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st environment 355 weekender april 4 1992 p3 stop musselman lake pollution at source expert high phosphorus levels emanating from old septic systems manure must be halted before any cleanup john andrews correspondent there were more questions raised than answers given at a meeting last week on what to do with the clean up of mussel- man lake the meeting boasted an impressive number of environ mental experts who each had their say in what problems are facing the lake and how to improve the water quality there was much discussion about the high phosphorus count in thelake and many questions about how to reduce it by chemical or other means dr anne zimmerman of the university of torontos depart ment of zoology said before starting bandaid solutions to reduce the phosphorus the town should find out where its coming from and do something to alter it in effect killing the phospho rus at the source mike walters of the lake simcoe region conservation authority said the lakes carry ing capacity has been exceed ed and thatmany local septic systems are either old and in need of updating or in disre pair one major source of phos phorus is manure a concerned resident told the committee of a man who rents farmland close to the lake he said the man has 600 ani mals on the land and more manure than he knows what to do with he said the farmer is dump ing it on the snow and this he said runs off with the melting snow and into the lake manure running off with rain and melted snow was also noted as a problem with the wagon wheel ranch which is near the lakes south shore walters said his organization was aware of the problems with manure running into lakes but said the lsrca has no author ity to punish an offender he said the conservation authority has taken a long time to build up a rapport with farmers and by enforcing such an action by reporting the offender to the ministry of the environment would ruin the rapport and jeopardize any future studies on private farm land dr dj mcqueen of york university said in a report the best way to restore the lake is installing a comprehensive drainage system and reroute all drainage culverts in the area away from the lake he also said the addition of lime to the water would make the lake less alkaline and slow down or stop the growth of the bluegreen algae mcqueen said musselman lake cannot support any new- housing developments and the use of land and lawn fertilizer conteining phosphorus must be stopped he added the addition of pike and largemouth bass and the removal of carp and catfish would have a dramatic affect on control of microscopic life- forms that are conducive to algae growth mayor fran sainsbury said a study will be starting shortly and will take about a year to complete she also said the town has to find out who owns the lake before any actual solutions can be put forth raceya springing into spring from left ashley richardson 9 enjoy a race down burkholder richardson 7 scott vinkle 9 and shawn st in stouffville town to help fight gypsy moths project gypsy moth is under way and local officials will join forces with residents to meet a rotarian mb5eogden stouffville rotary club position past presi dent length of service six years founding member family wife eve lyn mac lds employment explo ration geologist special interests licenced pilot windsurfing teaches weather course to richmond hill power squadron club interests helped start international student exchange program in the club camp enterprise stu dent business camp stouf fville community aware ness bureau combat the leafeating pests council agreed last week to model king townships 1991 successful gypsy moth aerial spraying program and will con sider a financial contribution during budget deliberations this month nearly 130 ratepayers in north east stouffville have already raised about 12000 to spray 670 acres they have been desperately trying to raise enough funds to hire an aerial sprayerbefore may when the moth hatches matures into a caterpillar and begins to defoli ate deciduous and coniferous trees mayor fran sainsbury appointed resident ed lyons to contact the man responsible for setting up kings program a retired environment ministry worker sainsbury said king organizers divided the rural township into four quadrants including a large number of participants to keep costs low she added stouffville volun teers could coordinate a door- todoor information and contri bution system that could raise enough money to hire a aerial sprayer at a cheaper rate per acre we can make it work if the town and residents get involved sainsbury said she added that if there are enough participants the natu ral resources ministry could be convinced to pitch in funds to assist the resi dents howeve r ward 3 council lor nick tatone said performing a local spaying program would not work with- out york region support this is not sainsbury fixing the prob lem because york wont spray its forests the gypsy moths just swing back to our trees theyll all blow back within two weeks tatone said but council voted in favor of setting up a program that would assist the residents in raising money to perform two sprayings of bacillus thurengiensis bt the envi ronmentallysafe chemical kills only the caterpillar by causing gut paralyses and eventual starvation pageant dropped from strawberry festival tracy kibble staff reporter jeni montgomery could be the last miss whitchurchstoufiville this town will ever see after 17 years of producing the annual competition organizer bunny burton says she and husband bruce have finally had enough burton told the tribune this week the contest which runs in coordination with the annual strawberry festival is can celled she said although last years show was phenomenal the people just havent been coming out the past few years and they can never get help to take down and close up the stage after the show is over we work toodamn hard and put in a lot of effort to have no one come out and see the show burton said she added it was a crime that only 200 people came out last year to see 10 gorgeous girls with a lot of talent she also cited the sagging economy as another reason why the show wouldnt be viable this year times are hardpressed now last year i had to beg for money burton said she added that the strawberry festival committee which doesnt fund the contest has enough problems gathering sponsors and cant afford to allo cate money to the pageant burton said miss whitchurch-stouf- fville sponsors which was changed to miss strawberry festival queen last year paid 65 to have their name placed on a girls banner this year local businesses likely wont have the money she said she is proud of how the contest ended though with the perfect queen montgomery went on to dazzle judges and win the miss markham fair contest which puts her in for contention in the miss cne contest when asked if anyone would ake over the production burton said not if they know how much work is involved bowes distressed by cuts from page 1 implement junior kindergarten for the first year alone and the ndp government still says it must be in by 1994 he said the boards trustees had sent a seven page letter to the ministry wednesday ques tioning grant cuts and the inequity of grant allocations to boards in high and low assessment regions saying that it would take an esti- mated 23 per cent mill rate increase to fund the programs required by the government bowes said it would be out of the question to approach the public for such an increase when local resident robin loveday asked just what could be done to reverse the situation bowes suggested contacting the education minis ter and ones member of parliament the board will table its final 1992 budget on april 27 kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your overt for at little at 4 a piece so far this i year we have delivered 7429850 flyeri doortodoor in i markham 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