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st itribunernovember j8l992fp3 follow protocol senior staff warned by york politicians tracy kibble staff reporter york regional politicians have ordered senior staff not to speak to reporters it was dis covered last week officials have decid ed they dont want department heads biasing their reports to newspapers before council has an oppor tunity to review the information said chief administrative officer bob forhan thursday the cao said news paper reports which state a department heads view before the matter is discussed in cham bers could alter political deci sions and public perception of a matter forhan admitted also that who wants to be council the newspaper or council eldred king room for public participation or input into a matter until after a decision is made final john ston said its not me who initi ated this chairman eldred king said when the media prints articles where staff discusses rec ommendations to council taxpayers sometimes perceive that a decision is final the public sees these recommenda tions before council approves them who wants to be council the newspaper or council king asked king threatened to remove the medias privilege to view council agendas ahead of meet ings if press refused to adhere to the protocol hi i 1 1u rmui ml w j f m w fl wl ai km bv dm fm iplf lv 1 h- yi- it i photosjcbja bronkhorstbruce staplby sdss holds commencement stouffville district secondary school held its annual commencement on fri day at left there was a sad moment as jacquelyn rooney friend of dan mcneil the teen that was killed last month in a car accident pins a yellow ribbon in memory of dan and a white ribbon symbolizing hope for the injured jeff cowley on natalie wood and paul spencer at right a moment of glad ness as some of the award winners gathered for a photograph session from left fred klein valedictorian jacquelyn rooney winner of the york region council for exceptional chil dren award jennifer montgomery town of whitchurchstouffville fred crossen memorial and chesebrough- pond proficiency awajd winner andrea zemp winner of the osstf award for dist ii and peter caudle winner of the york region special edu cation award town of whitchurch- stouffville award chesebroughponds proficiency award and governor gen erals medal politicians prefer if staff mem bers refrain from making head lines to give elected officials the opportunity to make public comments first the tribune called yorks social services commissioner peter crichton last week for information regarding the provinces criticized jobson- tario program the reporter wanted information on how the program was progressing local- ly but crichton said he was unable to comment because there was a protocol now in place and referred the reporter to a politician regional councillor bob john ston said later that senior staff has been asked not to com ment on items until theyve been discussed in committee when it was alleged by reporters that the policy left no groups vow to continue dump site fight a pledge to maintain the antidump battle was taken- by protesters from municipalities spanning two regions markham mpp don cousens hosted a declarationsigning conference at queens park monday attended by protesters of a provincial plan to create landfills in york durham and peel regions a total of 57 sites were cho sen in the three regions and the list is being narrowed to about 15 potential sites the sites that make the short list will be announced later this week or next week by the interim waste authority site- search team the priority for all landfill protesters is to keep the anti- dump momentum alive and halt what they believe is a flawed selection process rep resentatives from whitchurch- stouffville georgina vaugh- an caledon markham and pickering vowed to continue the fight no matter which sites make the short list the final site for each regions is set to be chosen next spring delaying through legal chan nels could stall the process until the next provincial elec tion in 1995 when dump protesters hope to oust the ndp government in favor of one promising to look at incin eration and rail haul options cousens a progressive con servative member would not rule out the possibility of his party considering landfill but said it would examine all alter natives mailman retires to jroodwood farm from page 1 when hed be most loaded down they used to have hooks on the mail boxes for parcels and the parcels would all have strings around them for hanging all five of his children were sworn in to help out at one time or another harper started out helping his father with the mail at the age of 15 when his father died in 1955 harry took over the contract he has watched the route grow from 60 homes to 200 while the distance covered increased from 18 to 24 miles having watched goodwoods transformation from a remote rural village to a part of the greater toronto area he smiles and won ders if anything has really been gained i dont know if theres been any progress or not he laughed york may raise dump fight fund york regional councillors are not happy with a revised dump fight budget and have sent their lawyer back to scramble with the figures chairman eldred king told reporters last week that york has already exhausted its original 100000 budget to keep metro toronto waste out of the region environmental lawyer ian blue had told the region earlier that it would cost more than he anticipated to challenge the interim waste authority because of an unexpected slow response in answering the regions legal mail blues revised budget figures were presented to council last week but were not specifically out lined king said york region is not sufficiently clear on how blue will spend the funds he added blue has already submitted a third draft budget which king said will be reviewed by councillors this week blue told reporters several months ago that a fight which challenges the provinces site search process as undemocratic might cost taxpayers as much as 35 million but king has pledged his commitment to keep the battle alive even if it takes several years and the forecasted dollars we have a heck of a good case here and you cant know how complicated it can get no one can know king told the tribune earlier this month king has also said that york should not be the sole importer of metro torontos waste council will review blues draft budget and will discuss the matter in two weeks harry harper used to deliver the mail bv horse and cutter santa stops in for a visit getting a jump on the pre- christmas rush santa claus was able to visit the ciaremont nursery school christmas bazaar on satur day afternoon here he chats with fiveyearold erric wiesflock at the annu al school bazaar photortori emmerson bwhibwhiiibiiwwhm kids earn extra money become a carrier today j call j 64021001 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as at a piece so far this year we have delivered 24423890 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