whitchurchstouffville public libra mm pgamr stonehqu otimaiarafr4ti- jsbii vkabn ff i tzklvlv i ml a twocar crash near ringwood closed stouffville road for more than 30 minutes monday morning a red chevrolet and a silver jeep cherokee collided west of hwy 48 just after 8 am the driver of the chevrolet a 20yearold stouffville man was transported to markham stouffville hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries the driver of the cherokee was not injured sjoerd witteveen photo search for town theatre is on by hannelore volpe stouffville sun the whitchurchstouffville arts and culture committee of council wants to know more about the towns arts community and it wants to build a theatre the committee was started by whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson last year after the clock tower theatre commit tees lengthy attemptto turn the old municipal building into a full- fledged theatre and cultural centre failed members of the committee include the mayor and ward 5 councillor harry bowes seven representatives from local arts groups and two students this council is very supportive of the arts and culture we want to make sure if we are going to build something we have die right loca tion and we want to make sure it fits most of the peoples needs mayor emmerson said and for it to work you have to put operating dollars with it in the next couple of years we need a proper theatre a proper auditori um the mayor added for every thing from music mania and dance recitals to live plays we have been seriously look ing at a location for a theatre said mr bowes who has done exten sive research into theatre facilities in neighbouring towns and cities he has visited orangevilley gravehhurst and port dover and talked to the directors of several other municipallyn theatres he found that most towns subsidize their theatres in amounts ranging between 50000 and 100000 annually in addition to building a hew facility the whitchurchstouffville arts and culture committee is also looking at options like buying the stouffville missionary church which will b vacated when the church moves to its new quarters on tenth line near the stouffville country market the committees aim is to pro mote the arts and to try and meet the needs of the community in terms of facility said chairperson wayne hill a retired music theatre teacher at markville secondary school whitchurchstouffville council see arts page 3 maureen fretz 3 years experience angel carranza the rookie a a m m ayw m mmm our customers are the focus of everything w do