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whitftiflfchstouffvihe public library the asfflwichprf value uvoftmfpsvrfnosni vol 109 no 60 i ispqkts i mfflmn k6wqei3iipuai8itimtans6a thursday september 25 1997 a metrql mid public should b i 99 sub ivith the purchase of jany sub of equal or i greater price and a medium soft drink oq t en limit one coupon per 25 fages 50 gstincl family visit expires oct 30 1997 sjtelnstwj counci joan ransberry staff reporter victory was shortlived for homeowners opposed to get ting hooked up to the new water system in musselmans lake and ballantrae on tuesday whitchurch- stouffville council recinded a motion made two weeks ago granting homeowners with healthy working wells exemp tions from gettting connected to the 8million water system it costs the average home owner about 7000 to get con nected to the communal water system on well exemptions also councillors changed their minds regarding letting people off the hook for health reasons a month ago an area resi dent notified council that since he has a severe allergy to chlo rine he shouldnt be forced to connect to the system as it stands now everyone including people with sound working wells or people with health issues must get connect ed to the water system beginning tomorrow town engineer tom parry will send registered letters to the areas 800 property owners notifying them that they now have nine months to get hooked up to the system they must be hooked up by july 1 1998 stressed parry so far 200 of the 800 home owners have made the move to get connected to the system to drive the point home even those whove been connected are getting the registered let ter said parry h please see page 3 h man charged after mom reports incest joan ransberry staff reporter a pembroke man faces a total of 21 charges including sexual assault anal inter course sexual assault with a weapon forcible confinement threatening death and criminal harassment all against his biological mother a 49-year- old stouffville resident york regional police have reported det sgt jack more said the 29yearold accused was adopted at birth two years ago the accused found his birth mother living in stouffville he visited her home and within a few days its alleged that he raped her the victim told police the assaults continued more said police said the mother was victimized over a period of time ranging from sept 1994 to feb 95 reported york constable randy martin in 1996 the accused moved out of the stouffville home and went back to pembroke more added the victim did not go to the police to report the assaults until recently the victim told police that her son told her hed simply testify that the sex acts were consentual and that since she was his mother shed be the one that would be blamed said more the accused was taken into custody a bail hearing was sched uled for yesterday in newmar ket cathy hendren created this mural which hangs at the side of lindys flowers on main street and said she was inspired by the yorkdurham heritage railway for the full story please see page 6 photo by steve somerville mayors race heating up joan ransberry staff reporter a musselmans lake resident wants to be mayor of whitchurch- stouffville charlene jones a 30year resi dent of the lake told the tribune she plans to challenge incumbent mayor wayne emmerson for the towns top post during the munici pal election slated for nov 10 jones 45 describes herself as self employed and a homemaker jones said that she couldnt sit back and let the mayors position go unchallenged two months ago emmerson filed the appropriate papers indi cating that hes seeking a second politics term as mayor jones whos lived in a number of countries has a master of educa tion and another in english from the university of boise idaho please see page 3 bsamronamnimiiimm i mmbwmuwwsot n i ti i i mm n i drov sy and see our vehicles on display at the marfcfwm fair october 2 34 s tmwtvvatafc 3s22ez2ei2e bbiwi fflmhubm chevrolet yvrk ttt un ie oldsmobile service hours monfrl 730 am 6 pm sat 8 am 1 pm the little dealership with a big v 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 toll free 18008922209 wwwautpnetcanorthpointe hwv7 sale hours monthurs 9 am 9 pm frl- 9 am 6 pm sat 9 am 6 pm