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Why make the drive? IJENN-AIR c4 m. . store in Uxbrid e ' i will have a wide segleclion of appliances and maflresses. - Choose from qualify brand names such as: rw WY Mann Stoufi'fle Sunâ€"THbune I Thaw Marrh Il 2008 Your FIRST Stop! Your \\\ 'MAyygc n..-.._ .. Depend on us.’ No curllng club here, but we’ve had game -Curiing was first played in Stouffville around 1890, on the mill pond where the Latcham Gallery and Care Share Shoppe are now. -The sport moved indoors, to Daley Hall at Main and Market streets, which was destroyed by fire, and then to two sheets of an arena on Park Drive north of Main Street That rink was sold and a new one went up without curling facilities. A rink built in the 1960s in GorrnIey is now a ban- quet hall at Rolling Hills golf club, -Stoufiville's Ray Grant played at The Brier. the Canadian men’s championâ€" ship, in 1955, 1958 and 1965. Sons Randy and Gary Grant curled on the Ontario circuit out of Uxbridge. -Stouflvilie’s Murray Roberts skipped a rink to an Ontario title in 1959. Other team members were Andy and Ray Grant and George Rumney. - Other curring clubs in York Region are in Unionville, Newmarket, Rich- mond Hill, Sutton and Thomhill, which has two. There hasn’t been a cuding club in Stouflvflle for several decades, butthesporthasapmudlocal history: . KW v Egan “Y. m: mm trough! w you a: a communny unit. at The Economizvsun-mbum. Source Stouffville 1877/1977 a pictorial history To locate a site near you or for further information contact Mayor Wayne Emmerson has called an open house to find out if there is sufficient interest to build acurling club in Whitchurch-Stouffville. The meeting is March 11 at 7 pm. in the council chambers at the municipal offices. BY JIM MASON Staff Writer Do you have thoughts of rocking the house in your home town? Former councillor Cliff Dunkeld, one of several Stouffville residents curling in Uxbridge, supports the idea. Other residents who curl competitively in Unionville have also approached the town about a local club. Curling,anyone? A youth program in Uxbridge draws youngsters from the Stoufville area, too, A notâ€"for-profit organization that provides a peer support program for children, youth and adults that have had a separation. dll’OI'I‘P or death within their family. In York Region our program is ojferedfree of charge in over 60 school and community sites. 1 877-403-2733 Public meeting will gauge interest in building Stouffville club www.rainbows.ca “I understand there's a lot of interest in the munici- pality," Mr. limmerson said. “Unionville and Uxbridgc are both near capacity, from what I’m told, so maybe it’s time we have our own club." Mr. Emmerson foresees a club with four sheets of ice in a private building on pub- lic land. Memberships would pay expenses. A site has not been select- ed, but the town has land available, he said. Memorial Park has been mentioned. If plans proceed, a com- mittee would investigate possible grant money. I For more details, call the mayor’s office (905-640-1900)