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stouffville saturday nov 112006 h serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 44 pages1 including gst lest we forget remembrance day service today at 11 am stouffville legion cenotaph opinion 6 arts 19 sports 21 classified 24 lemonville residents up to here with pit noise flooding upsets tree nursery owners by hannelore volpe staff writer adrian and silvana de boer have been listening to the unmelodious sound of gravel truck tailgates banging for the past two years theyve watched part of their land flood periodically due mr de boer says to the overly high elevation of the fill in the gravel pit next door the pit is located near mccowan road south of bloomington road and is owned by the bloomington land company the family moved to the area about five years ago their beef is with the town about two years ago pit own ers received permission from the town to fill the unused pit with about 35000 loads of clean fill imagine 35000 gun blasts going off next door mr de boer said and you will have some idea of the noise that we have had to put up with over the last two years as each dump truck slams their tailgates they and other residents believe asphalt and other materi al was being deposited in the pit and that the town wasnt responding to their concerns at one point a 500pound chunk of asphalt was found among the fill but the town offi cial looked the other way and stated that asphalt was allow- see 300 page 14 your turn comes monday staff photobill roberts pam evans casts her vote with son riley 7 by her side in advance polls at whitchurch- stouffville municipal offices last week turnout at the polls was heavier than in the 2003 election election day is monday with voting from 10 am to 8 pm for more voter infor mation go to townofwscomschoolelection for more on the candidates see inside comments on national news irk downtown merchants by hannelore volpe staff writer some merchants in stouffvilles downtown core are upset with the vvay their businesses have been portrayed on national tv theyre reacting to comments by whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce president and ceo helene johnson in an interview with tom clarke of ctv news regarding the opening of a wal- mart supercentre on hwy 48 this week several local business owners visited and emailed the stouffville suntribune wednesday about the comments in newsclips mrs johnson said many stores are open just five days a week that theyre not open in the evening and that stouffville was living in the 1960s were not stuck in the 60s and were not open five days stouffvillle business improvement area manager ruth leblanc said were getting some upscale stores here it could have been a huge commercial to tell people to come up to our little stouffville it was a wonderful opportunity the news segments which were aired at both 6 pm and 11 pm tuesday and wednesday at noon also indicated that only two people showed up a seminar organized by the chamber to help local businesses com pete against big box stores such as walmart in fact mrs johnson said the seminar was cancelled because only two people registered while mrs johnson admits that she did see stores page 7 27 heritage rd harkham 28030 beachcomber motiilu i 888 turbdcfiafdecl intercooled hijiijtti engine mi kjo-yxyokx- markham vj mazda 5396 highway 7 markham 9052941210 wwwmarkhamrhazdaca tvattii and country 6400888