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economist suntribune- newsmakers jsv 59 above jennifer may of stouffville is congratulated by mayor wayne emmerson the quickthinking young woman saved the life of an ajax boy who was visiting a stouffville farm this year left thornhill mp elinor caplan made headlines when she described members of the canadian alliance as holocaustdeniers and bigots right former newmarket recreation director bill andrews also made head lines when he decided to run for office after his conviction for stealilng money from the town former aurora councillor phyllis morris has championed legislation governing safety at riding stables from page as- alliance nominations in that riding winding up with the alliance and joining non- liberal candidates from 100 ontario ridings who lost in the nov 27 federal election jones slide into obscurity allowed highprofile liberal john mccallum who left his job as a vicepresident at royal bank to become markhams new mp thornhill liberal mp elinor caplan also hit the national newswire during the election when she called the canadian alliance a party of holocaust deniers prominent bigots and racists political chance i one of the most unusual political stories of 2000 took place in newmarket where the towns former recreation director bill andrews announced he would seek the regional council seat in the municipal election five months earlier andrews was convicted of stealing more than 100000 from the town in a scheme involving invoices from non existent companies his efforts to win the seat were hampered when his parole refused to exempt andrews from house arrest to wage a campaign this yeavs persistence awards go to if there is an award for persistence in politics it should be snared by vaughan regional councillor joyce frustaglio and former aurora council lor phyllis morris frustaglio spent numer ous hours during the last three years travelling around the region with an often con troversial message selling a uniform nosmoking bylaw in each and every municipal ity in york region a law that comes into effect in january even her most vocal opponent former richmond hill regional councillor janet mabley applauded frustaglio we whacked heads on this the past year but the writing is on the wall i com mend her for her hard work and tenacity and the ability to take some blows on the chin very gracefully phyllis morris was no less persistent in her bid to insi- tute regulations covering commercial riding stables fouowiiig the death of a 10- yearold aurora girl in 1999 morris took the fight to each oftlie regions nine municipalities while also lobbying mpps to 4 put provincial legislation in place morris plans howev er suffered a setback when she was defeated in a bid to oust aurora mayortimjones in the municipal election courthouse worker stood up for her rights other notable battlers this year- included lori patrick a civilian employee of york regional police queensville centenarian thomas swanson 14-year- old risa saraga of thornhill and robert mcmichael of the mcmichael canadian collection patricks persistent com plaints about toxic mould in the provincial court building in newmarket forced the ministry of labour to shut down the courthouse it remains closed today as the cleanlip continues swanson who died in february seven months after celebrating his 100th birth day was york regions last surviving first world war veteran jthat 100th birthday was very important to him said a friend ithehi think his v body just got tired and he wanted to give up saraga a grade 8 student at thornhill public school successfully battled to over turn a school board policy that stopped her from play ing basketball on the boys team mcmichael finally won his long battle against the board of directors of the famous kleinburg galleiy that carries his name his goal of- restricting works exhibited there to the group of seven and certain other artists was enshrined by the harris government york region had its share of heroes in 2000 including 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