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st the tribune toesdavsepfemberb 197 p 3 people have say in new b from page 1 well have to talk to the people before making a decision here said emmerson last year business owners especially restaurant and bar own ers told council that an all out smoking ban would hurt business still the majority of people sup port introducing more limits on where people can smoke regional health officials have reported as it stands now stouffville puts aside 70 per cent of restaurant seats fornon smokers meanwhile markham reserves half and rich mond hill just 20 per cent as well many people including health officials have expressed concerns about smoking among young people local council took note a few months ago when the tribune published the results of an infor mal survey showing that nine out of 10 stouffville merchants sold cigarettes to minors in direct con travention of the law york council will soon decide if it needs the support of all nine municipalities or just five to bring in the new smoking laws jmj1ij1m1 on your mark get set go ted bundy in grade 5 laces up eager to continue in the terry fox run fundraiser at ballantrae pub lic school yesterday laura evans a grade 2 student gets a drink before her next lap photos by lisa diamond s sjoerd witteveen bail granted for sex assault suspect joan ransberry staff reporter a pembroke man facing 2 1 sex- related charges including anal intercourse sexual assault with a weapon and forcible confinement against his biological mother a 49yearold stouffville resident was freed on bail on friday during a bail hearing a new market judge agreed to a 25000 cash bail agreement for the 29- yearold man whos been accused of raping his mother york regional police detective jack more reported that two years ago the accused who was adopt ed at birth found his birth mother living in stouffville within a few days of visiting her home its alleged that the son raped her police said the assaults continued over a period of time from september 1 994 to february 1995 the accused moved out of the stouffville home and went back to pembroke in 1 996 more added the victim did not go to the police to report the assaults until recently case for a c u r e c ap cowan left lome hurst centre and tom winters jr of the stouffville lions club collected empties outside the local beer store saturday to raise funds for diabetes research the case for a cure is an annual event and the beer store reported that more than 700 was raised local- saving erie a lost cause joan ransberry staff reporter photo by lori emmerson an appeal to erie manufacturing to remain in business in ballantrae has failed last week whitchurchstouffvilles economic development officer eric lismanis attended a meeting with a company official to see if there was any chance to keep the plant going lismanis reported the results of the meeting to mayor wayne emmerson erie manufacturing an americanowned company employs 50 people in whitchurchstouffville its been operating in ballantrae for 36 years two weeks ago plant manager sylvio linsincho confirmed that most of the plants product lines will shift to the united states while a third product line may go to toronto the plant is slated to close by late december the reason for pulling out of ballantrae in late december is not linked to the local area its not the town its not the taxes its not the province its not the country it is a decision made by someone in europe a decision made far away from this level said emmerson while its always sad to lose a local industry the mayor is optimistic that the industrial building will not be vacant for long theres two or three business interested perhaps this will work out said emmerson houston ford mercury bill houston ford mercury sales ltd 1 1 769 highway 48 stouffville 640454 1 tl all remain 990 over see dealer for details oac v- si- our customers are the focus of everything we do