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

the should be fresh value meals from 379 everyday kids pak with toy 299 5812 main st w nn vol 109 no 20 thursday may 8 1997 20 pages 50 gst incp i ameirdldiulfy 03txmm3va pifimnoon sports gmaanfuaisthia 71s6g 6fil news budget munro joan ransberry staff reporter its a good news budget when job numbers go up taxes go down and the deficit heads to zero durhamyork mpp julia munro told a stouffville business audience yesterday i about 35 members of the whitchurchstouffville cham ber of commerce attended a traditional morningafter bud get breakfast where munro j news you can use d two per cent of york i iilil regions population is receiving welfare of the 600000 people 6406 were beneficianes of wel fare in march and although the number jumped to 6424 in april york region is in better shape than other areas like toronto hamilton and ottawa said joannv vices j7 whitchurchstouffville mgouncil is about to decided m who will bejhe town lawyer blackwell town lawyer stanley makuch resigned from borden and elliot arid joined cassels whats inside s comment p4 gaidenirighvp4 mothers day p10 entertainment p14 t bxsports p 16 7 classified p17- e km sgiiqsirbujh ilhtmiwiwiiiiibiiiiiiiimiiiiwiriiiiiirniiiiifiii i r gave her perspective provincial budget she stressed that the govern ment has found money for health care education child care safe communities learn ing disabled children roads abused women and child sup port enforcement when finance minister ernie eves delivered the financial plan at queens park tuesday business owners throughout ontario including those in stouffville an d uxbridge paid close attention to how busi ness big and small is being treat ed measures are in place to help small 3t- the hulshof family of 12683 kennedy road in the oak ridges riding are from left dad paul bradley 9 michelle 15 mom thea bryant 17 and natalie 13 photo by sjoerd witteveen julia munro farm family fears business to grow and then be able to offer employment opportunities munro stated ontario leads the country in business growth she said munro pointed out that last month business confidence was such that 45000 new jobs were created in ontario more good news was report ed for ontario housing starts are up retail spending is up and welfare numbers are down there are 193000 fewer people on social assistance this peaks volumes said munro munro defended her govern ment for cutting expenditures downsizing and focusing on reducing the deficit the people of ontario wanted an end of big government an end of big deficit and an end to higher taxes and thats what theyre getting from the pro gressive conservativelead government said munro lam proud of this budget said munro the tax-and- spend legacy that we inheritat- ed has been put to rest the tribune is following the federal election through the eyes of four local groups of people who look to the federal government on varied issues today we introduce you to the hulshofs a farm family in upcoming issues well profile the har graves a working couple with small children the rogers couple who are seniors and john lambersky who represents the youth vote joan ransberry staff reporter when stouffville dairy farmer paul hulshof does the night milk ing on june 2 his 40 head of holstein wont monopolize his thoughts hulshofs mind will also be on the election returns whos in charge in ottawa matters to the agricultural community hulshof stresses in particular the 45year old graduate of guelph university is worried about cutbacks in research and development within the please see page 3 h smm see page 3 for more reaction to the provincial budget how the cookie crumbles votes are being cast in stouf- fvilles cookie election with the new democrats off to a tasty start with their chocolate chip snack the heritage ice cream parlor and deli together with the tribune launched the homemade cookie election while tory chocoholics lead the way in the first few days of the cook ie vote conservatives have pur chased 70 white chocolate rriacadameas yesterday owner ross cowie reported that he had to put extra lib eral oatmeal raisins in the oven after 34 grits emptied out their partys peanut butter so far no one has stash reforms are a distant fourth voiced a loyalty to the bloc with 20 of that partys faithful treat- drop by the main st bakery to ing themselves to a chocolate cast your cookie vote by june 2 jumti kk