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st stouffville triathlon will be celebrated with a splash tribune max 2 1990 ell theyll be celebrating canada day with a splash july 1 as up to 100 athletes of all ages jump into shadow lake to signal the beginning of the third annual whitchurchstouffville triathlon the three legged endurance event will include a new teen division this year according to organizer peter arnott of the recreation office males and females from age 13 to 20 will be eligible and will join the existing classes including a 20 to 29 age category a 30 to 39 flight a 40 to 49 group and a 50- plus bracket there are to be separate categories for men and women participants will swim a kilometre at the shadow lake centre ninth line across from the cedar beach pavilion cycle 19 sdsstrack will benefit community brenda hachey spss correspondent brenda hachey is a grade 13 student at stouffville district secondary school who is actively involved in the schools community track fund raising drive many people have argued that their money can be put to better use than on an athletic facility and residents of stouffville seem to be divided on the issue of the community track proposed for stouffville district secondary school sdss those opposed claim that charitable organizations have a more desperate need of money and this may be true the community track is not at the forefront of disease control wont save lives or prevent destruction of the earth but there is no denying that such a facility has the potential for community pride and individual enjoyment many people in stouffville can really benefit from this track it wont save the world but it will allow students and adults alike to stay in better shape and thus avoid potential illnesses we at sdss along with the stouffville elementary schools held a pennies inthe pot fundraiser for the track last week april 23 to 27 a contest which pitted grade levels against each other to see who could contribute the most pennies with all proceeds going to the track other events on the way are a pie in the face contest at sdss with teachers as targetsand a grade 13 slave day in late may where students rent themselves out- to people of the townfor yard work garbage cleaning or anything you need for the more athletically inclined both a slopitch and celebrity golf tournament are planned before summers end for more information contact dave connell or jim fletcher at the school at 6401433 if all goes as planned actual construction will begin within three months so stay informed and get involved if you support this project please write a letter to the paper or council member to express your opinion kilometres before finishing with a seven and a half kilorrietre run which will take them into stouffvilles memorial park registration forms for the triathlon will be available at the rec office in midmay and must be returned by june 22 at the latest arnott said he is hoping to see 100 entrants which would be an increase of 30 over last years total we are encouraging local people to enter he said this is and always will be a local event we are pushing for local competitors and volunteers to help out he adds that the town is grateful for a list of sponsors which includes tom winters plumbing betz pools canadian tire stouffville ap stouffville boyds cycle and sports the greens restaurant and the shadow lake centre without these people the triathlon would not happen said amott medals and prizes will be awarded the top three finishers in each category sdss athletes do well at indoor track meet three stouffville district secondary school sdss students had top four finishes as the track and field team participated in its first indoor meet of the season christine bonadie led the sdss contingent at the ontario regional indoor meet held at york university placing second in the girls shot put sdsss nicole dudley was third in the 50metre dash and use haylow was fourth in the 400m emjmem notice of public information centres highway 407 route planning and environmental assessment study from highway 48 to highway 35115 the ministry of transportation of ontario is carrying out a study to determine the location and rightofway requirements for proposed highway 407 from highway 48 in markham easterly to highway 351 1 5 in the town of newcastle approximately 60 km- as proposed highway 407 will be an ultimate10 lane freeway from highway 48 easterly to the vicinity of durham road 34 courtice road in the town of newcastle the remaining section to highway 351 15 will be planned as an 8 lane freeway a transit rightofway will also be planned as part of the highway 48 to durham road 34 section the initial data gathering phase of the study has been completed the second phase generation and analysis of alternative routes is underway preliminary alternative routes have been developed within the study area outlined below region study area 1 iiniiiiimnfiii township opuanvers i county 0fatoria public information centre locations information centres have been arranged to present to the public results of the initial data gathering phase and the preliminary alternative routes the consultants and ministry staff will be in attendance to discuss the project and receive your comments the public information centres will be held from 300 pm to 900 pm at the following locations tuesday may 15 1990 markham village community centre comer of highway 48 and highway 7 markham wednesday may 16 1990 general wsikorski polish veterans hall 1551 stevenson rd north oshawa thursday may 17 1990 tyrone community centre tyrone town of newcastle wednesday may 23 1990 luther vipond memorial arena 67 winchester road brooklin town of whitby thursday may 24 1990 kahn auction barns brock road north pickering between highway 2 and taunton road this study is subject to the full requirements of the ontario environmental assessment act approval will be requested to designate and protect a corridor and to purchase for the freeway and thelransit rightsofway and for design construction and operation of the freeway in the future comments and information regarding this study are being collected to assist the ministry in meeting requirements of the environmental assessment act information will be maintained as a public data base and will be kept on file for use during the study and unless otherwise requested may be included in study documentation which is made available for public review for further information contact markhampickeringwhitby section oshawanewcastle section fenco engineers inc atria north phase ii 0r parker consultants ltd 1400 rymal road east hamilton 2235 sheppard avenue east willowdale ontario m2j 5a6 ontario lor 1p0 mr a minchev or mr i upjohn 416 7561333 mr d coutts or mr r smith 416 3853234 the ministry of transportation transportation planning section central region 3rd floor atrium tower 1201 wilson avenue downsview ontario m3m 1j8 mr cr lumley project director 416 2355481 mr pj reynolds project manager 416 2355482 ms k harding environmental coordinator 4162355547 ontario ministry 0 ul transportation