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Police, volunteers ! to clean up graffiti I York Regional Police officers and volunteers will locate, pho- tograph and map the town’s graf- fiti before cleaning it up this Sep- tember. “A lot of people don't get the connection if grafliti is hap- pening but not being document- ed, if a person is caught, without documentation, we can't make the connection and lay chargâ€" es," said Stoufiville native Const. Todd Snooks during a presen- tation to Whitchurchâ€"Stoufiville council Tuesday night. The clean-up day stems from a rash of private and public prop- erties being tagged late last yea; _ In January, 3 17-year-old Whitchurch- Stouffville youth was arrested and charged with eight counts of mischief under $5,000. He went through a diversion program operated by the York Region Youth Justice Committee. Tagging to be mapped, photographed In apology to town. teen says he realizes harm his tagging spree caused/page I I. g Stoufiville . WWWWW‘ Sun-7hbune BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com 586 MW”, page H SHARE THAT OPINION, STOUFFVILLE. E-MAIL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO JMASON@YRMG.COM SATURDAY, JUNE 19,2010 I SERVINGTHE COMMUNITY OFWHfl'Cl-IURCH-STOUFFVIUE I 28 PAGES/$1 INCLUDING GST Murray Wagg (left) greets a Masonic brother Tuesday during the re-enactment of the first meeting of Stouflvifle’s Richardson Lodge on its 150th anniversary at the original site,'a barn on the northeast corner of Kennedy and Elgin Mills roads in northern Markham. The celebrations continue tonight with a dinner at Christ Church For more on the lodge, go to www.richardsonlodge.ca/index.html Councillor Rob Hargrave wants to walk away from more than $500,000 in government funding so the new council can create a cohesive Stouffville Memorial Park master plan. Councillor loses battle of Memorial Park WALK AWAY FROM ‘MESS’, GRANT MONEY AT BALL DIAMOND, HARGRAVE TELLS COUNCTL MATES BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg. com Last year, the town was award- ed $825,000 from the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program to reconstruct the last remaining softball diamond in the downtown park. park. cy amount of $115,000 was also The funding is divided equally approved, bringing the total cost to between the federal and provincial $1,048,466.20 governments as well as the Town of The increased cost was due to 150 YEARS IN THE MAKING Wtchurch-Stoufl’ville. When the tender were received last month, the lowest bid came from Latitude 67 Ltd. at $933,466.16. including all taxes. A contingen- 29 Tm sue}? "26 Chuck sum nmoou Shncoe m1 UM: Sunderhnd Port Perry 905.352.7382 705â€"357-316! 903-985-7777 BE PROUD OF YOUR SMILE! “Your ConfiJent Snub is Our 9‘an “H... the HST, which takes effect July 1 as well as additional work not includ- ed in the original 2009 budget. However, the town is eligible for a rebate on a portion of the HST, which brings the variance down to $140,860. Sec COUNCILLLORS, page II STAFF PHOTOISJOERD WITTEVEEN Se av Ho ubs 294-8030 27 HERITAGE m. mum