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weekender september 27 1986 p3 eg construction of the markham stouffville hospital rjvill be underway inless than two weeks thanks to approval this week of the first phase above is a new hospital sketch sketch plan of the main entrance to the 50million facility to be located at hwy 7 and the 9th line it is expected to be completed by late 1988 1986 santa glaus parade planned the snow shouldnt begin to fly for a while yet but already plans are in full swing for stouffvilles 1986 santa claus parade the towns kinsmen club plans to hold the popular annual event on saturday dec 6 at 2 pm the theme this year is the good old days of christmas the year 1986 marks the 20th anniversary of our in- volvementin this community event and we look forward to the most successful parade ever according to a kins men letter to council we are confident that once again the support of the town and the merchants will make this an event to remember ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson encouraged his colleagues and town staff to get involved namely by enter ing a float in the procession council passed a bylaw at its tuesday meeting authoriz ing the temporary closure of a portion of main st and the 10th cone parking will also be prohibited during the parade which is expected to run to ab out 4 pm more information is avail able from parade chairman david monaghan at 6401366 local plaza breakins kj police are investigating two separate breakins at a plaza on rfincham ave in markham b on september 18 between 4 and m am cigarette cartons and 15 svideo cassette recorder tapes kworth 1000 were taken from scarboro fair variety store si the next day 250 was taken from a cash register at elit clean ers store police say entry into the dry cleaners was gained by breaking the glass in the front door between 1 and 3 am ed and clattdetie the last time i helped you two with your homework the school board tried to charge me with mental abuse council says no to drag strip drag racers will remain on the lam with no place to call home that was the unanimous deci sion of markham council at its meeting tuesday night despite the plea of a rich mond hill man and a pledge of 60000 from a local business man the councillors had no second thoughts about turning down the proposal for a legal drag strip drag enthusiasts suggested the town donate a piece of land on 14th ave for a strip but regional councillor bud bonner said the racers were mistaken if they thought the town owned a halfmile strip of land on 14th ave regional councillor frank scarpitti questioned whether or not establishing a legal strip would solve the problem the thrill of doing this is that youre doing it on public roads and having police chase you he commented inquest called into crash an inquest will be held into a 1985 brock rd accident that claimed the life of a five-year- old brougham boy jamie scott of orchard heights dr was killed last de cember when a car driven by his father roily scott collided with a tandem truck near taun ton road the crash also sent mr scott and another passenger james chapman of oshawa to hos pital the driver of the truck 34- yearold glenn hurlbert of oshawa has since pleaded guil ty to driving while being dis qualified the inquest begins at whitby courthouse on oct 22 markham council milliken school given go ahead by paula crowell staff reporter fear not milliken wilclay public schools fate is no longer unknown a colored drawing of the school was presented at a mar kham council meeting to the satisfaction of all the council members at a meeting two weeks ago council was appalled at the appearance of the school which is identical to ramer wood pub lic school in markham the drawing which council members disliked was an eleva tion which is twodimensional the more appealing impress ion was a threedimensional perspective of the school the perspective shows a more realistic likeness of it a liaison committee of school board and council members met with staff members from both organizations last week to discuss a number of issues re lated to new and existing schools the committee came up with six recommendations to make the establishment of new schools easier to accomplish that the elevations for wilclay public school be approved that the site plan for wilclay ps be signed forthwith that the building department be authorized to issue a founda tion permit for wilclay ps as quickly as possible that the york region board of education and the york region separate school board be re quested to show council through its liaison committee the de sign of schools at the sketch plan stage that the department heads be requested to consider the feasi bility of assigning an expedi ter to each new school so that school projects may be built on time and on budget that the town of markham en courage both school boards to apply for a building permit be fore they go to tender on a school to avoid expensive extras ward 5 councillor gord land- on took exception to the idea of providing an expediter for schools when there are so many individuals and businesses who must endure red tape when they wish to develop the recommendations were received and referred to the administrative committee officer honored for jessop work by chris shanahan staff reporter for metro toronto police sgt gordon hobbs spending four days in jail with a suspected child killer is all part of his job as a crack undercover policeman he was recently honored along with fellow officers and a group of civilians at an awards night held by durham regional police forces board of commissioners information gained during sgt hobbs fourday undercover stint in a whitby jail cell back in 1985 was used during the trial of guy paul morin charged with the firstdegree murder of queensvil- le schoolgirl christine jessop morin a member of the whitch- urchstouffville concert band at the time of his arrest in april of 1985 was later acquitted by an ontario supreme court jury the crown attorneys office has appealed the decision and a hear ing has been scheduled for feb 4 1987 according to a news release sgt hobbs was placed in a cell in the whitby jail along with the sus pect conversations were taped between the two parties and later transcribed bits and pieces of in formation extracted from the sus pect later became vital evidence sgt hobbs with four other officers then undertook the long and tedious task of transcribing the tapes many hours of which were his own time this task took hundreds of hours his evidence both at the preliminary hearing and the trial was presented in a highly professional manner the sergeant who was called in to assist the durham police force in the jessop case declined furth er comment because it is under appeal sgt hobbs is our hero here tonight durham sgt sandy ryrie said at the banquet he spent four days in prison under extremely dangerous circumst ances wc ocliver we can deliver your flyers for as little as 35c each call advertising at 2w2200 of distribution at 2w82m 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