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stouffville suntribune thursday april 10 2003 stouffville says by hdnnelore volpe do you think seatbelt laws have saved lives should enforcement be tougher judy lambert all children should be in seatbelts or child restraints you dont have to be in much of an accident for the kids to go flying lorneboadway i think people are responding well to the seatbelt laws the current system of fines and enforcement is adequate karen barnett yes i am sure they have saved lives i wear mine all the time i am in the automotive business and am familiar with the statistics marksutcliffe i think people should have a choice about whether to wear them but i think they are a good idea they are important because they do save lives assist to no 17 wendel maple leaf great wendel clark controls the hackhoe top right while other dignitaries work with shovels at the groundbreaking forthe york region community safety village monday at bruces mill conservation area on stouffville road the village is scheduled to open this fall staff photosjoerdwitteveen 1 million to go in campaign for york region safety village by joan ransberry staff writer hockey star wendel clark has three selfish reasons for lending his support to the soon- toopen community safety village at bruces mill in whitchurchstoufrville those reasons are his three children aged three to seven the honorary chairperson of the community safety village said his kids along with 30000 others each year will take advantage of the teachings at the facility children will learn first hand lifesaving pedestrian safety rules how to drive a car and how to escape from a burn ing house on monday the former toronto maple leaf captain officiated at the groundbreak ing ceremony for the 26-mil- lion village so far 16 million has been raised itll benefit my kids and yours itll benefit the entire community said mr clark a former resident of ballantrae who now lives in king the kids learn when theyre involved they wont even real ize theyre learning itll be a wonderful thing for all of the children it will help keep them safe mr clark was joined by global television news anchor beverly thomson in encourag ing communities across york region to support the safety vil lage the money is still coming in ms thomson said slated to open in september the community safety village will be lifelike and childsized complete with about 30 kid- sized buildings itll benefit my kids and yours itll benefit the entire community it will include roadways traf fic lights and street signs and will be reproduced to scale from architectural features found in ontario communities highlights in the village plans include a town hall rail way station school shops elec tric cars police station fire hall library post office hydro sub station and auditorium york regions business lead ers firefighters and members of local regional and provin cial governments joined vvhitchurchstouffville wayne emmerson and 200 others at the groundbreaking ceremony transportation minister and oak ridges mpp frank klees presented a 50000 cheque on behalf of the provincial government considering there are 83 mil lion drivers in ontario road safety will be a major part of the teaching at the safety vil lage mr klees said go transit gave 50000 to fund the construction of a minigo train station based on the heritage style of the real aurora go station vaughan firefighters and the city of vaughan donated 50000 while newmarket res ident joanne sweers also pre sented a 50000 cheque mrs sweers said she raised the money through the toronto and york region busi ness community an official of miller paving made a 50000 donation vanbots construction a markhambased company will build the village with the sup port of local subcontractors central york fire chief john sutton representing york regions eight fire depart ments pointed out most fire deaths and injuries happen before firefighters reach the victims the first line of defense is education and fire preven tion chief sutton stressed v briefly sun second in class in provincial awards the stouffville sun finished as runnerup in its class in the 2002 ontario community newspapers association better newspaper competition there were 13 papers in the suns class the stouffville sun provided the best editorial page in this class an interesting mix of wellwritten opin ions and clean layout which enhanced readability said the judges the writing was excellent as was the advertising content and design n the stouffville sun celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2002 the sun and stouffville tribune amalgamated this month into the twiceweekly stouffville suntribune tickets on sale for 43rd music mania music mania stouffvilles annual musical variety show comes to stouffville district secondary school 183 bramble cres for its 43rd season later this month show dates are april 24 to 26 at 8 pm each night tickets are 15 for adults and 6 for kids 12 and younger theyre available at cards tv and appliances 1001 variety fame international m m meat shoppes stouffville book connection and the latcham gallery got stanley cup fever are you the ultimate toronto maple leaf fan or have you turned your home into a shrine to another nhl team were looking for wwtchurchstouffviues ultimate stanley cup fan email your nomi nations to jmasonyrngcom quoteworthy we have 1 million before we even go to the public our overall objective is 3 million we will reach it its an investment into our future- ian mackenzie chairperson of the parkview home campaign see pages contacting us have a news tip please i phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmaspnyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville 1 t 5 i fjusjc reflection and prayer to celebrate the transformation that easter brings the ctylvth grave doovyumtof iwbeginriirigs major mackenzie 16th ave highway fl unionville alliance church 4898 sixteenth ave between kennedy mccowan roads 9054771 104 holy week services palm sunday april 13th 900 am 1045 am three identical easter services 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