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stouffville thursday march 12007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24 pagess1 including gst stouffville christian school getting new house of learning march break 8 calendar 14 sports 18 classified 20 puck stops here metroland photoron howden stouffville spirit netminder trevor oneill thwarts matt caranci of the collingwood blues during the spirits 31 win in collingwood tuesday the spirit goalie was named game mvp by his teammates the spirit leads the provincial jr a hockey league north conference semifinal 2- 0 game 3 will be played tonight at 730 at the stouffville arena for more information see the story on page 18 latcham gallery radio station interested in old town hall complex council says yes to arts culture centre by hannelore volpe staff writer the word yes on a sign held up by councillor rob hargrave reflected the mood of whitchurchstouffville council which voted tuesday night to go ahead with an arts culture and entertainment centre into the old town hall at 19 civic ave the vote allows an architect to be hired to come up with a design and costs for the building behind the clock tower the find ings will likely be presented to council in late may the estimated cost of the project is 264 million the municipal share of around 15 million will come from the towns hydro reserves development charges and park trust and two potential tenants have already come forward the latcham gallery and whistle radio are eyeing the building as a home base for their operations this was one of the few times in the past decade that a council meeting centring on the old building didnt feature raucous behaviour twotime mayoral candidate randy mole however received the most enthusi astic but polite applause when he called the centre a small intimate setting allows the timid to be bold the young to be curious the old to be strong he vowed to give 5000 to the centre assuming it goes ahead and challenged others to make donations relief was palpable on the faces of some people including sara marsala who oper ates tempest in a teapot a tea and gift shop after the decision to go ahead was reached we have to stop thinking of ourselves as a small town mrs marsala said people are sophisticated and cosmopolitan and this location will serve their purpose the move sends a strong message that stouffville is willing to preserve and see gallery page 7 stations closed or on limited supply gas while they can by hannelore volpe staff writer whitchurchstouffville drivers are on the prowl for that suddenly precious commodity gasoline and no one is quite sure how long the shortage will continue motorists have their say on fuel shortagepage 3 in stouffville drivers can only drive past some gas stations such as canadian tire and olco because theyve been closed for several days at olco at ninth line and main street a sign had been attached to the pumps saying due to changes in the gas industry we are no longer serving fuel others have run low on premium gas or have had dry spells a block west the gas station at the macs milk convenience store had no fuel for more than three days dealer raz ghougamanian said after receiving a shipment at midnight however business was brisk on tuesday the gas is supplied by imperial oil everybodys out of gas mr ghougamanian said eyeing the vehicles lined up at the pumps sec town page 15 specializing in volkswagen andi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandifonjdrunit5 9056422888 177410airro www410autaca b v tj l dr sheldon lazier dr waseema ali dr dan kobric dentis s demtubist eon kof man dd p 64274111 www smileclmidai 6212 main street just fcastof the train station bjstogbeaw rarthau weweflers 6312 main st stouffville 905 6404646