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st saddlery business leaves town mike ruta staff reporter one of whitchurchstouffvilles most respected businesses is mov ing to uxbridge schleese saddlery service has purchased a 27acre lot in the uxbridge industrial park from york pacific ltd the deal closes at the end of may said schleese general manag er earl roth ery he said a spring groundbreaking is planned and the new 10000- squarefoot building may be ready by late fall schleese currently makes saddles in a converted schoolhouse near kennedy and bloomington roads rothery said the 5400 square feet of space there is not large enough for the growing business the growth just continues and with our manufacturing require ments we just cant do it out here anymore he said wed been looking for a long time at a lot ofdifferent spots that was the one spot that had enough room the price was right and the location was good in terms of our employees said rothery schleese employs roughly 21 people who will work out of the uxbridge site rothery said about 70 per cent of schleeses customers are in the united st a t e s with others in europe and aus tralia the com pany is a winner of numerous b u s i n es s awards and has been featured in the wall street journal and on the discov ery channel jochen schleese was the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerces business entrepre- schlkkse neur of the year in 1 997 this tuesday the local commit tee of adjustment will vote on a minor variance application by york pacific for the new schleese site it would allow a reduction from 50 to 35 per cent in the landscaped area on the industrial lot uxbridge council voted monday to support the application a second manufacturer may also move in to the industrial park the coa tuesday night approved a minor variance application from york pacific owner of 18 lots in the park concerning a roughly 15- acre site covering three lots york pacific with the support of the township had applied for relief from provisions of the rural employment area zoning the coa decision means the proposed manufacturer can limit their landscaped open space area to 10 per cent and have outside stor age on all portions of the lands except for the front yard the bylaw states that 40 per cent of the lands must be open space and only 20 per cent of the area can have outside storage sdss concert band leaves for 1 2day tour in british isles joan ransberry staff reporter yesterday seven adult chaperones and 46 members of the stouffville dis trict secondary school concert band arrived in ireland to begin a 1 2day per formance and tour of the british isles the cost of the onceina lifetime trip was offset by yearround student fund raising including the annual on the road sdss band pack up their instuments for their trip to ireland in front arc brooke maddock kristin duggan and sarah blenkhorn phot by steve somerville grapefruit and oranges sale a chocolate bar sale and a raffle some of the parents played a key role in the fundrafsing while local service clubs including the legion and the lions clubjoined along local business es to chip in meanwhile the town con- tributed pins and other memorabilia for the stouffville students to hand out on their travels under the guidance of music director doug walker the concert band made up of students from grade 10 to 12 will perform in st brigids school in kilarney st patricks in dublin and waterford crystal in waterford and currie secondary school in edinburgh as well the group will visit trinity college the book of kells phoenix park bunratty castle and folk park and the ring of kerry the stouffville entourage will then cross the irish sea to wales to go on to ironbridge england for a twoday stay while in england the concert band members and chaperones will tour shrewsbury there theyre slated to perform at the local abbey followed by an evening performance at the 300year old china works the group will then go onto scot- land for three days the bonnie isle visit includes braveheart tour of edin burgh stirling castle national wal lace monument and callander where theyll visit rob roy and trossachs visitor centre the experience will wind up with a traditional scottish evening and show weekender saturday march 14 1998 p 3 gallery provides showcase for local talent from page 1 longtime gallery volunteer recalled the early days this room now the gallery was to be a general purpose room available to the town then ron and lynda baird and the group that they brought in had the idea that there should be a gallery and that this was the ideal place its proximity to the library made it accessible to all residents it was named for art latcham the local philanthropist who donated about 35000 to the building program sanderson explained a gallery committee was formed and voted to com mission portraits of latcham and his wife which are still on display in the librarygallery complex when perry left in the early 90s she was suc ceeded by director roz pritchard and parttime curator stephanie springgay the two positions were- amalgamated when christopher jackson was appointed directorcurator one of the few public galleries in ontario the latcham gallery has received funding from the town of whitchurchstouffville through the public library as well as from the ontario arts council membership fees and fundraising events such as the annual art and silent auction and beyond craft the prechristmas sale of unique oneofakind items it has provided a unique showcase for up and com ing artists many of whom live in the area and has been used extensively by local schools as an educa tional resource art students from stouffville district secondary school have participated in an annual exhibition and the gallery has also exhibited the works of local ele mentary schools in the area every yean as well it has offered art classes for adults and children art appreciation courses internships and lectures and talks on current exhibitions the gallery which is supported by more than 100 volunteers is wellknown in theartistic community and has attracted many visitors from outside the area volunteers help keep mobility transit afloat from page 1 s 1 4000 from the province but the province has cut its funding so were asking the town to pick up the difference to give 25000 in total said morley transit officials are looking into offering the service to good wood residents wed like to work with uxbridge to link into goodwood said morley morley and britton emphasized that fundraising and volun- teerism play a key role in keeping mobility transit alive the local service is the envy of many municipalities said morley the 14 volunteers are mindful of costs as well the volunteers are adamant that this service is affordable for all its users keep ing the 2 fare as is means an ongoing commitment by the 14 vol unteers last year a golf tournament raised 1 8000 bingo revenue totalled 3175 while ticket sales for go transit earned mobility transit about 7000 records show that in 97 mobility transit 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