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6 stou ffville suntribune thursday nov 23 2006 istouffvule suntnbune a metroland community newspaper 6290 main st stoufmlleonl4alg7 publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director advertising distribution barry black director interactive media technology john futhey director circulation systems lynn pashko marketingpartnerships director debra welter york region printing general manager bob dean editorial take public transit to next level whitchurchstouffville is blessed for a number of reasons go transit service is one of those blessings for which we should be grateful five trains each weekday morning leave downtown stouffville for torontos union station with stops in between and return commuters at night go bus service fills in the midday evening and weekend gaps bus and train service has increased and improved in recent years it has to this gorner of ontario has grown sig nificantly with more growth on the way wwtchurchstouffville alone will grow from 25000 people to 32343 in two years and 42343 by 2013 neighbouring communities that have notyet grown to their borders will be also be further developed this is not the shrinking population of northern ontario more jobs are also coming to vvhitchurchstouffville with the wal- mart development another large shop ping complex on main street and an auto mall on hwy 48 still most new residents will travel south to work many to toronto and with no plans for major additions to the northsouth road network in the gta driving will become a less attractive option highways are already jammedr gas prices are not likely to go down same goes for parking fees proactive additions to bus and train fleets and their schedules are necessary york region transit was welcomed to stouffville two years ago its single route between stoufrville and markham is a start increased ridership will hopefully lead to more buses and routes for stu dents workers and pleasure trippers go transit has announced it will build a second station in stouffville at its train yard at tenth line and bethesda road makes sense why force commuters to jam roads and parking lots in the urban setting of the stouffville train sta tion to catch a train the new station will take the heat off the downtown station and be an easier destination for commuters to access especially from northern whitchurch- stouffville and uxbridge you can take a go bus to a weekend blue jays game from stouffville without the stress or parking and highway dri ving hourly trains make it painless are we far from the day trains will run on weekends taking sports fans concert goers and workers in to the city hopefully not whitchurchstouffville precious letters to the editor only golf club elected councillor bannon the municipal election is over and the tally is fin ished in ward 2 we have phil bannon as councillor again and again its the ballantrae golf and country club community that voted itself a councillor councillor bannon won the popular vote of the ward but not support of the entire ward mr bannon won five of 14 poles those five poles were all in the coun try club area the other nine poles are with the com munity at large one has to ask the questions what does this com munity see in this politician the rest of us do not how is there such a differing of opinion between this gated community arid the rest of the ward in 1997 residents came out in numbers to protest the developmerit of this gated community we were afraid it would change the character of the commu nity who knew it would change the political nature of our community who knew residents would have such an over whelming control on the rest us in regards to political opinions i would like to thank justin altmann for stepping up to run in this election this was his first kick at running for political office and we hope it will not be his last he has shown he can run a good campaign collecting more votes than most of the elected councillors in other wards mr altmann had support of the community at large by nearly doubling the vote over councillor bannon in nine poles the community will respect that councillor bannon will represent us for the next four years he says he will listen and work with us i hope he starts to listen to everyone and respect everyones opinion the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the stouffville suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 6290 main st stouffville l4a 1g7 emailjmasonyrngcom or fax 9056408778 not just those who support him he has a lot of work to do to gain support of the whole community lets hope he starts early mark harper whitchurchstouffville vandals ruin downtown for others i walk to work every morning and enjoy flowers on main street during every season after mums were put in this fall i was dismayed to see them pulled out of the pots and left on the sidewalk this happens each time whether it is pansies in the spring or the mums in the fall volunteers from the stouffville horticultural society work hard to beautify the town unfortunately individuals who pull out plants and place litterin the planters ruin it for others i enjoy the flowers and im sure others feel the same way when they see the destruction nancythompson stouffville editorial editor jim mason jmasonyrngcom interactive media marketing advertising manager daivna andrews dandmvsymgcom advertising classified manager ann campbell acampbellymgcom assistant classified manager bonnie rondeau brondcauymgcom retail manager staceyallen sallenymgcom new business development manager mikerogerson mrogersonymgcom production team leader sherry day sdayymgcom editorial 9056402612 fax9056408778 advertising 9056402612 classified 18607433353fax 9058531765 distribution 9052942200 cxis ontario draiadonuleld mx boot timber cam suntnbune a york region newspaper group community newspaper the suntribune published every thursday and saturday is a member of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ltd a whollyowned subsidiary of torstar corporation metroland is comprised of 70 community publications across ontario the york region newspaper group includes the liberal serving richmond hill and thomhill vaughan citizen the economist sun markham the erabanner newmarketaurora georgina advocate york region business times north of the city yorkregioncom and york region printing off the top with jim mason new life breathed into fish hatchery who knew your children could become fish rearers they can now thanks to a ground breaking partnership formalized tuesday the deal ensures the continued operation of the ringwood fish culture station northwest of stouffville together with the toronto sportsmens show and ringwood hatcherys new host club metro east anglers the ontario federation of anglers and hunters and its many part ners are now directly responsible for stocking rnillions of fish into lake ontarios 140million recreational fish ery over the next several years thats a big job but its all hands on deck at ringwood fears the former provincial govern ment would close the facility prompted conservation groups to get involved this puts stouffville on the map nationally and internationally federa tion spokesperson robert pye said this type of partnership hasnt hap pened before a grand reopening involving partners and private sector sponsors was held tuesday at the hwy 48 facility north of stouffville road they sipped wine and nibbled on cheese sorry no caviar and toasted little fishies in the massive tanks that will one day become lake ontario trophies school groups will be invited to take part in fish stocking arid egg collecting through the hatchery your children could get a chance to harvest and plant fish so to speak as part of their school day learning doesnt get much more hands on youve probably blown by the fish hatchery between bloomington and bethesda roads across from burds trout fishing you may have even wondered what sort of piscatorial wonders were taking place behind the gate now youll be able to find out volunteers have given it a thorough cleaning and upgrade more work is on the way as a new nongovernmental body takes over the place its high times for the once sleepy greater ringwood metropolitan area the bright lights of walmart and the other big boxes on their way will domi nate the south end main street will push its way to hwy 48 with more stores park ing lots and restaurants and a fivedealer auto mall is going in just north of main street where corn and grain once grew salmon may be the only crop in town jim mason is editor of the sun- tribune