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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 112003 5 african village new town twin byjoanransberry staff writer whitchurchstouffville has twinned with a village in east africa following a request from a commit tee of stouffville missionary church council gave unanimous support to a request to have the municipality part ner with igoma a city at the south end of lake victoria in tanzania the goal is to have residents of whitchurchstouffville improve the quality of life in igoma the need is very real larry simpson church member and ballantrae vegetable grower told council last week in june mr simpson and 16 other residents of wwtchurchstouffville and markham spent a month on a humani tarian project in the igoma area its an agricultural subsistence economy with 80 per cent of the popu lation involved in primitive farming mr simpson said tools and equip ment for even the simplest trades or farming if available at all are substan dard at best what we throw away would be like gold to them average annual income 300 wwtchurchstouffville has a popu lation of 22000 there are 42000 people in igoma while the average household income in wwtchurchstouffville is 900000 its only 300 in igoma residents of igoma some dying of aids have just welcomed their first doctor however the doctor is only able to come to igoma twice aweek in igoma electricity and clean water are sporadic and life is fragile in the african village for every 1000 babies born in igoma 100 die in their first year mr simpson told council while in igoma the 16member group from wwtchurchstouffville and markham helped build a medical cen tre a doctor can visit twice a week a nurse will be available full time and with help from wwtchurchstouffville a dis pensary for basic drugs will open medical equipment is needed as soon as possible and we intend to pro vide it as soon as funds are available mr simpson said tws is a partnerswp that can make a sigwficant difference for the people of igoma he added youth can be sponsored as well the youth in igoma are being offered training in a nearby city provid ing funding is available training in plumbing masonry electrical carpen try computers and food services is offered mr simpson told council the youth of igoma can be sponsored by people here its hoped individual families neighbourhoods service clubs schools and other churches will support the people of igoma we are blessed here in whitchurchstouffville and the need in igoma is so great he said all members of council including mayor wayne emmerson spoke in sup port of the twinning arrangement during the 1980s whitchurch- stouffville twinned with carpentras france for more information on the part nerswp call 9056403911 t hank you for ss ceingpart ait t3s years please come in and celebrate with us join us for coffee and a very special anniversary cake saturday september 73th at 1200 noon our cake contains a diamond an emerald and many more gem stones will your piece of cake have that extra sparkle barthau j j jewellers hl 6312 main st stouffville xj 905 6404646 wuwhandpkjceddiaiiiondsconi town of whitchurchstouffville xowm close to the ow election 2003 municipal elections notice avis dtlectton munio- pale 2003 nominations town of whttchurch-stouf- fville ville de wh1tchurch- stouffville ce document est egalement disponible en francais au bureau dii secretaire bureaux municipaux de la ville de whitchurch- stouffville 37 sandiford drive stouffville residents are advised pursuant to section 32 of the municipal elections act kso 1990 c m53 as amend- 1 ed that nominations of the candidates in the election for the offices set out below may be filed in the clerks office 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville during regular office hours of 830 am to 430 pm local time and on nomination day friday september 26th 2003 between the hours of 900 am to 500 pm oocal time there is a filing fee of 20000 cash certified cheque or money order payable to the town of wwtchurchstouffville for the office of mayor and a fil ing fee of 10000 cash certified cheque or money order payable to the town of wwtchurchstouffville for all other offices in addition a 20000 deposit is required in compliance with the towns sign bylaw number 2002209re relating to the regulation of election signs a nomination must be certified by the qerk before such person becomes a certified candidate for the office to which she or he is nominated the offices for which candidates may be nominated are l of mayor one 1 to be elected at large 2 office of ward councillor one 1 to be elected from each of the six 6 wards to compose the council of the corporation of the town of whit chuichstouffville for a three 3 year term com mencing december 1st 2003- persons to be nominated to any of these offices must file their nominations with the clerk of the town of whitchurchstouffville 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville during the above- noted times 3 of member to the english lan guage york region district school board one 1 member tobe elected by public school electors to represent the towns of whitchurch- stouffville and east gwillimbury persons to be nomi nated to this office must file their nominations with the clerk of the town of wmtchurchstouffville at 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville ontario during the abovenoted times 4 of member to the english lan guage york region catholic district school board one 1 member to be elected by separate school electors to represent the towns of aurora king and wmtchurchstouffville persons to be nominated to this office must file their nominations with the clerk of the town of aurora at the civic centre 100 john west way aurora ontario during the abovenoted times 5 of member to the french lan guage public district school board one 1 member to be elected by french language pub lic school electors to represent all of the municipalities within york region persons to be nominated to this office must file their nominations with the qerk of the town of markham at the civic centre 101 town centre blvd markham ontario l3r 9w3 during the abovenoted times 6 of member to the french lan guage catholic district school board one 1 member to be elected by french language catholic school electors to represent all of the munici palities within york region persons to be nominated to this office must file their nominations with the qerk of the town of markham at the civic centre 101 town centre blvd markham ontario l3r 9w3 during the abovenoted times only nomination papers in the pre scribed form may be used and are avail able at the municipal office in stouf fville if more qualified candidates are nominated for the respec tive offices than are required to fill same the election will be held on monday november 10th 2003 from the hour of 1000 am until 800 pjn oocal time with advance vote on saturday november lst 2003 1000 aan 600 pan local time and monday november 3rd tuesday november 4th and wednesday november 5th 2003 400 pm 800 pm local time where the number of qualified candidates nominated at the end of nomination day is not suffirient to fill the num ber of vacandes the qerk may receive and certify addi tional nominations for the office for which there was an insuffident number of candidates on wednesday october 1st 2003 between the hours of 900 am and 500 fm local time lease note that the onus is on the person nominated for election to an office to file a bona fide nomination paper for further information please contact michele kennedy at 905 6401900 or 905 8952423 or email michelekennedytownofwscom michelekennedy town qerk and returning officer 0tic1 of fubuc inform marion sessions september 16 18 and 24 2003 proposed update of the york region tree bylaw notr191154 to a forest conserva tion bylaw the regional municipality of york tuesday september 16 2002 town of georgma municipal office council chambers 26557 civic centre road thursday september 18 2003 latchamhall 8 park drive stouffville wednesday september 24 2003 king city community centre 25 doctors lane king city session format open house 630 to 700 pan presentation and panel qa 700 to 800 pm open house 800 to 900 pan if you have questions in regard to this notice or update please contact ian buchanan or douglas wells in the forestry section transportation and works department the draft forest conservation bylaw is available upon request comments or concerns can be sent to email address forestryregionyorkonca or in writing to commissioner of transportation and works department roads transportation branch 17250 yonge street newmarket ontario l3y6z1 or fax to forestry section 905 8533674 telephone 905 8951200 18774649675 small businss seminars k employment workshops designed to meet the needs of job seekers new business startups and those wishing to seek a change of current employment sponsored by town of whitchurchstouffville business development office and stouffville neighbourhood employment resource centre ldealing with difficult people tuesday september 16th 2003 700 pjn 900 pjn 2 tersonal assessment tools saturday september 20th 2003 1000 am 330 pjn also upcoming in october is a dynamic 9day three week workshop that covers budgeting marketing demo- grapwcs labour market trends resumes etc for further information or to register please call the stouffville neighbourhood employment resource centre at 905 6402856 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville l4a 7x5 905 6401900 fax 905 6407957 905 8952423 website wwwtownofwscom automated lines 905 6101910 90s 8955299 drop off box at west entrance