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stouffville suntribune thursday july 10 2003 3 stouffville says by hhnrieldre volpe what do you think of rising car insurance rates what can be done bw oifiwilvwa t donjaynes my rates have taken a bit of a rise it is a free enterprise country but the government should look at the situation because the insurance industry doesnt seem ready to regulate itself edith bacon j feel it is getting put of hand my family is com plaining i have a daughter out west who is expe- riendng the same thing with the car insurance rates someone should damp down on rates maria morra they keep raising the rates all the timeeven though we dont really travel very much i am a safe driver and never even had an accident or a ticket villepappas we have been with one company for many years and the rates went crazy in the last yeafr we thought the introduction of nofault insurance would keep rates steadybut it didnt staff photomike barrett taping trees sandra carvello videotapes the scene as contractors load a backhoe on to a trailer after their work to dear trees on a lot near preston lake was halted for at least one day by local moraine activists man stops contractors from work on turning circle bymikeadler staff writer a preston lake man forced town contractors to retreat tuesday morning when he twice stood in front of their heavy equipment on a local road peter carvellos victory may be shortlived however the resident of the 50home community along the lakes north shore is trying to keep the town from building a school bus turning circle on the communitys private road an investment mr carvello believes will even tually lead to subdivision development in the area private road in an interview he accused the town of trying to make the road public to facilitate development and of trying to create a fight in the community mr carvello said he wants to canvass his neigh bours about the turning cir cle until aug 12 and- offered if most do want the work to be done to pay the town any cost resulting rent dropoff point said nick kristoffy town admin istrator the town has expressed an interest in buying the road which is privately owned though all communi ty residents have the right to use it for 1 he said nick kristoffy bus turning area will save walk to woodbine avenue for preston lake students from this delay i dont want the taxpay ers of whitchurch- stouffville to pay for this he said the place for buses to turn about 300 metres from the former cottage commu nity at woodbine avenue and bloomington road will save its children a further 12km walk or drive to the roads busy intersection with woodbine their cur- i dont want the taxpayers of whitchurch- stouffville to pay for this mr carvello estimated two dozen trees would be cut to form the circle but mr kristoffy said the nurn- ber was much less and added they were poplar or other scrub trees the provinces oak ridges moraine conservation plan perma nently protects all land around preston lake from development although the plan will be reviewed in nine years briefly cash awards for bestdressed at festival three whitchurchstouffville families went home from the 19th annual strawberry festival last week wealthier than when they arrived they were judged best dressed in a contest sponsored by the stouffville lions club and the stouffville suntribune all final ists dressed in a canada day or strawberry theme s jayne beckett and her made in canada baby won first prize and 100 the dekker family and its canadian covered wagon won sec- pnd prize of 75 the tiekdyed pizzale family won 50 and third prize judges included suntribune editor jjinvmason columnist jim thomas arid jennifer mason 10 library has programs for youths seniors the whitchurchstouffville public library cant be accused of not catering to all age groups registration is on for childrens summer programs including summer chess camp art and crafts camp french storytime kids in the kitchen creative preschoolers and discovering science for more information on pro grams contact the library at 905- 6427323 people 55 and older who are unable to come to the library can have books delivered to their homes through the chats books to go program staff and volun teers of chats arrange to bring library materials to the clients home call chats at 18774524287 for more information quoteworthy ive always had fun learning carolyn tubb whose 952 per cent average was best of all gradu ates at sdss see story on page 1 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 905 6402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville mar i i criias festival menu introducing unionville house restaurant mmm 0ms mgnih beginning friday july 1 lth and running for the month iof july vaudesdy thmfr s sorry no couponed capture thfidttytc of unionville 1 87 j main st unionville for reservations please call 905 4774866 wwwunionvillehousecom