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vi small coffee toasted bagel 164 plus lax dainty donuts deli 18 ring wood drive r vol 109 no 21 tuesday may 13 1997 une 24 pages 100gstincl tyeirolaiidputy carol l clements r i i i 6424540 kate gilderdale pthe keep has the latest from around town see page 7 amder wins awar joan ransberry staff reporter the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce stood on the provincial stage and took a well deserved bow on the weekend the local chamber has won the ontario chamber of com merce 1997 president award because of its initiative with economic development including the stouffer vision fund jim harper president of the ontario chamber of com merce presented the award to stouffville president helene johnson at a convention held in kitchener were a small chamber in a very large province it makes the win quite meaningful said an ecstatic johnson a combination of hard work a new approach and risk tak ing has paid off s t ressed johnson david turner founding chairman of the towns eco- n o m i c develop ed e n t action committee agrees we met our goals this is wonderful to be recog nized for it said turner last johnson year in a precedent setting move the local chamber part nered with the townbased economic development action committee went in search of 100000 more than 20 local business contributed the money is being used to promote whitchurch-stouf- fville both within the commu nity and outside in turn the town donated 100000 to the twoyear cause which was tagged the stouffer vision abraham stouffer is consid ered the founding father of stouffville with 200000 to work with it meant whitchurchstouf fville was able to hire an eco nomic development officer the timing of the award couldnt be better tonight johnson turner and peter burdon and other members of the economic development committee will not only show off the provincial award theyll present the first stouf fer fund business report to council tonight burdon pointed out that the ontario chamber recognizes that the business community in stouffville is keen on involvement with 20 businesses taking part it shows that business wants to be involved in eco nomic development said burdon liecondary hpton on j agenda vandorf and preston lake are about to go under the erbsebpe fjnight v tuesday ffiu f vi lie ppprt dealing pa0estoil ilplfteyplan designedfeli used as a guide i vheii poftfilifuture planning fnrjets aiiacglcom peace pops or pupils of peace at ballantrae ps settle an argument in front of a class learning about the peacemaking system at the school from left are pop chris husbands grade 6 justin howe grade 4 lau ren forbes grade 4 and pop toni armstrong grade 6 photoby sjoerd witteveen radtfei h news you can iise how was your f weekend ask the i stouffville suns publisher how his was and charles canning will likely not be j able to contain himself i thats because charlies wife lee bought the prized winning ticket in saturdays lotto 649 draw the net was a coo 5 mijlibn the couple who live in markham said they will pay off their mortgage and i invest the spw p bunas sister paperjnscar- borough as ah accounts clerk the pair both called in sick monday to pick up i the cheque candidates gath- s er federal election candi- j dates for the ideal riding of k oak ridges will square off at an allcandidates forum r in stouffvilie on vvedhes- day 14 beginning at fpetirig to be held at j parkview village on the j ninth line will give yoters a chance to hear party plat- t forms itii i inside your tribune wmbtmmmmmmbsmm