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tribune 30000 copies vol 3 no 2 a metroland community newspaper saturday january 10 1987 44 pages 25 cents pigeon racing club cries foul object to stouff villes prohibitive zoning bylaw commuters along hwy 7 can now put names to the faces they see en route to the office david prebble diligently walks dogs from the left ebony a poodle and collies dutchess and prince come rain or shine winter spring sum mer or fall sjoerd witteveen by chris shanahan staff reporter karl winterstein wants to make sure the stouff ville rac ingpigeon club doesnt run afoul of the law the club vicepresident and longtime pigeonracing en thusiast appeared before whitchurchstouffvilles plan ning advisory committee tuesday to request an amend ment of a prohibitive zoning bylaw relating to pigeons his 18strong group affili ated with the canadian rac ing pigeon union wants ex emption from the existing bylaw because it claims to be a bona fide organization predi cated on pigeon control there is no problem yet but we can see it in the offing mr winterstein said of the ex isting antipigeon bylaw not ing that the club was acting in advance of possible future complaints the 66yearold claremont- area man referred to pigeon racing as a worldclass sport and was quick to dis tinguish between these birds and the more common wild pigeons that often create prob lems the uniformed difference between the wild street pi geons and our thoroughbred racing pigeons is usually at the root of past problems with an understanding of this dif ference councils have little difficulty understanding our position he stated in an accompanying letter to the town we are but a small part of a worldclass sport which is practiced by more than 2 million fanciers in urban areas of the western world our racing pigeons are both veterans and heroes in past patriotism and con flict we are still at this mo ment a reserve communica tion force ready if needed we received a federal charter in 1929 in recognition of our ser vice mr winterstein also claimed the stouffville club is willing to help the municipal ity control its unwanted wild pigeons especially those that have overrun the roof of the towns municipal building we are committed to assist the town in the control of the nuisance of wild pigeons or any pigeonrelated problem he said i would be willing to work with the bylaw enforce ment officer bruce arrows- mith relating to any pigeon problem although he wouldnt spe cify what method would be used the pigeonracer later told the weekender it would involve catching the birds and removing them from the civic ave office site an average racingpigeon loft in the stouffville area con tains 30 old birds and about 35 young ones mr winterstein noted whitchurchstouffvilles planning committee referred the matter to mr arrowsmith for a report karl winterstein promotes pigeons whats inside sgt rod sine in community ser vice12 i j martin smith t plays priest in rashomon18