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whitchurchstouffviiie public libra stouffville thursday march 172005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pagessi including gst ballantrae hoops shooter cant be beaten opinion 6 calendar 22 sports 26 classified 27 staff photomike barrett sew what cara hawey 8 of stouffville carefully works with a needle and thread during craft class at the wwtchurchstouffville musuem in vandorf yes terday children learn pioneer skills during the threeday march break program see additional photos on pages 23 and 31 municipalities seek power solutions by roy green staff writer at the same time vaughan residents were making it clear they want no part of a gasfired power plant a smaller version of the idea in newmarket might be the answer to york regions looming shortage of electrical power more than 1500 irate citizens jammed a banquet hall in woodbridge last week to protest plans for a natural gas plant that would generate 970 megawatts of electricity enough to power 900000 homes residents say the 14hectare project near highways 7 and 27 is far too large and too close to residential neighbourhoods theyre also concerned about gas exhaust and electromagnetic fields but diere are few similarities between that project and a proposal to build two 50watt gas turbines in newmarket according to sam mantenuto chief operating officer of northland power die company which hopes to build the newmarket plant there are some very key differences mr mantenuto said this week the primary pur pose of this plant is to support the area only in the event of a loss of a transmission line its only expected to run 800 to 1000 hours a year where the plant proposed for vaughan would typically run 3500 to 4000 hours northland power along with politicians in newmarket and aurora met with provincial energy minister dwight duncan in january to discuss the proposal which could produce as much as 300 megawatts of new power its designed to provide power to newmarketaurora residents during peak times leaving some generation in the hands of the local community the concept is getting more attention since hydro one announced last week it was tem porarily withdrawing plans to double the capacity of the 24kilometre hydro corridor running from markham to newmarket that project has also caused citizen unrest with hundreds of residents in markham and aurora concerned about electromagnetic fields and see power page 14 york region jersey maker bars stores hurting layoffs fact of life without nhl by patrick mangion staff writer this would have been about the time legions of diehard hockey fans weighed in on the nhus version of a meat market the trade deadline even for most fairweather maple leafs fans lastminute additions and omissions to the roster have signalled the playoffs arent far off spring and nhl playoff hockey have gone handinhand for decades so for anyone who shrugged off last months cancellation of the season reality may finally be setting in a deep run into the stanley cup tournament could pad the pockets of york regions businesses and bars the games would suddenly take on added importance as fans gathered en masse at their local sports bar around this time last year fans hoisting themselves atop the maple leafs bandwagon would translate into a spike in hockey jersey sales said don preston owner of all star cards and comics in newmarket as with many local businesses this season has told a different story the company has offered sale prices sever al times already this year you never see sales on jerseys they sell themselves he said even statistics canada has pointed the finger at the frozen game as accom modation and food service jobs fell by 20000 last month when wegz stadium bar opened in vaughan in november general man ager steve walker envisioned a packed house of hockey fans enthusiastically cheering on their team as every playoff game available was beamed on to any see restaurants page 24 tvfid fc x qu 11 ho met own 1 oro s tore khoustonm houstjqn fobd ltd g 5736 main st stouffville 9056404541 www billhoustonf ord com experience the all wheeldrive capability of the rue hundred and weuu freestyle gj i is 1 1 i go ivie get f wlm us behind the iw- im t wheel and v jh w drive one u 15 minutes north of markham off huuy 48 ree head exam rarthaiii jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 905 6404646