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whitehurchstouffville public mm thursday aug 1 9 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst e gormley pitcher hurls team j to national fastball crown opinion 6 olympics 8 calendar 20 classified 24 play it safe sound advice often ignored by lisa queen staff writer of course people should heed those perpetual laws and studies designed to protect us from ourselves well other people should anyway wear your bike helmet buckle up in the car stop smoking practise safe sex dont jaywalk avoid speeding dont swim at beaches contaminated with e coli the endless list is simply sound advice right any sensible person would listen naturally then why do so many of us have such a cavalier attitude when it comes to mundane safety practices just look around any york region neighbourhood for example despite an ontario law requiring children to wear bicycle helmets a quick glance down a residential street shows many youngsters still arent wearing skid lids while on wheels even more wear them improperly while the canadian safetycouncil says 94 per cent of ontario parents believe their children wear helmets only a third of adult cyclists report tak ing the same precaution themselves even though 97 per cent of people agree helmets prevent serious head injuries obviously cycling isnt the only activity where people fail to follow routine safety precautions york regional police are so con cerned about pedestrians failing to obey simple rules of the road putting their lives and the lives of drivers in jeopardy they have launched a new safety blitz in just over a month plainclothes officers patrolling highrisk areas have charged 22 pedestrians with offences such as jaywalking staffsgt tom carrique said the campaign is aimed at putting an end to the alarming number of pedestrian fatalities in the region see most page 17 staff photomike barrett taking it to the streets suze joyce kicks it up in support of the drive for a theatre for the performing arts for stoufiville in front of the clock tower monday several acts performed for passing audiences on main street a pro posal to turn the old town hall located behind the tower into a theatre goes back to council sept 7 power centre developer wants hwy 48 location build stores on main st mayor by joan ransberry staff writer a developer proposing a commer cial development including walmart canadian tire and ap south of ringwood may be told once again to go back to the drawing board whitchurchstouffville mayor sue sherban said interest in the plans heightened when a forsale sign for the attached industrial park appeared on the hwy 48 property while geranium corporation hopes to build a power centre made up of 13 stores on a 42acre site mrs sherban wants the company to bring commercial development to main street as part of the agreement whitchurchstouflville council will review the proposal at a meeting in late september or early october the plan also calls for a 42acrie industrial park the two packages of lands are zoned industrial something significant mrs sherban said in an interview shes expecting the proponents to bring something significant for the industrial lands i told them geranium corp offi cials to go away and rethink what they had she said i told them to come back when they had something for main street i also want them to be more definite on the industrial lands i want significant jobs and i want man ufacturing on these industrial lands meanwhile preliminary negotiations are underway to have see business page 5 07vc your hometown for store ioustonj houston ford ltd 5786 main st stouffville 9q564d4541 www billhoustonf ord corn the newd5 focus is here car s driver 10 best 5 years in a row various models and colours to choose from