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stouffville vol 104 no 22 ametrolaiidcomfm dnes4ny 28pdge 50 cents enough for youth to do town councillors tracy kibble staff reporter there are plenty of activi ties available to whitchurch- stouffville teens and a youth centre is not a priority some local officials said this week despite pleas for a youth centre from 730 local stu dents or nearly 80 per cent of the towns young genera tion officials tuesday said there is already enough for youth to do in town during the last few months the towns recreation depart ment has been assessing final results from surveys distributed to all area schools for students in grades710 the survey the result of a december thttnesponsored community forum over whelmingly indicated that the majority of young joeople in stouffville desperately want a place to go and be phohxtori euuersou good friends rachel hall 7 has found a friend in sophie the dog the two were hav ing fun at the stouffville christian school threekilometre walkathon this past friday when our photographer happened by the walkathon was followed by an afternoon of playing in the park and ice cream all the children involved in the walkathon wore the trademark yellow shirts of the school attracting considerable attention along the route fire dept top cops to film episode this week tracy kibble staff reporter the police know about it the fire department knows about it but theres nothing they can do to stop it theres going to be a gunfight and an explosion in wwtdiurchstouffville and if s going to end in the death of two criminals actually if s a television shoot by cbs broadcast internation al of canada ltd where crews will film a segment for their pop ular series top cops at an undisclosed site in rural whitchurch- stoufiville assistant locations manager craig forrest told the jhbune this week that an area in stouffville will double as a location in the us state of montana where a serious crime took place in 1987 forrest said crews will recreate a crime where two criminals instead of giving themselves up to police committed suicide inside a trailer by blowing it up with propane the scene will also consist of a gunfight between the criminals and top cops in the show forrest said filming is shot at least six months in advance of the airing on cbs and cannot let the public know of the exact site of the filming for safety reasons as a standard ontario policy forrest and the cbs crews had to seek approval from the town and is required to contact local emergency agencies in case things get out of hand whitchurchstoufiville fire chief bill brown will be at the site during the shoot to ensure the mock propane explosion stays confined to the area forrest said the york regional police emergency task force will also be on hand as a precaution during the gunfight with their friends and repeatedly stated there is nothing to do in town nothing to do but mayor fran sainsbury said young people always say there is nothing to do and grow weary of things quickly sainsbury added new fads often become yester days hews as teens lose interest and move onto something else she cited the skateboard phenomenonof two years ago where bylaw enforce ment officers had a problem keeping young people from skateboarding in the town square she said she hasnt seen one skateboard this year anywhere in town ward 6 councillor ken prentice said he toured a local teen dropin centre last week owned by the stouf fville pentecostal church good time prentice who said he saw about 20 teens there having a really good time added the barn has billiards ping pong and other activities available to anyone who wants to go there prentice said only five of the 20 young people he talked to were affiliated with the church he wants council to tour the barn and other facilities in town before making deci sions on the establishment of a new youth centre survey and ward 41 councillor cliff dunkeld said he wants council to see the survey which was sent to area schools before making a decision dunkeld added the concep tion of a youth centre needs more investigation from staff i have reservations on this program theres not enough study done there needs to be a lot of organization and financial arrangements behind the scenes first dunkeld said council hopes to set up a tour of the pentecostal church teen dropin centre next week council have also asked to see the survey which was distributed to stii- dents dunkeld wmjutmtk ymv rvvvva vr dents v yjvg