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dainty donuts deli 18 ringwood drive sundays seniors free donut with beverage ine iribune ca 6424540 132majs street sumlwut vol 107 no 18 a metr community netvspaper wednesday may 3 1995 14 pages 50 wplisgst politics emmerson the first 100 days by joan ransberry staff reporter after 100 days he still wants the job whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson tqok a bit of time away from his duties this week to reflect on his first 100 days in the drivers seat when i wake in the morn- irig i look forward to coming here said emmerson i love sitting behind this desk every day is different i enjoy every aspect of it jetting whitchurch-stouf- fville ready for the hew cen tury is no easy feat we are indeed living in interesting times emmerson a lumber salesman in his other life joins mayors across canada in juggling yesterday today and tomorrow holding on to the good things of the past and at the same time embracing the future takes some doing but emmerson claims hes up for the job first things first he says the most urgent need facing whitchurch-stouf- fville is improving roads the mayor states getting people in and out of stouffville and wayne speaks on priorities were going to have to put more money into roads on council im told i let them talk too much and that i let them get hung up but im trying to strike a balance on expenditures we will do what we can and well do what we can afford mayor wayne emmerson on new projects were down to earth in stouffville we dont need fancy things of course around town plays on emmersons mind when dealing with the budget items were going to have to put more money into roads he said emmerson sites a number of accomplishments since assuming the mayors post on jan 1 delivering a zero- increase budget is some thing said emmerson also the town is develop ing a better working rela tionship with the business improvement area bia and the local chamber of commerce he said were taking a much more proactive position and im hoping to drum up some new business for the downtown next week local council is expected to give the go- ahead for a multimillion water system for mussel- mans lake and ballantrae we have to make that decision its long overdue said emmerson enhancing youth pro grams reinstating boards for community halls and improving communications between town officials and the public are all on emmer sons list of things in process were working on all of this says emmerson were reaching ballantrae were reaching lemonville and were reaching van- dorf some people are telling emmerson that he doesnt keep a tight enough reign on council im told i let them talk too much and that i let them get hung up but im trying to strike a balance i want to let the councillors have their say they have valid points i need their contribution please see page 3 stouffvilles al dresser makes debut as jays ump by bruce stapley correspondent after four days as an understudy al dresser finally got his big chance saturday afternoon at sky- dome the stouffville resident was pressed into service as third base umpire for the toronto blue jays game with the california angels when illness grounded a member of the replacement crew that was filling in for the striking major league uimpires for the 46yearold dress er a pharmacist who owns a drug store in tottenham it was his biggest thrill since becoming a carded baseball ontario umpire as a 16- yearold in windsor ontario i was tickled pink said dresser i had energy to burn i was run- please see page 3 marvellous music marlene mitchell was a big hit with fans as music mania wound up its 35th season last week end photosjoerd witteveen council council re- writes firearm bylaw 50 happy years clarence and thelma powell celebrated 50 years of mar riage with family and their friends at sprlngvale baptist church saturday ph emmerson dont bring your guns to town concern for public safety especially for children has triggered rewriting of the law governing where firearms can be discharged in whitchurchstouflville last tuesday whitchurch- stouftville council backed a call to put an end to letting people discharge firearms in the northern rural section of whitchurchstouflville the appeal for more gun control came from school officials and local residents alike lynne rubbens told coun cil that shes found a skinned deer and shot gun shells in her property just north of the aurora road its an ongoing problem said rubbens that part of the sideroad is well populat ed guns are also posing a safety threat to children the reality is schools have been built in rural parts of the municipality where shooting is permitted robert sandiford vice prin cipal of whitchurch high lands public school told the tribune im very concerned about the safety of children said sandiford people from the city will come up here look on this area as the country and start shooting the 450student school is located at warden ave and bloomington people just cant believe that you can by law shoot so close to the school said sandiford the vice principal asked that fire arms discharging be banned on lands sur rounding whitchurch high land public school bal lantrae public school and areas adjacent to regional forest which are used for school field trip outings the grounds at the school is used yearround the school is used in the sum mer for such activities as soccer its used by the com munity year round it must be safe year round said sandiford york region public school board chairman bill crothers joins the local school officials in the appeal for more gun restrictions if more residents would like their lands included in the prohibited zone council can amend the law further the public was told anyone violating the new bylaw will be subject to a fine ranging from 2000 to 5000 strawberry festival in need of help a campaign has been launched to find volunteers to help run stouffvilles strawberry festival the festival a townsponsored function gets underway oh july 1 peter arriott spokesman for the 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