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st ij weekender atfgst2of993 p3 news follow bobby shaw stays optimistic after tragic crash tracy kibble staff reporter sevenyearold bobby shaw closed his eyes and made a wish with all his achy- breaky heart and several weeks ago his wish came true with the help of the star light foundation an organization which arranges exciting adventures for disabled children who want to fulfill their dreams bobby wanted more than anything to meet country music superstar billy ray cyrus and that he did rex- dalebased star light founda- tion sent bobby and his sister and legal guardian melanie provis to a cyius concert sev eral n weeks ago in darien lake after the concert bobby and melanie were escorted back stage to meet the star of the show himself he talked to me for a half an hour hes a- really nice guy bobby said this week as he sat playing in the sunshine outside his sisters home on the outskirts of stouffville cyrus autographed just about everything that would absorb pen ink for bobby and stouffvilles bobby shaw 7 met country musician billy ray cyrus recently at a concert in darien lake new york shaw was injured just over a year ago in a fatal car accident which killed his mother and fiveyearold sister boosted the youngsters spirits just by taking the time to meet with him melanie said bobby is a happy contented and shy little boy who doesnt remember much about the fatal car crash that took the lives of his mother lynn and fiveyearold sister amanda just more than one year ago bobby and his family for merly of uxbridge were trav elling along brock road in claremont when an empty gravel truck collided headon with their car killing his fami- bobby who suffered exten sive head and back injuries was airlifted from the scene to torontos hospital for sick children where he remained in critical condition for about a week before making strides to recovery after he began to show con siderable progress the hospi tal arranged for bobby to receive therapy at the hugh macmillan rehabilitation centre in toronto where he still goes periodically bobby spends the majority of his time in a wheelchair due to his paralysis but next may hell be fitted with a body brace and a walker to help him stand up and walk the july 29 1992 crash changed bobbys life forever and while it has left him with out the use of his legs the optimistic youth looks to the better things photolori emmerson bobby shaw with nieces jennifer and cheyanne now lives with his older sister melanie in glasgow just outside stouffville hes excited about attending miss an episode of television goodwood public school next show full house month where hell enter grade if ever there was a happy 3 and like most kids wont ending to a sad story this is it airport land tenants uneasy as selloff looms julie caspersen staff reporter tenants on surplus airport land in markham could wait three years until their homes are sold while others in uxbridge could be displaced next spring the federal government announced wednesday that 5100 acres of land expropriated more than 20 years ago is now on the market the 10 parcels of property dotted around a block of land are no longer needed for the proposed pickering airport which may or may not be built transport minister jean cor- beil said the sale of land along the western boundary will be delayed three years until the rouge valley park concept is finalized land to the south wont be sold until the interim waste authority decides on dump locations in york and durham regions one of the choices is a piece of property in southeast markham with anoth er four sites located to the east of markham in pickering airport land- tenants were told last summer of the upcoming sale after the land was deemed surplus in the 1992 federal bud get but the timing of the sale was unknown until last week the shoes finally dropped said bryan hurle head of the committee for the pickering air port community cpac hurle lives on airport land in markham that is not included in the property on the market he said some people in the uxbridge area could be moved out by next march while the tenants in markham will have a threeyear wait until their homes are up for sale much of the land is considered class a farmland in the rouge river watershed and the oak ridges moraine and save the rouge valley system proposed the surplus property be included in plans for the rouge valley park and turned into a forest the properties will be selling at market value and the province and municipality have first choice tenants can then make an offer to buy their rent ed property and if they agree to a fiveyear commitment will receive a 15 per cent price reduc tion this deal is not acceptable to cpac which plans to make the sales process difficult for the gov ernment hurle said he met with transport canada officials thursday to lobby for a change in the sales method but feels no headway was made twentyone years ago they- blew the community out the government has not shown a lot of humanity to the tenants hurle said npw we have a new community here it functions its been rebuilt according to cpac up to 40 tenants are original owners of the expropriated land and some cant afford to repurchase it others are senior citizens or sin gle parents people are scared where are we supposed to live metroland takes canada post to federal court the tribune through its parent companymetroland printing publishing dis tributing ltd is taking canada post corporation to court over a practice that denies privatesector compa nies equal access to locked apartment mailboxes for the delivery of advertising flyers metroland in conjunction with the canadian daily newspaper association cdna netmar inc and les messageries publimaison ltee aug 24 filed an appli cation for judicial review in the federal court of canada management of the tribune and other metroland newspa pers say canada post has exceeded its statutory juris diction and exploited its access to locked apartment mailboxes to acquire an unlawful monopoly over the delivery of unaddressed flyers to these mailboxes in documents filed with the federal court metroland argues canada posts selfpro claimed monopoly is not sanc tioned under canada posts legislated mandate which gives canada post a monopoly only for the delivery of letters the application states cana da post deliberately uses this unlawful monopoly to gain an unfair advantage over the tri bune and its sister metroland community newspapers and coapplicants canada posts exploitation of its access to locked mail boxes provides them with an unlawful advantage over pri vatesector companies said john baxter president and ceo of metroland their selfproclaimed monopoly denies the tribune and other distributors equal access to locked apartment mailboxes while they abuse their mandate to facilitate their own financial gains such unwarranted exten sion of the canada post man date has already cost metroland newspapers and our coapplicants millions of dollars in lost business bax ter said the potential for future losses in the private sector is enormous if canada post con tinues unfairly to exploit its monopoly over access to locked apartment mailboxes the tribune and its co- applicants are seeking an order from the federal court to prohibit canada post from continuing to undermine fair competition in the household distribution industry through its exclusionary practices they are also asking the court to grant interim relief pending the hearing of their application for judicial review which is expected to take place later this year kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyeri for aa little at 4 a piece so tar this year we have delivered 19636682 flyers doortcdoor inl markham uiiionville milliken stouflville ujdbridgel claremont dickson hill locust hid gormley goodwood i victoria square brougham hagerman comers boat grove cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood 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