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stouffville suntribune thursday feb 24 2005 3 stouffville says by hannelore volpe what improvements would you like to see in stouffvilles parks asked at sobeys ruth volk i would like to see an outdoor theatre sim ilar to the one in aurora it would give local musicians especially young people a place to perform throughout the summer jim cowan in memorial park everything should be in walking distance for children and young families bethesda park could have the ball diamonds and lawn bowling greens mike pendergrass i like what is in memorial park now although a wading pool would be nice it could be used by the little kids to play hockey in the winter bob herbert a curling rink the obvious benefit would be less travelling a growing community like this could support such a facility spartans must win today at home stouffville district secondary schools alex bruno right and taylor dinner of aurora cardinal carter fight for the puck during senior boys hockey playoffs at bond lake arena cardinal carter won the first game in the two- game series 21 the spartans must win todays game at stouffville arena at 2 pm for more information see story on page 22 staff phototom barnett town set to silence trains byjoanransberry staff writer a move is on to silence the whistle at three stouffville rail crossings whitchurchstoufffville council is expected to pass an antiwhistling bylaw tuesday designed to silence go trains at the crossings on millard street bethesda road and the tenth line tenth line resident lisa hume is keeping a watchful eye on the issue armed with the signatures of her neigh bours mrs hume plans to present whitchurch-stouf- fville council with a formal request calling on go transit to quiet its whistle on morn ing and evening trains at the three crossings the mechanical arms the bells and the lights are all used at the crossings mrs hume said why do we have to have the whistle the trains are parked at the layover station on bethesda road near mrs humes home during the night the town has received a flood of calls as soon as the whistles started people started to call we hear the train whistle at 6 630 and 7 am she said it wakes up the whole family it scares the babies the whis tle blows three times in the evening as well it is disturb ing and it is unnecessary the train whistle has been blowing since go transits lay over station opened feb 14 deputy mayor susanne hilton will be backing the call for an antiwhistling bylaw ive supported this from the beginning mrs hilton said the town has received a flood of calls people have expressed their concerns as soon as the whistles started people started to call paul whitehouse the towns public works director said safety issues have been addressed by go transit at the three crossings paving the way for the whistle to be silenced the train whistle will con tinue at main street mr whitehouse said there were too many safety issues at the main street crossing to turn the whistle off briefly mccowan road reservoir will serve markham the large cranes that tower over the southeast corner of mccowan and stouffville roads mark the spot where a large underground water reservoir is under construction it is to be connected to the markham water system with a watermain that will eventually reach to an existing water reservoir site on mccowan road south of the markham fairgrounds the new reservoir is to provide extra storage capacity for markham tom parry whitchurch- stouffvilles director of develop ment services said the height of the land at mccowan and stouffville roads makes it an ideal location for the water reservoir which works on a gravity system feeding the area as demand increases the reservoir and water system are anticipated to be in operation by the end of the year mr parry said markham draws its water from lake ontario through the toronto water system maple syrup festival begins next month the annual maple syrup festival at bruces mill conservation area will run from march 5 to april 3 the event includes demonstra tions wagon rides and of course pancakes and maple syrup bruces mill is open wednesday from 930 amu to 430 pm and on weekends from 9 am to 5 pm cost is 7 for adults and 5 for students and sen iors parking is 250 a vehicle bruces mill is located on the south side of stouffville road east of warden avenue for more infor mation call 4166676299 quoteworthy it was hitlers fault gladys back parkview village resident tells cbc- tv show how she met her husband see story on page 12 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 905 6402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville wwwwsscinfo email adminwsscinfo for 2005 outdoor season for children born 2000 and earlier saturday february 26 at the stouffville arena on ninth line 10am to 2pm late registration will be available for any divisions with openings sponsors referees and coaches are needed plus mens and womens leagues for players aged 18 to 55