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tehw stouffvitte hip 0 sloujjvlue mmm f sunjribune thursday oct 23 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville h 36 pages1 including gst exguess who guitarist helps i put song in ballantrae students jim thomas 7 calendar 20 sports 22 classified 24 plenty to choose fro staff photomike barrett kimberley kerr 5 of toronto takes her pick from the pumpkin patch at hoults monster pumpkihson hwy 48 north of ballantrae saturday by hannelore volpe staffwriter ward 4 is whitchurch- stouffvilles smallest ward with the smallest number of voters but its building boom along main street is almost audible i aii overwhelming majority of the new businesses coming to stquffville over the past several years have chosen to locate on the main street strip between ninth line arid hwy 48 what was once stouffvilles only indoor mall now is home to the no frills store and moire recent additions the lcbo outlet and shoppers drug mart tim hortons restaurant built an on- site driveway to cut down on boggeddown coffeeseekers on sandde avenue swiss chalet and harveys were built across the street and the a p relocated from its former plaza into a store more than twice the arrival of sobeys widened the choice for local grocery shoppers several small strip plazas with fastfood restaurants video stores and dollar stores have cropped up two plazas including the for mer a p plaza are undergoing rriajor facelifts the retail building boom means heavy traffic at rush hour and saturdayshave become a fact of life stouffvilles main street to make access into the new retail and other businesses easier a large number of stoplights have been installed on a relatively short stretch of road plans are under way to widen main street to four lanes starting from hwy 48 and extending to ninth line construction could begin as early as next year another eastwest road hoover see three page 10 municipal election debate in stouffville growth hotbutton issue with voters byjoanransberry staffwriter- whitchurchstouffyilles pending population explosion dominated the allcandidates forum monday night on nov 10 voters will choose from three mayoralty candidates while there arecontests in four of the towns six wards councillors for ward 1 ken ferdinands and ward 3 clyde smith were acclaimed more than 300 people filled the auditorium at stouffville district secondary school where suntribune editor jim mason acted as moderator for the event hosted by the wwtchurchstourfville public library and the sunttribune while me three mayoralty and 12 ward candidates touched on policing downtown revitalization vandalism a theatre for the performing arts road improvements agriculture and alter nate sources of energy the rate of growth kept returning to centre stage its predicted the towns population will swell to more than 40000 within 20 years there are six large subdivi sions approved for the community of stourfville at the end of the meeting the three mayoralty candidates were asked where they stood on the planned development sue sherban said she voted in favour of the growth as it is in keeping the towns secondary plan steve pliakes said he voted against the planned subdivisions 90 per cent of the time meanwhile- randy mole challenged mr pliakes accusing him of voting for developrhent at some council meetings growth will translate into noise see environment page 16 t- eurbk wdwhcuwwaw vacuum h8b to all make modft salseivic 4356 hwy 7 unftonvmt bmfcft ralnmy tracto l d 3 m o bllt the little dealership with a big 5336 highway 7wiisi east of mccowiny 2941440 toll free 18008922209 istle oothurtm9pm ihottri fri9m6pm stt9tm6pm hoatburt730am6pm fri 730 ri- 6 pm sctsamlpm 7 4tt 6et jatyrtt come oh in nofgharge 30 point inspectioi the winter hits t sft