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tribune manuary1992 p3 superboxes leaving residents out in cold john andrews correspondent members of the stouffyille brownie pack 5 hold up donations to the whitchurch-stouf- fville foodbank during an excursion to the tri bunes office on main street last week council may opt to shed bylaw sal bommarito staff reporter utility sheds not requiring a building permit would be exempt from the towns setback require ment if council approves a pro posed bylaw amendment council passed a recommenda tion last week to hold a public meeting as required under the planning act to give whitchurch- stouffville residents the opportuni ty to air their views on the issue ward 2 councillor steve bellerby said the town shouldnt dictate to a property owner where a 10 by 10 building should be located people know where to put them bellerby supported a staff recommendation to hold a public meeting on the issue but ward 6 councillor ken pren tice isnt too sure exempting the utility sheds which are violating bellerby the towns set back requirement it the right deci sion prentice is against holding a public meeting on the amendment and his motion to have the item deferred was defeated by council prentice believes rather than changing the law the town should hire an inspector on a con tract position until the problem is resolved were sacrificing our property standards by relaxing our laws said prentice under the towns building code an accessory building having a floor area of 10 square metres or less does not require a building permit however under the present bylaw the building must be set back at least 15 metres from any other building and 12 metres from the rear lot line retailers who sell the utility sheds are partly to blame for the confusion surrounding the bylaw said the towns chief building offi cer the public are advised when purchasing these small buildings by the retailer that they do not need a building permit to erect their garden shed but they fail to advise the purchaser of the zoning setback requirements said ben nett through rain sleet snow and dark of night the postal superbox is a safe place to store the mail but last week the superboxes were too safe because the freezing rain and subarctic temperatures locked people out of their boxes with no way to retrieve their mail canada post provides a 1800 number to give assistance to anyone experiencing superbox problems but getting through can be problem enough the tribunes own kate gilderdale found herself in this state and phoned the number after a 15 minute wait on hold being cut off and then a 10 minute wait gilderdale reported her frozen superbox and was told it would be opened before the end of the following day this was not the case and after calling the number again gilderdale was told to ask the post office to hold her mail and pick it up directly while this was an exceptional case the post office does not recom mend this action john caines is the manager of media relations for canada post and said the superboxes are serviced twice a year if there is a problem with opening the box the customer should call the 1800 number and a crew should be on the scene within 24 hours freezing of postal superboxes is not a common occurrence in ontario and caines said generally it depends on which way the box is facing he said if a box is facing the wind and rain it stands a good chance of getting frozen shut caines called the storm last week a freak storm and said people tried using lock deicer this does work over time but gilderdale said she tried lock deicer and it didnt work initially when she did retrieve her mail it was stained and smelled of the alcoholbased substance some people tried pouring hot water over the superbox locks and while this does work in the short term it will freeze the lock again and freeze any other lock the water spilled on while running down the face of the superboxes because of the speed and severity of the storm last week caines said the crews got behind and that caused some delays in servicing the boxes see kates corner p 4 citizens group to assist in ward 6 john andrews correspondent sonshine square appears at board to challenge ruling the organizers of sonshine square made a presentation to york region board of education trustees monday night at the board offices in aurora the club which last year offered a noon hour bible club in four local elementary schools is fighting a recent ruling by the ontario government which forbids them to hold meetings on school property- during lunch recess what were going to do is challenge the board to represent the people who have elected them explained parent volunteer pat ratcliff results of the meeting with the board were not available at press time watch for an update in the weekender politicians are always being criti cized for breaking election promis es but ward 6 counsellor ken prentice is trying to break that trend and follow through by form ing the citizens action team prentice said the team is an extra set of eyes and ears for myself the main objective is to make it easier for ward 6 residents to bring comments and criticisms to prentice who will then take them to council if the counsellor is not available or if residents would feel more comfortable talking to a regular neighbor a group of contacts has been formed so people can perhaps man injured in plow crash a local man was critically injured after his mini van col lided with a snow plow at a whitchurchstouffville inter section friday afternoon york regional police said a chevy mini van was travel ling north on mccowan rd at 245 pm when the driver failed to stop at the intersec tion at vandorfrd the van crashed into a west bound snowplow van driver robert farley 44 of stouffville was taken to markham stouffville hospital then transported by air ambu lance to st michaels hospi tal in toronto where he was listed in critical condition the plow driver also a stouffville resident was not hurt police said charges may be laid police charge third man in local theft investigation crime watch xv police arrested a stouffville man sunday after an investigation into car thefts last may two teens were charged may 28 1991 after being found in possession of two stolen cars a third stolen car has since been discovered and the teens face additional charges a third person a 19yearold stouffville man was charged sun day with three counts of possession of stolen property over 1000 con spiracy to commit an indictable offence possession of house break tools and possession of a master key the two teens face identical charges robbery foiled two robbery suspects left emptyhanded after a failed attempt at opening the cash register of a stouffville store at 820 pm friday two men both armed with hand guns and disguised with ski masks entered the vandorf general store at woodbine ave and vandorfrd one suspect demanded money but was unable to open the cash register both men fled on foot and were last seen travelling north on woodbine ave vehicle stolen an allterrain vehicle was reported stolen from a stouffville garage fri day the vehicle had a snow plow attached and is valued at 6000 it was apparently stolen from an aurora rd house feel more at ease in discussing what the council is or isnt doing the contacts are bob stover malcolm and shirley wil son pat byer and keith and kathy sutherland prentice said he wants to hear the good and the bad but said i dont want it to be a complaint taking agency he said people are encouraged to bring forth new ideas and goals for the ward and the town he said people should think about the good and the bad of their complaint or idea and perhaps have a solution in mind when they make their con cerns known prentice said by encouraging resi dents to become involved it will streamline the process and the team wont get bogged down in the negative sfflb prentice the citizens action team held their first meeting on jan 16 for what prentice called a strategy session to discuss the plans and purpose of the team the team which ideally would involve every resident of ward 6 is planning two public meetings this year one in may and one in november to discuss council initia tives and take the formality out of the process topping their agenda is educating people about municipal govern ment and providing them with a diagram of where to direct ques tions within the town hall the team also wants to make an organi zational chart of who is responsible for what in municipal government prentice said he hopes the team will be successful and will help make whitchurchstouffville a bet ter place to live he said there are a lot of talented people in the community and pren tice wants them to get involved and share their ideas siaaasss h-m-j-v- kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville 8529741 uxbridge or 2948244 markham attention flyer advertisers 1 1 we can deliver your flyers for as little as 4ft a piece so far this year we have delivered 2126318 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