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(Simi’Wi-‘li‘ibune Citizen,sports awards open Who will be Whitchurch- Stouflville’s citizen and sports people of the year? That’s up ti) you, and our panel of judges. For more than 30 years, the community has annually paid tribute to two of its best resi- dents. Both awards will be handâ€" ed out July 1 during the opening of the Strawberry Festival The Sun-Tribune sponsors and organizes the program. Norfiinations are open until lune 1 1. A committee will then review the submitted resumes and the recipients will be selected and announced in the newspaper. “This isn't a vote," said Sun- "Iribune editor Jim Mason. “One fact-filled folder with letters of reference and a strong resume is better than 100 one-line e-mails. “And it’s not just about what the nominee did during the last year in the sports world or com- munity at large. It should be a culmination of their life’s work. And the less self-serving the bet- ter. Judges appreciate residents who got involved, not to benefit their family or business, but to serve their neighbours.” Nominations should be eâ€" mailed to jmason@yrmg.com or dropped/ mailed to 6290 Main St. For more information, call Mr. Mason at 905-640-2612 ext. 23; for your nominations FOR BREAKING NEWS AND UPDATES FROM ACROSS OUR AREA, GO TO YORKREGION.COM SA'IURDAY, MAY29,2010 I MMWGWW I um1mm )ohn Pehar, a 16â€"year-old Brother Andre student, successfully lobbied at Whitchurch-Stoufl‘ville council for a four-way stop at Manitoba Street and Park Drive this spring. STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOMERVILLE Teen fights city hall * and wins “I know more stop signs are not what people want," said 16-year-old John Pehar who started lobbying his councillor, Richard Bartley, five months ago to turn Park Drive and Manitoba Street into a four-way stop. The intersection was previously a two-way stop at Park Drive only. So when his Grade 10 civics class teacher gave her class the choice to either write a letter to a family in Haiti and donate money or do something locally that would better the community, John knew exactly what he wanted to do - lobby his local government for a safer intersection. What started as a high school project has resulted in a pair of new stop signs. ;‘I knew there was on issue here from what I’ve seen,” said the student at Brother Andre Catholic High School in Markham. “I wanted to do something, not too com- plicated. simple, but something that would affect people everyday," John said. “A stop sign is logical. it makes sense. It's going to make the intersection safer.” He started his four-way stop crusade at the end of January when he sent a letter to Mr. Bartley outlining his case for‘the eastâ€"west stop signs on Manitoba Street. Grade 10 assignment turns intersection into all-way stop I38 W Dr., Uni 5, Sn“ 905-642-2886 or 1 -877-410â€"2886(AUI'O) WEEKEND FOCUS BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com See SNOENT, page 74 Bombs mam Ill. IO. 'Oll