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3d z32w77 iubaejiouujtti term gic rsp 1 78 760 3 775 750 5 775 770 rates subject t curs rrsfs mutual rmb lift insurance annumebrrfs wx preparation mortgages mag 4712311 th sro stouffville weekender e 72 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 vol 11 no 17 a metroland community newspaper saturday april 29 1995 56 pages 50t wpscw election 95 politicians hit campaign trail by joan ransberry staff reporter theyre off and running vot ers across ontario including those in durhamyork will go to the polls on june 8 premier bob rae ended all speculation yesterday and announced the provincial elec tion marking the first time in history that a new democrat asked a lieutenant governor to call an election in ontario the ndp was swept into office in the fall of 1990 after soundly defeating the liberals here in durhamyork nobody got caught off guard each of the three political par- civic centre step closer a new civic centre is one step closer to reality on tuesday a whitchurchstouffville councillor lost her bid to have the design plans for a new civic centre struck from the towns wish list although councillor ivanka bradley attracted the support of councillor mark kostandoff and councillor ed lyons the majority of council opted to pass the 1995 capital fore cast budget without mak ing any changes the document has 137000 earmarked for the design plans for the administration building the price tag for the entire oneyear capital budget is close to 9 mil lion this years wish list includes a water system for ballantrae and mussel- mans lake road and side walk improvements a five- ton dump truck new com- puters and a repair to the town clock in midmay local council will hold a twoday strate gy session to iron out a complete fiveyear capital project plan items on the agenda are worth 22 mil lion highrsteppin show the 35th anniversary edition of music mania wraps up tonight some tickets may still be available here dance director mary elizabeth nlec performs with paul jarko and the chorus see page 10 for more on the show photasjoero witteveen ties are organized the candi dates are in place and the cam paigns are under way incumbent new democratic party ndp larry oconnor is making a bid for reelection oconnor was first elected in 1990 david marquis a farmer and former durham regional coun cillor will carry the liberal banner here in durham york meanwhile school teacher and business owner julia munro of sutton is representing the pro gressive conservatives residents spared town tax increase it a wrap whitchurch- stouffville taxpayers will be spared a tax increase this year on tuesday local coun cil rubber stamped its pro posed 122million operating budget showing a zeroper cent tax increase the average residential tax payer in whitchurchstouffville based on a 23000 assessment will cough up 521 for the munici pal portion of the threeway tax bill parks and recreation director resigns by joan ransberry staff reporter the director of parks and recreation for whitchurchstouffville has resigned the resignation of marlane mckee- wetheral was announced by local mayor wayne emmerson on tuesday after 12 years of working for the town its time to move on mckeewetheral told the tribune but first i will spend some time with my family mckeewetheral said she leaves the post with warm memories she was instrumental in a number of town projects and said she especially enjoyed her involvement with the popular strawberry festival meanwhile she was instrumental in delivering the stouffville reservoir trail system to town in 1992 also cited as a personal favorite was being part of the municipal recreational master plan mckeewetheral played a key role in installing park play ground equipment launching triathlons establishing an aquatic program overseeing a retrofit job at the town pool and initiating a feasi bility for aquatic and rac quet facilities she was also part of reestablish ing the parks and recre ation advisory council mckee- wetheral may will be musical month in whitchurchstoufjville two upcoming events will follow the success of music mania this weekend the hamilton philharmonic youth orchestra is the first big event a concert hosted by the music town ontario committee in cooperation with the stouffville lions club will be held in thegym- hasium of stouffville district secondary school on sunday may 7 from 3 to 430 pm n admission is 5 per person with tickets available at the tribune parkview village the high school and at the door the orchestras 60 members range in age from 12 to 22 teh concerts are presented each year the orchestral repetoire will include a composition entitled canadian sketches and written by dr david roe of stouffville dr roe will con duct this work the event will conclude a period proclaimed by town council as music appreciation week- in whitchurchstouffville the second is the 25th annual sacred music night will be held at st james pres byterian church main street stouffville on friday may 5 at 8 pm participants at this ser vice are the harvilites quartet the st james childrens choir melissa mcelroy and peggy atkinson vocal duet adam and laura- rochacewich vio lin and piano duet david roe trombone solo heather stringer violin solo bob davies vocal solo julia top ping and jim rehill vocal duet lorna turner vocal solo lome boadway and mary grant vocal duet lome boadway will lead the congregational hymn accom panied by mary mcmullen clarion baker helen stringer and dr david roe a time of fellowship and refreshments will follow including the serving of 25th anniversary cake