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inside 6 travel 12 sports 18 classified 20 5 town council question three groups still want to use stoufmles old town hall community calendar event seniors christmas party when wednesday dec 4 10 pm 9056427323 where whitchurchstouffville public library whitchurchstouffvilfe public librar i fl the feldenkrais method getting in touch with your nervous system serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 36 rages stouffville united marks 150th anniversary church started in church st school house by sarah fasullo special the year was 1853 the loca tion was an old school house on church street in stouffville rev cornelius flummerfelt stood at the pulpit and delivered the first sermon in the wesleyan methodist church the church remains strong 150 years later becoming the stouffville united church after the methodists united with the presbyterians and disciples of christ in 1925 anniversary events leading up to the 150th celebration next fall are being held over the next 12 months several years after being founded the church renovated the school to become the official church building a sunday school room was soon added in those days most children who went to sunday school remained for sunday service enrollment in sunday school was always healthy with as many as 500 eager children attending at one time miss ida lehman was a faithful teacher for 30 years long standing secretaries and treasur ers included mrs grant turner and bertha winn myrtle watson and eva hoover even though the congrega tions numbers have decreased over the years the enthusiastic spirit of the church remains see happy page 3 saturday nov 30 2002 private partnerships the only option to reach us 905 6402612 omanow by lisa queen staff writer the roy romanow healthcare report fails to outline how hospitals will finance new construction and equipment and may result in priva tization of capital costs an alliance of hospitals in the greater toronto area warns that seems to be the only option in ontario the provincial government certainly cant afford it said joe pilon executive director of the gta905 healthcare alliance which represents hospitals in york durham halton and peel regions he said ontario hospitals require 10 billion for capital pro jects but the provincial govern ment can only afford 300 million a year our only option is to look at pri vate partnerships thats the only other option we have mr pilon said hospitals in high- growth areas such as york will be hardpressed to serve residents without expansion and new equip ment you cant rely on fundraising money to raise the capital dollars you need he said were disappointed it appears mr romanow didnt address the need for capital money for hospi tals especially in the gta mr pilon noted senator michael kirby who released his report on health care last month earmarked a dedicated tax that would raise 5 billion a year to expand hospitals buy new equipment recruit doc tors and nurses and make other see health page 3 town talent staff photomike barrett stouffville painter ron brown is just one of 17 talented artists whose works are on display this weekend at the stouffville studio tour and sale at the old town hall in downtown stouffville the show continues today and tomorrow north markham honda 4611 hwy 7 west of konnody rd ufliorwille 9054 7 7 2451 zs genuine honda bit and filter i includes premium quality 5w20 6r 5w30 motor oil it genuine honda oil filter and a new drain plug casket- v onthur parts and service open till midnight d honda quality dealer north markham honda has been presented with the prestigious total quality dealer award from honda canada inc for 2002 wteft group