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p 4 the tribune tuesday may 20 1997 st expect seniors complex construction in summer joan ransberry staff reporter despite having difficulty get ting financial backing construc tion of a fourstorey 90unit apartment seniors building is expected to get under way in stouffville very soon local developer gino testa said hes confident that the multimillion dollar complex slated for the duffins creek and main street area will be built this summer the banks have been less than cooperative testa said securing financing for a rental project is very very difficult said testa if its a condominium i can get 95 per cent financing but if its for rentals which is for the people need it its a different story you can get about five per cent of it financed but think ive got it at the present time the project development site is being cleared of building and debris in readiness for con struction it should be cleared up soon said testa the residential complex will include a common room a recreation room a small cafete ria and possible a beauty saloon and a chapel municipal halls condition has been debated for years go fetch dale bull holds up a stick for his dog sady as duke and ozark with ball mill around during quality pet time last week photo by s30erdwitteveen noise trash on elm st investigated from page 1 a long time he said last week town administra tor merlin dewing told coun cil safety issues cause serious concern for the wellbeing of staff and the public still a decision on a plan to build a 34 million town halllibrary complex was put garbage and noise from motorcycles linked to a stouffville apartment building are making life diffi cult for area residents local council was told tuesday in an address to whitchurchstouffville council chris good of elm road said overflowing garbage bins at 105 winlande dr are causing odors and attracting rodents while noise from motorcycles is disturbing the neighbors the residents on elm road are at their wits end to find a solution to the garbage smell and motorcycle noise in our backyard said good town staff was directed to investigate the problems and put the wheels in motion to find solutions joan ransberry on hold for two weeks council will vote on the issue on may 27 council delayed making a decision in order to give the local library board a chance to reaffirm its desire to have the library expanded if the town hall operation moves to the hew library complex the existing hall could be con verted to a concert hall the state of the building could make it difficult to lease or sell ward 2 councillor mike watson pointed out dewing stressed that the issue of the town hall has been debated for years never have so many peo ple discussed so many options in so many ways and accom plished so lit tle he said ballantrae r e s i d e n t carol davies wants a ref erendum on the issue to be held during the november municipal elections liberal wilfert believes in more tolerant society this is the second in a series of profiles on the local candidates in this years federal election today we look at the whitchurchstouf fville riding of oak ridges and liberal candidate bryon wilfert mikeadler staff reporter as a young university student in 1972 bryon wilfert went to miami to work on hubert humphreys presidential cam paign twenty five years later wilfert still thinks of humphrey as a role model politician a decent human being who told it like it is and who had an excel lent reputation i dont think theres anything more important to a politician wilfert the liberal candidate for the new riding of oak ridges said this week a richmond hill town council lor since 1985 he said he has a reputation as someone who does nt forget his constituents no matter what the issue wil fert 44 pledged this week everybody gets a phone call from me everybody gets a letter he still holds regular meetings to hear from people in his ward and said he will set up communi ty councils one in the town another in stouffville and a third in an area including nor t h markham if hes elected i m going to work hard and im going to bryon wilfert communi cate he said at his yonge st campaign office other than that im not going to promise you anything an only child of professional election 97 parents he earned a masters in political economy and then a bachelor of education at the uni versity of toronto he has taught history and poli tics to girls at havergal college a toronto private school for 19 years a conservativelydressed man who favors plain white shirts and muted ties he takes pride in hav ing been made president of two national organizations the cana dian parks and recreation asso ciation and the federation of canadian municipalities a post he currently holds its an extremely high honor because youre carrying the weight of municipal governments across canada he said election posters on the walls show a beaming wilfert with prime minister jean chretien both men holding up a tshirt designed by a richmond hill artist the photo was taken on chre tiens team canada trade mission to manila this year while there wilfert who boasts of knowing federal cabinet ministers seized a chance to address both chretien and provincial premiers at the same time he described himself as non partisan and said he wont talk about his election opponents or other parties even in his cam paign literature but wilfert said hes comfort able running for the liberals a party out to create the gentler more tolerant society which he believes in although he believes govern ment should have a social con science wilfert also thinks in some cases government should let business people do their jobs with less interference and con centrate on creating an economic climate for prosperity government should not be there to interfere he argued more than once he recalled he demonstrated his aversion to red tape or endless debate by putting a pair of scissors on the table at a meeting and saying lets get on with it but he also believes in process the proper way to reach a goal he added that he found the ontario governments merger of metropolitan toronto municipali ties extremely offensive because it ran roughshod over local leaders after wilfert became a council lor he studied for two years to become an accredited municipal clerk or treasurer just so he could better understand the job politicians dont do these things he admitted flyer inserts for tuesday may 20th 1997 moores the suit people white rose shoppers drug mart circle of friends rainbow ti zellers ashbrooks were first in distribution weve delivered 18311 684 flyers doortodoor so far this year for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call the tritfifiie arlene maddock at 6402100 slectd areas only