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w s economist sunnhbune police thursday july 272000 aiealhero poice chief honours citizen for tracking wanted convict by lisa queen staff writer gordon thompson had no idea he was pursuing one of canadas most wanted fugitives when he made au- turn and started chasing a man in his getaway car thompson of whitchurch- stouffville was on the way to his ninth line home feb 2 when he saw a suspi- ciousman leave the house of neighbour bernie leawood with several items without a second thought thompson spim his car around and started chasing the suspect the fugitive would turn out to be lee steven chapelle an escaped parolee wanted by the toronto and york region police departments repeat offender program enforcement rope squad chapelle was being hunted on a canadawide warrant he had been serving a 147yearsen- tence for a variety of serious offenses including unlawfutdelivery- of firearms using a firearm during the commission of a crime and escaping lawful custody he was released on day parole in may 1999 and disappeared until thompson helped police track him down thompson admitted he didnt realize he was pursuing a wanted fugitive i thought i was actually chasing some teenagers- who broke into his leawoods house thompson said yesterday afternoon moments after being presented with a civilian com- mendatioh by york regional police my whole intention was to get a license plate number butl couldnt get clqseenough- however thompson said he would made the same decision to follow- the careven if he knew it was someone with a long and violentpast its something i feel strongly about he saicljtye never done anything like that before but i always thought neighbourhood watch was a good idea we dont have one in my neighbour- hood but i guess we do in a way although the car- made several attempts to lose thompson the head caretaker at vaughan- secondary school kept it in sight- if it got pretty hairyat times he said he got pretty close totbqning a school bus i got on my cell phone and called 9 1 1 at that point 7 thompson 3 relayed information about the car and its getaway route to the police dispatcher who alerted patrol cars in the area but thompson eventu- ally lostsight of the car near kennedy and elgin mills roads few minutes later const enoch fung spotted the car- speedingalong elgin mills after a- brief highspeed chase k through a richmond hill residential area the- driver ditched the car ran through some backyards and eventually made his way into a wooded area the emergency response unit ulti mately flushed chapelle out and arrest ed him the car he had been driving contained several stolen items and a loaded 45calibre handgun det wayne warda member of the rope squad said police wouldnt- have- been able to catchchapelle that day without thompsons help staff photorob alary eram left front york region police chief robert v middaugh police services board chairperson margaret black arid hero thompson were at yorkregion headquarters yes- terday in back thompsons neighbour bernie leaw6bdret wayne ward and metro police offi cers inspt mike federico and det steven mcateer- congratulatetho- mpsbhv markham main street mm farmers market b saturdays 8 ami to 2 pm come shop socialize be entertained produce fruit dairy preserves organic produce baked goods flowers music artisans and more 1000 am richters herbal chalk 1100 anu margaret thibideau singing opera requests be a part of the community at markham main street north and robinson street 2 lights north of hwy 7 highlights info 9054151540 more farm vendors added weekly 9 s flgk yoljit own farmmrret v g bake shop pick your own 6c keadv picked green yellow beans green peas new potatoes blueberries available at farm market try one of 35 vaiieties of fruit grape and ice wines fronioiir estate winery featured dessert wine this week l framboisier nqiwea 93fm93p wtownof ffl wffltcffljrchstouffville country close to the city notice of public meeting proposed zoning bylaw amendment commercialindustrial offstreet parking requirements file no zba200q01 1 of meeting takenotice that the council of the town of whitchurchstouffville will hold a public meeting on tuesday august 22 2000 at 700 pm in the council chambers municipal offices 4th floor 37 sandford drive stouffville ontario to consider an application for a proposed zoningbylaw amendment pursuant to section 34 of the planning act subject property the proposed amendment applies to all lands within the town as the proposed amendmentrepresents a general amendment to zoningbylaw no 727 and genera zoning bylawn6 8734 there is no key plan attached to this notice explanatory note the town in evaluating several recent commercial and industrial proposals has observed situations where potential offstreet parking shortfalls may- exist in response to these concerns a literature search was conducted and other municipalities within the region of york were contacted to evaluate offstreet parking standards in other jurisdictions it would appear evident from this analysis that the town standards for the provisionof offstreet parking in both zoning bylaw no 727 andgeneral zoning bylawno 8734 is deficient in several commercialindustrial categories and specifically as it relates to restaurant retail automotive and office type uses accordingly a recommended ratio for the provision of offstreet parking for the identified commercial or industrial categories has been prepared 1 the recommended parking ratios are available to the public at the development services departmehtfor review related application none s representation any person mayattend the public meeting andmake written or oral representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed zoning bylaw amendment if you are unable to attend written submissionswill be received up to the time of the meeting appeal if a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the council of the town of whitchurchstouffville in respect of the proposed zoning bylaw does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions tothe town of whitchurchstouffville before the proposed zoning bylaw is adopted the ontario municipal board may dismiss all or partof the appeal information additional information relating to the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is available to the public for inspection at the development services department municipal offices 4th floor 37sandiford drive stouffville during regular business hours if you have any questions please contact the development services department dated at the town of whitchurchstouffville this 26th day of july2000 michele kennedy clerk mm exclusively of 99o000o000000099o000o000000o0000000o0000000000000000o0009999jrvlimwtjb v bm fef 0090 m wm ffllb 905 7809999 1 1 262 yonge st 8 lights north of major mackenzie in richmond hill j t is t i t i i k 4 f t sr f i t