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halloween season gives eerie legends more appeal the world of the unknown has been a ghostly mystery for hundreds of years and sightings of haunting spirits phantom ships and ladies in white dresses are most enticing at halloween and the supernatural has made its presence known in the stoutfville area onoccasioa a ghost is a spirit of the dead and usually has a task to carry out reports the world of the unknown all about ghosts a book published by usborne publishing ltd1977 according to the book ghosts are seen at different times and by different people but the sightings show the ghost s photostevesouerville ghouls were seen frightening this young couple whose car broke down in the rural area recently though there were no injuries and the incident wasnt reported in police files the cou ple lived to tell their harrowing tale halloween is a time when all sorts of spooky things happen to people who are least expecting them is always seen in the same place for instance the legend of ghost road on scugog island continues to haunt and fascinate locals and people who visit there according to the legend a yellow ishwhite light floats eerily across the night sky and mysteriously fades into thedarkness this is scugog islands headless motorcycle rider who supposedly travels down an isolated dirt road now called ghost road as the legend goes the rider a 20- yearold man with light curly brown hairwas decapitated by a wire fence as he sped down the road however police and hospitals have no record of any such accident to this day people swear the riders ghost and the headlights of his motorcycle can still be seen travel ling the road another legend believes ghosts appear for a special reason these are phantoms of dead people who give warnings or messages to the living usually family or close friends is your house haunted by a restless spirit here are some of the things that have been reported to have happened in other haunted houses a ghostly figure glides from room to room and disappears through the walls the curtains begin to sway in a mysterious breeze a skeleton is found walled up inside a hidden secret room li the attic objects move and fall to the floor while strange thumpings and hangings arc heard a bloodstain on the floor cannot be removed no matter how many times it is washed it always returns a constant birdchirping sound is heard at any given time sounds ghosts are supposed to make stouffville groups square off oyer arena use tracykibble staff reporter v a recent decision to extend arena use to may at the recreation complex has received anicy response from groups who want to use the public facility in april whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce mem bers want their annual home show event to take place in april but the stouffville skating club has already received approval from the town to extend its season to may 17 at last weeks council meeting a representative from the chamber of commerce accompanied by many of its members told local officials the chamber was not informed nor consulted of the ice extension plans scott rowntree said the 1990home show at the recreation complex was a success with 72 exhibitors and a paid attendance of 2500 people the group attributes the success of the event to the april time slot if you kill the home show you also kill the cham- ber of commerce mr rowntree said he added the only thing you have to market at the complex is the ice and pointed out the facility is run ning with an operating loss of nearly 165000 you have to make the facility multifunctional he said the business people of our community saw the home shows success as a positive sign that stouf fville was alive and open for business mr rowntree added he added 80 per cent of 1990 participants confirmed interest for- the 1991 year and want to know the dates for the upcoming event but stouffville skating club president anne pride defended the importance of having the ice an extra month and said there are 260 registered skaters and nine professional instructors under contract who expect to use the ice until may 17 we admit we dont know how successful this will be but it will make the club stronger with the extended season ms pride said another group requesting use of the complex is the stouffville district secondary school reunion commit tee which planned to hold a dance may 1 as a kick- see flooring page 2