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whitchurchstmiffville public mm thursday july 32003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst idling volijimarify b y joan ransberry staff writer whitchurch stoufrvule mas joined ae war against smog jrecognizing mat icllihg vehicles iweafe smog arid poor air quality vvliitchurchstouffville council recently adopted a volunteer idling- bylaw applying to all riiiinicipal facilities arid operators of rhuriici- pal vehicles v places such asstouffviue arena- and the lebovic leisure centre have been designated idlefree zones triirtyrfwo signs are beirig- erected to remind iriotdristsofthe newbylaw cvv council agreed with staff to jmllsoduce line i bylaw on a voluntary basis because whitchureh- stpufrdlle does riot have enough sitrieriiforce it v ibhbwmgthe lead ofschoolsf including ballantrae pubiichool the town has launched a idlefree mripa desigriecl to eriraurage motorists to turn their engines off vidiehjiariced v -i-7- two weeks ago students at ballantrae public handed put nothirig nbwherev brochures to me parents who drop meirchildren fffbrmoimrig classes the parents were reminded unnecessary idling harms the enyi- fpnmerit the town is asking all schools in vywtchurchstoufwille tpjpiritheutnpajgn v are a sigriificarit cpritributor to poor air quality tchm turn affects health keith aunders vvwtchufchstpuffvilles chief bylaw enforcement officer said 1 motorists are being asked to redupe warmup idling and turn their engines off after being parked for10 seconds motorists are also encouraged to riiinimize the use of remote car starters as these devices encourage thefdriver to start the vehicles before he or she is ready to leave wruch means wasteful idling as well the use of block heaters in winter is being recommended biretnice fiveyearold carolina freixa is all smiles with her strawberry face painting at the 19th annual whitdiurdistouffville strawberry festival in downtown stouffvillethe festival ended tuesday night with canada day festivities in memorial park for more pho tos see pages 3 18 and 25 bill roberts photo stoufrvhie district secondary jj honours top student athletes letters 6 calendar v 14 vvucc1 ii classified 28 fight back president says by roger varley staffwriter the brothers of the blade is an mtirnidating name for an organi zation espec peris tri beabiker club vstbuf smith the president of the blades- acknowledges the memr friers are bikers butiriaste no 6neneedfearthebadesdespite what some police sayj 7 vvee bikersaridproud of the r factbut were not outlaw bikers mr arrowsririth said jast friday weve been motorcycles r our lives he said his group wmchpnly warits to ride vhariey davidspri motorcycles arid raise money for disabled people has jlinfjuriy been lumped together by police with known outlaw clubs such as the hells angels and mie butiaws that hurts the blades furidralsing efforts rfe arrowsmith said dbribrs read this stuff arid raise their eyebrows he said blades is confusing on tuesday detsgt dave ground iof the yorkregipnal police intelligence unit said the blades are riot bemg targeted by police they are not a oriepeff cent gang said detsgt ground when outlaw biker- gangs emerged after the second world war the ariiericari mbtprcycle assbciatiori cpmrnerited at the time only one per cent of motor- cycle riders were criminals pr troublemakers v they are not a rnajor concern to us they are not a group that is being focused oh last year however following a see bike page 8 rv ma the little dealership with a big 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan frsstu to keep your car running at top performance all summer change your oil every 5000 kms or every three months lube oil filter special includes 20 point inspection plus taxes