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wiiitchurctisiouffville public library inside letters calendar- i sports classified 6 20 21 22 3 the saint behind the green suds celebrating st patricks day with a beer or a bible community calendar event st patricks pay tea and bazaar when today 10 am to 130 pm where silver jubilee club main and market streets i the potted 4 v gardenenyou dont need a fullsized garden to get your fix serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 11 ri1 50 cents including gst 40 pages saturday march 16 2002 i the war against hydro privatization bad for business meeting will be told bymikeadler staff writer paul kahnert has been a line man for 23 years at toronto hydro and a crew foreman for 10 recently though the markhamresident developed an unexpected taste for public speaking a spokesperson for the ontario electricity coalition he has volunteered to visit 40 towns in tiiep rovince from kenora to cornwall to windsor as part of the coalitions effort to oppose- trie tory government plan start- ing may ltoderegidate and pi vationtariospower supply v after mr kahnert tsaw a letter in thisnewspaper by concerned jresidetne to make one of those appear ances in markharri at 730 pm in the towns seniors centre ait 22 water street oh thursday march 21 in an interview mr kahnert argued the governments hydro selloff is going to hurt business- es in the toyvn deregulation and privatization of electricity has not worked anywhere he said why are we doing it here but the water street gathering organized by a local ratepayers group is not the only one in the area next week concerned with electricity deregulation at 7 pm- wednesday seewindpage9 no water wings required staff photosjoerd witteveen bong juson throws nephew justin clark 3 up in the air during the tim hortons free swim in the lebovic leisure centre pool on tuesday the march school break ends monday to reach us 905 2942200 boom hits home in york new home sales skyrocket thanks to weather interest rates by jeff mitchell staff writer york region is at the epicentre of a housing boom the likes of which havent been seen since the heady days of the 1980s york was far ahead of other gta regions in new home sales in january when the industry turned in its best numbers in more than a decade according to joe valela vicerpresident of the greater toronto home builders association i would say york region stands rightnow as numberone in sales of all the regions in gta said mr valela whose valemont jhofnes builds in the gta k new home sales in the gta hit 4583 in january the strongest showing since 1987 york led the way with 1407 units sold while neighbouring peel region saw 1104 new homes purchased unseasonably warm winter weather and interest rates at 1960s levels are generally seen as the catalysts for the surge in home sales and york region is the first choice of many 4 buyers who factor quality of life into decisions about purchasing their new homes mr valela said- rci its a place where people want to live said the markham resident theyve been able to keep taxes in check and theres a good com munity base yorks solid economy is also a strong selling point mr valela said region officials are quick to stress that yorks economy has grown see ww page u j town and country realty ltd j rxp4twf0limfa i pi i 1 i 6400888