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rnt n i whfturcfrstauffviite putmmtmx thursday july 142005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pagessi including gst 8 getting wild about hanyagaiiifo mystery shrouds pottersreturh opinion 6 calendar 17 classified 1 23 tft impact by roy green staff writer its not just the heat its the humidity and the heat and a major lack of rain and a sur feit of smoggy sooty air the summer of 2005 has already set gta recordsfor high temperatures bad air days and according to envi ronment canada a serious lack of rainfall only three millimetres of rain has fallen oh the gtasince june 14 dave phillips of environment canada said monday this is a big deal and were getting nothing but sun all this week visityorkregioncom and tell us how you beat the heat by tuesday york region had expe rienced nine smog advisories and a total of 32 bad air days much of it attributable to the hot dry weather according to the regions senior health inspector kevin haley the more heat we get the more air pollution there is he said theres a direct corelation between hot weath er arid air pollution bad air days are particularly tough on those with health problems ems supervisor ed coleclough said these conditions make it much worse for anyone with heart or lung diseases they more than anyone 1 should limit their exposure to heat he said the region has been under a water advisory since june and this week a ban on outdoor water use was issued in kleinburg the ban could spread to other areas an official said see stay page 13 bed and breakfasts proposed by residents staff photomike barrett cooling down erica alexander 12 of stouffville stays cool by splashing down the slide of the stouffville pool in memorial park tuesday temperatures are expected to remain over 30 c for the next week to be studied by consultant by hannelore volpe staff writer news of a new initiative to lift downtown stouffville out of its dol- drums has alreadyprompted nine fes idehts to approach the town to ask about creating bed and breakfast busi nesses in the area the towngenerated initiative stouffville preparation of a strategic plan of action was overwhelmingly endorsed by whitchurchstouffville council tuesday night consultants will seek information from young people downtown prop erty owners and other members of the public ads are to be placed in the suntribune and the towns website at townofwscom for applicants the town will approach stouffville district secondary school for youth represent tatives to help make sure things start to come together quickly council pushed ahead the date for a consult ant to be selected to aug 9 the cost for the consultant is expected to be less than 20000 previous unsuccessful attempts to make stouffviilesmain street a livelier destinatiqnwere all initiated by indi- vidual interest groups they tried to create a vision for main street form a tourism committee launch a theatre in stouffvilles heritage municipal building and suggested upgrading the streets appearance with new facades on storefronts this time the town is behind the initiative mayor sue sherban said she wants to ensure the initiative involves diverse groups with different interests see main page 16 jt m waesemm jbarthau f j a m- v r- v v iv i