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4t stouffville thursday april 262007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pagess1 including gst 3 its opening night for music manias 47th musical variety show community 8 calendar 13 sports 14 classified 16 staff photosjoerd witteveen culture department to help groups develop programs attention for arts community by hannelore voepe staff writer it should become easier for you to find take part in and per haps even develop new cultural programs with the appointment of the towns first cultural co-ordi- nator that job is being taken on by dorie billich who has been the curator of the whitchurch- stouffville museum and will offi cially take on the job of manager of culture and museum services this is a new department under leisure services which has been headed by tom graham for the past eight years the introduction of the posi tion will allow for closer collabo ration among existing cultural groups so that residents know what cultural events and pro grams are offered who else is offering them and where pro grams performances and activi ties are taking place youll probably have more comprehensive information in upcoming leisure guides or simi lar publications pulling together information on cultural groups programs offered by the town and independent schools of music and dance for instance ms billich will continue to be responsible for the overall admin istration of the museum in addi tion to her new responsibilities the museum is gearing up for its summer exhibition dirty business highlighting the tools and trade of domesticity of over a century ago as well as the hands- on history event at the museum saturday and almost may day may 4 its also gearing up for a major makeover worth about 25 mil lion which could be completed around 2011 plans include anew glassedin area connecting some of the buildings on the grounds and offering more space for pro gramming the museum would cater to larger numbers of people and would ideally be available for a see new page 9 ivl