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6 toisuntrhemurluhezibo sunlribune 6290 main st stouffville on l4a1g7 wwwyorkregioncom publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director interactive media technology john futhey director advertising marketingpartnerships distribution dniecror barryblack debmweller director circulation yorkreqon printing systems generalmanager lynn pashko bob dean editorial nonstop campaigning the fouryear terms for municipal politicians in ontario were supposed to bring stability to councils it didnt take into account politicians leaving for other jobs including those at upper levels of government thats the nature of the beast the late tony roman and eldred king left local councils for parliament hill and york regions chair respec tively both were area mayors former whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury took an unsuccessful run at a liberal nomination ward 2 councillor phil bannon joined the club saturday earning the conservative nominaton for this falls provincial election in the riding of oak ridgesmarkham mr bannon who was elected to a second term as councillor in november beat out three other candidates for the nomination former mayor sue sherban and two markham residents were the competition in canadas largest rid ing the boundaries stretch across four of york regions nine municipalities including all of vvhitchurchstouffville the victory was even more impres sive considering mr bannon was the last one into the race in three weeks he rallied enough troops to win the nomination on saturdays second bal lot hes connected concerned and has the time a former unionville resident the retired police officer lives in the politi cally active and affluent ballantrae country club residents in the gated hwy 48 community many of them newcomers to this town have shown great interest in community activities including politics they and all other residents of ward 2 may get a chance for political action beyond the oct 10 provincial election if mr bannon wins the seat town council- lors can appoint a new councillor for the remaining three years of the term or call a byelection that will be interesting in the most politically active and diverse wards in the municipality it includes tony rural subdivisions farms and musselmans lake an active community that remains in transition the issues are many but headed by the environment transportation and recreation mr bannon knocked off incumbent councillor mark carroll four years ago and squeaked past political newcomer justin altmann last year who could the candidates be should a byelection be called let the campaigning begin news item- eating ft0m io0milh radius is good for the envir0mvfnt cant eat the veggies mom only the chicken comes from around i here sure you can 7hf io0jvule diet challenge starts juhb 24 letters to the editor only in stouffville does community show such involvement support a letter to the residents of stouffville our family moved to the stouffville area two years ago after a long and sometimes painful search for the right home in a nice community from the moment we arrived here our decision has been validated time and again by the helpful and friendly people we have met in our immediate neighbourhood as customers in the local shops and through local sports organizations namely the minor hockey association the purpose of this letter is to express gratitude on the part of the coaches and par ents of the clippers bantam a hockey team which will represent stouffville in a series of exhibition matches in austria and the czech republic this season to assist our cause your local canadian tire store generously took out a full page ad in the suntribune to advertise our plant sale from which all profits came to the team paul lamoureux the stores owner orga nized the flowers their delivery provided an area in which for us to operate and when sundays weather turned against us gave us some of the profits from his garden sales to help the team reach its goal without his efforts our goal would never have been reached and for that we would like to thank him publicly the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime tele phone number name and address the stouffville suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 6290 main st stouffville l4a 1g7 email jmason yrmgcom or fax 9056408778 similarly anotherfundraiserseveralweeks ago was a great success but only through the kind donations of many whitchurch- stouffville merchants and more than 200 local guests who generously bought those items many paying above their intrinsic value realizing the money was all going to the team only in a town such as stouffville could we find such an outpouring of community involvement we are pleased to boast to friends and acquaintances of stouffvilles accomplish ments and want you to know how proud every citizen should be and how fortunate they should feel as we do to reside in this lovely community markmcmahon manager cuppers bantam a whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association f piskikbs 5 sfip m 1 j3ct w al sp5s5 trw jli 5 hw lllpliiiip k wbw v 3s5- jmmf w0 4231 jsifcaasjjg y 0ffthetop with jim mason time to say thanks tothenuge call him the nuge everyone does callhim alegend the title fits the oldest living teacher in york region as his voice mail describes him is hanging it up unwillingly he would add with an excla mation point at 66 long after most teachers have moved on to new careers or fulltime retire ment wayne nugent is retiring serious illness sawto it mr nugent collapsed outside his woodbridge home in january the sore back that hunched him over in the new year was diagnosed as advanced bone marrowcancer hes been taking chemotherapy treatments ever since and been in hospital for most of it astern cell transplant is in the works before that theres matter of closing a 42- year teaching career that started in his native quebec and ends at woodbridge college in vaughan in the middle 1976 to 1982 was his time coaching and teaching at stouffiville district secondary school in his adopted home town his happiest years christina baggs one of his three daughters said the mountain of man who was scouted as a baseball and football player lived for sporthewenttowoodbridgetoheadupthe phys ed department and found the schools football program during summer vacations he worked at eddie shacks golf course and on the set of showdown the hockey skills tv show he was a founding member of the stouffville buttermakers slopitch team whose canada day weekend tournament spawned the strawberry festival people still come up to me and say he was their favourite teacher christina said he touched a lot of people like the parents whose son fell in with the wrong crowd the nuge stepped in welcomed the boy to the football team and helped him earn a us scholarship former buttermakers and sdss spartans are invited to a retirement party june 25 at la primavera banquet hall in woodbridge tickets are 30 and available from hela risbridger at 9058512843 ext 181 or christina baggs at 9056401630 irs about time we all thankedthe nuge jim mason is editor of the sun- tribune letters policy the suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the suntribunerescrves the right to publish or not publish and to edit for clarity and space letters to the editor the suntribune 6290 main st stouffville on l4aig7 jmasoneyrmgcom editorial editor jim mason jmasonyrmgcom interactive media marketing advertising manager dawna andrews dandreivsyrmgcom advertising retail manager stacey allen sallenyrmgcom classified manager ann campbell acampbellyrmgcom assistant classified manager bonnie rondeau brondeauyrmgcom production team leader sherry day sdayyrmgcom fdsha canada ccab a bom sr editorial 9056402612 fax9056408778 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