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12 its official brief career in nhl part of linesmans story thursday dec 30 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 16 pagessi including gst letters 6 jim thomas 7 sportsboard 13 classified 14 town fifth most popular with new businesses by hannelore volpe staff writer once developments such as big box plazas come to town other businesses perk up and take note mayor sue sherban said in fact whitchurchstouffville is the fifth most popular place in the province in the eyes of companies who are looking at new locations thats due to a skilled welleducat ed workforce and a location close to toronto she added there are two big box shopping complexes in the works in stouffville just north of 19th avenue the lebovic enterprises ltd propos al for more than 341000 square feet of retail space on ninth line and geranium corporations even larger proposed complex on hwy 48 south of ringwood commercial industrial over the past few months a number of commercial and indus trial enterpriseshave knocked on whitchurchstouffvilles door to see if the municipality suits their line of trade many inquiries come directly to the mayors office or to marc pourvahidi of the finance depart ment mrs sherban said in recent months shes heard from two hotel chains a car wash and a private tennis club a medical supplies manufacturing company is also eyeing the town it has only been about a year since the big box developers indi cated interest in southern stouffville their doors arent antici pated to open until 2006 the roiyal bank is also looking at a new location in town the mayor said see g0rmley page 5 making a face staff photosteve somerville robbie krawczuk left and jonathan kanoopoulos build a snow globe during a winter break work shop for children at the latcham gallery in downtown stouffville tuesday for more photographs from the event see page 3 community leaders urge feds to give more 4mnot enough for tidal wave relief fund by mike adler staff writer as the enormity of the disaster is revealed leaders of york regions south asian community are urging canada to increase its promised aid to their tidal waveravaged homelands we told them emphatically it is not enough vel basavaiah of markham a trustee of shiva vishnu mandir in richmond hill said at an emergency meeting tuesday night as local temples churches groups and individuals all struggle to raise funds and gather supplies the 4-mil- lion federal government pledge seems paltry to some expected more we expected a lot more to be hon est some of us are even angry amar erry president of the vedic cultural centre in markham said tuesday every day and every hour more peo ple are being dug out trustees of die ganesh temple in richmond hill which serves mainly tamilspeaking members from sri lanka and indias southeastern states of andhra pradesh and tamil nadu told richmond hill mp bryon wilfert canada should be sending 10 million to sri lanka alone practically everybody has some uncle or aunt caught in the disaster back home shiva vishnu treasurer nathan bahirathan of scarborough said a couple known to us they were in the fourth and fifth floor of the building and they got killed you can imagine the intensity of that wave shan shanmugabas of markham added mr wilfert who stressed the gov- see many page 2 tafc wf tirtf m mm iys r f jf sofc 5 houston houston fg8d ltd 578b mam st stouffville 9056404541 www billhoustonford com afastaaeshestt iia would like to- utank ail aun loyal cuaiatnesti job utein prfiomge tknoualumtt the fegi ana uriih eveufone a 4jlje uapyuf atd fitoobpesuitta m 2005 js n happy new year parthau wewelers 6312 main st stouffville 905 6404646