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whftchurehstouffaffle public librar inside p 6 education 14 sports 25 classified 26 f the humane society will listen to residents fears about its new stouffville complex arts culture calendar event bet your booties a dance musical when friday march 31 7 pm tickets 7 where parkview village auditorium 6401940 on families can play an important role in helping wildlife in york region serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 7 48 pages saturday march 25 2000 0mb appeal about pool could be over tuesday town has two days to quash residents appeal by joan ransberry staff writer the fate of stouffvilles 55- million indoor pool and library complex could be determined tuesday the town of whitchurch- stouffville has two days to get ready to officially ask the ontario municipal board omb to squash private citizen stephen swords application concerning the plan to build a31000-square- foot twin facility on memorial park south sword declined comment on the issue tuesdays hearing will last one day and involves a motion to dismiss the matter the motion comes from the town an omb spokesman said the omb official at the hear ing could make a decision before leaving the municipal office on march 28 or he could take up to 48 hours before notifying the town of the decision if during the prehearing the omb decides sword has a valid point the issue will proceed to a full omb hearing if swords appeal is thrown out the chal lenge is over and construction of the indoor pool and library will get under way immediately the multipurpose facility would be ready for use next year during the recent tendering see mayor page 2 a touch for business staff photosjoerd witteveen gary bouwmeister owner of a dutch touch bouwmeister landscaping ltd won the business entrepreneur of the year award at wednesdays whitchurch- stouffville chamber of commerce annual awards for the full story about the awards and the winners see page 3 to reach us 905 2942200 leadershi challenge as support mpp frank klees wants to lead new canadian alliance by jennifer brown staff writer hes the unknown candi date the dark horse with all the right connections oak ridges mpp frank klees says he has set his sights on leading the nation and doesnt have time for those who suggest he doesnt have the experience to lead what could be canadas next federal political party if the formation of the new canadian alliance party is approved by reformers during this weekends referendum in calgary the mpp from aurora will step up to his biggest chal lenge yet i just came off a week of crisscrossing the country with a tour that started in new brunswick and ended up on vancouver island said klees one morning last week i met with a lot of people and im very encouraged there is a great deal of support for the canadian alliance and for my candidacy there are people committed in every province in terms of campaigning for us according to reports candi- frank klees oak ridges tory mpp is delighted with show of sup port from across the country dates are out beating the bush es looking to secure upwards of 1 million to launch the cam paign to be leader last week klees was reserved in his comments about his ability to raise that kind of money but he says sup port for his cause exists in just about every corner of the country a veteran tory strategist klees is no stranger to back room politics and knowing what it takes to launch an effective election campaign klees first ran for the provin cial progressive conservatives see tory page 4 town and country 6400888