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stouffville thursdayaug232007 serving the community of whftchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst hockeys back in town spirit prepares for opener opinion 6 calendar 20 sports 21 classified 23 ballantrae coaches of champions still produce shows by jim thomas ballantraes bruce and marga ret hyland renowned through out the figure skating world for their coaching skills were inducted into skate canada hall offameinl994 however this husbandwife team need not travel to ottawa to relive the highlights of their lives theyve established their own hall of fame at arnies chance the place they now call home at ballantrae golf and country club here a single wall is lined with photos of skaters who through their direction reached the pin nacle of success included are otto and maria jelinek world champions in 1962 and north american champions in 1961 and canadian national cham pions in 1961 and 1962 debbi wilkes and guy revell olym pic silver medallists and world bronze medal winners in 1964 and canadian pairs champions in 1963 and 1964 peggy fleming kurt browning brian orser eliz abeth manley anna porter don jackson ricky stevens dorothy hamill and more otto and maria jelinek were inducted into the skate canada hall of fame in 1994 along with mr and mrs hyland bruce hyland 81 was born in toronto the son of albert and ethel hyland oddly enough mr hyland cut his teeth on roller see coaches page 12 staff photosjoerd witteveen the latesummmer harvest is under way at almira hereford farm no 4 on kennedy road in wnitchiuchstouffville the region of york is launching an eatlocal campaign today to obtain a farm fresh guide which identifies local farms and farmers markets call york region health services health connection at 18003615653 residents fear for safety of neighbourhood children by hannelore volpe staff writer rats have been spotted near downtown stouflville at least three neighbours in the thicket- wood boulevard area have seen them over the past two weeks david markle spotted a rat on his deck one morning two weeks ago the markles set a rat trap with peanut butter as a lure and snagged one of the animals it measured nine inches this week a second one was trapped peter markle is concerned the rats could harm some of the young children playing in their yards in the neighbourhood the family did call the municipal offices about the rats with little response mr markle said there has been only one phone call to the town about rats in residential areas one town official said the ontario society for the prevention of cruelty of animals in northern whitchurch- stouffville has received only one or two calls about rats this year the ospca advises deterring rats by elimi nating their food sources you can do this by covering compost heaps and sealing garbage bags well the organization advocates humane methods of deterring rats sara munos the ospcas wildlife rescue driver said york region health has had very few see cold page 7 specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandiforddrunit5 9056422886 1677410auro www4103utoca stowfme family dr sheldon lazier i dr waseema ali i dr dan kobric rartliau yfewellers 6312 main st stouffville 9056404646