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stouffville suntribune thursday aug 28 2003 3 stoufiville says byjoanratisberry what do you expect on your first day of junior kindergarten asked at my first school in stoufiville nikki didone 3 im taking my mermaid in my knapsack to the first day of school and ill get to see charlie and ben theyre my brothers alanna davis 4 ill be taking bananas and oranges to share with nikki on my first day at the new school william battle 3 ill make new friends and ill get to play once my mommy takes me to school hailey vanderburgt 4 im going to read a lot of big words at the big school there wont be any little words at the big school cleared for takeoff a redtailed hawk takes off from a bale of straw in a field along mccowan road last thursday town taking legal action against 10th line by joan ransberry staff writer a developer arid the town of whitchurchstoufmue may square off in court if work on a parcel of land on the tenth line doesnt stop mayor wayne emmerson has confirmed court action is possible if a numbered ontario company doesnt stop site readiness work on lands direct ly across from the stouffville country market after getting numerous calls frorh area residents weve start ed legal proceedings against this developer its a numbered company a consortium group mayor wayne emmerson said suspicions were raised two weeks ago when two large con struction trailers showed up on me property meanwhile it- appears as if some footings are being put in place in readiness for the 265house subdivision tve had enough mr emmerson said i want to know what the developer thinks hes doing on this land they dont have permission to do anything like this they need a site control agreement they dont have a site control agreement this is rural land this is very disap pointing the nearby residents aire upset i am upset look at these trailers theyre so close to the homes to the south on geoffrey crescent what must me people think they dont have a site control agreement this is rural land this is very disappointing the nearby residents are upset i am upset ironically a month ago the developer filed an appeal with the ontario municipal board objecting to plans for six other subdivisions in whitchurch- stouffville hes appealing the plans for the other developments said the mayor but the other devel opers didnt do this type of thing and yet theyre making an appeal to the omb and trying to hold the others up town council has given the green light for five of the six developments to be made up of v about 3500 homes since construction on the housing developments was not expected to begin until the big pipe sewer extension project reaches whitchurchstoufmue next spring the omb hearings are not expected to delay devel opment if the omb determines they can in fact proceed as planned tom parry director of planning for whitchurch- stouffville development services said earlier this month all six appeals including the one submitted by the consor tium group are expected to be handled at the same time mr parry added representatives of the num bered ontario company did not return the suntribunes calls briefly miniature railway takes on riders its one of the smallest railways in canada and one of whitchurch- stouftvilles hidden treasures the richmond hill live steamers operate miniature steam and diesel engines at its track near ballantrae some of the trains are large enough to ride on the facility is open to the public two weekends a year the last open house of this year is sept 6 and 7 from 1030 am to 4 pm each day the track is at 15922 mccowan road just north of aurora road donations are accepted snacks are available the 40 club members are from communities across the gta for more information call 416- 2619789 or 9058416059 get your motors running for iawnmower races registration forms for the stouffvilles first ever lawrimower race are available at schell lumber and stornark rental sponsored by the kinsmen club of stouffville the races are saturday sept 27 in memorial park entry fee for racing mowers is 50 there is a 25 entry fee for an accom panying car show for more information call 416- 4719823 or 4168924111 uote when i got up j realized the pool was clear and there were about 600 people on the beach staring at me as i walked away everyone started to clap and cheer i entered the trailer and let it all out lifeguard kathryn devries on rescu ing a boy at canadas wonderland see story on page 1 gpntactingus have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville