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st tribune december 24 1991 p3 town now spends 25g on dumpers salbommarito staff reporter winners of the ballantrae scouts raffle were first prize decorated christmas tree derek monahan second prize rouerblades bonnie mcdougall third prize accommodation for two darla jemmett and fourth prize hotwater dispenser harold tillyer the ballantrae lions new years dance has been cancelled because of lack of interest first gift photmannette buchkowsxi brahm van zeeland and his dad peter received a gift from santa at the claremont childrens party recently the town spends around 25000 annually to clean up debris from inci dents of illegal dumping said paul whitehouse director of public works the comment was made in response to a question by ward 2 councillor steve bellerby what are our illegal dumping costs bellerby asked whitehouse bellerby s question referred to a resolution to be submitted toogra ontario good roads association council approved several resolutions for debateat the ogra annual conference to be held feb 2326 in toron to the incidents of illegal dumping on municipal roads has substantially increased as a result of increased costs for disposal and dumping bans for certain materials at landfill sites resulting in higher roads maintenance costs the resolution reads the association wants the ministry of transportation to increase road subsidies to compensate municipalities for the costs of cleaning up the illegal dumping illegal dumping is also on the rise in whitchurohstouffville and local taxpayers are footing the bill said whitehouse we spend between 20000 and 25000 for illegal dumping debris pickup weve had a lot of incidents where it takes a lot of time and effort and a 40yard container he said bellerby asked if present fines are a sufficient deterrent to those who are involved in illegal dumping activity enforcing a town bylaw which prohibits the practice is difficult unless the person is caught in the act said town administration officer bob paniz- za most times the illegal dumping incidents are not followed up and no charges are laid unless someone sees a licence said panizza when an incident occurs a bylaw enforcement officer is sent to the scene to look for clues said whitehouse the ministry of the environment also has to be notified in case haz ardous materials are involved he said the biggest weapon against illegal dumping however is getting the public involved said whitehouse when a large incident occurs i call the papers and get it publicized we have to rely on residents in the area theyhave to keep their eyes open he said scouts pick winners lose dance home for christmas photosannette buchkowski mike sovereign joe yusiw under the tree gloria yusiw and her eightmonthold son brandon make quite a procession after gather ing their christmas tree ban on satellite dish antennae may be lifted after meeting sal bommarito staff reporter a proposed bylaw amendment would lift the ban on frontyard satellite dish antennae if council decides to adopt the change the towns planning advisory committee approved a planning staff recommendation to hold a public meet ing sometime in january on the amendment as required under the planning act according to planning coordinator ken aida the proposed bylaw is less restrictive than the present bylaw which totally prohibits the antennae being installed in the front yards of residential lots but in a report to the committee aida points out that a number of residences in the trail of woods sub division have satellite antennae in the front yards of 15 visible dish antennae located in the subdivi sion it appeared that 1 1 were in contravention of the existing zoning primarily because of frontyard pro hibition the report says several residents particularly in the towns rural estate residential subdivisions have ignored the loca- tional requirements of our zoning bylaw at least one councillor was baffled by the proposed change why are the satellite antennae being permitted to stay in the front yard asked ward 6 councillor ken prentice under the proposed change nine of the 11 would still be in contravention but most could be relocated in compliance with the proposed zoning the report says if its impossible to relocate the antennae in compli ance with the proposed zoning an owner can apply to the committee of adjustment for a minor variance but approval would not be automatic the report says under the proposed zoning change frontyard antennae would have to be set back- 15 metres 50 feet free skate planned whitchurchstbuffville block parent association will sponsor a free skate on jan 2 from 1 to 3 pm at the recreation centre everyone is welcome to this new year skating party just six charged ride spotchecks are paying off of the more than 20000 drivers stopped at roadside spotchecks in york region six were handed impaired driving charges as of dec 17 21076 vehicles were checked police charged another six drivers with having a bloodalcohol content over 08 mg altogether 307 alert tests have been given in the first two weeks of the december campaign and two drivers charged after refus ing to provide a breath sample fifty 12hour suspensions were also given out at the roadside check points so far 17 people were charged with failing to wear a seatbelt and an additional 146 highway traffic act charges were handed out police cautioned 755 drivers at the midway point in the ride crusade a comparable num ber of drivers have been stopped as at the same point last year although the same number of impaired charges have been laid less over 80 mg and license sus pensions have been handed out during the 1990 monthlong blitz york region police officers stopped 43172 vehicles of the drivers stopped 12 were charged with impaired driving and 24 faced charges of having a bloodalcohol content over 08 mg a force of 22 officers assigned to ride duty gave 636 alert tests four drivers were charged with refusing to supply a breath sample and 128 drivers had their licences 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