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inside letters 6 events 12 sports 19 classified 21 3 the human factor greying baby boomers put demands on services for seniors across region community calendar event whitchurchstouffviue adult skating club when tuesdays beginning nov 5 855945 pm where stouffville arena pad b is d wigmm t h get inside plenty j- of outdoor sports brought indoors during york regions winter serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 7 36 rages thursday oct 31v 2002 dressing up the house a big deal for some big kids lineups down the block on halloween by linda johnson staff writer halloween seems to scare the best put of some people bodies on the roof graveyards in ffie front lawn and skeletons hre ciite litde gnomes should ijoe you really have to love trick ing over treatihgto venture down some streets halloween night some people will go to any length decorating their houses all in an effort to add to the scare but just thinking about the time effort and expense they go to can make your hair stand on end and au for a good cause robin and michael betel of richmond hill certainly pull out all the stops at halloween last year their old west haunted hill scene encored this year attract ed more than 1000 people they line up in front of the house and then down the street its pretty wicked ms betel laughed sometimes i just sit there watching and think wow i did this and all these people like it- built like a huge set the scene includes a black light tunnel old west facade a sheriff a guillotine fog machine and outhouse the project took two people about two to three weeks to set up ms betel is not quite sure how much it cost but over the years she guesses it has been about 2000 see 2100 page 14 the skate pumpkin staff photobill roberts to reach us 905 6402612 i8xgs threeyearold kieran beaudoin has fun with balloons during the stouffville figure skating clubs halloween skate at stoufville arena monday the club has openings for skaters ballantrae centre arena roof roads high on council list byjoanransberry v staff writer m a new roof for the arena a facelift for ballantrae community centre and roads roads and more roads dominated a 39-mil- lion capital budget approved tuesday by wwtchurchstouffville council in a ninehour meeting councilllors also approved a 293million fiveyear financial forecast council is not scheduled to deal with the 2003 operating budget until jan 14 taxpayers can expect around a three per cent tax increase in whitchurch- stouffville about 2250 more a year on a 250000 house in 2003 which mayor wayne emmerson pointed out is a munic ipal election year mayors in other municipalities in york region are talking tax increases ranging from 10 to 18 per cent mayor emmerson said i dont see how we can bring a budget in that represents a tax increase below three per cent the cost of garbage disposal is the big item a three per cent increase represents the costs of doing business today said the mayor tipping charges at landfill sites are expect ed to hit municipalities hard next year ward 3 councillor peter dobrich pointed out the cost of getting rid of our garbage is out of our control he added other budget highlights included a total of 15 million dollars will be spent on whitchurchstouffvilles roads in 2003 projects include spending 450000 on the see ballantrae page 16 fsiukcbofboose open for lunch mondav to friday dinner 1 nights 149 main street unionville 9054800094 il i o m v bti t it yox o mo b l e jpthe uttle dealership with a blgf 1 sis highway 7 juirte wjmccowan 2941 440 toll free 1 8008922209 said monthurs 9 am 9 pm service monfri 730 am 6 pm i hours frl9am6pm hours sat 8 am 1 pm sat 9 am 6 pm get kedy for wi 1099 andy mak 3d point safety inspection most gm vehicles starts oct 3 ends oct 31 tom waterman mt r