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The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. 2005 addressed this issue. but clearly. the shops of old Stoufiville have failed to comply in the past 10 years. included in festival Re: Swim! boasts plen- ty no be pmud of room for improvement, column by Jim ThomasJuly IO. Mr. Thomas' column included the statement “The Music Festival and the Lions barbecue should be considered an integral part of the festival program". I would agree and sug~ gest inclusion of a third event. the Strawberry Festi- val Lawn Bowling Touma~ ment. Unfortunately. in the past few years the festival committee has excluded the tournament from the agen- da of activities. This year marked the 25th time the Lawn Bowling Club â€" celebrating its 120th anniversary this year â€" has hosted a special tournament in order to be a participant in the Strawberry Festival The event supports the Lions barbecue. 1WD after- noon games. then the bar- becue and a third game played in the evening. This tournament attracts more spectators than any other during the bowling season. Players from 10 clubs took part in the tour nament thisyear. I hope in the future the festival committee will rec- PUBLISHER Ian Proudfoot 6mm MANAGER Iohn Willem: Unfortunately. The Sun- 'Ii'ibune's article on the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville's use of the herbicide Fiesta only shims the surface of the negative aspects of this par- ticular herbicide. This is what happens when one only looks at the MSD sheet and company's website - both questionable sources of "objective" data. Re: Ibwn shifiinggears on wad control. July 10. A simple search on the Internet shows a startlingly different story about not only the efficacy of the product. but raises plenty of questions about its safety have it outfor dandelions If they insist on covering us all in yet another chemical... Somebody at the town must really leaving them only 10 years left to become compliant, 7 ] Would think a simple fix would be the installation of ramps leading up to the door- The Town of Wllitchurch-Qouff‘dlle and these shops need to get on with this. Sumfi-Tribune- The Town of Whitchurch~ Stouffville ahd these shops need to get on with this. 6290 Main St. sum. ON. I.“ 167 mMn.oorn most Second. it is not overly effective on most weeds. requiring multiple applica- tions â€" although the "safe" use calls for a maximum of two applications. Some users have reported the need for six to eight applica- tions to see any impact. With our broadening understanding of the role that neonicitinoids has had in contributing to colony collapse disorder of bees - and the threat that poses to our food production ~ one would think we would be wise enough to discontinue the spraying of chemicals over wide swaths of our environment. (This doesn't even touch on all the other chemicals we have created and poi- soned our planet with.) Somebody at the town must really have it out for dandelions if they insist on covering us all in yet anoth- er chemical whase impact may not show itself immo- diater STEVE BULL WHITCHl ’R(.‘H-STY )1 ’FFVII I r RON CARTER STOUFFVILLE