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ifjstux weekends saiuwafmiftiwto mnr offers help to volunteer groups what would you do if you had 1 million at your disposal theres a lot of things you could do with that type of money no doubt with 1 million at their disposal the ministry of natural resources is doing something by helping local volunteer out door concerns this past week the ministrys aurora district office announced an allocation of 109800 to 35 local projects through its community fisheries involvement program and the community wildlife involvement programs among the beneficiaries of this ministry funding was the lit tle rouge river restoration project bom last june the little rouge river restoration project is a communitybased project focused on improving the health of the little rouge river watershed the ministry allocated 1500 for a dam remediation project on the little rouge river in markham and 4600 for a pond and stream rehabilitation project at the christian blind mission site in stouffville the dam remediation project on the little rouge river locat ed between the 18th and 19th sideroads and west of hwy 48 involved the alteration of a barrier to allow migrating fish like rainbow trout in the spring and brown trout and salmon in the fall to utilize an additional 10 kilometres of river to reach potential spawning sites during the project a number of various groups including the metro east steelheaders the rotary club of markham- unionville environment canada and save the rouge volun teered their time beginning work in late march stop logs at the dam site were removed to raise water levels below the barrier a more diago nal gradient was created that now allows fish to negotiate the barrier sue sirrs a little rouge river restoration project spokesperson revealed only some bank stabilization work needs to be carried out the pond and stream rehabilitation project which began last saturday involves the creation of a bypass channel around an town of whbtchurchstouffville notice 1997 taxes v the second instalment of the 1997 interim realty taxes are due on or before may 23 1997 tax payments may be made by mail or in person at the town office and at the following cibc locations stouffville 6311 main street aurora 1 51 95 yonge street newmarket yonge davis drive bank payments are to be made to a cibc teller only during regular business hours payments will not and cannot be accepted through the instant banking machines individual banking fees may apply at present telephone banking is available for cibc customers only after hours tax payments may be made in the night deposit box at the cibc on the market st side of the stouffville branch town office hours monday thru friday 830 am to 430 pm 64019008952423 19 civic ave box 419 stouffville ontario l4a 7z6 ruth armstrong tax collector amct cmtc jj if town of whitchurchst0uffv1lle public notice town of whitchurchstouffville water distribution flushing program the town of whitchurchstouffville public works department will be conducting a watermain flushing program throughout the community of stouffville commencing tuesday may 20th 1997 through to friday may 30th 1 997 this work will be conducted between the hours of 900 am and 330 pm should discolouration of water occur during the time the work is being conducted allow water to run until it clears we ask that water usage be restricted to a minimum during the above mentioned hours if you have any questions or concerns regarding this work please do not hesitate to contact the public works department at 6401900 paul whitehoiise cet director of public works y outdoors mike hayakawa existing pond on the northwest tributary of the little rouge river the property is owned by the christian blind mission and a private resident on stoufrville rd just east of kennedy rd sirrs pointed out the creation of a new river channel would create cooler water temperatures and keep nutrients and sed iments moving in the existing pond sirrs noted the ministrys assistance was timely in the acquisition of acquatic plants that will be placed on the edges of the new stream channel natural resources minister chris hodgson is glad to see that the funds the ministry has at their disposal is being put to good use by various local volunteer groups through the participation of volunteer groups like the ones in aurora district we can ensure this money is spent wisely and the programs meet the needs of the community he said in a news release funding for cfip and cwip projects was increased to 1 million this year the contribution for these initial projects was 584000 anyone interested in learning more about the cfip and cwip projects can contact the ministrys aurora office at 7137400 anyone interested in offering assis tance to the little rouge river restora tion project can call 416 2840257 don valley north lexus toyota athlete of the week dana kinoshita dana kinoshita is having a gym dandy season the 17yearold unionville native competed at the recent provincial 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