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steiiffwlte i serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24pages1 including gst vote for stouffville suspense writer and you may be her nextvictim opinion 6 calendar 14 sports 18 classified 20 how did beaten man up in rural ditch toronto resident in critical condition byjoefantauzzi staff writer when a jogger knocked on his door around 9 am saturday telling him a man was lying in a ditch off of bethesda road byron nelson called 911 and went to see how the man was doing it was a crisp cold morning mr nelson said when he found dimitrios jimmy koutsaris 28 sitting hunched over shiv ering and silent he was beaten very badly mr nelson said his face was covered in blood and his eyes were swollen extremely badly mr koutsaris had also had a lump on the back of his head he was taken to sunnybrook hospital and underwent sur gery he was in critical condi tion yesterday how mr koutsaris a toronto resident ended up in the ditch on bethesda between mccowan and kennedy roads just west of lemonville remains a mystery york regional police do not believe a vehicle or gun were the causes of mr koutsaris wounds and have classified the case as an abductionassault its also believed the injuries he suffered happened some where other than where he found police think he was left for dead see police page 9 3000 not 1800 new residents a year due to demand for housing by hannelore volpe staff writer about 3000 residents annually will be moving into stouffville over the next few years up from original forecasts of around 1800 yearly the increased rate of growth leaves some councillors con cerned about the ability of the towns infrastructure and services to keep up with the demand of new residents council has asked town staff to report back feb 20 on what impact this growth will have on the town i am not convinced that 10- percent growth every year is socially acceptable councillor clyde smith said i dont think it is physically possible to build facilities fast enough to meet the demand infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks and soft services such as library and cultural pro grams have to be there for resi dents and growth has to be care fully monitored councillor susanne hilton said shes wants to know if growth can be accommodated with our infrastructure schedule we know we cant stop it growth mrs hilton said and we certainly must monitor it and make sure the town is not going to be swamped by it mayor wayne emmerson admitted there may be some glitches in about a year until facilities come on board however construction of a new arena is anticipated in 2008 he said soccer and softball fields for bethesda park are to be ready by the same year and discussions are back on for next month for an arts and culture centre at 19 civic ave the whitchurchstouffville public library is ready to handle increased patronage library ceo carolyn nordheimer said building expansion is possible for 2009 increased demand in the short term can be accommodat ed by current staff see demand page 7 from nineteenth staff photosjoerd witteveen marjoiamsprj ng homes how 333r3s35s55s5ii february 23 24 25 2007 markliam fairgrounds iwyinsfwiomjioinoshovcom ne arthau ewellers 6312mainst stoasmie 490564646 rl