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st weekender june j9 1993 p3 neighbor disputes fly problem from horses from page 1 es and agrees they shouldnt be allowed to keep eight hors es six of which are boarded on a oneacre lot the area is not kept clean enough love said love said even if the area was kept clean it is not an appropriate location to keep that many horses calling it inappropriate because of its close proximity to other resi dential properties its not fair to the horses and its not fair to the neigh bors she said but while love agreed there is a problem amazingly there is nothing she nor anyone else can do to help the tompkins the town has no bylaw which restricts the number of horses a person can keep on a rural lot and since the previ ous owner had horses before zoning laws were incorporat ed the property maintains a legal nonconforming use sta tus building director bob ben nett said the town didnt zone lands until the late 70s and consequently the municipality is clustered with nonconform ing use properties love said whoa would like to see the town pass a bylaw but on a sitespecific basis depending on surrounding land use and based on how clean the owners keep their paddock area but legally there is nothing we can do its not fair but thats life bennett said meanwhile the neighbor joel berger who says the tompkins have never come to speak to him personally about their concerns disputes the fly problem is caused from his horses even town officials say the flies are not horse flies but come from another source berger who says he takes good care of the animals also says he doesnt have flies in his house or in his barn and adds he has stood almost on top of the manure pile without seeing flies still love said she has visit ed the tompkins property and stated that they have a seri ous odor and fly problem which can only be caused from too many horses on too little land and from unkempt manure piles photaftjoerd witteveen doris tompkins and her neighbors manure pile stable operator to be tried on horse abuse allegations a markham stable operator will answer to animal abuse charges in court after trying unsuccessfully to get the mat ter dismissed beverly ferguson charged under the criminal code by the ontario humane society ohs last march failed to convince authorities that she didnt intentionally try to starve two boarded horses to death fergusons lawyer ron rubba lost a june 4 prelimi nary hearing plea to have the matter thrown out of court on grounds of insufficient evidence to convict his client but a newmarket court judge ruled photographs showing two horses deplorable physical conditions dubbed one of the worst in ohs history plus a fivepage transcript including lemonade stand back at festival kate gilderdale correspondent last year when colleen cooke was 7 she decided shed like to do something to raise funds for markham stouffville hospitals pedi atric department ptmogjoero wtteveen for crying out loud stouffville town crier marcel bossi his wife terri and son karl 12 are ready for the world town crier champi onships this weekend in markham ttrer colleen whose parents own the grape and barley on main street set up a stand outside the store and gave away free lemonade during the strawberry festival she asked people for dona tions to the hospital and raised an impressive 109 hospital contacted this year she wanted to do the same thing and the hos pital has contacted us because they wanted to put up a booth during the festi val and they remembered what she did last year said colleens mother christine the hospital didnt know anything about colleens efforts until they received the donation said founda tion office representative lana burchett i called christine to see if her little girl was planning on doing it again this year agreed colleen readily agreed and i said we would love to i be there to support her said burchett adding that dr bear will be visiting the booth for a couple of hours on saturday july 3 and were also going to be selling raffle tickets for the hospital we really appreciated what colleen did for us last year and we wanted to be part of it this year everyone is invited to drop by the booth sample some refreshing lemonade and help the hospital at the same time assisting colleen at this years festival will be her brothers grant 6 and tyler 4 veterinarian reports is more than enough evidence to send ferguson to trial rubba was to tell the crown attorney during the prelimi nary hearing that his client had a lot more evidence to prove she didnt harm the ani mals and was to presentwit nesses on fergusons behalf ferguson was charged march 10 by senior ohs investigator martin cole for failing to pro vide proper care and food for two horses boarded by a termi nallyill stouffville area woman although cole initially told the tribune that it could take up to six months to investigate and try and determine where the blame lies with such an alleged crime it took only three days to charge ferguson cole said the two horses which were removed from the stable and nursed back to health by their owner and friends had absolutely no body fat on them and were suffering from deplorable overall body conditions including bruises urine burns and cuts cole said this is the worst case i have seen in my 12 years on the job cole said the court will set a date for trial on july 8 bear crashes family barbecue from page 1 residents in various areas as they spotted the bear boileau said the cub is likely lost or disoriented and is following railway tracks across the region he doesnt appear to be afraid of people which means he could have been held in captivity and escaped boileau said hes approaching people at one ladys house in aurora he spot ted a barbecue and waited for the family to go inside as soon as they went inside he walked up to the patio drank a glass of gatorade and placed the glass gently back on the table and left boileau said he said the ministrys first priority is public safety and hope catch up with the 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