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wwtehurcfistouffviite pubffe ubratf thursdayjune 122003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pagessi including gst 7 stoufinlle man with cerebral palsy bucks odds to earn university degree letters 6 op ox is j calendar 22 classified 24 baby geese poachers stoppedat reservoir by joan ransberry staff writer four adults pretending to be fishing were nabbed stealing baby geese at the reservoir in toufrville last week iliiy had it not been for a concerned citizen the goslings could have faced a very questionable future at the hands of the poachers cindy elder of whitchurch stdyffvilles leisure services department reported just after 6 aim wednesday a motorist on ms way to work spotted two men and two women standing on the waters edge at the millard street park concerned the citizen stopped his vehicle approached the four middleaged people to ask what they were doing they told him they were fishing said ms elder goslings popped our the motorist noticed motion from a white bucket all of a sud den a number of baby goslings popped up said ms elderthey were sticldhg their little heads out of the bucket alarmed at- what he had dis covered me citizen ordered the anglers to release the goslings he assumed the goslings were let go thefour got into a vehicle and left said ms elder this is a very serious incident said ms eider because itthreatens wildlife the incident has been reported to the toronto region conservation authority and the ministry of the environment the ministry has people in authority who can deal with this said ms elder this is poaching meanwhile residents of whitchurchstouffville are being asked to keep an eye out for sirri- see pond page 10 rodeo circuit lukas kubbihga 7 rides around the cones on his way to earning a certificate for completing the bike rodeo at the stouffville arena saturday the stouffville community polidng centre hosted the third annual event biu roberts photo fighting westnile coun opposes new spray program by lisa queen and joan ransberry xl staff writers the war against the west nile virus is underway in whitchurch- stouffville hot spots for the potentially deadly virus have been identified a catchbasin cleaning project is being carried out now while a larviciding project designed to kill west nileinfected mosquito larvae takes place whit churchstouffville from june 18 to 27 v wic meanwhile a municipal mos quito larvae monitoring program is in place said kelly batt man ager of facilities and parks for the town v york regions health depart ment has pinpointed mosquito danger spots along 19th avenue on the markhamwhitchurch- stouffville border and on davis drive between warden avenue and mccowan road laryicide pellets are being placed in catch basins of storm drains within a twokilometre zone where positive human bird and mosquito cases were identi fied last year and this year catch basins where laryicide has been applied will be marked with a mosquito symbol the project does not however have the blessings of everyone ward 1 councillor steve phakes fears larviciding will do more harm than good larviciding will be done in my ward but i dont support it said mr pliakes when we larvi- cide we spread a chemical it would be better if we encouraged people to use common sense see 1000 page5 sp o h v ft o l st o l o sm o b i l e the little dealership with a big p 5336 highway 7 just eaotof mccowan 2941 440 toll free 18008922209 www no rthpol htec hevol d s com