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st weekenpefl jmarchv197j exclusive big project will be fire hall in 97 budget from page 1 fire hall valued at about 600000 its expected that an indoor pool will at least be included in the fiveyear capital budget talks a few weeks ago council agreed to put the pool on the agenda emmerson has suggested that an indoor pool could be build in stouffville by 1998 last year council struck a 122million budget the books show whitchurch-stouf- man charged in robbery out on bail by joan ransberry staff reporter a downsview man arrested monday in connection with a home invasion and the kidnap ping of a gormley store owner was released on bail at a new market court thursday york regional polices robbery task force arrested sohaid syed razvi 20 two others are being sought by police sgt john sheldon reported that on feb 12 at 9 pm the owner of mis variety located at the corner of woodbine ave and stouffville rd locked his convenience store and was about to get in his car when he was approached by three males in the parking lot the store owner was forced into the vehicle at gun point he was driven to his residence on bayview ave in the elgin mills rd area 15 minutes after leaving the store police said once at the home using the vic tims house keys two of the sus pects entered once inside the pair confronted the mans wife showed her a gun and her hus bands drivers licence and threat ened to kill him unless she turned over cash she gave them more than 5000 hidden in a closet they then handcuffed her to the refrigerator cut the phone lines and ransacked the master bedroom police said the suspects later fled on foot to a nearby getaway vehicle sheldon said razvi was charged with rob bery disguise with intent and forcible confinement he was told to return to court march 14 the store owner told the tribune the experience left him feeling quite sad its such a quiet area up here who would have ever thought this type of thing would happen yes i was frightened he said the store owner stressed that the police have been very good about keeping him informed ofthe progress of the case they will arrest the other two he said fville is ahead of the game theres a 150000 surplus of the proposed amount for 1997 about 66 million is ear marked for operating costs while just shy of 65 million is slotted for capital expendi tures its recommended that money for the towns capital projects will come from reserves lot levies and devel opment charges if council agrees about 54000 will come out of the general tax revenue in the proposed operating budget about 2 million is allocated for transportation including roads if local council backs the pro posal general government will eat up about 18 million close to 1 million will be set aside for protection to people and property including the local fire department and about 800000 will go towards the cost of garbage and recycling finally about 400000 is targeted for parks and recre ation its recommending that about 15 million be debentured this year this includes about 800000 for the second ice pad and close to 750000 for the library portion ofthe new town halllibrary complex the budget does not include any water or sewer costs gallery board closer to splitting from page 1 son its the answer it the gallery started out as a pro gram of the library but its grown so much its more than that now the gallery could niove from its present location said emmerson if a new home is found it would eliminate the need to have the plan for the new town hall complex to include a shareduse agreement for the council chamber and the gallery whitchurchstouf fville council is expected to deal with the issue of a town hall- library complex soon book sale starts may 8 the whitchurchstouffville librarys giant book sale date has been set circle may 8 to may 11 on your calendar the library has received many donations so far but its still looking for more books can be delivered to the library or call for pickup at 640- 2395 ask for marilyn future vets at left jen carpenter the coop vet technician student at town and country animal hospital in ringwood her dog ollie and ballantrae animal hospital student technician anna kujaristi were on duty at the sdss coop program career day last week photolori emmerson trial in hostage case begins monday the trial for a man charged in connection with a hostage- taking resulting in a four- hour police standoff in bal lantrae will get under way march 10 a preliminary hear ing was held thursday for steven andrew tribbling 22 of stouffville in march of 1996 police were summoned to a home on hwy 48 and aurora road a knifewielding man was hold ing a twoyearold in one hand and a 12inch knife in the other hand meanwhile a woman suffer ing a knife wound escaped along with an uninjured woman a police command post was set up while a negotiation team complete with a robot was called in after four hours the accused surrendered the child was unharmed tribblings charges includes two counts of confinement assault with a weapon and two counts of threatening death joan ransberry plumber oliver saves the day and tooth fairys reputation from page 1 was a piece of toothpaste and flicked it down the sink cole went wild his face went beet red said fullerton all the other kids in his grade 1 class summitview public school had lost their first tooth when he finally lost his it was a really important thing and here i was with coles down the drain realizing the seriousness of the situation fullerton knew he had to at least try to retrieve the tooth he called local plumber dennis oliver and explained the emergency oliver agreed to come right away the skilled tradesman arrived at the fullerton home plumbing equipment in hand and the work began with the greatest of care the sink pipes were removed oliver figured the tooth had gotten lodged in the elbow of the pipe he figured right it didnt take him long to find the tooth said fullerton because of the special circumstances oliver waived the costs dennis refused to take any payment said fullerton on wednesday night the tooth was placed under coles pil low when cole was sound asleep the tooth fairy arrived in stouffville found her way to the little boys bedroom plucked up the tooth and in its place left a shiny new toonie today coles 2 richer his fathers out ofthe dog house the plumber knows he did a good thing and of course children all over the world will continue to have great faith in the tooth fairy watch for these flyers on saturday march 8th 1997 loblawssupercentre westons marks work wearhouse ultramar biway iga stouffville sears dominion personal edge loblaws a p canadian tire richmond hill watch for these flyers on tuesday march 11th 1997 shoppers drug mart zellers were first in distribution weve delivered 8019945 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 lor as little as 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