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weekendersaturday december 6 97 p3 active tots tumbling tots open house at the stouffville nanny wendy foti rachel and mom jane warner centre recreation centre brought out photo left tristan taylor and photo and ben tancock and matthew morrow in photo right photo by steve somerville uw close to goal the united way of york region keeps getting closer to this years goal just 1 0 days away from the york technology funraiser scheduled to end its extended fall campaign the regions charity umbrella announced it has 2720000 or 85 per cent of the 32 million it seeks its even hoping contributions will exceed that figure because many local agencies are asking for some extra help now that the mail is moving we hope that individual donors who have not yet contributed will respond to united ways request for support so that this years campaign will not suffer executive director wyn chivers said yesterday results from corporate or workplace campaigns continue to be good often theyre 1 0 per cent larger than in past years she said estimated at janet richards correspondent business brisk main street businesses are noticing an increase in traffic and business as christmas approaches numbers are lip at the care and share shoppe i think business is up this year more so than other years said audrey good we are definitely getting a lot more browsers and this week has been really busy she added it is certainly get ting busier barthau jewellers proprietor david barthau says that the christmas business is starting but the 10 days before christmas are always the busiest the increase in business on the street has been during the week as well as on weekends its a little more on the weekend but business is notice ably up over all said sandra stro nach of freckles most stores on the street expect an increase in business after the santa claus parade which takes place this after noon workers back on job from page 1 pulling the liberal govern ments strings he charged v temporary distribution centres in york region for while the weather has been pretty mild this fall stouffville public works department is geared up and ready to get to work when the snow and ice finally hit stouffvilles budget for winter costs is split into two areas snow removal and sandingsalting paul whitehouse stouffvilles public works director says sanding and salt ing makes up the bigger part of the departments operating costs the snow removal budget is 115000 this year and the sandingsalting budget is 228000 he said but the budget isnt carved in stone and fluctuates with mother nature changes in winter weather trends mean the sandingsalting budget has to be higher we get more of these bad ice storms now said whitehouse in determining an annual budget for winter the planners look at past histo ry and what is predicted or forecasted for the winter the department also has ways of get ting a head start when bad weather hits the region of york has a weather tracking system and we tap into that and can tell when a storms approach ing whitehouse said the town also receives calls from police if they find roads in bad condi tion town whitehouse said the whitchurch- stouffville area is large and there can be very diverse conditions north of bloomington can be like a completely different world he said when bad weather does hit overnight patrols start at 4 am we try to have at least the main thoroughfares cleared before the majority of people are on the roads whitehouse said he believes the works department does a good job and provides a good level of service when it comes to handling winter conditions weve got a good handle on it let a lion chop your tree community government cheques will close at 7 pm monday and cheques not picked up will be turned over to canada post the government announced yesterday after the santa claus parade you can make your way over to the stouffville lions christmas tree sale and pick up your tree the lions began their annual sale this morning in the old gm dealership next to the kfcmm foods plaza mel gornik this years organizer said the lions sell about 400 trees every year the trees are local from smalleys tree farm and customers have a choice of spruce or scotch pine gornik says the spruce trees are slightly more pop ular at the lions sale any profit that the lions make from the sale of christmas trees goes to var ious charities such as christmas food hampers the cnib easter seals and anyone who need assistance in town gornik says the lions also support school groups and activities for example if there is a trip and one student cant afford to participate the lions would pick up the cost for that child christmas trees can be purchased from the lions for 30 hours arc 9 am to 5 pm on saturdays 12 to 4 pm on sundays and 2 to 9 pm mon day through friday janet richards were first in distribution weve delivered 47736968 flyers doortodoor so far this year for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call ruth or melissa at 6402100 the trim ne watch for these flyers on saturday december 6 1997 walmart zellers- scratch card loblawssupercentre sears sears christmas biway charmain maid service ap zellers sears catalogue flyer weston produce cashway iga- stouffville sobeys loblaws yonge bernard canadian tire richmond hill selected areas only