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8 economist suntribune whitchurchstouffville thursday oct 10 2002 breast cancer awareness curves is dedicated to improving the quality of life exercise and weight control are key factors in diminishing the risk for breast cancer early detection dramatically improves the outcome of this disease suspect bolts on main street york regional police were hunting a suspect wanted for trafficking drugs in downtown stouffvilie wednesday afternoon after an officer happened upon a deal going down const steve morrell said the officer came upon a man known to police on albert street near main street about noon the suspect appeared to be involved in a drug deal with another man who had driven up in a car the officer interrupted the deal and found evi dence the suspect was in possession of marijuana as the officer prepared to arrest the suspect the suspect bolted prompting a foot chase backup and the canine unit were called but as of press time the man was still at large hes described as east indian six-feet-four- inches tall wearing a black threequarter length coat and blue jeans anyone with information is asked to call 9058811221 ext 7500 or crime stoppers at 1800222tips seniors could take over town hall call or stop by today vv mvjllsass stouffville 6306 main st 9056424392 curve 36 minute fitness weight smss centers ajax 282 monarch ave 9054264136 by joan ransberry staff writer a move is on to turn whitchurchstouffvilles old town hall into a new senior citi zens centre yesterday town officials and the executive of the municipally- owned silver jubilee club met to discuss the feasibility of moving the 106member club to the old town hall the meeting included a tour of the centuryold building on civic avenue in the heart of downtown shifting the seniors from their main and market streets location one block east to the old town hall has gained mayor wayne emmersons stamp of approval it would be a great place for sen iors mayor emmerson said access problems the silver jubilee hall has access problems especially in the winter months the main street location is not very handy for seniors theres a space prob lem the seniors only have about 2000 square feet at the silver jubilee to work with the town hall has 3200 square feet on the bottom floor we could put in an elevator and the seniors could use the top floor too we could offer the seniors much more programming if they made the move its just a better spot all around we could reno vate it would be a great place for the seniors said the mayor chief administrative officer nick kristoffy was one of the town representatives on the tour of the old town hall yes the seniors are interested in the building said mr kristoffy they wanted to see it they want more information they will go now and discuss it further with their membership executive likes it its being well very received by the executive of the silver jubilee club said executive member job barber we could use two or three dividers we could have our euchre and our bingo and enough room for a large party theres also plenty of room for a nice kitchen its a fine space theres nearly twice as much room as we have now but i dont think wed need the upstairs part said mr barber moving to the old town hall will be put to a vote involving the club membership later this month said mr barber the silver jubilee has been at its pres ent spot for more than 25 years said mr barber club member ruth mitchell disagrees mrs mitchell is quite content with the main street facility im very happy here she said i dont see any sense in spending taxpayers money to fix up the old hall were fine where we are last year the executive of the silver jubilee expressed an inter est in relocating across main street to the old public library when the library services moved to new quarters in stouffvilie memorial park however the jubilee club membership turned down the move last month negotiations for the old town hall between the town and a private firm arrowsmith bell and ditata co fell through talks between the town and the firm had carried on all sum mer after the stouffvilie compa ny was picked from a group of five candidates to take over the civic avenue building vacated as a municipal building when the town moved its offices to sandiford drive five years ago plans fell through the plan was to have the firm enter into a lease agree ment with the town and share the cost of the buildings restoration the town was con sidering using the bottom floor as an arts and cultural centre while the outdoor area includ ing the clock tower was to be upgraded to be used as a com munity meeting place restoring the old town hall will be costly mayor emmerson stated last month taxpayers could be hit with a 12 million bill to renovate and restore the mayor said meanwhile plans to have the building designated a heritage building under the ontario heritage act continue as weli local art and culture groups con tinue to show interest in the building 349500 value p r i c ed the 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