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thursday june 222006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1 including gst spirit assistant coach sports person of year jim thomas 5 opinion 6 calendar 19 classified 23 publication mail agreement 40007673 unanimous support for 25w projfct town hau theatre plan gets green light by hannelore volpe staff writer it took nine years but whitchurchstouffville council has decided to turn the old town hall into an arts culture and entertain ment centre including a 120seat theatre council voted unanimously tuesday to spend about 25 million to convert the building at 19 civic dr councillors harry bowes and ken ferdinands were absent the decision was gratifying to mayor sue sherban who during her election campaign promised a decision on the old town halls future would be made before the term of office ends in november i am very impressed and relieved with this report ms sherban said it is a tremendous vision i think we have always referred to the old town hall as the old gal and she might be singing tonight a visibly moved mayor said later in the meeting longtime theatre and arts and culture advocate pam mandich said the project brings the building back to it roots since it was origi nally a concert hall councillor rob hargrave was dis appointed with size of the theatre but voted in favour of the project so it wouldnt be delayed this is a glorified community- centre he said how do you get a politician to make a decision have an election see cultural page 17 hell be cooking till its time to collect award by hannelore volpe staffwriter this years whitchurchstouffville citizen of the year cliff dunkeld packs more life into living than many people half his age the award recognizes his involve ment in the community for more than 30 years he just pitches in wherever it is needed mayor sue sherban said he will be presented with the award during the strawberry festivals opening ceremonies from 7 to 8 pm june 29 in the franklin park marquee the affable resident with the wel coming face has been volunteering in the stouffville area since he and wife glenda moved here 34 years ago at age 74 he shows no signs of slowing down his philosophy is if he doesnt keep on going hell seize up however there seems to be little danger of that during the winter hes either at the curling rink or kneedeep in toys and gifts the toys are collected and sorted before christmas each year by mem bers of the stouffville lions club before being distributed to underpriv ileged children mr dunkeld has been a lion for the past eight years hell be helping out at the stouffville lions beef barbecue before he receives his award his most recent volunteer stint these days is at the care and share thrift store on main street he just kind of fell into this one mrs dunkeld began volunteering at the thrift store first and mr dunkeld would drop by to give her a ride home so of course now hes in the back room helping to receive the donations see coach page 17 hwflifcipmrtmiiiinwinipiiimiviniwfi if iitr staff photosteve somerville cliff dunkeld has been chosen at whitchurchstouffvilles citizen of the year he will receive his award at the opening ceremonies of next weekends strawberry festival 6427474 smiieclinicca 6212 main st of the train station dr sheldon lazier dr waseema ali dr dina ghobrial dr dan kobric ed edwards dentunst hzfivk theworidsmost brjluant diamond forever parthau jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 905 6404646