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st tribune september 11 1991 p3 bpehs at rupert park bruce stapley correspondent the stouffville kinsmen unveiled their new childrens play- ground facility at rupert park thursday evening town recreation director marlane mckeewetheral was on hand to cut tfie ribbon marking the official opening of the 20000 struc ture which the local mens service club has been planning for two years the unit has been designed in two sectionsi and is joined by aiy ramp s the smaller part consists of low impact slides arid small scale equipment for children up to three years pfage- the larger section is made up of higher impact slides track rides and monkey bars for childrenup to 10 years of age kinsmen past president brian daley who chaired the committee responsible for the structure said his club was hoping the town might decide to name the park kinsmen park v the park is presently without an official name daley said he felt his club had provided a muchneeded facility for the area our original idea was to provide something which would serve to bring families together to have activities in the park which the whole family could enjoy it seems to have worked daley also said tiie bencheswould be installed at the side of the v new structure later this year v the stouffville kinsmen opened their new playground this past week at rupert park here the park is opened by kinsmen president bruce smith and brian daley right project chair who hold the ribbon for town recreation director marlane mckee wetherall to cut sonshine square supporters ask for reprieve from ministry julie caspersen staff reporter noonhour bible classes were banned from four whitchurchstouffville ele mentary schools by the ministry of education for the past two years the sonshine square club has operated optional lunchtime bible classes at orchard park and summitview public schools one day each week classes started at whitchurch highlands and ballantrae public schools last fall v parent patricia ratcliff speaking on behalf of the club said enrolment for the coming year is 348 these students attend the sonshine classes on a vol untary basis with parental approval and hear bible stories and play games v the ministry told us were not allowed to run this anymore ratcliff said vp -s- an aug 25 letter to york region board of education director bob cressman from the ministry of educa tion said according to miriisby policy religious instruction during the lunch breakis not rermitted but is allowed before or after the school day a fight to save the program which runs as an alternativeto other clubs such as sports arid drama groups runs deeper than maintaining the club to a battle for human rights ratcliff said the broader problem is parents being denied their rights stouffville school board trustee harry bowes his requested a meeting with the education minister marion boyd to speak on behalf of the parents and urge her to allow the club to continue seventy per cent of their taxes go to education why cant they use the schools bowes said parent beth boyd whose five chil dren attend the club at orchard park said petitions were handed outat local churches last sunday with a bigger thrust planned for next sunday but let- tefs written by individuals have a greater impact than a group effort and boyd urges residents to appeal to the ministry to save the club the club started at orchard park with a sign up membership of 15students but grew in popularity parents have said they want it principals agreed our trustee wants its and the kids are enjoy- ihg it boyd said according to the initial proposal to the board the club stresses such traits as love- temperance goodness and faith but does not focus on any one religion in particular but boyd said basic bible knowledge is fading among todays students in this bible belt area there are a lot of kids who dont know basic bible stories the christian culture is being sub merged beth boyd said snip photoannette buchkowski best in show awards opened its doors this past weekend the new store is at 100 ringwood dr and mayor fran sainsbury was oh hand to celebrate the opening with owner judy kennedy the store sells trophies and awards pis business as usual at the stouffville post office monday morning mail was being sorted and delivered from the local canadapost office staff moved back into the facility last friday it was the first time since rotating strikes began a few weeks ago that the location has been fully operational members of the canadian union of postal workers went back to work friday after a mediator was named to oversee talks between the union and canada post v labor minister marcel dams named justice alan gold as mediator gold agreed to accept the position on condi tion the rotating strikes would end mediation talks have been postponed until wednesday while gold breaks to celebrate jewish new year v local postal officials closed l their temporary depot fri- day and went back to the post office when a mediator wasassigned but should there be a need well be utilizing it again said stouffville post office manager john homan dis- through at post office ruptioh to local delivery was minimum during the strike action according homan private contractors sort and deliver local mail as a result mail was still being deliv ered to homes arid boxes during the strike t oneof the benefits is there are no unionized delivery people in stouffville and thats being maintained said homan counter staff represent the only unionized staff at the stouffyille office problems arose when mail j couldnt get through from area plants sv by todayv residents should hotice their volume of mail returning to normal he indicated during me strike many people refrained from mailing letters homan remarked a lot of businesses were holding on to their mailings and they have put them back into the system today monday he said the two sides in the labor dispute are still fighting over contracting out of jobs and the cre- ation of fulltime and part jobs but the big issue is still wagesunionized workers currently earn about 1424anhour v marshall opts not to run in nov flection from page 1 willing to be a strong voice for the community will step forward to take her place so far vandorf resident ivanka bradley is the only person regis tered to run for the ward 1 council seat the 40yearold house wife and mother of three is a newcomer to politics marshall was quick to reveal her support for ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson several weeks ago emmerson revealed his plans to challenge incumbent mayor fran sainsbury in the mayoral race i marshall has worked closely with emmerson during her three terms as councillor she believes emmer son represents a new wave i think we need a change and strong leadership marshall said anyone wishing to run in the november election must register with the clerks department by oct 11 samaritan retrieves wallet hits 17403 there are still good samaritans out there at least kathy carrick thinks so the stouffville resident found that despite all the greed and graft in the world there is still some kindness carrick a new grandmother of just one year was loading her grandson jake carrick into a car seat after leaving the bank in the ap plaza last week she became preoccupied with fastening the youngster into his chair and forgot she had left her wallet on top of the car she sped away and the wallet was subsequently driven over by the car behind her spilling credit cards personal information and about 400 in cash onto the pavement a man witnessed the incident carrick said and got out of his car and gathered up the money and cards later that afternoon carrick and intact wallet were reunited thanks to the man whom she said works at the new euro auto service on sandiford dr in stouffville something like this doesnt happen every day she said monday v a the town of whitchurchstouf fville has released its 1991 census report and the population of the community has grown only slight ly- the town now boasts 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