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j t i 5 i i 1 t i small coffee hasted bagel 164 plus lax dainty donuts deli 18 ringwood drive stouffville signy lawson ujmonev h concepts 6424540 0 fo 709 ivo 18 a metroldnd community newspaper wednesday april 3q 1997 a tree grows in stouffville students from orchard park ps in stouffville planted some cedar bushes at the peace park in stouffville last week as part of earth week celebrations with the help of town councillors mike watson and ivanka bradley photosjoerd witteveen board gallery closer to a final settlement the latcham gallery and the local library board are one step closer to getting a friendly divorce a committee to look into hav ing the 17yearold 1100- squarefoot gallery located in the library complex has recom mended that the facility stand on its own a move supported by many including whitchurch- stpuffville mayor wayne emmerson the change will not be imme diate last week library offi cials opted to wait six months before putting the wheels in motion for the separating about seven months ago the library board opted to explore the feasibility of having the gallery complete with about 250 members separate itself from the local library board the gallery could move 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 include a shared- use agreement for the council chamber and the gallery whitchurchstouffville council will once again deal with the issue of a town halllibrary com plex soon joan ransberry youve got a date with a candidate by mike adler staff reporter candidates beginning the battle for oak ridges are staking out policy areas they think count most with local voters liberal candidate bryon wilfert said people in the new federal riding want strong representa tion someone with handson ability who can involve them constantly in politics nationally voters will be looking at the direc tion canadas economy has taken and how to build on it he said adding liberals will be stressing their partys strong economic record and good government in the campaign which began officially on sunday economic issues are always going to be at the forefront said wilfert a richmond hill town councillor and current president of the federa tion of canadian municipalities conservative john andersen however says the record of prime minister jean chretiens government shows high unemployment and tax increases a former anchor on the regional cable news cast andersen said his party platform details a 10 per cent tax cut and a plan to break barriers to interprovincial trade we want to put real dollars back in the hands of real people he said yesterday jobs and job security are the real issues both locally and nationally andersen said arguing theres a critical need for high tech training in markham and richmond hill towns with a con centration of high tech industries were certainly of the opinion that its not a necessary election he added reform candidate edward sarafian said he has no doubt the top issues are tax relief and jobs for canadians we are worse off than we were in 1993 he said we have to work harder longer faster just to stay still and not slide back sarafian a former lawyer who works at the ontario realty corporation as a corporate title searcher puts the blame squarely at the hands of previous governments insatiable appetite for tax dollars he said the reforms plan would lower taxes 2000 a year by the year 2000 pass tax laws that favour families and increase the basic per sonal deduction for every canadian all those steps will spell tax relief and that with reducing the size of government will cre ate more jobs said sarafian who said hell also target victims rights and national unity during the campaign the new democratic candidate richmond hill resident winne hartviksen has predicted local voters will respond well to the partys posi tions on jobs health care and education a new riding oak ridges includes the towns of stouffville richmond hill and the portion of markham north of 16th avenue wilfert a teacher at a toronto private school for 20 years said his first federal campaign is like studying for exams your goal your focus is to do the best you can do keeping that date in mind said wilfert who opened his campaign headquarters last week i was thinking its going to be a whirlwind 36 days he said sarafian says his team is putting the finishing touches on his campaign we have the team together and all the play ers are in place sarafian said adding yester day that phones signs and literature are on the way to his constituency office on woodbine ave it will all come together within the week he said with files from julie caspersen kathleen griffin and joan ransberry student pilot students from stouffville district secondary school watch as coop student cory hoover flies a robinson r22 helicopter from canadian heli copters ltd of buttonville accompanied by pilot kirk neilsen to promote the schools coop pro gram last friday 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