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hurch given jflritage statfjl y council r heritage property designation was awarded to a stouffville church tuesday whitchurchstourtville council supported a call for heritage status to stouffville memorial christian church located on main st council was told tonight that the congrega- tionalists first organized themselves in stouffville in 1842 and built theur first church a frame building oh the south side of main street in 1847 the existing church on the north east comer of main and stouffer streets was built in the 1870 at a cost of 7500 at the time of con struction the church had seating for 300 vv portable phones probed town staff has been ordered to band in financial state ments linked to 14 portable telephones whitchurch- stouffville council decided last tuesday the call for the telephone check came from ward 3 councillor margot marshall council asked for telephone statements covering all of 1994 stouffville auto wash soft cloth automatic and 24 hr coinops change iraetone on site lne intmne gbsssns 6132 mila street stouffviiie call 6424540 vol 10 no 10 y a aletroland community neivsfiaper wednesday march 81995 10 pages 50 t7tiusjctj region york welfare cases up slightly by mike ruta staff rep close to 9000 welfare cases were recorded in york region at the beginning of the year up slightly since the last count officials reported yorks social services department reported that there were 8716 cases listed for general welfare assis tance at the end of 94 com pared to 1966 in december of 89 meanwhile ontarios wel fare caseload numbers increased slightly in febru ary government officials have reported luekxrf the lions lions guy castonguay mel gomlk and john faulkner were in the spirit of the lions clubs casino saturday in aid of the york durham heritage railway photasteve somerville convenience store robbed a knifewielding man forced a stouffville conve nience store employee to lie on the ground while he cleaned out the cash regis ter at about 820 pm last wednesday a man came into the woodbine avenue super variety carrying a large wooden handled knife he had the 36yearold store clerk lie on the floor while cutting the telephone wires and removing 600 from the cash register he then fled from the scene on foot the suspect is described as white 25 to 29 years old six education rc school board setting its budget the york region separate school board is expected to approve its 1995 budget this wednesday the meeting is set for 7 pm at the catholic education centre in aurora the boards budget was to have been finalized at a march 2 meeting but debate on further cuts lasted well after 11 pm forcing another session with trustees new old for old old community and social services minister tony silipo said that general wel fare assistance increased by one per cent while the num ber collecting family bene fits in ontario increased by 02 per cent over january in total 344000 house holds or 607000 individuals in ontario received govern ment assistance the february over janu ary increase for the province reflects the seasonal fluctua tions typical of social assis tance at this time of year said silipo the total caseload increased in february by 4218 the increases in the past four months from november until now are significantly lower than in the same peri od last year and in fact lower than they have been since 1988 said silipo provincewide there are approximately 21000 fewer households on social assis tance since march of 94 in february the number of households receiving social assistance was 672191 representing 1332153 individuals including heads of house holds spouses and children silipo said though the numbers increased slightly in the month of february we remain confident that our efforts are clearly paying off resulting in improved employment and training opportunities for the people of ontario said silipo the cabinet minister noted that social assistance case loads remain well below the march 94 levels as a result of case file investiga tions better management of the provinces social assis tance system and the gov ernments job i creation efforts through programs such as jobsontarib train ing as well the joblink ontario program geared specifically to people on social assistance will con tinue in this direction as part of the governments ini tiatives to help get people off social assistance mobility asks for 5000 foot to six foot three inches tall with acne a slim build collarlength dirty blond hair wearing jeans a jean jacket leather shoes and panty hose over his face anyone with information is asked to contact york regional police at 905 7731221 at cib ext 7541 the 233 users of the whitchurchstouffville mobility transit are keeping their fingers crossed in the hopes that local council will approve a 5000funding request at the first annual meeting of jhe whitchurch-stouffville- mobllity tvansit held last monday officials were reminded that the groups operating budget for this year will total 35500 marg britton group spokesman said although the ministry of transport and fund raising both help to offset the cost its hoped that local council will agree to authorize the 5000 when striking the municipal bud get this spring were keep ing our fingers crossed said britton mobility transit has a con tract with a local taxi compa ny in its first year of opera tion the clients all residents of whitchurchstouffville used the transit an average of eight times said britton youth faces numerous charges a 15yearold boy has been charged with rob bery and three counts of threatening death according to police at about 2 pm saturday two 14yearold boys and another 15 year old were sitting in the bleachers at memorial park they were approached by the suspect who demanded money from one of them the boy then started to push one of the younger boys around and search his pockets police reports indicated he found the victims wallet took 10 out and threw it to the ground before walking away he allegedly threatened to kill the boys if they told anyone what hap pened york police told the tribune the clients make between 200 and 250 trips amonth this services does much to keep the people indepen dent said britton and it certainly gives the care givers a break the clients apply to use thespecialtransitservice we have seniors listed while some of pur users are younger people who are dis abled getting them all out and about is important said britton fund raising will always play a critical part in keep ing the mobility transit ser vice in town plans for a may golf tournament are going very well said brit ton at the meeting held at parkview village auditori um the whitchurchstouf fville mobility transit appointed a new executive made up of president wil fred morley vice presidents marg britton- and heather randrewsyisecretaiy joanne turcotte and treasurer wayne feasby the board of directors also includes anne gagnon tom perry eliza beth lightfoot ivanka bradley tim rochazewich and james winters the group also recognized retiring board members james sanders and jean anderson joan ransberry centre opens jennifer bell the first child born at markham stouffviiie hospital officially opened the new childbirth centre at the hospital on sunday pho eumerson we troitlil be happy to consider your existing furniture in partexchange for a sufratos svitf antiq refinished beyond compare mastercard visa tel 9056404564 mi h