The Toronto Star from Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 19

ink lunuiaiu Jinn MulHidj, JUiy 1 1 19S0 DO SUMMERlINiTHEiCITYi 20 Questions PETER POWERTORONTOSTW Sunnyside up and down Krista Fox, 24, of Waterloo mils off yesterday Ix-neath the waves at (Jus Ryder Pool at Sunnyside Reach while Stephan Chemiack, 1 0, makes a grand entrance. The swimming weather pauses today with thunderstorms forecast. Honest Ed given key to the city Thousands help Mirvish mark 84th birthday JOYCE FRUSTAGLIO Vaughan Councillor The Star is funning a series on Mondays offering a glimpse into the makeup of councilVxs in the Greater Toronto Area. WeVe done this by asking them 20 Questions, both political and peisonaL As a regional councillor, Rustagio senes on both VDugian and Regon councils. 1.

What the most important Issue before your cound today? There are tm keeping taxes as low as possible given the impact of provincial downloading and traffic impacts caused by rapid growth. 2. When youre not reading cound agendas, what do you read? Newspapers or a good book. 3. How old an you? Im not telling 4.

What's more important to you, keeping taxes low or maintaining services? Both are equally important The challenge is to find a good and fair balance that taxpayers can accept 5. If tourists stopped you on the street, where would you td them to go for fun? Canadas Wonderland, the Kortright Centre, the McMichael Canadian Art Gallery and of couise spots in Toronto such as Harbourfront, the SkyDome and Yotkville. 6. Who Is your best friend? My husband, Louie. 7.

Name one thing you wfli use in your platform If you stand for reelection In 2000? Continuing to fight for the rights of individuals to ensure they receive the level of service they pay for. 8. When you are atone, what TV shows do you sneak a look at? CNN, the Movie Channel and the Discoray Channel. 9. Do you have plans to run for higher office? I enjoy my position as councillor and I have been encouraged by many to consider higher office.

I don't know now just what the future may hold. 10. Name one ton place in the GTA that you return to over end over. Evening trips to theatres, Yorkville and Harbourfront in Toronto. 11.

Do you believe party pottles has a place in local gOVBnnMnrr Absolutely not Just look at the old Metro Council and Toronto Council to see the negative effect party politics has on the ability to make decisions. 12. Where do you vacation? At our family cottage on beautiful Georgian Bay. 13. What Is Hie most Important Issue In your dty? Taxes and traffic in view of the rapid gowth we are experiencing 14.

Are the Ontario government's tax cuts a good thing or a bad thing? I believe they will be very good tor many people provided there is no impact on health care and education. 15. What do you Hie best about your community? The multicultural makeup and Vaughan's proximity to countiyside as well as a fabulous metropolitan city. 16. How much time do you spend on the Job as a councilor? I sit on both Vaughan Council and York Regional Council and iryjob is a seven-day responsibility.

Given the number of committees I sit on and community demands, I average 10 to 12 hours a day. 17. What is your career backgound? Public relations. I love the volunteer work I do with a number of charities some of which provide services to senior citizens and the devetopmentally challenged. 18.

What do you do for recreation? I enjoy precious moments with Christopher-Louis, aged 3 months, our first grandchild. I also walk 3 to 5 kilometres on the treadmill every morning 19. Do you think some amalgamation of York needed? Given the tremendous growth the southern municipalities are experiencing I dont believe amalgamation is wise at this time. But I don't believe we need nine municipalities. 20.

Name the biggest thing you have accompfished since taking office Jan. I pressured the provincial government to defer taxes to senior citizens and me dtsaned living on fixed incomes in the context of the new assessment RON BUmORONTO STAR TO ED, FROM MEL Honest Ed Mirvish holds a key to the eity given to him yesterday by Mayor Mel lastman at a party at Mirvishs Hloor St. store. Caribana kids strut their stuff By Natalie James STAFF REPORTER Ed Mirvish celebrated a birthday yesterday, and Toronto celebrated a legend. Tens of thousands of people turned up on Markham St.

in Mirvish Village near his Honest Eds department store to mark the retailers 84th birthday. One of them was oronto Mayor Mel Lastman, who used the occasion to present Mirvish with a key to the city. Ed Mirvish has done more for this dty then anyone I know," said Lastman. Theres nothing in the world like Honest Eds. Prime Minister Jean Chretien must agree.

He chose the occasion to present the store, which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year, with a commemorative plaque calling it a true Canadian attraction. The plaque was given to Mirvish by MP Tony Ian-no (Trinity-Spadina). "Ive been very lucky, said Mirvish. The people have always been very supportive. 12-HOUR DAYS Mirvish quipped that he felt better at 83, but shows no sign of slowing down.

He said he still puts in 12-hour days overseeing his entertainment and retail holdings, which indude Honest Ed's, and the Princess of Wales and Royal Alexandra theatres. Organizers estimate more than 60,000 people turned out over the course of the 10-hour party to enjoy free food and entertainment and to see Mirvish. His impoverished beginnings as a World War II immigrant have made him a role model for new Canadians. I would like to be as successful as him, said Hing Lee, who used to shop in Honest Eds when he arrived in Canada 20 years ago. And even though hes rich he treats everyone the same.

Geraldine Forde came to Canada 20 years ago and enjoyed seeing Mirvish when she shopped at Honest Eds. For people whoVe just come to Canada, this was the place to go, she said. 'You could never meet the owners of other big stores and to meet him was an honour. Murder suspect Rogers freed on $320,000 bail The Junior Carnival masqueraders are as dedicated as the adults when it comes to putting on a good show. Despite their tender ages, many of these pint-sized performers have years of experience to back up their efforts during Caribana.

Neil Johnson has been playing mas since he was 6. Now 11, hes a seasoned veteran. I love dancing, said Neil, as he limbered up yesterday before the two-hour dance marathon, which paraded past 40,000 spectators lined along several blocks near Eglinton and Oakwood Aves. Theres lots of beautiful costumes. And Im also learning about my culture, said Neil, who helped make the sequined outfits that he and the other young masqueraders in his band were wearing.

True to the spirit of Caribana, his mother, Jama Felix, was right in the thick of things, dancing along with the kids. Its fon and its a part of our culture, said Felix, whos originally from Trinidad and obago. You see the little babies, she points to the pint-sized masqueraders, Thats where it starts. They put on an even better show than the adults, says Carol Charles, a Junior Carnival coordinator of the 10 bands who participated. The adult parade the showcase of Caribana launches from Exhibition Stadium and Lake Shore Blvd.

W. on Saturday morning. James Mr. Justice Bruce Glass of Ontario Court, general division, named Allan Rogers, the accuseds father, as one of three sureties who must ensure that Rogers shows up for court. Allan Rogers signed for $300,000 without deposit.

The release is subject to strict conditions including a surrender of passport, and a requirement that Rogers stay out of York Region and cany his bail papers on him at all times when outside of his home. But Rogers, who must reside at iris fathers home and observe a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, may visit the familys summer home on Rogers Island, in Archipelago Township, and to be employed by the Rogers Group of companies. There is a publication ban on evidence called at the hearing last Friday.

By Harold Levy YORK REGION BUREAU A Richmond Hill man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his childhood friend has been freed on $320,000 bail in Newmarket court. Stephen Allan Rogers, 36, was arrested May 13 by York Region police in connection with the murder of James Martin, whose decomposed body was found hidden in some bushes in the 19th St area on April 8. Martin had been carrying 120,000 in cash. Martin, 38, a dishwasher at Orillias Casino Rama, vanished on March 26 while carrying fire money to close a deal to buy a home in Barrie for his wife Loma and their three sons. Two weeks later, the Thornhill resident was found shot in the head and the money was gone.

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