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48 economist switribune- newsmakers tuesday dec 262000 isssmil issuesin a j riwt from aj ill v c who chairs the regions soudivweconimitee- king township mayor r margaret black was re-elect- jed by the slimmest of mar jpiis iii last months munici- pal election at least in part c plan to have king hooked up r to the yorkdurham sewage scheme the big pipe replacing kings ancient sep- tjtic systems though the omb ruled in a javour of the plan following cjan eightweek hearing in r jmarch a number of area cit- izens appealed the decision and in august the ontario divisional court agreed with rjthem halting any further development and earlier this month newcomers on z kings council staged a coup voting to revisit the whole issue in king the big pipe is tdead j at least for now 1- the taintedwater tragedy in walkerton spread jjts tentacles across ontario jhis year and york region was no exception rural resi dents in dozens of areas were advised to boil the water from their wells because of oliform and e coli readings queehvpatk launched a massive inspection program uncovering deficiencies at a number of municipal water treatment plants although york region water plants passed the test the region was chastised at one point for failing to supply mini mum sampling require ments at three of its plants olympians make their mark on sports scene a number of york region residents were national and international newsmakers this year on several fronts including the olympics and politics the bronze medals won at the olympic games in australia by markham resi dent mathieu turgeon and his girlfriend karen cockburn were two rare bright spots in an otherwise bleak olympic scene for canada both train at the skyriders trampoline club in richmond hill schomberg equestrian eric lamaze also made olympic headlines of a different sort considered one of canadas top hopes for a medal at the olympics lamaze was hit with a life time ban from all sanctioned equestrian competitions for testtog positive for cocaine metabqlheaix r an adjudicator accepted the riders explanation that he took cocaine when hewas told he was banned for life after testing positive for ephedrine a banned sub stance he mistakenly took through a dietary supple ment although given the green light to continue with his rid ing career lamaze was told by the canadian olympic association he would not be allowed to rejoin the team for the olympics a leadership hopeful with principles on the political scene oak ridges mpp frank klees gained national attention last spring when he tossed his hat into the canadian alliance leadership battle t only to withdraw a few weeks later claiming he couldnt live with a backroom deal klees said an individual donor had offered him a considerable amount of money to aid his 3million leadership campaign but the pledge came with a con dition that if wees failed to win on the first ballot at the june leadership corfven- tion- hewould support one 6f mepther leadership can- didates wees reniseds do i feel like a fighter who has been asked to take a fall in a way yes he said and a candidate with a passionate cause newmarket resident joe wamback took his relentless battle to overturn the young offenders act to the nation al scene on cbc radios crosscountry checkup program and he took the battle to the political arena when he accepted an invita- tiori from pc leader joe clark to be the tory candidate in what proved to be an unsuc cessful bid in york north in the november election wamback also launched a multimilliondollar jaw- suit against the teenagers who were convicted this fall of the brutal beating of his son in 1999 turning to the bizarre markham mp jim jones was thrown out of the tory cau cus after stating he would seek both the tory and the see newsmakers pagea9 above margaret black was challenged for her king may- oralty post by environmentalist jane underhill black won below former markham mp jim jones a tory then a canadian alliance candidate was ousted by liberal para chute candidate john above schomberg equestrian eric lamaze was banned from olympic competition because of drug use below mpp frank klees stepped out of the canadian alliance leader ship race on a matter of principle bfiu8 bnuo r i mf on almost everything in the store even if jrs already on ingluding the greatoffers shown below plus much more in store sears will deduct from theitem price trie same dollar amount as the gst and pst you will pay so your total purchase including the tax dollars will be no more than the item price tax equivalent reduction does not apply to purchase of nontaxable merchandise and purchases made under taxexempt status excludes prestige fragrances and cosmetics joe boxer jockey calvin klein guess fashions and accessories nine west hush puppies handbags specialorder window coverings automotive products parts services- homecentral installed products and services deferral fees deliveryand maintenance agreement charges sears travel licensed 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