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thursday july 13 197 the tribune p tie 11 mussetwrnan s imke reroute truck traffic from south lake road bv mark niblett glendale i talked to stu patrick last week stu is a happy man these days its not easy to tell unless youre used to him he still tends to growl at people and utter imprecations about incompetence and a change in recreation with a change in seasons mussulmans lake has become a yearround recreation resort in the summer and early fall its boating and swimming in the winter and early spring its suowmobiling the photo left was taken in july from a location on the east lake road the picture right was taken in january quite a contrast jim thomas half cottages occupied all year round by mark niblett muss lake gordon brush is taking a close look at the entire musselmans lake area mr brush is prin cipal planner for york regions area ser vices branch he was asked to make a study of the area and report back to whitchurch stouffville planning committee the report will not be ready for awhile yet but it is slowly beginning to take shape one of the things which takes a long time in this type of study said mr brush is obtaining comments from other agencies in this particular case the planning department has in volved the regional engineering depart ment the medical officer of health and ontarios ministry of the environment through the south lake simcoe con servation authority each of these has been asked to comment on their plans for the lake any areas of concern and so on the entire lakeshore and some of the surrounding area is presently zoned transitional this is a type of holding action implemented to allow a study to be made the area services branch itself has conducted an oc cupancy survey of the area and other agencies are running their own surveys one to provide in formation for the health welfare dept is to be un derway during july a branch of the ministry of the en vironment responded to the effect that the present zoning seems to pose no threat to biologically important areas they ex pressed interest in protecting a small pond west of the lake and promised a study of the area will be conducted this sum mer mr brush revealed that the occupancy study shows roughly 50 percent of the cottages are being occupied on a yearround basis that isnt a firm figure he stated there are a lot of reasons for yearround occupancy economic factors come into it the old idea of a summer cottage seems to be dying out another report from the ministry of the environment re vealed that water test samples were taken from the lake in may and august the quality of the water was termed ex cellent the report however urged control of future development to protect the environment thats not con clusive mr brush pointed out there could still be problems with drainage and other factors the area services branchs overall report said the planner will be of the informative type solutions and further directions will have to come from the planning committee he stated the major question he said is to decide the status of the present residences whether they will be regularized or remain nonconforming uses another important consideration es pecially for future development pro posals will be the question of public access to the lakefront the branch will be making some recommendations on these and other matters so if residents of musselmans lake venality in high places nevertheless hes been considerably more cheerful lately the trucks are gone gravel trucks thundering along the south lake road used to be the curse of stus existence his customers at the glendale pavilion were surrounded by dust and noise the very sight of a truck used to draw in credible oaths from stu but not any more today at each end of the south lake road is a sign banning heavy trucks this is backed up by a bylaw passed by whitchurch stouffville council and approved at higher levels barring local deliveries the road is now truckless ah its beautiful here now stu told me those things accident victims improve muss lake eighteen year old sandra hamilton musselmans lake is recovering in scarboro centenary hospital from injuries received in a serious car truck accident june 23 she and a com panion jane work 20 of stouffville were passengers in a south bound auto driven by manfred libertus 19 of rr2 claremont their vehicle was hit broadside by an eastbound gravel truck the condition of both girls is reported as satisfactory mr libertus has been released and is now convalescing at home no fishing stouffville two wouldbe fishermen could face charges under the petty trespass act the intended poachers were chased from a trout pond at consolidated sand and gravel co north of lincolnville find someone standing on the doorstep with a list of questions try to help him hes trying to help you were ruining us wed have had to lock up the store if it had gone on much longer stu gives full credit to council for taking the step to ban trucks i congratulate the councillors they deserve a lot of credit he said they put in a lot of hard work on this stu himself worked as hard as anybody he recounts with a certain satisfaction how he hounded of ficials at the municipal regional and provincial levels to have the bylaw put into effect i spent 27 bucks in longdistance phone calls he told me he obviously feels the money was well- spent people are walking on the road pushing baby carriages now he points out thats the main change at glendale no trucks for the rest stu is carrying on pretty much as usual the main building is being repainted and the whole place is in top condition the fishing is great this year said stu one lady came in with a 20pound pike and some american caught a 6 bass fishing dancing picnics and most importantpeace and quiet thats what glendale offers these days of course theres an old saying that one mans meat is another mans poison unable to use the south lake road many trucks are going up the 9th line around the east end of the lake ralph trentadue owner of shalimar and vern davies owner of cedar beach are not exactly overjoyed but since the 9th is now a regional road there is nothing whitchurch stouffville council can do about it the contrast is sharp driving back along the south lake road i passed a couple strolling and several youngsters on bikes going down the 9th i clocked a gravel truck at 65 in a 35 zone stu patrick sitting in his little ticket of fice hears a truck roaring and banging its way down the 9th listen to that he growls but somehow the growl doesnt carry as much conviction as it did a year ago brightens lake scene pretty girls and summer resorts go hand in hand so it is at musselmans lake fourteen year old fiona waite enjoys swimming badminton tennis and water skiing fiona is the daughter of mr and mrs richard waite orchard park boulevard stouffville shal imar in the beach business shalimar the new owner of shalimar ralph trentadue is an energetic man mr trentadue purchased the business last sep tember and has made extensive renovations since it was pretty filthy inside he remem bers he and his wife assisted by four of their sons worked on cleanup and rebuilding most of the winter a r visitors welcome with the coming of cottage and trailer residents to the resort centre of 1 musselmans lake each summer the x population town of whitchurch stouffville suddenly increases by i more than 2000 through the tribune the municipality extends a warm welcome for many the area is by no means t new to these people we say welcome x back for others its a firsttime visit to you we say come back again while the lake district is indeed a community unto itself stouffville too we feel has much to offer we hope in the holiday weeks ahead youll spend some time with us visit our park shop in our stores worship in our churches t we in stouffville like stouffville i we want you to like stouffville too churchill to ten year old michael palmer rr3 stouffville a paint brush is a magic wand it produces magic pictures the talent was revealed about three years ago when michaels teacher found him doodling in class on several oc casions but his doodles werent ordinary circles and squares they represented objects his parents mr and mrs william palmer cone 9 whitchurch stouffville decided to give their son more freedom of artistic expression they contacted mrs marg collins sherwood forest drive and she readily agreed to assist that was two years ago when he brought home his first two paintings we couldnt believe it said mrs palmer we felt sure his teacher was doing them but no it was all michaels work from beginning to end michaels en thusiastic about his hobby while all his paintings to date have been with oils he hopes soon to expand into water colors michael comes by his talent honestly his father is also an ac complished artist but never did anything on a professional basis he is an employee with north york hydro the young grade 5 student has some wonderful work to show for his efforts one painting a mountain scene was meant as a gift but his mother liked it so well she couldnt give it away it holds a prominent place on the familys living room wall another a vase of flowers is so realistic one is tempted to pick them out of the frame several pieces were recently placed on display at the whit church stouffville public library one of his best was presented to ballantrac prin cipal harry hunt at a farewell gathering last month new set of tables and seats new windows and other changes are evidence of their work this is mr tren- tadues first venture in business born in bari italy he and his wife came to canada 14 years ago until last summer he had never heard of musselmans lake he chanced across shalimar more or less by accident while the company he worked for johns mansfield was on strike you have to try to do things he says id never done any carpentry but v built these new seats ive never built a boat but im working on one now there is more work yet to be done on the building mr tren tadue feels nd he is hopeful about finishing it shortly well have to wait and see how the business works out he said so far most of his trade has come from local cottagers with an increasing number of campers making purchases the troublesome issue of powerboats has caused little worry to mr trentadue i havent seen too many boats around this year he ob served he has increased the price for boat laun- chings from fifty cents to a dollar this is in addition to a charge of 150 per car for parking the price includes use of the beach and a number of picnic tables near the water one issue mr trentadue feels strongly about is the gravel truck traffic a lot of trucks go past they start early in the morning he said all of them travel too fast noise and dust are the results of this traffic he said i spent 1200 to put in new windows now i have to keep them closed all the time he said despite this problem mr tren tadue feels optimistic that the new business venture will be a success if hard work is any yardstick it certainly deserves to be seventyfive horses roam and pay ten year old michael palmer a grade 5 student at bantrae school is a talented artist one of his latest paintings shown here occupies a prominent place in the family room michael is the son of mr and mrs iving win palmer stouffville rrx jim thomas muss lake eighteen years of experience have taught jim coultice how to handle horses 75 horses mr coultice is owner of wagon wheel ranch on the east side of musselmans lake the site covers about 200acrcs with miles of trails the 75 horses are cared for by a per manent staff of four the ranch can offer in addition to horse rentals such special events as hay and sleigh ride parties according to mr coultice business hours extend from 10 am to dusk business was good this past weekend mr coultice said but added that cold and rain has slowed things down generally this summer