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st 8 wm wflijif f historical society wants old left alone when sprucing up downtown stouffville the old need not be forgotten in fact buildings that date back decades can add much to the character of any downtown stressed fred robbins of the whitchurch-stouf- fville historical society last week robbins and representatives of the provincial ministry of culture took part in an allday workshop put on by the business improvement area bia about 50 business people some from as far away as windsor attended economic development officer eric lismanis pointed out that as we sit on the threshold of a new century the historical value of the commu nity is indeed important it the blas plan to revitalize stouffvilles downtown historical building will play a key role as well the agenda to get rid of eye sores and pretty up main street from highway 48 to the tenth line is continuing recently a bia committee visited 53 busi ness owners and encouraged them to join the beautification plan which includes planting trees flowers and shrubs business owners were also asked to consider new lights appealing signs awnings fencing some painting and lots of spit and polish if we want business to come we have to make it happen stressed local mayor wayne emmerson the economic reality is stouffvilles down town will struggle for a year or so yet said lismanis but that will change in the future recently york region gave its blessings to whitchurchstouffvilles secondary plan paving the way for the big pipe to come to town the big pipe should be here within two years said emmerson once its in place its expected to trigger development in stouffville existing business owners are being reminded of both the individual and community benefits of adopting a prideinproperty philosophy not only does it enhance property value it attracts business historical society member fred rob bins makes a point to a group of society members last week on main street about saving the towns older buildings and how they should play a key role in a down town stouffville beau tification plan photo by joan ransberry love life susan henderson one of the walk coordinators for the upcoming may 23 canada osteoporosis walk in clarcmont shows off her milk leggings in support of the event the walk begins at 1 1 am at clarcmont united church pittt jqan ransberry get pinned sharon maude holds up one of the for arts sake pins which- are available to anyone buying a latcham gallery membership photo by joan ransberry mpp question in weekend gas h i kes from page ib ley a vicepresident of the canadian petroleum products institute a recent industry campaign admitted theres a greater chance that prices will be discounted when demand is lower on weekdays and in winter weve lost that element of brand loyalty that used to exist but con sumers benefit from the pricing wars hawley argued the alternative to such tough indus try competition which drastically reduced the number of gas stations in the last 10 years is provincial price- setting but hawley said in prince edward island where retailers can only ask to adjust prices every two months aver age prices are one to two cents higher than elsewhere in canada youre dealing with an artificial situation because the market isnt dictating the prices he warned after ontarios conservative govern ment demanded federal action last year ottawa put together a liberal committee on gasoline pricing with local mp bryon wilfert lib oak ridges serving as vicechair the committee will release its very very detailed report may 25 and the federal government will take action promised wilfert whose riding includes stouffville and north markham he said the group may advise the government to strengthen the federal competition bureau which investigat ed complaints of pricefixing last year but found no evidence find a way to stop independent gas stations from dis appearing he noted two stations have closed this year in stouffville alone wilfert also said hes surprised tsub- ouchi accused his government of inac tion snapping photos i dont know what that does he added girls life revolved around adopted babies from page 1 charlotte took the little creatures home to stouffville where her mother lor raine willett put a savethesquirrels plan in motion lorraine made formula suitable for baby rodents she then taught char lotte how to feed them by using a hypo dermic needle with a tiny nipple attached for the next three weeks the five- yearolds life revolved around her adopted babies while charlotte soon found out that a mothers job is quite demanding her squirrels thrived on a mixture of proper nutrition and a little girltlc lorraine kept an eye on things she was aware that charlotte was growing quite attached knowing a little girls heart could be broken lorraine emphasized that under the laws of nature the squirrels must eventually return to the wilds i kept telling ker they will soon become real squirrels said lorraine this past weekend charlotte said good bye to her little friends the fury trio were taken to a nearby lori welshs animal rehabilitation centre there the squirrels will be slowly rein troduced to their natural habitat