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ph p hub vv st statidn owner fights giants in gas price wars mike adler staff reporter from his office window sunys station owner john guizzetti can watcfr drivrs pull off yonge street and up to his pumps today as on most days he sees every car his employees serve as money he has lost hot gained guizzetti is selling gas at 504 cents a litre but his cost is 499 cents nbtenoiigh profit to cover wages never mind expenses hehas no choice his closest competitors one a petrbcanada mega- station sporting 18 pumps a car wash and a fullsized grocery store with selections of coffee muffins magazines andjinewest of all cigars are both celling at 504 to sell even a few loths of a icerit higher would drive guizzettis customers away ift sell more product i work for nothing he said from behind his desk this week hes owned the station just north of hwy 7 in richmond hill since 1959 and the last three years have been the worst s during- that time york regions consumers have enjoyed the lowest prices for gas the produgt itself without taxes since the 1970s local motorists see a cycle of price wars andirri- tatirig sudden jumps but independent station owners like guizzetti see a merci less campaign by major oil please see page 19 john guizzetti stands in front of his yonge street station photo by mike adler boat launch jessica reynolds 9 a student at willowgrove school in stouffville launches her homemade boat from a rock in the stream behind the school on tuesday as part of student boat races to celebrate the last day of school phatobysjoerdwltteveen i thejrjbune jhlujsimy david barry president of stouflfville coop hblds up a 14k gold 63ct diamond ring that will be a silent auction item by the stouffyille lions club the funds raised will go toward a proposed pavil- iion shelter to be constructed in the town park davidbarthau president of the lions club adjusts the ring photo by steve somerville coop donates prize for lions draw joan ransberry staff reporter the old saying what goes around comes around has been proven once again in february the stouffville coop was the lucky winner of a raffle held by the local lions club the prize was a 5000 diamond ring the coop board decided that the lions club could further benefit the local community by using the ring as the prize in yet another fundraiser the stouffville lions club thrilled with the ges ture will hold a silent auction for the diamond ringv we would like to contribute al 1 proceeds from the auction to our picnic shelter project said lions president david barthau the silent auction got under waylbday tuesday and will carry on until june 21 the ring will be on display in the front window at barthau jewelers for the next two weeks there will be a special showing on june 25at the lions beef barbecue entry ballots will be available at the main street bank of nova scotia during business hours the highest current bid will be posted daily above the ring display we are very pleased and excited to be granted this opportunity by the stouffyille coop to provide additional resources for bur towns development and look forward to a lively auction for the ring saidbarthau vv cou nc i i to get pay raise joan ransberry staff reporter a sevenyear wage freeze for whitchiirchstouffvijle council been thawed whitchurchstouffville politicians granted themselves a 1500 pay hike this week the wage package includes 1 500 retroactive to january of 98 1000 as of january 99 and 500 as of january 1 2000 it means a local councillors salary goes from 12240 to 1 3640 with a 1 043 car allowance whitchurchstouf fville mayor wayne emmer- soris annual income goes from 208q6 to 22306 with a 3650 car allowance emrrierson also earns j 22640 as a member of york regional council for a fotal of 48596 j the last time whitchurch- stouffyille council got a raise was in 1991 golf carts stolen from maples two golf carts valued at 9000 were stolen from a stouffville golf course on the weekend officials of the maples of ballantrae golf club reported the theft to york regional police on june 13 i ililm the carts were housed in a fencedin compound at the golf course located on hwy 48 police are investigating the theft cigarettes taken the low cost of cigarettes didnt deter a theft at a pooiee local business over the weekend york regional police reported that 70 worth oif cigarettes were stolen front just fix it on june 13 entry to the aurora road business was made by smashing a glass door police are investigating the theft j 1 2-