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st tribune october 13 1993 p3 crime helping the united way tribune correspondent bruce stapley stopped by bank on main st serving up the dogs were kath- the united way fundraiser barbecue at the scotia leen wilsonhousser and rob mattacott feds ignoring social impacts from page 1 services pays for residents to drink bottled water they arent taking the water problem into consideration all they tell us is let the buyer beware she said she called the federal government very bad landlords who while offering moderate rent leave the tenants with thousands of dollars in repair costs each year they should not be in the landlordtenant business durhamyork mpp larry oconnor has been a big help she said asking his government what it can do to combat the problem the province has declared a provincial inter est in this sale in order to halt the process and allow some real land planning to take place oconnor said in a press release last week calling for careful planning on both govern ment levels oconnor is helping the residents deal with social issues such as affordable housing options for those who are to be dis placed from their homes photolorl emuerson through the looking glass budding dancer katerina ciccarelli makes contact sions dance studio in stouffville on saturday with her mirror image at a dance class at expres- afternoon vandals set play equipment ablaze tracy kibble staff reporter someone in whitchurch- stouffville doesnt like play grounds and attempted to destroy one of the communitys newest ones this past thanks giving weekend deputy fire chief murray emmerson told the tribune the department responded to a call about 128 am mon oct 11 to the playground at rupert ave and weslawn cres where yellow plastic slides were found ablaze and other equip ment had been damaged the playground which offi cially opened last year was donated by the stouffville kinsmen club in partnership with the town parks and recreation director marlane mckee wetheral said the police were notified and will be investigating but offi cers have stated there is not much they can do in cases of blatant public vandalism mckee wetheral said town staff were on the site yester day morning to assess the damage she said most of the equip ment costs will be replaced through the towns insurance policy and added the town would do its best to replace what we can without addition al costs to the taxpayer this is at least the second case of vandalism of public- owned property in two years the other being damage to the town pool last season which delayed its opening the playground damage is estimated at about 2000 halloween on sunday local politicians have yet to decide whether or not to officially switch halloween from its usual oct 31 slot this year the dilemma arises every few years when the night of ghosts and gob lins tricks and treats falls on a sunday a day local churches would rather not share with the ageold autumn tradition of doorknocking dressup and treatpassing local municipalities share a responsibility to address the issue and in other years some have opted to change halloween festivities to oct 30 the matter has not come up at the local town office and chief administra tive officer merlin dewing admitted its not a top priority when there are other pressing matters on the books several local ministers have said while they wouldnt be offended if hal loween fell on a sunday they would prefer it take place another day so their members can attend evening church services others say switching confuses everyone and houses end up with trick or treaters on both nights its no more offensive than stores opening on sunday but my preference would be not to have it on sunday offered stouffville united church min ister wayne reed phovsteve somerv1lle principal allen dickson addresses stouffville district secondary school students after doing his part in the piethrowing contest last week as part of spirit week kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 i kl- attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as if a piece so far this year we have delivered 23766645 flyers doortodoor in markham unionville milliken stouflville uxbridge claremont dickbon hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman corners box grove cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood leaskdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr ashburn cannington and all adjacent rural route areas we can deliver your flyers on the day you want to the area you want any quantity from 5000 to 46000 n for advertising and distribution inquiries call retail advertising at 6402100 classified advertising at 6402100 distribution inquiries at 6402100 from uxbridge 6492292 or fax your inquiries to 6405477 inserts for wed oct 1393 sears national sports woolco zellers white rose mens pharmacy eatons inserts for thurs oct 1493 canadian tire selected areas only