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stouffville thursday june 292006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville h 24 pages1 including gst 17 young judo star to nationals with special exemption jim thomas 5 opinion 6 calendar 18 classified 19 downtown arts centre just a start candidate by hannelore volpe staff writer richard bartley wants to preserve stouffvilles smalltown atmosphere while enhancing its downtown area and making the town more respon sive to residents needs thats why hes running for the post of ward 5 councillor in the nov 13 municipal election fighting for the same seat are councillor harry bowes who is seeking his third term of office and john relph the father of three daughters bianca 17 brittany 14 and nine- yearold kori mr bartley has coached hockey and soccer for many years hes been married to marty for 22 years and works in sales for williamson motors in uxbridge born and raised in stouffville mr bartley wants others including future residents to have the same opportunities he had he played hockey since he was five years old reaching the jr c level and spent many summer days at the outdoor pool and town park memorial park should be main tained or even enhanced he noted before any more development occurs mr bartley would like the town to take a step back and review if there is enough infrastructure and leisure facilities planned for future residents as a firsttime politician hes vowing not to do all the talking i want to hear from the people of the town he said and what hes been hearing from them include perennial concerns about vandalism and the snarled traffic along main street mr bartley see residents page 15 festive challenge staff photosjoerd witteveen a big fat juicy strawberry is the reward held by whitchurchstouffville mayor sue sherban if daughter lisa can keep her balance on a skateboard rail in the skate park in preparation for the 22nd annual strawberry festival the festival opened last night and runs through the canada day week end for more information go to strawberryfestivalca main street too narrow for tandem trailers merchants welcome downtown truck ban by hannelore volpe staff writer it has only been a month since signs went up warning truckers to avoid stouffvilles main street and so far it looks like the fledg ling ban on heavy trucks is working linda sargeant of lindys floral boutique has noticed fewer trucks in the past month i notice the traffic moves a lot better she said occasionally shell see a dump truck travelling through town early in the morning but she hasnt seen big tandenutrucks she said at the main course restaurant heavy truck traffic was always a con cern said owner uma yokerathinam who is pleased that the ban has been put in place the road is too narrow for such large vehicles she said and some of them would speed through town after years of complaints from local residents the stouffville business improvement area con cluded main street isnt suited for large trucks that led them to lobby the town for a truck ban which led to council quietly passing a bylaw last february signs banning truck traffic on main street went up at ninth and tenth lines about a month ago delivery trucks used by local businesses on main street are exempt from the ban we want to develop the down- sec police page 14 stouffville aptm dentistry mm 05 6427474 lip iwwwsmilecjinicca 6212 main st ist of the train station dr sheldon lazier dr waseema ali dr dina ghobrial dr dan kobric ed edwards denturist 6312 main st stouffville 905 6404646 wwjimkjpfciflabinmoakxoin