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project home helping with special babysitting service weekender february 1 1986 p17 while its normal for parents to want to get away from their chil dren once in awhile for some its not an easy task parents of handicapped chil dren who have special needs cant rely on the regular neighborhood babysitter but york regions project home program is helping established in 1981 the prog ram is designed to give tempor ary relief to families with de- velopmentally handicapped members sponsored by the york central association for the mentally re tarded and the ministry of com munity and social services pro ject home links host families who are capable of caring for handicapped people with parents who need relief there are currently three host families in the markham area but more are needed cathie reupholster with toromark reupholstef with markhams oldest upholstery shop since 1950 we make your old suite look like new so d1sc0unt 0n fabrics w free home estimates 5 year guarantee on workmanship armcaps decorating service pickup delivery 6 monthly payments at no extra charge also drapery and carpeting trust us and you wont be sorry toromark furniture 5 important notice to all whitchurchstouffville residents and property owners town of whitchurchstouffville notice of public meeting for the proposed general zoning bylaw notice of meeting take notice that the council of the corporation of the town of whitchurchstouffville will hold a public meeting on wednesday february 5th 1986 at 730 pm in latcham hall located at 32 park drive south stouffville ontario to make available adequ ate information to the public regarding and to consider the proposed general zoning bylaw to be passed pursuant to section 34 of the planning act subject property the proposed general zoning bylaw will apply to all lands within the town of whitchurchstouffville explanatory note the proposed general zoning bylaw will among other matters do the following replace zoning bylaw no 727 consolidate the numerous zoning bylaw amendments convert measurements from imperial to metric units modify present zoning categories introduce new zoning categories change the zoning on selected properties and neighbourhoods and implement the official plan as amended representation any person may attend the public meeting and make written or oral representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed general zoning bylaw if you are unable to attend written submissions will be received up to the time of the meeting information a copy of the proposed general zoning bylaw may be obtained at the planning department municipal building 19 civic avenue stouffville at no charge during regular business hours 830 am to 430 pm if you have any questions please contact the planning department at this office dated at the town of whitchurchstouffville this 31 st day of december 1985 patricia g muir clerk town of whitchurchstouffville 19 civic avenue box 419 stouffville ontario loh 1l0 telephone 6401900 or 8952423 buckley coordinator of project home said theres a definite shortage of host families in mar kham we can always use more she said we currently have a wait ing list of 10 families we can never have too many host fami lies families using the project home program are entitled to 21 days of placement per year host families tell when theyre avail able and the appropriate arrange ments are made we try to match families from the same area whenever possi ble said mrs buckley the hours are very flexible it can be for a weekend or through the week host families receive a nominal fee of 20 per day to help cover expenses its volunteer work but we dont want outofpocket ex penses she said the natural family is asked to contribute what they can john and barb challies of un- ionville have been host parents for about six months as a christian i just feel its important to help other people its a good program said mrs challies we really enjoy it its the ideal way to do something good its very satisfying for further information on pro ject home call 8849110 or 889- 5239