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H Stoufifizille ’ .Sun-Ti'lbune Father Leslie Tamas left his family behind and escaped his homeland, which was in the middle of a revolt, so he could come to Canada and become a priest. “I thought, if I wanted to be a priest, this was my one and only chance," Father Tamas, 76, said of his Dec. 20, 1956 escape from Hungary to an Austn'an refugee camp and eventually Canada. Father Tamas was ordained on May 28, 1960 at Toronto's St. Augustine’s Seminary and this Sunday, Father Tamas' 50-year career will be celebrated at St. Marks Catholic Church, where he was the priest from 71991 to 2005. “I wish he could be a fly on the wall and hear what peOple are saying about him. Not that he's looking for that,” said Teresa Knsatz, head of the 50th anni- versary celebration organizing committee. Mrs. Kusatz also spent 10 years working in the church nec- tory alongside Father Thma_s._ _ Like many other parishio- ners, Father 'I’amas has seen the Kusatz family through many ups and downs, births, deaths and PEOPLE St. Mark’s says thanks to priest of 50 years See rem-0mm page )3 BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO? SEE YOUR PLANNER ON PAGE 9 AND GO TO PORYORKREGION.COM THURSDAIMAYZZZMO I SERVINGTHECOMMUNITYOFWHITGWRCl-i-STOUFFVIILE I 28PAGESI$1INGUOINGGST Alex Dewland of Stouflville’s Glad Park Public School gets help from Terry Sinclair in the 100 metres at the special needs elementary school track and field meet at the Connellâ€"Franldin Tl'ack next to the Stoufl'ville Arena Tuesday. For additional photos, go to yorkregiorLcom iseount :«i‘k‘ HELPING HAND Sammy. June 12,“...2010 «acumen w STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN 5892 Main. St, Stouflville (“Mmuhlufinm BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com Stoufivflle is a commuter town, but its lei- sure services ofierings are weekday oriented, according to a recent report by the ReThink Group. The report - leisure Programming, Culture and Volunteer Engagement Strategies Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville - was presented to council last week during an information workshop. Part of the study was based on information gathered from an online survey conducted in February through to mid-March. The survey had 166 respondents. “The sample could not be random or struc- tured to be rep'peentative of the whole com- munity," according to Ruben Lockart, partner at ReThink Group. “The percent doesn’t matâ€" ter, it’s the fact that it stood out." Survey respondents noted that not only are programs/activities available at the |wrongl inconvenient time (50.4 per cent), but current facilities do not accommodate some of the desired activities such as curling, indoor soc- cer, racquetball, squash, indoor tennis and a movie theatre. “In many it's the facility that is hold- ing down the program expansion," Mr. Lock- hart said. Insuflicient personal time was also noted as a barrier to service. Residents sound off on leisure “It reinforces people are busy and very Timing off for commuters, curling, cinema on wish list Mam Street See VISIBLE. page 184 0312.”!!! M