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ipf st f hetribuntuesbamarch 171998 p v supporters push to reopen gallery joan ransberry staff reporter an independent art gallery could be introduced to whitchurch- stouffville a week after the whitchurchstouffville public library board unanimously closed the latcham gallery a move has been launched to reopen it next monday at 730 pm supporters of the latcham gallery will meet at orchard park public school to discuss the preser vation and future of this cultural facility said sharon maude gallery volunteer community interest is such that reopening latcham is well worth a try said maude my phone has rung off the hook since people read in the tribune that latcham gallery was shut down a citizens group interested in securing an art gallery could go service will have to do form put together a business plan and come to council and ask for a grant said mayor wayne emmerson ward 6 councillor and library board member sue sherban agrees i will support startup money for an independent gallery i think council would support it while the curtain did fall on stouffvilles latcham gallery a week ago that doesnt mean the community cant have an art gallery stressed emmerson one could be set up at the library or go on its own the walls are there at the library the lights are there it codd be at the library said sherban tonight the local library board is meet ing to further discuss its budget and the handling of the gallery closure while sherban supported the motion to close the gallery she still plans to ask fel low board members to prepare a press release explaining in detail exactly why it closed the facility the public has a right to know said sherban on april 6 latcham gallery will be on the whitchurchstouf fville council agenda there maude nd a number of others will make a pitch for a stronger and more independent latcham gallery the 19yearold art gallery had 213 members while its esti mated that 9000 visitors passed through the doors last year it cost 68074 to operate latcham gallery in 1997 of that 35689 came from the local taxpayers while the rest came from provincial funding fundraising and membership dues while a seamless public transit system could be in place across most of southern york region within a year it will not include all of whitchurch-stouf- fville it could however include the whitchurchstouffville mobility transit said mayor wayne emmerson as for the whole town were just not big enough to be includ ed in such a bus service at least not yet said emmerson who pointed out the town is already serviced by go transit in order to justify being part of a regional transit service whitchurchstouffville would need a population of 30000 to 40000 said emmerson the report on a regional inte grated transit system to be implemented jan 1 1999 is being reviewed by whitchurch- stouffville council a task force including emmerson and the other region al mayors is expected to deliver a transit report to regional coun cil by may 1 currently there are five municipal bus services in york as well as the go transit ridership on transit services in markham vaughan richmond hill and newmarket came close to hitting the 10 million mark in 1997 if a seamless system is imple mented whitchurch-stouf- fvilles mobility transit will be part of it were working towards this for sure said emmerson joan ransberry red tape cancels chamber show from page 1 under a cloud of uncertainty for the last few weeks when the town received an application for a temporaryuse bylaw from the country market the red tape affected the events promotion john son said the bylaw would give the tenth line establish ment the legal right to hold such events as the dog show which was held in february the local chambers fundraiser this summers strawberry festival events and the elvis weekend in keeping with procedure the town has to hold a public meeting all this took time while coun cil was expected to give the goahead for the tem porary use bylaw time ran out to promote the chamber event properly she said with the show off this year johnson is encour aging everyone to support the chambers annual golf tournament to be held at the maples of bal- lantrae on may 28 v family stroll dad ian hembruff pulls a sleepy threeyearold jeflfery along main street saturday while mom debbie pushes katie in the stroller photo by lori emmerson hitching a ride visitors to hortons tree farm last week end enjoyed a funfilled wagon ride from the road into the sugar bush visi tors were kept hopping with sap boiling pan cakes and of course tasting the syrup for more photos see thursdays tri bune photo by lori emmerson road conditions in crisis state from page 1 to come up with money for roads but markham mayor don cousens cautioned the account would have a huge impact on todays budgets its a doubleedged sword because everybody says dontincrease taxes and we dont want to do that but they dont like the traffic on the roads cousens said i think this is a crisis point in terms of go 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