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t fot p 8 tribune saturday september 6 1997 st stouffville united church 34 church st n 6401163 rev robert nightingale correction notice 1000 am sunday school registration 1030 am morning worship following service rally sunday bbq m everyone welcome tough nonsmoking bylaw needs municipal support mike adler staff reporter an antismoking bylaw for york region should be passed only if all nine municipal councils first give their permission regional chair eldred king suggested this week york regional council may decide next week to ask its local councils for special power to pass a tough law which would ban smoking immediately from food courts restrict it in other places and make the entire region smokefree on jan 1 2000 provincial law requires only that a majority of the councils five pass their authority to regulate smoking to the region king said he knows that but regional staff have recommended getting consent from all nine councils it requires all of them he said i dont think we want a bylaw that some municipalities are not in favor of a health department worker spearheading the project cathy jaynes said she was un aware the consent of each municipality was needed local councils wont vote on the bylaw just on transferring their power to make one she stressed yesterday such a bylaw would replace the different rules for nonsmoking sections in various communities stouffville puts aside 70 per cent of restaurant seats for nonsmokers markham reserves half and richmond hill 20 per cent king admitted richmond hill has already expressed its opposition to a regional bylaw it remains to seen what they will do when asked directly he added its open for debate and it may require some refinement king who retires in november said he sup ports the proposed bylaw as a step society would wish us to take residents and businesses may be split on the issue when 400 residents were polled last april 65 per cent said theyd support making all enclosed public places in the region smoke- free when 1500 surveys were sent to busi nesses 78 per cent of the 2 per cent which replied opposed this measure the region said the bylaw would include a sixmonth edu cation period after it is passed jaynes said after that the region proposes that warnings and then tickets with a 1 1 5 fine be given out pickering rediscover ivfocfr over 600 vendors free parking live entertainment sports card show large deu produce area air conditioned comfort bus tours welcome pickering antique market ouer 98 uendors crnrdirnr porcelain glass art lighting id clinic sundays 9am4pm the hockey stori september feature of the month all canadien hockey sticks jr sr goal koho hockey sports scarborough 159 dynamic dr j dm skate markham rd just south of steel es euaddciiim scarborough ontario onahpemn 4164120404 1 1899 brock rd north of hwy 401 in pickering vendor inquiries 905 4270744 canadian breast cancer foundation york region presents bid for the cure bachelor auction friday september 12 1997 at le pare 8432 leslie street thornhill cocktails dinner open bar 65 mc kate wheeler anchorreporter for cfto tv news for ticket information call 905 9402741 celebrate life markham little theatre september 10 ta 13 97 800 tm markfumv theatrefar r 171 town centre- bind tickets 1550 seniors- and students- 775 on- thursday- 13aa office- 9053 05- slfotiv 7469 troductd by- tptdal arrangtmtnl uitk samutl traua canada ltd