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ymicmmmmmbum thursday july 122007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24 pages1 including gst j fl storm weathers battles heads for newfoundland opinion 6 crime 7 our town 11 calendar 16 take flight kim kalil right of stouffville watches a but terfly on her arm while her sisterwendyrobbwatches in amusement at a memo- rilal butterfly release at bruces mill conservation area saturday the but terfly was in honour of their mother fern stone and their bother richard bernier more than 600 butterflies were released the event was a fundrais er for evergreen hospice bereaved families of ontario and st patricks church in markham for additional photos see page 14 staff photosteve somerville council hopes to purchase old high sch00lj00 town buying sdss track soccer fields by hannelore volpe staff writer a sporting centrepiece of stouffville will be under town ownership for you to enjoy for years to come whitchurchstouffville council decided to buy the track three tennis courts and two illuminated soccer fields between stouffville district secondary school and the stouffville arena tuesday the decision laid to rest fears about what would happen to this recreational land if stouffville district secondary school is sold the high school closed last month and has been deemed surplus it is expected to be on the market with the ontario realty corporation later this year a new school will open on weldon road in september with out a track mayor wayne emmerson has been eyeing the old school build ing as a possible site for municipal offices a theatre seniors centre emergency services centre and police station among other uses i am hoping we still are able to get the high school site he said in an interview an assessment will have to be made first including a busi ness plan and feasibility study he said the 85 acre playing fields and track are an important part of the recreational inventory of the town cao dave cash said describing the site as the towns centerpiece the purchase price was 125000 per acre if the town had lost owner ship of the lands it would cost an estimated 1 million to replace all the facilities and thats without buying the land the recreational lands have been wellused in the more than 30 years they have been shared by the york region district school board and the town the whitchurchstouffville soccer club uses the fields at least see town page 8 specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asians hybrid 138sandifonidrunit5 90w422886 1877410auto vavw410autoca dr sheldon lazier i dr waseema ali i dr dan kobric leon kofman dd dehtub1st- free consultation j 9056427474 wwwsmileclinicca 6212 ivlain street just east of the train station a jwbley darttiau jewellers m nt 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646