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i teitfr wtmmmms raeuc mm vol 102 no 16 metroland community newspaper wednesday april 18 1990 3j6tages 50 cents j m i crash on 9th litis otabill lanning york regional police constable danny macoonald carries merit were travelling south on 9th line when their car collided sixyearold derek reid to safety following a headon crash with a car driven by donald reid of markham police report on 9th line sunday night the crash claimed the lives of a mr monument was dead at the scene and his wife died four scarborough in the pohce reports scarborough residents davio f w- nvvi york sets sunday tracy kibble staff reporter all businesses in york region have until april 27 to voluntarily close doors to the public on sundays before york regional council will seek an injunction to force the issue and anti and prosunday shopping groups butted heads on whether exemptions for tourist attractions should havbeen allowed at all the longsizzling debate heated up at york regional council again last thursday and whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury says the whole thing is absolutely ludicrous groups representing both sides of the retail business holiday act debated the issue for about four hours but mayor sainsbury says most people present were against stores open ing for business on sunday people want a level playing field they want everybody open or everybody closed either that or we rescind the exemptions bylaw alto gether its a time waster council is just buy ing time she says the stouffville flea market is one locai busi ness which is- hoping for an exemption on the grounds its a tourist attraction along with the town of georgina which is claiming it too is a tourists area but mayor sainsbury says the region didnt know the ramifications of creating an exemp tion clause to the law and says there is so much pressure on the local government that eventually we will end up like the us wide- open we shouldnt have exempted some in fact she said during last weeks marathon debate she is willing to see an end to the stouffville flea market opening sundays to resolve the sunday shopping issue seeking an injunction isnt going to resolve anything she said in a subsequent interview well just go back to the status quo its ridiculous to postpone the inevitable and aurora mayor john west says there needs to be a flat paying field weve created a problem that we will never undue until we rescind the exemption bylaw by granting this exemption well just be creating another further problem mayor west maintains but mayor sainsbury says she honestly feels georgina is a tourist area and this makes it hard to decide what to do fairly the whole thing comes down to whats fair mayor sainsbury contends well just end up picking and choosing who can and who cant open she adds regional council however voted to hold the flea market exemption plea in abeyance until august and will seek an injunction against businesses if they do not voluntarily close by the april 27 deadline york health council a critical need to avoid a duplication of health services in york region some thing has to be done to ensure hos pitals and organizations get proper funding local officials heard last week a health services steering com mittee will ensure provincial fund ing gets to the markham stouffville hospital faster says a member of a committee geared to provide a voicefor the region for health ser vices former georgina mayor john rogers now chairman of the york region district health council steering committee provided information to council and all regional municipalities on the man date of a steering committee last week now that the region has three hospitals york central in rich mond hill york county in new market and the new markham stouffville facility a steering committee would help decide which hospital should get certain equipmentfor all hospitals to share thereby banishing duplicat ed services and allowing more funding in other areas mr rogers says such a committee would prevent duplicated health services advise york regional health planning where funding is most needed in the regions three hospitals allo cate money for certain health fields such as mental health services and establish a human resources infor mation centre mr rogers says about 90 per cent or 28 of the provinces municipalities already have one in place and york regions would be coming on- stream and will be the best everj he adds he says 150 healthrelated orga nizations in the region have already positively responded to a survey in preparation for a series of public meetings scheduled in upcoming weeks and council agreed that an umbrella group would be beneficial in allocating funds this integration is critical in providing proper health services ward 6 councillor jim sanders says and ward 5 councillor doug alles adds that in the area of rising health costs such a committee is long overdue the first public meeting will be held tomorrow at the markham public library from 7830 pm events 0 m find out whats going on in stouffville seepage award stouffville man is top tocop see page 8