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stouffville suhyribune yhursday 312005 3 stouffville says by hannelore volpe if you could change anything in whitchurchstouffville what would it be asked at the lebovic leisure centre and giant tiger in stouffville nicole gaudet i would like to see a facility geared just to the youth maybe with a gymnasium bas ketball courts floor hockey volleyball and other programs allan jones i would like to see a new canadian tire store every time i cant find something there i have to go to markham annette reesor t would be nice to have more cultural diversity and develop the arts i would like to see a facility for concerts vicki ventrella more activities for youth directed by youth they need somewhere they can hang out possibly with a cafe dances and bands m staff photobill roberts tangled web kaylib drury 4 has the hidden chocolate easter eggs all to himself under the playground equipment at felcher park in ballantrae during an easter egg hunt sponsored by ballantrae girl guides saturday trout farmerauctioneers stuff goes on block this weekend by hannelore volpe staff writer although don and joyce burd are moving from the landmark theyve created in whitchurchstouffville burds trout fishing farm will carry on under new owners even the annual stouffville lions fishing derby in june is still a go according to mr burd everything ive done the new owners will honour he said the burds are holding an auction saturday at their prop erty 13077 hwy 48 near bethesda road as an auction eer for 45 years mr burd has accumulated a lot of stuff they include unusual items that no one has seen before according to mr burd the col lection includes a wooden indian butter churn wooden washing machine wooden shovels antique tools and a ships wheel ill health has forced the move from a place the couple lovingly created a step at a time over the past 42 years although mr burd is fight ing cancer he managed to work through the last year his wife said the trout fishing enterprise that draws hundreds of people every weekend of the summer started innocently enough in the early 1970s the trout fishing enterprise which draws hundreds of peo ple every summer weekend started innocently enough in the early 1970s mr burd would regularly go out to the pond fronting the highway to practise fly fishing people would stop and to ask if they could fish too word of mouth led to more and more anglers it was so casual in the early days mrs burd would leave visitors while she did her shopping and make them sandwiches when she got back over the years their one- acre property grew to almost six acres as the burds acquired an acre at a time to accommodate the expanding business the burds had to move the house to make room for the large parking lot at the front of their property and enlarged the existing pond before put ting in another one mr burd built three water wheels on the property in the last few years the burds have gone through about 30000 pounds of fish per season auctioneer norm faulkner will begin the auction at 930 am he can be contacted at 9058529631 briefly mayor calls fire money provincial peace offering whitchurchstouffville fire and emergency services will receive 90000 for training and equipment this week its part of a provincial grant pack age to municipalities throughout ontario with the grant based on each areas population although mayor sue sherban says the municipality is always grateful for money she thinks the grant is a peace offering for municipalities taking a strong stand in support of double hatters the mayor and then fire chief tim beckett met twice over the last year with monte kwinter minister of community safety and correctional services in support of double hatters firefighters who work fulltime for one fire department and part time for another the firefighters union the ontario professional fire fighters association opposes double hatters for safety reasons the ontario government could have approved double hatters mrs sherban said but they didnt choose to do that they are looking at votes instead of fire safety she told mr kwinter how impor tant double hatters are to smaller mainly rural communities like wwtchurchstouffville our community volunteers are a great asset to us the mayor said this week most of stouffvilles double hatters have lived in the community but worked fulltime in other municipali ties including markham toronto and vaughan the province recognized that they need to help smaller departments with their training whitchurch- stouffville fire chief chris power said the province ordinarily provides no funding for fire departments this is the first time in about 20 years such a grant has been made hannelore volpe quoteworthy what happens if they get hepatitis or aids anne salvagna on a stouffville tattoo parlour see story on page 1 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrng com visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville i 9 i e i c 1 1 i i wwwwsscinfo email adminwsscinfo whitchurch stouffville soccer club tryouts soccer openings development teams we will be holding tryouts for an under- for the coming summer season open- we will be building under9 under10 13 girls rep team birth year 1992 ings for players with the following birth and under11 development teams this tonight march 31 and thursday years 2000 1998 199396 9192 girls year with qualified players from house april 7 at 730 pm at st marks only 8990 girls only 8788 pre1 971 league catholic school men and pre1 984 women leagues will be finalized over the next two weeks to register visit the soccer office in the arena on ninth line for more info call 6401800 or see wwwwsscinfo