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m i h- hi i 4 vi ms i vol 104 no 42 ametrpland community newspaper wewer 1jswmmm 50 cents york passes stiff antismoking bans brk smokers may find it difficult to light up after four tough regulations were approved last week tracy kibble staff reporter smokers in york region may be banned from lighting up anywhere in public after offi cials supported some tough regulations last week one of the restrictions geared at preventing teens from becoming hooked on the weed will make it nearly impossible for minors to buy cigarettes in the region yorks community services and health committee submit ted four strict antismoking bans which officials surprisr ingly adopted york council is comprised largely of nonsmok ers only four of the 20-mem- ber council smokes yorks medical officer of health helena jaczek said after the meeting that she was astounded but extremely pleased by councils decision to back the strict regulations jaczek added however that councils support doesnt mean the antismoking bans will be implemented york can only approve the recommendations and press its nine area munici palities to pass the necessary bylaws councils i decision to overwhelming ly support a regionwide smoking ban could have i been swayed by a citizens jimpassioned plea to do so keswick sharestrom business woman maxine sharestrom began to sob uncontrollably while explaining that second hand smoke nearly killed her ho about that 17 years ago and is harming her four children sharestroms two daughters held up large signs embla zoned with the words your freedom what about my asthma and adults should know better region slams ontario hydro growth plans ontario hydro will have to clean up its act before building more transformer stations in york region hydro officials told york council last week that the com pany wants to change the cur rent voltage and bring in trans- former lines from sudbury to the greater toronto area gta barton sala hydros commu nity relations officer said ontario hydro is in the midst of an environmental assess ment study that would see two see page 3 meeting on referendum the optimist club of stouf fville is offering an opportunity to discuss the upcoming refer endum the event will take place this thursday oct 15 at angies eatery emporium featuring bill weingard minister of state for science and technolo gy cocktails begin at 730 pm dinner 8 pm the cost is 25 phone 6408858 to reserve one of 100 available spaces sharestrom operates a keswick clothing business in an enclosed mall she said her merchandise stinks because of cigarette smoke from a next door real estate office and donut shop where smoking is permitted smokers are infringing on nonsmokers rights to breathe clean air sharestrom said she also attributed her par ents combined three-pack-a- day habit to her three bouts with throat cancer i coughed throughout the night for 20 years she said as she choked back tears however newmarket council lor bob scott told officials it would be impractical and costly to ban smoking are we going to ban alcohol see page 3 according to kubas consul tants 364 per cent of area res idents believe their fire depart ment does an excellent job those who rated the fire department as good totalled 487 per cent just 92 per cent of those surveyed felt the fire department was fair while 1 7 per cent said the service offered was poor the survey com missioned by the tribune saw 39 per cent had no opinion or would not state a response stouffville scouts cubs and beavers are going to be selling apples this saturday getting ready are back row from toft stephen sartor matthew sar- an apple a day photosceuabftonkhorst tor sean rice akela and in front from left david rice daniel stterhof justin stierhof kevin rice and nick singh