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jte tetaac a tan ken prentice merry christmas 18 ring wood dr stouffville 6429507 vol 109 no 85 wednesday december 24 1997 a mctkotaiid publication senin carol clements to money 1 concepts 6424540 op turkey this dishes page bll dear on letters to the north pole pagea12 turkey deal gone bad a local meat store was forced to cancel 400 turkey orders after problems with maple leaf poultry shipment joan ransberry staff reporter the owners and stall of harpers fresh meats in stouffville have done little else but talk turkey for days over the weekend about 400 harper customers were notified that their turkey orders couldnt be filled as promised linda fretz spokesman for police seek witnesses to crash police police are seeking witnesses to a friday night accident in stouffville that seriously injured a scarborough woman ontario provincial police reported that the accident took place on highway 7 west of the ninth line at 905 pm police constable barb spoelstra explained that the accident took place when a 1997 chev cavalier driven by patricia vanalstire of scarborough was on the shoulder eastbound on highway 47 when it made a u turn into the path and struck a 1992 pontiac grand am vandalstire was admitted to markliamstouffville hospital with serious injuries while scarborough resident kathleen wilson a passenger in the cavalier and ferdinands of newmarket were both treated for minor injuries and released whitchurchstouffville fire department also responded to the accident anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to call constable spoelstra at 905 8415777 garage destroyed in blaze firefighters managed to save a house in gormley sunday night after fire destroyed a large garage on the property whitchurchstouffville fire chief bill brown said the garage was engulfed when firefighters arrived at the rented property located at woodbine avenue south of stouffville road it was a large garage we kept j it away from the house said the fire chief while cause of the fire has not been determined auto repairs were being carried out in the building said brown financial loss will be deter mined when the owner is located i harpers said despite the fact that the store owner had placed the order a month ago and made arrangements to give suppliers maple leaf poultry a certified cheque for 513000 the shipment of 400 turkeys failed to arrive at the main street business friday with so many customers banking on placing a turkey on the table on christmas day store coowner ken harper called maple leaf fretz said her boss was told his store was being put on a waiting short list and that the best maple leaf could do was substitute the grade a birds with utilities substituting grade a birds with utilities is common in the poultry industry said anthony stiteri director of marketing for maple leaf poultry utilities are birds with such defi ciencies as missing limbs or a tear explained fretz fretz said harpers was assured that the utility birds to be shipped to stouffville would only have missing wing tips said fretz stiteri however disputes this he said the company could not guaran tee a missing wing tip promise on saturday morning the harpers turkey shipment arrived instead of missing wing tips a large quantify of the birds were mutilated said fretz the birds were in such bad shape that customers after customer start ed to back away many dont want the birds said fretz every time the phone ringsf its a cancellation as well people who ordered dutch treats peter 4 thomas 1 and bart bouwmeistcr 5 get sct to enjoy dutch treats t the home of their aunt and uncle john and cathy bouwmeistcr in lemonville some of the treats are kcrstbrood almond pastefilled kerstring krcntcbollcn raisinbuns amandclvingcrs almond fingers chocolate- letters speculaas and stroopwafels double waffles with syrup 1kuhysjoiwi tiirniiix bell plans to improve service joan ransberry staff reporter a plan is in the works to expand local telephone call services for stouffville markham and uxbridge bell canada announced friday in two years time residents of markham and uxbridge will be able to call each other tollfree as well at the end of 1999 toll free telephone calling will come into effect for residents of uxbridge stouffville and toronto local residents arent the only ones benefiting from the change bell canada announced that it is implement ing plans to improve service for more than 68 million customers in ontario and quebec the company will invest s200 million to modernize its telecommunication technologies and services to expand local calling areas and to eliminate mileage charges as well please see page 3 concerned with the ris ing prices of gasoline now is the time to let the governmentknow how you feel bryon wilfert mplorthe area is holding meetings with the liberal committee on gasoline pricing and the public at latcham gallery in the stouffville public library 6249 main street on tues jan 6 from 79 pm the committee mandate is to examine all aspects of the oil industry that have a direct impact on the pricing trends the committee was estab lished out of the concern and frustration by canadians across the country this past summer by the sudden and significant increase in the price of gasoline dan mcteague mp for pickeringajaxuxbridge committee chair and judi longfield mp for whitby- ajax will be in attendance the meeting is designed to hear delegations and deposi tions from the public regard ing this issue various issues wilfert stated that the committee has been examin ing various issues such as operations and procedures within the oil industry whole- sale and retail gasoline pric- i ing refining gasoline exports various federal- provincial legislation con sumer protection and any other issues the committee has deemed appropriate the committee has met with representatives from the major oil companies and independent retailers con- sumer groups and govern ment officials wilfert indicated that upon conclusion of its delibera tions the committee will in consultation with the liberal caucus economic development committee report its findings along with any specific recommenda tions to the national liberal caucus z eyjt serving canadians for 75 years stouffville canadian tire gahi qteetmoi auto w centre monday friday 800 jn- 800 pjn saturday s 800 am 500 pm sunday closed- service manager bruce maekeozie 6405050 retail store monday friday 830 m- 900 pm saturday 830 am 600 pm sunday 1000 am 500 pm jw manager robert vi