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stouflville suntribune thursday may 26 2005 23 battle to close landfill site exhausting for residents from page 3 planted on site already but 20 per cent of them didnt sur vive lou ciardullo manager of the landfill estimated leachate from the dump will be monitored for the next 100 years when residents found out in 1986 the city of toronto which owned keele valley planned to expand the site mr ferri cofounded vaughan cares a group dedicated to preventing expansion and terminating operations as soon as possi ble this was full time for many of us he said we did everything we could think of to stop it mr ferri said residents had good reasons to be con cerned we worried about the health effects on the kids he said beginning a litany of complaints what was it going to do to property val ues our investment would be gone the constant odours were unbearable when my son was in day care many days they had to cancel out side activities and he would come home nauseated you didnt want to tell anyone where you lived he added he said two of his nieces who live in maple have asuv ma which the family believes was caused by fine dust parti cles from the dump although they have no scientific proof mr ferri said he had to make a decision to stay or leave i decided they municipal ft region iapaitnient im mothers against drunk driving 1800665madd this message brought to you as a community service ol the economist sunsuntnbune save on an ms ono training course cxj fo for a tine can 905 4713811 or visit our website for details exc6lerateyourskiliscom your ms office training partner quality direct froi iwerloou m ftflvw open f or xr yesn hiv w bask v mix j 4 mo i asketsgkl 70vafieties ofkgariic he1psg v i gwkownjorgahigcmigs t this weeks special greatwryice m great quality k wee columnar basil plant with purchase ii with this coupon grows 6 feet tall the state of and provincial governments vyere wrong and i had to stay and fight it he said everyone said we were crazy but no one could know the health effects because there was no dump this size around shelagh donadio believes she has suffered deteriorating health since moving into the area although she admits her doctors cant say for sure the dump is responsible mrs donadio has suffered from asthma for 20 years and was using an inhaler before she moved into her maple home in 1991 since moving to maple though my asthma has been worse she said she then pulled out a half- dozen different inhalers she now uses depending on how severe her asthma attacks are my asthma specialist says dust related to the landfill is likely the cause she said if it was- damaging my lungs what was it doing to the chil dren she said smells and truck traffic didnt affect her area of maple too much but dust was a problem every day its not nearly as dusty now she added like mr ferri she claimed she was mislead when she moved to maple we knew there was a dump but the developer said it was closing in 1993 she said city hall confirmed that marilyn lafrate a member of vaughan cares who became an assistant to mr ferri also has anecdotal evi dence of the landfills effects doctors said theyhave never seen me rate of asthma like here she said ive been in classrooms where they had lines of puffers inhalers on shelves she said homeowners would dust their furniture in the morning and in the evening it was like it hadnt been done the odours were the worst for the kids she added one halloween the kids came back after 10 minutes because of the smell ms lafrate said five years battling the landfill site was exhausting it stole years from my family she said but we showed people you can fight government it new manaiflbiiihwif ron and staff represent over 30 years of combined experience with customer service and product knowledge whirlpool samsung kehmore maytag jvc panasonic black decker craftsman kitchenaid debra stephenson ineke deonorain harmina yake ron snider christine boadway shop locally hometown service mondaywednesday 96 thursday friday 98 saturday 95 sunday 1230 5 closed sundays in july august wwwsearsca brand rentral t mfc kt the brands you want at the store you trust v i elgin centre 304 toronto st s uxbridge 9058523304