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inside ers 6 travel 25 sports 32 classified 34 to stouffville spirit captain anthony minicucci inks sweet deal with kitchener rangers arts culture calendar event if its monday this must be murder play when may 29 to 31 730 pm 9056401433 where stouffville district seconday school whitchurchstouf public library jz at the schools j which whitchurch- stouffvllle school was the home of curtis joseph serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 52 rages big park coming next door on airport land 7500acre park in uxbridge markham by mike adler staff writer the federal government wont part with a single acre of land it reserved for a park spanning markham pickering and uxbridge federal transport minister david collenette announced friday the government which in the 1970s expropriated 18500 acres in the three towns from their owners to build an airport is cre ating a park on 7500 acres of its vast holdings mr collenette said and wants to ensure that what weve started cannot be undone the announcement confirms me future of 5562 acres south and east of stouffville as an oak ridges moraine park the eastern portion of it in markham a fur ther 2000acre rouge corridor entirely in markham will run south to the little rouge tribu tary of the rouge river once connected to rouge park at the little rouge it will cre ate a natural northsouth corri dor along the entire length of the town p the rest of the markhams northeast corner will remain land for a potential airport and associated development but mr collenette said he suspects there will be additions to the park over the years as the airports needs are determined see province page 13 saturday may 25 2002 heads up girls w- r- staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffville district secondary school spartan julie bagshaw towers over cardinal carter catholic high school celtic ashley gatto while heading the ball in york region high school soccer action at stouffville on thursday cardinal carter from aurora won 20 to reach us905 6402612 volunteer firefighters threatened by union c the issue mayor and fire department insist by joan ransberry staff writer warning bells are ringing at both the whitchurchstouffville fire hall and the mayors office public safety will be at risk while taxes will climb if an international union forces the town onmitchurchstouffville to get rid of its volunteer firefighters mayor wayne emmerson and deputy fire chief tim beckett say meanwhile fulltime whitchurch- stouffville firefighter john winters president of local 4152 of the international association of firefighters iaf insists that the local fire departments five fulltime firefighters have no problems working with the towns 54 vol unteer firefighters volunteer firefighters are a problem in some locals said mr winters but this is not viewed as a problem at our local we have no control over the actions of other locals within the organizations mr winters has issued an invitation to sit down and talk to mayor emmerson i want to talk to the mayor said mr winters i want to help him understand our associations position on any matter or any concerns that he may have volunteer firefighters who work as full- time firefighters for other municipalities are known as double hatters the volunteers may not be viewed as an issue with the union ized firefighters on the whitchurchstouffville fire department now but the tide will turn warned mayor emmerson see union page 9 town and country realtyxtdl 6400888