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j a t i v i j t i j i 99 skate i sharpening j until dec 31st puwrrooflin sports vol 109 no 4 thursday december 18 1997 un 20 pages 500 gstind 0abbclpla1sshlrr47l96s2 ameirohmd giibu tui shooldber its party time 15 off any platter or giant party sub order not to be combined with any other offer coupon expires dec 31 1997 5812 main st w stouffvillej rows e 14 rural jlife with ruth page 16 enviro group still alive angry public lashes out at councils decision to can the towns environment committee joan ransberry staff reporter a move to dump a town committee was sus pended following a protest monday members of the new whitchurch-stouff- ville council faced an angry public at its first meeting after town administrator merlin dewing recommended that the sevenmember environmental advisory committee be abol ished after opposition was voiced council agreed to review the issue and come up with a set of references and duties for the committee a final decision will be made in late janu ary or february mike watson a committee member former councillor and defeated mayoralty candidate pleaded with council not to disband the com mittee the recommendation to disband the com mittee was linked to certain committee mem bers said watson i doubt that i would get reappointed if jzzlrrufforchrisjmas ja mec maekeiiie plays the altpsax iri 1 the stouitville i district secondary school jazz ensemble during the schools winter concert held tuesday dec 16 ihtiiiysjorjtiwrrm you have a beef with me its no reason to get rid of the committee said watson dewing was invited to a committee meeting to discuss things but didnt come said wat son chuck cundari another committee mem ber challenged the mayors position that plan ning matters have nothing to do with the envi ronment planning and the environment are as close as they can get said cundari its the 90s were no longer in the 70s such a recommendation to disband the group is small minded and insulting said cundari we live here its our place of life this recommendation should never have gotten please see page 3b council backs seniors whitchurchstouffville council is back ing a move to stop the renaming of the ninth line to eldred king road on monday council unanimously agreed to notify york region that it does not sup port renaming the ninth line in honour of the retiring regional chairman last week the town received a petition signed by more than 200 residents of parkview village the seniors asked that they not be forced to change their address es while residents agreed king is deserving of recognition for 3 1 years of public service they didnt want to change their addresses some stressed they have gone through five changes already regional council will review the matter in midjanuary save those bottles this christmas season and help ocal kids earn cash the 1 st ba i ae scouts are collecting pop bottles beer bottle next month to fund their troop activities the scouts will be in your- area on sat jan 3 to pick up any bottles you can donate if you have plans for the day they are asking that you leave them outside to be picked up for more information or spe cial pickup arrangements call debra owen at 6427482 the tribune wants to publish your letters to santa claussp we can share them withour readers we remind parents grandmas grandpas uncles and aunts that the letters are for schoolage children and must be handwritten by the children themselves please send your childs santa letters to the tribune no later than mon dec 22 at one of the addresses given oh page 4