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whitchurehstouffville public life thursday feb 9 2006 h serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst t a ho ckey playoff season zx opens tonight in stouffville opinion 6 wellness 15 calendar 20 classified 27 publication mail agreement 40007673 markham students approached by van stouffville man faces exposure charges by martin derbyshire staff writer york regional police arrested- a whitchurchstouffville man tues day after receiving reports for the past two months of a man driving around markham exposing himself since dec 7 five female stu dents ranging in age from nine to 19 reported being stopped on the street by a man driving a dark- coloured van in each of the four incidents which police say took place in an area bordered by kennedy road ninth line 16th avenue and steeles avenue the man would block the path of the girl and persuade her to approach the van to give him direc tions when the girls got close they could see he wasnt wearing pants police were told some of the girls reported seeing a video camera positioned to record the incidents york region district school board sent a warning letter about the incidents to parents of students at elementary schools in the area earlier this year andpolice stepped up patrols the first incident was reported by a student at william berczy public school and as many as five more public schools in the area were noti fied and notes sent home school board spokesperson ross virgo said the board did not want to unnec essarily alarm the community but see may page 19 staff photosjoerd witteveen precarnival high jinks whitchurchstouffville firefighters tom brillinger from left and laura cliff ward 2 councillor phil bannon firefighter mark busse and vol unteer mike feld rescue fire department mascot sparky from a fall in the snow at musselmans lake tuesday not to worry theyll all be back at cedar beach for the lakes annual winter carnival saturday from 1 to 4 pm recording artist shares knowledge guitar and voice teacher grainne ryans second cd being recorded in new york city by hannelore volpe staff writer stouffvilles grainne ryan wants her music to be heard and shes making it happen her first cd maggies field a folkstyle album released in 2002 is part of the gbc library and is being aired on cbc radio one 991fm ms ryan and another local musician kim brown each wrote six songs for it the simpler times of bygone years in the stouffville area were the inspiration for the cd the slight young woman with the wavy brown hair is in the midst of recording her second album in new york city she is accompanied by her partner- drummer corey richardson and several other musi cians after performing for about 15 years she made the decision to make music her liveli hood through performing and teaching she and mr richardson mesmerized the audience during their performance in the stars of stouffville concert saturday at christ church anglican the event was a fundraiser for stouffvilles fledgling whistle radio music was a natural part of life while she was growing up everybody plays some thing ms ryan said and that includes relatives who still live in ireland her early musical training included con servatory piano and theory lessons and being part of the music program through out her high school years after high school she did what many musically inclined teens do she took her acoustic guitar and joined a band i learn more as i go she explained i see alternative page 14 bhbgbib wwpbifmwjpfl fm lps nip wwwsmi8eeljriicca v 6212 warn st sfc east of the train station jill jsvrj dr sheldon lazier dr waseema ali dr dina ghobrial ed edwards denturist parthau tewellers yj 6312 main st w stouffville 905 6404646 ttuwjiandpjdteddjanwndscom