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st wy council yjyrrtjrt r r f j- i residents expecting zero tax increase roy graham tracy kibble staff reporter residents will be looking forward to a zero per cent tax increase in whitchurch-stouf- fville this year officials were told last week roy graham a retiree and former corporate divisional manager told council seniors cannot afford more taxes he added his overall tax bill including regional and school board taxes has increased by 43 per cent since 1987 graham said large cor porations have frozen salaries this year for the first time in 100 years and urged the town to do the same he warned council that tax arrears already at 3 million will increase because people cant afford to pay them i want to see headlines that council approves a budget at the same level as 1991 gra ham said graham who formed a dele gation march 24 regarding town pay hikes criticized offi cials for handling staff salary increases incamera and pre dicted ratepayers would lose faith in the process if the issue is not reevaluated in this case silence is not gold en graham said graham also referred to a march 28 tribune story in which mayor fran sainsbury was quoted as saying staff is being harassed by the pub lic because of salary increases totalling at least 160000 i resent my delegation being labelled as harassment taxpayers have every right to know this graham said ward 3 councillor nick tatone told graham that his knife is not very sharp i and added that there should be a lot of good stories on how staff saved the town thou sands of dollars after budget deliberations this week the budget was unveiled tuesday after press time tatone chats to improve services community home assistance for seniors chats announced last week it is reorganiz ing and streamlining its administration to pro vide better service to local seniors officials were told chairman lynelle hamilton said chats formerly home support services to seniors is streamlining its 10 offices to four which will provide sufficient staffing extended hours and volunteer backup for clients at all times whitchurchstouffville and markham areas will now combine efforts to serve both commu nities at one office she said hamilton added the organization is still committed to allowing seniors the right to maintain the lifestyle they wish in their own homes however chats which has been in existence since 1981 and serves 50 local seniors will still maintain its occupancy at the main st silver jubilee club hamilton said the silver jubilee club will provide a con tinued presence for whitchurchstouffville homemakers volunteers and clients for local events meetings and distribution of materi als she added hamilton said boundary changes cut expens es of separate offices and will allow the group to expand its services chats which serves 3000 york region seniors provides homemak- ing housekeeping menu planning transportation and shopping services and offers a nutritional mealonwheels program twice a week she added the cutbacks did not affect any jobs within the organization swimmer makes splash at council a local swimmer has raised 6000 for charity and is asking for councils continued support this year angela white a musselman lake teenager has been a mem ber of the newmarket stingrays swim club for six years during her membership the young woman has dedicated many hours to raising money for the york county hospital in new market the stingrays club which has donated 33000 to the hospital over the years hope to raise more funds this year for the pediatrics ward at york county white who said she spends about 15 hours a week training for different meets in newmar ket wants the town to donate money for the 200 lengths she foodbank will swim this year for the cause mayor fran sainsbury noted that many ward 1 and ward 3 residents use york county hospi tal instead of the new markham- stouffville facility and congratu lated white for her accomplish ments council voted to discuss an appropriate sponsor amount this week during budget deliber ations magee addresses council on local need from page 1 the money is just not there for them now york region has eight food- banks and organizers of each community have coordinated a network where volunteers meet to discuss the problem and ini tiate food drives magee said we are not a bunch of good- doers who think we are solving the social injustices in the world and we know we serve only as a band aid we are just ensuring the peo ple get food and the children wsf easter drive on now the easter food drive is on at the whitchurchstouffville food- bank wsf and organizers are asking people to help as much as they can its the responsibility of those who have to help those who dont robyn magee told local officials and a packed council cham ber this week the food drive began wednesday and runs to april 22 magee said the bank desperately needs highprotein and high quality foods to ensure children are receiving a nutritional diet nearly 50 per cent of people using the wsf are children and magee said this is a high ratio compared to other communities we dont want children going to school hungry she said beans fish peanut butter cheese pasta skim milk powder and canned vegetables are excellent foods to drop off in any of the local bins available in businesses throughout the com munity she also said people who hold functions and have food left over even if its perishable can call the wsf which will gladly pick up anything they may otherwise throw out for more information about the wsf call magee at 6407895 or drop off your donations at the tribune iga ap and the care and share shoppe dont go to school hungry magee added she told a packed council chamber that januarys client usage rose 537 per cent febru arys 49 per cent and march 85 per cent magee said the fig ures are expected to get worse this month she is pleading for the 17000 people who live in whitchurch- stouffville to donate one high- protein food item each for the wsf easter food drive to be held april 8 to 22 she said if everyone donates one item we can do this for more information about the wsf call magee at 6407895 the tribune accepts donations and provided bags in last weeks issue for foodstuffs another winner guy castonguay is the latest winner in our great button contest guy was spotted in the stouf- fville iga wearing his tribune button by spotter tracy kib ble u wa batter up photoannette buchkowski volunteer gladys clarkson prepares some pancake batter for the crowds at the whitchurchstouffville museum maple syrup festival pancake brunch this past weekend investigation continuing into youth feud incident despite police fears that trou ble involving youth unrest may have been brewing as a follow- up to last weeks events it was a quiet weekend in stouffville there were no reports of inci dents in the area of memorial park or in the downtown area where a crowd of youths had gathered last wednesday as part of an apparent feud involv ing stouffville and markham youths see tribune weekender april 11 york region police inspector wes bonner told the tribune monday that his people had been warned there was to be a potentially dangerous gathering of youths this past friday night police were concerned there might have been problems aris ing over the weekend but noth ing happened said bonner cruisers were stationed in stouffville friday as a precau tion he said bonner confirmed that the recent incidents including a scuffle involving youths april 3 in the park were being investigated by police but would not say what form the investigation was taking to divulge what we have done so far would interfere with the investigation which is being undertaken he said he added that no charges had been laid to date in connection with the incident but that police were determined to get to the bottom of it trees to be planted beavers cubs scouts and ventures will be planting 1500 trees locally on may 2 the pro gram will take place at the stouffville reservoir as part of 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