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whrtchurchstonftville public stouffville sunjnbune saturday july 192003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst bbest of the barters stouffville woman tops regional rib contest opinion 6 total home 9 sports 12 classified 15 dog used twice in crimes police say german shepherd killed during robbery attempt by patrick mangion staff writer it wasnt the first time a dog shot dead by police thursday was used as a weapon to commit a crime this time however a 55-year- old stouftville mans fullgrown muscular dog took a police bullet and died at the scene three months ago york regional police charged clifford allen bass with assault with a weapon after a german shep- l herd was ordered to attack a bouncer at markhams friction strip club a man escorted out by staff from the anderson avenue club april 26 returned the following day with a dog who lunged at a bouncer narrowly missing the 30yearold victim thursday a york police officer fired several shots killing the dog after it lunged at him outside the cibc branch in the drivethrough lane at the corner of davis drive and harry walker parkway shortly before 1230 pm a man entered the bank demanded cash and threatened to sic the german shepherd on a teller if she didnt comply police said several customers and employees were in the bank at the time but no one was injured see exumpire page 7 marathon of sliding staff photosjoerd witteveen lifeguards from top leanne cushing 22 jessica aprile 16 katie metauro 17 and shannon smyth 16 prepare for a 24hour slideathon to raise funds for canadian lifesaving society drowning prevention programs next saturday at stoufivilles outdoor pool the public is invited to participate and sponsor a lifeguard for the event which starts at 10 am water users under watch golf courses farms businesses investigated by authority by mike abler staff writer as many as 41 property owners may be drawing water illegally from branches of the rouge river in markham and whitchurch- stouffville according to an official at the toronto and region conservation authority studies aire under way to learn how much water york region really has both in rivers and underground but no one really knows how much is being diverted to golf courses farms and other commercial uses large users those who take more than 50000 litres a day need a permit from ontarios environment ministry but ministry records are considered to be limited in quality and completeness according to the region which hired consultants to check them the authority is doing factchecking of its own this summer the ministry currently permits nine large users of water on the rouge river the author ity however believes as many as 41 others may be drawing water from branches of the river in markham and whitchurchstouffville though their permits have expired there is a real need to go out and talk to these people said don haley water resources engineer for the trca which plans to do the same on the don and humber once base flow measurements for those rivers are complete its up to the individual landowner or company to realize their watertaking see water page 7 hot tubs 27 heritage rd markham 8030 muiii its a winwimwin situsnotl year after year maido protegi end prolegis win award after aword and naw the new ajac award winning ma20aspeed protege has added even more to the legacy experience the youthful exhilaration of the protegi family and learn what we mean by zoomioom 8est setlinu import the mazda credit canada platinum record winner for 2002 compact ur m eulbid gushljb markhai markham ifvfvia 5396 highway 7 marki town and i realty ltd 6400888