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st vv the tribune thursdayjuly 31 1997 p 3 ground water top concern of protesters from page 1 including collins questioned the plan as well as the present opera tion our main concern is the ground water said collins the existing operation leaves a lot to be desired they should clean it up before starting this said collins emmerson has acknowledged that residents of the area are not as worried about the household haz ardous waste depot as they are about the state of the present site immediate neighbors worry that their drinking water is not safe people have spoken about the pos sibility of salt finding its way into residential wells and some have told me that that battery acid from he depot might seep into the ground s aid collins illegal dumping has also been a problem in this area the residents are worried that this waste depot will attract even more illegal dumping emmerson has said emmerson plans to speak to the emmerson appropriate regional staff about the garbage dumping problem if the hazardous waste facility gets the green light waste from both whitchurchstouffville and newmarket will be housed there before a regional facility can be built here the plan must undergo public scrutiny and be approved by whitchurchstouffville council stressed emmerson the issue will be presented to the public and to council on septem ber 9 presently household waste which includes paints pesticides and oil are taken to mobile collec tion units which are set up for a few days once ayear at the whitchurchstouffville recreation complex stationary depots are viewed as not as costly more convenient and safer also theyre overseen by the ministry of the environment last year 927 vehicles dropped off haz ardous waste at the mobile unit in stouffville while 2945 vehicles dropped off hazardous waste at a mobile unit in newmarket not in my backyard helen collins with the signatures on a petition protesting the gathering and storing of toxic waste at this york region site at st john sideroad and woodbine avenue p by sjoerd witteveen community councils coming first tenants barb st john administrator for the local chamber of commerce unpacks boxes at the stouffville train station where the chamber has set up new digs photo by sjoerd witteveen three new community councils will be set up across the riding of oak ridges including one in whitchurchstouffville residents interested in joining the federal council have until august 25 to get their applications in a 10member federal council will be established in whitchurchstouffville markham and richmond hill the brainchild of oak ridges mp bryon wil fert the community councils will be up and running in early october wilfert explained that council mem bers will provide input on issues affecting the riding where the federal government plays a role and will be able to comment on emerging issues to the mp candidates for the councils must be 18 years of age and be prepared to devote two hours at meetings which are held every three months there will be no remuneration for participation on the councils also wilfert stresses that the makeup is nonpartisan applicants are being asked to provide reasons why they would like to take part also infor mation about the applicants will be welcomed for more information call 7095905 go transit promises longer train stouffville will get a longer train in the fall a go transit official has promised standing conditions on trains in stouffville will be improved soon ms wolczyk go transits manag er of marketing and design services reported to local council on tuesday we are planning improvements to address standing conditions on the stouffville corridor trains said wolczyk ridership on the stouffville trains has increased 36 per cent in the past two years said wolczyk one of the stouffville trains has become one of the most crowded on our system as well as developing a plan to operate and store a longer train by early fall on sept 2 go transit will add two morning bus runs from downtown stouffville to torontos union station and two return bus runs in the evening the new bus will leave stouffville at 5 am and at 830 am mean while the stouffvillebound bus will leave union station at 310 pm and again at 840 pm new mp wilfert has full slate planned b editors note this story was inadver tently cut off in tuesdays paper we present it in its entirety with our apologies joan ransberry staff reporter marking sir john as birthday herbal remedies junk mail protecting coop housing meeting with local mayors and finding a secondary home in ottawa while moving mom to stouffville are just a few of the things on bryon wilferts do now list the oak ridges mp vows his plate in ottawa will never be too full for the con stituents in oak ridges an mps role is to listen to try to assist where possible and to be as accessible as one can be said wilfert armed with the philosophy that success hinges on the grass roots approach and that an mp is indeed a servant of the people wilfert has rolled up his sleeves formulat ed an agenda caught the prime ministers attention set up two offices got his moth er settled in stouffville and is finding a home away from home in ottawa at a monday morning press conference attended by the tribune and sister papers the markham economist and sun and the richmond hill liberal the new mp gave an overview of his plans for the new rid ing which takes in all of whitchurch- stouffville richmond hill and the north ern part of markham wilfert will meet individually with whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson markham mayor don cousens and richmond hill mayor bill bell to dis cuss ways to improve the relationship between the federal and municipal govern ments the municipal government is the back bone of a community said wilfert a for mer municipal councillor in richmond hill as well the local mp has joined the greater toronto area gta mayors group a federal voice at this table is need ed when the future of whitchurchstouf fville and markham is being ironed out wilfert suggested a former history teacher wilfert sees a critical need to have canadians know canada wilfert has put the wheels in motion to have sir john a macdonalds birthday cel ebrated canadawide the birthday of this countrys first prime ministers is jan 1 1 a fact too few people know stressed wilfert last week while in the house of com mons prime minister jean chretien com plimented wilfert for his nationbuilding interests as well as holding regular chats with the local media wilfert is setting up a 10- member community council in each of the ridings three communities the coun cils are slated to meet once every three months and aim to give the people of oak ridges a chance to take part in shaping the issues pertaining to the new riding and to canadas future i just got my first application it came from whitchurchstouffville said wil fert at an upcoming aug 15 meeting on housing wilfert will take a strong stand on issues linked to social and cooperative housing in the past few weeks wilfert has dealt with legislation concerning herbal reme dies and with making sure newsletters from the province and from the municipal ities are not linked to canada posts recent junk mail ban wilfert stressed that the federal govern ment is open for business in oak ridges he pointed out that his constituency office is located at 225 east beaver creek suite 231 in richmond hill his special executive assistant is imma trozzolo and his constituency assistant is vivien chan shirley head runs the oak ridges s ottawa office slated to open aug 4 both offices are open monday to friday from 830 am to 430 pm call the local office at 905 7095905