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w h i tcfl liffc hstoirffvti fe ac library tho best ctuxe a here ken prentice ownermanager 18 ringwood dr stouffville 6429507 vol 109 no 86 wednesday december 31 1997 20 pages 50 gstind ameiwiantifiiiblfa signy lawson 1 o money 3 concepts tbt mimiymaaagapcoi fi 6424540 mush grandpa samantha clapperton 4 enjoyed an uphill tobog gan ride on sunday at the town park hill thanks to the efforts of her grandpa bill clapperton the two and samanthas older sister rebecca 8 enjoyed a sunny day of sledding phmuby lori emmerson casinos stalled in york companies hoping to establish permanent charity casinos in york region are no closer to their goal three months after being an nounced as final proponents for lucrative clusters of gaming clubs star of fortune management and trillium gaming inc have not signed their contracts with the province lydia boni coordinator of charity gaming clubs for the provinces gaming control com mission confirmed last week please see page 12 h police chief kathleen griffin staff reporter york regional police chief bryan cousineau was officially sus pended with pay last week after accepting a 125000 contract for future services with magna international the police services board decided to suspend the beleaugured chief after a threehour closeddoor meeting tuesday he will still get his 135000 annual salary but he is no longer able to use equipment paid for by the force including his 1 000amonth mazda millenia paul bailey president of the york region police association said his membership wel comes the suspension the suspension is the first step to hiring a new chief he said in our view as a result of the audit and cousineaus poor performance in the last five years its time to hire a new chief for the next five to 10 years bailey is advocating a broad selection process that would comb the country looking for the right person and he said if someone interested in the job is currently a member of the york regional police he or she should be subjected to the same selection process we dont want just a rubber stamp he said cousineau is already on a paid leave of absence as the opp wraps up its investigation into allegations of criminal misconduct the investigation has been completed and the case is now in the hands of the provincial crown attorneys who will determine whether there is enough evidence to lay criminal charges cousineau has been on paid leave since march after senior officers made several allegations against him during a routine provincial audit the auditors contacted the opp which began an investigation into criminal wrongdoing york region has been paying double salary for cousineau and interim chief peter scott since then a 1 994 trip to china by cousineau paid for by the intercanada far east trade centre has been reportedly part of th6 investigation as have irregular use of cell phones air miles and the purchase of a soupedup camaro recent reports about a 125000 payment to cousineau from magna international for future security services in 2002 is the latest in the sea of speculation the opp will not confirm or deny the reports bryan cousineau residents of whitchurch- stouffville are reminded that collection of christmas trees will take place starting the week of jan 5 on the regular lyscheduled collection day trees must be placed out for collection by 7 am and all decorations must be removed please no plastic bags m a reminder that whitchurch- stouffville families are invited to celebrate the start of the new year at the third annual town bash today the recreation complex will be open from 140 to 3 pm for family skating horsedrawn sleigh rides courtesy of bill hassard and his family begin at 6 pm in the park members of the stouffville lions club will serve hot chocolate and donuts donated by local merchants and free hot dogs and refreshments will be offered by whitchurch- stouffville firefighters dont forget the fabulous fire works display at 815 pm serving canadians for 75 years stoufff illi gaffladial ring in the new year with our annual year end clearance wuo and more off selected sale items auto monday friday centre 800 am 800 pm saturday 800 am r500pm retail monday friday saturday sunda store 83bj8m 900 pm 830 am 600 pm t000am500pm 1 m 3gj3