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stouffville thursday dec 22 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville h 24 pages1 including gst ten nk i si s tb ra3 whsiv i it sfi fsssi pp fasb sa 1 stouffville minor hockey tykes spreading christmas cheer jim thomas 5 calendar 14 sports 18 classified 21 staff photobill roberts laughing all the way joshua welygan 12 front shahin dastoom 13 and keegan evans 13 rear pick up speed on their garbage cansled racer during downhill toboggan fun in stoufrville memorial park saturday students arid teachers start their christmas vacations tomorrow afternoon liberals tories headtohead in cookie poll by joan ransberry staff writer a poll cooked up by a markham firm fea turing cookies from a stouffville bakery is adding some levity and calories to the jan 23 federal election campaign markhambased advertising and brand agency say what communications is bak ing up the poll for you this holidayturned campaign season the cookies are cus tomized by the creative bakery department at the stouffville a p canadians can chew the politicians heads off by taking the poll located at wwwsaywhatcom the site depicts all four federal party leaders as gingerbread men like most canadians we think the idea of a federal election during the holiday sea son is just silly say what founder grant iven said so we decided to voice our opin ion with an equally silly poll the silly poll is catching on canada- wide canadians from victoria island to st johns nfld are beheading the countrys political party leaders some people eat the political leader they want to win company designer chris stratton said others get rid ofthe one they dont like straight away the site also allows canadians to post their most flavourful comments hr from whoknowswhere said hes nibbling away at liberal paul ive done nothing wrong martin id like to point out that the liberals manipulate all facets of life but id be wast ing my time not because youre dumb but because you just wouldnt understand hr said mr shakes heads and shrugs addedjliis gem theres no way in you knowwhat that stephen harper will ever be prime minister ill be drinking my beer eating my popcorn and laughing my butt off when harpers see cookie page 8 oakville bureaucrat landed in search quality of life key to towns new cao by hannelore volpe staff writer david cash takes over whitchurchstouffvilles top job jan 16 the position of chief adminis trative officer is being filled by the burlington resident who was commissioner of planning and development for oakville for sev eral years mr cash has a 23year career in municipal government including working for the city of kingston townships of kingstonpittsburgh and the region of niagara mr cash will be heading from one growthoriented municipality to another when he starts his job here in oakville about 4000 new residents are moving into the city each year- she said hes familiar with communities that have strong urban and rural components while working for the city of kingston and the townships of kingstonpittsburgh he worked on economic development to strengthen the tourism and recre ation industry in the area my job with the staff and council here is to ensure that the communi ty continues to have an excellent quality of life he said hell do that by taking a good look at the needs of council and the community before mapping out the direction he wants to go david and carol cash and their two daughters hope to move to whitchurchstouffville this sum mer sec towns page 9