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buy any turnip chicken or igg sandwich ana a soup and receive afree small coffee or pop 435 plus tax dainty donuts deli 1 8 ringwopd drive vol so stouffville uj money n concepts rrqtf call 6424540 6132 main stteet iffrillc i i ydhra railway group wins grant extension by kate gilderdale correspondent the yorkdurham heritage railway has won- an extension for the remainder of its 230000 jobsontario grant the unspent portion of the grant 37500 had been set aside for building the stouf fville station however under the terms of the agreement set out by the provincial government the outstanding funds would ho longer be available if the pro ject were not completed by march 31 1997 two weeks ago after it became apparent that the deadline could not be met the towns administrative officer merlin dewing met with jim hobbs from the ontario min istry of economic development and ydhra president rob pare to try and work out a com promise hobbs attended tuesdays council meeting and announced that the govern ment had agreed to extend its deadline to sept 1 1997 dew ing was pleased with the deci sion noting that the architects can now proceed with creating the final design for the build ing at the same meeting pare said the ydhra board would agree to the towns request to release the sum of 5700 for the payment of architects fees provided that the town would make a written commitment to the board that the station would be completed by sept 1 because negotiations with go transit are still being finalized mayor wayne emmerson said council would consider pares request and announce its decision in two weeks among the outstanding issues still under discussion are commission on ticket sales removal of the mediacom bill board beside the railway tracks and the provision of a back entrance in the new sta tion for the use of cn workers in an interview after the meeting pare expressed his appreciation for the towns continuing support for the rail way and said he was delighted that the deadline for the grant had been extended official list motion goes down in flames a call to have whitchurchstouffviile officials list what the town owes and owns went down to defeat at town council last tuesday councillor ivanka bradley lost her bid to have town staff present a report listing the full financial status of the town the ward 1 councillor said that in the wake of possi ble major changes being orchestrated by the provin cial government a full financial disclosure is in order since these changes are in our near future its imperative to know the state of affairs said bradley whether we are taken over by markham or york region becomes a city i want to know where we stand others on council suggested that such a request would undermine town staff and that the towns assets and liabilities will be listed in the upcoming budget to be prepared in the spring whatcha got dog misty waits patiently for a bite of the snack that renee rivers iseayingwhue looks on they were among many enjoying outdoor activities at the winterfest 97 at cedar breach photo lori emmerson- community block parent group saved by joan ransberry staff reporter the 200member whitchurch block par ent group has been saved two weeks ago a plea was issued for vol unteers to come forward to keep the local block parent association afloat the town rallied to the need to keep the association going after the core group dwin dled so low it looked as if the group would fold association spokesperson maryanrie mcmanus said people responded interest has been shown it looks as if well continue to have our block parents in stouffville said mcmanus a block parent public information meet ing has been slated for feb 26 at 730 pm at the stouffville recreation complex we expect a good turnout and well get things under way said mcmanus volunteers are needed to deliver block parent signs and to handle the mail stressed mcmanus also any other volunteers are welcome to help out in a variety of tasks and anyone interested is asked to please phone 640- 4506 auto i3vti cfwfldinn tire centre hours monday friday 800 am 800 pm saturday 800 am 500 pm sunday closed service manager bruce mackenzie 6405050 retail cnnnoifln tire store hours monday friday 830 am 900 pm saturday 830 am 600 pm sunday 1030 am 400 pm store manager robert van bemmel 5945 main street stouffville 6405800 1 i 1 v i i i