small coffee feesfedl bagel 164 plus lax dainty donuts deli 1 8 ringwood drive vol 109 no 23 tuesday may 20 1997 20 pages 50gstincl m metrpltiitdipitm signy lawson e u money concepts vmmhffc 6424540 banned from mun ah aboard ml t mmmmm iv- -sw- fecifel i- trains on time the york durham heritage railway set off sat urday launching its summer season that will last until midoctober top taking a trip on the maiden voyage of 1997 are sean and neil poul- ter who are getting a helping hand from conductor brad lawrence above the tourist train travels the tracks between stouffville and uxbridge photos by scheryl johnson safety concerns force closure of hall to residents joan ransberry staff reporter serious safety concerns linked to the whitchurch- stouffville municipal build ing means there will be no more public meetings in the hall local council decided in an emergency meeting fri day while town staff will con tinue to work out of the building public meetings will shift to the christian blind mission on stouffville road this includes the may 26 evening meeting dealing with the secondary plan local council meetings slat ed for may 27 june 9 and june 23 will also be at the blind mission the number of people attending recent council meetings exceeds the fire regulations reported town clerk michele kennedy a report of a compliance audit carried out by sirman associates ltd stipulates that the repair bill for the civic avenue building would range from between 468000 and 701000 parts of the building pose fire hazards sirman associ ates reported the consultant recom mends that the town develop procedures for fire bomb threat and any other condi tions that would involve the safe exit of employees from the premises local fire chief bob brown said theres so many prob lems its hard to know where to start brown said some of the repairs will be carried out immediately the safety issue has been discussed for h please see page 4 councillors ponder local prison option individual members of whitchurchstouffville council have two weeks to decide if they want al200inmate prison in their neighborhood while most municipal councils in york and durham are reject ing the idea of housing a correctional institute last tuesday mayor wayne emmerson asked the councillors to think about the proposal which is being circulated by the ministry of solici tor general and correctional services emmerson said the municipality does not at this time have the services sewer to accommodate such a facility but im giv ing the councillors a chance to review it he said the province plans to build two large jails in this part of ontario by 1999 councillors are to bring their answers to the next council meet ing on may 27 the ministry has invited responses from the municipalities by june 4 joon ransberry fville cookie election so far 354 ndp cookies have been sold at heritage ice cream parlour arid slfflp bakery the conservatives have been- shocking to the tine of iicbbkies whhe refonils i are in third y place with 230 cookies lagging behind are the liberals with a cookie tally tills 3 inside your tribune wi m news you can use mains inthlead in the stouf- i it comment p 5 calender p 13 food w p 12 i i sports p 14 classified ip 17 i newlme 6402100 2 it ao ml