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st weekender may i 1993 p3 crime uxbridge man accused of sexual assault on boys tracy kibble staff reporter the stouffville missionary church is pro claiming the innocence of one of its members who is facing sexrelated charges against two young local boys a committee of elders of the 90yearold church on stouffvilles main street are adamant uxbridge resident donald mac- naughton did not commit any sexual offense while at the church and are confident the truth will come out in court i dont know the motivation behind the alle gation but we believe hes innocent said elder keith lewis we the leadership of the stouffville mission ary church support the justice system seek to find the truth and in no way condone any type of abuse we believe in the foundational tenet that a person is innocent until proven guilty we the leadership also believe that don mac- naughton is innocent based upon the fact that his character and reputation are above reproach the elders proclaimed in a prepared press statement given to the tiibune during an interview in the church office wednesday york region police arrested macnaughton april 27 after complaints from two eight-year- old stouffville boys that they were sexually assaulted while attending the churchs wednes day evening club night police said two boys were fondled under their clothing by a man who allegedly placed his hand under their pants and onto their buttocks the 22week fall and spring program which has run for about 25 years and attracts nearly 200 children is organized by the church and is open to all children in the community lewis said i think its pretty significant that this is the first time any accusation such as this has occurred lewis said children of all denominations some whose families never attend the church can become a part of the popular program lewis said the study and games night teaches boys and girls aged five to 11 about god and the bible and organizes games and fun events through out the evening macnaughton 66 has been a staunch stouf fville missionary church member for more than five years and has volunteered to teach chil dren about the bible for about two years lewis said lewis added macnaughton one of several volunteers at club night is never alone with any of the children because there are at least two adults in the room with the kids at all times he said children are always together and never isolated from events taking place macnaughton a wellknown uxbridge grand- father is a retired north york public school teacher who volunteers his services at two pub lic schools and is very communityminded church officials maintain i dont think all the facts have come out we believe its a shaky case lewis said macnaughton is charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual inter ference for two unrelated incidents which allegedly took place on different dates a preliminary hearing is set may 10 what a find photolori eumerson denise and rob frechette search for deals on the garage sale circuit last saturday at musselman lake town staff asked to take voluntary pay cut whitchurchstbuffvilles toppaid staffers are being asked to take a volun tary pay cut to help alleviate the towns financial problems ward 6 councillor ken prentice read off his surprising motion tuesday night calling for town department heads and directors of the 57employee corporation to willingly take a cut in pay town staff by and large are very fine individuals and most realize the finan cial difficulties the town is suffering prentice said he asked that council pre pare a memo to be circulated among top- paid employees to lobby the request council would then welcome a private meeting with a staff member to discuss voluntary proposals to reduce their salary or take time off without pay prentice suggested he added employees would not be pat ted on the back for taking a pay cut and those who refused would not be penal ized any offer by a staff member would not affect their performance appraisals either way he said finance director ed blackburn and building director bob bennett got up and left the meeting while public works director paul whitehouse and deputy clerk michele skinner remained this proposal would give staff an opportunity- for a voluntary proposal every other avenue is closed down prentice continued the towns chief staffers were given a pay hike approved in 1991 which raised some salaries this year as much as 7000 a year council of the day raised the salaries because a consultant study showed stouffvilles highskilled employees were earning less than most other municipalities of comparable size both ward 5 councillor bob ancheril and ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley said the idea had merit but refused to allow the motion to pass without notice although prentice couldnt get support to carry his motion majority council agreed to have it presented again at next weeks meeting for a vote tyacy kibble town looks to overhaul main st from 10th to 9th the town is paving the way for a 322000 overhaul to widen and reconstruct hwy 47 local politicians are set to pay for a portion of the 15 million provincial project to improve main street from the west connecting link at the 10th line all the way to the 9th line the ministry of transporta tion mto is offering whitchurchstouffville the sub sidy over the next two years that would also transfer responsibility of the road to the town mto officials inspected the connecting link from the 10th line from main street north to hemlock drive and confirmed the need to resurface and repair deteriorating sec tions the towns share could soar as high as 644000 if landscaping and sidewalk con struction is undertaken hut staff is recommending a scaled- down version totalling about 322000 the project which is expected to take two years to complete will cost the town 95500 this year to repair and resurface the 9th to the 10th line reconstruct the 10th line north to an urban crosssection and to relocate utilities in 1994 the towns costs will cover the remaining 226000 to com plete the project officials are anxious to give mto their approval or risk losing the sub sidy to another community this is a generous deal from the province but it wont be out there for long said ward 6 councillor ken prentice but mayor fran sainsbury said she wanted it made clear that the town proceed only if mto commits to do the second half of the job but ward 2 councillor stephen bellerby said the expenditure is not high on a list of taxpayer priorities and warned officials that the province is also in debt im really just questioning the legitimacy of the work bellerby said calendar trees for canada on tomorrow sat may 1 from bach to bebop presented by the york region childrens chorus at 730 pm at the metropolitan united church 50 bond st toronto at queen and church sts tickets are 10 for more information call 8833105 umpire clinic hosted by the whitchurch- stouffville softball association from 9 am to 1230 pm at latcham hall for 11 years and up 10 a person for more information call 6402547 newcomers club garage sale today and sun may 2 starting at 8 am at 33 ceme tery lane sun may 2- trees for canada the stouffville and ballantrae beavers cubs scouts and ventur ers are planting trees at 2 pm at bruces mill conservation area to help support the pro grams through the world scouting movement spring fashion for heart hosted by the whitchurchstouffville heart and stroke foundation at sleepy hollow golf and country club at noon tickets are 20 for more information call 6401635 tuesmay4 join friends at the silver jubilee club for a sixhanded euchre tournament 1 admis sion everyone welcome prizes and lunch thursmay6 chamber breakfast meeting at angles eatery at 6 am featuring speaker from the finance ministry i 11 mmmmmmmmbm kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers tor as little as it a piece so tar this year we have delivered 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