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repair specialist 172buaoocwuveunft3 markham l jl ii 11 saturday november 22 1997 vol 13 no 47 weekender 40 pages 500 gstincl a jciraloitfi 1u beit eitoic u jlie j0hb 1 yr 4 3yr 48d 5yr 530 swwu gics rrsps mutual funds ufe wsurance annuities rrifs tax preparation mortgages 96 main st n j markham 4712311 aternal guilt pagel8 the united way has 70 per cent what it needs to make york region a better place to live and work about 23 million has already been sent to the agency for this years fal campaign the goal is 32 million time is running short so its critical that outstanding corporate or individual gifts reach the united way fast said its executive director wyn chivers chivers said its possible the campaign which was supposed to wrap up this month may be extended but its encouraging that new companies are giving and some who gave before are giving even more she said credit card donations can be made at 4749974 basic black p 4 crossword p 12 from where i live p16 by the book p 17 itfftes corner p 18 classified p 21 and a one and a two from left rob shannon of stouffville coun try market rob reid of reids consig nm e n t shop kass kas- sam of basically bagels fred karakolis of jug- heads and paul guest of mm meat shops get some practice in for the business mens chorus which will enter tain at the stouf fville festival of lights on friday night nov28 plmta by sjoerd witteveen 1m water overhau joan ransberry staff reporter a cool million is about to flow into whitchurchstouffville a 550000grant is on its way to fix water pipes running from the ninth line to the millard street area government officials including oak ridges mp bryon wilfert announced this week whitchurchstouffville is also one step closer to getting a new well valued at 427000 slated for main street east near the townline its expected york region politi cians will give the nod for the stouffville projects wednesday town engineer tom parry pointed out both projects will improve the towns water system it means a more secure water supply said parry the grant money comes from the canadaontario infrastruc ture works program it will be used to lay three kilometres of pipe extending from the ninth line at the stouffville boundary to concession 8 close to millard street the watermain rehabilitation grant to begin in the summer of 1998 will include connecting sal- vagable pipe with new ones wilfert was joined by ontario transportation minister tony clement and york regional chair man eldred king to announce the grants earmarked for york projects like these demonstrate the provincial governments com mitment to improving the condi tion of ontarios infrastructure said clement roads and watermain improve ments will contribute signifi cantly to a solid infrastructure in the community and substantially to good quality of life for their residents added wilfert because of the grant the region was able to undertake the projects sooner than was expected stressed king while the intown water system gets a boost ballantrae and mus- selmans lake homeowners con tinue to get connected to the neighbourhoods new 8million water works project of the 800 property owners affected about 200 have made the move to get hooked up at a cost of about 7000 each the decision to bring a commu nal water system to the hamlets came after health officials found many contaminated wells which they said could pose a serious health threat to the community at large even though the new water sys tem was approved by three levels of government some residents continue to reject it claiming its pointless to force homeowners who neither need nor want water to bear the individual cost job local high school students are invited to enter an eissay writing contest sponsored by the optimist club of whitchurchstouffville the contest theme is my opin ion of freedom ah students under 19 years and in grades 10 1 1 and 12 are eligible to enter the local opti mists will select a first second please see page 3 b mm