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stouffville suntribune thursday aug 28 2003 7 ft fill empty stores before building more overworked and underappreciated the whitchurch- stouffville department of development services headed by tom parry comes in for too much criticism and too little praise what these people have accomplished in the past three years boggles my mind our town is indeed the benefi ciary of their expertise this being said i have one nauseous question that deserves an answer why would professional planners approve the construction of yet another strip plaza this one east of ringwood drive when dozens of vacant stores already exist i say fill up the holes we already have before creating others song and dance stouffvffles wayne hill executive director of the york durham academy of the performing arts has big plans for 20032004 first he hopes to establish a show choir for children in grades 1 2 and 3 instruction will be provided in singing dancing and drama second he intends to organize an academy concert band involving boys and girls in grades 7 to 9 and third three theatre series are planned including chorus line jan 16 to 18 joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat april 1 to 4 and peter pan may 27 to 30 an informa tion meeting to discuss each of these ventures will- be held 630 pm thurs sept 8 at orchard park school tt roaming around with jim thomas nn floral beauty a much- appreciated magazine enters our home six times a year farm ranch published out- of greendale wis includes a story with photos on the prettiest place in the country in this regard under the heading the prettiest place in town wnitchurchstouffville could qualify many times over a good place to start would be the residence- of gerardo and antonatto quadrini 662 elm road in stouffville the next time driving by slow down and take a look its beautiful curb vandalism vandalism continues to pose a problem not only in urban stouffville but rural whitchurch the solution as recommended in this column one year ago can be summed up in three words establish a curfew trouble is in an election year voteconscious politicians have too little concern for the community and too great a concern for themselves champs reunlte fortyfive years ago the stouffville cardinals coached by murray stewart and managed by ike hodgson defeated wheatley to win the ontario baseball association junior championship on sept 6 the team re unites including gord eckardt bob stover don haynes john little lynn taylor lawrence wideman ted suzuki glenn jackson harry barber eric barber and murray holden only the attendance of ross madill is questionable mr hodgson diednine years ago the gettogetherthe first since 1988 will be held at the stewart home near lincolnville lauras leaving laura jeffrey an employee at the oneill funeral home is leaving stouffville and moving to angus north of cobkstown shell be missed manager robin walsh says over the past four years shes made many friends church sodturning sunday sept 14 is an important milestone for the congregation of stouffville missionary church at 6 pm the first sod will be turned marking the start of construction on a new 5 million house of worship the fiveacre site donated by norm clements is on tenth line south of stouffville country market early ending if s over just at a time when fan interest was at its height the fastball season has ended all too soon the stouffville mennos cocoached by cousins howie and art burkholder provided many evenings of excellent entertain ment in stouffville memorial park this summer entertain ment that should have extended well past aug 20 bruce stapley and i had the privilege of filling the role of tom cheek and jerry howarth in the broadcast booth and thoroughly enjoyed the experience if nothing else we were able to keep spectators updated on the scores even though on occasions we ran out of fingers and thumbs the mennos are indeed a class club a credit to our town and the league jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years coxy theatres of uxbr1dge call 852roxy 7699 for shows times wwwroxvtheatrescom stag markham stouffville family life centre credit counselling available to anyone livingworking in york region or available throughout york region nonprofit united way agency phone 905 4159719 fax 905 4159706 4261 hwy 7 suite 203 cmayonaibncom this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune sue sherban candidate for mayor for the town of whitchurchstouffville this is an open invitation to visit with sue enjoy refreshments and discuss community issues come and meet sue thursday september 4th 530 to 830pm willow springs winery 5572 bethesda rd working for a setter community campaign committee to elect sue sherban for mayor po box 72 stouffville ont l4a 7z4 email suefor mayor sympaticoca 9056429455 t-