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serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst stouffville makup job is pumfectly delightful briefly 3 calendar i 20 sports 26 classified 28 municipal election staff photobill roberts als tack shop on vandorf roadwas the starting ppmt for the 25mometre great canadian ride for ca inadethejrwaythroithe adjacent york regional fores here approaching the first checkpoint at lobraico lane are melanie gibson left helen cauan and diane dowd j tf parkland purchase a plan for future by hannelore volpe staff writer a vfaitchurchrstpuffvilie council approved the purchase of 51 acresof future parkland tuesday ensuring recreation opportunities for tiie i municipalitys residents it will be available for largerscale facili- ities such as soccer pitches ball diamonds biennis courts or other leisure and sports- related uses the land on bethesda road east of ninth line has a pricetag of 14 million it was chosen because its close to stouffville easily accessible by rural resi dents reasonably level and contains few environmentally sensitive areas council also voted to take 20000 from hydro reserve funds for the parkland of that total 15000 is for a study on bestpossible uses arid another 5000 to see hpw those uses conform to the oakridges moraine conservation plan v the town began exploring a parkland purchase about a year ago hoping to before development went into high gear construction of more than 5000 homes is anticipated in stouffville over the next 10 years council recently approved- six draft plans of subdivisions and a seventh is before the ontario municipal board the huge piece of green space is an added bonus for the community as it devel ops oyefthe next 10 or 15 years councillor mark carioll said tuesday we have green space and amenities for current andfuture residents v however he questioned whether hiring a consultant was necessary of whether resi dents should be consulted first why not just save the 15000 and go through the towns master- plan he asked the residents have to tell us what should be happening the money would be well spent mayor wayne emmerspp countered y v we need to put something down that future councils can decide on a public see park page 24 tunning forschool board by mitchell brown staff writer v quick name the school trustee who represents your area if youre like riiost people youre stumped even trustees will tell you that urilikemurucipal or provincial ppliti- ciansmeirs is not a position that esipucheither in pay currently 5000 per year about twice that for board chaitperspns of respect from eoventoent i- v need lprppf- v v only last summer trustees with boards in toronto hamilton- wentwprth and ottawacarleton were fired and replaced by governmerit- appointed supervisors because they refused to mafethe millions of dollars in cuts required to submit balanced budgets to me education ministry while some commentators cited this as a reason to abolish trustees altogether trudy griffiths chairper son of the ontario parent council v school bbard trustees fulfill an essential role as any parent who has called ontheir help can attest she said trustees are elected to represent their communitys various stakehold- ers including students parents rand taxpayers while also assumirig the responsibility of board governance alan sherman one of vaughans two representatives on the york region district school board could nt agree more v i cant imagmeevenvnth the lim ited ability the school board has what the system would be like if it were see board page 23 vaowtm 9ahmm vacuum tp almakes scmodels v sales service installations ss47279 4355 hwy 7 union villa i bestdo railway tracks no charge dvd 2003 grand caravans markham dodge chrysler jeep 5426 hwy t east markham 905271 soo wwifnmitisinwodgacom enuli salttdmaiuumdodgscon 4 k m if ii i m m ij ft m 1 81 ral li i s