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stouffviue suntribune thursday oct 23 2003 3 stouffville says by hannelore volpe do you know who your candidates are in the nov 10 election asked in stouffviue eleanor brown yes although no candidates have come to our home in rural whitchurchstouffville we have gotten a couple of flyers in the mail lilly monaghan two of my ward candidates are former neigh bours we are having a tougher time deciding who will get our vote for mayor lisa austin yes all three ward candidates have knocked on my door and left their flyers i am follow ing the campaign through the local papers stan campbell both ward and mayoral candidates have come to the door ill base my decision on their platforms talent time bursary winner amy sanders of gormley per forms at the york region celebration of the arts at the markham theatre sunday amy was one of 10 recipients at the third annual event presented by the york region newspaper group the grade 11 stu dent has been playing the harp since she was 11 bursary winners were selected from a summerlong talent search staff photobill roberts protest fails to materialize byjoanransberry staffwriter a protest was scheduled but nobody came a york regional police con stable and two bylaw enforce ment officers waited outside latcham hall in stouffviue memorial park tuesday after noon expecting signcarrying protesters nobody showed up inside the hall members of whitchurchstouffville council were getting ready to hold the last meeting of their term i guess nobody cares in this town protest organizer michael crang of preston lake said the day before a flyer pro moting the protest was circulat- ed around town as well the same flyer was handed out at an allcandidates forum attended by more than 300 people the flyer called on whitchurchstouflville residents to take a half day off work to protest council holding a last- minute meeting on subdivisions planned for stouflville about 5000 homes are expected to be built in wwtchurchstouffville over the next 20 years increasing the population to about 40000 oak ridges moraine act the protest was to focus on local democracy and how the oak ridges moraine act applies to whitchurchstouffville the flyer read while the council agenda dealt mainly with redline revi sion matters including traffic taming circles in the planned subdivisions the flyer states the public was told oct 7 there would be no further council meetings until after the nov 10 election mayor wayne emmerson said a mayor or any member of council has the legal right to call a meeting providing 24 hours notice is given most of the mat ters on tuesdays agenda were housekeeping items he said we didnt pass anything that- would change the outlook of the town besides this council started all this passing the sub division agreements its best that this council finish them while mr crahg was disap pointed the protest didnt mate rialize he said he wasnt sur prised if wed have had a week to organize our protest we might have been successful he said briefly artist trisha romance at stouffviue gallery one of canadas most popular artists will be in stouflville sunday trisha romance is at the golden eagle art gallery 18 ringwood dr from 1 to 4 pm to introduce her lat est work golden moments ms romances most recent works including canvas limited editions will be shown along with a collec tions of earlier works refreshments will be available cm 9056422279 for information hearses setting mood for bia trickortreating vintage hearses halloween floats and the power puff girls are part of the stouflville bias trick or treat on main street saturday some merchants will have halloweenthemed floats for the miniparade beginning around noon the hearses will then be parked along main street to set the spooky mood the hearses part of the down under club will be joined by roadster dragula whose dracula- like driver is accompanied by a skele ton in the passenger seat about 400 children and their par ents are expected to pick up their halloween bags and balloons from york regional police officers at the community policing centre in the stouffville train station around 1 pm then theyll head along main street for the candy being handed out by local merchants children accom panied by adults are encouraged to come to the train station first to have their hand stamped with a special halloween design an allgirl band from stouflville district secondary school will be at the gazebo during the festivities and the power puff girls will hand out candy at the clock tower bia manager ruth leblanc is urg ing the adults accompanying the youngsters to visit the main street shops while the kids are collecting their treats quoteworthy it seems to be forgotten that seniors are taxpayers too emily foley see letters to the editor on page 6 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffviue rokfitascs open 7 dats a week marffaams destination gift shop home decor decorating 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