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stouffville suntribune thursday july 17 2003 3 stouffville says by joan ransberry how would you make whitcfiurchstouffviile a better place to live asked in downtown stouffville ed shea we need to jget rid of our parking bylaws jt doesnt matter where you park in this town you end upwith a ticket allison bullock we need some kind of a theatre the town needs a place for schodjs and community groups to use as a focal point shawn burns whitchurchstouffville needs to design alternate routes for its traffic with growth the traffic is only going to get worse steven buffan there heeds to be more for teenagers to do we need to give the kids something to keep them out of trouble photo courtesy aaron brock aaron brock used celebration of the arts bursary to launch a website new recipients are being sought awardwinning guitarist teaching at conservatory by joan ransberry staff writer when dr aaron brock steps on to the world stage the name of a defunct whitchufeh- stouffville rock band is never part of the introduction dr brock has cdme a long way since his teen years when he played in the seven-arid-a- hajf foot inflatable santas our band had a number of ridiculous names and that was one of them dr brock 28 said since then the classical gui tarist has performed in canada the united states mexico and france he plays with superior musical depth and technical knowledge since beginning studies on the guitar at age seven dr brock has followed a driving interest in formal musical edu cation earning bachelor and master of music degrees in gui tar performance from the university of toronto after completing the doctorate of musical arte from eastman school of music jn rochester ny he accepted a teaching position with torontos royal conservatory of music after graduating in may dr brock was awarded the inau gural andres segovia award in recognition of his commitment to expanding the technical and musical boundaries of the gui tar repertoire it was not the first time dr brock has earned prestigious recognition he placed first in the canadian music competition in 1997 soon after the royal conservatory awarded him the gold medal in recognition of the highest standing in canada for guitar performance we are committed to enhancing and promoting the arts and culture of york region through our continual support and promotion of the arts s two years ago hewas one of the first recipients of a celebration of the arts bursary the york region news group provides the 1500 bur saries to young people pursu ing artistic careers dr brock used his bursary to launch a website complete with audio he expects to have the page operating by the end of the summer g the newspaper group is in the process of selecting this years 10 recipients of the celebration of the arts bur saries it has awarded 23 bur saries in the past two years we are committed to enhancing and promoting the arts and culture of york region through our continual support and promotion of the arts publisher ian proudfoot said contestants have been selected from hundreds pf video auditions from singers dancers actors and other per formers across the region this years semifinalists per form at newmarket theatre 505 pickering cres july 19 26 arid aug 16 23 the winners will be announced at the finals on sept 20 contestants will have a chance to perform at a gala evening at markham theatre in october this is the first year the selec tion process has been opened to the public tickets are 8 and areavailable at the newmarket theatre box office or from the 24hour ticket hotline at 905- 9535122 mischief charge dropped in death of student the investigation into the death of a stoufiville man last fall continues even though a judge has withdrawn charges laid in connection with the case last week a st catharines judge agreed to withdraw public mischief charges against andrew kea 21 for merly of stouffville paul bouchard a mohawk college carpentry student was found dead lymg near an overturned car in a corn field near grimsby sept 21 four days after he was reported missing mr kea had contacted police arid reported while he had been operating a 1996 blue honda accord near smithville an unknown assailant pulled him from his vehicle arid assaulted him police were also told when mr kea regained consciousness mr bouch ard and the honda accord were gone policesaid soon after mr bouchards body was discovered and police charged mr kea with public mischief while the charge has been with- drawn the investigation into the death of the stouffville man is still very much going on said detsgt larry of the grimsby division of the niagara regional police police expect to wrap up the inves tigation in about a month said det- sgt chartieau forensic tests should be completed within a month joan ransberry more ontario scholars at stouffville secondary add two more names to the list of ontario scholars at stouffville district secondary school this year a change in criteria adds michael pickering 8133 per cent and james guinane 8250 to the list of grads with averages or 80 or more quotewrthy they even play the song wild thing its exciting like being jn a real stadium college fastball pitcher tegan bennett on her new nickname see story on page 17 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville t 1 i 1 y i 1 i i a i 3a i i 1 l i open 7days avveek v m reg 37500 r sale end mo3 ly ihljril in1iikirss8i marffiams destination qift sfwp 106 main st n markham village