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thursdayjune212007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst m i j5l itwfblitflri firstever relay for life night raises 60000 for cancer society opinion 6 sports 13 calendar 14 classified 16 me first im the oldest david brooks photo baby trumpeter swans compete for their mothers attention about four hours after hatch- survived the lemonville centre has been home to a breeding pair of trumpeters for seven ing last week at pause awhile equestrian centre on mccowan road six of seven babies years the stouffville reservoir and island lake have also been home to trumpeters town hall civic square ball diamonds first on memorial parkt0d0 list 1 1 4 m parks plan road approved by hannelore volpe staff writer take a good look at memorial park during next weeks strawberry festival whitchurchstouffville its about to be remodelled stouffvilles downtown park is set for the largest transformation in its history after councils near unanimous decision tuesday evening with the exception of councillor rob hargrave council approved moving ahead with the memorial park and bethesda park master plans while tax dollars will pay for a portion of the 114million price tag the majority of the cost will be covered from other sources the cost of bethesda park around 47 million and about half of memorial parks 67million renovation bill will be paid for by development charges received from builders the remainder of the costs are to be funded by a combination of park trust funds the towns capi tal reserves possible government grants corporate donations and community fundraising the projects are anticipated to be complete in 2014 or 2015 the first changes youll notice are the renovation of the old town hall into a multipurpose arts and culture centre and the revamping of civic square com plete with a water feature both of these projects part of the plan for neighbouring memorial park are expected to start next year a parks service building should also go up next year next to the lebovic leisure centre the year 2008 is also when memorial park will undergo its first changes with the removal of the ball diamonds south of thicketwood boulevard the out door pool recycling depot and skate park concerns were raised about whether the new pool would indeed be a pool or just a splash pad the town is still open to resi dents suggestions mayor wayne emmerson said noting a decision has not been made on how the pool will look there shouldnt be a summer without an outdoor pool said elizabeth tracey a stouffville resi dent who ran unsuccessfully in the last municipal election councillor hargrave was con cerned facilities not be taken out of see opposition page 9 jmm3 specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandiforddrunit5 9056422886 1877410auto www410autoxa 12th annual 1premiere linear show sale art antiques in the park markham rainorshine admission adults 500 seniors 300 kids under 12 free r0 saturday july 14 sunday july 15 loipoam 500pm markham museum hwy 48 just north of 1 6th ave v ga- san mm s rjohanne or steve at 9052942200 for more information please call over 100 artists artisans antique dealers collectors silent auction 1100am 300pm saturday sunday kreative kids create your own masterpiece forever the worlds most bril diamond t3arthau tewellers j lw itoodnitw 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646