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weekender november 29 1986 p21 lions let in new year with a roar new years revellers are already gearing up for claremonts big lions club party on dec 31 festivities get underway at claremont community centre at 830 pm and continue until 1987 is officially here an admission cost of 40 per couple includes buffet refresh ments party hat and favor music will be provided by a disc jockey for tickets or further informa tion contact frank hill at 6492653 or bob tran at 6492832 paper criticized by press council although it dismissed the com plaint a recent ontario press coun cil decision criticized the ajax pickering news advertister for failing to inform a complainant that it had reversed a decision not to publish a statement protesting plans for a country music jam boree complainant doreen simpson re sides in the north pickering hamlet of brougham near the site of prom oter rick johnsons annual county jamboree specifically she complained that the newspaper breached accepted media ethical standards by giving the jamboree promoter a copy of a document that attacked both mr johnson and his event it was signed by 20 brougham residents the fol lowing instructions appeared under the signatures signed us con cerned residents of brougham the document described at times as a press release and at other times as a letter to the editor claimed the jamboree subjected residents to noise vandalism and violence dur ing the threenight run noisy fights and language made sleep impossi ble residents had to put all mov able outdoor objects under lock and key because of a previous pattern of thefts the complainant had two main concerns first although the editor told her in a phone conversation that the document contained de famatory material and he wouldnt print a word of it he handed it to the promoter second handing out the names may have put some people at risk of physical harm mrs simpsons feeling on this point was reinforced when a boy told her someone had shown him the document and asked whether a particular signature was his mothers the news advertiser in defend ing its conduct said that after the phone conversation with mrs simp son it reconsidered and decided to use the document as the basis for a story on community attitudes to ward the jamboree issue the text of the adjudication fol lows both complainant and newspaper asked the council to decide whether the newspaper violated accepted ethical standards for newspaper conduct by giving the jamboree promoter a copy of the document signed individually by a number of brougham residents as a general principle it is stan dard newspaper practice to invite the object of a personal attack to respond for simultaneous use in a news story however in this case the news paper told the complainant that it would not publish a word of the let ter subsequently the newspaper told the council it changed its mind decided to use part of the press release in a story and handed a copy to the promoter for com ments the council considers that in fair ness the newspaper ought to have told the complainant of its plan in cluding its intention to pass the let ter along so she would have an opportunity to object despite this shortcoming the complaint is dismissed the united way way carmen dipaola chairman of york region united way front righ receives a cheque from debbie harris general mana ger human resources of mar- kham hydro in background from left to right are bill han nah janet spence andy cart- wright jack alfred and scott garton sjoertl witteveen anniversary ring special save over 50 beautiful diamond anniversary rings at very special prices 50cl la approx- 14k gold scqq appraised value 1500- 15cl la approx 14k gold sj z appraised value 475- clustercraft jewellery ltd 401 alien rdunil 19 markham open montri 107pm sal 103pm tel4740315 sss m free reupholster with toromark eupholst with markhams upholstery shop since we make your old suite look like new 50 sm 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 house ltd 2942581 hwy 7 just in the reupholster with toromark discount on selected fabrics markham