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couple make escape helicopter to the rescue by bryon hurrle the helicopter swept over the building and arched toward the sky before settling back to earth in a field behind a low building the young couple and a friend surprise on their side raced across the narrow wooden bridge before the electronically equipped pursuers were aware of the deception the helicopter swooped into the air the vigilantes raced to their cars to begin the chase luck seemed to ally itself against the couple the heliport not far away was already under surveillance by the well prepared pursuers the crafty pilot was undeterred by previous arrangement a car unfamiliar to the posse was awaiting the arrival of the helicopters passengers the friend took the wheel and passed out of the airport entrance only feet from the unsuspecting hunters it had been carefully planned for the early evening of may 27 the young people knew that revenge had been planned against them and also knew that escape was nearly impossible they would be on display the center of attention for almost the entire day constant sur veillance was the watchword but earlier the young man had made careful preparation with a crafty pilot it was a plan that would catch the vigilantes off guard as the banquet came to an end the couple freely mingled with the crowd knowing that their pursuers had to wait until the right moment to make their move the pair changed clothes for the arduous trip they went outside the building the car was waiting would the rendezvous take place as planned they entered the car as the haka haka of the helicopter prop thrashing the air was heard they leapt from the car and ran moments later the bride and bridegroom were safely en sconced in the helicopter of eddie luther and were swept away toward buttonville air port for jim wideman and trudy norton a stouffville couple married may 27 at the stouffville missionary church the chase was over for some time it had been a tradition among the circle of friends known to jim and trudy to pursue with the aid of cb radios bridal couples on their wedding day jim was deter mined to outwit the eight drivers prepared to follow them in radio equipped cars and arrive at his honeymoon location un disturbed jim knew eddie and edna luther and had approached the pilot to ask his assistance with this looming setback to the newlyweds marital bliss eddie agreed to help out and at the appointed time arrived at the emmanuel youth centre on the stouffville road and landed the helicopter in the field behind jim took one of his families vehicles to the wedding and stashed a second car at the airport the best man was allowed in on the getaway plan and after the ride with eddie luther took the couple to rich mond hill and returned jims dads car home jim and trudy say that the drivers of the two pursuing cars that arrived at buttonville just as eddie set his machine di still do not believe thatv tfife newlyweds drove right by theirf to make their escape complete urn vol 91 no 9 whitchurch stouffville july 6 1978 20 cents 16 pages province deceptive aurora the province is deceiving the york county board of education to the tune of 6 million vaughari trustee donald cameron has charged while the provinces education ministry has promised increased aid to the board when it implements a 40- minute a day french program in september it continues to shift more and more of the tax burden to local municipalities since 1974 provincial funding of york school boards programs has dropped from 62 per cent to 54 per cent the shift represents an additional 64 million burden on local taxpayers based on the boards 1978 budget or three to five mills on the local tax rate mr cameron said its a very very deceptive way to shift the cost to the local taxpayer mr cameron told the era monday i think theyre deceiving the public theres no question about it mr cameron said the board has been forced into phasing in a 40minute a day french program in elementary schools over the next several years rather than a 30minute program i dont object to the french program he explained mon day its good to have a second language my concern centres around the fact were being forced through ministry grants to put greater emphasis on french according to ministry guidelines cited by mr priority is english with students receiving 90 minutes per day instruction under the guidelines ac cepted by trustees last week french receives 40 minutes per day with the remaining 170 minutes per standard school day devoted to other subjects kerrsplash uxbridge mayor gord davie goes down for refreshing dip in the dunk tank last week as part of the towns spring water days festivities the mayor delighted the huge crowd by climbing on board and then made their day even more enjoyable by taking the plunge in stouffville mayor gord ratciiff also ventured up on the tank but was lucky enough to escape a dunking however councillor eldred king wasnt as fortunate and after a lengthty stay on the perch he was given a soaking by a sharp shooting member of the chum baseball team for story and pictures on spring water days see page two and for the stouffville canada day events and story see page nine keith bolender dog license fee collectors not received with great joy by annegret lamure stouffville cameron the only subject receiving higher scheduling is large dog tag increase in revenues a nice trick the young owner of this bicycle we imagine was not pleased sunday night when he discovered it spiked on a main st no parking sign although removing the bike must have been a difficult task the vehicle was gone monday when the photographer checked back john montgomery despite the problems that seme students have experienced in collecting dog tag money see story the townships recent efforts to license dogs has been a great success according to ed blackburn town accountant ap proximately 1400 tags have been sold this year with a total revenue of 11743 this compares to the 8484 brought in last year from about 900 tags and of the 11743 mr blackburn estimated that about 9000 came directly from the york police crack down on hooligans in the past few weeks york regional police have made a concerted effort to halt hooliganism in public areas particularly against liquor i elated offences last week about 100 charges were laid throughout the region after incidents in public parks school grounds sideroads plazas etc offences included drinking under age having liquor open and available in a car or vehicle and there were some drug arrests several charges for having an open package or bottle of liquor were laid at stouffville last week and a local man was arrested for possession of lsd and marijuana door to door canvassing in the township as george goff bylaw enforcement officer com mented the door to door calls have been a tremendous suc- cess my gosh the girls did a marvellous job the canvassing ended last week but anyone who still doesnt have a licence for their dog can pick one up at the municipal offices they cost 10 for the first tag 12 for every dog after that and 6 for a neutered or spayed dog mr goff told the tribune that recalcitrant dog owners will be taken to court definitely not a job for the timid if the experiences of shawn morton are any indication recenttysnawri a 22 yearoif university student spent several- eventful weeks collecting money for canine licenses on behalf of the town the pretty redhead found that a lot of reluctant dog owners greeted her with anything but joy and some of them were downright belligerent most people dont like having to buy a license for their dog remarked shawn i found that out during my very first call this guy had three dogs and he wasnt very happy about buying dog licenceses so i told him if you dont buy them from me ill have to send the bylaw enforcement officer this got him really mad and he shouted if you bring anyone here i will bring my shotgun out then he suddenly shot out his arm to point andyehed see that cemetery over there i left and told him my boss would be back laughed shawn what i didnt know then was that i would have to come back with my boss however even with rein forcements so far the town has not been able to get the license fee and will probably have to take the culprit to court to collect of course most dog owners do not threaten violence some are content to simply offer excuses well this dogs pretty old now and will probably die soon one resourceful person told an incredulous shawn and another proclaimed staunchly my dog never sets foot in whitchurchstouffville town- ship often at the next call the neighbour of this homebody then wrestling hear kills woman newmarket the canadian wildman as dave mckigney jcalls himself will continue his wrestlingcareer but will not include bears in his act he said monday on sunday v mr mckigneys 460 pound black bear attacked and killed his girlfriend lynn orser 30 in the bedroom of his home on mulocksideroad i dont have any idea why he did it said mr mckigney but ifis the rutting season and maybe that had something to do with it the bear also slightly mauled mr mckigney when he tried to save his girlfriend she was taken lo york couhtyhospital early sunday morning bleeding heavily and was later transferred to sunnybrook hospital where she died at 1 pm vthe bear generally has the run of the house and small farm property owned by mr mckigney and on thfs occasion the bear was turned loose while mr mckigney was cleaning his cage smokey has been on the professional wrestling circuit for close lo three years and has never hurt anybody according to mr mckigney he has owned the bear since it was a cub and now owns another black bear cub called ben which he has had for close to a year before the attack on sunday mr mckigney had planned to train ben to wrestle in the ring but now says he will give ben away smokey has been seized by the ontario humane society and was sent to the african lion safari and game farm at rock ton mr mckigney told don hepworth chief in spector for the humane society he doesnt want it any more mr hepworth said the bear appeared to be in fine health and did not appear to be rabid he also said if mighl not have lo be killed as is the usual proccdurewhen an animal kills a human killing it isnt necessarily the answer he said shawn morton was one of the three university students who went door to door throughout the township collecting dog license fees shawn who received more than her share of abuse from the monthandahaif long job was nevertheless able lo enjoy herself and her new pet she picked up from her- work a yorkshire terrier daisy i annegret lamure complains bitterly about this homebody chasing his cattle and insislsjie shouldnm have to because ofall the dogs running loose still others are convinced they already have a tag but on closer inspection it turns out to be last years one lady said yes we have a tag recalled shawn and when i went to look at it she said its on the dog when i went near it the dog went rrrroof rrrrroof no way was i going lo check it i made her get it and it was for 1977 shawn actually got bitten only once a little dog ran up and nipped me on the ankle she admitted and the whole family came out then the little girl said well hes had all his shots i felt like saying welll havent had mine grinned shawn she feels that she didnt gel bitten more often because people warned her about their neighbours dogs there was one place shawn recalled where the people asked me if id been next door and when i said nolhe man said dont get out of your car i was there yesterday and look what he did lo mylruck i looked at his truck said shawn dramatically and there was paint off it i shawn also had a few out and out original responses when she knocked on doors there was this man who said im not going to buy a dog license and then these two little kids said hes just joking recounted shawn andthen the man said just a minute ive got to get my cameraand take a picture of somebody actually trying to sell me a dog license he came out with this giant camera and then pointed lo his dog the dog was rolling on the grass with all four legs up in the air and the man said look at my dog over there hes in agony because of you another funny incident occurred when shawn ap proached a house where she knew there were three dogs no one was home but there was a man lallking lo a lady next door shawn went up to him and discovered he was the owner the man wasnt enthusiastic but excused himself to get his checkbook ivi went lo his house and khockedon the door but he wouldnt chine out said shawn ihenwaiting a while i got a lilllebit annoyed i went back to ihe ladies house again but he wasnt there either so i asked if i could use her phone he an- sweredo the first ring chuckled shawnahe knew it was me he said is that you and then mumbled that he was rsee lost pg 3