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thursday sept 1 5 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst veteran spirit jr a team ready for tonights home opener municipal news 5 opinion 6 police 10 classified 30 staff photosusie kockerscheidt predicting regions future growth york needs more land pi anners full steam ahead art farrow gives rebecca bugeya 3 and her dad david a ride on his train during richmond hill live steamers biannual open house saturday the niodel train clubs tracks are on mccowan road west of ballantrae team amanda ready to run for mom by hannelore volpe staff writer zach and connor barr will run for team amanda with bittersweet passion at the stouffville terry fox run sunday their steps will be sped along by the knowledge they have had the support of their entire family since their mom amanda barr died of cervical cancer after her 39th birthday almost a year ago they are behind me and my brother 100 per cent zach said the 23 family members of team amanda will start out from the downtown stouffville home of anne wildberger amandas sister my mom was the one who brought her home almost 40 years ago mrs wildberger said the run has extra poignancy because mrs wildbergers father died of cancer at 54 her mother linda devries is taking part in the terry fox run the 1 pm start from the stouffville arena allows family members from ottawa and peterborough to gather amanda barr was born in stouffville sept 19 1965 the only child of the dutch immigrant family born in canada mrs barr was diagnosed with cervical cancer in january 2004 she lost her fight to the disease nine months later despite chemotherapy and radiation treatments she died sept 22 leaving behind two sons connor now 11 and 15yearold zach together with his aunt anne wildberger zach decided taking part in the terry fox run would be a good way for the family to get together again last year onterry fox run day we were at the hospital mrs wildberger said the terry fox run is a good way for the children to remember their mother since it is just a day earlier than her birthday and a good time to help out the terry fox foundation see team page 12 by roy green staff writer york region will be relegated to the status of a bedroom community if it cant free up more land for employment purposes regional planners say there are 7000 acres designated as employment lands in the region which translates into an 18year supply states a new report from the regions planning and economic development office but about onethird of that total is not available for development in the short to medium term said john waller director of strategic plan ning when you take out the lands that are encumbered or dont have servicing you come down to an 118year supply of employment lands mr waller said because so much of york region is protected by the oak ridges moraine and the greenbeit there is a very limited amount of strategically located land ironically new provincial fore casts call for more than 700000 jobs in york region by 2031 mr waller said we need to identify and protect additional land or well become a bedroom community aurora newmarket and richmond hill have little land left for employment purposes the report states and although vaughan has 48 per cent of the regions total inventory of designated employ ment lands half of it is frozen until ontario decides the route of the see greenbelt page 13 isll m mtoonath w- 1 i 6312 main st stoumvfllc r 9056404646