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st tribune may 1 1991 p3 study says growth controls will protect water oneandahalf acre lots should be minimum- size for future ballantrae andmusselman lake development tracy kibble staff reporter development in musselman lake and ballantrae should be controlled in order to protect floundering water quality and grossly sub standard septics residents were told last week in order to keep septic systems a safe distance from water supplies special regard needs to be taken when looking at development and homes should not be built on less than oneandahalf acres of land said norbert woems of the towns consultant firm gartner lee that means five people a lot would be suitable for long term protection for the groundwater woerns said he didnt however elaborate on commercial and industrial develop ment standards which need a dif fered density scale he said more than 100 residents from both hamlets crowded the bal lantrae community centre last tuesday night to hear gartner lee explain its recently completed set tlement capability study the study was performed to eval uate the land and to determine the scale and type of development that can safely be accommodated based on private services without danger of long term damage to the ground water supply said woems woerns told the audience with the help of slides that soils septic systems water supplies and devel opment density were looked at to complete the study musselman lake and ballantrae located on the crest of the oak ridges moraine may be consid ered by the town for a secondary plan or amendment to its original plan using this study as a guideline woems said talking first of ballantrae woerns said only one well did not meet the water quality objectives set by provincial standards he said alternatives to winter road salt use especially along aurora sideroad should be considered but added ballantrae fares better than mussel- mans lake here density is higher that bal lantrae and there should be a greater concern for groundwater quality woems added woerns noted there is some local contamination at the north end of the lake which has been three local women win fashion contest three stouffville women enjoyed the pampering of their lives yesterday at the toronto star fashion photo studio anne mclean 39 a sales representative for stouffvilles remax real estatecompany her daughter melissa tanti 15 a student at stouffville district secondary school and annes mother joan mclean 69 won the toronto stars mothers day makeover contest in the fashion section of the daily newspaper each local lady is celebrating a birthday this year and their winning rea sons for why they need a makeover caught the judges eyes recently anne to turn 40 in december her mother joan to turn 70 is august and her daughter melissa sweet 16 in december are all looking at our ages asa stepping stone weve allreached a milestone in our lives anne told- the tribune monday i dont want to look the same as i do now for the next 40 years and i really have always looked the same i meet people that have changed their appearance and they look fantastic aiihe said the winning trio met at the toronto star office yesterday morning at 9 am where each headed off to three different hair salons they then came back to the star for a complete makeup session and wardrobe consulta tion the three then went out on the town fordinner to celebrate their new refreshing looks anne said their pictures will be published in the may 9 edition of the toronto stars fashion section husband says russian stripper makes stouffville new home russian stripper diane pes- sofchinskaia has decided to make whitchurchstouffville her new home it isteported this veek pessotchinskaia 18 one of 12 soviet women claiming she was lured to canada with promises of modelling careers then made to strip for a living was aired on a cur rent affair last week to tell her r0b story carbone estranged husband rob car- bone of markham told the press last week that his wife is now liv ing with a motorcycle gang mem ber in stouffville carbone 23 told metroland reporters earlier that pessotchin skaia first table danced for him in march and moved into the car- bone home in february to escape arrest by immigration officials the two were married at the markham civic centre april 4 but carbone said the rela tionship soured immediately the couple split four days jater when the stripper began dancing at a diane barrie bar he pessotchinskaia to tribune reporter julie caspersen now he said the woman is try ing to scam canadian citizenship a new jersey man is now claiming pessotchinskaia is his longlost daughter whom he hasnt seen since she was four years old mvw jm wm tim pegged as having high nitrate iev- r nitrates are a byproduct of sewage affluent that is dissolved in shallow groundwater ingesting too high a nitrate content could seri ously affect babies up to six weeks old with a disease known as blue baby an interference in oxygen supply at the northern end of the lake woerns said the acquifer is exposed to the surface of the ground making it sensitive to con tamination we recommend controls around musselman lake if there is to be further development with particu lar attention paid to minimizing runoff woerns added he pointed out however that septic systems did not seem to be affecting musselman lake the evening was an information session so residents could better understand what the study accom plished council who were present for the discussion will consider the report at an upcoming meeting quite a quilt photosjoerd witteveen a quilt begun as a moneymaking project in an accounting class at stouffville district sec ondary school turned into a welcomehome gift to the troops from the persian gulf and was brought to a military base in trenton this weekend from left are accounting teacher gay eastwood students maura kirby nicole lockie and sdss principal alan dickson welfare system heeds review mayor whitchurchstouffyille mayor fran sainsbury said the provincial welfare system should definitely be reviewed she told officials last week that york region which pays 20 per cent of wel fare costs excluding administration costs will be urging municipalities to send resolutions to their local mps and mpps mayor sainsbury added some of the more than 5000 york residents cur rently on welfare could be abusing the system in light of staff shortages to check up on caseloads some people are laughing all the way to the bank not all people dont get me wrong but some are abusing the system she said holding the bag the town of whitchurchstouffville is left holding the bag for nearly 20000 for taxes it cannot collect there are 12 companies listed as uncollectables which falls under sec tion 495 of the municipal act most of the commercial businesses have either gone bankrupt out of busi ness or cannot be located according to the files local officials stressed concern some business people may be setting up office in neighboring municipalities without paying overdue bills to whitchurchstouffville treasury staff will look into means of collecting the taxes by way of an agreement with other municipalities to prevent a repeat offence roll em a movie theatre could become a reality in whitchurchstouffville by the end of the year- if council approves an official planamendment on sandi- ford drive next month b bowers and associates have pro posed a shopping centre zoning at hwy 47 and saridiford drive to con struct commercial building including a movie theatre council has asked that the proponent build identification signage for all con dominium owners within the industrial park as part of a site plan agreement stretching it ward 4 councillor wayne emmer son a member of the whitchurch- stouffville hydro commission has informed local officials the commis sion is looking at restructuring its ser vice capability emmerson said the commission serves only the ubran areas from betz pools to the west he said although the commission is designed to serve urban areas a subdi vision west of betz on main street is serviced by ontario hydro the commission is working at phas ing in urban areas outside its service boundaries emmerson added adoptahighway ward 2 councillor stephen bellerby told officials last week he will bring up the issue of highway cleanup atthe next waste management committee meeting of which he is now a member bellerby cited a program used in texas where service clubs such as boy scouts and girl guides adopt a section of highway to clean up this environmentally helpful pro gram would be a good idea for clean ing up whitchurchstouffville roads bellerby said s trees pilot project a report from the local trees advi sory committee suggesting the min istry of natural resources develop a pilot project to design and implement a tree and woodland improvement pro gram was endorsed and approved by council last week the committee will wait for a min istry response touring stouffville council has approved the bias idea of 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