The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

st lit 1 hi k m health ilvlliilt merchants still selling smokes to minors from page 1 surveyed sold cigarettes to the same minor a survey commissioned by the provincial government shows the rate of refusal to sell cigarettes to minors varies from one municipality to the next the refusal rate in peel was 29 per cent 65 per cent in toronto and a a provincial high of 98 per cent in water loo canadawide another sur vey shows that prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors rose j t yy x- s- -v- villi i iio even though i am not yet old local convenience stores and 10 in uxbridee to see if i could get turns out that it was easier helpful as to suggest another poular brand when he discov- in almost every case the female clerk would give me a good look -to- v v over before handing me the cig arettes as if it were possible to the brand 1 had asked for we went through a list of at least five different brands before i chose what seemed to be a suit- deep contemplation but no proof of age i suppof the store clerks on the most part seemed not to care what soever that i was buying dga- some of them barely looked at ae long enough to stop watch- ing a portable television set to 60 per cent in 1996 up from 47 per cent in 1995 reports sylvia patry spokesman for health canada its been illegal to sell or to give tobacco products to any one under 19 years in ontario since november 1995 of those surveyed in stouf- fville the iga store was the only one to refuse to sell ciga rettes to the minor lambersky a stouffville dis trict secondary school student and a nonsmoker was able to purchase a large package of cigarettes at stouffvilles ap 1001 variety both beckers stores savex mart stouffville variety and smoke conve nience market petro plus and villa bakery food market buying a package of ciga rettes in stouffville is unbe lievably easy for minors said lambersky he added most clerks acted as if age was not an issue it was a quick no-questions- asked purchase the maximum penalty for a first offence under the law is 2000 for an individual and 5000 for a corporation for a second offence the fine can climb to 50000 for an individual and 75000 for a corporation in the past year yorks health department laid 16 charges and secured 14 convic tions under the tobacco con trol act two cases are still before the courts reports har vey bones yorks assistant direction of health protection york health officials also charged 74 people with using tobacco in prohibited places most were atyork schools said bones harry bowes the stouffville public school trustee said the penalties for breaching smok ing laws are too strict tve been to 45 countries everyone smokes in england and france and i dont know if the death rate is higher said bowes while bowes said hes con cerned about young people smoking he said preaching to teens about the ills of smok ing simply doesnt work if you try to restrict them it just gets their dander up theyll just get somebody else to buy them instead we could take them to a cancer ward for a school trip said bowes canadawide health officials are reporting that the inci dents of selling cigarettes to minors is actually going down bowes pointed out were making gains but a lot more has to be done said har vey bones health canada reported that surveys indicate a high level of awareness and public support for the governments proposed restrictions on the promotion and sale of cigarettes 80 per cent of canadians support the proposed measures the governments strategy includes tobacco tax measures antismuggling initiatives enforcement and education measures and new tobacco leg islation at the federal level bonnie bunnies beth aping feeds carrots to her rabbits at the stouffville country market on the weekend photosjoerd witteveen canac plant still being pursued by town from page 1 highway 404 and the aurora sideroad the relocation plan was put on the back burner last year when the canadian com pany was sold to an american firm things are now settled and company officials are once again in a position to discuss expansion its expected that local council will give the plan full support well welcome them said emmerson well aggressively go after them its alive again the organization has settled canacs plan to relocate does not rest well with ratepayer associations from vandorf or preston lake residents worry that such a large plant will not suit the neighborhood if the move takes place canacs employ ees will be given a chance to follow their jobs to stouffville emmerson suggested that canac could be operating out of stouffville in two to four years new bowling clubhouse proposed to council a new lawn bowling club house will be built in stouf fville if council goes along with a proposal to be made tues day the plan is to replace the existing 90yearold facility off park st and build a new one across the street in thicket- wood park mark fabbi spokesman for the stouffville lawn bowling club is expected to ask coun cil for 20000 in seed money to go toward the cost of the new bowling building staff has recommended that the seed money be granted to the organizing joan ransberry watson proposes moratorium on development from page 1 capacity to service existing capactity stressed watson a few days before lyons died he asked fellow council members to support him in a plan to ensure a constant supply of high qual ity water for residents of musselmans lake and ballantrae the plan included a moratorium on further development im picking up on this said watson he said friday he didnt expect it to be received well by council but that this is what the residents want he said he would be interested to any alterna tives to quality water council may have 1 watch for these flyers on saturday january 25 th 1997 loblawssupercentre bi way ap sears midland walwyn capital inc weston produce iga- stouffville m m meats stouffville loblaws canadian tire richmond hill dominion zellers selected areas only were first in distribution weve delivered 2112450 flyers doortodoor so far this year if you would like your flyers delivered by the best please call arlene maddock at 6402100 the tribune attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers or as little as 35 cents apiece in markham unbnville milliken stouffville uxbridge claremont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman comers box grove cedar grove buttonville sandfoid leaskdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr ashbum cannington and all adjacent rural route areas we can deliver your flyers using the most up to date market demographics including census tract lifestyles fsa neighbourhoods etc call us to discuss your needs we can deliver on the day you want to the area you want any quantity up to 50150 for distribution inquiries call stouffville 90s 6402100 or fax 905 6405477