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the tribune 30000 copies vol 2 no 30 a metroland community newspaper saturday july 26 1986 36 pages 25 cents will that be cherry or apple anna ruth ressler left and adeline reaman of heise hill church north of victoria square display a couple of homemade pics that will be available dur ing next weekends threeday celebration at har- bourfront the threeday event caps off the mcnno- nile bicentennial festival which began last month residents are invited to see displays of crafts liter ature art and music see story on page 6 sjocrd wilteveen couple survives headon crash by robert donnelly doctors spent hours plucking shards of glass and metal from reginald doucets face and legs following an early afternoon headon collision between his homemade mobile home and a tri- axle gravel truck tuesday the 62yearold welland resi dent and his wife martha 59 were returning home from a campbeli- ford cottage when the accident occurred at the intersection of hwy 47 and cone 3 in goodwood both vacationers were pinned in their vehicle by the 15ton dumptruck for almost one hour as stouffville and uxbridge firefigh ters used jaws of life of life equipment to pry them free upon arrival at uxbridge cot tage hospital the couple was flown via helicopter to torontos sunnybrook medical centre mr doucet received multiple lacerations broke his right leg and crushed his right ankle while mrs doucet suffered a dislocated hip theyre both listed in stable condition at sunnybrook the driverowner of the dump truck dimitrious dimitriou 58 of toronto walked away from the accident unscathed speaking from his hospital bed mr doucet in great pain and heavily drugged with painkillers praised the lord that he and his wife were alive and then slowly recounted his experience the whole thing took less than two seconds he recalled i was making a left turn when all of a sudden i saw this big truck coming at me only 25 feet in front of my face mr doucet paused i dont even think i had time to touch my brakes then i nearly blacked out whitby opp stated that the westbound mobile home and the oncoming eastbound gravel truck both began to turn left when the mobile home suddenly changed direction and attempted to go straight through the in tersection the vehicles were travelling approximately 40 kilometres per hour at the point of impact damage to the camper a write off and the gravel truck was esti mated to be 15000 each mr doucet has been charged with improper use of his signal lights tests show nitrates high in eight wells results show that eight of 34 ballantrae wells tested in may of this year have unacceptable nitrate levels according to the minis try of the environment information officer john steele said ministry officials are now reviewing all ballantrae study material which includes results from testing conducted in 198485 as well as the 1986 samples the most recent findings compiled by the consulting firm underwood mclelland associates reveal three of eight elevated nitrate levels were above 20 parts per million the highest being 22 ppm young children and pregnant women are advised not to drink water containing more than 10 ppm these findings have been available since early june according to mr steele but do to a mix up were not forwarded by the consultant to york regions medical officer of health moh until this week perhaps in the future we should pass on the information to the moh not the consultant the ministry spokesperson said tuesday mr steele expects a public meeting will be scheduled when the report is finalized within three weeks to a month cause of the contamination has been narrowed down to either faulty septic tank systems or agricultural practices he said adding we do not believe this is related to the hwy 48 landfill site which is located south of ballantrae possible solutions to ballantraes water problems include drill ing deeper replacement wells or establishing a communal water system whats inside directory comment p4 church page p6 entertainment p1415 childrens page p18 sports p20 to 22 real estate p23 to 28 classified p29 to 35