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st 1 997 year in review weekender saturday january 3 1998p 3 from page 1 teachers said they left disappoint ed frank ronco a toronto resi dent whose family resides- in stouffville died of leukemia a suitable match was not found for a bone marrow transplant ronco needed however those who were tested for bone marrow may help prime minister jean chretien hon oured north stouffville resident and markham high teacher carl twiddy with the teaching excel lence in science technology and mathematics award stouffville resident mary ann holman was sent a local version of the award for her work at st patrick catholic school a number of dignitaries were on hand in june for the opening of the claremont community centre save another life because they are now listed on the canadian unre lated bone marrow donor reg istry an informal poll revealed that 52 per cent of residents did not want amalgamation of york region latcham hall board was dis banded and guy castonguay local hero and chairman of the defunct group called for the resignation of cliff dunkeld and mark kostand- off accusing them of attending few board meetings castonguay also charged that they orchestrated an unfair move to get rid of the board town staff and the business community met to discuss the pros and cons of being part of the greater toronto area service board designed to take over regional responsibilities such as water sewer transportation garbage major roads and econom ic development mayor wayne emmerson began fighting to keep ed hakonson from moving the spirit of stouf fville provincial jr a hockey league team elsewhere hakonson was upset that the spirit had little time available to practise on home ice at the rec centre jane reader a port perry resi dent was killed instantly in a two vehicle accident at the intersection of bethesda rd and kennedy rd arnold attenborough a stouf fville man who was charged in connection with canadas largest gun bust received a oneyear con ditional sentence attenborough did not go to jail but was able to serve the sentence in the commu nity at a ceremony held in ottawa march the supreme court of canada found it was patently unreason able for an arbitration board to order markham- whitchurch- stouffville mp jag bhaduria rein stated as a teacher after the toron to board of education fired him in 1990 wayne feasby who helped turn whitchurchstouffville mobility transit into an established trans portation service for the handi capped decided to move on and stepped down from the mobility transit board elementary teachers in york region public school announced their plans to strike on march 24 goodwood public school prin cipal mr todd retires thanks to tips from the public blackstock resident carolyn redi- can who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia was found after being missing since feb 8 york regions public school board approved the name glad park public school for the new stouffville school scheduled to open this fall elizabeth carr who was born with spina bifida and defied doc tors predictions by walk and par ticipate in indoor snowshoeing ice skating and roller skating won the yes i can award the award recognizes outstanding achieve ments of children and young peo ple with disabilities carr was one of three canadians to receive the award the latcham gallery and the local library board came one step closer to getting a divorce a com mittee has been struclc to look into having the 17yearold art gallery located in the library complex stand on its own mayor wayne emmerson announced that a plan to restruc ture the spirit of stouffville junior a hockey team involved no town funding although the spirit decid ed to remain in town at the time the team was assembling a board of directors which would make all the daytoday decisions regarding the teams operations a request to establish a code of ethics to deal with volunteers was presented by ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley after local coun- cils decision to discontinue the latcham hall board was deemed unfair by chairman guy cas tonguay the code was expected to include a procedure to deal with disputes thereby avoiding the dis missal of volunteers marilyn bruner steps down as president and ceo of markham stouffville hospital after being appointed the title on june 1 1989 nine months before its opening bruner left to accept the same position at st josephs health care centre in toronto as of may 12 whitchurchstouffville coun cil including mayor wayne emmerson all stated they wanted no part of joining a city made up of yorks nine municipalities kathy beckett and her two sons kevin and bryan were driving eastbound on icecovered mt albert rd 2 km east of woodbine when she lost control of her 1994 pontiac grand am and entered oncoming traffic being struck by a 1985 toyota camry becketts son bryan died as a result of the acci dent kay mcnelly an employee of erie canada of ballantrae retired after being with the company for 36 years local public school trustees formally rejected their twin ele mentary unions final offer which was proposed in hopes of avoiding a strike the strike was narrowly averted after a tentative last- minute agreement was reached a 136million budget reflect ing a zero percent tax increase for whitchurchstouffville ratepayers was ratified on march 26 york regional police chief bryan cousineau chose to volun tarily take a threemonth paid jeave of absence after allegations of criminal misconduct prompted an investigation by the ontario provincial police former metro deputy chief peter scott was named as the interim chief by york regional police april jailnbail was held on april 1 raising more than 25000 for the canadian cancer society a downsview man tonino iafrate charged in connection with the death of stouffville teenager darlene oblenes was scheduled to return to court on april 2 full details of a proposed 150- million adult lifestyle community were scheduled to be outlined at two public information sessions both planned for april 1 construction of stouffvilles train station was approved at a council meeting held on april 1 the project was a joint venture involving the town go transit the yorkdurham heritage railway association the whitchurch- stouffville chamber of commerce and the bia with a great deal of financial support from the amount remaining from the ydhra job- sontario grant financial support was also obtained from go tran s i t stouffville bia and ydhra it was announced that the average homeowner in whit- church- stouffville would pay 1922 hclene johnson was reelected as cham ber president more in regional taxes this year than the previous year a zero per cent increase for municipal taxes was also announced the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce called for an end to york region and gave the green light to the greater toronto services board v carole bell markhams longestserving municipal politi cian announced her decision to the legion celebrated 50 years in stouffville in 1997 more than 1000 ducks perished in a spring fire at the king cole ducks plant retire and move to whitchurch- stouffville markham stouffville hospital announces their decision to cut a few jobs and alter the way they deliver some s in order to balance its budget this year harold van dyke arborist horse lover avid golfer active community member and owner of van dyke trees and landscaping died at the age of 63 after suffering from a massive heart attack april 14 was the date set for ini tial bookings for the whitchurch- stouffvilles second ice pad which was fast becoming a reality at the time y ward 2 councillor mike watson failed in his bid to have develop- ment in the ballantrae and mussel- mans lake area frozen the fifth annual challenge cup hockey game was held on april 12 with uxbridge bruins alumni fac ing off against members of former allontario championship stouff ville clippers teams the event was held in memory of the late dan mcneil who played for the bruins and the clippers the royal canadian legion branch 459 in stouffville celebrat ed their 50th anniversary charges were laid against near ly new golf balls officials michael mccauley lawrence b mccauley and company supervi sor gerard voghel the men were accused of failing to provide a diver with a lifeline failing to pro vide a tender and a standby diver along with several other charges councillor ivanka bradley announced she would not seek re election in the fall for ward 1 steven andrew tribbling was sentenced to 15 months in jail after being charged in connection with a fourhour police standoff involv ing a toddler in ballantrae plans to bring an indoor swim ming pool to stouffville were approved earth day was celebrated on april 22 with the first community- wide tree planting project please see page 9 were first in distribution weve delivered 503510 flyers doortodoor so far this year for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call ruth or melissa at 6402100 the tribune watch for these flyers on saturday 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