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the stouffville sun tuesday jan 7 2003 page 5 bill payne was santa reallife veteran to stouffville children by joan ransberry stouffville sun the flag at the stouffville branch of the royal canadian legion was flying at half mast marking the death of longtime member bill payne funeral services were held saturday at the legion for wilmot james short ludlow payne bill who died peacefully on dec 30 with his family by his side he was 76 mr payne and wife liz and their two children moved from toronto to stouffville in the late 1960s after retiring as a manager of a construction company in the late 70s mr payne spent much of his time volunteering in i obituaries the community for years mr payne played santa claus bringing joy to both the folks in the ideal nursing homes and stouffvilles toddlers mr paynes daughter rena benson of keswick recalls that for many years a few days before christmas her father would gather names of children to telephone santa would make a person to person call to each child hed say a few words mrs santa my mother would stand behind him and jingle bells in the background the pair of them would make the telephone call from santa a very real experience for the children said mrs benson during the second world war mr payne served in the canadian as well as the british navy seeing action in both the atlantic and pacific oceans during the last few years mr payne visit ed elementary schools in stouffville making make sure the children were informed about the war years mn bill payne payne felt it was especially important that todays children know the involve ment and the sacrifices of canadians in both world wars he knew what lest we forget was all about said his daughter the annual luncheons held at the legion by the ladies auxiliary always included the able and will ing hands of mr payne hed arrive at the legion at 3 am to help put the roast beef on in order to have it ready for the first table setting at noon local legion president bill mccracken remembers mr payne as a doer he was our sergeant at arms for many years he was quite active with the stouffville district pipe band bill was the bands equipment manager and of course he was a great help with the ladies auxiliary especially with its lun cheons bill would cut the meat and peel the potatoes hed work mr payne was a member of the lions club the ballantrae seniors and the masonic lodge mr payne is survived by bis wife isabel liz besides mrs benson and her husband john mr payne was the loving father of wilmot bill jr and his wife chris hes also survived by grandchildren wilmot m bill jr kristen jeremy danielle and great grandchild gage ken aida remembered as planner who cared for his community funeral services for retired town employee ken aida will be held on thursday at 1 1 am from oneill funeral home in stouffville mr aida 56 died at his george street home on christmas eve born in british columbia ken moved with his family to stouffville when he was four years old while ken attended local schools his parents owned and operated a drycleaning business in downtown stouffville for many years mr aida worked in the whitchurchstouffville planning department for 30 years retiring 18 months ago he became a town employee a few years after graduat ing from stouffville district secondary school in the late 1960s ken aida was a very valued employee said mayor wayne emmerson his untimely death is very unfortunate my sympa thies are extended to his family since kens mother elsie died a couple of months ago this must be very dif ficult especially for his father ken aida was a remarkable man said fellow planner bill ken aida moyer everybody loved kenny he certainly was a good planner he was very bright and he cared a great deal for stouffville it was more than a just a job kenny cared about his town mr aida played hockey for the stouffville clippers junior team was an avid golfer loved a game of tennis mr aida is survived by his father tat his brother ben frank and his wife diane and sister margaret and her partner jim hood as well as nieces and nephews nick ryan kristy burke and melissa mr aida is resting at oneill funeral home on main street visitation will be on wednesday meet exhibitors showcasing dozens of summer camps and educational possibilities for your child explore camps specializing in arts crafts riding swimming tennis golfgymnastics and more january 1 82003 10 am 4 pm metro toronto convention centre 255 front st w mm admission torontos largest over 100 exhibitors you wont want to miss it insmsaansbsk pinterna31qnal tctty rurent summer education fair for more information or to exhibit call 9058150017 from 6 to 9 pm the funeral service will be held at oneills chapel at 11 am thursday with internment in stouffville cemetery following the service your input is needed the recycling council of ontario invites you to attend a public consultation on the proposed blue box waste diversion wdo public consultation blue box waste diversion program plan diversionprogramplan on ontarios new blue box waste industry funding or t established to jrazs22srr product importers whose m and consu ffl the blue box these fees collect p pashc etc collected costof ontariosmunids zj 50 2 wonhws t cach cons provide an opportunity for public ssv qntario rco trough public worksho psthelnte mtan dl y ekments the p will begathering m wn forms esoltaifmt to us to program acheviitelzr wasfe of municipal ii sw aversion participation mafe we courage your sincerely dennis darbychair of stewardship ontario oxiyr0 rco public consultation sessions date january 9 03 location north york north york civic centre 5100 yonge st i time 300 pm 700 pm lj open house 700 pm 930 pm workshop sponsored by if you cannot attend a workshop or open house please tell us what you think what do you think 1 in general what do you think about the blue box waste diversion program plan in favour undecided opposed 2 what leads you to say this 3 any other comments questions suggestions 4 community name if you wish address postal code tel email organization you belong to if any eg chamber of commerce municipal government environmental organization please fax or mail this joanne st godard rco box 250 station a toronto ontario m5w 1b2 fax 416 9608053 tel 416 6572797 ext 2 form to rco by january 15 2003 you may also comment online at wwwrcoonca or wwwstewardshipontarioca workshops will also be held in guelph thunder bay london toronto and kingston for information on workshops workshop registration or request background information please contact rco