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serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst 25 residents head to town pools to beat latesummer heatwave briefly vt 3 calendar 19 sports 26 classified 29 stouffville body rub crackdown underway byjoanransberry staff writer y the wheels are in motiontp control massage parlours in whitchurch- v stouffville while york regional police work- wirjhjtowri staff on the wording of bylaw three women are facing prosti- tution charges after amassage parlour t mstouffviues west end was shut down last thursday police received complaints this- sraninef from merchants neighbour ing sandalwood shiateu in a plaza at main street and ringwood drive in westerid stoufryjlle its the first massage parlour bust in stouffvilles history whitchurchstouffville is the only municipality in york region without a massage pariourbylaw v a 53yearpld toronto woman and- a 3tyearold markham wpman will i appin 14 police are still seeking a third woman wanted in r confection witix the case delgaiist aew graham said pecfr the municipality is trying to put v laws in place to prott residents ftom- illegal body rub parlours we are working with the town to get a bylaw in place said detg6nst graham andrew mcneely whitchurch- stouffvilles director of development services is scheduled to deliver a report to council sept 2 outlining what a municipality can do to regulate massage parlours the vice squad has been working aggressively with trie town and its bylaw enfofcement people to get a bylaw- to cover- these places for whitchurchtstouffville said york see pouce page 8 photomichael borisko mightinite stouffville storm pitcher joshua burkholder takes aim during ontario junior mites softbafl championship in memorial park saturday stouffville won the bronze medals with burkholder pitching a nohitter his family was honoured at the event see pages 26 and 28 for more coverage telephone service lost at fire hall bikdut big test for municipal services hmvjelorevolpe staff writer v l last weeks power blackout was a major test for wwtchurchstouffville 2 and town staff are making surejheyre f ready tf it happens again wim no electricity for more than 25 hours residents were forced to rough it- wi candle powerbarbecuedjcof- l feei meitmg food and rural toilets i with no well water to flush them the power outage which affected large parts of ontario andnbrtheast- ern united states left town staff trying to maintain services to me comrnuni- ty while conserving electricity it was a bit of awakeup callsaid nick 1 loistoffy town treasurer and jcaoc iul the backup systems worked he added the work done at y2k helped us i for this situatioh j the tenip phbrie system at the bauantrae fire j hall was the main glitch during the emergency r mayor wayne emmerson said althbughfsorhe proceclures need to be finetuned the towns emergency measures are adequate he received calls from irate resi dents demandlnghe teumemvy me powerwould be back briand asking why other areas had power- before whitehurchstnuff mr emmersbn praised town staff who worked through friday arid saturday the mayor urged residents to call the municipal office at 9056401900 for information during emergency situations once the blackout hit the towns emergency operations centre at the ballantrae fire station was immedi- see saving page 12 vacuum repairs to all makes models sales service installations 9084794279 4355 hwy 7 unteiivllto beside railway tracks i wmmtimmwmmm on saturdayug239tigman markham dodge chrysler is holding a fundraiser car wash in aid of the breast cancer society a minimum of 500 per wash would be greatly appreciated for this caus ats refreshments will be supplied by markhams village grocer fcj longmans biimhi 1 markham dodge chrysler jeep s2e hwy bast markham 90547 1500 wwwmarkhamdodgacom small tales0marwiamdoiigocom vhjage groctk barthau jewellers fe6312malri stil