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st weekeftoermaflghlv 1997 3 polities candidates gearing up for federal election from page 1 bishop said the liberals are indeed ready to launch a seri ous contest countrywide and in the new riding oak ridges should go liberal said bish op oak ridges liberals number about 1000 members said grit president john lawlor were in great shape he said about 500 cardcarrying liber als are eligible to vote in tomor rows nomination meeting which gets- under way at 1 pm wayne feasby leaving transit group by bruce stapley correspondent after helping whitchurch- stouffville transit grow from a fledgling hand to mouth opera tion to an established trans portation service for the handi capped wayne feasby has decided to move on but while the organizations treasurer for the past four years gave his final report at the recent annual meeting he will once again help organize the outfits third annual fund raising golf tournament sched uled for late this spring feasby who is leasing man ager at williamson motors in uxbridge has played an impor tant part in turning the service into a valuable asset for people unable to use conventional transportation modes the organization contracts with a local taxi company which has three wheel chair accessible vehicles an average of 350 trips a month are arranged for people for medical appoint ments shopping social out ings church library and to markhamstouffville hospital feasby said the needs of the handicapped are often neglect ed its a segment of the popu lation nobody thinks about people who are shut in its not just seniors but there are also handicapped kids blind people and others where the families just cant do it all said feasby who is confined to a wheel chair while funding for mobility transit has come from a combi nation of provincial grants con tributions from the town and fund raising the provinces share has been decreasing annually feasby said that makes this years golf tourna ment scheduled for june 10 at the maples of ballantrae that much more vital for the contin uation of services provincial cut backs have definitely hurt us that has kept mobility transit in business he attributes much of the success of the tourney to local resident john fazackerley whose company digital pro cessing systems inc has played a large role as corporate sponsor feasby heads up the annual tourney along with wilf morley jack burrows and drew knox wayne feasby is helping to organize this years mobility transit golf tournament before moving to new challenges the tournament committee is promoting this years event with mail outs to past partici pants while actively pursuing prize donors and corporate sponsors the cost for golfers is 135 which includes golf cart lunch and dinner and a chance to win some outstanding prizes for feasby who lives in town with his wife nancy and his daughter lara the decision to step down after five years on the mobility transit board of directors comes more out of a desire to move on then from a weariness with the workload its not a big time commit ment but i have other things i want to do with a 1996 budget of 36527 feasby said the orga nization has come a long way from when he first came on the scene when i started we didnt have anything we were trying to raise 5 at a time to go from nothing to having enough fund ing to sustain this thing is sat isfying were in a maintenance mode now photosteve somerville as for the upcoming golf tour nament the retiring mobility transit treasurer said that while he cant predict just how much money the event will con tribute to the organizations cof fers there is one thing he can guarantee it will be perfect weather just like the past two years at the richmond hill commu nity centre under the liber als canada is being governed in a humane and reasonable way while a strong emphasis on reducing the deficit has put the party in good standing said wilfert in the local tory camp its a threeway race sherri walker a 28yearold former teacher and now legislative assistant for an mpp public relations and media consultant john andersen of aurora and 53- year old allan duffy property manager and former mayor of richmond hill are all busy courting the pc associations 300 members the local tory candidate will be selected on march 24 at leparc at leslie street and highway 7 also the public can meet the pc candidates on march 5 at the oak ridges community centre at 77 lake avenue off yonge street north of stouffville sideroad walker said shes been shown great support from stouffville jean charest party leader and the pc party of canada is ready to show voters a new level of accountability in gov ernment promises made will finally mean promises kept said walker local tory president pat cross expects the oak ridges voters to favor the tories in great numbers the people here identify with pc philoso phy said cross also the national pc party has targeted oak ridges as a very winnable riding cross said the pcs are needed in ottawa said duffy the coun try is in dire need of a nation al opposition duffy said andersen said hes approach ing both the nomination meet ing and the election in a keen and confident mood i intend to help jean charest rebuild the pc party into a strong national political force said andersen the oak ridges new democ rats will announce a date for a nomination meeting very soon the association has about 200 members peter devita local ndp riding president said the issues are clear jobs health care and poverty especially child poverty all three issues relate to income distribution said devita he added there is no reason for the present level of poverty to continue canada needs ndp represen tative in ottawa voters in oak ridges will view the ndp as a clear alter native said local ndp execu tive member jim sanders of stouffville the people in this area are no strangers to the new democrats said sanders stouffville helped send an ndp to queens park less than five years ago he pointed out an ndp candidate search committee has been struck and theres interest in the job said sanders in fact some are very interested he said in early april about 300 reformers will gather together to pick a candidate for the upcoming federal election oak ridges reform president jeff turner said the search for a candidate is a underway now there is no doubt that the new riding boundaries our fresh start for canadians program and a strong candidate will guarantee a reform mp said turner joe peschisolido reforms regional organizer for the greater toronto area said the partys national headquar ters has identified oak ridges as one of the reform partys most winnable ridings in ontario meanwhile party leader preston manning will visit oak ridges on the nation al campaign said peschisolido teachers set march 10 as strike date fu mjm a strike v teachers m vork region public to collect strike pay and bene schools are preparing announced yesterday fc strike is a last resort i sincerely hope come to a satisfactory agreement with the between now and march 24 women teachers the confrontation can be avoided if teachers v y v v i sv ation s ready to face a worstwise scenario the teachers are also applying pressure on the if they re not prepared to change their position provincial government over its cuts to education uiini tinf nrarmrorl fi tasanrra mir f iiynaliriui kvarl cmnrlinrr tir nlonc fnr moecitro rthnnaw tvflphorfi ever s in york regie provincial federations have already hel teachers set up a strike headquarters at 145 west chair of the royal commission on learning criti- watch for these flyers on saturday march 1st 1997 canadian tire catalogue zellers canadian tire flyer westons biway m m meats stouffville sears dominion wal mart canadian tire spring catalogue- plan save richmond hill a p royal lepage debbie park len powell selected areas only were first in distribution weve delivered 6982670 flyers doortodoor so far this year if you would like your flyers delivered by the best please call arlene maddock at 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