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thursday sept 22 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1jncluding gst united ways s725m campaign taking off at airport open house opinion 6 calendar 17 sports 22 classified 24 staff photobill roberts pulling for terry jake van allen from right ian brunt and mark sullivan lead their stouffville spirit jr a hockey club teammates in a tugofwar versus the juvenile clippers hockey squad to kick off the terry fox run at the stouffville arena sunday a record 1100 participants raised 65000 for cancer research for more photographs see pages 3 and 16 for jim masons view of the event see his column on page 6 neighbour confesses to murder by lisa queen and martin derbyshire staff writers daniel sylvesters conscience finally got the better of him his lawyer said immediately after the 31 yearold thornhill man made a brief court appearance charged with the seconddegree murder of his neighbour alicia ross veteran newmarket criminal lawyer david hobson told reporters his client was feeling great remorse mr sylvester turned himself in to york regional police tuesday evening providing information that led them to search a wooded area northeast of sunderland on the border of durham region and the city of kawartha lakes police found a body they believe to be ms ross my client voluntarily surrendered himself to police yesterday at that time there was no evidence whatsoever in which the police could arrest him let alone support a convic tion mr hobson said residents in the bronte road area volun teered in droves to help police search parks and yards after ms ross disappeared aug 17 but the searches turned up no clues mr sylvester who is to appear in court again at 3 pm today is a mystery man around the quiet green lane and leslie street neigh bourhood resa shulman who has lived across the road from the ross home for 20 years said mr sylvesters is the one house on the street where she doesnt know anyone i just cant place a face there she said of all my neighbours i cant recall anyone who lives there its the only house that really escapes me some neighbours said they believed mr sylvester lived alone with his mother was unemployedand that his father had recendy died however ms shulman remembers alicia and her mother walking their two poodles down the street saying hello and stopping for small talk like most neighbours sec neighbours page 12 region to remain steady survey shows yorks outlook solid by patrick mangion staffwriter while soaring energy prices and our surging dollar may spell bad news for manufacturers york region indus try is well positioned to weather the storm yorks economy is being fed by rampant growth and the region is part of a greater toronto area powerhouse said don eastwood the regions direc tor of economic strategy the fact york region is such a diverse economy probably insulates us to some degree from the canadian dollar but because canada is an exporting country it will make itself felt mr eastwood said- when the canadian dollar was val ued at the 60 to 70cent mark its exports were more attractive to trading partners such as the united states however earlier this week the loonie reached a 13year high at near ly 86 cents fueling the loss of approxi mately 85000 manufacturing jobs in canada this year according to some analysts in york region manufacturing remains the largest sector accounting for nearly 25 per cent of total employ ment according to the regions 2004 report on employment and industry the effects on manufacturing are not as significant as initially thought the manufacturing sector has actually proven to be quite resilient the report stated earlier this month a survey by manpower employment predicted the fourth quarter would remain steady for the regions manufacturers steelcase canada ltd one of yorks sec vibrant page 11 when is the best time to buy a mustang now f houston houston ford ltd 57sb main st stouffville sos6i4cd454 1 3 in- stock wwwbiiihoustonfordcom 2 convertibles 1 coupe vail well-equipped- v6 autos i2tghpv- see sales staff for details- iv ax itim hfcibfe parthau wwellers 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646 wwiandpiduasapxxkrrom