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drug mart reopening held up tracy kibble staff reporter the savex drug mart on stouffviues main st will open its doors again but only after an insurance claim is settled and out of the way says owner neil katzman mr katzman currently operating a unionvillebased savex store told the tribune he is trying to open up again in stouff- ville but an ongoing insurance investigation is holding things up an accidental fire june 26 destroyed an abovetore apart ment and most of the tenants belongings as well as causing 100000 damage to both floors including many parts of the ceil ing in the store although the fire that took more than five hours to extin- quish was found to be an accident and not the cause of faulty wiring the incident is still being scanned by the company mr katzman said when asked how long it would take before savex would be back in business the owner said who knows depending on the insurance claim it could be two weeks eight weeks or 10 weeks i dont know many stouffville citizens have been curious as to the probable fate of the main st store since its closing shortly after the june fire vol 102 no 40 a metroland community newspaper tracy kibble staff reporter wednesday october 4 1989 sewages 50 cents mussel mans lake study launched to determine water quality for residents a sparkling blue lagoon its not and experts from three en vironmental government agencies launched a boat at musselmans lake last wednesday morning to find out why the lake tour is a final stage of an ongoing 10week water testing program that started in early august to determine major contaminants in the lake the lake simcoe and region conservation authority the ministry of the environment and the regional department of health will combine expertise to determine the need for a joint in- depth water study while the experts are unable to say what the problem areas are at this stage they did comment on whether a communal water system would affect the lakes future it will all be based on the people who live here on how much water they consume on how they manage the water mike walters of the authority told the tribune mr walters aware the residents are ticked over the costs of a piped water system said a sewage system would cost far more a sewage system would be good but if you think water costs are high you should see the dollar figures for a sewage system the conservation expert added theres not much connection between a water system and the condition of the lake unless peo ple dont conserve water wisely and create more groundlevel runoff but he maintained a sewage system would be something to consider in future the ground level here is bad people are drinking nitraterich water that is especially dangerous to pregnant women and can kill babies mr walters said if i lived here id sure want clean water the crew would not comment on the culverts visible around the lake but all agreed ground runoff will naturally flow into the lowset lake however grey water or sewage substances is a concern and were looked for during their hourlong cruise mr walters said the town is not negligent in any present culvert constructions but admitted a drainage pipe on the beach is total stupidity because the ground runoff that drains into the lake will stay in the beach area for a long time there is still much more to be done before any conclusions or fingerpointing can be made but the men said the final water test results will be completed in about two weeks the three agencies hope to hold a public meeting in the near future to formally announce the water results and pollutant fac tors to the residents travel i gilderdale was awed by the israeli sites seepage 34 i m i i i