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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 1 2005 3 stouflville says by joan ransberry do you support the new provincial law banning pit bulls asked in downtown stouflville including at jug heads diner linda vanderham no i do not support this law its against peoples choices its pet owners that need to be responsible people should choose their pets wisely and resist impulse buy ing monica eden dogs are basically good theyre danger ous because theyre so powerful it only takes one or two breeds to make people suspect any breed can be dangerous the govern ment is just picking on the pit bulls debbie swire r fc jjmtffiwrffir m jn v9iei 4 p 5 isi 1 v rjt w fer lstbm 1 w psjvsbjssxfshhh k 7wfll in wrl 1h jhh m w wfiipawws i dont have anything against the pit bull it all depends on how the dog is brought up staff photomike barrett gord ness left and eric button of the law firm button armstrong and ness which won a heritage award from the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce longtime law firm wins award by joan ransberry staff writer three graduation pictures hang on the walls at button armstrong and ness the glassframed pictures in the downtown law firm show three generations of button lawyers fred button graduated from osgoode hall in 1902 his son reginald was called to the same bar in 1938 and grandson eric earned a law degree from dalhousie university in 1970 recognizing the law firm has served the local commu nity for more than 100 years the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce has presented mr button and gordon ness with a special heritage award this year being acknowledged is part of the charm of stouffville mr button said now we can really call our selves ancient the award rests on a man tle at the front desk the main street office two doors from the post office is more than an office its the former home of mr buttons grandparents i use to sleep here when i was a little boy he said often when the 60-year- old lawyer receives clients he doesnt have to ask for names addresses or other back ground information theres no need those seeking legal service are the children and grandchildren of the clients of his father and his grandfather the clients represent many generations mr button said because we know each other theres a trust a knowing and an understanding its invalu able the law practice actually dates back to 1895 when lawyer james mccullough hung his shingle in stouffville township my grandfather set up a practice here in town shortly after he graduated mr button said one day during a terrible snow storm grand father met mr mccullough at the magistrates court in whitby they agreed that it was silly having them both there and a partnership was struck from then on the firm was known as mccullough and button barristers and solicitors when fred button died in 1954 his son had been with the firm for 16 years after his fathers death the business became h reginald button barrister and solicitor reg button built a reputation he became known as a lawyer with sound communication reasoning and analytical skills and of course a willingness to put in long hours in 1966 reg button wel comed montgomery armstrong as a partner while litigation and familylaw lawyer gordon ness joined the firm two years later mr armstrong now retired lives on stouffvilles rose avenue hes 96 years old monty could tell you some stories mr ness said mr ness met the buttons by chance when his parents were in the process of buying a house in pickering they used their son as their lawyer the transaction involved button and armstrong during the proceedings mr ness was offered a position with button and armstrong i didnt even know where stouffville was mr ness said but id always wanted to get out of toronto so i accepted on my first day reg asked me how much i wanted to get paid as soon as eric graduated from the nova scotia univer sity he joined the firm to work alongside his father specializing in real estate transactions and estate work in the growing community mr button has always been busy i practised with my father up until he retired in 1975 mr button said as chairperson of the local business improvement area mr button views the down town as the heart of the com munity i want the downtown to survive mr button said theres a future here its vital for a community to preserve its downtown briefly couple wins 100000 a stouffville woman checked her lottery ticket dozens of times before being convinced she won 100000 patricia verbal and her husband gerhard claimed the encore prize recently from the aug 27 draw i checked the numbers at least 100 times i couldnt believe my eyes i always play encore mrs verbal said i never miss it the couples plans for the windfall is to pay off debts and to finish some home renovations the winning encore ticket was purchased at daisy sunkist plaza athwy 48 and 16th avenue in markham bandit strikes again police say a convenience store bandit responsible for three rob beries has struck again the hasty mart on keele street in vaughan was ripped off in broad day light monday by a man pointing a sawedoff shotgun at the clerk police have video surveillance tape of the robbery and say the man fits the description of a suspect want ed in connection with three other heists in the past two weeks the hasty mart on bloomfield trail in richmond hill was robbed aug 17 a man fitting a similar description then robbed the pik kwik conven ience store on eagle street in newmarket at 230 pm aug 23 about an hour later the convenience market in stouffville success square was robbed by a gun toting man wearing a balaclava he was also seen entering a silver or grey sport utility vehicle anyone with information can con tact york regional police at 1-866- 8765423 ext 7873 crime stoppers at 1800222tws or leave an anony mous tip online at wwwcrimestop- persyrca correction leaf scored in fifth game a story on the toronto maple leafs winning the 1951 stanley cup in last thursdays edition con tained an error bill barilko scored the cupwinning goal in overtime in the fifth game of the finals the suntribune regrets the error contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom ik iso 3 li l hi l0 1 j chapel ridge pp personal service br wm 8911 woodbine avenue markham ontario l3r 5c1 w email infochapelriagefhcom wwwchapeliiclgefhcom a caring part of our community family owned by eric met sasannc tappenden funeral home cremation centre