Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 13 Oct 2011, p. 6

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ShapingOur Fulum In it. w exploited York Region's past as a means to determining feasible futune goals. based on Expert mmmmuary {mm planners. leaders and academics and fact and tmebased forecasting. 0m wn'lcns created a picture of what our world might look like in four decades. exploring public safety. teiâ€" sure. infrzmmcmm. education. poverty. economic vitality and top W11 areas Many of m mm the benefits of denser urban (“on-s. scrvx‘vd by public transit. but (musing tn live such a life is mine-thing entiwa dim-rem. WI fur our communities in gmw in a mlai'nabk' manner. interning this kind of societal chalng is mfl‘ssary. We dun'l all haw to live in «mating condominiums. but wv must at lent accept the type- of gmwth is a nu-exsary pan of our home mwn's future. The same “005 for the (k'wkmlm‘m community. Our towns haw slafltfl mapping our {unm- by setting aside land fut Miâ€" demialr‘dc’vebpmcm. with other mass canmr'ked to pnm‘de for those who m live hem. Yet developers continue to bulldozc thmum dcvehp ments of homes. turning to the ( )mario Municipal Board for its blaming. luckily. we seen some victories In this area. [he fund. lasl mumh} pm [can] Aumra's plan m set aside 40) mm at the cam rnd of hum for an t'mpkrynwm arm that rould ("Paw Up In 51!!) jabs, But while based on facts and expor use. these visions 0! our fmum are just educated guessm. It’s up In you, the idenls. lo Mp craft our fuum' by spvak- ing up abou! you! neegts and desirvs. The goal (if um was to gm the ('OllWNl'lnl started and fuel yum cre- ative juices. ' We sin‘lply can no longer evolve the way we have fur the past 40 yem In some cases. our municipalities nu km« ger have mom for the suhdi'mmns of angleâ€"family dwellings that monopn- [in our landwapc. . (‘n‘mwing traffic congestan and lim- ited transit use arr key indicators that we simply don‘t wan! to giw up uur dmn-ble-car garage lifestyle. II will bv so murh easier if we mam h furwaxd with a common vision. not a mishmash of plans fuelled by self‘ intern 09L As W? map out our fumrv. having mind“; wrh as the ()MB endtmw our plan is key. And if we decide we must gmw up. 110mm. as out planm'rs intend. it's ("k-a! we new! to change our thinking. Editorial ' Your chance to plan our fimtre _ R0: (.‘omnmmry (7mm bonkmgs gm'ng onlum [mm 26'. In 21!”. we muvud {u uur’tww farm in lrmunvillv ‘ for many yvars..lhwv Prohen Was the. booking clerk fut our lmonville Communin (intro and. because he was always there working. out younget children werv (‘unvimted lhaixhe liwxi at the comm. ‘ He took great personal pride in ensuring the many was meticulously clean and thv' playgmumi was safe fur the children. On his own time and initiatiw. he built Units cm wheels su Chaim could easih/ be stark-d and moved for easy flnor cleaning ' Hepaimt-d huge pugixmrds w an groups could easily display their an- work Mr. Probt‘rl was always busy doing things fur nu- rvnmr. The list Ls endless. He went far heyund his job descriplinn n! “'lxmking'clefk'. , in Ontario. community centres we know an: vinuafly always mn by the communities m which they existand the booking clerk is. of course. a msi. dent of the community in which the rcmm is lorau’xt rh'm way. he or she ham ‘3 pulse nn the community being son/mt Thom is Inn: and tried wisdom in this arrange-mmn‘ Whitt‘hurt'h~St0uflvillv has t‘akt'n uvvt the ml? at "honking dork” fm um mmmunity wntrt-s. It is puzzling thv municipality. which ix experiencing phenomenal growth. can afford the time. energy. and valuable tesoutccs. not to mention the cost Invohred to rhangt‘ an arrangement that has nm In additiun. he often vulnntccrul. minor shine. to help putupsignsalong Stoufivilk" Road and othot stmcts to advertise an mm, * Clerk will be hard to replace Letters to the Editor {WW-Tribune Terry’s dream lives on 'lhank you for mminuing 'l'erry's (In-am. very smoothly for countless and still does for other towns in Omar- io‘ With progress comes change but one mm! wonder why the town made [his decision. ‘ Will our community centtt’s be managed more efliciemly? We find that hard to believe. as Mr. Pman put his whole heart and soul into the iob. His miniscule financial wmpensa- than was extremely disproportionate with the enormom time, and energy that be defined to the centre. Thank you. Dave Prome for your many years of dedication and hard work for the lrmonvifle Community (20mm. On behalf of our incmdiblc vululr we! team of more than 100 and the retry Fux Nundaliun. thahkyou In our wonderful community f0! anomu mum] 'lbrrv Fox Run in Slouffviflc. ()ur generous community came out and celebrated cancer squal and shared rcmcmbranccs of those lost. . Mk! are turning a corner and will continue to forge forward in the fight against cancer. More than $106.01!) was raised for cancer research at the mmmuniw mm Sent. 18. PUBLISHER [an Proud/bot ’ Whatdoyoumimottheseissmm othevs? Emai‘ letters to the editov :9 WWW ' ‘3“ I5“ £ k HAVE YOUR SAY SILVANA ADRIAN DE BOER HAN )NW! 1 f SANDY SCHl-Lu. KENNEDY m u TH nu TERRY H m m Somehow. Wf‘ wwivvd. I um hm werv still madv Monday morning The laundry gm dune, “mm-work mo. life wen! «m. The horse); mu fan out ml the barn to ever return an thix ixsuv ‘ I}. 've lost some of our innn ce'n ' I.“ ofmfid alnng lhl‘ Emma IN (Lam Drbam Kr”? It was a throwback in 19805 Ontario, before lhg doors flew open on Sunday shopping in 1992 and we consumers go! so used In our worry-free. 24/7. dn've-thmugh cu] (UPC. w Business Human Ruhr" lazurku Back in that day, the line of (rd! fic going to and from the Slouffviflc Country Market often stretched through downtown to me Ninth Line. If you ran out of hamburgvrx or cereal on a Sunday. there was a good chance you were eating in a restaurant that day. Dumb” 0! gm den supplies? Purge! it. Selling 0mm was 1m- (uscuum gm. - about four cenls per [fire It?» than in Stoufi‘villc - at mmpetmg staljons along the Ballamrae snip (The same main drag many resi- dents want further deveiuped. gee our story on page 9.) Unless you wen: in a dexigndtmi tourist zone. there wasn't much 01w open for business. ‘ There was nowhere else to shop save for pharmacies and gas sm tions. The parking lot at the Eldred King (mm of the York Region for- est was “verflnwing Mnnday after noon. People in shorts and l-shins walked almost every kind uf dug you've heard .0! along the [me-lined trails just north of “Ballamrac. Uth- crs were on horseback. The balmy summer-like weather you've probably already forgotten about certainly helped. National records were so! in our region. Along Hwy. 48, pumpkin sale-s appeared brisk. The only thing selling bener was the discount gm “'Iim‘Mason as editor of TM' Sun IHbune. Dlmrmn. Ploom 110 N lackw Smart We sungived minus Sunday shopping with Iim Mason Off The Top Daemon. Dus'nlnrnon hum: Purim u mm 10:. Aluminum. Nullk‘ ’N “III-1T0“. Urination: Bun y 81a: k

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