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rv sjjwhwbfefag inside opinion 6 calendar 15 sports 17 classiibed 21 in bob abbot reflects on long career in mens and womens international softball whitchushstouffvilie public library community calendar event take back the night inarch when thursday 730 pm where main street unionville call 8953646 i t kevin cbstner plays a veteran baseball pitcher in iwlove of the game serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 24 pages tuesday sept 14 1999 york region greater toronto services board accused of overstepping its bounds back off board told by lisa queen staff writer only seven months after the greater toronto services board was launched york region councillors are complaining the agency has become powerhungry under provincial legislation the board is responsible for running gp transit and coordinating deci sionmaking among municipali ties but york councillors are accus ing the board of overstepping its bounds they say the board is stepping on the toes of regional and local councils by taking on issues like developing a planning and envi ronmental strategy for rural areas and comparing the operating prac tices of municipalities on friday york region chairper son bill fisch told the gtsb that next month he will ask the board to restrict its activities to its original mandate he issued me warning a day after thursdays regional council meeting where york councillors urged the gtsb to back off greater toronto services board please stick to your mandate of transportation and please desist from getting involved in everything else cut to the chase richmond hill mayor bill bell said whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson is worried the gtsb wants to take over planning in rural municipalities because d see region page 2 to reach us 905 6402100 library seeks funding goal campaign target is 500000 photoceua br0nkh0rst cornfield fun rebecca cumming 4 and her sister paulina 7 enjoy some corn on the cob at the bill hood cornfield shindig on saturday in stouffville the event was a fundraiser for markham stouffville hospital for more photos please see page 4 by joan ransberry staff writer the 500000 campaign for vvtiitchurchstouffvilles library is very much alive new cochair person blair champion says champion and jan dalby have taken over the campaign reigns from retiring chairperson helehe johnson other volunteer commitments prompted johnsons resignation the building our future fundraising campaign which has a 500000 goal will provide the community with the needed resources and technology to enhance the new whitchurch- stouffville public library champion said the fundraising committee is r excited about providihgia larger and more efficient library that will support the needs of all ages in this community dalby said there have been a number of changes at the library recently last week library board chair person jan williams resigned owen craig was chosen to lead the board next year the library will relo cate to south park where it will be part of the indoor swimming pool complex over the next year there will be times when the library cam paign and the swimming pool fundraising campaign wij join together champion said the two committeevwill be working together on a few select- ed special events he said tj m e2 w