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whitchiirchstoiiffvfile pumt o thursday june 302005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24pages1 including gst bade to national taekwondo championships forthompson opinion i 6 calendar v 14 our town 16 classified 20 -f- 1896 km long by chris traber staff writer its no smalf coincidence a quintet of local youths plan to walk the length of the worlds longest main street in 40 days to raise funds and awareness for big brothers and big sisters of york region starting tomorrow traversing the 1896 kilometres of yonge street from rainy river to lake ontario in toronto will be a minor miracle for the walkers and a blessing for the many children who benefit from the charity forty days and nights is a popular theme in the bible said daniel rossi of stoufiville who calculated he and his four friends must cover about 49 km a day in their quest to raise a mini mum of 50000 for big brothers and big sisters our group has a lot of faith something we need to do some thing this big mr rossi is joined by his brother andrew unionvilles jody ghrobak and- jonathan mishrigi and newmarkets mark macdonneu on the journey scheduled for completion aug 9 they left york region tuesday for northwestern ontario arid their starting point the group all university students in their early 20s are either big broth ers to york children or support chil drens charities every year we try and do some thing to raise funds for a charitable organization mr rossi said usually we hike but we challenged ourselves to do something bigger something different we decided to walk yonge street walking under the five with drive determination respectabil- ity initiative valour excellence ban ner the clutch of friends will take time see walkers page 9 staff photosjoerd witteveen berry whitchurchstouffville strawberry festival chairperson sandrastrorjaleftarid chairper- son liz fraser prepare fortonights official opening of the 21st annual festival in memorial parle for more information see story on page 1 1 or log on to wwwstrawberryfestivalca eyesore last farm building in stouffville heritage group still fighting for elevator by hannelore volpe staff writer the old grain elevator near-the- stouffville train station did not receive the heritage designation that could prevent its demolition by go transit whitchurchstouffville council voted against designating the building under the ontario heritage act last week we were very disappointed to hear councils decision said wayne kelly chairperson of the whitchurch stoufrvule heritage advisory commit tee we hope they will reconsider council agreed with the intention to designate the building 30 days ago and the decision not to go ahead is unprecedented mr kelly said but mr kelly hasnt given up all hope hell attend the july 12 council meeting hoping to convince coiincil- lore who voted against the designation tocharige their minds meanwhlletiiegamlevator isnt in any immediate danger of being torn down to make way for more go park ing there are no changes to the park ing lot we will plan around that build ing go transit spokesperson stephanie sorensen said still during ah earlier interview ms sorensen- said go will have more options if the town doesnt protectthe building v if it is not designated heritage one ofthe options is to tear it down she said last month that would be one of the main things the cost of maintaining the old building liability issues and the- need for more parking spaces are main con- siderations for go transit indecidirig see elevator pagelo s u froustotfj houston fdrd ltto b7sb main stv stjauffvilte wwwtailllic3tjwlorifcjt wis fvvigfvt fttvh ait vift aiiv window awfcomiiiiici visl hu 0ify 0mi lft or