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ankchurchstouffilie public utxm thursday feb 26 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst 22 sports sdss into york region final jr a spirit needs a win letters 6 wheels 9 calendar 21 classified 25 w staff photomike barrett hot wheels zac gingras of the host 1st stouffville cubs sets his car upon the track as another heat is set to go during a kubkar rally saturday at latcham hall in stouffville more than 80 cubs from across york region built the cars to race at the event for more photos see page 19 new high school could open in 2007 byioanransberry staff writer a new high school is on the books for whitchurchstouffville if all goes as planned the new school could replace the 50yearold stouffville district secondary school as early as 2007 the school valued at between 20 mil lion and 25 million will be built on a 15- acre site south side of main street and west of the ninth line behind sobeys food store a new high school is needed sdss school principal tony lewis stressed it doesnt make any sense to pour new money into the old school he said a brand new school is completely correct lewis morgulis coordinator of accom modation planning for the york region district school board will outline details of the school plan at a board meeting march 25 double capacity of sdss the new school will be designed to serve 1600 students about double sdss current student population it will probably be a two- or three- storey structure measuring between 160000 and 170000 square feet mr morgulis said meanwhile funding for the project will tome from the ministry of education growth is dictating the need for the facil ity he said whitchurchstouffville will see 4600 new houses in the next four to six years he said it will double the school population its not practical to add on to the existing school the plan however is subject to red tape it must meet a host of conditions one condition hinges on the big pipe reaching whitchurchstouffville the major sewer project is expected to be completed within a year as well a large subdivision development see fate page 19 3 estimate was overall increase mayor municipal tax hike now pegged at 12 by joan ransberry ir staff writer whitchurchstouffville taxpayers are facing a 12percent hike on the municipal portion of their tax bill mayor sue sherban is now predicting while the mayor had earlier announced the 2004 tax increase would be about three per cent she said she should have pointed out that her prediction referred to the overall tax increase involving municipal regional and educational taxes arid riot simply the municipal segment i should have clarified that the three per cent increase was in refer ence to the overall tax increase she said monday the municipal part works out to 12 per cent while members of whitchurch- stouffville council struck a 36-mil- lion capital budget feb 10 theyre less than a week away from striking an operating budget extra 100 per house if the 12per cent tax increase becomes a reality on tuesday it will mean local taxpayers will have to find an extra 100 to pay for the municipal portion of their tax bill mrs sherban said the municipal portion on a 300000 house in whitchurch- stouffviile breaks down to 940 or an additional 100 she said by the mayors calculations the total tax bill on a 300000 house in whitchurchstouffville will be about 3500 passing on a doubledigit tax increase cant be avoided the mayor suggested when members of council see pensions page 17 elffiem vacuum ctmamim vacuum repairs to all makes models sales service installations v mmmiwm 9084798273 4355 hwy 7 union ville besldo railway tracks z0 tmm low low kms m- fimi fmtmm see our leap year jbyent fipagc5 fir barthau xi jewellers 6312 main st stouffville