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r wliitchurchstouffville public kibiagr inside l 6 events 15 sports 16 classified 20 i f music town revisited scholarship winners announced at 10th annual student concert at sdss community calendar event remembrance day service when monday nov 11 11 am where stouffville legion cenotaph ninth line ifi sports leisure u tie one on this winter to catch the big one next summer serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents includjng gst 36 pages thursday nov 7 2002 to reach us 905 6402612 law makes life easier fbrregionv disabled but work isnt done for advocates in york bymikeadler staff writer martha marty shultz has fought 20 years for safe accessi ble transit that would give people with disabilities their indepen dence its clear her work is not fin ished oh march 20 ms shultz and the motorized wheelchair she sits in fell from a ramp while being loaded into an accessible taxi the accident which still sends pains through her neck and back broke three teeth i fell into the bushes with my chair and fortunately my head landed on my headrest or i would have had a broken neck said ms shultz a markham grandmother who fills her life with painting and volunteer work despite the inconveniences of multiple scle rosis although grateful to york region for cooperating with insurers after her fall she sug gested the transit service she depends on is becoming harder to reach and receive when they call for a booking the services 6000 registered clients can be left on hold for long periods and have to be ready a halfhour before a scheduled pickup instead of the former 15 minutes ms shultz said this is fine if you only do one thing that day but what if you have three things going on see towns page 3 town humane society office lets staff go to pay for power to layoff by lisa queen staff writer a 21000 hydro bill ifor three months of summer power has con tributed to the latest round of lay offs at the ontario society for the prevention of cruelty to animals according to executive director vicky earle its terrible it makes a huge dif ference to us its come at the worst possible time for us she said adding hydro one threatened to cut off the agencys power when it had trouble paying the bills we feel a little bit like a victim its beyond our control ms earle said hydro is just one of the factors that forced the society to layoff seven employees last month inaddition to another 17 let go over the past 18 months the society has spent more money saving and caring for ani mals including a flood of dogs need ing rescuing from puppy mills over the past year and a half while the downturn in the economy has taken its toll on donations from supporters its a very tough economy at the moment especially for charities ms earle said she complained the hydro bills come as just the latest burden in a long line of financial troubles for the society which opened its 30000squarefoot provincial headquarters in northern whitchurchstouffville just outside newmarket a year ago and there is no end in sight hefty winter heating costs are now replacing last summers see donors page 7 traditional work staff photobill roberts ruth rodanz left front joins quilters kathy carrick right meryl parish second from right and norma brillinger centre in stitching together a quilt at stouffville united church in preparation for last saturdays annual charity bazaar steak atcaofboosb open for lunch mondav to friday dinner 1 nights reservations fi fvoirnjikt 149 main street unionville 9054800094 hi h h v no l m t 1nte the little dealership with a big m o oi l c i eemmgsy stent special andymk 0lit m pbi l o 8pecll regular power steeing flush s895 7995 2 wheel alignment inspection wjprfotout 3995 5995 includes toe adjustment only 4 wheel alignment inspection wfrrintoot 6965 9495 tocltf 0s tm mjosbnent ottty w n orthpo i n toe h ovoldseoi 2 wheel alignment power steering flush with print out r special 4 wheel alignment power steering flush with print out 8995 v 10095 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 toll free 18008922209 tina saunders bjoarthau u jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646 1 1 i i