stouffville suntribune tliursday oct 9 2003 5 stoufmlle mairt legs broken jnfafr bymikeadler staff writer a motorcycle that had just been driven through a wall of fire at the markham fairgrounds for a stunt show saturday night slammed into an offduty markham firefighter breaking his legs jody brown 40 of stouffyille was assisting at the airtime al motorcycle jump show when the accident occurred york regional police said stunt performer al strickert 32 of woodstock was not injured the ministry of labour is investigat ing treating the crash as an indus trial accident uni0nv1lle firefighter mr brown has been with markhams fire department since 1985 and works in the unionville station he was said to be resting comfortably at markham stouffville hospital after the first of two sched uled surgeries on his legs jody is a firstclass firefighter fire chief don mcqean said in an interview for the markham fair guide produced by this news paper mr strickert said he has bro ken several bones and crashed his bike three times during his stunt riding career sure there are risks with this type of extreme sport but you cant let that deter you he said i just go out and have fun and i take the audience along for the ride gravel pit filled under new law r tmmsm imse i by joan ransberry staff writer york regiqns first law to control how fill is dumped in former gravel pits has been passed in whitchurch- stouffviue on tuesday council and gravel pit owner dalton hicks struck a 28clause agreement governing how he can run a fill operation at a defunct pit on warden avenue near bloomingtpn road the agreement includes having mr hicks pay the town 50 cents for every cubic metre of clean fill dumped on his property mr hicks estimates this will cost him about 150000 ayear meanwhile the muriicipali ty reserves the right to review the operation every two years under the law old pits will be filed with construction materi al classified as clean fill before the fill can be dumped into the huge open holes the dump truck loads must be checked by a municipalappointed inspector as well soil samples will be tested to see if the material is in fact clean while truckers will be required to follow a des ignated route warehouse approved for gormley company ah 8000squarefoot stor age building will be added to gdrmleys r metropolitan paying and concrete inc on tuesday whitchurch- stouffville council gave per mission to the gardico drive company to build the large warehouse to house con struction equipment tenth line main street up for improvements the move to bring improve ments to an east end intersec tion is one step closer council tuesday called for a budget report on improving the intersection at main street and the 10th line over the years members of council and the public have called the intersection an accident waiting to hap- pen staff reported one of the shortterm options under consideration is to implement designated turning lanes etrog the genius behind the genie a selection of works by canadas most celebrated sculptor october 10 2003 to january 4 2004 a remarkable collection of drawings and sculptures by one of canadas foremost artists known for his abstract and geometric sculptures the world over etrog explores the tension created by opposing forces such as being stuck and being freed holding on and losing hold many works from the artists personal collection will be on display during this very limited engagement organized by the art gallery of windsor with support by yarkbegitm the varley gallery o markham 216 main street unionville on 9054779511 wwwvarleygalleryca uffville he cum mim j8c partial dentures same day relines soft liners custom fitted sports guards repairs while you wait implant dentures si i bps dentures all insurance plans welcome m i v free no obligation consultation to answer your questions and concerns appointments also available in ajax for your convenience 90s6424867 ssbsa wk 6248 main st stouffville michael c peegan ddt