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p4 weekender november 22 1986 x tragedy strikes us hard life is so fragile early last fri day morning 17yearold roni kulathinal was delighted that he could use the family car to go to school he and his brother robert 16 left home bound for st robert catholic high school along the way they picked up two friends who were waiting for the school bus young and alive they were on top of the world then tragedy struck at leslie st and 16th ave the kulathina car was struck by a gravel truck roni was killed a passenger david graf 16 also died in the crash robert and a third passen ger yvonne tu were injured two families were ripped apart be cause of a short terrifying colli sion its hard to understand such tragedy why would two young men with so many promising years ahead of them be cut down in such a violent and final way they were only driving to school it was so routine it reminds us that life is short it can end any time perhaps those of us who are left should renew our determination to make full use of every minute we have jmxtlibukkll pi stouffville finally coming of age move over unionville make room markham theres a new kid on the block stouffville has arrived and there will be no stop ping her now for years when conversation turned to country charm north east of toronto it was inevitably markham and unionville that attracted all the talk and right fully so the pride of the towns people of unionville as evidenced by their joining together to preserve their main street and its historical appeal became known through out southern ontario markham so capably managed and developed as it underwent its prolonged period of growth now represents the ideal alternative for people wanting to escape the big city rat race without giving up the urban amenities but while both towns were busy establishing their lofty reputa tions york regional police offic ers were scoffing at assignments that found them banished to hooterville the moniker given stouffville by the cruiser corps and you really couldnt argue with the label after all stouffvil le had become known for two things the sales barn and the sales barn traffic tie ups it seemed as if the efforts of all those people who were doing their best to edify their beloved little town were going for naught stouffville was well a little lacking when it came to that in tangible quality called charisma sort of like well done roast beef and potatoes being compared to pheasant under glass and pate de foie strasburg but all of a sudden doing stouffville no longer gives bus tour operators visions of empty coaches visitors and residents alike are now being dazzled by an everincreasing lineup of visual delights cultural extravaganzas and overall prosperity the downtown core the heart of any small town has been given a long awaited facelift with the re- from where i live bxuce staj2lelj building of the sanders block trendy new shops and superb res taurants are popping up every where yes its no longer necessary for stouffvillites to drive for miles in order to enjoy the culinary de lights and ambience offered by other towns eating establish ments as a matter of fact if this trend continues restaurant critic joanne keates will have to start moonlighting for the stouffvlle tribune much credit has to be given loc al businessmen and developers whose faith in their town never flagged even during the years of the water scare and dont kid yourself that they were the only ones to gain by the increase in the towns fortunes everyone who owns property in stouffville is more than aware of what has happened to their equity in the past few years for the longest time the com plete absence of any kind of new housing in stouffville had the town sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss residents wanting to upgrade their housing situation were forced to go elsewhere to find the type of dwelling they were looking for with the coming on line of at least a halfdozen different hous ing developments all that has changed happily some of the ex iles have now returned granted all is not roses in this new paradise to the northeast the tax base if still way out of whack 85 per cent 15 per cent in favor of residential that should be somewhere around 60 per cent 40 per cent a shortage of school facilities has forced many kids to be bussed to schools because the school in their own neighborhood is full mayor fran sainsbury an ex- teacher herself is particularly chagrined about this issue and the traffic problem on main st has become somewhat severe but hey rome wasnt built in a day and the mayor has always responded to a challenge so go for it fran stouffvilles time has come at last s jconomistsun the tribune weekender bruce annan publisher 9 heritage rd markham l3p1m3 2942200 4959440 6402100 6492292 published every saturday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd mar kham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2342200 second class mail registration number 1247 the markham economist and sun published every 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