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stouffville saturday march 312007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 40 pages1 including gst when was the last time you had a checkup at the doctors office community 4 letters 6 sports 10 classified 12 watson earns regions character award byhannelorevolpe staffwriter a quiet softspoken man who has affected the lives of hundreds of people through his volunteer work received one ofyof k regions first character community awards thursday stouffvilles trevor watson brought home a citizen of character award from a ceremo ny in markham it recognizes a person whose actions demon strate a commitment to yorks character attributes other awards were given out for business or organization of character school of character and thewendel clark pursuing victory with honour award which is for teams or other organizations stouffville resident doris harvey praised mr watsons compassion and initiative as a good neighbour mr watson goes back to an old saying to gauge what a communi ty is like if you look at the school church and cemetery and they are welukept it must be a good community his volunteer efforts encom pass two communities he grew up on a farm in markham and moved to stouffville in 1991 his most recent endeavour is helping at stouffvilles recycling depot he recalls one winter day when it was so cold volunteers finally capitulated and closed up see watson page 7 staff photojoe fantauzzi at least 6 vehicles vandalized in downtown by joe fantauzzi staffwriter neighbourhood morale is a little deflated in the main and lloyd street area of stouffville a handful of residents of a downtown multi- residential building woke up wednesday morn ing their tires had been slashed as she began her day around 530 am benny van velsen got into her car and noticed things were a little askew it was kind of weirdbecause i got into my car and i thought this doesnt feel like my car ms van velsen said i put my car into reverse and it didnt want to go she noticed all four wheels of her vehicle were resting flat on their rims looking around she saw a couple of her neighbours cars had suffered the same fate benny van velsen checks out the damage after vandals slashed all the tires on her car what kind of rage does it take to slash 40 tires she said referring to the rash of slashings in the downtown core this week c put my car into reverse and it didnt want to go ms van velsen called york regional police adding her name to a list of incidents talking to neighbours she believes as many as six vehicles were hit in a parking lot behind the building and another four further south on lloyd shes angry what kind of rage does it take to slash 40 tires she said adding if it had just been a case of the air being let out she would have been able to deal with it but slashing my tires now youve crossed the line joe giralico spent thursday evening repair ing the tires on his ford explorer he had replaced them just four months ago see its page 7 27 heritage rd markham 8030 beachcomber no mil snow lire packages soodoajoffctdetab 82201 winter can strike at any moment is your honda ready winter x88 performance package 1 honda uaxmbk town and country rwliylid 6400888