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m flfmswbmros i hnxhah rebs189 n pun rr noon jgg sporty faro puahat tin 71s63 vol 109 no 24 thursday may 22 1997 20 pages 50 gstind i iiitivlaf the should set fresh value meals from 379 every day kidspak with toy 299 5812 main st w screen scene page 14 family voices fear of water contamination joan ransberry staff reporter problems plaguing a family who live beside a gormley indus trial park includes contaminated water whitchurchstouffville council was told tuesday living here has back fired on me said sophia angelis i dont know where to turn i feel as if im all by myself with this noise from the neighborhood industrial park is ongoing work goes on all hours of the night on weekends on holidays and some times as late as 4 am said the woodbine avenue resi dent when the council of the day gave the industrial park the go ahead little consideration was given to the family said angelis i was there before the industri al park i should have been pro tected as well as parking problems and noticeable truck traffic con taminated water has been added to the list of problems in early april angelis said she inspected the ditch near her house and discovered that there had been a spill made up of paint turpentine and oil angelis said she notified the ministry of the environment and the towns bylaw officer the meo responded within days and took a sample the town did not come to the site said angelis the town did not feel the need to investigate she said late night noise is also disturb ing the family angelis said she was told by town staff to call the police but the police are too council busy with more serious mat ters she said staff was directed to investi gate the complaints including getting water testing results from the health department and con tacting the meo staff is report on their findings on may 27 fate of york region forest depends on development peter attfield of the oak ridges trail association at right leads a group of walkers on a wildflpwer tour of the whitchurchstouffville conservation area off the aurora sideroad recently during the walk the naturelovers saw a bloodroot left a red trillium centre and trout lillies photos bysjoerd witteveen john lambersky special to the tribune although the york region forest is the latest victim of government downsizing area residents were told that no big changes will be made to the way the forest is han dled interest in the forest attracted around 100 local residents to a recent meeting at the ballaritrae community centre they were told that future devel opment will not destroy or alter the forest the purpose of the meet ing was to allay any concern about development said john alden interim communications director for the north whitchurchstouf fville ratepayers association although the 5000acre forests are owned by york region they were up until recently maintained by the ministry of natural resources the change did cause some com munity concerns and the local ratepayers association decided a please see page 3 b f l v 3 o tor sponsorships for more raftdtri information please call the fee for sponsorshi chamber of commerce office at 6424227 m llfii fville chamber of commerce comment be hosting their annual sports mament thursday entertainment p 4 9 at the maples of bal- gardening m2- to everyone the cost per nefesline i4021x0 i hjflfflltewt vialliwn service hours moiufri 730 am 6 pm sat 8 am lpm mm mm jsmms m 1 8l h v i mm il hwy7 i take advantage of our low lease finance rates jefore they end- ps sale hours monthure 9 am 9 pm fri 9 am 6 pm sat 9 am 6 pm