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c on at there will be fireworks after- all atthis years strawberry festival lli v schell lumber and williamsons leasing buttermakers slopitch mens team and a number of other sponsors are contributing the fireworks for the canada day celebra- tions the team which is- running the festival balltourna ment and schell lumber are each contributing 1000 pss and the crew in charge of setting off the display is donat ing the labor a cost savings of approximately 3500 in addition pat ratcliffe of the strawberry festival commit- teewill be passing the hat at the display asking residents for a donation to help coverthe costsl i j the fireworks begin thursday july 1 at dusk a rain date of july has been set fei m ec0n0 taxi to airport special 6405466 ihe lnbune econo taxi 6405466 vol 105 no 25 a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 231993 f 24 pages 50 cents gommunity monster home destroys streets heritage resident tracy kibble staff reporter how did this happen and how can we prevent it from ever happening again thats the question church street resident frances laing is asking after construction of a massive structure began swallowing up the small vacant lot next door to her elegant heritage home laing says something must be done to protect stouffvilles few centu ryold streets and wants to see a law in place to ensure lot sizes are consistent to the surrounding neighborhood laing whose spacious backyard includes an inground pool side yard trees bushes and a storage shed wants protection to keep her home from being overshadowed by structures which can strip the neigh- borhhod of its heritage and rob neighbors of privacy she and many other church street residents dont want to see lot sizes iiminish to monster homes which take away from the neighbor hoods longstanding culture and charm if you ruin church street and streets like it where is the whole feel of the town if you ruin the heritage homes whats left laing said from a balcony of her home overlooking the construction of a house she says will overshadow her entire backyard and rob her family of privacy laing said her neighbors homes are constructed on minimum 100foot lots with back yards and lots of greenspace each house is at least 30 feet from the neighboring property line but laing and many of her neighbors grew concerned last fall when a 50foot severed lot was sold to a developer laing says she doesnt think if s feasible to build a home the same size as neighboring ones on a lot half the size without consid eration for established setbacks photoioerd w1tteveen church st residents are infuriated by this monster home being erected on their heritage street new cao wants to build on optimism at town tracy kibble staff reporter the towns newlyhired chief administrative officer wants to make the municipality run as costeffective as possible and considers his new pout as a great opportunity merlin dewing 40 considers his job at the helm of stouffvilles administration as being the planned result of a groomed career to the top he says he landed the job through hard work and sculpting a profile through 20 years of working hard and going to school between jobs during an interview in his office last week dewing said hes a handson manager who looks forward to leading the towns 68 member staff to create a team environment dewing who hopes to make the community the settling ground for his wife and daughters stacy 9 and julia 8 says he sees himself as an agent of change dewing said there is some appropriate reorgani zation that he will analyze within the towns administration but said its too early to tell how hell look at the situation the cao said he recognizes the difficulty depart ment heads are facing with budget cuts and restraints the biggest load on all departments is trying to meet their mandates while dealing with diminishing revenues and provincial subsidies the economic times dictate that rightsizing is appropriate and there is a need for addressing the work load more appropriately dewing said dewing adds he wants to turn pessimism into optimism and opposition into consensus building in- please see page 3 vtww uvi jm vv