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1 1 l -f- t risun7 s by joan ransberry staff writer stouffvilles jeanne major wants to be mayor of vvhitchufchstoiifiville 1he obrien avenue resident filed her papers wednesday kicking off a mayoralty campaign its a grassroots campaign said major it involves residents who for one reason or anoth er have grown disenchanted with the previous administration twotime incumbent mayor wayne emmerson is spending the weekend contemplating his politi- calfuture while emmerson has announced that he is seeking a third mayoralty term during the nov 13 municipal election and filed the appropriate papers signaling the intent to run he and all other candidates have until oct 13 to make a final deci sion s major comes to the political arena with some community involvement shes on the executive of- residents information group rig a citizens group formed to oppose the poollibrary complex site as well major is a member of the latcham gallery she participated in developing the stouffville secondary plan and is a founding mem ber of the whitchurchstouffville residents association major and her husband robert freeman moved to stouffville 12 years ago one year before their daughter mylene was born a graduate of the university of montreal major was a marketing advertising professional with a national corpora- tion before choosing to stay home and focus on family and enjoy community involvement amalgamation is a very realpossibilityi major stressed we should come to thetable in a posi tion of strength the people of whitchufch- stouffville should be part of determining the towns- future we cant ignore it any longer said major we have to ensure that our interests are looked after whitchurstbiiffyille is blessed with quality community atmosphere distinctiveheritage areas and a natural environment that are worth preserv ing and enhancing said major recognizing that development will take place in whitchurchstouffville the mayoralty candidate is prepared to tell voters that strong effective plan ning regulations must be in place to protect the communitys assets these protections will heed to be established before the big pipe is in place major said jeanne major mayoral candi date fought against poollibrary complex location whitchurchstouffville soccer club the whitchurchstouffville soccer club would like to thank our many sponsors for their support during the 2000 season with their help we were ableto provide soccer to over 1000 players in the whitchurchstouffville area- 410 auto amarettos restaurant v anderson associates anderson secretarial administrative personal anderson contracting solutions auto centre i t bnk of montreal- bouwmeisterlridscapins burrowsilahdscapins brirfiad tire auto canadian tire carsen group olympus case dismissed century 21 leading edge realty bill george connect jelecom v cook canada david timewell construction deer park child xare pr sheldon lazier eagle fenejns v wairgatehomesw x- gtasavingscredit union granddn insurance c haiyeysservtngswisschalet 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systems thanksalso to npvopfjarmjpr the use of their property cable tech and cook canada for the use of their parkins faci i ities i v special thanks to the managers coaches convenors for volunteering their time this season for the benefit of our players we 166k forward to seeing you again next season 4 iti- rx ik- j from page 1 the town has received four separate applications each requesting an exemp tion to the towns new fill con trol bylaw allowing more dump trucks to travel past residences to reach the gravel pits and a kennedy road polo field earlier this year a tough bylaw governing the 16 gravel pits in whitchurchstouffville was passed making it neces sary for pit owners to apply for permits to dump fill pit owners helped draft the bylaw pitway holdings owner dalton hicks pointed out as well hicks told the audience he only handles clean fill pitway has maintained the access to the roadway- to t regional standards of safety hicks said as well hicks stressed he responded to the road dust problem by buying a machine to wash the road the residents biggest worry is linked to the drink ing water- we are very concerned about contaminated materi- af getting into these pits what impact would it have on our well water said alan clark as well residents com plained speeding trucks excessive noise arid dust and mud are all linked to the grav- el pits james christie of durham road 30 told council the fill has the potential to be a nightmare in the future christie suggested local council show leadership by putting the residents first fill will eventually huit the ground water as well as affect adjacent kettle jakes resi dents suggested karen chubbuck of kennedy road said shes especially worried about changes in the flow of the water we must stop filling in without knowing the conse- quences chubbuck said 1 pitway has recently com pleted a portion of the warden avenue clean fill operation returning an abandoned pit to original grade for rural use it is pitways belief that the placing of clean fill will not harm the natural envi- ronment or water well said hicks while the new bylaw is designed to ensure that the fill does not contaminate the environment and that it con- forrhs with existing environ mental laws residents are not convinced still hicks continues to outline his position these new controls are to be applied to all townwide clean fill projects of greater than 100 trucks hicks said owners are now required to enter into a comprehensive fill agreement and post a sub- stantial nocontaminatipn security bond with the town and undertake ground water monitoring and hydrogeo- logical impact assessment prior to approval in the defunct pits residents took an interest in the state of local gravel pits last summer after provincial government authorities charged a local pit owner with dumping construction debris in a defunct gravel pit the gravel pit owner was found guilty rv pleaserecycle this paper vtilifttfmrm