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i r st tj v r f what a prince michelle bishop holds this small frog which she and friends sonya huber and elyse holt discovered at goodwood community centre while watching a soft- ball game last week p t lqri emmerson trial seems without end to victim of 1995 car crash b from page 1 the healing was slow the hospital stay spanned months and the intense therapy is still required carolines injuries were such that the onetime nurse will never return to her job at the hospital for sick children it took me a long time to decide to become a nurse it takes a long time to accept that i cant go back it killed rocco and nursing was killed with it too said caroline on july 14 caroline and her mother barbara carr of stouffville sat in a newmarket court and watched as the trial for a man charged in connection with the accident began geoffrey lam 23 of toronto faces charges including dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and bodily harm after the testimony of one witness was heard the judge and the lawyers put their heads together and deter mined much to carolines surprise and disappointment that the trial would not resume until dec 15 not only is it five months away but its two years and six months from the time of the accident this just keeps hanging over my head said caroline i dont find any closure it goes on and on caroline is especially worried that such a long delay will affect the out come of the trial i worry it will be just days before christmas maybe the judge will be in the christmas spirit and be more lenient than he would at another time the traffic accident saddened many it had a profound effect on two stouffville families and friends and work col leagues felt the pain rocco who worked at the east end service station was well liked carolines mother questioned why the court takes so long to deal with its case load and pointed out that the waiting takes a toll on everyone barbara said it just never seems to end now we have to wait til decem ber its another christmas 4 4 1 v vl i g f the tribune thursday august 7 1997 p 3 bystanders cheer as cats rescued from fire from page 1 the high point doned in sunderland when i took them in mingh and monty were taken to stouffville animal clin ic where theyre being treated for smoke inhal ation pickering fire chief rick pearsall said the both cats had been aban- cause of the fire is linked to the storage area at the side of the house firefighters fought the blaze for four hours ex cept for a few photo graphs the contents of the home were lost well build again said dunkley cause of the fire has not yet been determined animals recovering dunkley family dog hermes centre and the cats monty and mingh were rescued from with files the saturday house fire and are recovering at the stouffville from jordan animal clinic photo by jordan hgreen green focklers celebrate 69 years of marriage joan ransberry staff reporter family and friends of joe and lulu fockler of stouffville gathered together monday to help the couple celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary joe and lulu were married on aug 4 1928 in newmarket and made their home in ringwood the family which has its roots in ringwood came from pennsylva nia in 1797 joe farmed and for years worked for the former york county lulu was a clerk in the ringwood store for years the couple raised four children sons clarence and bruce and their families joined their parents in their testa villa apartment to mark the joyful event during the day their daughters the late helen and the late hazel were remembered the focklers have 14 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren togetherness lulu and joe fockler celebrated 69 years of marriage last saturday the couple set up home in ringwood following their 1928 wedding and raised four children the couple has 14 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren photo by cheryl johnson we wont pay metros welfare bill yr chief jordan h green staff reporter taxpayers north of metro will be paying into metros welfare rolls according to a provincial plan announced yesterday the greater toronto area gta will share in metros welfare costs while pooling the responsi bility for childrens services public health and subsidized housing according to the report unveiled by municipal affairs minister al leach to municipal leaders at a private meeting tuesday all of these programs cost more in metro according to the report the provinces decision is final already approved by cabinet its certainly unexpected said york regions chair eldred king it certainly is a reflection of the anne golden report i always say the boards outside of metro should not be responsible for metro although politicians from outside of metro have been battling the province for months on the welfare issue king believes some services should be shared i agree it is the core and there is no reason why we shouldnt share some services with metro like the zoo and the hummingbird centre said king if were going to share their welfare they can share our water bill said king in regards to the regions plan to implement the socalled big pipe which will bring water and sewage services to rural areas well i think at some point that area will be looked at by the greater toronto services board gtsb said shirley hoy metros acting chief administrative officer the gtsb is one of the recommendations from milt farrows getting together report on the gta under the gtsb which has a target start date of jan 1 1998 municipal services across the gta will be pooled the provinces sharing plan was put in place to make the amalgamation of metros six municipal governments into one megacity work according to king its in order to make sure the new life of toron to works its the only place he premier mike harris could find the money