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st the tribune thursday april 23 1998 p 3 now thats a machine brian richards left in sales at chas richards sons ltd of main street in stouffville chats with guy cole about this disc harrow last week photo by sjoerd ivitteveen gallery takes 20k breath joan ransberry staff reporter latcham gallery is reborn on monday whitchurchstouffville council backed a move to reopen the gallery to show it means business local council agreed to give the gallery 20000 while gallery officials asked for 37500 theyre not discouraged with 17500 less the 20000 is wonderful its a good start said gallery spokesperson linda giles while gallery officials try to find a home a major membership drive will be launched even though we dont have a space were very optimistic said giles a major membership drive is about to be launched a month after the whitchurchstouf fville library board closed the gallery the board announced that gallery space is needed for library pro grams latcham gallery is in the process of being incorpo rated it is now official- the latcham linda giles gallery association complete with a board of directors is in place board members are giles keith sutherland bud sanderson jim saun ders and sharon maude clean as a whistle peter hale gets help from jj noel 11 cleaning his car on the stouffville memorial park parking lot last saturday photo- by sjoerd ivitteveen ib hrh hr wr snfc ibtir ym ii9hs hb wl h c4ishii9 se z kenny davey top and fellow scout joseph dowzer earned their pins at a local council meet ing this week scouts get first taste of local government it was their first taste of gov ernment one or two might come back for a second help ing eight members of the third stouffville cubs attended chief brown got the go- ahead for the special rescue program the third stouffville cubs were pleased a request to ban heavy trucks on a street a plan to these people in the chairs councillors are fixing the town i think they know what theyre doing scout kenny davey mondays whitchurchstouf fville council meeting as part of the troops community blue star program chris dodds 10 said it best when youre nine or 10 years old government can be a lit tle confusing one item on the council agenda was clear as a bell for chris and fellow cubs includ ing trevor gill brad mcvi- cary and noel barker in fact the boys were all rooting for whitchurchstouf fville fire chief bill brown in his bid for ice and water res cue equipment i dont think stouffvilles got a lot of lakes said chris but they should give the money to the firemen and not pay for luxuries if theres any money left over then they could get a few luxuries look after sewage emergency repairs to a preston lake road were a few of the items on the agenda kenny davey 10 said he sort of understood these people in the chairs are fixing the town said kenny i think they know what theyre doing colin rees 10 wants coun- some of it is kind of borings but im listening to most of it scout noel barker cil to take action regarding the towns streets theyve got to smooth out these streets my friends and i like skateboard ing but the streets are too bumpy thats a problem said its all part of the program said cub leader ian davey and its all part of being a cub joan ransberiy furniture 4747 hwy 7 unionville east of kennedy 9054775524 annual upholstery sale ends saturday april 25th photos by joan ransberry colin i in the course of a year about 70 children from stouffville will attend beavers cubs and scouts all of the troops busi ness is critical most of it is affordable and all is interesting meanwhile council will spend more than 13 million looking after the many needs of the municipali ty while all of the towns busi ness is important not every thing is exciting some of its kind of boring but im listen ing to some of it said noel barker mayor wayne emmerson presented each boy with the town pin and each cubs shock hands with the councillors as well as attending a coun cil meeting to earn the com munity blue star the third stouffville cubs can also visit a police station a water treat ment plant a provincial or national government building