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thursday jan 12004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville h 16 pag es1 including gst 2004 year of the newhome in stouffville by joan ransberry staff writer let the housing construction begin now that 2004 is here the first sign of change on whitchurch- stouffvilles residential landscape is a few months away with six subdivisions on the planning table ground readiness for the first phase involving about 1700 homes is expected to begin in the spring gprispptjie first houses could begin as early as september according to tom parry the towns director of development services but first things first mr parry said pipe arrives in august the new houses cant be built until the big pipe sewer extension project comes to whitchurch- stouffville the 179million proj ect is expected to reach its destina tion by august well see housing starts in september depending on the sewer project mr parry said among the developments in the works mattamy developments inc plans to build a 784home subdivi sion on 222 acres with access from the ninth line weldon road and hwy 48 the first phase is 439 hous es madori ltd plans to build 324 singlefamily homes on 56 acres on concession 8 with access from ninth line glad park avenue west lawn crescent and winlane drive the first phase is 150 houses frank and aurora mauro are planning 266 homes on 47 acres with access from the ninth line and see market page 8 benefit battle staff photobill roberts stoufiville spirit forward jake van allen left fends off stouffville amateur hockey league austar kevin mcguckin during benefit game at stouffville arena monday about 600 people attended the fundraiser for luke anderson and janis lovett raising more than 5000 see additional photo graph on page 3 7 are you on columnist jim thomas wish list for the new year opinion 6 calendar 10 sports 2 classified 14 former employee alleges violations sewage disposal methods questioned by jeff mitchell staff writer questionable practices at york region sewage treatment plants including dumping of raw sewage and burial of material from an effluent fil ter are being condoned by the regional administration a former york region employee said stephen young who worked for the region as a sewage plant operator from july 2002 until last september said in an exclusive interview the concerns he identified are indicative of systemic problems that could put the environ ment at risk three york region plants includ ing one in stouffville memorial park failed their latest inspections the sun- tribune reported friday last august mr young said he took some of his concerns to debbie korolnek director of the regions water and wastewater department in a one- onone meeting mr youngs concerns sparked a three- week investigation that uncov ered no environmental damage or cause for discipline york region spokesperson pat casey said at no time were york regions operations in noncompliance with the ministry of environment mr casey said mr young who said he didnt know about the probe argued his concerns were not taken seriously by the region he said he resigned from his job with the region last fall when that became apparent to him i tried to do the right thing arid the only one who suffered for it was me hesaid see region page 11 bu8tbg vacuum cuum vacuum repairs v to all makes models sales service installations 9054798273 4355 hwy 7 unlonvllle beside railway tracks