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inside op 6 arts 15 sports 21 classified 22 5 regional council puts a freeze on taxes for 2000 but the fight for the surplus continues arts cuiture calendar event valentines dinner when monday 630 pm where uons club latcham hall 6401867 a skate for a friend jt is being held feb 26 in honour of a mom whos living with cancer serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 wrtitdiurchstouffville public lirar e tribune 50 cents ingluplnggst fm pages saturday feb 12 2000 jo reach us 905 0402 100 council submits billsfor years work pliakes tops list by joan ransberry staff writer of whitchurchstouffvilles six councillors the top spender in 1999 was ward ls steve pliakes last year mayor wayne emmerson earned 23306 in salary and 3051 in benefits along with a 3650 car allowance and 2240 for public relations for a total of 32247 councillors earned a 14740 salary while each received a flat rate of 1043 for car allowance with the exception of ward 3 councillor dobrich each coun cillor received between 2400 and 2646 in benefits dobrichs benefit package is valued at 451 pliakes submitted a 1065 public relations expense bill for a total of 19494 in second place is ward 5 councillor judy scala with a 1342 public relations bill for a total of 19771 ward 2 councillor mark carroll filed a 775 public rela tions bill ward 6 councillor sue sherbans public relations expenses were 355 for a total of 18784 ward 4 councillor cliff dunkeld spent 260 on public relations bringing his total to 18443 dobrich spent 925 on public relations for a total of 17159 wayne emmerson politicians forge ahead with risky plan to ship garbage to the united states yorks trash by patrick casey gf staff writer jdespite emerging technology that has the ability to convert solid waste into gas and peat york region officials will forge ahead with a risky plan to have regional garbage snipped to one of two landfill sites in the united states on thursday regional council- lors disqualified super blue box recycling corp from bidding on handling the regions 175000 tonnes of annual trash once the keele valley landfill site finally clos es in 2002 because it failed to iden tify a site for its waste management facility a division of eastern power ltd subbor is constructing a site in guelph where its threestage diver sion process is being tested but a permanent york region home could be located in east gwillimbury at the proposed site for the integrated solid waste pro cessing and transfer facility allow ing the regions garbage trucks to haul trash to the nearby location through subbors state-of- theart technology recyclable products are first sorted then the remaining waste is digested and gas is recovered and used as steam power gas turbines and waste heat recovery remaining peatlike solids are combined with a chemical compo sition thats suitable for compost use the company said it could han dle a minimum of 160000 tonnes of see trash page 2 staff photosjoerd witteveen hitting the books dickson hill grade 4s spend 20 minutes in english class fulfilling their readathon requirements to raise funds for the multiple sclerosis society of canada from left are harrison browne martha carruthers morgan brown and man huen koo thank you markham after doing business in markham or 32 years the time has come february 14 2000 for us to turn our mazda dealership over to new owners what i will miss the most are the business and personal relationships that i have shared with many of you as a result of our dealings many new friendships have developed that i will continue to cherish my most cherished relationship developed when i met denise who became my wife and has blessed us with two beautiful children i wish all our staff health and happiness in the years ahead it has been our privilege to serve you sincerely j p kovae kovac motors town and country realty ltd 6400888