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p4tmune augustb r st ife eni page a housing dilemma surprising results emerged last week from a survey of whitchurch- stouffville residents they support the idea of basement apartments in single detached homes but that didnt change the bleak picture for a single mother here who will likely be evicted from her basement apartment because of cur rent bylaws that ban the develop ment of such accessory housing town officials however have their hands tied in the approach to create an affordable housing mar ket to its credit the town commis sioned this study to get a blueprint of what housing is needed in whitchurchstouffville but to turn down an application which was brought forth in good faith by a landlord negates all the declarations and promises to tackle the housing crisis being faced in whitchurchstouffville and indeed york region there is no dire need for blanket changes to property zonings site specific requests can be dealt with by town officials on their own mer its more than one generation can live separately in the same house so too can single parents share a house with a landlord the need for change is painfully apparent murder if only cats could talk if only cats could talk the other day i dreamt of a cat i once owned i didnt mean to own her and i wouldnt have except her previous owner was murdered in cold blood the dream brought back unpleas ant memories of how i obtained buzzy the gruesome story began in 1982 when my boyfriend of the time and myself docked his swanky boat at a waterside restaurant in balsam lakes rosedale area we were enjoying our usual two- week camping vacation but it came to an abrupt end as i tied a feeble knot through the rusted dock ring i looked up at a toronto sun newspaper box only to be greeted by the beautiful face of a girl i had met with my brother and his girlfriend her name was claudia young kibbles bits wgmyy mmm iiiiiiiiiiiiiilbii mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfm tracy kibble beautiful successful she was also in love i wondered why claudia was on the front page of the toronto sun when i saw the phrase mur dered on 21st birthday i couldnt believe it i was partners with this girl during euchre games at my apartment we munched on chips together the story grew worse for me when i opened the paper to page two there in a fullpage black- andwhite shot was a picture of my oldest brother looking so sad i thought i would die i wanted to reach out to him he looked sadder stouffvilleuxbridge tribune patricia pappas jo ann stevenson stephen houston debra weller chris bertram publisher editorinchief editor director of advertising administration mgr dir of promotionsdistribution jennifer hutt dir of operations pam nichols published every wednesday by melroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd martiham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 second class registration number 1 247 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 54 main st w stourfville is one ol the metroland printing publishing and distributing group ol suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press ajaxpickertng news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etoblcoke advertiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa- whitby this week peterborough this week richmond hilvthornhillvaughan liberal scarborough mir ror topic newsmagazine wiilowdale mirror metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division of harlequin enterprises ltd national sales representative metroiand corporate sales 4931300 6402100 8529741 than id ever seen him and he was leading his crying girlfriend away from claudias toronto home after going there to pick her up for a planned birthday dinner claudias 21st the picture had all the elements of a perfect newspaper photo it showed anguish and distress but it was my brother i immediately phoned him and offered my richmond hill apart ment to him since claudias home the home he shared with her and her boyfriend was off limits due to a police murder investigation he brought the cat left ignored in the house through the confusion to my apartment with him police were baffled by the grisly murder one where the victim was stabbed repeatedly with kitchen editors mail utensils performed with a hateful and sick hand the young girl was left to die in a pool of blood naked on her bed police thought the killing was sexually oriented but it turned out that wasnt the case the full story finally came out but it was too late my brother tried everything to cheer claudias fiance up after the murder he even came over to my apartment to see the cat in fact it seemed strange that one of claudias girlfriends was hang ing around with her other friends quite a bit smoking claudias brand of cigarettes sticking close to claudias man but no one thought anything of it after all they were all friends right it was good to be out and try to forget together but after the mtirdersuicide which followed everyone knew why this girl had been hanging around so much with claudia out of the way she was free to set her sights on the man she loved the man she killed claudia for another strange day would fol low i was at work at a toronto bank downtown when i heard the news on the radio claudias boyfriend was now dead too when i phoned my brother he couldnt believe it but it was true the girl that loved jim had admitted doing away with claudia and was claiming her love for him over a bottle of whiskey when he didnt take the hews well she shot him dead in his par ents basement and then took her own life now claudia is gone her boyfriend is gone- and the girl who was desperate for his love is gone even my cat who i grew to love through the- years is gone too stories like this are supposed to be reserved for max haines or unsolved mysteries arent they if only cats could talk after all the feline saw everything my brother had pried her away from claudias dead body library expansion needed resident dear editor i am writing to urge the residents of whitchurchstouffville to sup port the recent proposal for the expansion of our community library my family has lived in many communities and i have never encountered a library of the calibre of the one we are all so fortunate to have here the staff is helpful and knowledgeable the range of mate rials is excellent and the community programs for people of all ages make the library one of the most valuable resources we have six thousand people in this town hold library cards and many more take advantage of the wide range of programs offered by the whitchurchstouffville public library i am particularly impressed by the welcome the local library offers to young people teens have very few places to gather in this town the library encourages them to study prepare school projects and social ize and on weekends in particular they fill the library in the last few years it has become evident that our expanding population is straining the present resources of the library severely more book space is needed better research resources for students more study areas a larger reading area for the many people who enjoy browsing through the fine collec tion of periodicals i can think of no better invest ment for local officials to make in the future of our community than to endorse the present proposal for expanding the library and its resources council has indicated that it would like to hear from residents on this issue i hope that every reader who enjoys our librarys ser vices will call or write to their council member sincerely suzanne wallis