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wichurchstoufhllle pah ft librm stouffville thursday feb 23 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst 2fl pharmacy closing after 36 years h joining forces with competitor learning 3 calendar 25 sports 26 classified 28 pro lacrosse allstar inspired by football mvp markham coach 39 pondered retirement by mike hayakawa staff writer in a roundabout way the toronto rock lacrosse club should celebrate toronto argonauts quarterback damon allen winning the canadian football leagues mvp award last year the veteran pivot does not play lacrosse but he did influ ence jim veltmans decision to return for another national lacrosse league campaign the 39yearold stouffville res idents decision to play another year for the rock after pondering retirement last summer has paid off mr veltman who coaches minor lacrosse in markham was selected to play in the leagues all- star game at the air canada centre saturday at 4 pm over last summer i didnt know what direction i wanted to go said mr veltman but what gave me new life was damon allen for him to win the leagues mvp award at 42 years of age inspired me i feel i can still con tribute and i feel like im still playing at a high level and as long as im doing that ill continue to play appearing in all seven allstar games the league has staged the rock captain is one of five players from the defending league cham pionship club chosen to play compiling four goals and 13 assists in eight league games this see allstar page 12 looking for more victims staff photosjoerd witteveen york regional police det don dalgleish appeals to the public in an attempt to locate addi tional victims of indecent acts earlier this month in markham and whitchurchstouffville carl brady 41 of wwtchurchstouffville faces six sexrelated charges see story on page 10 more farms needed for houses over next 20 years by caroline grech staff writer as the regions greenspace is quickly being replaced with cookiecutter subdivisions planners are eyeing farmland as the future site for thousands more homes over the next 20 years theres some difficult growth decisions that we need to make over the next year york region director of longrange planning john waller said when the regions residentially zoned land is exhausted planners and politicians have to start considering redesignating agricultural land to make way for homes mr waller said while some farmers feel the effects of urban sprawl has invaded their neighbour hoods york region beef farmer ralph smalley said farmers have been having such a tough time making a living over the past few years if someone offered them a substantial amount of money for their land many would take it the small family farm is gone farmers arent really hurt anymore because they dont really own the land anymore younger people cant make a living out of it mr smalley said adding many farmers rent their land whos going to farm the land if there is no money in it york regions population is expected to grow to 15 million by 2031 problem is theres nowhere to put an estimated 600000 newcomers see many page 20 smileclinicca st am station dr sheldon lazier dr waseema ali dr dina ghohrial dr dan kobric ed edwards denturist wmmimi larthau 63 12 main st stouffville 9056404046 uwchflrpiditiwia mot irfscori