inside i e churches 16 sports 19 classified 21 3 testing your character dealing with loud cell phone talkers litterbugs and slowfooted drivers community calendar event preparade breakfast with santa when saturday 9 am 9056401461 where christ church anglican sunset blvd whttcfrurcfistduffv public uhraii h j n hitting me irfiks and the books golf scholarships abound for canadian girk serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 7 36 pages york region caoon stand at mfp inquiry lastman fingers garrett in computer deal by jeff mitchell staff writer york region chief administrative officer mike garrett is expected to take the stand today to answer allegations he oversaw a controversial com puter deal that cost the city of toronto millions of dollars more than anticipated two days ago mr garrett was fingered by toronto mayor mel lastman as the top bureaucrat in charge of striking a deal with mfp financial services ltd that deal which cost the city almost twice as much as the 43 million originally anticipated is the focus of an inquiry that began this week mr lastman was the first wit ness he spent three days on the stand being grilled by lawyers for the numerous individuals who have been granted standing on tuesday under question ing from the lawyer representing former city treasurer wanda lic2yk mr lastman said it was mr garrett who was responsible for initiating the computer deal with mfp mr garrett was not available for comment yesterday but regional chairperson bill fisch vouched for mr garrett who assumed the job as yorks top bureaucrat in july mr fisch said the region carried out due diligence in hiring mr garrett seeyorkpagell thursday- dec 5 2002 santa jr on stage photojason chow braeden halse appears in the mother goose academy preschool christmas pageant at springvale baptist church in whitchurchstourrville tuesday santa returns to town this saturday for his annual parade starting at 2 pm at the tenth line and main street and heading west to the novopharm plant to reach us 905 6402612 seniors win foro town ha quick council decision has councillor carroll fuming by hannelore volpe staff writer j the silver jubilee seniors club can mbve into the first floor of stouffvilles old town hall thanks to a quick decision by whitchurch- stouffville council tuesday afternoon local politicians had spent about an hour listening to presentations by representatives from the arts theatre and seniors communi ties at the meeting the decision didnt sit well with all the councillors a visibly upset mark carroll councillor for ward 2 said we just spent three years dealing with arts and culture with this building and now in one night we give it to the seniors town staff will be meeting with silver jubilee club representatives shortly we will see what their needs are said councillor peter dobrich the interior has to be done to what they want the building has to be used by the maximum number of people since it is a town building the councillor added council did not make a decision on the second floor when the seniors move the current silver jubilee club a converted post office at main and market streets can be rented out or sold by the town for additional revenue councillor steve pliakes said in an interview the clock tower theatre association has been working for a number of years to raise funds to turn the building into a fullfledged theatre and cultural facility andhas leased the see arts page 5 hr come in find but how you could 6tof gift certificates jsgsijhave to be cj toyvlnl s monday nlgut rt 1gforl wings st706955fs 202 main st jjntonvfflc vitwrootoxoiflte mliftjtirs inte the utile dealership with beaular 7908 2 wheel alignment power steering flush with print flutv v special 8995 4 wtffitt atlonnttnt a pawir 8468 flwft with m out 10988 17480 5336highvtfay 7 just eaot of mccowah 2941440 toll free 18008922209 old a com regular 13990 tina saunders