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Although the municipality will not dictate where the build- ing be moved to, if someone were to purchase it, keeping it in Ring- “That’s ground-breaking because we haven’t seen an ineemive like-this before,” said Gleyn Beatty, (no-chairperson of the Whitchurch-Stoufiville heri- tage advisory committee. “We’d like to see somebody come forward and take the build- ing." said Paul Whitehouse. the town‘s dixector of public workx decidedto ofierup thebuild- ing.toanyinterestedpany.for fieeixlanefionmsaveinand so the municipalitycan move forward with the intersection’s tionproject The building is the home of Da Classic Scoop. The 'I‘own of Wtchumh-Stouflvifle has BY SANDRA BOLAN Staff Writer Free to a good owner. two- storey, 3,600-square-foot .wood flame oommemial building that currently houses a diner, sign businessanddueeapamnents. The catch? The buyer must pay for the building’s removal fromitscunentlo’cation.atHwy 48mndMainStreet,byApril30. And there have been no tak- ersandmcaflsemeptfmm'l‘he tised in the local paper this month and a heritage publicaâ€" tioninDeoember. 21mm». N0 takers for free heritage building Stoufiville . Su rib une 150â€"year-old diner mustgo for wider road WXM3IJW9 I WMWOFWW I16 WIWGST Jul-y 81:! @Boston UPCOMING EVENIS BY DAVID FLBISCHER Staff Writer if we don't do it, no one will. A majority of regional council- lors reached that conclusion at a special council meeting Thursday, realizing there was no choice but to use property taxes to fund our hospitals’ growing needs Representatives from each of York’s hospitals. as well as Vaughan's Will you pay new hospital tax? Samantha Tomei, l l, a Grade 6 student at St. Brigid Catholic School, fires away during the Knights of Colum- bus’ 15th annual Whitchurch-Stoufiville freeâ€"throw competition at St. Mark Catholic School Wednesday. For more information and an additional photograph, see page 10. YORK REGION CEUS SEEK $22", OR $50 PER REGIONAL TAX BILL Passionate debate filled a packed committee room and while every- one supported the hospitals, not everyone was happy about having tofillagapwhichshouldbethe province’s jurisdiction. planned hospital, made presenta~ tions asking for a tax levy which would give them $22 million a year. starting this year, adding $60 to the average tax bill. NOT HING Bll'l' NEI' Ms Beed presented plans to spend $400 million. almost dou- bling the size of a hospital serving triple the population for which it One after another, local hospital CEOs explained why they need the region to contribute nearly $500 million over the next lB’yeara “The time is ripe now. We have to build,” Markham Stoufville Hos- pital CEO Janet Beed said. Entertainment Character . . . . Aside from construction, the expansion brings 875 new jobs, including 66 physicians. They need $110 million raised locally and, if all goes according to plan, can have shovels in the ground next year and be opera- tionalby2014. was designed. See cum page 7‘ STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD MTTEVEE N