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1 closure of area church has national benefits teirpyedvhmw pj joan ransberry i staff reporter the closure of a ringwood church has paved the way for the opening of new places of worship canadawide with 85000 in seedmoney from the trustees of ringwood congregation christian church special council meeting set for the newly elected whitchurchstouffville coun cil will hold a special council meeting on wednesday at 230 pm- at latcham hall two items are on the agenda a taxation issue followed by a planning matter reports town clerk michelle kennedy as well the regular council meeting will be held on jan 1 9 at latchanvhall the congregational christian churches of canada cccc set up a trust fund to aid church planting across all of canada explained stouffville resident mac keith the ringwood church commu nity was founded in 1 824 church members built the place of worship in 1868 it served the community for about 130 years however in recent years the congregation in ringwood shrank in size forcing a church closure two years ago- v it was down to about a dozen people said keith its unrealistic to keep a minis ter on for such a few last week the gift from the ringwood congregation was reported on the front page of the churchs national newspaper the money which came from the sale of the property is now being used to help with the birth of new churches said a proud keith the cccc is a going and a growing concern nationwide said keith reading time laura lchming takes time out to read a book during a visit to the whitchurchstouffville public library on saturday the library offers numerous programs of interest to youngsters pimm by cheryl johnson strike rebate deadline approaches mikeadler staff reporter friday is the last day families can file to get a fairness pay ment resulting from the ontario teachers strike v both area school boards have forms parents can use to claim 40 for eachday of the strike a maximum of 400 for public school families and 200 for catholics in york region where separate school teachers cut the provincial walkout short with their own local legal strike the separate board has said catholic parents may get their money by the end of january r the public board with more claims to process wont be ready to i pay until sometime in february parades best float andrew vincent and blair sccley receive the mayors award for best overall float in the whitchurchstouffvillcsanta claris parade on hand to present it to the employees of budget tow ing are mayor wayne emmcrson and past kinsmen club president and parade chairman gary gornik other winners included the shrincrs for most original float v v pwto by steve somerville stouffville to collect generators chainsaws for ice storm victims stouffville is doing its part to help out fellow can ian from the ice storm which has battered cafitern ontario and qu mayor wayne emmerson told the tribune monday that the town lias put don whitehouse of the works department in charge of co ordinating the shipment of chainsaws and generators to tl need anyone who has such equipment to donateis asked to call white- house at the town offices 640 1900 whitchurchstouffville is joining municipalities across canada in its effortsto help those hurt by the ice storm york region is sending help to the south frontenac area north of kingston oh monday the region sent four trucks staff equipment and generators to the area the region and many of our area municipalities had already made substantial commitments to help throughout eastern ontario last week said regional chair bill fisch now we are providing that extra measure of assistance in a more coordinated way bsb fisch also praised the many private businesses and individuals who had volunteered time and equipment