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1 ll i i i 1 f- repair specialist 1 172 bultock drive unit 31 markham stouffville weekender financial services 11m bed euaiceiajlene term g i c 1 yr 355 3 yr 490 5 17 575 rates subject to change gics rrsps mutual funds ufe insurance annumes rrifs tax preparation mortgages 1 37 main st nyff 4 mji markham tgot vol 13 no 6 a metroland community netvspaper saturday february 8 1997 48 pages 50 ws3 v regigii hydro plans first step toward supercity by joan ransberry staff reporter is it the first step towards the city of troy amalgamation talks for a regionwide hydro electric commission including all of stouffville are taking place the tribune has learned whitchurch- stouffville mayor wayne emmerson is adamant it is not the first move towards york region becoming a supercity if the regions more than 600000 residents are lumped into a city troy the region of york has been sug gested as the name theres no relationship between troy and the talks going on emmerson insists its just that power hydro lines have no boundaries they run everywhere i dont see this as an amalgamation between municipalities said emmerson york regional chairman eldred king holds a different viewpoint all talks of amalga mation have the potential to lend themselves to the concept ofhe formation of cities including york region becom ing one king suggested def initely it leads to that king said a feasibility study designed to see if whitchurch-stouf- fville hydro electric commis sion and sister utilities in newmarket aurora markham richmond hill georgina and possibly vaugh- an king and east gwillim- bury could disband to form one mega utility to serve all or most of york is in the works ward 4 councillor cliff dunkeld confirmed were looking at the prospect of joining together in york discussions are taking place we want to see if its fea sible said dunkeld a mem ber of the local hydro commis sion emmerson said the idea isnt new there has always been a will of the municipalities in york to get together to deliver lower hydro rates he said king said the idea has been around since the inception of york region king said he hopes the game plan is to include the rural areas includ- please see page 3 plane executes emergency landing at local airport by joan ransberry staff reporter the pilot of a light aircraft made an emergency landing in a field between hwy 48 and the ninth line in stouf fville near the markham air port at noon thursday neither the flight instruc- this small plane made a forced landing at markham airport on thursday photoalan shackleton torpilot nor his student were injured in the crash landing however the aircraft sus tained damage when it hit the gound a government official reported don enns superintendent of- the federal governments transport safety board tsb said the pilot reported that his engine lost power the propellor wasnt work ing so the pilot put it down said enns there will not be a tsb investigation were satisfied with the report filed by the pilot said enns an investi gation would be held if there was a number of such inci dents this is not the case said enns officials at markham air port declined comment on the incident driving the hoop mike masci captain of the stouffville secondary spartans dri ves the hoop against a br andre catholic high school player in york league basketball action this week see sports for more on the game photosjoerd witteveen ford 1997 taurus gl 4 door or wagon 161 a package includes 30 l v6 4 speed automatic transmission air conditioning micron air filtration system antilock brakes speed control tilt steering power heated mirrors amfmcassette power door locks power windows power trunk release splitfold rear seats light group p20565r15 all season tires rear wiperwashercargo cover wagon only plus lots more pay for it all pay for less than half on the apr lease pun but drive it all pay only 3900 on delivery and then only 24 payments of on the red carpet lease pun m 0288 359 1997 villager gs wagon on the road 00 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