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b st cr y iot mo p3 for future tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffville should make better use of its many park lands and facilitieslocal politicians were told tuesday dennis murphy chairman of the whitchurchstouffville parks and recreation advisory board prab presented council with the boards 198990 annual rec ommendation report for its sup- port and approval we need to find out what we have and what we need our desire is to link accessible green space for better access and each committee has its own priority no trail for disabled at pangman springs a group that offers therapeutic horseback exercise for the physi cally disabled is not welcome in the new pangman springs con servation area council heard tuesday the new 243acre pangman springs located in whitchurch- stouffville on aurora road between the 5th and 6th conces sions is owned by the lake sim- coe and region conservation authority lsrca which said community association of rid ing for the disabled card would not make appropriate use of the lands local man faces incest charges a 39yearold stouffville man was charged last week with incest after a police investigation showed signs of assault on a 17yearold girl april 30 in stouffville says york regional police constable dan kierstead the accused was charged may 10 with incest assault forcible con finement and with uttering threats police say the man was held in custody until his court appearance on may 11 the investigation is still contin uing the accuseds name cannot be revealed to protect the identity of the victim constable kierstead says the group wants to use the area for a new trail run and stable accommodations to serve handi capped residents and won local officials support and backing last month- ward 1 councillor margot mar shall councils lsrca member said she cast the only supporting vote at the authoritys may 4 meeting i voted in favor because i am representing council and it was councils wish to support cards request but i can understand lsrca concerns to have card riding trails on the lands councillor marshall said at the meeting the authority said cards pro posal is an unacceptable use for the area as horse riding trails are not conducive to the master plan as determined card chairmaft of the board lenord goldberg didnt know of the lsrcas decision when con tacted last wednesday he said turning the group away deprives handicapped children and adults the right to recre ation and added the decision is a complete let down you cant get more natural than horses and some of our members are from whitchurch- stouffville idlike to see the documents and get a better expla nation from lscra he con cluded romanian relief young jenisse galloway 3 surveys the donations of clothing and other items bound for romania this summer students at goodwood public school have been busy collecting items to help the needy in the face of sweeping political change mr murphy said the sevenmember prab which consists of various commit tees held a public meeting in the rec complex last november where residents were invited to voice suggestions about facilities they would like to see more of or improvements to within the town the annual report is an update based on the publics suggestions and prabs research with other municipalities geared to long and shortterm recreation and plan ning heeds in whitchurchstouf fville some of the key prab short- term recommendations range i was moved when tread this jt shows a vision of a dream nicktatone from creating more toboggan hills using paved public areas for basketball hoops and games such as hopscotch establishing a whitchurchstouffville trails association to extend develop ment of marked trails and linking green space together with parks in the longterm prab wants council to develop a recreational park for the musselman lake area increase swimming and fit ness facilities and build new courts and a tennis clubhouse in stouffville we want council to establish parameters and set standards for park parking irks residents more than 25 local residents are appealing to town officials to mini mize parking on several streets dur ing the summer baseball season a petition from residents on rose avenue burkholder street and rus sell avenue joined in asking council to enforce a bylaw banning cars from parking on both sides of their streets according to the residents base ball fans who come out to watch games played on the neighboring baseball diamond at the southwest corner of franklin park and along the eastern limits of rose avenue has created a very dangerous situa tion in the area fans are parking cars on both sides of the streets making it extremely difficult and at times impossible for the residents to either leave or enter their homes the petition states ambulance and fire vehicles could not reach either the homes or the park via that part of rose avenue to provide essential emergency ser vice residents claim and fire chief bill brown agrees the situation could hamper response time i would support the claim at times it would be difficult for us to manoeuvre past the parked cars chief brown told the tribune ward 4 councillor wayne emmer son suggested council write a letter to the whitchurchstouffville soft ball association regarding the con cerns but mayor fran sainsbury said if parking is banned from the streets we better be prepared to provide parking somewhere else the mayor said and although she agreed the park ing situation poses a problem she objected to a statement in the letter that suggested parking problems were imposed on residents by council council received the letter and agreed to notify the softball associa tion about the concerns the future that will live longer than council itself mr murphy said local officials told prab its report was well researched and ensured the group it would discuss recommendations with staff i was moved when i read this report the board members should be congratulated in that it shows a vision of a dream stressed ward 3 councillor nick tatone the concept of trails linking through the community is an excellent idea agreed ward 6 councillor jim sanders and ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson said it was encourag ing to see the board looked at the community as a whole and not just residents in the downtown core of stouffville to determine recreation needs ward 5 councillor doug alles stressed concern of the aging population and said there may be more need for services and facili- ties for seniors such as lawn bowling ward 1 councillor margot mar shall said she doesnt usually like reports but said the prab report was a very logical and sensible information package however she stressed a lot of the work to be done could be vol untary leaving taxpayers money already stretched to more pressing emergency funding such as the fire department council voted to discuss the report with staff before making photorick madonik trinket for the takin altona resident pat morrison was one of many last weekend 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