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m mi mm own a masterpiece barthau jewellers stoudciiic 6404646 serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area vou100no17 the friendly downstairs pub at deer park inn now open 4 pm daily v meet your friends for good times at cheers 6406060 metf6jwdmrriuhifyevaper wednesday auqust 26 1987 62 pages 50 ceriis plowmen gear up stouffville the fall migration of local plowmen is ab out to begin at least eight area competitors are expected to take part at the international match sept 1519 near meaford many of these same entries will receive prizes at the awards banquet sept 18 in owen sound participants will include kevin wells jan king ken fer guson eric timbers steve dunk- eld greg timbers barry tim bers and bob campsall close to 100 plowmen from all across ontario submitted entries the class for horsedrawn plows has been reinstated this year it was cancelled in 1986 due to cost of insurance everythings okay since we got rid of the helicopters an opa spokesman told the tri- 1 bune it was felt noise created by the 5whirlybirds might cause horses to bolt and thus cause injury to spectators the annual york regional plowing match is friday sept 4 on the cameron boake farm lot 25 cone- 6 vaughan choose the fairest markham markham fair will choose its queen for 1987 on friday night the gala pageant dinner and dance begins at 630 pm in the- general exhibits building j admission is 12 per person 6 dance only there are nine entries the win ner will be crowned by the queen of 86 lori thompson rupert avenue stouffville participants are annika hannan rr 1 unionville vi- yjan mitchell thqrnhil wendy fordmarkham suzanne craig- unionville ednachua union ville susan ilott markham liri- da mclaren markham ann halsey markham and juliette macmillan stouffville k ritish colli en- das east coast by the time he arrives the midy joys a sunday evening stopover at cedar beach die of next month he will have covered close lo mus- cycle focana 8000 kilometers jim thomas by jr s musselmans lake riding a bicycle coasttocoast for most just thinking about it is exhausting fiftyeightyearold ken dcmpsey uf coniox british columbi isnt out it 1 doing it the personable fattier of four spent sfin day night at cedar beach park musselmans lake uy proprietors vera am audreydavies mr dempscy tanned and fit started out from ind 8000 kilometers about the same as his ins tour ofeircpeir1983 has experienced few problems nuisances like a flat tire and a v- cychnrtoui jberitriih he takes in stride he carries ajj his own f provisions including a tent and rain gear he cooks his ownineals th i se learned of the local park through the canadian motor club and ontario camping he described the facilities as excellent mr dempsey refer s l bit of a nomad he enjoys the challenge travelling time is scheduled only in daylight slhourshe establishes a goal before startingout each morning on sunday he hiked from- af idealo lake and biupiier m no hes not biking back one ways enough mr dempsey replied ill take the train wis c educator challenges leaders stouffville more teachers smaller classes pre mier david peterson says school boards across ontario will be allowed to hire 4000 new teachers beginning with the fall term in 1988 hes also recommending the pupilteacher ratio grades 1 and 2 be reduced from 30 to 20 stu dents per room j to accomplish these and other programs the liberal education ministry will spend almost 300 million mr peterson says whitchurchstouffville trustee harry bowes isnt sure the pre mier can live up to these prom ises he calls them carrots what happened to the prom ises made two years ago asks mr bowes back in 1985 the same mr peterson said that if elected his government would fund education to the tune of 60 per cent but they never did claims bowes the funding percentage is still about 45 per cent he states the pcs says bowes did no better they never moved to wards the 657c funding level either he says mr bowes also points out that 4000 additional teachers will mean 4000 additional clas srooms where are these the clas srooms to come from asks bowes the government cant fund us properly for what we have now the local trustees notes that in september close to 4jj9j- portables will be pressed intosr- vice across york region alopesjj mr bowes claims the pupilj teacher ratio in grades 1 and 2j isnt a problem here and its coming down every year in grades 7 and 8 its somewkatj higher he said about 30 studeijtsj per room peterson doesnt say where this extra funding is coming from says bowes and so far k havent been able to find out f harry bowes hear candidates many voters undecided main street poll indicates stouffville an all- candidates meeting will be held wed sept 2 at 8 pm in stouff ville dist secondary school the four party representatives in the riding of durhamyork have agreed to attend bill bal- linger liberal ken canning family coalition donna kelly new democrat and ross stevenson progressive con servative george schlukbier the towns chief librarian will servers moderator opening remarks will be li mited to five minutes with oppor tunity for rebuttal questions both written and verbal will be en- couraged from the floor by bruce staple y stouffville if the liber als are heading for a majority government in the sept 10 provin- ciarelectiori as many experts predict whitchurchstouffville residents arent riding the band wagon a tribune poll of 27 area town sfolk monday indicated much in decision cynicism and even indif ference the question posed was ifyou were voting tomorrow who would you support and why im going to vote for the other because theyre all the same answered one gentleman he didnt specify what he meant by the other- what does it matter replied another theyll all spend our money v even those whod already made up their minds were less than en thusiastic im voting nd p said a female respondent we might as well give them a chance they cant do any worse than the others another said he was supporting the pcs but im not sure why of the 27 polled five said li beral four replied nd p two answered pc 12 were unde cided and four said they wouldnt be voting at all liberal supporters seemed to feel david peterson deserves a chance to prove what he can do on his own unencumbered by his accord with the nd p nd p supporters on the other hand suggested anything good accomplished by mr peterson had been initiated by the new democrats now petersons trying to take all the credit a respondent concluded several of those approached appeared confused by riding re distribution and unfamiliar with the candidates none of whom re side in whitchurchstouffville grossman at corn roast muss lake pc leader lar ry grossmans coming to whitch urchstouffville hell attend a dance and corn roast friday aug 28 at cedar beach park musselmans lake mr grossman is appearing in support of durhamyork candi date ross stevenson his arrival time is expected around 830 pm tickets 5 are available by calling 6407535 or 8526079 the event organized by the durham- york progressive conservative association begins at 8 pm arid concludes at one cedar beach park is located on ninth line north a halfmile south of the aurora sideroad lugi9and20sponsoredbythcstonffviliehorticuluralkieietyandheldln avenue entered this prizewinning basket of vegetables while lillian carr the societysjresidej ultvliie united church accommodated 3su entries fred byf of maytrce nmnth line south won a first in this class plus best basket overall jim thomas i r c v x v np8