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ah ml saab repair specialist 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 stouffville weekender financial services term g i c 1 yr 465 3 yr 555 5 yr 6375 rates subject to change gks rhsps mutual funds ufe insurance annuities rrifs tax preparation mortgages 137 main st n a markham 471 z31 1 vol 13 no 17 a mettoland community newspaper saturday april 26 1997 56 pages 50t w3rsv exclusive reform fete turns ugly q candidate acclaimed under hail of calls for women to stay at home and immigrants to return to theirs by theresa ebden correspondent oak ridges ridings wel come to its new reform party candidate turned ugly thurs day night after issues of immigration and womens rights hit the floor edward sarafian was acclaimed as reforms candi date for the riding at a meet ing of about 40 people at the vandorf community centre in stouffville however min utes after question period began racial slurs were uttered to shouts of agree ment im talking about the garbage living on welfare who come over and take advan- tage of our system shouted one man from the front of the room sarafian who is a unionville resident and mar ried with four children tried to steady the crowd of resi dents from i the riding which is made up of markham north of 16th ave whitchurch- stouffville and rich mond hill after his initial protests that immigration has been an asset to canada sarafian later conceded to the crowd that past governments have bowed to certain pres sure groups his comments were met with applause sarafian after an attempt to change the subject to economics sarafian was cut off by cries of charity begins at home and antiimmigration slo gans sarafian a title searcher at queens park said that he has worked closely with human rights issues but he agreed that funding for spe cial interest groups was not high on the reform financial agenda when asked to comment on how the party was working on its image after two members got into trouble last year for racial comments sarafian called the issue liberal lies while the crowd shouted at the media for trying to block reforms changes to the crim inal justice system family matters were also debated at length including please see page 3 m wshmssmmmm wmbnksmmm manning struggles to shake racist rap hbbb8bii3 am reform party leader preston manning was in the area yes terday trying valiantly to shed his partys reputation as racist and while he did not address the oak ridges candidates nomination meeting in partic ular which deteriorated into a shouting match of racial and sexist slurs thursday man ning was obviously frustrated with the fact reform cant seem to shake the racist tag the event was hosted by a number of business associa tions including the markham board of trade the scarbor ough vaughan north york and richmond hill chambers of commerce as well as the richmond hillmarkham chi nese business community and the scarboroughyork region chinese business association after his speech a question from the crowd of about 400 forced manning to defend yet another allegation that his party was racist this followed a report in a toronto newspa per that reforms bc orga nizer was fired for saying the sikh community members were running regardless of party colors just to see a sikh elected reform is committed to please see page 3 iiiilhln mztv music maniacs the music mania chorus was in rare form thursday night photosjoerd witteveen music mania a hoot by bruce stapley correspondent the stouffville district secondary school stage has been transformed into a train station this weekend as the music mania troupe presents mystery aboard the heritage express the railway motif is deftly carried through from the moment you enter the building but the annual variety show is a hit due to its why mess with success formula which is based on the traditional wedding day mix of something old something new something borrowed something blue the old lies in the music and merriment that has become the shows trademark through the years the 60 member chorus as usual equipped with the biggest smiles on earth once again offers a mix of tried and true standards inspira tional numbers arid fast paced bee bop efforts definitely nothing dreary here the first half closing number brother loves travellin salvation show was indeed a signature effort the worlds worst jokes are also back as the show refuses to let laugh in die three decades later question what are three things a man cant put down answer a beer a remote control and a toilet seat jackie petries black light number is effective as always and of course there are the music mania deans of the dance floor couples category as bruce and bunny burton and jim and sharon brazier tear up the carpet the new comes in the form of some good natured uxbridge bashing with the local council failing to provide skit fodder please see page 6 kovac lease rate w 24 month lease loaded with features includes maintenance downpayment 1800 freight poi taxes license admin 1st security required 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