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thursday may 29 2003 serving the community of whitchurch stouffville 5 36 pages1 including gst s stoufmiies shawn leonard keeps s y canadian loonie tradition afive business i 8 calendar 10 classified 25 j heritage home harry lumsden wrth wend david tomlinson looking on releases the first two of four trumpeter swans in the stouffville reservoiryesterday the wings of the sw were moved here from cambridge have been dipped so they cannot fly for at least three months j sjoerdwitteveen photo swans arrive at vr x theyre rare theyre beautiml theyre chappy and theyre here pour trumpeter swans me largest of the swan species have found a home in istqufjiue f vvybsterda cialist harry lumsden releasedthe two-year- old swans into the water at stouffville reservoir theyre magnificent birds said mr lumsden they are part of ontarios her itage ml the four swans came from holding pens located at fair lake in cambridge with the help of fellow swan lover david tomlinson and ward 2 councillor marki carroll it took mr lumsden less than five minutes to set the four birds free to encourage the trumpeters to stay at the millard street pbnd each swan has had one whig clipped making flight impossibleforat least three months f its hoped the pairswiii riot only adapt to the local watersbut will grow to like stouffville enough to retorrijer rnigratipn to the south nqguarantees while released iri twos theres ho guaran tee the males arid females will remain mar- i ried within pairs andit is not known iflittle cygnets will- some day hatch inariest riear the stpuffviile iwaters time and momer nature will tell they wont be ready to nest until theyre four years old explained mr lumsden the keeper of the swans has enjoyed a spe cial relatioriship with the birds for many years- mr lurrisden loved the beautiful birds sp much that after his retirement iri the i980sr cfribrri the wildufe natural resources he was given permission to continue his comrnitmeht to keep the iranipeterswans safe and as pleritiful as pps- sible the trumpeter swan restoration pro- gr has been operating for 21 years and is doirigwell tlie inimpeter swanflpckis spreading over the years there have been reports of trumpeter swans as far east as ottawa west to me brutey peninsula north to hudson bay and as far south as virginia however irnost of the truiri- peters remain in the area between sudbury georgian bay and lake ontario joan rarisberry mmmm candidates hopefuls now by joan ransbejrky staff writer the list of political hopefuls in vtchurchstpuffville is growing illeapsand bpunds four more candidates registered this week at the municipal office for the nov 10 municipal election race bringing the total number of con tenders to 13 p with the exception of ward 2 v races are shaping up across the board even though voters dont go to me polls for five months whileno one has registered to run in wani 2 gburiciuprmark carroll has indirat- ed an interest inibeing retume3t6 council to represent me bauariirae- mussefrtian lake area- vc since mayor wayne fjnmerspn announced his plan io retire from municipal politics three xaribudates have stepped up tp the plate to run for the tbvrafetop post monday i political activist raridy mole joined warcl i qjuricilloi steve phakesand ward 6 councillor sue sherbari in the bid to beconieitne next mayor of whitchukistouffville witih mrs sherbari in the mayors race ward 6 is wide open so far c there are four carididates ajrripet- ing to represent me south stouffville ward brerida lobraico owen craig rob hargraye arid jirii hobbs mrs lobraico a longtime volun teer said joining whitchurch stouffville council is a naturalpro- gressiori from her community work itis thenext step from what i have been doing said mrs lobraico promising to put 150 per cent into anything she does mrs lpbraicp said shed like to see some things in towri stay the same and soirie things charigethe old ihunicipal buuding should terriain as towri property while the town could use a theatre she said three years ago the part- sec four page 18 wm ohivro llt otdsm0bmle the little dealership with a big 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 toll free i 8008922209 irvyw w n ort t p oln t c tvo st o i cl o pi summer air conditioning special summer is here so dont get caught with no air conditioning plus ask about our coolant flush special sfee us for details barthau jewellers ar6312maln 5r5