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atpofyn mercedes benz repair specialist 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 s vol 11 no 12 a metroland community newspaper saturday march 25 1995 48 pages 50 exclusive stores still sell smokes to minors by joan ransberry staff reporter the cigarette cops should pay a visit to stouffville an informal survey carried out by the tribune and with the help of a teenager shows that about 40 per cent of the towns merchants willingly sell cigarettes to minors in direct contravention of the law the legislation making it illegal to sell or give tobacco products to anyone under 19 years came into effect in more coffee anyone walter smith plays waiter to ralph and isabel corner at the stouffville legion roast beef luncheon on wednesday there were more than 300 people served at the popular event photosjoerd witteveen rev wayne reed leaving united church this summer stouffville united church minister wayne reed will be leaving to take up a new ministry at linden park united church on hamilton mountain reed who moved to stouffville eight years ago with his wife marie and their three sons has become a familiar and wellloved figure in the community i know we will miss the people here and we certainly have mixed feelings about leav- please see page 3 november the ontario government estimates that there are 23000 tobacco retailers in the province some health officials are sug gesting the government has been slow to enforce the tobac co control act of the 17 retailers approached in stouffville seven sold cigarettes to the minor for most it was a no- questionsasked situation two sales clerks did however ask if the customer was 19 years old at one store the cigarette purchase was witnessed by a york regional police officer the nibune carried out a please see page 3 jag warns media to drop threat byalanshackleton tribune staff markham whitchurch-stouf- fville mp jag bhaduria has warned the media that he will no longer tolerate the word threatening in reference to let ters he sent to the toronto board of education in 1989 in a three paragraph state ment sent to the media wednes day afternoon bhaduria said libel action would be taken against any organization which described the letters as threat ening the statement headed important notice to the media said mr bhaduria please see page 3 beyond the ordinary antiques refinished beyond compare oihtmxltifcvdivnlmhl 2495 i wtmffnttr nihltt mastercard visa trades welcome tel 905 640 4564