The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

stouffville suntribune thursday aug 26 2004 3 stouffville says by hannelore volpe should canada put more into its olympic athletes and sports programs asked at the stouffville ap tuesday morning corinne berrill we may have adopted a beaten before we start attitude because we are overwhelmed by the u s media which is definitely slanted georgia tzekou athletes usually compete for pride their coun try and their parents but having more money might help them to be belter prepared michael cleverdon definitely for coaching and so the athletes dont have to have jobs on the side and have more opportunity to train bob webb definitely in other countries athletes can put 100 per cent of their effort into their sport because they dont have to earn money too staff photosjoerd witteveen quarter century of work edwin lawes takes a look at some of the art exhibited during the past 25 years at latcham gallery in downtown stoufrville in the foreground is meditation throne by ron baird from 1985 mr lawes looks at newsflash a knitted woolen blanket from 1995 with news headlines the show opened friday and continues until sept 26 for more information call 9056408954 trucks scare lemonville residents by hannelore volpe staff writer speeding trucks on mccowan road the racket of slamming tailgates resounding through the neighbourhood and the possibility of question able fill materials going into a defunct gravel pit have prompt ed lemonville residents to turn to the town for help theyre worried about the safety of 11 children in the neighbourhood many of whom ride bicycles on the road several residents some of them seniors take daily walks and ride bicycles as well almost 40 residents at a neighbourhood watch meeting put their concerns in a petition delivered to mayor sue sherban last week under an agreement between whitchurch-stouf- fville and bloomington land company trucks bringing fill to the companys former gravel pit arent supposed to use mccowan road the road is too narrow and not built for heavy truck traffic resident marion wells said with speeds sometimes exceeding 100 kmh the safety of resi dents is at risk she added lemonville is a hamlet resident dave probert said and the vision years ago was cer tainly not to have this heavy heavy truck traffic residents have noticed a decrease in trucks since the neighbourhood watch meet ing there has also been increased police presence on mccowan and kennedy roads and warden avenue theyre worried about the safety of 1 1 children in the neighbourhood many of whom ride bicycles on the road the pit operator is required to control the routes of his trucks and is instructing truck ers to stay off mccowan said tom parry the towns director of development services they are supposed to use bloomington road and hwy 48 when coming to and from the pit in that area although rumours have been flying around the hamlet that mccowan road is to be widened in 2005 that is definite ly not the case said daniel kostopoulos project manager for york regions transportation and works department no new capital projects have been planned for mccowan south of bloomington under the regions 10year construction program dave chapman who bought bloomington land company from james sabiston is being proactive in working with the town to meet all requirements mayor sue sherban said a system of recording licence plate numbers of trucks coming into the pit has been instituted to make tracking loads easier and town staff are keeping a close eye on whats being brought onto the site we want to work with the owner to make sure all the appropriate checks and balances are put in place mrs sherban said photographs by residents which have been delivered to the mayor show materials such as insulation metal pipes con crete and wood were deposited at the pit those pictures con firm there are some materials that should not have been brought in mr parry said while company inspectors are responsible for checking loads and pulling disallowed materials the town is making five or six spot checks each week mr parry said to ensure the fill agreement is being upheld filling began at the pit in july mr chapman was not avail able for comment briefly rider 36th at olympics belinda trussell was part of the canadian dressage team that placed ninth overall in the team competition last weekend at the 2004 olympic games in athens greece riding royan ii the 32yearold whitchurchstouffville resident earned a score of 6600 per cent to place 36th overall in her olympic debut i am pleased because we had a clean test i wanted higher marks but i can be happy with those i have been given my horse had very good changes was rhythmic in the extend ed trot and the serpantine he came short in the canter walk i would have liked him to go a touch more for ward she said its my first olympic competition i love every minute of it i would describe it as a world feeling this competition is extremely different from those i have contested in the past pyjamas in fashion downtown tonight tonights the night to wear your pyjamas on stouffvilles main street midnight madness returns to stouffville from 7 to 10 pm merchants in the downtown area are holding a giant sidewalk sale and offering a variety of specials roving pyjama spotters will hand out prizes for those brave enough to wear their night time attire in public during the stouffville business improvement area event the york durham academy for the performing arts and other arts groups are performing in front of the clock tower andwannabe idols can perfect their karaoke singing at the lions gazebo giles chevrolet oldsmobile ltd will have a display of new vehicles and the atc corral will bring several fourwheelers to main street quoteworthy the municipality has not even given 1 to this project joanna reesormcdowell director of parkview home talking to town councillors tuesday see story on page 1 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 905 6402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville mjhm v health wellness vv3 hortieffle wkit1e shopping- free makeovers fashion shows business career presented by september 25 2 premiere ballroom convention centre richmond hill 5 wwwwomensshowca for information please call 1 88821 1 7288 x224