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saturday oct 18 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 44 pages1 including gst 20 karaoke singing alive and well in york regions dubs opinion 6 home show 15 oports t glassified 26 oakridges but others proceeding bymikeadler 7 staff writer although dalton mcguinty has announced he will stop 6600 approved homes on the oak jj ridges moraine in richmond i hill dozens of developments on the moraine in york will go ahead the premier designate said thursday he will keep his cam paign promise to halt newhomes on either side of yonge street near stouffville road moraine areas already graded and stripped of vegetation plansproceed but other plans that were in transition when coristructiqn on themoraine was frozen will pro ceed some in areas that are spe cially protected by the moraine law m one case york region town of aurora and the province stood by arid did nothing to oppose a subdivision in a part of the town designated as countryside in the moraine plan the 41acfe parcel southeast of bayview avenue and vandorf siderdad was approved for hous ing after an omb hearing last month- the area had been rezoned for housing- by the town but the region waiting for comments from the province never approved the urban expansion seeing the town region and see mayor page 19 standing against development staff photosteve somerville carrie hoffelner protests in front of developer signs on yonge street at stouffville road announcing this site as a new community developers plan to sell homes in the area this week end despite plans by the province to stop construction mayoral hopefuls want sherban pliakes also support building civic centre byjqanransberry staff writer v- jwmd generators lake cleariers atown- dwnedcivic centre live theatre and evening council meetings were all promised at the vvhitchurchstouffville mayoral debate at the ballantrae community centre wednesday evening mayoralty candidates randy mole steve pliakes and sue sherban pitched to a full house at the event hosted by the whitchurch- stouffville chamber of commerce it was a good night for democracy debate moderator and suntribune editor jim mason pointed out election day is nov 10 although all three candidates support a theatre for the performing arts mr pliakes took the most cautious approach yes we need a theatre but we have to see the talent first he said i havent seen it they have to show us they have to show us theyre a somebody lets see a play in the park the town rents space for its municipal offices in the imperial centre a townowned civic centre would be on the next councils agenda if mrs sherban is elected mr pliakes supports the philosophy of owning over leas ing but would not build acentre if we are going to have to spend a fortune a question on campaign contributions from developers drew the loudest response from the audience mrs sherban said she is accepting cam- paign donations from individuals businesses see wind page 9 27herfta0erd markham 8030 beachcomber oittir nortjtounnhmtb 8220 kennedy rd markham 90547 7 2451 r4ij a i fc iftkiitrtaiitini o i itntititi utiori p i town and country realty ltd- 6400888 1 9 i v t i f