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stouffville thursday oct 1 4 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pagessi including gst environmentalist wants creeks to have their own names opinion 6 calendar 18 sports 22 classified 24 new chief in town whitchurchstouflvilles new junior fire chief matthew dunlop 9 drops the puck in ceremonial faceoff to commemorate fire safety week last thursday before the stoufiville spirit jr a hockey game at the stouffvillearena looking on are fire chief tim beckett mascots sparky of the fire department and spike of the spirit along with captains michael lombardo of the spirit and mitch dillon of thomhill for more on matthew see page 21 the spirit won the game 30 see sports on page 22 for more of hurricane hazel by fred simpson correspondent it was 50 years ago bill perry waved good bye to his grandmother for the last time the date was oct 15 1954 a short time later she and her nephew had become two of the 81 victims of hurricane hazel it had been raining heavily all day recalls mr perry now of richmond hill but they decided to drive to shelburne anyway to visit her brother who owned a funeral home there mr perry a resident of willowdale at the time was supposed to go with them but the weather conditions had worsened to the extent his parents decided to keep him home it was a decision that probably saved his life they were also concerned about my grandmother and her nephew who was driv ing deciding to make the trip he said minutes later on hwy 7 near islington avenue in woodbridge her nephew attempt ed to cross a humber river bridge that had been washed out in the torrential downpour they both drowned it was about a year later they found my grandmothers purse in a farmers field he said the purse and its contents were still intact spawned in the caribbean sea hurricane hazel savaged the greater toronto area one day and night leaving an indelible memory in its wake of death and devastation its long and furious trek up the eastern seaboard of the united states saw its high winds and lashing rain ending up in lake ontario and then heading to toronto and points north yet another grim episode saw a woodbridge couple their sevenyearold see hurricane page 10 three residents charged in 3m marijuana haul drug bust to organized crime opp by joan ransberry staff writer a 3million drug bust in the lindsay area involving residents from whitchurchstouffville and keswick is linked to organized crime police say three people from whitchurch- stouffville and three from keswick were among those charged in the coboconk area last week opp drug enforcement unit offi cers executed several warrants on four coboconk farms seizing mari juana and 200000 in vehicles nineteen people were arrested facing drugrelated charges are a 49yearold man and a 38yearpid man from stpuffvihe and a 48-year- old man from musselmans lake those charged from keswick are a 58yearold woman a 65yearold man and a 25yearpld man the arrests were the result of a monthlong investigation which was running 247 by the last week opp staff sgt rick barnum said its a perfect example of local organized crime sgt barnum said we had officers working round the clock and help from crime stoppers and informants as well the marijuana was in various stages of production from plants to buds when it was seized along with items used to process the drugs policesaid also found in the raid were scales a rifle and a 30foot trailer the vehicles included a luxury denali sports utility vehicle and a rusty older pickup truck see marijuana page 8 w 1 ii 0 master jewellers warthau hfewellers j