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Lmors must be signed and me telephone number (which WI" "01 D8 0" The 9|!le ‘s M table mson to do EM? v1" be contacted mm (0% was muonmw: mmgnrgm to can or: Museop'ublufio‘tll 0! any manual submitted, AWNING POLICY: The publisher Is not flame to! slight chanogs qr Iypooraph" rt)?! “mammal“ "figmw fofiélfinmmflwba Malowed’mllu move "90"” ‘W mmoslomInmmmmmnllnmsubéoqmlssmotmmmndoimymummwmmlechlmsolermrmpuquuon mustbemadewlfl‘umeeek'sMputhloand. made. -.0 I must say I was really taken back by this statement Terry’s team keeps growing My name is Keith Acton and two years ago I was diagnosed with testicular cancer One of the first calls I received was from Roger Neilson, a fellow NHL coach and friend who lost his battle with cancer in 2003, He said. "Keith. welcome to the team - WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH - See us on ‘www.510uflvilleonlinexom' WHITCHUBCIl-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH A division of Star Marketing / 1460912 Ontario Inc, a division pt Metmland Printing. Publishing and Distributing Distributed Free by Canada Post w. to every home in the tollowing communities: - ~- STOUFFVILLE » GOODWOOD - GORMLEY 34 Civi BALLANTRAE - MUSSELMAN'S LAKE AND VANDORF Dear Editor. Sounding Our question this month, asked on a sunny morning in Franklin Park: favourite Ontario bird?" “What is your /Neu OH {erR we certa‘mw are no‘ what we were'm mm youiln !/ because this was not a team I had any aspirations to ever play on. I wondeted what my teammates would be like. I wasn't sure I'd like my team- mates. and l was quite sure none of them were winners, Soldecidedlwasnotgoing Charm "The Baltimore Oriole that's come to our feeder this year He’s such a beautiful colour. and I haven't seen one for years." ded l was no‘ 1 this team this was that SEESâ€"fiffville w Month really rare At thought It was roadnmner ' H going to play ‘ I found out damn team I My teammate D'ay courageous. caring. lovim dedicated and committe group of individuals I had eve nlaved with I also lound 0L Ken Simpson on this team ' it was the best ever played on s were the most )ig heron. it’s so big but so pretty. too. We even had one in our back yard. and my cat Magic was chasing It That was funny ' Alana Slmpson I like the I So if you read Whitchurch-Siouflville This Month. you will continue to find entertaining and enlightening stories about people. laces and events in this community. and only this community. If you a vertise with us, you will continue to enjoy exceptional service. and reach a very targeted audience Or can they? Using terms like ”shockiné” and "depressing". 'councillors asked staff to advise them on their legal ability to control or manage this Town's growth, In the meantime, they fret. One of the best aspects of this paper over the last three years has been' the lively dialogue amon our readers: articulate, concerned citizens who continually deluge us wit an avalanche of letters. 50 if you would like to help assure the continued health of WS This Month, you need only do three things read us, write us. and'buy an ad or two! And thanks, Whitchurchers/Stouffvillians. for your continued support” Now the average Ioe or lane probably is under the delusion that development is good for local coffers. In the long run, or at a measured pace. that's probably true, but if it happens too quickly, the Town gets buried under all the infrastructure it has to provide. And what's clear is that the developers here can_build at _any rate they darn well please.” A municipality needing legal advice on whether it can properly manage its own growth. A sad commentary. But it looks like there’ll need to be some heavy negotiations with developers if disaster is to averted. Butting heads with developers seemed to be a theme Aug. 24. whether from citizens on Rose Avenue or in Ballantrae or on the board of the Parkview Home. who saw their plea for tax relief dashed on the rocks of fear. As an insightful 14-year-old resident notes on page l6, past councils appear to have made a deal with the devil. and now Mayor Sherban and her troops are being stabbed with the horns. In dosing. we‘d like to reassure our loyal readers and advertisers who have expressed to us their concern about the future of this newspaper. when Metroland exets purchased this and our sister publication Nmarfid This Month in late Iuly, it was in part because they respected what we were trying to do. In summary, the paper looks at the impact on the town of three growth scenarios over the next decade. In the case of deveopers only building l00 units per year. for an annual population increase of about 400. the effect on the tax rate and on the debt (currently less than l% of our annual revenues) would be negligible. However, if we grow by 575 units per year (which is what town planners forecast) or even worse, by 1,000 units (which would see developers build all their approved subdivisions by 2014), the effect would be devastating. Taxpayers could see their levy go up by 3% every year of the decade, and the Town debt could soar to almost 20% of revenues, amounting to tens of millions of dollars. As the Aug. 24 meeting in Town Council chambers wore on, one thing became pretty obvious to those of us in the spectators' gallery. A lot of those elected folks up there were scared. downright scared, of what they‘d gotten themselves into. What they were particularly scared of was a little d0cument entitled “Long Term Fiscal impact Assessment of Growth", prepared by a group of economists at Council's direction. The paper came up near to last on the night's agenda, but in fact its contents had flavoured the debate for a gooddeal of the evening. Seeking to slow down blue Dawn Mouop: "I love the hummingbirds. they're so beautiful and delicate We have tons of them at out feeders; I get to watch them every day at breakfast " MANAGING EDITOR . . I . SALES REPRESENTATIVE , BUSINESS MANAGER . , , . DISTRIBUTION MANAGER 4 DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION "The cardinal. particularly in the winter against the snow. The way things are going. we might get to see that pretty Ed Mewett: .COnrad Boyce .Bmce SIADIBY .Roben Lazurko Barry E, Black John Fumey SEPT EMBERV 2004