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6 stouffville suntribune thursday feb 24 2005 i stouffville suntnhune a metroland community newspaper 34 civic ave 3rd floor stouffville on l4a 7z5 publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director production interactive media john futhey advertising director retail flyer sales nicole fletcher advertising director classified real estate events management gord paolucci distribution director circulation barry black director circulation systems lynn pashko marketingpartnerships director debra weller york region printing general manager bob dean editorial politicians failing environment markham take a bow york region municipalities other than markham are considering dump ing plans to increase waste diversion pro grams this year the reason is the almighty dollar its obviously not about being environmen tally responsible aurora is the latest municipality to defer implementation of the mission green program in which residents sepa rate kitchen and wet waste in green bins for composting whitchurchstouffville voted earlier this month to delay the program until 2007 saying it wanted to see how other municipalities made out with the pro gram first whitchurchstouffville may not have much of a chance to do that too many others are following its example only markham a selfproclaimed municipal leader on the environment is sticking to its guns it should be praised phase 2 of the threestream waste pro gram is slated to be rolled out to 55000 households west of hwy 48 this summer instead its being abandoned york had asked municipalities to implement the sourceseparated organ- ics program by july 2006 but aurora newmarket richmond hill and others have told the region they wont start the program this spring as expected the decision to delay the green box plan was a mutual one between local municipalities and the region york had to trim 20 million from its 2005 budget with kitchen trash recycling representing 2 million big deal yes the 78million cost for green bin processing and collection is about twice as much as landfill for now ontario municipalities received a scare earlier this month when michigan announced a plan to increase dumping fees to 35 times the present costs turns out it didnt affect the dumps our towns and cities use but its certainly a state ment of intent michigan wants to make shipping our waste over the border con siderably more expensive but this isnt about voting from the pocketbook this is about setting an example for the regions residents and the rest of the country its about doing the right thing for the future once again a majority of york politi cians are reluctant to be leaders choos ing instead to be sheeplike followers they should bite the bullet and pay the bill in the long run it will be easier and cheaper being green more than 2000 trees too closetd wires must be removed letters to the editor build new stouffville theatre use town hall for market crafts re smaller theatre would cost 4m feb 1 7 the suntribune chose an excellent image of the town hall heatre project presented by the ventin group architects the picture on the front page is classic barn and utility shed format silk purse out of a sows ear comes to mind i think the ventin group is doing as best it can given the mandate by a narrowminded council anxious to spend 28000 to find out how to spend 4 millionplus councillor harry bowes was berated for being negative because he presented the facts he has done his homework on this project and rather than be negative has a positive solution ask him let the architects design a new building for the performing arts without tying their hands in the old town hall he was prepared at the feb 10 meeting but no one was interested rather singleminded by your staff writer hannelore volpe saying he was concerned about parking i agree the building as it stands and if was gutted would be excellent for theatre sound i also agree a new structure could be built to per form as well or better the 850k earmarked for gutting the build ing would go a long way towards financing a new structure a new building that would show the character of todays town and the age in the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the stouffville suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 34 civic ave po box 1 54 stouffville l4a 7z5 email jmasonyrngcom which we now live leave the exterior character of the old build ing at 19 civic ave as it is and how it was built leave it to the artisans and a central market place for the town build a new structure at a new location near by just ask harry how many businessmen in town remember how cranky they were because all the traffic was passing through town to stouffville country market i remember a letter to the editor suggesting the business community come up with an idea to capture the interest of all these transients like it or not the town has been known for flea marketsales barn activities for many years now is the time to keep a little of the old by cre ating a market square keep the old building the town hall as it is and encourage arts and crafts inside and include a weekly market outside let the architects design a new building for the performing arts without tying their hands in the old building no one is negative about the project some are just concerned about spending 4 million- plus on a rectangular box of brick gussied up to make it work bob lewis stouffville editorial production managing director new editorial editor manager business flyer sales 9056402612 jim mason pain nichols dawna andrews fax9056408778 jmasonyrngcom pnicliolsyrngcom tlanclrcivs advertising administration advertising new business manager 9056402612 clarified office manager classified manager steve kane 180074333531 9058531765 vivian oneil ann campbell 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gone indoors or domestic dispute set to erupt the dude wasnt ready to rumble over a woman or a near fender bender it was all about our other national past time ice hockey beautiful for the love of the game and all that stuff you would think we would know bet ter in the wake of assault charges from a jr a game in ajax and a minor hockey contest in toronto this season apparently not the incident started on the ice where it should have stayed a smaller markham waxer had just knocked down a massive pickering panther with a solid flurry near the end of a fight the exuberant waxer roars off the ice to the delight of his screaming bench meanwhile the panther is on rubber- legged street requiring two people to prop him up for the skate off the ice after returning from the dressing room one of the pickering helpers walks by the penalty box and gets into it ver bally with a markham player before returning to his seat another man identifying himself as the father of the markliam player in the box comes to the foot of the stands and challenges the man from pickering to a fight fortunately he did not respond the upshot two young men ush ered the markham dad away kids show ing the adults wonderful the goofiness was not reserved for markliam and its jr a series the stouffville spirit knocked off die couchiching terriers in a sometimes ugly series that ended monday in orillia it featured an 11 player brawl at die end of last thursdays game in stouffville equipment belonging to bodi teams was damaged the spirit was accused of breaking a light at the rink in orillia a couchiching player received an indefi nite suspension another was accused of kicking a spirit player in the head it even spilled over into the stands albeit briefly near the end of the regular season a newmarket hurricane player broke a door exiting the stouffville arena caus ing a stir in a packed lobby stouffville and newmarket open a secondround series tonight in newmarket game 2 is here saturday buckle up jim mason is editor of the sun- tribune and a director with the stouffville spirit