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st i i the tribune thursday may 8 1997 p 3 farm family feels for manitoba flood victims gjgg illif illilll on the way up a crew from gti telecom of scarborough finish the electrical innards on this microcel cellular telephone communi cation tower on ringwood drive in stouffville recently photo by sjoerd witteveen from page 1 ministry of agriculture canada is a leader in the world in agricultural productively weve made astronomical advancement and yet now theyre taking money away theres a real concern the 265acre family farm locat ed on kennedy road and bloom- ington road has been in the fam ily for years its where paul was born and its home to his family his wife thea and children bryant 17 michelle 15 natalie 13 and bradley 10 understand that the family farm is an institution in canada the family knows that in order for future generations of hulshofs to cut a living out of this stouf fville farm strong governments are needed in ottawa this election campaign while under way in the middle of teh farms planting season its impor tant by all pa hulshof is however upset that prime minister jean chretien asked that the writ be dropped so early in his mandate i disagree with the call said hulshof its too early he chre tien didnt take into account the situation in manitoba thats an all out tragedy from an agricul tural perspective its devastating its affecting thousands of acres of agricultural land theres wide spread contamination with this campaign on what are we as a couritry doing about it he said on thursday the federal govern ment handed over a 25 million cheque the first of a few to be given to help the flood victims meanwhile the reform party leader preston manning accused the prime minister of exploiting the people of manitoba as canada enters the 21st centu ry leadership is important espe cially on a global scale hulshof said the leaders of all four politi cal parties impress hulshof theyve all got what it takes he said as well as agricultural issues the hulshofs will keep their eyes on how education fits into party platforms bryant and michelle attend stouffville district secondary school while natalie and bradley go to st marks separate school federal money earmarked for edu cation is indeed important for this family while the liberals progressive conservatives the reform party and the new democratic party seem to down play the national unity issue thea hulshof is defi- nately not ignoring it a native of ayres cliff which is an eastern township of quebec thea 45 is most concerned about the country and especially the fate of her home province when the hulshofs vote in oak ridges it will not be done without soul searching we got fooled last time said hulshof i expect the voters in stouffville will pay a lot closer attention this time out i know i will when it coems to marking the ballot hulshof said he thinks hes eliminated the reform party and the ndp as a choice yet you never know it all depends on how the campaign goes york public boards task force meets to heal contract dispute rift in richmond hill last week a collection of parents trustees teachers school board officials and teachers representatives met for the first time its members were chosen to answer a question where did negotiations between elementary teachers unions and york regions public school board go wrong education director bill hogarth announced plans for the task force after teachers came within hours of a strike last month saying he hoped it would clear the air superintendent jaimini randev who chairs the group says he and two local union presidents chose its 18 members out of 50 people who applied the task force which met one week ago will review what hap pened during negotiations collect opinions identify issues of concern and find ways to communicate bet ter in the future randev said if it can improve relations between teachers parents and the board then the exercise will be worth doing says a school trustee in the group i think there are probably a lot of hurt people coming out these nego tiations said ann forfar of unionville i think both sides did things wrong added trustee harry bowes of stouffville also a mem ber even though we had strikes before they werent as bitter as this hogarth has asked the group to give the board its recommenda tions in june and pledged its report would be passed to ontarios edu cation minister john snobelen not all kudos for the provincial budget durhamyork mpp julie munros budget address was met with a variety of viewpoints from members of the whitchurchstouffville chamber of com merce munrb stated at the wednesday morning breakfast meeting that the provinces tuesday budget was filled with good news for local residents the province is offering a 34percent cut personal income tax rate on july 1 another 34 per cent cut january 1998 q new childcare tax credit for low income fami lies q a 199697 deficit of 75 billion and a project ed 199798 deficit of 66 billion 250million to expand fund to help university and college students facing financial barriers politics a deferral of the planned 500 million health care cut pending analysis of health services restruc turing plans q a new 30 million task force to help children with learning disabilities q vehicle registration fees to be standardized in southern ontario at 74 per year in the gta it means a decrease of 16 a year new tax credit for companies that publish first- time canadian authors here is a sample of the reactions to the tory doc ument from others mm m0 wfef- 1 t w fmm w i v m i lxj 1 bill attewell form e r local pc mpp bill attewell said the provincial govern- ments pri vatization plans seem to be slow getting off the mark former durham- york liberal mpp bill ballinger said the government can offer programs for small business through all money and make all the fairy and flowery promises it wants but if the banks dont cooperate it means nothing there needs to be a partnership of fed eral and provincial governments to bring the banks into the circle to make sure money is made available for small business bill ballinger local developer gino testa said i respect this govern ment but its doing too much too fast we need to trim the tree not chop it down small business is hurt ing its the banks small busi ness cant borrow 10 police called after handgun displayed at stouffville high a 14yearold bramble ct boy is charged after showing off a handgun to his stouffville district secondary school classmates when his teacher walked in and saw what was going on the boy was marched to the principals office where police were called he was showing it off said york regional detsgt jack more it was loaded with blanks the boy faces four charges pos session of an offensive weapon police carrying an offensive weapon car rying a concealed handgun and failing to comply with recog nizance the latter charge refers to a pre vious court order prohibiting the boy from possessing any weapons or explosives more added kathleen griffin fate of new indoor poo to be decided june 12 gino testa joan ransberry staff reporter the stouffville recreation complex is the preferred home for the new indoor swimming pool a committee chair has reported while its full steam ahead for the plan to bring an indoor swimming pool to stouffville and the local recreation centre is the most often men tioned site people also want to consider other locations such as the cur rent outdoor pool site in memorial park said susan harmsen the new pool will be the subject of a public meeting to be held june 12 beginning at 7 pm in the recreation complex a pool could be built by 1998 whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson has suggested besides the chair members of the pool committee are bruce brown own craig dave muir nicole ongman jim sanders barry squires and ward 2 councillor mike watson