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vjo djirtjrs v i i bilfu i stoujjvitle suntriburiem thursday jan4 2007 d staff photosjoerd witteveen whitchurchstbufrville museum curator dorie billich with a pioneer log cabin one of many historical buildings on the grounds dirty business wont come dirt cheap by hannelore volpe staff writer whitchurchstouffville museum curator dorie billich is eagerly antici pating dirty business and some feder al money to support it dirty business is this summers exhibit at the museum exploring the housekeeping techniques and clean ing products and paraphernalia of bygone years how housewives have been perceived through the decades is also explored the support is an appeal to the fed eral government by mayor wayne emmerson to put a new museums policy in place and increase invest ment in museums ms billich and museum curators across canada are urging their munic ipalities to encourage the government to act quickly on this issue the new museums policy would better recognize the role of smaller museums and provide more assis tance to us and more access to pro grams ms billich said the museum is eying an ambitious renewal project with construction to start in about five years with councils approval the museum came up with a facilities concept plan in 2005 to bring the handful of charming her itage buildings and a barn into the 21st century planning has begun for a large glassclad visitors centre that will link two heritage buildings at opposite ends of the property the bogarttown schoolhouse and the vandorf public school at an estimated cost of 17 million the 6000squarefoot addition will house a reception area and spacious multipurpose room ideal for school group programs as well as meetings seminars and receptions the muse um would seek partnerships for use of the new space funding for museums is still at 1970s levels ms billich said noting the museums assistance program is over subscribed the whitchurchstouf fville museum has applied for four of these grants since 1994 it received a 20000 grant for the vandorf public school renovations in 1999 and 17000 in 2005 for the facilities con cept plan the victorian tea in november and candlelight christmas tours were very successful ms billich said as well as hosting school groups and holding pa day activities the museum is introducing free family days in march april september and october the museum is at 14732 woodbine ave south of aurora roadcall 9057278954 or 1- 8882900337 for more information museum plans major expansion by alyshia higgins youth writer the population isnt the only thing expanding in stouffville the whitchurch- stouffville museum hopes to grow with the community the museum was estab lished in 1971 and includes a schoolhouse from the 1800s pioneer log cabin victorian farmhouse barn and van- dorf public school curator dorie billich helps organize the muse ums future plans including the expansion which she hopes will begin in five years we have an exciting pro posal for the visitor centre she said the museum has no such facility and only holds 40 people in the meeting area the proposed expansion will link the school buildings and create a larger space for people to gather were hoping to get 100 people in ms billich said itd be a better facility with a nice large meeting area the museum needs approval from council before construction can begin ms billich says she hopes to receive corporate spon sorships funding from the provincial and federal gov ernments and conduct fundraising events to pay for the expansion the museum offers pro grams for people of all ages children and adults can tour the old school buildings spin cloth and see what life was like more than 100 years ago the buildings each have stories for visitors to learn english as a second lan guage programs are also available and the museum holds programs for children on pa days although ms billich does nt conduct the tours regu larly she says she enjoys doing them when she gets the opportunity i get to learn new things all the time she said for more informatign visit wwwtownofwscommuseum or call 18882900337 in brief cancer so needs you the huge letters on the sign on main street west of ninth line say it all the canadian cancer society desperately needs more drivers to take patients in whitchurchstouf fville to appointments starting this month several additional cancer patients will need rides for chemotherapy radiation treatments and doctors appoint ments most patients need to go to princess margaret hospital and sun- nybrook health sciences centre in toronto drivers who can spare four or five hours once a week to go to princess margaret hospital are par ticularly needed because of a shortage of drivers some take more than one patient at the same time and there might not be enough space for family mem bers to accompany the patient families of cancer patients often find it impossible to do all the driv ing particularly when some daily treatments span as much as a six- week period we have seven regular drivers said carol maymcquillan the can cer societys volunteer development specialist for the area we need drivers on an ongoing basis to volunteer call 9052945925 transit fares up if york region transit is your way of getting around stouffville or to places such as markham stouffville hospital it could cost you more if you pay cash youll have to find an extra quarter adult fares go from 250 to 275 if youre a senior and buy a strip of 10 tickets the price remains the same at 14 adult monthly passes are rising from 80 to 85 while seniors monthly passes increase by 2 to 42 for more information on fares and bus routes call york region transitviva at 9057622100 hdnrielorevolpe correction wrong phone number for hazardous waste depot the story family takes out trash for good in the dec 30 suntribune contained incorrect information about the hazardous waste depot on rodick road in markham to find out which items are accepted call the region of york at 9058951200 and follow the options the stouffville suntribune regrets the error