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stouffville suntribune thursday aug 21 2003 3 stouffville says by hannelorevolpe where were you during blackout 2003 georgina sleeth jt was cleaning dulmy fridge getting ready to move my first thought was that hydro had cut off our service one day early don gill fk- b wbe j tsbtc ip 1 iaasieam mwh t fw9pkrr llliiilhfl iltiiwrt jlflhh wt i3 3hh1 sbb hh8e5 u- ijvjaumi fl f 1 fishs t 1 staff photosjoerd witteveen bargain hunting rescheduled as toby luebke 2 sucks contentedly on his bottle his parents martin and kasia shop at inside out decorating on main street in stouffville during the blackout last thursday evening moonlight madness had been rescheduled until thursday aug 28 i was at the cottage and the power was only out for about 20 minutes but when i came back here i had to throw out a lot of food georgia bennett i found the quiet in the house eerie and went to sit outside with neighboursthere were a lot more people walking around than usual town water restrictions voluntary for now steve taylor i was at the cottage and the power came back at 9 am friday it was cooler up there with a nice breeze off the lake by joan ransberry staff writer a voluntary watering ban is in place in whitchurch- stouffville town officials announced tuesday residents are being asked to refrain from using munic ipal water from a hose pipe sprinkler or permanent irri gation system for the pur pose of watering lawns or gardens washing vehicles sidewalks or driveways and filling or topping up swim ming pools- meet in semidarkness tuesdays council meet ing was held in semidark ness while the town did its bid to conserve energy in the wake of the worst power failure in north american history public works director paul whitehouse explained theyfecent water restrictions were on a volunteer basis at least for now im not sure if mandato ry restrictions are on their way mr whitehouse said wayne emmerson mayor appeals to residents and business es to restrict use of water york region water facili ties operated under severe conditions during the recent power outage meanwhile the regions water supply was restored to normal operating levels by saturday evening we are now targeting maximum storage levels to ensure minimum risks of water loss should another power outage occur york region spokesperson limar simanovskis explained in a memo to york regions municipal public works directors slow recovery considering the slow recovery of the power sup ply it is prudent that we continue to practise conser vation until such time as full capacity is restored said mr simanovskis all area municipalities are asked to proceed with a minimum stage 1 advisory volunteer water ban to minimize the demand on the system as well as asking every one to try to conserve ener gy as much as possible dur- ing these very trying times mr wayne emmersbn appealed to the residents and business owners to co operate and not use excess amounts of water briefly terry foxs brother here for annual run a member of terry foxs family will be in stouffville next month for terrys annual run darrell fox terrys younger broth er who accompanied him on the marathon of hope in 1980 will be at the stouffville run sunday sept 14 from 1 pm at the stouffville arena darrell is national director of the terry fox foundation which distrib utes money raised through the run to cancer research the stouffville run raised 40000 last year bringing the total to more than 400000 since the local event began terry who lost a leg to cancer ran halfway across canada on his run before being diagnosed with cancer again he died in 1981 at age 22 calves discovered in stouffville bank lobby two small calves were found mak ing larger deposits than usual in the atm lobby of the cffic on stouffyilles mam street saturday niorning a york regional police officer patrolling the downtown area was surprised to see the animals in the banks hallway around 4 am police called animal control offi cers who in turn called markham auctioneer frank bennett at 530 am to transport the animals mr bennett took the two calves to his barn and fed them the calves had been tied to trees in an orchard in me stouffville area mr bennett was told by the owner the calves who are about 10 weeks old were picked up by the owner monday night there is no evidence of criminal ity const steve morrell said nothing was damaged and we had no reports that these calves were stolen bank officials declined to com ment quoteworthy where were you when the lights went out columnist jim thomas see column on page 7 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at m 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at f 34 civic ave stouffville almira fine furniture 4747 highway 7 east east of kennedy in markham tel 905 4775524 wwwa i miracom salesalmiracom store hours during the salt wed fri 10 am 900 pm saturday 10 am 530 pm days onlymds use f ihir lini it knth ri dining rooms leather fabric sofas chairs bedrooms homeoffice enertainment units j curio cabinets