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inside otters 6 new you 12 sports 26 classified 27 7stoufmle readers reply to our survey and you could win a prize from the sun and tribune community calendar event remembrance day service when monday nov 11 1045 am where stoufiville legion cenotaph ninth line whitchurchstouffville public librarv tja get a job strange stories from the personnel files of york region companies serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 48 pages saturday nov 9 2002 to reach us 905 6402612 angry hydro users blast mppsover rate hikes relief package coming from province by mitchell brown staff writer tory mpp frank klees says it has caused some bumps in the process while liberal mpp greg sorbara says its the most serious crisis ontarians have faced in a long time but they agree people are phoning their offices and those of other mpps in droves to voice their frustration over soaring hydro costs i have a home so i under stand and appreciate the pres sures this is putting on fami lies and businesses said york north mpp julia munro adding she has passed along their concerns to both the pre mier and energy minister john baird yesterday the minister was said to be preparing to announce a relief package for consumers early next week six months after the conservative government opened the hydro market to competition may 1 home owners and businesses alike are facing huge power bill hikes with increases in their monthly hydro bills of 40 to 100 per cent not uncommon in some areas york region is no exception with thousands of homeowners suddenly paying more than tiiey expected for their power see school page 9 1500 available for information on stouffville halloween fire ewa by joan ransberry staff writer rewards valued at 1500 are being offered in connection with the vandalism at a bramble crescent parkette on halloween during tuesdays council meet ing wwtchurchstouftville mayor wayne emmerson issued an appeal to the public asking people to come forward with any informa tion that would lead to an arrest in the act of vandalism on bramble crescent on oct 31 at about 4 pm council approved a 500 munic ipal reward in connection with the recent vandalism near stoufiville district secondary school mayor emmerson pointed out that a 1000 reward is also avail able through the crime stoppers program administered through the york regional police the 500 reward offered by the town could increase mayor emmerson is accepting donations to increase the municipal reward interested parties can call his office ward 2 councillor mark carroll reminded council that kids telling on kids isnt too commonplace many of the kids are afraid to come forward said councillor carroll theyre afraid to rat out the oth ers criminal behaviour in whitchurchstouffvilles youth population is a very real problem mayor emmerson stressed its time we started to take back our community he said recent acts of vandalism have seriously damaged the gazebo in seeyouthpagel4 a time to remember staff photomike barrett remembrance day has special meaning for stouffvilles art and helen huisman helen remembers neigh bours being pulled from their homes by the nazis in her native holland during the second world war for more on the huismans and remembrance day 2002 see page 3 town and country 6400888 1- 4 it i i i i r t im i m j i f j 1 i iw m i i m 13 v mi f-i- i 1 1 m i i i 1 1 i i 1 m v client t 1 i1tllllliljilll tifiii- t ifcii mti0mmamkm9amagnnqwnmkmu0b i