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sf trfibtjne iwm3imtt bble were not aware the ministry of the f environment moe is blaming tne proieiijj on construction and four ringwood residents told maintenance deficiencies by the council last week their properties owners themselves until they greco property located next to ou is a big mess farmer jacks on stouffville road why if the ministry is blaming since last june when the large us are all the wells smelling bad property was filled the old hwy at the same time all slowly bnartte foothigh filled property is flood- everybodys well levels went the greco swail is not working where all that fill is coming and is flooding the properties from really concerns me agreed he said the town bylaw ward 2 councillor ron robb enforcement officer contacted there are legitimate concerns tni nwnpr tact mnnrtav anrt tpnt hum nna un k 11 ra oftnr ua bat iff the meantime the swail which told the residents earlier ditch is not sufficient to stop that there is no proof the runoff is runoff the residents say tl he wafer smell they large boulders and tree roots only checked the fill not the dry iarfrvtnnhinathnrrirxdvirin zaasa a ii -w- that swail is too n- aquifer to our wells she noted die spring conditions in our wet councillor emmerson said he humble opinion remarked ring- would keep the residents updated wood resident jack mehaffey 0 staffs findings and said he was if he fixes it thats all were sure when the town spoke to the looking for mr mehaffey added owner they agreed to fix the prob- councilloi- emmerson assured k the residents the problem is not a but the residents are wary of dead issue and said staff is on this because they say the owner ltppofitni promised 1- id rectify prof the residents also said they lems beforehand did nothing friday crash photcsbill lanning this dump truck was involved in a single vehicle crash at 340 pm last friday the truck driven by joseph paul 50 of sheppard ave e in scar borough was southbound on hwy 48 at bethes- da rd in stouffville when the right tire of the truck blew sending the vehicle into the east ditch paul received minor injuries and was treat ed at york central hospital in newmarket there were no charges laid in the accident police sources say hydro appeals for restraint tracy kibble staff reporter ontario hydro speculates elec tric consumption will rise by 100 per cent by the year 2014 local council was told last tuesday afternoon the cold weather in december caused the corporation to appeal forconservation as equipment repairs combined with minus 30 degree weather made it hard to council update multiculturalism study needed to examine area ethnic services keep up with the demand a hydro spokesman said tom bennett area manager approached council to discuss the corporations demandsupply plan it hopes to implement over the next 25 years the new plan hopes to involve all municipal councils in the province mr bennett told the politicians he warned of short life expectancies of nuclear power plants and said the pickering plant will have served its useful 40year life in the year 2014 im not convinced nuclear power is the only way to go research shows fusion energy is far cleaner said ward 5 council lor doug alles mr bennett agreed power alter natives are being researched by ontario hydro and said afford able housing could help to relieve large home consumption in future with affordable housing peo ple wont be lighting such large homes the presentation was a step to inform and prepare municipal councils across the province of the large corporations demandsupply plans of the future to meet todays style of living demands multicultural study a multicultural study is recom mended for york region by the community services committee to determine the weaknesses of ser vices for people with ethnocultural backgrounds a multicultural advisory com mittee was established by service providers and community residents to examine the capability of ser vices to meet the needs of the mul ticultural population in york region states recommendations from the community services committee feb 8 research for the study cost the region 64000 to highlight the organizational weakness of many services to positively or pro-active- ly assist clients from diverse ethno- cultural backgrounds the commitment to multicultur alism includes encouraging and developing partnerships between community groups and service providers in order to resolve prob lems that will strengthen the exist ing social service system conservation costs the lake simcoe region con servation authority lscra will charge whitchurchstouffville about 48000 in 1990 as a general land levy for watershed assessment a 10 per cent increase from 1989 according to the authoritys 1990 budget estimates each year the lscra receives a portion of its operating costs from shared munic ipalities which it services depend ing on the percentage of each municipalities lands lying in the watershed areas for example georgina pays nearly 91000 or 13 per cent of the fees while rich mond hill pays less than one per cent of the lscra fees or just more than 3000 a year york region as a whole will pay 514414 generallevy to the lscra as it occupies nearly 72 per cent of the watershed areas whereas durham region occupies seven per cent well problem the ministry of the environment moe wrote to an aurora road resident last week in regards to private well water concerns and the impact on the well as a result of road deicing activities on aurora sideroad the ministry said the well was suitably constructed and contained a sufficient quality and quantity to be used as a domestic water supply moe said the sul phur problem in the well is a natu ral quality problem known to occur in your area the ministry did however say the well problem qualifies for remedial action but said the towns musselman lakebal- lantrae proposed water system would correct such problems volunteers sought by foundation the stouffville chapter of the kidney foundation of ontario is appealing for volunteers to canvass local neighborhoods to raise money for the charitys cause march is kidney month and stouffville area chairman cliff moss says volunteers need only sacrifice four hours of their time for the month the kidney problems have no respect of age and all money col lected goes to research he said for more information on becom ing a volunteer please call 642- 2104 speeding will cost leadfooted drivers tracy kibble staff reporter speeders beware it will now cost nearly three times as much if you are caught speeding by all police forces effective march 1 bill 95 received royal assent in january to hike the speeding fine limits as a major deterrent to speed ing noted as one of the major cause of accidents i in some cases fines will be increased as much as three times what they were rcmp opp and york regional forces will be now be charging 45 to motorists speeding 20 km over the limit a hike from 1875 speeding in excess of 50 kms over the limit used to 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