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the best choice is here ken prentice ownermanager 18 ringwood dr stouffville 6429507 rn vol 109 no 41 tuesday july 22 1997 20 pages 50cgstinci signy lawson qjmoney concepts 6424540 water hookup the law in mussel mans lake joan ransberry staff reporter in a few days residents of musselmans lake and ballantrae will receive a legal notice concerning the new communal water system under the ministry of municipal affairs manda tory connection bylaw the legal notice tells 850 homeowners that they now have nine months to get hooked up to the towns new communal water sys tem under the system hamlet residents can get a twoyear extension and exemptions will be given providing homeowners agree to pay a flat rate equal to 100 per cent of the cost of the water included in the notice is information outlining connection procedures more than 1 00 homeowners are already connect ed those who need it the most seem to come in first said tom parry the towns engineer residents are reminded that water hookup is not an option under the bylaw residents must be con nected parry stressed because it is mandatory the town has the author ity to go onto a property and make a connection then recover the cost or add the cost to the tax bill explained parry on a 50foot lot the average cost to the property owner will be about 1000 this includes a 250 meter and a 30 newaccount fee residents must abandon existing wells many have shown increasing bacterial and nitrate conta mination town officials have reported government officials including parry strongly urge residents to properly abandon their wells to eliminate the contamination and to prevent further deterioration of the groundwater by allowing cont aminates to enter through improperly constructed and poorlymaintained wells please see page 3 rajftdfc grass fire a small grass fire in uxbridge brought out stouffvilles fire depart ment saturday at 1220 pm the fire was reported at the second con cession near the fire tracks in uxbridge according to murray emmer- son stouffvilles deputy fire chief the onealarm fire had his crew on site for just over an hour dousing flames from fall en trees and fence posts near the train tracks it takes a little longer in remote areas because you have to bring the water in he said although the cause is unknown diesel fuel from a passing train may have sparked the blaze according to stouf fvilles fire chief bill brown there were no injuries in the incident legion tax free the royal canadian legion in stouffville will be tax free for at least five more years local council agreed last month taxes are waived because some members of the legion served in the military for her majesty queen elizabeth ii in past wars dangerous driving trial the driver of a car that killed a stouffville man and seri ously injured his wife is set to get under way in a newmarket court today in mid june of 1995 geoffrey lam 22 was charged with two counts including danger ous operation of a vehicle causing death in connection with the death of rocco rea of stouffville his wife caroline rea sustained a serious head injury and spent many months in hospital rocco rea worked at east end esso petro canada ser vice station while caroline grew up in stouffville the twovehicle accident occurred on hwy 7 west of bayview ave o comment p 4 o calendar p 12 o sports p 14 o classified p 17 newsline 6htv2l00v blading in the park stouffvilles richard fronske paints on saw- blades at art in the park 97 held in elgin park last weekend in uxbridge fronske was one of a number of stouffville artists who showed their work in the exhibit and sale a fundriaser for the real peo ple real care campaign at uxbridge cottage hospital the event was sponsored by our sister paper the uxbridge tribune photo by steveomerville l photo by steve50merville police get 10 per cent raise with new deal kathi ffw ripipfim rivilinn pmnlnvpps kathleen griffin staff reporter york regional police have ratified a fouryear contract that by 1999 will mean a 105 per cent salary increase for both uniformed officers and civilian employees that means a firstclass con stable making 51751 now would be making 58879 by august 1999 the contract will cost york region taxpayers about 5 please see page 3 serving canadians for 75 years stoufrfllle ganadiai peatmoss 594508 regularly 499 49 ihe auto monday- friday centre 8jp0ara8wpm 800 am 500 pm retail monday friday saturdaypll store 30arn- 900 pm 830 amv- 600 pm 1000 anfo 500 pfc