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economist sunjtribune w3itchurchistouffvllle thursday feb 282002 wants town bylisamehak and joan ransberry staff writer the first step towards whitchurchstouffville becoming a pesticidefree community was taken at tuesdays council meeting after a pitch by environ mental activist brenda lobraico council agreed to support the environmental advisory committees plan to help bring in a bylaw that would restrict the cosmetic use of pesticides on private property by november 2003 the town stopped using pesticides on municipal land last year an apparent increase in cancer and asthma is the driving force behind the committees move mrs lobraico spokesper son for a subcommittee of the environmental advisory committee- made an emo tional pitch to council asking to gradually rid whitchurch- stouffville of pesticides including weed killers and insecticides as a committee we can certainly initiate phase one which is educating the com munity on the effects of pes ticides on health and the environment mrs lo braico said and promote safe alternatives for lawn and garden care ontario communities such as markham owen sound and even toronto have already taken action against pesticides she point ed out adding quebec has 45 pesticidefree communities some pesticides are linked to eye arid skin irrita- tion nausea dizziness headaches diarrhea blurred vision fever and weakness council heard many chemicals in pesti cides have been linked to nonhodgkins lymphoma prostate cancer reproductive problems and birth defects mrs lobraico added ward 2 councillor mark carroll backed the initiative he wants town staff to give the committee guidance seniors bus service continues to new a p by hannelore volpe staff writer the bus service that has been a shopping lifeline for stouffviile seniors for more than a year will- continue when the new a p grocery store on main street near sandale road makes it debut friday when the 40000-square- fopt facility opens more sen iors may start taking advan tage of the service noted dave darling an a p man ager thats because a p will no longer be within walking distance of at least one sen iors residence parkview village the bus operated by williamsons special care transit picks up seniors from the eastern gate retirement community testa villa parkview village and several points along main street every monday and thursday morning people have about an hour to shop before the ride home when the seniors are finished we come back said joe williamson who has run the ap route since november 2000 anywhere from three to 12 people flag down the bus each time the local ap began the free service after the iga in mid- town stouffville closed the service isnt exclusive ly for seniors mr williamson said anyone who wants to go shopping can ride the bus information on the serv- ice is available at the ap and locations such as the eastern gate retirement comm unity which is home to about 200 people with an average age of 70 the service is appreciated said office administrator cathy hope because an estimated 25 to 30 percent of residents cant or dont drive joe and jane williamson have been running special care transit for the past four years but have about 20 years experience in the busi- ness this is their only shop ping service at present they usually transport groups from nursing homes seniors centres and other locations throughout york region and the greater toronto area anyone who would like to catch the shopping bus can call mr williamson at 1-888- 6468441 when dealing with the issue while mayor wayne emriierson supported the principle of a pesticidefree town he suggested the mis sion should include the municipal provincial and federal governments former stouffville coun cillor jim sanders said the town doesnt need to wait for other levels of government we have a federal royal commission on health lets start at the local level he said lets do things now to prevent people from getting sick iwikiiuiim wwwcobtoliw his rrge brought to yat as 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