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boya wouldbe boys in read our latest fiction contest htry on page 10 byelorlbdd wayne emmer running it he top spcftn council roger belgrave staff reporter wayne emmerson has publicly stepped forward to challenge fran sainsbury in the upcoming munic ipal election at a news con ference from his lloyd street home monday evening emmer son ended specu lation by announcing his intention to enter emmerson the stouffville mayoral race last week mayor sainsbury offi cially threw her hat in the ring emmerson 38 has lived and worked in stpuffyille his life and is looking forward to a clean race he believes the next three years will be vital to the towns develop ment after six years as ward 4 coun cillor emmerson feels ready to sit in the mayors chair ive done all i can as a council lor and id like to do more as mayor he explained as mayofemmersori would like to see stouffvilies sewage capacity increased arid its population level at about 25000 he would also put a high priority on such issues as a gormley indus trial park the stouffville secondary plan a local movie theatre hard surface oh all local roads and com mercialindustrial development in the downtown areal emmerson has been a part of every town board the hydro com mission and was chairman of the last budget committee during his two terms as council lor emmerson has played a major role in several issues he identified the edward street oil tank removal opening the brown house establishing a play- ground recycling and purchasing land for new municipal offices as a few crowning moments during that time he said he intends to be a strong voice at the regional level emphatic about whitchurch-stoiif- fville needs but at the same time diplomatic in getting stouffvilies point across he plans to encourage the same type of teamwork among local councillors and staff emmersori said he has received a lot of support from his wife two sons otheir relatives friends and employer i feel i can be a strong leader arid work hardfor all of the resi dents of wwtchurchstouffville i want to keep the quality of life inwhitchurchstouffvilie we all enjoy he said tatone wont challenge mayor stouffville will have to wait at least another three years before seeing nick tatone in the local mayoral race x v after some contemplation arid widespread conjec ture the ward 3 councillor decided against competing for the seat in this falls jjpcoming election during these recessionary times the move just didnt seerii to be right one he suggested i cannot leave the kind of job i have to run for mayor he said tatone is presently a manager for a systems tech nology division at ibm the 40000 mayors job he said would mean a substantial loss in financial and retirement security the husband and father of two teenaged children came to the decision late sunday in the current environment i would be silly to take that kind of loss for three years he admitted when tatone first entered the political arena three years ago he promised to run for mayor he still intends to keep that promise in 1994 he said ive always wanted to run against fran tatone explained she loves a fight and i think it would be interesting another three years will just make me stronger and more experienced he concluded tatone in this election however tatone indicated he would seek reeiection to his ward 3 seat to try and settle some unfinished business the ward 3 incumbent believes his areacan provide the industrial devel opment stouffville needs creating a larger industrial tax base to alleviate the strain on residential taxpayers isa high priority he said tatone also mentioned he wanted to continue- work on the environmen tal studies at preston lake mussel- man lake and ballantrae but just as important is the urban expansion study now being conducted he wants to be an integral part of this study aimed at acquiring more sewage capacity for stouffville tatone is keen on coriipetition and wouldnt mind another ward 3 candidate i hope im challenged i think it will be good he said despite his absence he felt the same way about the mayoral race the only draw back wouldbe the towns loss of either fran sainsbury or wayne emmerson who bring a lot of political experience to stouffville he said garden centre landscaping supplies farmer i craft garden centre look to us for tropica plants permacon paverswall complete florist department systems ftisi walls gitscrafts techniseal paving stone pet food supplies sealer rental equipment gravelssandbrick chip garden supplies s0bstmw12n12 shrubs trees peat moss chfertifeersand barkmulch vnerracib natural flagstone nutritefeitimfs ralway ties patio slabs we deliver top soil triple mix farmer joclcs own 12n 12 mix permacon paving stents sand gmta and much mora store hours morwtoweel 9 am to 7 pm thiirs frl 9 am to 9 pm 9 am 6 pm p suitf 9am5pjiri 6405080 5402 mejn strwt stouffvflit