provincial government pays 80 per cent of the regions welfare tab totalling just more than 20 million this year queens park is hoping to swap welfare responsibility for road mainte nance responsibility through its disen tanglement proposal stouffviue teenager lobbies support for beach volleyball business wants same tracy kibble staff reporter deficient diamonds need 18000 facelift local politicians saw a long list of ball diamond deficiencies last week that will cost about 18000 to repair therx are four diamonds however that are considered top priority requiring major repairs in order that games can be played on them this sum mer parks and recreation superin tendent john crawley told offi cials the local minor ball leagues have grown by 101 par ticipants from last year and the need for additional facili ties will continue crawley who is working with community ball association chair mary myers said please see top page 3 a whitchurchstouffville teenager is asking the town to con tribute a onetime grant of 2000 to start a public beach volley ball club tim lavell wants the town to back his exciting new program idea of building noncompetitive family beach volleyball courts on the recreation complex grounds for seasonal use lavell who has been working closely with recreation program mer peter arnott in formulating the idea has already gained widespread youth support and presented officials with a 64name petition of youth who would join the club lavell wants the town to back development of a 3500 two- court facility which would be operated by the whitchurchstouf fville beach volleyball club through a 675 membership drive and a 825 startup fundraising campaign the towns 2000 contribution would pay for construction costs such as excavationconcrete poles nets balls and a storage box lavell said but a representative for chariots restaurant expected to be opened this summer at the old deer parktnn site also wants to build beach volleyball courts debbie bradford told officials her company was willing to con struct two courts near the restaurant a private sector undertak ing at no cost to the town but lavell said the location was not convenient for most youths in the area and would turn into a promotion gimmick for the restaurant instead of a fun family event i want this program to be youth accessible where everyone can come and enjoy it its no good if people have to wait in line and can only play if they can afford to go it should be a free thing im trying to promote togetherness with this lavell told officials please see private page 3 haveyougotyourj source for sports farmer jacks plaza stouffviue 6406657 t l i i i i i v i 1 j y l r j v j iii i rri- i i i i i i i i i r t i i i i i i i i i i i i i t 1 1 tnl mini 1 i open son mon doted beswl 10 am- 6 pm lhuafri 10 am 8 fun sat 9 am 4 pun liii fit- in i ii 1 1 i i m il 1 1 v i 3 i i i a h 1 1 tf i