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i t i i the best choce is here ken prentice ownermanager 1rmgwood dr stouffville 6429507 ri w im t h vol 110 no 1 tuesday january 6 1998 12 pages 50 gsrinci a metroland publication serving whiichurchstouffville since 1 888 carol l clements monet concepts 6424540 fujmon hncon trustee to seek vicechair position mikeadler staff reporter stouffville trustee virginia hackson is challenging two col leagues this week for a leading role on york regions public school board hackson a veteran who repre sents the town and east gwillum- bury said shell run for vicechair of the board against the woman who has held the post for four years karen barker of newmar ket newcomer howard shore of thornhill said hell also seek the position at the boards inaugural meeting thursday last week hackson and shore both said some change in leader ship is needed at the board which is returning with fewer trustees homemaking agency stays open a pay equitydriven wage hike for workers wont force the red cross to shut down its homemaking agency red cross officials have promised the 45 per cent hourly raise for homerriakers required jan 1 under ontarios pay equity law still threatens the service but the red cross is looking for a way to keep it running announced ontario zone gen eral manager allen prowse last week that means 6400 red cross homerriakers- including 162 in york region will keep workirigfor their- frail and elderly clients officials had feared the agency would close because of the law which offers some competitors a different way to reach pay equity by making smaller salary adjustments but because it wasgiven appropriate assurances from labour minister jim fla herty and other provincial politicians the red cross said it will con tinue the 24rhour- homemaking service while searching for a solution that can meet its pay equity obligations were very optimistic mary ferguson public affairs director for ontario added last week meanwhile its service as usual and a new name york region dis trict school board no 16 im not saying 1 can do things better im saying i can do things differently hackson said last week both hackson and shore promised theyd work to improve the boards strained relations with its teachers and the public barker pointed to the boards record of fiscal restraint and said her experience as vicechair would be valuable on a 12member board with six new trustees markham trustee bill crothers meanwhile is almost guaranteed another year as board chair his sixth yesterday vaughan trustee har vey nightingale who tried unseat ing crothers last year said he wont run against crothers on thursday and doesnt know any trustee who will the people filling the two fop- posts would get 10000 a year twice the amount given to regular trustees a budget committee chair will also be elected at the inaugural meeting swinging in the park ingrid hutton and baby joey hutton 10 months enjoy the swings at the playground near rupert street in stouffville recently 1lww by lolll emmerson elections among top news stories here are the remaining months of our look at the news in 1997 may after more than 40 years with the tribune joan marshmans retirement was announced near the end of may the lifelong resident of stouffville held a variety of posi tions at the twwweincluding com positor distribution representative and sales tracy kibble was announced as the new editor of the tribune replacing andrew mai appointed as the papers new editorinchief joan marshman june the fourth a n n u a 1 caribbean festi val was held at the recreation centre oh ninth line on june 7 liberal bryon wilfcrt won the election in oak ridges making history as being the first mp for the new riding a 17ycarold local youth was sentenced to four and a half months in jail after being found guilty of vandalizing the stouffville ceme tery it was announced the proposal for a s34 million town halllibrary complex being planned for down town will undergo public scrutiny delaying the building process a raging 5600000 fire destroyed the 30000 squarefoot threestorey barn housing a king cole duck operation at lees poultry farm on durham sideline 32 resulting in the deaths of nearly 20000 ducks york regional police dct year in review 97 robert wiche was stabbed in the neck inside a newmarket court house the officer was on trial after being charged with manslaughter in the death of faraz sulcman who was shot behind the wheel of a stolen jeep a 15yearold markham youth was charged with the attempt ed murder of wiche as of june 14 the finishing touches were being put on the con- structiori of the yorkdurham her itage railway tourist train station reta alcorn won the whitchurchstouffvilles senior citizen of the year award thomas strandallard was one of four students in york region to achieve a perfect score in the 1 997 gauss math contest the yorkdurham heritage rail way tourist train station won the ontario local government innova- please see page 3 stouffville canadian tire bargains galore 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