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m whitchurchstouffville public libr thursday feb 2 2006 h serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst residents dont like plans for stouffville memorial park opinion 6 calendar 23 sports 25 classified 27 publication mail agreement 40007673 vandals shut down rink y staff photosjoerd witteveen ian boyd owner of boyds source for sports m stouffville closes the buttermakers pad for the season not because of warming weather but the irresponsibility and vandalism from some users helldecide later this year if the rink will ever reopen ice ruined owner confronted by hannelore volpe staff writer the outdoor skating rink ian boyd built for whitchurchstoufeville residents to use free of charge five years ago is closed for the season atleast hell make a decision regarding the butter- makers pads future this spring the disappointed owner of boyds source for sports on ringwood drive got fed up this winter when people continued to use the 100- footlong rink and damaged the ice even after he posted closed signs some players ripped down the signs wired up the outdoor lights to the power supply from the store to skate at night and confronted him when he asked them to leave i can only hope the kids responsible are from out of town he said one group of players told him they were from toronto we have an awful lot of really wonderful kids in this town mr boyd said i miss hear ing them play hockey out there the rink was closed for part of the day to give the ice time to set properly to make it safe for all players with this years warmer weather we have great difficulty keeping ice at all mr boyd said hed come into flood the rink around 630 am and then post closed signs one morning before christmas four young men were already oft the ice when mr boyd came in to work at 830 am until this year i have had the highest level of respect for the people using the rink mr boyd said i stouffville minor hockey coaches used the rink for practices when they couldnt get ice time anywhere else there is a sense of entitlement this year that mr boyd has not experienced before untilnow the rink players and volun teers have epitomized smalltown living teens and adults have taken care of the rink see police page 21 more money for gallery coordinator recommended build cultural complex by jim thomas contributor you could still have a theatre for the performing arts now described as a cultural complex to attend in wrutchurchstouffville that is if a draft cultural policy pre pared by a 15member task force is approved by the town the proposal part of a 16page document was endorsed by a show of hands at a public meeting monday several attempts to turn the old town hall in downtown stouffville into a theatre have failed the audience also recommended added financial support for latcham gallery high on members priority list was the hiring of a cultural services co ordinator to report directly to the towns director of leisure services eric button the meetings chair person described this directive as critical with respect to the cultural com plex and other proposed submissions mr button said there were no approval guarantees should council decide to proceed with the complex he urged it be located in or close to the downtown core tom graham the towns director of leisure services said several sites were being investigated mr button said a theatre for the performing arts should be part of the complex and possibly include the latcham gallery what we need is the political will to say well do it mr button said see kill page 11 sgsgb s6427474 swiismiiecjinicca lot the train station or sheldon lazier dr waseema all dr dina ghobrial ed edwards denturlst swj 3arthau jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 90564fe4646