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thursday feb 8 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 24 pagessi including gst 2 plenty of new york gty in singers new cd opinion 6 calendar 17 sports 18 classified 20 should fluoride be added to our water concern with cavities from residents by hannelore volpe staff writer would adding fluoride to whitchurchstouffvilles water supply make a difference in the number of cavities local children get thats what councillor phil bannon wants to find out after several residents expressed con cerns about what they called high rates of tooth decay if adding fluoride to the municipal water supply benefits residents mr bannon supports it hes awaiting more detailed information from york region among others currently georgina has fluo ride added to its drinking water to a level of between 5 and 8 mil ligrams per litre fluoridation was put in place after residents requested it markham which uses lake ontario water has fluoride levels of 52 milligrams per litre on aver age naturally occurring fluoride is way below that level with a read ing of about 09 in stouffville and 06 in ballantrae aurora where the water sup ply is a mix of groundwater and lake ontario water has levels of fluoride fluctuating between 2 and 48 the maximum concen tration of fluoride recommended by health canada is 15 mil- see treatments page 16 staff photomike barrett stouffville spirit defenceman myles gomes winds up during mondays 33 tie with the vaughan vipers the defending north conference and northwest champion spirit 281632 finished second and hosts the cobourg cougars starting tonight catching the spirit the stouffville spirit earned two championships in the 2006 provincial jr a hockey league playoffs the spirit opens the 2007 postseason with the cobourg cougars tonight full reportpage 18 winding roady new pool bowling club proposed by hannelore volpe staff writer a bam and cows a new outdoor pool and splash pad and a winding road are in new plans for memorial park in downtown stouffville two softball diamonds and the lawn bowl ing green could disappear from their current location if final park plans are approved in june the diamonds would move to the new bethesda park on bethesda road between ninth and tenth lines and the bowling green within memorial park behind the lebovic leisure centre if the plan gets the goahead the first thing to go would be the sewage plant near theout- door pool that could happen in a year or two said leisure services director tom graham he gave no other timelines these are only a few of the changes planned in the project estimated to cost 6 million for memorial park and 4 million for bethesda park park construction itself would take several years a large percentage of the cost would be covered by development charges paid to the town mr graham said the plans were presented at tuesday nights council meeting by consultants rob lockhart of the rethink group and brian basterfield of basterfield associates you can have your say about what you like and dislike about the park plans at a public consultation this spring see interpretive page 14 february 23 v 24252007 markham fairgrounds wwjiwiwvwlionieslioiycqtr t3ai jewellers 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646 wwwmmfmttcxmwbonstxoib