Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 23, 1995, p. 1

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mim mm mmmmwmmmmmmmm mmmm dainty donuts deli 18 ringwood drive buy a sandwich get a small coffee or pop free ine lribune gss8 call 6424540 tmfcuh street smuffvbt ffg community newspaper wednesday august 23 199 50 1 t i i mistake i i railway gets funding by joan ransberry staff reporter the york durham heritage railway is back on track last week york durham mpp julia munro mistakenly reported that all funding for the york durham heritage railway had been frozen we made a mistake said munro however the mistake is being applauded by officials of the local railway association ken harding secretary for the york durham railway associa tion said hes absolutely delighted to learn of the error this is wonderful news we can proceed as planned said harding a total of 230000 was ear marked for the local tourist project the plan was to pay the money in three instal ments the local railway assov ciation received the first instal- ment of 70000 last month while another 70000 is expected to arrive in thgfallo the contract will be honored stressed munro meanwhile on the home- froht the association will c6nv tinue with its fundraising to help offset thie total cost york wont pay for go service yprk will not follow durhams lead to consider picking up the tab to have allday go transit service to the area while durham chairman gary herrema is prepared to have the region pay for part of bringing full go service to whitby and oshawa york chairman eldred king is not about do the saihe increasing train service to york includ ing to whitchurchstouffville carries a capital cost 250 million it takes huge capital said king the region- al chairman pointed out that in durham the infrastructure including the train tracks are already in place all that is needed in durham is operating money we have a different a very different situation in york said king king is however continuing to press the provincial government for more go transit ser vice to york he along with four mayors includ ing whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson recently formed a delegation to lobby the province for more go service to york the delegation has pointed out that hlf of the york regions work trips are to metro the high est rate in the gta york has 14 trains per day compared to 56 for durham 66 for halton and 76 for peel about 400000 york region residents live within the existing rail corridors stressed emmerson joan ransberry flower power bev parker member ship secretary and thelma creighton presi dent of the whitchurchstouffville horticultural society admire a bouquet at the annual flower show saturday photatsreve somerville battle continues at council over developments sidewalks the 10yearold battle over a pro posed sidewalk slated for a stouffviue street continues recently whitchurchstouffville council listened to the pros and cons regarding the sidewalk targeted for the etwood developments set aside money east side- of stouffer street between for a new sidewalk south of blair and dorman dr thicketwbod developments built the the plan for a sidewalk was first pre- subdivision on lori avenue sented to council in 1985 when thick- residents told council that a sidewalk is needed to help protect children meanwhile others stated that a side walk on this street would mean some trees would be lost while safety would not be altered hhhh betty fox now confirmed as speaker to kick off cancer drive here betty fox the mother of terry fox will greet the public m stouffviue on august 28 at the latcham gauery on aug 28 between 9 and 1030 am fox in town to help promote the upcoming terry fox runin stbufmlle on sept 17 local event organizer sandy schell kennedy said foxs objective is to raise local awareness for the heed to raise money for contmued cancer research run pledge sheets are available at the stoufrville public library the stouffviue recreation coinplex subway sandwehes scheu lumber and the scotia- bank last year 389 stouffviue j residents raised 18000 country wide the terry fox run has gen erated 144 million since 1981 terrys dreamjin the marathon of hope was to have teach canadian donate 1 said schell kennedy that dream has been surpassed butthe primary objective of a cure for cancer has not been met if for some reason local residents are not able to participate in the event local run organizers are ericouragmg them to sponsor someone who is or offer their help as a volunteer wm schell kennedy pointed out that local organizers are presenting a top school award to the top partici pating school also family members accompanying their chil dren wih be added to the respective school total in the last few years summitview public school has been awarded the plaque for the highest school participation h auto im centre hours monday friday 800 am 800 pm saturday 800 am 500 pm sunday closed service manager bruce mackenzie 6405050 canad 30000 btuoai 390 sq inch coojdnif easy pushbutton igniter 2 skfe shelvesi fronjp wanning rack readytoibiqccf 8511104 retail ennndmn tire v store hours monday friday 830 am 900 pm saturday 830 am 600 pm sunday 1 1 00 am 400 pm store manager robert van bemmel 5945 main street stouffviue 6405800 1 ih 11 1 x

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