11 t mercedes benz repair specialist 172 buuock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 g b tf stouffville weekender 1 he 1 ribune 30zxo77 term cic rsp 1 725 725 3 750 740 5 760 760 gicv- tiniiuniunn0 lire insurance annuities hrp8 tjwpbeparmonyofltcageb iii 4712311 2 a vol 11 no 18 a metroland community newspaper saturday may 6 1995 56 pages 50twwsp council water system gets green light by bruce stapley correspondent if the price is right and a con sensus is reached water will flow into ballantrae and mus- selman lake a resolution passed by council at a special meeting in bal lantrae tuesday night will allow the town to proceed with the tendering process for the pro posed ballantraemusselman lake communal water system the session also saw council pass a second resolution allow ing it to consider objections from residents if the cost of the pro- lutchuirch- sand anentjis jured wayne ienurierson jfrlocafitsounci hass dpaft bony ject is 15 per cent or higher than what has been estimated an original figure of 20 per cent was reduced to 15 per cent at the request of ward 2 councillor ed lyons residents have been told they will pay roughly 769 per foot for individual frontage rates to hook up the communal water system mayor wayne emmerson said that while concerns still remain regarding the costing of the pro ject it was essential to at least begin the process that would determine the true price tag the system would bring clean water to residents of ballantrae and musselman lake emmerson said that because a provincial government grant is being counted on to pay 67 per cent of the project everything must be done to maintain eligi bility for that funding con- struction costs could go sty high or they could come in under what has been estimated but we only have until march 31 1996 to begin construction or we lose the grant said emmerson we have to get going to get the costs emmerson said it would likely take from one and a half to two years until the taps are finally turned on he said it would be november of this year before the tendering process would deter mine the cost of the project but that he would inquire from town staff whether the process can be quickened objecting to the resolution was ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley and ward 6 councillor mark kostandoff bradley said she voted against the motion because she is opposed to the project being undertaken as a local improvement requiring area residents to pay towards please see page 3 fashionable sarolah hendrlckson had the look of a professional model as she and other sdss students from the entrepreneurship program put on a fashion show this week see page 14 for more more arrests in phone scam case by joan ransberry staff reporter more arrests have been made in connection with a countrywide telephone scam which included vic tims from stouffville and uxbridge a police detec tive reported wednesday detective sergeant barry elliott of the ontario provincial police said investigators with project phonebusters have now arrested a total of seven quebec residents of those two were charged by the police earli er this week two uxbidge seniors and a stouffville woman are keeping a close eye on the cases the local residents sent con artists between 500 and 1000 after being con vinced over the telephone that they were contest winners and the prizes were cars the car pitch and cash pitch are also used where victims would send money up front to cover taxes and other charges associated to these prizes said elliott victims statements including those collected from the uxbridge and stouffville residents will be used in the court cases its estimated that 5000 canadians have lost about 5 million elliott report ed more than half of the cases took place in ontario the accused are sched uled to appear in a toron to court on june 1 ager 6288 main street downtown stouffville across from iga 6423381 your spring summer headquarters for mothers day in the markham stouffville uxbridge area for