20 stouffvinesuntribunemthursday june 22 2006 stoufifville says by hannelore volpe in light of skyrocketing electricity prices how are you planning to cut your hydro bills this summer gay blundon john sehn ashley smith we just turn our air conditioner on when it is absolutely necessary and we do a jot of asked in ap in stouffville barbecuing i hardly use the air conditioning i use ceil ing fans instead we dont have air conditioning purposely to save energy we sleep downstairs when it is really hot so we dont have to run the fans too much alice ho you have to be more conscientious with your lights the children usually leave the lights on so i follow them and check if they have turned them off people should look into whether automatic settings oh their appli ances could save energy the ne is a bout possi bi i mies grants and subsidized loans t3lf o n t a r i d stu d e nts to i n vest i n th e i pdstseto n d a ry d reams a college or university education opens doors to a brighter more prosperous future and the ontaripudienfasistahce program can help make it possible iontarioisintrbduting grants and doubling its in student aid for thefull stof osap- go online ontarioeaneos u ontario paid for by the government of ontario library volunteers honoured monica van maris has been recog nized for her efforts in helping build a strong library for whitchurchstouffville she received a 25year ontario volun teer award from the ministry of citizen ship and immigration in richmond hill earlier this month the area resident has been a member of the whitchurchstouffville public library board since 1981 during this time ms van maris was chairperson of the board for eight years and again since 2003 she has been a member of various committees including the book sale fundraising committee which raises about 12000 annually to develop library services her efforts have resulted in gready- increased growth in library programs and services ms van maris was instrumental in raising funds for the new library facility that opened in 2001 library ceo carolyn nordheimersaid three other whitchurchstouffville public library volunteers were recog nized at the awards ceremony patricia tipson who has served as chair of the library committee has been a member of the book sale fund raising committee of the whitchurchstouffville public library for 10 years she was acknowledged for 10 years of volunteer service monica van maris and patricia tipson are the library boards motherdaughter team ms nordheimer noted janet reid joined the library board shortly after the opening of the new library in 2001 and helped to ease the transition ms nordheimersaid ms reid is the whitchurchstouffville board representative to southern ontario library services deborah mcneeley has served as vicechair of die board since 2003 she headed the boards hiring committee which recruited a new chief executive officer in 2005 u pick v we pick 8am to 3 monday friday sam to 6pm weekends jy rhubarb asparagus peas u more vl raspberries available in july y visit with farm animals wagon rides on weekends 90sm733920 call ahead for updates directions located 15 minutes north of stouffville travh north on hwy m8 2km east on mt albert road to corner of durham 30 and ashworth road see map on website