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1 i p saturday june 112005 b serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 48 pagessi including gst f greenthumb optional sj when planting your garden state of transit 3 opinion 6 sports 21 classified 27 vandalism fights mar elvisfest weekend yinsolen rude teens l anger mayor bia byhannelorevolpe staffwriter a spate of vandalism during the past month and following last weekends elvisfest has whitchurchstouffville mayor sue sherban vowing to fight back she is exhorting parents to keep a closer eye on their teenagers and know where they are when they go out the mayor is also appealing to 1 young people to contact her office with suggestions for com- munity activities to keep youth busy l- two teenagers were fighting r with knives during elvisfest in memorial park ruth leblanc manager of the sponsoring stbuffville business improvement area said other fights broke out when large groups of teenagers gathered i have never seen such alack of respect of authority in my life they were insolent and rude she said york region police have a summer initiative to create safe streets and nice neighourhoods insp robertson rouse said there has been less vandalism in stbuffville over the past two months than in the same time last year he said additional undercover and uniformed officers stationed in whitchurchstouffville have tar geted closing times for bars on day at the races see police page 24 staff photosbill roberts children head for the finish line in the sack race during the digital embrace hands and feet run at bruces mill conservation area last saturday in support of habitat for humanity in york region participants inset photo in the five and 10 kilometre runs head out oh the course iiii j r environmentalists say 19th avenue project violates moraineprotection law by roy green staffwriter york regions plan to expand the big pipe sewer connection in richmond hill will rip a hole through the oak ridges moraine conservation act an environmen tal group claims the regions preferred route for the 31 million interceptor sewer goes through vulnerable aquifers and the headwaters of major rivers and streams according to josh matlow of eartliroots a green space preservation group of all the routes the region con sidered this one is the worst mr matlow said its a very sensitive aquifer and im willing to bet if they allow the sewer pipe it wont be long before the whole area is paved the region is behind schedule in its efforts to double capacity of the york durham sewage system until last fall it had proposed a sewer across 19th avenue and south- on leslie street to stop the southward flowpf sewage from backing up and bursting the pipe under yorige street but with 80 per cent of the detailed design work completed environment minister leona dombrowsky imposed v new restrictions including a condition the region review alternate routes arid construction methods regional staff will be making a recommeridation on the preferred optionwednesday but it isnt likely they will abandqnthe 19th avenue route see sewer page 13 1 i 1 i 1 t i r i hot tubs 27 heritage rd iiarkha1i 8030 i beachcomber honda 8220 kennedy rd markham wwwmarkhamhondatciom spring performance package hoixrra genuine i for peak performance this summer dont open your hood to strangers bring your vehicle home to honda for a comprehensive multipoint inspection plus a genuine honda oil and filter change bring it home to honda 1 ili lk for mosl llomli inuikk taxes n included provincial cmirnnnknhil fees il inv excluded 5buri f hr 1 si km aijaa