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stouffville suntribune thursday april 19 2007 3 stouffville says by hannelore volpe what would you do about drinking and driving asked at nofrills in stouffville krista hopkins if there was better public transit to bars and clubs in other locations such as markham toronto newmarket or aurora it would help adrie spaargaren raise the fines and increase jail time drink ing and driving is a big worry for everybody on the road sara marsala it is a social problem because people think they have to drink to have a good time people are still reluctant to say to their friends give me your keys manfred schmitt you should take away the offenders car charge people who give that person their car to drive offenders should also do a mini mum of 30 hours of community work staff photojim mason stouffville memorial christian church celebrates its 165th anniversary as a congregation this week end the church building at main and stouffer streets is the second location of the church stouffville s oldest church marking 165th anniversary by jackson hayes before canada was even a country pastor ludwig kribb welcomed the first congrega tion through the doors of stouffville memorial christian church that was in 1842 though the original build ing is long gone the spirit of those early days remains and will be celebrated at the 165th anniversary this weekend original wood building stouffvilles oldest church congregation according to church historian and long time member udelle wood began as a small wood- framed building on main street east of cemetery lane they found that it was too small mrs wood said so it was sold and a new brick building was built where it stands today at the corner of main and stouffer streets though the second church was constructed in 1874 the 165year anniversary dates from when the congregation was established and not the building that ups the ante we are the oldest church around i believe in york region mrs wood said the original building was moved next to stouffville creek but it did not sit dor mant it was turned into a roller skating rink before housing a sugarmaking oper ation during the second world war we are the oldest church around i believe in york region udelle wood stouffville memorial christian church historian the original woodframe church burned down in the 1940s the town recognized the history of the church in 1995 when it designated it as a her itage site a stouffville first rev jim amy who has been the church pastor for 20 years said it is nice to acknowledge the history behind this church and its flock this sunday the 165th anniversary of the oldest church in town will be cele brated with a day of services and music services and music rev amy and his 30-mem- ber congregation are looking forward to their planned fes tivities we are going to have lots of musicians a vocalist and instrumental talent he said former member dan salis bury now of chicago will be guest soloist there will be two services sunday the morning service starts at 1030 and features rev noel churchman and the evening service will com mence at 630 lots of people have been invited said rev amy adding he would be delighted if the 150person capacity was reached briefly three metroland awards won by suntribune the stouffville suntribune was in the winners circle three times at last weeks metroland editorial awards bill roberts photo spread of the stouffville spirit celebrating winning the north conference jr a champi onship in 2006 won a first freelancer gus sarino also took first for his photograph of the harper homestead fire last summer mike hayakawa and jim mason took second for their sports story pro filing jr a hockey player will acton lake residents clean up the musselmans lake residents association is hosting its annual earth day lake cleanup saturday at 9 am participants should meet at the cedar beach pavilion parking lot on ninth line at 9 am there will be coffee doughnuts entertainment a dj and barbecue take a tour of the lake led by a mem ber of the lake simcoe conservation authority correction madd quote misleading a quote in the story use new road law courts urge in the suntribune april 14 may create a misleading impression about madd york regions position madd favours provincial legisla tion mandating a zero blood alcohol level for anyone who has been driv ing less than five years regardless of age this law is already in place in manitoba the sunlribune regrets the error quoteworthy theres been other people who have done worse in the league than what jeff did and didnt get that lengthy of a suspension joe cornacchia on oneyear ban issued local coach jeff perrin see story on page 15 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrmgcom visit our offices at 6290 main st in downtown stouffville cspenin0 m afttiazist wmwm sfksmg zjrqtet 11 weeks ofi zetwoations oin us jbyz tieats testes intents feoots open at 10ooam loftmain st n markham village 905471 7820