inside letters 6 ransberry 7 events 24 classified 29 3 search and rescue three years to the day after tammy lynn gagnon went missing community calendar event stouflville elvisfest when june 21 and 22 9056400749 where downtowri stouffville ork region soccer whitch pu hk library clubs struggle to accommodate popularity of world cup game 25 serving whitchurchstouffvule since 1888 50 cents including gst 32 pages thursday may 30 2002 to reach us 905 6402612 the final moments of maria wongs life man who hired alleged killers talks at trial by kathleen griffin staff writer maria wongs alleged killer was pissed off two accused co conspirators took off seconds before the markham woman drove into her raymerville drive driveway to her death he wasnt even sure mrs wong was dead when he left her bleeding on the garage floor of the home near markville shopping centre court has heard james pierce the man who hired the killers and drove them around that night spent a third day on the witness stand in a newmarket court wednesday he described how an aborted attempt to kill mrs wong was made at the unionville library the afternoon of feb 11 1999 and the flurry of cell phone calls between the three of the accused men trying to decide the next step crown attorney peter westgate has told the jury he will prove mrs wongs husband shu kwan johnny wong offered a bouncer at his champions wagering parlour andre jones 30000 to kill his wife he instructed mr jones to make it look like an accident so he could collect 600000 in insurance money to pay off gambling debts mr jones reluctant to do the deed himself asked mr pierce see court page 22 music architecture firms bid on downtown landmark s want town by joan ransberry staff writer there are five official proposals for whitchurchstouffvilles old town hall the centuryold building will either be sold or leased as a multi purpose building town council has said proposals received by wednesdays deadline include a theatremunicipal office combina tion a pottery group submission a private musical production compa ny and plans from two architectur al firms including stouffvilles arrowsmith and associates on wednesday whitchurch- stouffville cao treasurer nick kristoffy closed the requests for proposals for the brick building located on civic avenue in down town stouffville immediately after the deadline passed the cao read the names of the five parties filing an interest in either leasing or buying the build ing proposals were submitted by the clock tower potters of stouffville the ventin group architects of simcoe don quarles owner of melody man productions of musselmans lake arrowsmith and associates of stouffville and his partner robert bell engineering of markham and ward 6 councillor sue sherban it was an exciting day for long time stouffville resident bruce arrowsmith his architectural firm has recently partnered with robert bell engineering owned by mike see architect page 10 beavers experience wildlife staff photosteve somerville beavers from across york region gathered at bruces mill conservation area last weekend for their yearend beaveree campout the event had a movie theme with representatives from companies in the film business demonstrating their work above beavers check out a quaddi a south african animal more photos on page 21 friday night bacardi silver promo enjoy our patio ithislfeshvajl fcweekendi 4706955 02 mattimloa s be i dealership with a big igh way 7 just east of mccowan bll free 1 800r8922209 1 hun m 9 pm service monthurs 730 am 7 pm hours frl 730 am 6 pm sat 8 am 1 pm buy 4 tires and receive installation balancing front end wheel alignment i tljewellere tfkv inhvs ii b v nnv