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nurse of year showed empathy during sars crisis at markham stouffville opinion 6 sports 18 calendar 20 classified 23 by mike abler staff writer if it works a greenbelt around greater toronto will stop urban sprawl keep farmers on their land and preserve southern ontarios ecosys tem supporters say if it fails developers will leapfrog over the natural barrier roads willrun through it and politicians will slowly pick it apart this is it this is the final judge ment on what lands will be protected said toronto councillor glenn de baeremaeker adding the coming greenbelt battle is 20 times more important than the fight to save the oak ridges moraine a greenbelt task force discussion paper released yesterday on what the government should do to stall sprawl in canadas fastest growing region is short on specifics what the province actually does could be guided in large part by reac tion to its greenbelt idea at a pair of public meetings next week in york region new democrat mpp marilyn churley who sits on a provincial com- mittee gathering input expects to see developers and municipalities face off against environmentalists and com munity groups at public meetings but she said she wants to hear what ordinary people think of the greenbelt builders and some politicians have said the greenbelt could drive up land prices making housing unaffordable for many people the province froze new develop ment in regions around toronto including york last december to pre pare for a greenbelt an allparty group of mpps could recommend amend ments such as including simcoe see farmers page 8 unstoppable staff photosjoerd witteveen norm fretz of stouffville district secondary schools senior spartans sheds a tackier from satecporter collegiate in scarborough en route to scoring during the spartans high school rugby tournament friday- the spartans won the game but lost in the championship final the jun ior spartans won their division see page 19 for more information theatre part of proposal town hall arts centre back before council by hannelore volpe staff writer another chapter in the jsaga of bringing a performing arts centre to stoufivilles old town hall has begun the fundraising kickoff for the centre came during a motus o gala at the markham theatre in april where a silent auction raised 1300 the proceeds were divided between motus o the nonprofit theatre com pany based in stouffville and the culture art and heritage committee forwhitchurchstouffville the committee is in the midst of being registered as a nonprofit asso ciation so it can receive corporate donations in the meantime the towns arts and culture committee is planning to come to council tuesday to discuss using the old town hall as a perform ing arts centre and receive approval for working drawings committee chairperson wayne ffiu said art exhibitions movies this committee is looking at the old town hall with an addition for a theatre and possible additional uses such as art exhibition space and friday night movies as the founder of the york durham academy for the performing arts mr hill wants to make sure the centre meets the communitys needs i dont want to build a theatre i cant use he said this year academy is bringing four musical productions featuring hun dreds of performers from six years old to young adults to the vaughan city playhouse seec0mrtihgpage8 your m cd tvl e t cd w fsi ford store houston ford ltd 5786 main sc stouffville 9d56404541 www billhoustbnfordcbrh the new 05 escape is here canadas top selling compact suv over 20 available all models and colours to choose from brilliance you deserve parthau twellers 6312 main st stouffville 905 6404646