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thursday april 12004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pagessi including gst ywf y ifl ft b bkr a k womm b8 vfe h 5 representing stouffville at miss teen canada pageant opinion 6 sports 21 classified 24 residential rate cap increases today jnsvrswgjis vwwsw45kavr ifcw i staff photomike barret sure sign of spring preparations are in high gear for the 44th production of music mania april 22 to 24 at stouflville district secondary school liz lightfoot left doris harvey sharron brazier and feriella smith take part in a recent rehearsal tickets for the variety show will soon be available at local outlets minimal impact from sewer line pumping bymikeadler staff writer york region must pump out groundwa ter to complete a sewer line to stouffville but would do so on a much smaller scale than for its stalled 16th avenue trunk for the connection to stouffville along ninth line the region is asking the provinces permission to draw 1122 litres of groundwater a minute when workers are on the job thats a tiny fraction of what the region is seeking to extract during the second phase of the 16th avenue project a maximum of 50000 litres aminute and much more than the 12000 a minute it is taking and dumping just to protect the tunnel while the project is idle it is nowhere close to any of our other projects in the region project manager nitti subramaniam told residents at latcham hall in stouffville last week he predicted only a minimal impact from the watertaking on an aquifer below ninth line in north markham high level of interest the amount of groundwater is small enough to escape a required posting for public comments on ontarios environ mental registry but the environment ministry citing a high level of interest has posted it anyway no more than a dozen wells along ninth line might or might not be interrupted on a very temporary basis and six properties have had new wells drilled already said renato pasqualoni in charge of fixing well problems for the region other properties would be fitted with temporary water tanks as needed we think we understand whats going to hap pen and were prepared for it mr pasqualoni said but admitted the region cannot anticipate all well problems the project will cause some residents however sounded skeptical see some page 13 kilowatts hydro users by jeff mitchell staff writer everybody complains about the weather the old adage goes but nobody ever does anything about it same with the price of hydro there will no doubt be grumbling through out the land today when the realiza tion sets in that ontarios rate cap for residential hydro has been increased the provinces plan to encourage people to use hydro in offpeak peri ods by installing smart meters that allow residents to be billed less for power use depending on the time may not do much to stop the grumbling the mandatory devices could result in savings on hydro bills but could cost homeowners up to 500 to install but what are we doing to cut con sumption and save ourselves money it would seem we havent yet got to the point where weve greatly cut back on the kilowatts but observers are hopeful about the few signs of progress they see except for a few blips like the august- blackout residential con sumption has remained constant over the past three years said eric fagen communications and regulatory affairs officer with hydro vaughan vaughans 220000 residents have continued to use their monthly aver age of just less than 1000 kilowatt hours 60 per cent of ontarians use about that level of juice per month in recent years despite a remarkable and turbulent time for the provinces power generation and delivery system mr fagen said his observations were echoed by others who watch our energy con sumption tracking our insatiable see bright page 12 vacuum oimanbr vacuum repairs to all makes models sales service installations 90s4798273 4355 hwy 7 untonvlllo beside railway tracks hew and used to choose from 01 m coupe td1899m liquid gray dark gray leather with 24000 km ford esp 5 yearwarranty ham picked diamonds barthau jewellers 16312 main stj stouwvilje yv 9056404646