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whitchurchsfouffville public library stouffville saturday may 5 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst 3 business of year owners always give at the office crime 5 ppinion 6 sports 12 classified 14 staff photosjoerd witteveen court date for cops and kids york regional police const dameian muirhead attempts a trick pass during a youth week cops and kids basketball game at summitview public school wednesday watching the ball are const shane mackenzie from left jason smith const rob martel and nate sanderson the weeks festivities end with the battle of the bands finals tonight from 7 to 1 1 pm at latcham hau ashley taws missed four years of tracktime due to highway injured racers comeback in the pink by jim mason staff writer barbies back on track in the pink ashley taws who made headlines racing the pink be anything with barbie race car as a teenager returns to competition this year following a fouryear hiatus caused by an offtrack crash now 23 the whitchurchstouffville resi dent announced her new race program and unveiled her cars at toronto city centre airport today mattel returns as sponsor of the pair of barbie at walmart cars more pink i missed racing so much said ms taws who started racing gokarts in 1993 it was always a part of my life ms taws was a rising star who estab lished a new benchmark for female racers in canada before tragedy struck she claimed a pole position at the toronto indy took three podium finishes tied for third in championship points and was rookie of the year in the 2002 canadian formula ford championship but a traffic accident during the offsea son in holland landing left her severely injured and derailed plans for a run at the 2003 title a passenger in a car in a headon highway collision she suffered a broken spine crushed aortal artery and abdominal injuries a comeback just six months later was initially successful but shortlived as limit- ed endurance and nagging health problems forced her to retire she studied marketing at fanshawe and seneca colleges and now works for other drivers arranging travel and other offtrack details see toronto page 8 peace freedom brought family to stouffville newest citizens sing praises of canada by hannelore volpe staff writer they waved canadian flags held red carnations and heartily sang canadas national anthem pride in their new country was palpable for the 43 people who became canadian citizens thursday at st mark catholic school in stouffville two of the families are from stouffville with the rest coming from other area municipalities giving their children more opportunity than they could have in their home country of zimbabwe is why the minalingham family came to canada in 2003 canada was their first choice the family moved to stouffville last august three daughters carmelle 14 sharnae 12 and eightyearold michailah lingham all attend st mark their little brother zachary mina slept through the whole cere mony almost a month old zachary was the only member of the family who came into the citizenship cere mony already a canadian citizen in canada we are talking about peace and freedom and freedom of choice mr mina said after leaving a country that often experiences political turmoil com ing to canada was a relief it was so different mr mina said it was like going from night to day the family was delighted the first time they saw snow and the children see she page 9 2948030 beochcombs 12thannua1 premiere fine art showsale ra1n or shine art antiques in the park markham limv h acura admission adults 500 seniors 300 kidsunderl2free 1 s rkham 3 1000am 1 500pm v markham museum hwy 48 just north of 16th ave for more information please call johanne or steve at 9052942200 over 100 artists artisans antique dealers collectors silent auction 1100am 300pm saturday surday w v o v- r- cc bmv kreative kids town and country realty ltd 6400888