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aids week launched in york tracy kibble staff reporter a program designed to draw attention to the fact that several stouf- fville residents could easily succumb to aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome was given town council approval last week dr helena jaczek york regions medical officer of health at tended last tuesday evenings council meeting where she and gail clenman an health educator on the disease asked that oct 16 to 22 be proclaimed aids awareness week in whitchurchstouffville the regionwide theme will be aids our challenge some small municipalities think aids is a problem of the big bad city and that steeles ave is some sort of boundary to keep aids out of york region but it wont she added gail clenman told council the problem will get worse before it gets better because of the upto10year incubation period for in fected carriers of the disease people may not get tested and hiv virus symptoms may not recreation budget upped by 6300 tracy kibble staff reporter active citizens in whitchurch- stouffville will benefit from an in jection of more than 6000 into the towns 1989 budget to improve and upgrade recreational services the towns recreational budget is 6300 richer due to an approv ed provincial grant to help the our mistake a photo caption in last wednes days tribune incorrectly iden tified a group of seniors celebrating the 25th anniversary of ontario housing as being residents of parkview home in fact the seniors live at 325 elm rd in stouffville the tribune regrets the error town carry out its municipal recreation programs in 1989 bill ballinger mpp york- durham announced the grant on behalf of the ontario minister of tourism and recreation ken black the grant geared to give smaller communities an oppor tunity to gain some ground when it comes to providing upgraded recreational programs is essential to the operation says marlane mckeewetherall the funding is applied for every year for the delivery of recreational program services the lower the population the higher the percentage of grant you receive she explained this grant is essential to our operation and is used not as capital dollars but operating dollars the whole community will benefit from the recreation pro grams and facilities this grant rope routine pnpp it isv phoiorick maoonik amy roorda 12 of the world champion jumprope team the lincoln leapers gets all wrapped up in one of her myriad jumping routines the team performed saturday in front of the stouffville public library as part of the 8th annual stouffville magic festival will help to support ballinger announced friday the grant is part of a 198889 small municipality recreation funding boost including 891 municipalities local service boards improvement districts and indian band councils wires crossed in pizza puzzler tracy kibble staff reporter members of town council waited anxiously for their dinner to show up at the municipal of fices on civic ave last tuesday before the scheduled 715 pm council meeting and they waited and waited and waited when press arrived councillor tatone was peering hungrily out the office doors in anticipation of a missing large pizza expected to arrive an hour before while others walked around shrugging their shoulders in disbelief and amusement it seems the order went to the right street wrong town the piz za companys central phone system sent the town councillors pizzato civic ave in newmarket when the lost pizza finally found its way to the right street right town at no charge the council wolfed it down in nine minutes flat and were ready to roll at 715 pm sharp the tribune wednesday october 18 1989 p3 show up for two years although m most cases symptoms do show up in six months she said in other words unsuspecting aids carriers could be unknowingly infecting sexual partners for a period of two years without being aware they have contracted the virus themselves the decline of aidsinfected citizens will come farther in future through education and prevention practices ms clenman says the highest risk age group for contracting the hiv virus is the 20 to 49 group where 20 per cent of those are 20-year- olds aids is still one of the greatest health care and community challenges it becomes a challenge to care and to educate the ex pert says aids week in its sixth year is a commitment to communities through education and support and a series of planned events is geared to provide continued awareness york region will launch the week with treeplanting ceremonies lightning damages ivy cres residence a powerful lightning bolt a product of this weekends series of electrical storms jolted a stouffville home sunday causing considerable damage to the chimney says deputy fire chief murray emmerson the vicious storm which darkened the skies and bolted through metro and surrounding communities around 5 pm both saturday and sunday left whitchurchstouffville virtually untouched except for one attack oria twoyearold home at 65 ivy cres the owner mario rizzutd has lived in the community only fiveandahalf weeks he says he returned home sunday to find the top of his himney blownau over the backyard it took a good shot pieces of the chimney were blown into some neighboring homes and one neighbor said his neatly stack- ed woodpile was strewn about but were not sure if it was because of a flying brick or the wind rizzuto says the lightning blew right through the chimney travelling down into the basement throwing bricks and con- crete pipes onto the floor although the electrical charge in its path to the basement did not trigger a fire the chimney was severely damaged and many of the household appliances did not work mr emmerson told the tribune the rizzutos notified fire chief bill brown because they were concerned there may be hot wires that could still cause a fire according to the chiefs report the bolt struck the brick chimney first and travelled through the wiring in its path some very strange things happen when electricity of this ex tent travels through electrical wiring in search of a ground the deputy chief says lack of funds cited from page 1 for private schools in manitoba the government gives 1800 to people going to private schools st johns tuition costs are just under 10000 mike maunder currently a teacher at the school and an ex- headmaster said parents and old boys from the school were shocked when they heard of the closing its a little like dying said mr maunder who has been with the school for 21 years mr maunder compared the feeling to the way he felt when the school lost 12 students and a teacher who drowned on a canoe excursion to lake temiskaming in 1978 bell spends 1 million on upgrade tracy kibble staff reporter bell canada will upgrade telephone service by installing fibre optic cable to run underground along the north side of bethesda rd using existing ducts but the 1 million state of the art technological project has council concerned the phone company will leave behind a mess of tree removals trenches and dugup driveways i didnt like the way bell finished up at buckingham manor they chewed it up and went away said mayor fran sainsbury but stouffville engineering co ordinator paul whitehouse said the company would replace any tree removals and will fix any driveways that will be dug up the four to fivefoot burial con crete boxes each contain six ducts and would allow for better communication but councillors want to ensure the company will clean up their mess once the boxes are installed the cable to be run on the north side of the road would run west of the tracks just shy of the 5th cone there will be trenching and diggingup but everything will be restored the engineering co ordinator told the committee but councillor emmerson said its never the same after bell works in the area as a town we should be instructing bell as to what side of the road the cable will run stating the south side would mean less interference to residents trees and driveways earn extra money 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