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v ttobestdhoicithem4 ken prentice ownermanager 18 ringwood dr stouffrille 6429507 une vol 109 no 45 tuesday august 5 1997 16 pages 50gsrincl j tfefr aland pubiicatixm serving tthitch iirch stpujfvule since 1 888 signy lawson bssssns ijtfeu 6424540 mhj1i j i i j wmmmm sweet sour raven travis had an ample supply of sour candies to keep her occupied at the ball park in stouffville last weekend photo by sjoerd witteveen bennett not replaced the town of whitchurch- stouffville will not be in a hiring mood when the building director retires next year on tuesday whitchurch-stouff- ville council decided not to put the wheels in motion to replace building director bob bennett whos slated to retire in 1998 duties tied to the building direc tor position will be shifted to other departments said emmer- son we are not looking at hiring the mayor added the towns building directors salary is in the 70000 a year range local election races heat up in stouffvi joan ransberry staff reporter the municipal election campaign is heating up hours after it was reported by the tribune that ward 2 councillor mike watson would not seek reelection in the ward covering musselmans lake and ballantrae ward two candidates came forward roland kontgen of forfardale drive and helene johnson president of the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce both announced that their names will be on the nov 10 ballot for ward 2 former ward 2 candidate carol davis said shes giv ing the position serious considera tion im very outspoken i wonder if id last a week on that council said davis neither johnson kontgen nor davis are strangers to the political scene in the december ward 2 by- election watson won with 154 votes davis polled 1 10 votes com pared to 106 for kontgen richard farmer meanwhile secured91 votes in the 94 municipal election johnson ran a close second in ward 6 losing to current councillor mark kostanoff johnson married to ralph johnson lives in downtown stouff ville bora in musselmans lake and educated in bloomington johnson said my roots are in this ward im a worker im a digger im not a drone the germanborn kontgen is selfemployed and has lived in the ward for 20 years married to babetti the couple has three grown children kontgen hopes to build on his success in the last campaign i expect to do well this time i feel confident he said mayor wayne emmerson is seek ing reelection its expected that emmerson will be challenged for the top post vandorf resident and lawyer christopher dymond is the only candidate declared so far in ward 1 ivanka bradley announced that shell not seek reelection at least not in ward 1 peter dobrich preston lake resi dent and member of whitchurch- stouffville hydro commission is running in ward 3 currently held by councillor margot marshall whos yet to make her future plans kontgen davis please see page 5 they made off with an 18000 0i4 more than w 200 damage gating blefieh kjpejjjtlkm t out an 1 8000 piece rpfuip er abteakentcr and theft feitflyv i thugsforc enty the gate just before 3atn- feiirbrethren vacation biblecloaftivef christian blind mission on stouffville road the theme is fun at the fair and it nins daily from 930 anr to noon starting monday aug 1 1 1 through augi for more information call the church office at 887-5489- npiatfsfttisfde 0 i sp6rtsjmpp1 2 i classified- p 13 i newsline m 6402 100 ig ag j 7 -7- i