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whitchurchstxhiffyiud public ifrai thursday feb 5 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24 pages1 including gst 3 stouffville spirit stumbles into jr a playoff openertonight letters 6 wheels 9 calendar 17 classified 20 thursday focus second anniversary of dan pfaff s doublelung transplant celebrating gift of life stouffville teen honoured at cf awareness event t by joan ransberry staffwriter aking a deep breath is a wonderful thing especial ly if youre a recipient of a double lung transplant dan pfaff of kennedy road in whitchurchstouffville does not under any circum stances take breathing for granted next month the 18year old whitchurchstouffville resident will celebrate the second anniver sary of his double lung transplant one of the preanniversary cel ebrations is a valentines day dance feb 14 at the stouffville royal canadian legion the event is being held by the stouffville kinsmen club to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis mr pfaff was born with the fatal disease theres plenty of reason to cele brate mr pfaff is doing exception ally well since doctors at the hospital for sick children in toronto performed the transplant march 22 2002 like new person i feel like a newperson since i got the transplant he said i can do a great deal more i have energy now before the transplant i was always- feeling as if i was missing out i was missing out because i was always having treatments i dont have to go through that any longer ifs great his mother agrees its incredible tanis hargrave said two years ago life was a very different scenario for him dan was in the last stages of ce each breath he took was a struggle eating had become impossible he see doublelung page 5 welcome town staff photobilu roberts doublelung transplant survivor dan pfaff 18 andhis mother tanis hargrave relax at their stouffville home dan is the special guest of the stouffville kinsmen club at a valentines day dance to raise awareness of cystic fibrosis every bit helps pay rising operating costs mayor says by joan ransberry staffwriter prime minister paul martins throne speech contained a 70000 boost for whitchurch- stouffville responding to demands from municipal leaders from across canada that help was needed the federal govern ment monday offered relief from paying the gst on items purchased oak ridges mp bryon wilfert said municipalities across the country will benefit from the plan included in the federal blueprint it will mean a 7billion injection over the next decade for improved transit clean water and better roads he said because the federal govern ment views municipalities as partners the prime minister laid out commitments to help cashstrapped towns and cities he said for whitchurchstouffville it translates into approximately 70000 in saving on this years operating and capital budget items chief administrative offi cer nick kristoffy said bryon wilfert municipalities partners with federal government oak ridges mp said i am very happy that they were able to help us out at all he said i was hopeful that something was coming this is very good news mayor sue sherban said whitchurchstouffville and municipalities across canada- have finally caught the ear of the federal government i am elated with this money well just have to see what else is coming for us in the way of infrastructure funding this 70000 will be used towards our operating budget our fire calls alone are up 33 per cent we can use the money every little bit counts tmoutm w8rhw vacuum repairs to ah makes models sales service installations 9054798273 4355 hwy 7 unlonvllle besldo railway tracks ft v lt ft 1 h0ust0n i w i 1 4 itet 29670 r spk2lt5 60000jkms 5786 main st stouffville ontario 16404541 wwwbilliioustonfordcom m