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2 tribune december 28 1994 newsmakers 1994 st merlin dewing the past year has not been administrative officer merlin without its ups and downs for dewing the municipalitys chief he joined the town during a seasons greetings thank you for your patronage sorry for the inconvenience of the construction it is finished now and we welcome you to reach road variety store and reach road laudromat constituency office 5146 aurora sd rd tel 905 6403927 can meet with you personally first monday of each month always available by phone 10 am 4pm ed lyons councillor in ward 2 new computer for christmas jsa having trouble configuring the cd- tfdp rom printer modem etc r f teh we can fix your trouble for 50 flat rate in your home eos i guaranteed results or money refunded call scott at pluribus technical services 905 6420438 or pager 416 5822066 term in which council meet ings were increasingly charac terized by infighting and per sonality clashes and when councillors werent squaring off against each other there was a tendency for some to vent their spleen on staff mem bers he castigated councillors for failing to put sufficient empha sis on the state of the roads saying they were allowing the towns biggest asset to go to pot he also expressed concern at the extensive use of the park trust fund as a means of balancing the budget in tough economic times it may be the best answer in the short term he noted but overutilizing a fund set up for recreational purposes could be disastrous for the future dewing bridled against what he saw as constant interfer ence in budget matters sug gesting that demands for infor mation on financial dealings should require majority approval of council it would be better if you leave the administration up to the administration he remarked a policy was subsequently passed which allowed staff to make certain purchases under 20000 without council approval despite vociferous opposition from ward 1 coun cillor ivanka bradley dewing and his family moved to uxbridge in june where they have settled very happily a selftaught musi cian with a penchant for folk and country rock dewing per formed in the 60s and 70s with sam hopper and his hoedowners a wellknown country group in quebecs eastern townships nowadays he still writes songs and plays for friends and family in his spare time twinney kept regional hq in newmarket from page 1 planted in the town he dedi cated his life to serving twinney started his politi cal life in east gwillimbury in 1965 boxing w eeiy until dec 31 1994 531 on in store merchandise when his neighborhood was annexed by newmarket five years later he ran for the newly created york region council seat in his new town this man had a meeting at the legion hall to see how many people would be his campaign workers they filled the legion remem bered friend john luff who was all set to lead twinneys reelection bid this fall not all twinneys election campaigns were successful in 1978 he was defeated by tom taylor in a race for regional council but fortune smiled on twinney three months later when newmarket mayor bob forhan was chosen as region al chair allowing twinney to become mayor in a a byelec tion twinnevs style keufc him in the mayors office for as long as he wanted to be there never facing a serious elec tion challenge twinney always fought for newmarket at regional coun- cil and one of his toughest battles was the fight to keep the headquarters located in his town instead of being located in the more populat ed southern half of the wmtmw sjsgjisks paint home hardware 12 price vcr remote 181 channel cgetv 20 remote 288o 32 electric range 30 white 4ggoo 549mcclary television 14 tvvcr combination 533 xmas decorations 12 price bows wreaths trees ughts wrapping paper microwave 4 cu ft s3999 46 television cge or rca 1966 refrigerator side x side white with ice water in door dispenser 22 cu ft moffat 00 vm 14 television remote colour cga by rca 5 00 249 all telephones 12 price furnace filters 33 gift room 13 off all items all batteries for toys tv aa aaa 9 volt c d 12 price refrigerator 18cu ft moffat or mcclary 57joo 799 9 television acdc rca 32900 369 air tight heritage wood stoves save 15000 a new era of global thinking has arrived at your local cooperative on december 19th 1994 your local cooperative took an important step forward in the future of our community by investing in growmark we have become part 1 of the fs network a vibrant group of north american cooperatives commirted to building and strengthening the rural communities we serve 1 as we begin this fresh start nothing is more important than your questions j i and ideas drop in or call the fresh start information line at 180071 74399 we want to hear from you every item in store not noted above or below save 10 all rca panasonic cge portable sound systems save 13 all power tools save 20 si appliances uses 5758 main st stouffville 6403622 6403623