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STAFF PHOTOISJOERD WITTEVEEN BY SANDRA 30mm sbolan@yrmg. com Wearing a bicycle helmet may not be cool or it might mess up your finely ooified ‘do, but by not wearing one, you have an 85-per-éent'chance of sufiering a serious head injury. Patrollers looking for your helmets, cyclists "01'th 27 names ll, That information, however, HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? E-MAIL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO JIM MASON AT .IMASON@YRMG.COM f--‘Ii'ib une Instead of $75 fine, you could receive positive-ticket does not seem to resonate with Wlfitchumhâ€"Stouflvilleresidents as the majority of cyclists, from very young to senior citizen, do not wear a helmet while cycling through town. Which is why the town’s leisure services department is launching the Helmet Patrol EFE -* AUTO - HOME - 64 Sandlford mm, Unit 1. Personalized Insurance Service program. “As an avid cvclist myself, it drives me crazy people don't wear helmets,” said Barb Arm- strong. fitness supervisor for the municipality. Starting on May 11 and run- ning for six weeks, volunteers will be giving out positive tickets that include raIfle tickets and discount coupons, to cyclists wearing their helmets “Stoul’fville is growing, but we’re still small enough that a community-based program will work," Ms Armstmng said. See $75, page 10. Whitchurch-Stouffville fire chief Chris Powers is the municipéfity’s newest member inducted into the $100,000 club. MI. Powers joins six other town stafiers who earned between $108,000 and $154,000 last year. They are among the more than 53,000 employees on the 2008 Sunshine List released on Tuesday. “I was not here when they hired (Chris Powers) as fire chief and I wasn’t here for his contract," said Whitchumhâ€"Stoufiville Mayor Wayne Emmerson. “I'have to honour con- Mr. Powers joins Whitchurch-Stouffville CAO Dave Cash, who brought home $154,707 last year. The remaining six municipal employees on the list all earned $108,771 in 2008 and they are clerk Michele Kennedy, director of development services Tom Parry, treasurer Marc Pourvahidi, director of public works Paul Whitehouse and former director of leisure services Tom Graham. Mr. Powers also earned $108,771 last year. Stafi contracts are negotiated every two years, however Mr. Emmerson said the municipality may investigate renewing con- tracts every three years. "Council was very concerned about the increases,” Mr. Emmerson said. “(But) we planned this before the economic down~ $100,000 club grows Provincial law, brought into effect under premier Mike Harris, sets out that the pro- vincial government, crown agencies and cor- porations, Ontario Power Generation. Hydro One, hospitals, municipalities, school boards. Seven town employees on list ShOppin g Sports Classified BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan @yrmg. com See 29, page 10‘