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stouffville suntribune thursday jan 29 2004 3 stouffville says by hannelore volpe do we need an additional national holiday which month or date asked at a p in stouffville 3 pm monday kristine de caria we need one in every month the us has more holidays than we do they even get two days off for thanksgiving ed mazur any extra holiday should be on a friday or a monday to help all the people cope with stress in the workplace call itjviental health day erin ticknor one in the middle of winter would be superb maybe groundhog day to ponder the groundhogs weather prediction david west i think we should have robbie burns day off to learn a little history and also to coin cide with februarys literacy month rgfsrv yv r 38 4 yify staff photosjoerd witteveen winter picnic horses feed on hay in the fresh snow on a farm alongside hwy 48 near vivian road in whitchurchstouffville tuesday more snow flurries are expected today crown witness feared bikers jesse gray murder trial told by stephen shaw metroland staff a buddy of accused killer cary cleyndert feared being falsely blamed for the fatal stabbing of musselmans lake resident jesse gray and that biker friends of the victim would be coming after me court has heard kelly hoare told the superior court of justice he later burned and buried his jacket after real izing it was stained with mr grays blood the crown witness said monday he had jumped in to assist his friend after a fight broke out between mr cleyndert and mr gray during a large postprom field party on zephyr road in uxbridge june 82002 i just wanted to help out my friend i didnt want him to lose the fight mr hoare testified at mr cleynderts second degree murder trial mr hoare tried to grab mr gray in a choke hold but was pushed back by mr grays friend john bacon who told him to stay out of this mr gray 24 eventually fell to the ground after being stabbed eight times once in the heart by the defendant court has heard mr cleyndert 21 of blackstock has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder and his lawyers are arguing he acted in self defence as a large crowd gathered around a dying mr gray sever al partygoers began accusing mr hoare of inflicting the vic tims injuries a jury was told i was scared people said everybody was blaming it on me i remember john bacon saying you were there you were there he said he said he had hurt mr gray and he wanted to get outta there i was afraid of whatever happened being blamed on me and the fact that i had jumped into the fight he feared friends of mr bacon or mr gray would be coming after me when asked by defence lawyer dirk derstine why he was so afraid mr hoare replied mr bacon had a reputation as a local tough kid and apparent ly he knew people from the hells angels and that scared me too mr hoare said he didnt know who mr cleyndert was fighting at first however he later came to wrongly believe it was john gray jesses father who he also knew to be con nected to hells angels the jury was toid earlier in the trial jesse grays father and uncle are prominent members of the oudaw motorcycle gang in the aftermath of the stab bing mr cleyndert looked dazed and scared said mr hoare cary kinda looked shocked he said lie had hurt him mr gray and he wanted to get outta there he said mr hoare ran off with his girlfriend through a farmers field and hitchhiked his way home to oshawa the young man said he later noticed his jacket had blood on the sleeves which he assumed was from mr gray i burned it and buried it he said adding he dug a hole in his backyard during further crossexami nation mr hoare agreed with the defence suggestion mr gray had the upper hand on mr cleyndert early in the fight cary looked like he was get ting the worst of it and you jumped in so cary wouldnt lose too bad and lie was losing mr derstine said yes he was the witness responded prior to the party mr cleyndert had been showing off to friends including mr hoare a butterfly knife he was carry ing as protection briefly seniors accused dfbi in mafia man charged a whitchurchstouffville man has been charged after two local seniors claim they were subject to a strange pattern of harassment since last july both female victims one 72 the other 83 told police a man has been yelling and screaming at them over the phone and sending strange e- mails claiming they are members of the mafia since he returned from a trip to the united kingdom last summer police say one of the victims had contact with a man 47 while he was overseas because he was lonely and she felt sorry for him upon his return the harassment began culminating in a confronta tion at one of the victims homes last week when a man again accused the women of being in the mafia claimed they were both conspiring against him and called them witches one of the women said she was afraid to come home after dark said police spokesperson kathleen griffin a whitchurchstouffville man has been charged with two counts of criminal harassment martin derbyshire go transit wants bridge will the extension of stouffvilles hoover park drive and park drive mean go transit will put in a level crossing an overpass or an under pass that will be the subject of a public meeting next month whitchurchstouffville council delayed a decision tuesday when staff recommended the town hire a lawyer to support developer lebovic enterprises in its position on the mat ter at an ontario municipal board hearing which began today staff had also recommended that lebovic enterprises pick up the cost of the town lawyer estimated at 65000 go transit wants a bridge or underpass constructed when lebovic enterprises builds 1444 homes in the area lebovic wants a level crossing joan ransberry quoteworthy the gordie howe hat trick pro hockey player brandon sugden on unique feat see story on page 1 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville si t i- v l news that specie fr luimjmmm i ii m muwhmb m ssssi 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