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inside i 6 events 9 scores 19 classified 22 j o stouffville m secondarys new head coach no stranger to high school football scene community calendar event whitchurchstouffville strawberry festival when june 26july 1 wwwstrawberryfestivalca where stouffville memorial park 3 white rose nurseries workers werent surprised york region company went bankrupt serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 k4 50 cents including gst 7 40 pages citizen of the year gets things done lightfootworks with cancer society music mania by joan ransberry staff writer whitchurchstouffviues 2002 citizen of the year can lead as well as follow liz lightfoot of albert street will be presented with the prestigious award on july 1 during the strawberry festival canada day festivities the presentation will be made at 7 pm in the franklin park marquee in stouffville memorial park the citizen of the year award is sponsored annually by the tribune mrs lightfdots contributions to whitchurchstouffville are many and they are varied a resident of stouffville for 22 years shes volun teered with the canadian cancer society whitchurchstouffville mobility transit music mania bach to blues and scouts canada when her sons chris 25 and todd 21 were little mrs lightfoot was a beaver leader and as a school volunteer she was known as the pizza lady mrs lightfoot is willing to roll up her sleeves to ensure an events suc cess said joanne reynolds manager of the markham-whitchurch- stouffviile unit of the canadian cancer society liz is a model ambassador for us said mrs reynolds she can rec ognize anticipate and take advan tage of appropriate opportunities for networking and partnerships with local businesses and community organizations she has secured key sponsors and contracts that have see liz page 10 saturday june 22 2002 liz is the toast of the town staff photosjoerd witteveen liz lightfoot is the tribunes whitchurchstouffville citizen of the year shes pho tographed on the front porch of her home on albert street the volunteer with the canadian cancer society music mania and whitchurchstouffville mobility transit will be honoured on july 1 at 7 pm at the strawberry festival marquee to reach us 905 6402612 ciaarette tax hike has stores fuming higher costs security measures concern local operators by chrissie obrien special markham and stouffville tobacco retailers say ontario finance minister janet eckers new budget is sending their business up in smoke were expecting to lose sales because we were figuring on a tax increase said derek monaghan manager of 1001 variety on main street stouffville were not sure what were going to do minister eckers budget announced earlier this week included an increase in tobacco taxes of 850 a carton we are repricing our smokes here based on what wholesalers are telling us said mr monaghan what stores and smokers can expect is a provincial tax hike of 5 on the price of a car ton thats on top of a 350percarton feder al government hike announced simultane ously that translates into a price hike of between 150 to 2 per pack variety stores in markham and stouffville are raising their prices they say they dont have any other option ive seen cigarettes for 8 and 850 even 9 per pack in some stores said rahim assan an employee at family food fair at hwy 7 and ninth line in markham mr assan says the tax increase will affect business because smokers will find other ways to get cigarettes were selling cigarettes for 750 for a large sec security page 5 town and country realty ltd 6400888