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stouffville tribune v t c zfl weekender mercedes benz repair specialist 172 buuockosrve i markham 471 866o council town wins battle over ice time tracy kibble staff reporter stouffville politicians have frozen any further negotiations from groups trying to score prime ice time at the recreation complex despite overtime efforts by the mens hockey league stouffville amateur hockey league president wayne jack son said the league is not happy merchants its your call the town of whitchurchstouffville is seeking input sugges tions comments and volunteers to attend or sit on a review com mittee which will be established to rewrite the towns sign bylaw anyone interested in attending these meetings or wanting to sit as a member are asked to call the building department at 640- 1900 this is a great opportunity for local businesses to voice concerns over the towns restrictions on commercial advertising signs about several hours of their ice time being shifted from sunday morning to wednesday evenings and wants more time to prepare arguments against the deci sion we need a little more time to pre sent some impor tant and perti nent facts and background the town took a firm position for our group to move and we didnt feel that was negotiation jackson said but parks and recreation director marlane mckee wetheral said the sahl has already presented the same arguments over and over and is ignoring all the factors consid ered before making the realloca tion of all user groups mckee wetheral along with the towns parks and recreation it was age appropriateness that really drove this marlane mckee wetheral formerly parks and recreation advisory board prab and all arena user groups have been openly negotiating ice time shifts for many months officials heard but sahl members say the decision to move a portion of their ice time was jammed down our throat with out any other alternative in place mckee wetheral said the deci sion to reallocate prime ice time was driven by three main fac tors an increasing demand for more public skating time 15 hours were added a call by minor and girls hockey associations for ice time allocations more appropriate to age groups advisory committee prac and finally a mandate to emergency water tests at musselman lake in wake of citizen pressure tracy kibble staff reporter stouffville politicians will ask york region health officials to perform immediate emergency water tests for musselman lake residents it was decided this week after mounting pressure from local residents musselman lake dad mark carroll said homeowners can no longer sit back quietly and allow their children to drink tainted water while the town grasps for approval straws from the province on a document which doesnt even address the problem many private well systems in the musselman lake area are failing and showing high nitrate levels a deadly compound used in fertilizers which can cause gastric cancer in adults and blue baby syndrome in infants adults with high blood pressure and pregnant women are advised not to drink water containing high nitrate levels health offi cials warn this shouldnt happen here this happens in third world countries were supposed to be first class and our government is supposed to pro vide us with the basic necessities of life carroll said if the town got together with the ministry of the environment and energy and demanded quick results wed get tests back in one week carroll added otherwise nitrate tests take up to eight weeks and residents cant afford to wait any longer he said were a mass of people up there we have to do something now theres 3000 people drinking contaminated water carroll said carroll and many residents are angry the town didnt include servic ing strategies in its nowapproved opa90 boundaries a document which maps out future land use and development goals for the two hamlets please see page 2 keep revenues from declining mckee wetheral says the deci sion to shift sahl ice time was not rammed down the leagues throat but discussed thoroughly with user groups during at least three meetings while she admits the adult- group was a target mckee wetheral said the reallocation boils down to one simple fact these are adults using prime ice time and we had to investi gate whether or not it is fair for a 45yearold man to play in the morning when a 14yearold is playing at 10 pm it was age appropriateness that really drove this she said prac chairman casey van maris told officials the sahl failed to show at one meeting and walked out during the sec ond when it became apparent their ice time would be re arranged minor hockey spokesman wally crowder said officials should approve mckee wether- als recommendations and get on with it she was given a job to do and shes paid to do a job and now youre going to decide for her let her go ahead with this its time to make a decision crow der said and resident pat wild who lauded the recreation direc tor for providing more public skating time said the realloca tion is wonderful and allows families better use of the facili ty for longer periods of time jackson however said the town should tighten up its vesi- dericy clause when deciding which groups receive the best ice times currently groups must meet a 75 per cent resi dency rate in order to use the facility sahl would like to see that rise the residency rate should be the determining factor in deciding ice time we feel there are- other groups which have nonresidents using the facility and in times like this the local taxpayer should get first choice jackson argued despite a lengthy discussion officials approved mckee wetherals ice time allocations with ward 6 councillor ken prentice being the sole council lor voting against the report in a recorded vote canadas 1 mercury villager dealer in 1 993 brand new 1994 aerotrac extended 4 wd zzzjgssx includes 7 pass oir cond 40l v6 6b cruise wggoge rack much more stic 1643t 18999 best pug roe j jy i month 4 months brand new 1994 sable gs 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