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2ij wehffindefcmay 9 1992 p3 off to beantown photivlori emmerson some 61 students in the band at sdss boarded a bus bound for boston wednesday the five- day tour had the local teens in high spirits as they prepared to represent the town in the us catholic board offers 4 hike julie caspersen staff reporter catholic ratepayers in york region are blessed with possibly the lowest educational tax hike in the province york region roman catholic separate school board trustees passed a 4 per cent mill rate increase last wednesday despite warnings of civic disobedience from administration personally i find that poor business said director of education frank bobesich referenc- ing the boards 162 million shortfall staff rec- ommeiided levying a 735 tax hike and slicing 700000 from the deficit and bobesich said a tax hike of less than 55 per cent would have grave consequences on the system raisingtaxes by 4per per rent does nothing to reduce the boards 162million deficit despite the ministry of educations demand that the board follow a fiveyear deficit reduction plan wmtchurchstotiffville residents can expect an additional 69 on their educational tax bill auro- rawmtchurchstouffville trustee dennis collins voted against the 4 per cent advocating a high- tax hike in order to address the boards financial shortfall the motion to levy a 4 per cent hike includes adding 13 million to the boards exist ing debenture debt in passing the 1992 mill rate increase the board strayed from its usual practice of levying a slightly higher tax hike than the york region board of education the public board set its 1992 increase at 55 per cent trustee tei ryan told the board a 55 per cent- increase has financially different ramifications for separate ratepayersthan for public school sup porters for example a 55 per cent hike equates to ah additional 102 on a pubhc board tax bill 5 but would add 112 to a cathohc board bul for r the average markham home in order to equalize the assessment the separate board would need to levy a tax mcrease of less than one per cent at an april 30 budget meeting ryan proposed a fist of 11 cutbacks nine were referred to staff for a costsaving analysis and include suggestions to streamline administration personnel to merge departments arid cut a secretary at each school these potential savings were hot factored into the 1992 budget process arid staff will report back in the fall a mot dog vendor turned down a hot dog vendors plea didnt cut the mustard with local offi cials this week who turned down his request to sell dogs inlwintchurchstouffville richmond hill resident george vavaroutsos told coun cil he cant operate a cart in his town because of a bylaw which disallows vending vavaroutsoss niece jeannie mcloughlin of markham spoke on his behalf and told officials that her uncles busi ness does not affect other local restaurants 2 business his was a 2 operation its not like a diner where you go in and sit down and spend 10 mcloughlin said she said vavaroutsos pro vided a nice service arid people liked him she requested council allow her uncle to operate his vend ing cart his sole means of income in stouffville unfair however mayor fran sains- bury told mcloughlin that permanent taxpayers arid res idents felt vending is unfair competition shejsuggested he go to other municipalities which allow vending but mcloughlin said york region makes it difficult for vendors to make a living because of strict guidelines placed on bylaws in the few communities- which allow vending sorry the tribune had askedgana- dian tire employees last week if they wanted vavaroutsos on the property and many people said they were sorry to see him gq- meanwhile town building director bob bennett said there is no bylaw which per mits vending but there is no bylaw which prohibits it either bennett added that bylaws are not necessary until a prob- lem exists in a certain area if complaints reach his office however the town must then look into passing a bylaw is tops say magazine from page 1 runningand cycling the event started with 30 participants has grown to a 93athlete event mckee wetheral said ward 2 councillor stephen bellerby an avid cyclist who plans to enter the race said the magazine article is quite an honor and will give the town recognition it deserves and ward 6 councillor ken prentice also a member of the towns economic development advisory committee edac will pass the information on to members bfllwhffiffi mckee wetheral said the town is looking for volunteers to man to stouffvile the la leche league is coming to stouffville thursday may 14 at 8 pm will be the groups next meeting for women breastfeeding their are welcome for more information call 642- as w 2600 iv council sill those with special requests nick tatone tracy kibble staff reporter the cost to relocate a handicapped parking space on main st should perhaps be charged to the person who requested the change said one local official this week ward 3 councillor nick tatone said a juggling of parking spaces cost town staff time and money to accommodate one citizen he suggested in future that council consider billing people per sonally for work performed because of special requests the town will relocate a handicapped parking space from in front of houstons pharmacy on main st to a location east of church st on the north side of main st in front of oneill funeral home it was decided the change was initiated after a request in february made by houstons owner george wassef wassef told the tribune this week that he originally had two parking spaces in front of his store thenone day but of the blue those two spots were wiped out wassef said the two spots were turned into one larger handi capped spot he added wassef who said houstons pharmacy has been operating at that location for 113 years added that he almost immediately noticed a drastic drop in business with the two spots gone he said the handicapped spot was used only five minutes each month and thathaving convenient parking in front of his store gave hirri a marginal advantage for business he said after the change people were driving to other drug stores rather than struggle to find a spot down the street to shop at his pharmacy why chance a ticket i even got a ticket one day parked there while i was unloading merchandise for my store wassef said many of his customers are elderly people who are not handicapped but walk with canes these elderly customers now had to walk further and across busy main st to get to his store he added he said tatones suggestion is unfounded because his request accommodates a lot more than one citizen wassef said there were no costs involved in his specific request because- the town is undertaking a complete pavement marking prograirinext month anyway tatones suggestion was not made official and council voted to remove the handicapped j spot in front of wassef s store and to add an additional handicapped spovori townowned property on commercial st fdshioii show had heart the spring fashion show organized by the stouffville chapter of the heart and stroke foundation proved highly successful thanks to the strong support of local businesses arid individuals r- there wasnt one person we approached who said no to us said mary mittelstaedt the maples of ballantrae and their staff graciously hosted the event hugh wallis and flora macdbriald of cameron bal loons donated a chainpagne balloon flight for a raffle prize arid we raised a lot of money from that the foundation also thanked laura laura petitesand melahie lyne in markyiile mall arid uptowri kids on main street stouffville vyvho provided the fashions the following merchants donated door prizes angles eatery cards hardware cof fee tea and me fanner jacks gardens debbie hajla- han specialty cakes stouf- fvme iga lirids moral bou tique laura laura petites melanie lyne and uptowri kids karen nugerit showed spe cial talent as the fantastic producer of the fashion show said 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