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Also Publlshmolm Pon Ponysuvm Uxbndoe Star Distributed Free by Canada Post to every home In the lollowlno communilies: SIOUFFVILLE - GOODWOOD - GOHMLEY BALLANTRAE - MUSSELMAN‘S LAKE AND VANDORF This celebration was the comer of the world and they in turn were ecstatic to be given the opportunity to rte-acquaint themselves with past classmates and friends. Regrettably It was not posslble for us to locate all students and teachers of the past 50 years but the committee made every posslble attempt to do iust that... mum The mm Ir (seniors) have 50th Anniversary mm m mm I would like to personally thank all the committee members lor the many Reunion committee thanks everyone who had a part in making this milestone the success it was. The support provided by the many volunteers and businesses in town demonstrates why Stoufivllie is such a desirable community to live in. MY 5060!" Plus-Meow! IESSIE sum Our new council has expressed a desire to provide more support for arts and culture in Whitchurch-Stouffville. a stance this newspaper heartily applauds. What better place to start than with our own unique public art gallery? staff. more than 100 dedicated volunteers and generous filocal sponsors. It should not be forgotten that the gallery provides fiscal. as well as cultural. benefits to the community. attracting more than 9,000 visitors a year. many of whom also visit local retailers and restaurants. Despite severe setbacks and financial uncertainty over the years. the gallery. which has been aptly described as a “cultural oasis for Whitchurchâ€"Stoufivllle". has made it through its first quarter century. with the help of a determined and outstanding _A_u 7, , . Recently, the gallery successfully applied to the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTFI for a four-year grant. totalling $200,000. with the proviso that it would have to lobby for increased funding from the municipality to replace all Trillium funding by 2007. in I992. municipal support for the gallery peaked at $48,049; for 2004, the facility has requested a grant of $30,000. So far this year, the town has committed $5.000. in addition to supplying rent free space and utilities. As a recent report on gallery financing pointed out. “What the library does with the printed word, and the museum does with local hlstory. The Latcham Gallery does with art." To continue its heroic efforts. however, it urgently needs more money from the town. It also provides a unique opportunity for local students to display their work in a professional setting and encourages hands- on participation in art activities for children on themed family days. But while the arts are a fundamental part of human existence, they are all too often dismissed as an elitist frill. Novelist Stephen King neatly summed up their importance when he said, "Life is not a support system for art. It is the other way around." The Latcham Gallery, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, is a cultural iewel in a town where the arts have often received short shrift. In addition to hosting an exciting and diverse program of exhibitions, ranging from the recent haunting installation, Engineered. to the excellent annual luried Exhibition. the gallery offers a wide range of classes, workshops and programs for people of all ages throughout the year. Whitehurch-Stouffville has the great good fortune to contain the only free admission public art gallery in York Region. Cultural Oasis Deserves - Town’s Support JOSH MYN'ITINEN VEDA PHILIPS I know I will use it. M05“! ‘080 shown; groceries, the dmgsto store, and banking. It _will be hm docéoE'g AUGUST 2099