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stouffville suntribune thursday march 1 2007 3 stoufiville says by hannelore volpe how do you feel about gasoline shortages in whitchurchstouffville asked at nofrills plaza davin jaisaree m l 6 inl it is unfair the government has not done anything about getting cn trains moving earlier to deliver gasoline gas stations are running out gas gas prices are higher and this is causing undue stress to motorists hyla oboyle it underlines our dependence on the oil and gas industry to keep our community running it is a big wakeup call i am very concerned because most of the gas stations have no gasoline i wont be travelling too far and we will be looking for gas outside of stouffville nicola murray its sad we only have a small number of hybrid cars and are so dependent on petro leum everything happens for a reason peo ple should be commuting or carpooling staff photosjoerd witteveen principal jake vriend stands outside stouffville christian school which will move from north pick ering later this year springvale baptist church will become the fulltime home in 2008 churches pave way to schools new location by hannelore volpe staff writer after nearly 26 years stouf fville christian school is finally getting a place of its own thanks to cooperation from two local churches the school has been at its rural location in north pickering east of stouffville since 1981 where all classrooms are in portables two moves are scheduled for the school which currently has 57 students but now has the opportunity to welcome more while the permanent home for the school will be springvale baptist church its first move slated for september is to eastridge evangelical mission ary church on tenth line near the stouffville country market funoraising time this will give the school time to raise the estimated 300000 to 400000 needed to build part of springvales addition which is still under construc tion on the church property at stouffville and kennedy roads the school will be on the second floor of the new addi tion between the new double- sized gymnasium and new sanctuary as well as more class rooms and other space the school will have more green space for its students we are eventually hoping to own our own building on that property principal jake vriend said the stouffville christian schools aim is to begin its 2008 academic year in springvale but in the meantime the school will have five classrooms in eastridge as well as other rooms the space can still be used by the church during evenings and weekends negotiations with the school and the two churches have been ongoing for some time mr vriend said board chairperson russ whitehead was instrumental in the negotiations this is a major milestone in the history of our school mr yriend said we are excited about the fact that we are mov ing and that both churches were among the founding churches of stouffville christian school in 1981 44 elementary school children were taught at the school over the years more stu dents came pushing the school population to almost 300 ele mentary and high school stu dents that number has dwin dled with students still coming from stouffville markham and uxbridge biblefocused the school offers a wide variety of academic programs based on biblefocused teach ing which exceed the demands of the ontario ministry of edu cation the schools students support a guatemalen child as well as local food drives and give musical and dramatics per formances throughout the region theres an extensive physical education component with sports as soccer volleyball crosscountry track and field swimming and softball a hock ey team has been added to the sports menu the school was one of 52 taking part in the christian schools science fair this week for more information about the school or to register your child call 905- 6403297 information is also available on the schoors website stouftvillechris- tianschoolorg briefly undelivered mail found in rented ajax garage mail as old as seven years delivered to whitchurchstouffville homes last month came from an ajax home j the owner of a rental home in the lake ontario town called police after finding stacks of mail in the garage of the home in late january durham regional police spokesperson david selbysaid a tenant moved out of the home and left several items police called in canada post offi cials who identified the mail as com ing from rr 4 stouffville the mail including revenue cana da notices and utility bills was deliv ered with an apology from the post office this month no charges have been laid jim mason trade ducky for may being traded is not new to veteran national hockey league player brad may the 35yearold stouffville native who played his minor hockey in stouffville and markham was dealt tuesday during the nhls trade dead line from the colorado avalanche to the anaheim ducks in exchange for goalie michael wall a sixfoot 220pound forward may was in his 16th nhl season and played in just 10 games for the avalanche compiling just three assists may launched his nhl career in 199192 with the buffalo sabres and spent more than six seasons with them before he was dealt to the van couver canucks in 199798 and stayed their for just over two cam paigns he has also played for phoenix may spent the last two seasons with the avalanche and scored three goals while adding three assists in 54 games with them last year wall 21 has spent most of the 200607 season with anaheims american hockey league affiliate the portland pirates where he was 1061 with a 313 goalsagainst aver age and 880 save percentage in 19 appearances for more information go to nhlcom or anaheimduckscom contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit our offices at 6290 main st in downtown stouffville 1 k sfftlfll footwea accessor toa mma 1st s ag b o h a i it- m r 1 137 main st n markham 9052943882 wwvpeppertreeca open 7 days a week holidays