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weekender june 7 1986 p3 more than 2100 cast ballots in markham stouffville hospital elec tions thursday above left dermont and kate gilderdale of stouff ville cast their ballots with youngsters clare left and malcolm above anne cormack protests the proposal to raise annual mem bership fees to 40 sjoerd witteveen photos clean sweep in hospital voting from page 1 butcher said this year extra effort was made to draw out voters against the special in terest group peter huizenga president of the york south right to life association said he wasnt surprised by the outcome judging by what happened earlier approval of the 40 annual membership it was clear where the people were coming from the hospital board had a very aggressive campaign its difficult to go against them he said explaining that his group doesnt have access to the membership lists of the hospital association the trustees voted to the board for a threeyear term include lachlan cattanach richard cohen william hood dorothy jenner rod mcleod don petrie james scott john white and beth whitlock earl rowe and peter van- derberk were voted to com plete threeyear terms left open by trustees who could only serve one year defeated on the prolife slate were lawrence bur- kholder bart cull barbara holding denise kennedy al rayner sandy robertson john stephens and paul tomory others defeated include walter grieve doug meharg and derek shilletto slain cops widow wins case by greg coates staff reporter susan grant the widow of slain york region police officer wil liam grant has won her case against the police commission despite having launched a civil suit against another party in the matter ms grant of unionville will receive full compensation from the force constable grant was killed in october 1984 when his police cruiser was rammed by another car his wife has been receiving compensation equivalent to her husbands annual salary but the york region police commission had attempted to stop payment because according to secretary brian ward it felt ms grant was not entitled to both the compensation and an award in the suit the york regional police asso ciation disagreed and requested that the matter go to arbitration last week arbitrator pamela picher ruled in favor of the asso ciation according to the working agreement reached following a hearing on fatal crash by kevin hann special to the weekender a 28yearold man charged wth six offenses in connection with the january death of four markham and unionville area people appeared at a preliminary hear ing in ajax pickering court wednesday morning the grinding crash jan 18 killed markham resident renata gruncrt and her 16yearold daughter rena and unionville re sident tom gerrard and his 15- yearold daughter sherilynn they were returning home after a swim meet in pickering the accident occurred at the corner of finch ave and brock rd in pickering when the mini- van was hit broadside by a mack truck court placed a ban on publica tion of testimony given during the preliminary hearing of richard john mcmerty hes charged with four counts of dangerous driving causing death one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm and one count of refusing to provide a breath sample to deter mine the amount of alcohol in his blood mcmerty was released on 10000 bail after a previous court appearance a pretrial date for mcmerty has been scheduled for aug 20 in district court whitby he will face trial by judge and jury worktorule campaign by police officers in 1985 widows are enti tled to compensation equivalent to their spouses salaries minus any other benefits they receive from workers compensation canada pension plan or ontario municipal employee retirement savings omers the dispute started over the in terpretation of a section of the working agreement called the widows pecuniary aid the police commission felt be cause ms grant had launched a civil suit she gave up the right to receive workers compensation payments approximately 860 per month the board has been paying ms grant what it felt was re quired under the contract all along said mr ward its the boards position that because shes suing she took herself out of any entitlement to that money workers compensation frank laskoski president of the police association said he doesnt know how the board came up with that interpretation the section on pecuniary aid is quite clear and explicit he said theres nothing in the agree ment that says you cant sue any body as far as im concerned they the commissioners are a bnch of welshers its all a matter of dollars and cents added mr laskoski they tried to get out of paying a widow in ruling with the association the arbitrator noted that article 24 on pecuniary aid clearly states that a qualifying widow receive a minimum payment equal to the salary that was being paid to the member at the time of death if no payments are in fact being made to a widow by the workers compensation board because she has elected under section 8 of the workers com pensation act to file a civil action instead then no deduction may be made in respect of the workers compensation benefit she might otherwise have received at a meeting of the police com mission wednesday newmarket mayor ray twinney said the board received a proper hearing and should live by the ruling in addition the board discussed the possibility of rewording arti cle 24 pi 4m scott stinson we deliver 1 we can deliver your dyers for as lillle as 35c each call advertising at 2942200 or distribution at 294824 1986 flyers delivered to may 1 economist suntribune 3640300 mctroland distributing 93336900 flyers with weekender t kinsmen fej canadian tire 3 pascals it crolhers ida m sunday june 8 fcf kmarl b