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le u stouffville suntribune thursday aug 18 2005 9 dry well owners lose appliances power outage leaves homeowners out thousands by hannelore volpe staff writer residents in the bethesda road community have not only watched their wells run low and pond levels drop drastically this summer theyve been out shopping for thou sands of dollars worth of new appliances appliances in about eight homes were damaged at the same time when a power outage- occurred in the spring mr emery and his neigbours have had to replace or repair the damaged appliances out of their own pockets in april the community lost power overnight dur ing a bad storm once hydro crews got the power going again several house holds on the street found that a power surge left them with damaged appli ances many appliances had to be replaced bethesda road resident bryan emery said he lost almost all of his kitchen appli ances connected to one circuit breaker he had to replace his stove satellite receiver the tv in the kitchen and cof fee percolator hes had the fridge repaired twice but it still isnt working properly everything on that cir cuit in the kitchen was gone he said more than one neigh- bour had computers destroyed phoning hydro one got mr emery in touch with an insurance adjusting com pany he and several of his neighbours he said filled out the required forms but didnt hear back until three months later and then only at his prompting the insurance company stated that the fault didnt lie with hydro staff and that they thought the weather played a part mr emery said in the meantime mr emery and his neigbours have had to replace or repair the damaged appli ances out of their own pockets another local resident doug pike lost his microwave and a satellite receiver he called hydro one and also sent a letter out lining what happened but hasnt heard back from them he said mr emery noted that the hydro professional people were on strike dur- ing that time the strike is still on mr emery be one of sev eral residents who will pur sue the matter with hydro one the insurance company has asked residents to send in the receipts for the appliances mr emery said hydro one did not respond to calls by the suntribune by press time 6425111 durham 85267 1 1 steajna loose rugs stjl broadloom cleaxujier upholstery 3m scotchquard leave anonymous tips by phone or online cash rewards for anonymous tips that lead to an arrest i 1800222tips or wwwcrimestoppersyrca this message brought to you as a community service of the economistsuntribune community care access centre of york region were here for you coming out of hospital suffering an illness or injury need personal care to maintain your independence are you eligible for health care at home call the ccac of york region at 18884702222 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune markham experiments with parking permits from page 1 the city will begin an experiment this fall allowing residents to pay for a permit to park overnight each local councillor will select the area for the pilot and im hoping they pick my neighbourhood ms jackson said developers in vaughan are now being advised to include parkingrestriction information in their purchase agreements with new home buyers parking isnt usually a high priority when people are hunting for homes said richmond hills bylaw manager rick mcgee they always look at the number of bedrooms but not parking spaces he said if s definitely a problem with newer developments richmond hill allows a small portion of lawns for parking but mr mcgee says it must not exceed 45 per cent of the frontage markham experienced some initial problem in the cornell development arid decided to allow permit parking there regional councillor jack heath said- since we allowed the purchase of a sixmonth permit only about 25 people applied he said uxbridge lions club presents umrirfet at elgin park uxbridge juried art show y sculpture woodworking jaf pottery jewellery f august 20th 2 sf 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