weekender junewft8f markham council briefs fireworks bid may fizzle out a milliken community associa tions bid to set off fireworks for canada day celebrations could be cancelled if the group doesnt find an insurer for the event the armadale north commun ity association was ordered by council tuesday to obtain a one- day policy to set off fireworks be fore a town permit will be issued the group came under fire from council earlier this month for a victoria day fireworks demon stration in denison park town officials said the last event was hazardous because emergency vehicles couldnt gain entry to the fireworks area a spokesman for the group said they plan to obtain necessary in surance coverage for the demon stration parking fines hiked to 25 randy christopher staffer off on mission to haiti by kathleen griffin for the next four years mis sionary randy christopher plans to live and work with the poverty- stricken islanders of haiti the determined 32yearold re turns to haiti to complete the mis sionary work he began in 1981 and to renew old friendships one year was too short to accomplish very much to be effective after that year i de cided to pursue missionary work on a longterm basis said mr christopher a distribution manager at the economist and sun until last week in haiti its a situation where you either get out as soon as possi ble or spend the majority of your life there in order to have an effective influence but i wanted to be better pre pared he expained he decided to return to canada to upgrade his education two years at the winnepeg theological institute added to a bachelor of arts degree obtained at richmond college in 1978 mr christopher has one more french language course to take he already has a year of creole in laval que before returning to haiti next january the organization he is working for is ufm unevangelized field mission international an inter denominational group ufm has 511 missionaries working in 19 fields across the world the fact that he has some idea of what to expect as well as how much he can accomplish there makes leaving canada a little easier he says im able to make that kind of commitment because of my com mitment to god that enables me togoforfouryearsoralifetime motorists who illegally use handicapped parking spots will face a stiffer fine from now on markham council tuesday af ter receiving frequent com plaints about handicapped park ing space abuse passed a resolu tion to increase fines from 10 to 25 data system is improved town tax files andotherdisclos- ing data on local residents will be better kept with the towns purch ase of an improved uninterrupti ble power supply ups council last tuesday gave sys tems manager norm gibbons approval to purchase a 15000 ups supply to upgrade current computer data storing equip ment the ups protects electronic systems and data files in the event of hydro power outages new school is approved construction plans for a new unionville catholic school were given the green light last tuesday st justin martyr elementary school on hollingham rd in the warden ave 16th ave area was approved after a short presenta tion by school officials a visual presentation of the york region roman catholic separate school boards plan for the school was requested by plan ning committee on june 4 cao js h classic comfort rr 1 goodwood ontario 6406882 fathers day special we still have dining sets love seats swivel rockers gliders teteatetes ottomans coffee end tables wmnotrust wnotchp v wm not peel vriffnotcorrove located on hwy 47 east of 2nd concession chaise lounge complete with luxury cushion low low price iiu reg list 352 order now for on time delivery visit our showroom daily 200 to 800 pm saturday 10q0 am to 600 pm free local delivery a similar plan to increase fines for illegal parking in fire routes was referred and will be consi dered later people dont give a damn if its a handicapped spot or a fire route commented thornhill councillor bob sherwood day care meeting milliken parents might want to get a babysitter monday night to attend a daycare meeting organized by york centre mpp don cousens the meeting will be an attempt to form a community action group to tap into provin cial funds for child daycare centres with the hope of two centres in six months says mr cousens the mpp said he is spearheading the campaign because milliken has a great need and may not be organized enough to take advantage of provincial money if he gets enough support at the 730 pm meeting at mil liken mills public school mr cousens said he will survey the area and approach the pro vince to act fathers day dairy queen frozen cakes sgdqrvu this fathers day treat dad to a taste thatll make him feel like a king a delicious dairy queen frozen cake or frozen log cool creamy chocolate and vanilla dairy queen soft serve crisp chocolate cookie crunch rich cold fudge and icing frozen and packaged for easy take home its a delicious grand idea thatll show dad how much you care just 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