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value v i puwitronnll vol 109 no 66 pos3tsjl thursday october 16 1997 one 24 pages 50 gsxmci golbi3npua1baishtl96s2 j4 metro land i should s i 99 sub with the purchase of any sub of equal or i greater price and a medium soft drink j limit one coupon per i family visit i expires oct 30 1997 il 8 mainslw jj council votes against york smoke ban joan ransberry staff reporter a stouffville resident has vowed to keep up the fight for a smoke- free community lorna turner admitted she was very disappointed when on tuesday she witnessed local coun cil take a strong stand against a new proposed york region bylaw calling for a smokefree region by the year 2000 turner wasnt alone in her disap pointment local residents john hall and former local councillor jim saunders pleaded with council to join other communities to tight en laws governing the use of tobacco a smoker does have the choice to smoke but he does not have the choice to contaminate the air and consequently threaten the health of others said hall in a 10minute address to coun cil kathy fullerton coowner of a downtown barrestaurant said a smoking ban would be disastrous for business speaking on behalf of all restau rant and bar owners helene john son president of the local cham ber of commerce suggested the municipal government lobby the federal government to outlaw tobacco we should expound our energy in a different direction and tell the provincial government and the federal government to make it tobacco an illegal substance said johnson councillor cliff dunkeld said hed rather see something more done to curb the number of teen smokers its a problem here said dunkeld while each member of council acknowledged that smoking is a serious health threat none agreed to put the wheels in motion to eventually see an allout ban instead council members focused on the issue of choice its up to the people said ward 2 councillor mike watson education instead of legislation is the best approach said ward 6 councillor mark kostanoff regional officials needs to re write the proposed by law so that it exempts bars and restaurants from the smoking ban said ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley ward 3 councillor margot mar shall said the municipality simply el please see page 3 3 police arrest man after girl 8 assaulted york regional police arrested a stouffville man last week for a sexual assault on an eightyearold girl police said during an abuse investigation the child indicated she had been touched in a sexual manner by a family member who threatened to harm her if she told a 31 yearold stouffville man was charged wednesday with sex ual assault threatening death or injury and sexual interference ratfdlfo running just a tad late construction caused a traffic tieup alonghighway 48 south of stouffville near dickson hill during the warm weather last saturday the road was down to one lane but featured a temporary traffic light vehi cles were backed up to more than 12 mile at one point p hy steve somerville candidates meet an allrcandidates meeting the municipal candidates for whitchurchstouffville will kick off at 730 pm tomorrow friday at the stouffville district secondary school each of the 13 candidates for council and the mayors post will deliver a threeminute speech meanwhile questions will be taken from the floor as well mayoralty candidates from wards 1 and 3 will take part in a debate at the vandorf community centre on nov 4 beginning at 7 pm candidates for mayor are incumbent wayne emmerson and mike watson candidates in the wards are steve pliakes and frank martino in ward 1 helene johnson and mark carroll in ward 2 peter ddbrich and sophie angelis in ward 3 incumbent judy scala and judy saabas in ward 5 incumbent mark kostandoff and sue sherban in ward 6 whats inside comment p 4 entertainment p 6 gardening p 14 sports p 20 classified p 21 riewslme 6402100 ibw the timing couldn be better to bring it home to honda north markham honda timing belt specials civics- 1986 up accords 1 990 up pc0 plus taxes 392 plus taxes courtesy shuttle service available service hours mon wed thurs fri 730530 pm tues 730800 pm sat 900100 pm call the service department for more details honda vehicles only 4772451 committed to serving you since 1966 north markham motors ltd 4611 hwy 7 unionville ontario