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thursdayjuly 262007 servingthe community of whitchurchstouffville 28pages1 including gst 3 good times of course 360 tee off for charity opinion 6 calendar 16 sports 22 classified 24 top female amateurs tee it up at granite club stouffville club steps in to host nationals by mike hayakawa staff writer one golf courses loss turned out to be a stouffville clubs gain in the case of the granite golf club their good fortune was the right to host this years royale cup national womens amateur championships s- slated to start monday and run to aug 3 its one of the oldest golfing competitions in canada with more than 90 titles awarded the field includes 120 competi tors from across canada and the united states were definitely proud to be hosting a national event like this john gravett granite golf club general manager and chief operating officer the private familyoriented club on the yorkdurham town- line just northeast of stouffville opened in 2001 on the rolling hills of a former horse farm another unnamed gta club that was awarded the event was forced to back out when a sched uling conflict arose like a white knight the granite golf club stepped into the picture what happened was there was a misunderstanding of the dates mr gravett said as a result we were made aware that the rcga was looking for anoth er club to host this event last fall and we contacted them and they chose us usually you have to see golf page 13 they will rock your saturday staff photosjoerd witteveen amanda 10 does hen best impression of a rock star as jim mcmillan from left melanie otto 13 and amanda zelina 21 look on during practice at we rock school of music they are preparing for music in the park in stouffville memorial park saturday from 2 to 4 pm a variety of local musicians willperform 20 million pumped into economy by 136000 fans this week canadian open big business for region by chris traber staff writer bringing the canadian open to the greens of angus glen golf club translates into major green and sheen for markham and york region royal canadian golf asso ciation governor and tournament chairperson jim clark said an estimated 20 million is being infused into the economy by the 136000 fans expected to attend the event which wraps up sunday equally important is the opportu nity to showcase york to an inter national audience via the largest media contingent in the 103year history of our national champion ship thats a huge figure said mr clark who lives and works in markham if you do the basic math for the 156 players caddies family mem bers officials and employees who do the staging they alone translate into several thousand hotel room nights in the area an informal survey of hotels and motels in markham and richmond hill suggests accommodations are a scarce as holes in one more than 400 print and elec tronic media members have regis tered to cover the event that will be contested on angus glens recently reconfigured north course asso ciation media and public relations director anthony alfred said in addition to major broadcast ers including cbs and the golf channel prestigious dailies and speciality sports magazines the likes of sports illustrated and golf world will be on hand see stouffville page 21 mjm specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandiforddrunit5 9056422886 1877410auro www41oaut0c3 r dr sheldon lazier i dr waseema ah i dr dankobric leon kofrnan xt dehtumsf fbeecohsultw1o dmtimiy 9056427474 wwwsmileclinicca 6212 main street just east of the train station jsm wfc mm forever- the worlds most brilliant diamond parthau wtewellers tcqdimui 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646