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the stouffville sun tuesday feb 25 2003 page 3 ows year s getting out john marshall clears the snow from his drive way on obrien avenue in stouffville on monday afternoon sjoerdwitteveen photo by hannelore volpe and jennifer anderson stouffville sun the biggest snowstorm to hit whitchurchstouffville and much of southern ontario last weekend kept firefight ers and emergency services personnel hopping and the towns snow plows on the roads all night long the storm began saturday afternoon in the municipality dumping up to 30 centimeters of snow mixed with rain and freezing rain by the time the blizzard died down early sunday after noon a number of residents were left with crumpled car fenders aching muscles from shovelling or snowblowing and giant snowdrifts in their driveways that just refused to go away there were no reports of weatherrelated deaths in whitchurchstouffville three people in markham newmarket and toronto died as a result of shovelling snow the towns snow clearing equipment was out in full force throughout whitchurch- stouffville trying to keep ahead of the drifts created by high winds on the weekend three of the large snow- plows had to be towed into braces auto service yester day morning for repairs after being on the road throughout the storm a lot of cars wouldnt start after blowing snow accumulat ed underneath their hoods the snow goes where it shouldnt be said bruce gilbert owner of braces auto service blowing drifting snow and poor visibility led to at least one accident on bloomington road between ninth line and hwy 48 damage was minor with no serious injuries said tim beckett t whitchurch- stouffvilles deputy fire chief windy conditions- meant the road had to be closed twice yesterday afternoon arid evening of the 1 0 incidents to which fire fighters and emergency services personnel were called six were weatherrelated traffic mishaps no deaths or serious illiiigii there were not too many fender benders because a lot of people are driving more cautiously marg mclennan teds towing liliill injuries were reported in stouffville paramedics responded to a car accident on main street west of ninth line on sunday night but no one was seriously injured atree falling on a- house in downtown stouffville during the storm caused the power to short out said fire chief bill brown there were ho significant power- outages to report because of the storm said alan manchee spokesperson for hydro one there- was also no notice able change in power consump tion during the weekend although power usage over this winter is up from -last- year because of colder tempera tures ted mclennan of teds towing which is headquar tered in ballantrae found himself without sleep for almost the whole weekend as the calls kept coming i was the dispatcher he was the tower explained marg mclennan who is bet ter known as mrs ted most of the calls were to winch cars out of snowdrifts or boost dead batteries there were not too many fender benders noted mrs mclennan because a lot of people are driving more cau tiously theres more sf jsmart fjookljnti wfe stern bonnie stern is back with more heartsmart recipes theyre nutritious and delicious available at your local heart and stroke foundation office m heart and stroke foundation of ontario this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune help us support disabled kids please give generously 1-800- 6686252 jr a playoffs tonight vs lliil paster society helping kids with physical disabilities and their families this message brought to you as a community ser vice of the economist sun newmarket hurricanes 2nd round home games game 4 tonight tuesday feb 25 830 game 6 saturday march 1 830 pm if necessary spirit leads best of seven series 21 stouffville arena thanks for rockin the rink spirit fans coxy theatres of uxbridce call 852roxy 7699 for shows times wwwrnxvthcntpvscom new to your community be sure to call mlcomefpr wagon sbjce1930 disnne 6403521 karen 6401657 our hostess will bring gifts and greetings along with helpful community information i would like to thank all the stouffville residents who had their hair cut coloured permed or styled for their support in trying a new hair stylist in town spread the word please keep coming back wwwedwardjonescom mikemonettecfp fma membercipp- m 34civicaveunitl01 tlgi edward jones sendng individual investors