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12 - 'WHITCHURCH~STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH" â€" See Horsing around for charity at Dinner ‘n’ Derby event The Iennifer Ashleigh Foundation is holding its annual Dinner 'n' Derby fundraiser at Hilton Suites Hotel on May I4. Guests can bid on an incredible array of unique items in the live and silent auctions. as well as iockey- ing for first place during the 'derby'. one of the high- lights of the evening. “Nenty wooden hobby horses, hand crafted by Harry Schell and Glen Byer of Schell Lumber. have been lovingly painted. crafted and adorned by a group of Uxbridge and area artisans." explained special events co-ordinator Sabrina Roy. ”Each horée will be sold for $250 on a first come. first served basis the evening of the event.“ During the evening. she said, ”horse owners will assemble around the ball- room and our auctioneer. Phil Faulkner, will call the race by pulling the horse names from a hat. Horses advance one step at a time until a winner is declared.“ An evening for eight at Woodbine Racetrack. with dinner in the dining room. will be awarded to whoever is first past the post. Among the live auction items are a twoâ€"night 'Bygone Era' and golf gift package in Niagara on the Lake including a winery tourand tickets totheshaw Festival; lunch for two with Gary Roberts and Doug Gilmour. followed by a game of golf at Wooden Sticls with Doug Gilmour and Steve Davies; and Skiers' Dream, which §y Kate Gilderdale Stouffville This Month includes five days and four nights at Mont Tremblant. a pair of Vokle Skis and first class round trip VIA Rail tickets. Donations for the silent auction include a wine fridge, a foursome at Taboo Resort. a one-year yoga membership and a hockey stick autographed by Bobby On. The fundraising goal for the evening is $l56,000, which will be used to assist 3I2 families in need. said Ms. Roy. The Jennifer Ashleigh Foundation was estab- lished in l990 by Norm Clements. president of National Sports. in memory of his granddaughter. lenniler Ashleigh Clements. who died of a degenerative musailardiseaseattheage of six months, No years later, the same illness claimed the life of her baby The Jennifer Ashleigh Foundation holds its annual fundraiser on May l4 at Hilton Suites. Seen here at last year’s event are Jennifer Ashleigh's father, Daniel Clements (left) and charity founder Norm Clements. us on ‘www.stouflvilleonline.com' sister. Danica The foundation's man- date is to offer assistance to children who are chronical- ly or seriously ill and whose families have exhausted all avenues of financial sup- port from government and service agencies. Areas of. assistance include emer- gency financial relief. developmental therapies. specially adapted comput- er equipment and medical treatments not covered by OHIP or insurance. Last year. the foundation assist- ed 898 Ontario children and their families and this years goal is to help l.000 such families. Further information on the organization is avail- able at www.lenniierash- leighioundationca For Dinner 'n’ Derby tickets. call the foundation office at 905-852-[799. blame - 905-640-3521 Kano 0 005-640-1651 New To Your Community? Be sure to call Our hostess will bring am: and OWNS. 3'0"!) with helpful community intonnation. LCOME IAGON Sm I930 To the Editor: Once again the com- munity of Whitchurch- Stouffville has come through! The library's giant book sale raised over $l2.300. This is the second highest profit ever for the book sale. The Bpok Sale Fundraising Committee has many, many people to thank for helping this sale be so successful. First to the organizations, To the Editor: Given the extraordinary growth in the region and particularly Whitchurch- Stouffville, it is no wonder that existing facilities are being stressed and that considerable investment is required to simply meet the expanded needs of our community. This does not necessarily mean that taxes need to increase to cover these increased costs however; It would seem logical to first recover the increases from the new developments that are triggering the problem rather than to seek a general tax_ increase. I believe that as residents offthe community we should expect council to recover the costs of expanded munici- pal services from development levies. and support tax increases only to the extent that they support the current res- idential base. Council should also take into consideration that the current development plan for the town is one that is certain to have higher long term costs that should not be passed on to current residents. The absence of any substantive employment opportunities within the town essentially means that Whltchurch- Stouffvllle is positioning Itself as a sub- Community comes through for library Developers should contribute to costs related to town’s growth namely the Stouffville Firefighters. the Kinsmen Club of Stouffville, the Richardson Lodge Masons ,and the Stouffville Lions Club; thank you for your involvement in setting up and taking down the sale. Thank you also to the fol- lowing businesses yvho donated goods and refreshments to the sale: Lindy's Floral Boutique. Steve Liz's No Frills. A urban commuter extension of Toronto, since there will be no iobs for the new residents. With that goes a very high cost of new infrastructure. particularly of roads and road widening, and a need to create. coordinate and integrate public transit with neighbouring communities. it also means de facto that Whitchurch Stouffville is paving the way to becOming a suburban extension of. Toronto and will lose the sense of comâ€" munity that many of us cherish and wish.“ to preserve. Progress certainly has its price, but to ask residents to finance a damenhilr r- -. . . ests of current residents is ludicrous If council is intent on continuing to sup- port development plans that run con- trary to the spirit and intent of the Oak Ridges Moraine conservation plan and violates the basic tenets of Ontario Smart Growth policies, it should finance this expansion from the coffers of the maior beneficiaries, namely the develâ€" opers of this suburban sprawl and the new residents who will occupy these communities. P and Sofi'eys To the many volunteers who gave so freely of their time, thank you for sort- ing, selling and packing. And last, but certainly not least, thank you to your newspaper for supporting the sale through adver- tisement and publicity. All is much appreciat- Monica van Maris Chair Book Sale Fundraising lohn San‘nger Stouffville MAY 2004