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whitchurcfistmiffvilf e public iibfar thursday nov 20 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32pages1 including gst 19 after winning in vaughan spirit faces tough games starting tonight opinion calendar sports classified 6 17 19 21 stouffville residents tell york chief roadside tribute bermadare a resident of aurora road in ballantrae plants her own memorial where a teenager was kuledlastweekm front of her home ballantrae grieves over fourth fatality byjoanransberry s staff writer 1vfe vf iytoeh berma dare heard the crash she knew it was all too familiar the sound of a fully loaded gravel truck hitting a car could only mean death or serious injury i sent my son who is a firefighter out to see if he could do anything to help but she was gone when he got there mrs dare said dead was ashley ann hodgins 17 of newriiarkel she was killed nov 12 when the car she was driving crossed into the west bound lane on aurora road between mccowari road and hwy her toyota corolla had collided headon with the dump truck the teenager was pronounced dead at thescene lk y the driver of the truck a 67yearold toronto man tried to avoid the collision by swerving toward the right shoulder york regional police reported driver error in this case it appears asif it was driver error on the part of the girl york regional police chief armand la barge said still chief la barge acknowledged truck traffic is a concern in york region yes there are problems with trucks on our highways he said york regional police recently carried out a truck blitz stopping 154 heavy trucks he said a total of 244 charges were laid of those 49 vehicles were put out of service while three trucks were found to be not properly licensed the blitz resulted in havihg32 per cent of the vehicles stopped being taken put of service he said yesthat suggests theres a problem with trucks lie added residents living along aurora road between mccowan road andhwy 48 cant get used to me fatalities mrs dare said ive lived in my house for eight years this is the fourth persohwhb has died in front on my driveway shesaidit hurts were in grief see speeding page 4 more byjoanransberry staff writer whitchurchstouffville is in des perate need of additional police offi cers to fight youth crime york regional police chief armand la barge was told monday after chief la barge spent an hour giving an overview of police services at the annual meeting of me stouffville community policing centre residents launched an emo tional appeal asking for more offi- cers to fight crime on the streets of stouffville hardest hit is stouffvilles down town the police chief was told downtown damage listed chief la barge listened as residents explained that acts of vandalism by youth include repeated damage to the downtown gazebo broken signs smashed christmas decorations i thrown beer bottles and spraypainted store windows j the chief was also told young peo ple damage parks sell drugs oh main street in full public view arid use pro fane language they scare pedestrians- especially seniors and drive vehicles on the sidewalks v about one per cent of the towns youth is causing 95 per cent of the trouble chief la barge said most of the young people are good he added- a request for additional staffing of one extra police car for stouffville isnt an easy order to fill the chief pointed out adding a car would require hiring 65 police officers said chief la barge a firstclass constable earns 62850 a year the see chief page 8