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st tribune sepiember71994p 3 lynda norman vies for ward 6 from page 1 of a limousine company nor man was on the successful committee to save our stouf fville post office she said the township must learn to be a bit more frugal with its mon etary resources and vowed not to forget the citizens living in the hamlets if we are to survive we must pull together not pull in opposite direc tions she said personal con flicts vendettas and jealousies must be abandoned in our daily lives as well as in our municipal council norman said she didnt want to make any empty campaign promis es but promised to give 100 per cent to the job if electedni use my resources and draw strength from my peers she said man charged in police chase a car being followed by police crashed in stouffville early monday morning york region police report a car was spotted travelling in an erratic manner north of hwy 48 at steeles ave in markham at about 455 am police followed the vehicle which reached speeds in excess of 180 kilometres per hour on hwy 48 and ran red lights at robinson st major mackenzie dr and stouflville rd the driver of the vehicle eventually lost control and crashed into a ditch on the northeast corner of bloomington rd and hwy 48 police said the driver was net injured in the crash though the vehicle skidded for more than 124 metres before ending up in the ditch an 18yearold scarborough man faces charges of dangerous operation two counts of breach of probation and failure to comply proud to plow the 163rd annual york plowing match was held on the weekend with the some of the best farm ers in the area competing not only were tractors used but oldstyle plowing was a big attraction as well photojuuetimmins communications lab at parkview this week by mike ruta staff reporter the communication technolo gy laboratory ctl is coming to stouflvilles yorkdurham apha sia centre the ctl is a customized motor home operated by the adult adaptive communication ser vice aacs full of devices and systems to aid people with com munication disabilities a joint project of the ontario march of dimes and the hugh macmillan rehabilitation centre marcel bossi steps down strawberry festival committee chairman mar cel bossi has decided to watch next years festival from the sidelines and so has resigned his post he said he wishes to spend more time with his family see the weekender for details in toronto the ctl will be at parkview village from today to sept 9 were really trying to bring an awareness of all the things avail able for people with communica tion problems said barbara col lier aacs coordinator theres an incredible lack of services for people in the province accord ing to the hugh macmillan cen tre an estimated 200000 adults in ontario have severe speech problems which require augmen tative and alternative communi cation aac many of them have speaking difficulties due to to physical disabilities such as cere bral palsy or as a result of head injuries or other neurological conditions aac refers to ways other than speech and handwriting which can be used to send messages from one person to another aac systems include communication displays gestures signing voice- input devices and adaptive com puters for writing only two accredited programs exist in the province to serve adults with severe speech problems while the province does provide fund ing assistance for hitech commu nication devices for people born after july 1963 there is only lim ited financial assistance avail able for older people in need dr max korn a senior consul tant with the assisted devices program adp branch of the ministry of health says the issue isnt money the problem is there arent sufficiently trained teams of pro fessionals to serve people with communication problems he said adding that some pilot pro jects for adults are under way if you have multiple disabilities severe communication problems we dont have the teams out there to meet the need the communicationtechnolo- gy lab will not be selling devices but can steer people in the right direction if they wish to purchase some of them said collier if you are interested in scheduling a visit to the lab while if s in stouf fville call ruth or anne at 642- 2053 to review systems in detail you should set aside about two hours for an overview reserve about 45 minutes gas line severed on 9th the fire department was called to the stouffville mews townhouse development on the ninth line sunday afternoon after a backhoe severed a con sumers gas line deputy fire chief murray emmerson said while caution is always advisable when dealing with nat ural gas staff were easily able to handle the prob lem youve always got the potential for danger but they were able to plug it and seal it enough so that consumers could carry on with their repair work he said emmerson added that a fire crew was only at the scene for about 45 minutes mike grifa consumers operations manager said the line intended to service the new townhouses was punctured by the builder adding that no cus tomers were affected a work crew shut the gas off before cutting out and replacing the affected section in no time at all said grifa courtney newmarch director of sales and mar keting for kevin doble properties said construc tion crews are working on weekends to meet a deadline mike ruta power skating school to be offered the stouffville figure skating club is offering courses in power skating a 12week course for age 5 and older starts sept 11 applicants must be able to skate the full ice surface and back registrations are being accepted on thursday arid friday at the rec complex from 46 pm a twoweek course began yester day but some spaces are still available registration as above mmmmxmm kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for aa little a if a piece so far this year we have delivered 21150446 flyers doortodoor in markham umonvole mflkken stouflville uxbridge 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