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stouffville fokio4 50 cents how about that the library in stouffville is tops among social services according to kubas consultants the library ranked higher with residents than other municipal services incluidng public works parks and recreation educa tion services and police kubas commissioned by the tri bune found that 277 per cent responded that the library services were excellent the survey stated 549 per cent said services were good 11 percent felt the library was fair and 14 per cent found it to be poor five per cent didnt respond king vows to continue fight against metro waste tracy kibble staff reporter york wont drop its fight to keep metro waste out of the region if chairman eldred king gets his way the region has already spent more than 80000 in lawyers fees to challenge the provinces interim waste authority iwa environmental lawyer ian blue how expects the price to drastically jump due in part to the iwas unexpected slow response to the matter council will vote next week on whether to increase blues budget or end the case entirely i would trust that council would hot drop the matter im sure we have a substantial case king said yorks legal battle was launched last summer on grounds the iwa a crown corporation owned by environment minister ruth grier was ignor ing waste management options like rail haul and incineration the iwa will release its short list of sites this month from a long list of 54 selections made from six communities across the region the iwa is expected to select a 600acre site next spring to be shared by york and metro toronto j but the region has vowed not to sit idly by while 40 million tonnes of city trash are dumped on its doorstep for the next two decades york will not be the sole importer of metro toronto waste king told the tribune last week he added councillors would be short sighted to expect a lawsuit of this magnitude to run smoothly and without clinches when deal ing with the twa we have a heck of a case here and you cant know how complicated it can get no one can know king said you dont take a case like this and apply mon etary limits he added blue told reporters several months ago that if york chose to take the iwa all the way to the supreme court of canada it could cost taxpay ers about 35 milhon it just may take that king vowed council homes would end hixotirig petition local officials last week ignored staff recommenda tions and will look at sever- ance plans that could see homes built on the oak ridges moraine despite a planning report urging officials to turn down the request council will allow walter and use bose to sever five acres from their 12acre vandorfrd property the boses plans were also enthusiastically supported by neighbors who submitted a 32name petition urging offi- rials to support the request residents said allowing homes to be built on the lot would put an end to unwant ed hunters and unsafe gun fire heidi hochgesechuz said hunters misconstrue thearea as public property a lot of people from the city come to our area thinking this is wild land and not realizing its private property shesaid her and her neigh bors dont object to a few more homes in the otherwise desp- latearea the land would be better taken care of and would make the area more attractive hochgesechuz said and jim mcmullen said the prospects of the lot becoming residential properties would end a slew of illegal dumping on the lot the more visible houses the better mcmullen said there was one objection to the plan submitted by bruce huntley who stressed concern the severance could trigger requests from nearby landowners additional homes in the area would inherently p detract from the estate resi dential quality of properties that presently exist a letter from huntleys agent states town staff said the plan rep resented poor planning and warned the severance approval and zoning change could encourage similar applications on neighboring properties which would con- tribute to the existing strip development in the area and along vandorf road planning staff is more con cerned with the cumulative effect of a number of sever- ances than any single sever ance the report states despite staff concerns coun cil will allow the zoning bylaw amendment due in part to the approval from both the lake simcoe region conservation authority and the york region public health depart ment mp atfewell seeks second term progressive conservatives were expected to nominate markham stouffville mp bill attewell as their pc candidate in the next feder al election last night pcs along with guest speaker stanley hartt for mer chief of staff to prime minister brian mulroney met last night at the markham theatre to nomi nate attewell to his second term attewell who has served the markham whitchurch- stouffville riding since 1988 has been a member of attewell parliament since 1984 and is known for his leadership in human rights issues and his involvement in the many law and order con cerns facing canadians today marjorie 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