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10 stouffville suntribune thursday march 9 2006 health of musselmans lake concerns residents safety of ninth line an issue as well by hannelore volpe staff writer musselmans lake is slowly choking on weeds fish are being threatened and youngsters can no longer swim in the lake after seeing the lake dete riorate for several years local residents kathi gray and steve rivard went to the whitchurchstouffville envi ronmental advisory com mittee for help the situation is getting worse and worse she said in past years several resi dents would rake weeds out of the lake but fewer are coming out to do the yearly chore the huge piles of weeds that were raked out seemed to grow bigger each year their neighbour neil aird agrees i have been living here for 20 years and its not get ting any better mr aird said kids cant swim because of the weeds a major part of problem is because the community is on septic tanks rather than a municipal sewage system runoff from septic systems contributes to weed growth after ms gray and mr rivard told their story to the environmental advisory committee committee members decided to ask the lake simcoe region conser- vatiori authority to focus on musselmans lake council lor susanne hilton noted she is one of three coun cillors on the 12rriember committee the safety of drivers trav elling on the ninth line as it weaves around musselmans lake is another major con cern of area residents we have seen several cars slip down and hit a its natural to feel this good lose your weight for 1 a day limited time offer based on full program excludes mandatory product louise lost 22 pounds and 30 inches oneonone support allnatural products grocery store food 9056426906 6162 main street s wwwherhalmadirca 0smm ght loss nutrition tree ms gray said the trees are the only rea son the cars didnt slide into the lake people driving the wind ing narrow road often speed endangering them selves and pedestrians people are walking along the sides of the road ms hilton said it does not strike me as a very safe situ ation for pedestrians and drivers york region has so far only installed a few barriers on the lake side of the road ms hilton said adding the project has yet to be com pleted the committee will alert the region about the unsafe condition of ninth line around the lake in addition to responding to residents concerns the committee is hosting its greenspeak series april 19 with the executive director of the york region environ mental alliance discussing alternatives to residential pesticide use the environmental com mittee is including mussel mans lake as one of its earth day sites april 22 each year we work on expanding our earth day activities in the community committee chairperson vince brewerton said members will also have a booth at the strawberry fes tival and aire hosting a day where people can bring unneeded items to one loca tion for goodwill industries to collect them a local environmental group the friends of mus selmans lake recently com- pleted a survey of area homeowners about their concerns and has also pub lished the musselmans lake homeowners guide for a healthy community the group holds two lit ter cleanup days each year aroundthe community this year the group is conducting a fish study local resident mark carroll said anglers will be asked susanne hilton bring in con servation authority to help fix lake stouffville council member says what kinds and quantities of fish theyre able to catch the intent is to eventual ly work with the environ ment ministry on a tagging study people are walking along the sides of the road it does not strike me as a very safe situation for pedestrians and drivers mayor sue sherban said she wants to hold a meeting shortly to bring all stakehold ers concerned about the health of musselmans lake together they would include mus selmans lake residents members of the lake simcoe region conservation author ity friends of musselmans lake the environmental advisory committee and town staff people with environmental con cerns can contact the environmental advisory committee by calling 905- 6401910 ext 707 6425111 durham a 85267 1 1 loose rugs br0adl00m wtfrngr upholstery 3m scotchquard monday night mens ball registration all returning and new players tuesday march 21 700 830 stouffville arena for information call 9056403768