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thursday june 72007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst markhamman27dies in stouffville road collision opinion 6 calendar 20 sports 22 classified 23 late entry prepares for oct 10 election byjoanransberry staff writer the early bird doesnt always get the get the worm the win ner of the oak ridgesmarkham provincial conservative race proved saturday even though phil bannon entered the fourway tory race less than three weeks ago he was swept to victory on the second ballot the 55yearold depu ty mayor of whitchurch- stouffville beat former mayor sue sherban and markham residents gayani weerasinghe and darcy pigott the others had been in the contest for up to three months mr pigott dropped off the ballot after the first votes were counted sending many of his supporters to mr bannon the nomination meeting held at markhams brother andre catholic high school attracted more than 1000 card- carrying conservatives i entered the race very late mr bannon told the cheering crowd now we must work hard if were going to take this riding mr bannon is being chal lenged by liberal dr jaczek see gun page 15 after 53 years sdss alumni staff wax nostalgia at official closing the official opening of stouffville district high school occurred nov 26 1954 i was there the official closing of stouffville district secondary school occurred june 1 2007 i was there time bridging these two important events spans 53 years total cost of the building then addressed as edward street was 400000 the student enroll ment was 211 there were nine jim thomas teachers on staff for a few nostalgic hours to the o friday the hands of time around in reverse as millions of memo ries flooded back for some it was a celebration for others an appreciation for still others a violation whatever the reaction one tiling was certain time and tide had taken its toll a new sdss will open its doors in september on weldon road south of main street while the future remains unwritten and the past is all but history let it be known the original structure soon to be discarded was the result of an unwavering stand by a board that demanded stouffville have its own secondary school rather than share a larger more central ly located edifice with markham local trustees to their credit eventually proved their point previously the upper floor of summitview school had served see teachers page 5 staff photosjoerd witteveen stouflville district secondary school grade 10 students kyle sharpe and allana kerr take a tumble during games at stoufiville pallooza the schools closing celebrations friday for additional photographs see page 3 f specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandiforddrunit5 906422886 1877410altro www41qautoca forever the worlds most brilliant diamond tjarthau jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646