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6 stouffvibe suntribune thursday july 12 2007 suntnhune 6290 main st stouflviieonl4alg7 wwwyoritfegioncom publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly business manager robert lazurko director interactive media technology john futhey director advertising york region printing distribution barry black director circulation systems lynn pashko general manager bob dean editorial its time to be greener are you ready to get greener whitchurchstouffville the new green bin program which adds a bin for household organic waste to your garbage and recycling collection begins in whitchurch- stouffville the week of sept 10 youll receive your bin next month this is all comes in the shadow of last weekends live earth concerts aside from hearing some of the big gest musical acts on the planet view ers were given suggestions on being more environmentally sensitive tips use more efficient light bulbs unplug cellphone chargers when not in use and keep the tire pressure up in your vehicle whitchurchstouffville residents rode at least part of the wave before it was fashionable the recycling depot in memorial park was operated by volunteers long before blue boxes were introduced think of the green bin as another step on the road to better care for our world separating household organic waste from the rest of your garbage could keep 65 per cent of the waste generated in york region out of land fill sites whitchurchstouffville is one of the northern six municipalities in york launching the new threestream waste management program this fall the others are aurora east gwil- limbury georgina king and new market the joint effort will save 11 million over the next decade the municipalities say but it means changing habits while your green bin and recycling will be picked up weekly garbage col lection changes to every two weeks from weekly large articles will be picked up every two weeks instead of once a month wonder how youll cope for more information check out the towns website at townofwscom or call hotline at 18774560373 until oct 31 your questions about the green bin program will be answered at community information sessions this summer they are at the lemonville com munity centre aug 9 at the vandorf community centre aug 22 the bal- lantrae community centre aug 28 the lebovic leisure centre sept 5 and the whitchurchstouffville coun cil chambers sept 17 its all about getting greener whitchurchstouffville letters to the editor more love stouffville coming up re showing us the love stouffville column by jim mason july 5 thank you for your kind words concerning love stouffville our planning and organizing com mittee was absolutely blown away by the positive response to love stouffville 2007 the comments and encouragement we received from the variety of people we encountered during our campaign has motivated us to plan for a recur rence of our campaign of acts of kindness keep your eyes and ears open for future love stouffville activities including a proposed sept 4 kindness blitz fall and spring town cleanups and our 2008 campaign week june 2229 we agree wholeheartedly with you a town in transition needs all the love it can get we hope to continue to model that much needed love for more information please visit our website at wwwlovestouffvilieca scott clubine love stouffville committee whistlers blew away organizers at the conclusion of the whisde off at the straw berry festival i had two responses blown away and puckered out a total of 119 people ages 2 34 to 70 whisded onstage for six minutes they whisded together a song list that ran the gamut from o canada and frere jacques to amazing grace and take me out to the ball game all unrehearsed this unique performance was the culmination of whisde radios efforts to set a world record for most people whistling in one venue now we have to get our report to guinness the stouffville suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the stouffville sun- tribune reserves the right to publish or not pub lish and to edit for clarity and space write letters to the editor 6290 main st stouffville l4a 1g7 emailjmasonyrmgcom or fax 9056408778 worlds records and wait for their assessment could we have hoped for more whistiers maybe could we have been a better synchronized chorus probably but the effort was inspiring spectacular even and i think we all had a good time im just writing to express my personal appre ciation to everyone involved our great crew of volunteers our adjudicators our audience whistle radio for initiating the event the festival commit tee and marquee tech crew and most of all our intrepid band of whistlers i look forward to posting the list of participants at whisderadiocom where sound from the event is already posted stephen sword stouffville thanks from citizen of year thank you and the suntribune for sponsoring the citizen of the year award volunteering has enriched my life and i want to thank my husband ron and all the dedicated volunteers i have worked with during the last 35 years what an exciting time i have received notes phone calls and lots of hugs i appreciate this honour very much audrey gibson stouffville off the top with jim mason two spirits combine for common cause hundreds of golf tournaments are played every warmweather week across this section of semirural ontario few could compete with mondays tourney at sleepy hollow golf and country club there have been larger fields big ger prize tables and more mammoth cheques written to charity none had this much heart officially it was the second annual tourney of bodysmith international a richmond hill gym known for its work with young highend hockey players from stouffville including bobby hughes and michael del zotto and the rest of york region the theme was golf for cancer in the name of the late jack burrows he of farmer jacks garden centres fame and kevin lord who played jr a hockey for the stouffville spirit and newmarket hurricanes jack and kevin both succumbed to cancer in the last three years friends and family of both were out in large numbers i wondered whether jack and kevin ever met as i prepared to emcee the postgame banquet gen erations apart they could both light up a room with their smiles and kind wordskevin was just out of his teens jack a grandpa now they are drawing people together to fight the dreaded disease they couldnt defeat the common thread was jacks middle son ken who signed kevin to play for the spirit when he was general manager here now gm with the arch rival collin- gwood blues ken lured former spir it strength and conditioning coach randy smith to join him this season randy through his gym started the tourney a year ago in kevins memory farmer jacks name was added this year fittingly jim mason is editor of the sun- tribune letters policy the suntribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words and must 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