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172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 ike beiteuoice i jiee congratulations to ken prentice on the grand opening of his franchise in stouffville g1cs rrsps mutual funds life insurance annutt1es rrfs tax preparation mortgages 137 main sln- 4444 markham 4712311 ydlz3 gtt york safe from amalgamation for three years by joan ransberry staff reporter now that toronto and chatham are mega cities attention shifts to the rest of the greater toronto area gta including stouffville when it comes to york region the province will take a handsoff approach for a while york chairman eldred ring has suggestedj nothing will happen here for the next three years said ring while a hiatus is the most likely thing to happen its not to suggest that the province isnt targeting york for a major shake up king stressed there certainly will be changes i only hope its in the right direction he said days after toronto was declared a mega city chatham and 22 surrounding communi ties will be amalgamated into one municipality called chatham kent with 18 elected officials instead of 141 the amalgamation in chatham does not mean a thing to whitchurch-stouf- fville said mayor wayne emmerson hes long contest ed that this municipality is big enough and affluent enough to stand on its own king meanwhile would like all of yorks municipalities to blend together to become a city the birth of a city would not mean the death of stouffville and its hamlets king has stressed another scenario for york would be the setup of a gta service board while the whitchurchstouffviue cham ber of commerce supports this board king doesnt share the please see page 3 help oil the way assisting the people of manitoba from left the tribunes ruth leblanc robert van bemmel of canadian tire eleanor dalgleish new town resident who came up with the donation idea murray emerson deputy fire chief and ian mackenzie of canadian tire photosteve somerville help for manitoba coming from whitchurchstouffviue stouffville has heard manitobas cry for help project warmth a fourway partnership made up of local residents the canadian tire store the whitchurchstouffviue fire department and the tribune has been launched the mission is to help the western provinces flood victims the red river has left a path of destruction through north dakota and southern manitoba in the worst flooding since 1826 the river crested in this provincial capital of 650000 early yesterday while the djke in winnipeg held the flood took its toll elsewhere thousands of acres of land are underwater about 25000 people abandoned their homes and made it to evacu ation centres which have been set up in high er ground sand bagging is going on round the clock soldiers are everywhere and still theres no guarantee that the crisis is over manitoba is not alone help is being mobilized across canada here in stouffville blankets sleeping bags non perishable food and bottled water can be dropped off at the whitchurchstouffviue fire station on main street stouffville resident eleanor dalgleish was the first to respond here dalgleish called the tribune and asked what was being done at the local level to help the flood victims the query put the wheels in motion dalgleish said the need in the neighboring province is astronomical if everyone does a little well accomplish a great deal she said ian mckenzie manager of the local canadi an tire store said the act on behalf of the store is corporate citizenship in action its a way we can help he said while all donations are collected at the fire station through the direction of fire chief bill brown mckenzie will transport the goods to a large torontobased depot from there donated items will be shipped to the flood areas joan ransberry