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the great tribune recipe contest ibis weeks category in the great tribune recipe contest is blueberry pie if you have a great recipe bring in a slice or two to our office along with your recipe we will have our panel of tastetesters pick the best blueberry pie in town and award a plaque to the winner in addition we will print the recipe that wins in our upcoming special recipe section this fall we will print as many of the entries as we can as well if you cant make a pie worth beans why not submit another recipe you dont have to make it but we would like to know whats cooking around your house send in your recipe of choice to our office and we will enter them in a draw for a great prize enter today deadline for pies is this friday at 4 pan c i s dainty donuts deli 18rirgwood drive buy a sandwich get a small coffee or pop free lne iribune vol 107 no 33 a metroland community newspaper wednesday august 16 1995 10 pages i is your moneyff jyorkng cd 6424540 tluumsmx 50 itfti3tesrt community cuts in funding to ymca devastating by joan ransberry staff reporter although the province has put the kibosh on a stouffville daycare facility and a youth resource centre the project is far from dead as local municipal officials try to come to terms with the fact that stouffville has not escaped the axewelding provincial govern ment one local councillor has put together a response plan in the hopes of finding anoth er way to save the local childrens projects the need for financial restraint has prompted the provincial government to can cel all money for the local ymca project whitchurchstouffville councillor judy scala has confirmed scala told the tribune that the much- needed daycare and youth centre projects were slated to operate out of a building on civic ave directly behind the local munici pal office the money was needed to equip and reno vate the premises architects estimated the renovation cost alone to be 155000 janet johnson a ymca official told the tribune that the cost of program equipment and toys and fencing for the daycare would be another 100000 johnson said the ymca along with the help of scala have been working on the pro ject since january this is very disappointing said johnson scala meanwhile said she was dumb founded to learn that the province was withdrawing its support but these things happen well just have to find the money elsewhere the need is there if we pull together as a community we can do it stressed scala after a series of meetings with the province and the full realization of all the cutbacks to various projects from the impact of the new provincial government was in fact significant said scala in late july ontario finance minister ernie eves announced cuts to dozens of gov ernment programs including the stouffville project as part of the total package that will save 19 billion in the current fiscal year the province will save the 14 billion by cancelling or lowering funding for specific programs and for capital projects and 500 million by giving all ministries individual targets for cuts from current operating bud gets said eves ontario premier mike harris said the cuts are essential because his government inherited a worse financial situation than expected scala has been the stouffville projects strongest supporter councils appointee on the local youth liaison committee is far from defeated scalas game plan is well in place i am prepared to orchestrate and pull together with the assistance of the school boards corporations and town businesses bur parks and recreation department and most importantly the community itself a proposal that we can strive for within the year to address the youth programs in whitchurchstouffville said scala the local councillor is also appealing to yorkdurham mpp julia munro to help the tribune could not reach munro at press time monday theres no question the need for youth programs is great in the local municipality said scala whitchurchstouffville council has backed a call for the establishment of an immediate ad hoc committee to fully investigate and ultimately recommend a plan of action meanwhile johnson said the 155000 plus renovation cost suggests the ymca will have to seek a different location well have to find another place said johnson government goes to school municipal government may soon find itself on the curriculum in stouffvilles elementary school on tuesday whitchurch- stouffville council backed a call to have the student page program introduced to senior students in stouffvilles grade schools through the program two grade 8s will become parlimentary pages and meet with a member of town staff to review the council agendas the pages will also attend local council meetings after the meeting the students will ask the councillors questions the student page program has been operating successfully in cobourg council was told staff was instructed to meet with school officials to see if there is local interest mayor wayne emmerson suggested that january would be the startup time councillor judy scala praised the program suggest ing it would further relations between council and the youth young entrepreneurs from left jessica camrite ashlee bardell and alisha camrite made some extra summer money by selling some of their old toys last week on main st phcmsjoerd vhtteyeen doggone good dog nikolas oravec and his sister mikki meet one of the members of golden rescue a placement service for abused or unwanted golden retrievers in goodwood last friday the group places the dogs in loving homes for more information call don or bev at 6401918 photoftteve somerville town buys new snow trucks let it snow let it snow let it snow whitchurchstouffville is about to be the proud owner of two brand spank ing new snow blower trucks last week local council gave the final nod for the town to buy a tandem axle truck and plow in june local council approved the tender for the vehicle submitted by scarborough truck centre the vehicle cost 119084 the money comes from the municipalitys equip ment reserve fund meanwhile earlier this year council agreed to buy a smaller truck and plow vehicle betty fox comes to stouffville betty fox the mother of the world renowned one- legged runner will arrive in stouffville on aug 28 to help promote the upcoming terry fox run fox will meet with local run organizers in the hopes of enhancing an already suc cessful community effort slated for sept 17 local event organizer sandy shell kennedy has announced last year stouffville remembered terry fox by generating 18000 to be used for cancer research were hoping to go beyond 18000 this year said shell kennedy fox gave birth to terry stanley fox on july 28th 1958 in winnipeg manito ba in 1977 terry had his right leg amputated after doctors found a malignant tumor two years later with the support of the canadian cancer society fox dipped his artificial limb in the atlantic ocean to begin a cross canada odyssey the young man with the golden colored hair ran an average of 26 miles aday and cov ered six provinces on sept 1 1980 after 143 days and more than 5500 kilometres after reaching thunder bay terry was forced to abandon his mis sion the cancer had returned this time the dis ease struck his lungs on june 28 1981 all of canada went into mourning when it was announced that terry fox had died although terry is gone his marathon of hope lives on more than 110 million has been raised in the young runners name everyone is encouraged to take part in the 15th annual terry fox run joan ransbtrry auto ww centre hours monday friday 800 am 800 pjn saturday 800 am 500 pjn sunday closed service manager bruce mackenzie 6405050 canad rugged lawn edging makes a neat edge lawn and rover 4hx20l reo 5940196 retail store hours monday friday 830 am 900 pjn saturday 830 am- 600 pm sunday 1100 am- 400 pm store manager robert van bemmel 5945 main street stouffville 6405800