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inside letters 6 new you 10 registration 14 classified 15 5 collision between two trucks on stouffville road kills 56yearold beaverton man community calendar event summer chess program when mondays 9056427323 where whitchurchstoufiville public library 8 man and sometimes grinnin time not always ripe for seasonal operations serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 36 pages saturday july 13 2002 to reach us 905 6402612 towns face major repair bills for roads centres time to fix municipal infrastructure by linda johnson staff writer crumbling sidewalks worn roads and aging community cen tres could cost area municipali ties millions over the next few years much of the infrastructure built to serve expanding popula tions is now in dire need of repair it includes townowned build ings recreation facilities and equipment computer systems and vehicles many municipalities have been slow to face the problem and since its coming at the same time theyre faced with down loading costs they could be headed for a major cash crunch unless richmond hills repair and replacement fund gets a major infusion of cash it will soon be out of money council lors were told this week while the town has been putting 6 mil lion into the fund every year its now paying out 15 million a year at that rate the 43million fund will be dry by 2007 finance commissioner dan elliott warned at a budget meeting wednesday were on a crash course which could hit in 2007 he said so we need a serious rampup of contributions to this fund it needs to be fullfront in our minds he said many municipalities see towns page 4 original stouffville furniture will become discount outlet furniture store by joan ransberry staff writer the need to double the size of their store prompted the owners of stouffville furniture to buy the old iga store george and ville papas will open stouffville fine furniture on main street in downtown stouffville on sept 30 the new store will be open seven days a week well celebrate with a grand opening said mrs papas it will be a wonderful day the decision to expand and open a second store was based on both need and faith in whitchurch- stouffville said mrs papas weve outgrown our space at our present location in the west end of town said mrs papas weve been in town since 93 weve been considering moving for a while this is a family business and this was a family decision a great deal of the business at stouffville furniture is repeat busi ness mrs papas pointed out this community has been good to us weve succeeded on word of mouth and on referrals our customers have been very supportive stouffville grows and we are grow ing with it she said the large grocery store at 6327 main street was left vacant more than a year ago when sobeys closed the iga and opened a new food outlet further west of town weve been eyeing the building for some time said mrs papas the decision to buy was clinched when the papases realized see large page 7 emergency in the forest the york regional police search and rescue unit and york region emergency medical services ems con ducted mock search and rescue exercises in the york regional forest in northern whitchurchstouffville last saturday above patient kevin epp has his mock injuries attended to by paramedics and officers photojason chow lifm1iivinl- north markham honda 4611 hwy 7 wost of konnody rd unionville 9054 7 7 2 451 genuine honda i oil and filter change includes premium quality 5w20 or 5w30 motor oil genuine honda oil fiherarid a new drain plug gasket dnthur parts and service open till midnight hid models 1s ni d hon da quality dealer north markham honda has been presented with the prestigious total quality dealer award from honda canada inc for 2002 town and country realty ltd 6400888 f t j 9 lf4- itjil 4f a4- fc f t