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free skate i sharpening i i until ipiflvitnqflin i desith sports istouffyjii i vol 109 no 80 thursday december 4 1997 24 pages 500 gstind knoa bsra pua 1 ta i hn t7i9gs2 jfj metralah shoulb ba its party time 15 off any platter or giant party sub order not to be coub1ned with any other offer coupon expires dec 31 1997 5812ma1nstwstouffville rural life with ruth page 15 mietttsom cf see page j6 m the plays the thing springvale baptist church is getting ready for this sea sons production entitled god with us scheduled for christmas sunday weekend saturday and sunday dec 20 and 21 at 7 pm the play features drama and music with the traditional excellence portrayed by springvale cast and crew tickets are few and will be available at the church office located at the corner of kennedy and stouffville roads b santas on his way the annual kinsmen santa claus parade comes to town this saturday dec 6 at 2 pm starting at north street at the town line dont forget to drop off letters to santa which will be delivered to the jolly fella in time for christ mas production b tykes breaky speaking of santa join him and other tykes for breakfast at the weston produce plaza before the parade pancake break fast is served from 81 tam sat dec 6 b santa gets around the optimist club is hosting its annual breakfast with santa at amarettos restau rant on edward street sat dec 6 at 9 am featuring santa a musician and more call 6426524 for tickets wb council sworn in janet richards correspondent the council that will take whitchurchstouffville into the new millennium was officially sworn in at a ceremony monday night about 100 people gathered in latcham hall to watch the proceed ings the formal ceremony began with the new council being escorted in by piper scott harrison town crier marcel bossi gave the call the order and the national anthem was performed by sarah blenkhorn and ashleigh and kristin duggan after a prayer and a hymn each indi vidual councillor took the oath of office followed by the mayor on the presentation of his gavel and chain of office mayor wayne emmer- son introduced each councillor and gave a brief inaugural address this council is made up of three familiar faces and four new ones judy scala ward 5 cliff dunkcld ward 4 and emmcrson are veteran council members the new faces arc steve pliakcs ward 1 mark carrol ward 2 peter dobrich ward 3 and sue shcrban ward 6 after being introduced each coun cillor said a few words and all thanked their constituents and their families ward 2 councillor mark carroll made special mention of his daughter samantha who was celebrating her 10th birthday on monday carroll thanked her for giving up her special night to attend his inauguration during his speech mayor emmcrson thanked his family and the voters of omoh whitchurchstouffville he expressed his hopes that his council will work well together and agree to disagree when necessary in dealing with the issues brought before it im looking forward to this council emmerson told the tribune its a good council that has been elected there are some different ideas coming forward and there are some major issues to be dealt with in the next three years emmcrson said the most important issue is taxes and said council will do its best to keep taxes down and to try and cushion the financial blow due to inevitable provincial downloading the formal inaugural ceremony was followed by a brief council meeting to deal with two issues once the busi ness was dealt with all in attendance were invited to stay for a reception meet your new council the inaugural council meeting to swear in wh i tchurchs tou f- fvilles new local government was held on monday dec 1 at latcham hall posing for a group shot are from left ward 1 councillor steve pliakes ward 2 councillor mark carroll ward 5 councillor judy scala whitchurchstouf fville mayor mayor wayne emerson ward 3 councillor peter dobrich ward 6 councillor sue shcrban and ward 4 councillor cliff dunkcld phnto ty sjoerd w1tteveen santas christmas blowout all l l demonstrate 0 down or q payment 28 o 0 till 98 nq inte cmovhotet oldsmooilc mo mo mo service hours monfri 730 am 6 pm sat 8 am 1 pm on selected models only the little dealership with a big 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 toll free 18008922209 wwwautonetcanorthpointe see dealer for details 29 on selected models only special rates are not compatible with any other program hoflohbbetmwa2rms