Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), March 22, 2007, p. 1

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thursday march 22 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24 pages1 including gst 3 latcham gallery unleashes young puppeteers opinion v calendar sports classified v 6 15 18 no affect on stouffville dealership staff photojim mason juvenile celebration stoufrville clippers head coach brent gibson and forward kyle cussion celebrate stoufrvilles only goal during its 41 loss to the windsor spitfires during ontario minor hockey association juvenile a championship series game at stoufrville arena sunday stoufrville won game 1 sunday 31 the series shifts to windsor this weekend see page 18 for more information threestream collection coming to your curb in september youll get help with new waste rules by hannelore volpe staff writer if jhe thought of having to sort your garbage and recyclables differently in september is making you nervous youll be receiving a lot of information over the next few months to smooth the way sept 10 is the relate whitchurch- stouffville is aiming td implement the threestream waste collection system the biggest difference youll notice is youll be putting the wet ie organic part of your garbage into a special kitchen catcher that small bucket is then emptied into a larger green bin to be collected curbside every week theres no limit to how much organic waste you can put out each week the green bins are to be delivered to each household except apartment build ings aug 20 to sept 7- youll receive the green bin the small kitchen catcher a lid sticker a short instructional dvd and information brochures the goal is to eventually have 60 per cent of all garbage diverted from landfill sites while the program will be new for many residents in town a lot of our new resi dents are already using the green bin because they come from the city paul whitehouse director of public works said a lot of the residents coming in are asking for the green bin the dvd part of the package has caused some controversy in richmond hill where the new program was rolled out more than a week ago the 50000 dvds distributed to residents create needless waste liz couture an ontario green party representative said about 10000 of the dvds will be distrib uted in whitchurchstouffville see controversial page 7 by david blumenfeld staff writer a new escalade or range rover may become less appealing thanks to penalties being slapped on buy ers of gasguzzling suvs mondays federal budget calls for additional fees of up to 4000 on a range of vehicles that gulp more fuel than competitors on the bright side the purchase of a smart car may earn consumers a rebate of up to 2000 in an effort to go green the conservatives called for new tax breaks on a range of fuelefficient vehicles and extra fees on about 100 automobiles predominantly suvs the proposed tax rebatesapply to cars that use less than 65 litres of gas every 100 kilometres and mini- vans or suvs that use less than 83 litres rebates range from 1000 to 2000 on the other hand drivers of vehicles that burn more than 13 litres every 100 kilometres will be hit with a 1000 levy which will rise in increments of 1000 for every addi tional litre topping out at 4000 for cars that guzzle more than 16 litres per 100 kilometres then again you might want to start thinking about riding public transit the conservatives extended their monthly pass tax credit to weekly pass holders provided they purchase at least four consecutive weekly passes andrew lennox director of sales at roy foss motors in thornhill said see stouffville page 8 huu specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandifonldrunit5 9056422886 1877410auto www4103utoca vsri jjmom lazier dr waseema ali dr dan kobric famil dentuwst fbeecohsuitwioj leon korman dd www stnilegliniisfeii 6212 main street just east of the train station v mi v vj jeshi checking polishing parthau jewellers 6312 main st stouffvuie 905 6404646 js s-

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