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v i l t tribunenovember 4 1987 c23 stouffvilles own global cameraman to set up new base on foreign soil by bruce stapley global television camera man dan laffey well known in the stouffville area for his involvement with the annual magic festival is heading off to washington the area resident will be in charge of establishing an american based bureau for the network which now has headquarters in both toronto and ottawa this will be globals first foreign bureau said mr laf fey its a step towards be coming a truly national net work accompanying mr laffey to washington will be global reporter john burke who will act as the networks washing ton correspondent their re sponsibilities will include ev erything from facilities set up to establishing contacts they will also hook up with the wes- tinghouse news service in the past all our amer ican stories have come from the same sources used by nbc or abc mr laffey said these stories have an inevitable american slant to them by establishing our own bureau in washington well then be able to cover issues such as free trade from a canadian slant the assignment will run for two years after which mr laffey plans to return to the stouffville area again an american citizen he was born and raised in chicago but moved to toronto in 1971 he later came to the stouffvil le area in 1976 mr laffey has been em ployed as a news cameraman with global since the net works inception in january of 1974 for the past five years he has been field producer for the now defunct everybodys business feature a business related program which en abled him to do documentar ies in such faraway locales as africa hong kong england france and the caribbean as senior cameraman at global mr laffeys present responsibilities involve the coverage of ontario wide asssignments he is part of a three man team which also in cludes a sound man and a re porter a key player on the global team hes had significant in- stouffville resident dan laffey will soon be leaving for washington where he will be responsible for establishing a new global television headquarters on foreign soil denise mcdonald reupholster with toromark reupholster specif with markhams oldest upholstery shop since 1950 e 599 f come back ms selected fabrics 2 pc suite basic style only your suite will come back like new ask your friends or neighbours how good we are 5 year guarantee on workmanship free 6 monthly payments no extra charge for free estimate call us toromark c 2942581 4772055 hit flit lire hwy 7 just west of hwy 48 i in the iga plaza markham house ltd put into the networks direc tion and was responsible for pioneering the visual story where the camera tells the story without the use of narra tion he has hopes of someday producing his own public affairs program mr laffey who is married to cheryl and has a five-year- old son donovan claimed he welcomes the challenge pre sented by the washington assignment however hell still take time off to return to stouffville for the magic festival which hes been so actively involved in since it made its debut several years back and ill still be rooting for the blue jays he insisted is reading a problem for your child we offer specialized reading instruction for grades 1 to 13 individual and group instruction for more information call 2948757 today i the centre for learning skills suite 203 southeast comer highway 7 and mccowan reupholster with toromark during this holiday season taking advantage of an 88 day christmas new year membership at the markham village womens club will help build the markham stouffville hospital gift certificates for 88 day full privilege memberships are only 8800 and available until december 3187 proceeds from these certificates will be donated to the markham stouffville hospital building fund start your 88 days today and get a head start on your 1988 new years resolution happy holidays markham village lanes shopping centre marwtam village lanes i iakmnc wiison 1 iwy enter at lower level 144 mam street north markham village lanes markham ontario telephone 2947764 mon wed fri 730 am900 pm tues thurs 900 am900 pm sal 900 am100 pm sun 100500 pm