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bestavaliabtpnnpy dainty donuts deli 18 ringwood drive buy a sandwich get a small coffee or pop free ti pwl stouffville ine inbune ca 6424540 132miln street stoalwbe vol 107 no 25 a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 21 1995 12 pages 50 wpisjxrj developer says attracting commercial investment unlikely by bruce stapley correspondent a whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce business luncheon was told by a local housing developer thursday to forget about trying to change the ratio of residential to com mercial assessment in town joe lebovic president of lebovic enterprises said its simply unrealistic to think in terms of attracting commer cial development because of the enormous costs involved you have to forget about commercial assessment theres nothing you can do said lebovic who has been a major housing developer in stouffville for nine years lebovic cited the futility of his own efforts to develop commercial projects in the city of toronto in recent years as an example of why the town should concentrate on housing not com mercial development he said its just too expensive to build commercial buildings and make them pay in the 1990s the chamber and the town should instead look towards attracting new housing he said you cant get industry no matter what incentives you give instead you need more people living in town thats whats going to provide jobs and create business said lebovic who admitted to a cer tain lack of objectivity lebovic said residential assessment shouldnt be seen as negative as housing developments provide school levees developers fees for roads and more the more residential the assessment the more services you can have said lebovic please see page 3 t j 21 v- iv v v it vv- hard workeh dad elliot traill pauses to refresh himself after he and his father greg tried to beat sundays hot and humid weather by get ting up some speed on a bike phomc johnson beating the heat benjamin foppa and his mom cibylle found the best way to beat the heat saturday they hit the town pool which is merci fully now open photocheryl johnson hot enough for you by joan ransberry staff reporter the heat is bad news unless youre selling fans air con ditioners dehumidifiers pool chemicals and popsicles robert van bemmel manager of stouffvilles canadian tire store said business linked to the heat wave is amaz- ing if ive got one air conditioner left said van bemmel by tomorrow ill be out of dehumidifiers and the sale of fans just doesnt stop van bemmel is also reporting brisk sales in sprinklers garden hoses kiddie pools chemicals for swimming pools and water toys this heat may not be too nice to work in but its great for us said the store manager meanwhile in order to keep pace with the growing demand for items to keep people cool van bemmel is plac ing more orders for air conditioners and dehumidifiers keeping up with the demand for pop sicles and freezies is an absolute fight said marianne glover owner of stouffvilles frozen food shoppe its driving me nuts im selling between 150 to 200 a day im having quite a time restocking the freezer the afterschool attack is something else but the kids are great said glover heatrelated health problems are send ing people to markham stouffville hospi tal a health facility official has reported lana burchett hospital spokesperson said while the hospitals emergency depart ment has been busy for the past two days patients are not suffering heat problems specifically health problems associatedwith the heat include asth ma other breathing ailments and heat exhaustion burchett pointed out watch your water town says seasonal water restric tions are in place in stouf fville local residents are being reminded people are being asked to take spe cial note in the wake of the present heat wave a public notice dealing with water restrictions was included in the water bill which was circulated with in the municipality during june july and august local residents are asked to water lawns and gardens and to wash vehi cles the sidewalks and dri veways by hose and in the morning between 6 to 9 am only the notice points out that homes with odd house num bers many water only on odd days of the month people living in homes with even house numbers may water in the morning on even days of the month failure to abide by these water restrictions may result in a fine of up to 5000 residents are being asked to take extra care in pre serving water joan ransberry ballantrae native wins russian medal by mike ruta staff reporter ballantrae native robert richards last week was awarded the prestigious ke tsiolkovsky medal of honour from the russian government the medal goes to people who make extraordinary contributions to the peaceful development of outer space as envisioned by russias father of astronautics who began pondering the scien tific basis of space travel in the 1880s richards was one of three men who in 1987 founded the international space university isu the worlds first university dedi cated to interdisciplinary economy space studies its a big honor said richards the idea of a space university had been brought up in the past but nobody had identified what it would be isu holds summer ses sions in a different city each year and this fall will offer a master of space studies mss degree from its cen tral campus in strasbourg france a permanent uni versity building is scheduled to open there in 1998 with 2030 more campuses around the world linked to it by computer richards and americans todd hawley and peter dia- mandis met in the early 1980s finding they shared a common interest in space they formed a students please see page 3 job bank opens at public library more than 2000 jobs are being post ed in stouffville a job bank kiosk will open at the stouffville public library on wednes day the job bank an information delivery service system is being established thanks to a partnership between the local library and the newmarket cana da employment centre the kiosk uses microcomputer tech nology to provide clients with up to date information about job openings in the local surrounding and canadian labor market employers can register their job vacancies through the local canada employment centre meanwhile job seekers can review available vacancies in their field with in their local area and selected job vacancies across the province and canada explained marilyn ferguson the librarys chief executive officer jobs are added to and deleted from the database three times a day said ferguson more than 2000 jobs are currently registered teen assaulted at dance a toronto teenager was assaulted while leaving a cedar beach dance saturday night the 19 year old suffered a broken nose black eye and other bruises to the face according to police reports the boy was attacked at about 11 pm after leaving a teen dance at cedar beach pavilion in musselman lake as he was walking with friends the victim was followed by two suspects and punched to the ground he was latertreated and released from hospital police are investigating the assault roger belgrave now refinish your treasures craftsman refinishing services available for your furniture our experts will reveal the exquisite beauty of your furniture our hand rubbed finish will enhance the value forever call us today for a free estimate antiques refinished beyond compare mastercard visa tel 9056404564