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parts g spurs get knocked from playoffs but tie final gamesee r 12 mp submits bill to ban postal strikes bill attevyell is taking on two major government unions the markham whitchurchstouffville mp announced oct 2 he intro duced a private members bill to amend the canada labor code and the public service staff relations act so that canada post workers would lose their right to strike last week he called for the designation of all civil service jobs as essen tial in the face of the public service alliance of canadas recent walkout on wednesday attewell introduced bill c304 and act to amend the current legislation this bill is not against canada post employees i believe the men and women who work at canada post are hardworking they take their responsibilities seriously but he said in a press statement that bill cr304 us for the protection of hundreds of thousands of canadians who suffered unnecessary anguish frustration and economic hardship during the recent strike i believe that most of the residents of whitchurchstouffville and markham will welcome this change in legislation he said lane runs for ward 2 i think its time for a bit of action and definite steps need to be taken i think weve been studied to deathup here ward 2 candidate dawson lane joined the musselman lake club as soon as he moved to his home on lakeshore road last fall one of his goals is to promote harmony between groups and individuals dawson lane teen remains in hospital following crash a stouffville teen is still in criticalcondiuon following a serious car crash last week the 16 year old was a backseat passenger in a mercedes benz that swerved out of control while passing another car on major mackenzie dr just before noon last thursday the stretch of road between warden ave and kennedy rd was blocked off while an air ambulance landed to transport the injured youth to sunhybook health science centre where he remains in the neurological intensive care unit in guarded condition a stouffville man 19 also sit ting in the backseat of themercedes was transported to markham stouffville hospital and was released the same day the driver and frontseat passenger were not injured police reports said the westbound 1980 mercedes veered into the eastbound lanes after striking a buick and was hit by an oncoming vanthe buicks driver was not hurt and the driver of the van taken to markham stouffville hospi tal treated and released charges have not yet been laid in another accident two toronto men remain in hospital after an early morning crash on a foggy stouffville rd the men were passengers in a van travelling east on stouf fville rd last thursday morning at 730 the van collided with a dump truck stopped at a red light at wardenave who are fighting pollution in the area so that every one can work together id like to see an organic fertiliz er education pro gram with some help from the town much like the composter or blue box pro grams he stated adding that chemical fertilizers have been iden tified as a major source of phos phorous in the lake lane wants to help the town lobby the province for mandatory septic tank inspection its only being done when a house is pur- see page 3 emmerson kicks off mayoralty campaign with ballantrae party bruce stapley correspondent whitchurchstouffville mayoral candidate wayne emmerson officially kicked off his campaign at the bal lantrae community centre last week at a function attended by upwards of 100 friends and supporters emmerson made a short speech outlining his primary concerns then spent the rest of the evening min gling with those in attendance emmerson listed nine key aims to improve roads in both the urban and rural areas of town to work toward the establishment of affordable housing to clean up mussel- man lake to work toward development of the gormley industrial park the improvement of the ballantrae fire hall to be forceful and consistent in dealing with the region and the province to cooperate with and encourage the local chamber of commerce and downtown stouffville to strive for more cooperation and cohesion on council and to ensure a high quality of life in whitchurchstouffville im absolutely sincere in my desire to serve my commu nity said emmerson adding that he would work toward providing honest impartial leadership acknowledging his nervousness in addressing the audi- see page 3 dean myers pontiac buick service 5786 main st stouffville 6423655 engine tuneup special ij40n 4cyl 6cyl ft 4 sptdftmutttmstuts 8cyl- w prices include sparkplugs front brake special rear brake special coollnasysteaa flush gauons of antjfreeze included t rue y buick our service department is fully equipped to handle all your service needs for your gm car were open 730 am 600 pm with dropoff until 9 pm were conveniently located just 1 0 minutes north of markham and on your way south from uxbridge