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st tribune may 17 1995 b5 letters facts speak for themselves in poolice pad debate dear editor recently i have been attending all of the council meet ings regarding the communitys requests and needs for a more complete recreational facility in brief i wish to summarize in the hope of educating everyone in this community who deserve to be part of a viable longterm vision indoor pool they took the original extravagant model that is on councils library and they revised this plan with an architect they then presented on enlarged bristol v board for allto see fl very basic pool that meets the olympic canada board requirements thus enablingus to- hold sporting events by theoiympic teams in our town in addition to the basic pool they also added a mom and tot pool three changerooms men women family with shower facilities as well as a couple of squashracquetball courts in addition they still left the original electricalequipment supply rooms they did all of this and have estimated a cost of 19 million they had researched their facts and had found that in previous surveys paid for by the town 58 per cent of whitchurchstouffville expressed a need and desire for a pool they had health and welfare research showing the community benefits to an indoor pool and its link to a healthier lifestyle community they also presented facts from a nationwide study that shows swimming is the number one physical fitness activity shared by the widest range of participants based on age sex abilities and dis abilities as well as therapeutic uses all of this was done at their own financial expense and dedication to the wellbeing of the community as a whole by trying to cover the initial findings of previous and pre sent surveys of our community they are still awaiting direction from council the ice pad committee who have been working on their idea for almost two years presented a 45minute discus sion to council recently they also have a noncadillac model of their ice pad however their figures to erect this structure have now increased to 13 million they have approached all of the service clubs in town and have devel oped a working financial arrangement of profitsharing through fundraising they have a couple of financial com mitments to their venture and they are also waiting coun cils direction but a big but in order for them to put the ice pad in its assigned area they will have to eliminate a couple of our present recreational facilities yes the less than two-year- old basketball court will have to go so also will the sand pit and volleyball area the even bigger but is that the sevenfoot easement line required for a soccer field will have to be made into a twofoot easement in order to erect the ice pad that means that any child playing soccer will now have a solid block wall twofeet from the boundary of the fieldline im sure that this could very well be a major public concern for safety if someone is seriously injured or even worse killed because of a collision with the ice pad wall who will be held responsible and accountable all of this and before we have even reached the cherry on the cake which is that the ice pad people feel that although our present ice pad is still running at a deficit in the first year of operation they should be able to show a profit defying all of mrs marlene mckeewetherals 12 years of experience and financial expertise in the first four years of operation expense sheets well fd like to reiter ate councillor ed lyons skepticism and councillor mar- got marshalls head shaking good luck especially since we still run the ice pad at a deficit even 10 years after it was built i for one hope when council meets this week they really take a good look at our community as a whole when 1300 ice pad users which represents 72 per cent of the 18000 population want an ice pad for 13 million and to do so will have to eliminate basketball volleyball and soccer then 10440 which represents 58 per cent of the 18000 population would prefer an indoor pool for 19 million which will also include two extra squashracquet ball courts and will not infringe on any of the facilities already in place i sincerely feel that the facts the figures speak for themselves lets get a community spirit and a real vision that will help those who live here and pay for these ventures as ken may said an indoor pool and a more complete and versatile recreational facility is the best way to keep property values up and keep our com munity a real entity of its own i for one do not want to become a community known as north markham k riberdy stoufrville trailer hitches free oil change with purchase v low prices v professionally installed f3z7s stouffville 138 sandiford dr unit 2 9056420646 markham 535549 ont ltd 6080 hwy 7 9052949476 regional forest clean up netted lots of debris dear editor on april 29 more than 50 dedi cated people participated in the sixth annual greenupcleanup project in and around the york region forests between davis dr aurora side rd mccowan and hwy 48 we were pleased to note that there was a little less garbage than previous years however we did fill a large container with the usual cans bottles paper house hold garbage tires building mate rials and furniture l munt forest coordinator m henry and m jort from the region and k reese from the ministry of natural resources donated their time and used the frontend loader and dump truck supplied by the region to remove building materi als and other heavy debris so far we have been concentrat ing on the above area but would like to extend this project to other forest tracts in york region if anyone is interested in joining us next year please call me at 473- 3045 i would like to thank the mem bers of the ontario trail riders association north east whitchurchstouffville ratepay ers association friends neighbors and everybody who helped for their efforts in cleaning our pre cious forests christel von richter coordinator ontario tvail riders association united way of york 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