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y i i i t 3 y i i- i c t st weekender february 15 1997 p 3 local man awarded for heroism by joan ransberry staff reporter a stouffville resident has been formally recognized for an act of heroism on tuesday whitchurch- stouffville mayor wayne emmerson made a presenta tion to guy castonguy a stock transporation school bus driver two weeks ago ago while on his bus route in markham with 29 children aboard cas- tonguay was stopped at a railway crossing in markham when he spotted an elderly man in a wheelchair stuck on the tracks a train was approaching constonguay jumped from the bus grabbed hold of the wheelchair lifted and with all his might jumped at that point the freight train whizzed by the force from the train blew castonguay and the man in the wheel chair over without injury guy castonguay left of stock transport receives an award of recognition tuesday from mayor wayne emerson for going beyond the call of duty in helping a man in a wheelchair stuck on a railroad track crossing photosteve somerville eastern gate receives first residents by john lambersky correspondent imp i v 11 from left cathy hope eastern gate retirement community admissions coordinator first resi dents wayne and diana henderson and paul hope eastern gate retirement community administrator stand before their new home at eastern gate in stouffville the first to move in photosjoerd witteveen the first two residents of eastern gate retirement community have moved in this week the couple diana and wayne henderson lived in vandorf until they moved into their new home at eastern gate last week the two are newly retired diana just left her job on friday as a clerk at cibc her hus band wayne left his job last january as an inventory controller at wajax an equipment company the couple are pleased with their new home they had been looking for a suitable commu nity for two years when they saw an ad for eastern gate in a newspaper last february i knew right away that it had everything i wanted said diana henderson stouffville is a good location because we are still only a half an hour from the city said diana she added it is also within close walking distance to all the amenities while the land housing the project was owned by the stouffville pentecostal church the housing complex is nondenominational officials have stressed condo development appeals to 50plus from page 1 expected to come from york region said forhan jr for many being able to move to a smaller home with little upkeep adjacent to a golf course with a country club and still remain in the home com munity is expected to be viewed as a real plus forhan jr added because its a condominium setup all outside maintenance will be done for the residents they own the homes they own the lots but the outdoor upkeep is looked after on a contract basis organized by the condominium association stressed bob forhan sr peo ple dont have to worry about cutting their grass anymore the ballantrae development will include a clubhouse offer ing a a range of indoor ameni ties a swiming pool and tennis courts will be part of the pic ture an extensive openspace sys tem includes gardens and trails fit for jogging or strolling theyre all designed to pro mote yearround active and passive use said forhan jr one out of every three cana dians is 50 plus this develop ment in ballantrae will be a role model more are expected to spring up across the province said forhan jr this is the first of its kind in the greater toronto area bob forhan jr makes a point to meg davis sonior consultant with kpmg consulting of toronto as the pair takes a look at plans for the adult lifestyle community planned for ballantrae photosteve somerville indoor pool one step closer the plan to build an indoor pool in stouffville is one step closer to reality on tuesday whitchurch- stouffville council gave the nod to include an indoor swim ming pool when striking the 1997 budget the budget will come down on march 18 cost of a pool has been estimated at between 1 and 2 million the game plan is to put the pool on the fiveyear capital budget this means that the pool will likely be built by the turn of the century its expect ed that the facility will be located at either the recreation complex on ninth line or near the local high school have your say heres what residents of markham and whitchurchstouffville said when asked do you support the amalgamation of the nine york regional municipalities into a single city same wording as telephone poll definitely it will cut down on waste and overspending the wild wooly days of york region are over we have to step into the nineties now it is like sili con valley north where as before it was just a twohorse bedroom town of toronto mike atkinson markham basically i support it the govern ment here compared to my former government in hong kong is too structured taurus chan you have to markham go through too many departments to get answers but a problem could be that the geographical area is too big i think we have to go that way because of duplication of municipal ity services you have many little kingdoms they can still exist as municipali ties but as far as planning roads sewage and the lot goes it should be as a city val viegas markham beth boyd stouffville if it will save taxpayers money cut down on administra tion costs and we dont lose out in our services then im all for it michelle miller stouffville yes on two conditions number one that they truly save money and number two that they put the good of all people above the bureaucrats watch for these flyers on saturday february 15th 1997 fortune financial markham biway pizza pizza sears zellers netmedia lubriderm skin cream sample westons revlon canada mm meats stouffville iqa stouffville superior water 241 pizza canadian tire richmond hill selected areas only were first in distribution weve delivered 5385354 flyers doortodoor so far this year if you would like your flyers delivered by the best please call arlene maddock at 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