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vol 88 no 4 whitchurch siouffvillemay 29 1975 20 cents 28 pages tomorrow is the deadline reprieve g madeleine- nevins left and michelle garbutt are among those women who have vowed to stop bulldozers from starting con struction of the pickering airport children will also be involved as illustrated by delaney nevins and holly garbutt here they stand before a bulldozer on the northdown homes construction site ted wilcox housewives kids protest pickering when the first bulldozers arrive at the pickering airport site this summer several stouffville women intend to be among those to stop them from operating mrs nevins added that sometimes you just have to take desperate means when you do something drastic thats when people start listening michelle garbutt of manitoba st and- both women who are otherwise indbtrusive madeleine nevins of church st were two of the women who have signed a petition saying they will sit on the road in front of the bulldozer who any other landviolating machinery on the site housewives and mothers adamantly believe the airport inquiry was not an impartial hearing and that the defense of our land was an ample reason for their planned action the people or planessponsored activity is to involve hundreds of women who will be con tacted through a telephone pyramid when the cidents first bulldozer is spotted admitting that their participation would amount to civil disobedience mrs garbutt said the prospect made her nervous the sitdown before the bulldozers is to in volve only women so that possible violent in- will be avoided among those par ticipating will be about 30 edlerly persons sitting with knitting needles and straw bonnets according to mrs garbutt the battle plan is to just surround the bulldozers and sit quietly she said by ted wilcox pickering tomorrow the federal government of ficially takes over 18000 acres of farmland for the pickering airport project however there will be no immediate evictions of about 35 remaining residents in the immediate construction area and according to one airport property spokesman a month- long extension will probably granted so that children may complete the school year among those who intend to stay on indefinitely js ernie carruthers who says he will stick here until im carried off mr carruthers 65 has sawed 40 acres of barley and oats as he would in any other year of his lifetime even though government plans specify he leave tomorrow according to airport property manager ed gallagher though any resident who finally refuses to leave will be dealt with through the due process of the law as to how many would illegally stay on mr gallagher said i think well justhave to waitjs ajgrninistry of transport spokesman confirmed to the tribune that construction of the airport is scheduled to begin in the summer of 1975 but the specific month that construction will start hasnt been deter mined the first work to be done is to be preliminary grading and corrosive testing he said the people or planes organization meanwhile still are using every conceivable means to slow up or halt the airport these include tendering to set up various obstacles to the airport around its perimeter such as a model rocket site a canada geese sanctuary and barrage balloons well use any tactic short of violence says pop co ordinator margaret godfrey the idea is to delay them and delay them if we got a two year delay we know we could prove it to them another strategem involves hundreds of women who have agreed to come and sit in front of the first bulldozers that arrive to build the airport mrs godfrey told the tribune that were going to surround them they cant outflank us she said they hope to have a walkietalkie network so that the women would be warned in case a fake construction site was used to fool them we intend to save this farmland even if we dont stay on it ourselves mrs godfrey said also among airport property residents who have said they intend to stay on are gordon and helen autd aged 82 and 71 they have refused a government offer of 40900 for their home and have been told they must leave in just over a year we couldnt sell this place at any price mr auld said but 40900 is absurd another longtime resident who plans to remain where he is is dairy farmer alex robertson 82 were staying put he says ive got a gun and if necessary ill use it writ attempt fiails on expropriation pickering an attempt by solicitor stanley aranha of mingay of associates markham to- arrange a shortcut through the courts under provisions of the ex propriation act was -shot- down following a hearing dramatic moment at board meeting barrett rfrvacv r t- resignation york cty in a dramatic moment monday night whitchurchstouffville trustee colin barrett called for the resignation of education director sam chapman during a controversy over the boards l75budget a and the board approved spending to the expenditure fceilings for secondary education and to the grant ceilings in elementary education for a total budget of 595 million s finance chairman barrett told a stunned group of trustees jthat the board should consider terminating its contract with mr chapman staff has set the budget vith disregardvfor the wishes of f trustees mr barrett v i challenged he said staff was directed to cut 600000 from the first draft of the budget of 564 million the goal was for a 15 per cent increase in staff salaries over the 1974 actuals and an eight per cent increase in the remainder of the operating budget mr barrett said board chairman don sim of markham acknowledged staff had been asked to prepare the reduced budget but reminded mr barrett staff had said they could not effect the cuts without significant staff cuts i see ho point in par ticipating any further mr barrett said he disputed that the budget couldnt be cut its time we found out as trustees whether were in control he said mr sim ruled mr barrett out of order in his call for the directors resignation and mr barrett said his position as finance committee chairman was jeopardized by the boards action mr chapman remained silent the board should allocate the additional funds- for 20 rubber stamps and get the meeting over with mr barrett see chapman page 9- area services fired- private consultants to do to wni planning red shield donations stouffville v the xsalvation army red shield appeal received donations totalling 217280 from the people of whitchurchstouffville up to may 16 appeal chairman betty turner said that an effort had been made to canvass every i home and business in the town those that were missed may make donations at any bank or trust company mail donations should be forwarded to the treasurer red shield appeal canadian im perial bank- of commerce stouffville contributions to the red shield appeal are tax deductible stouffville the town has decided to go to private consultants for future planning work planning board last week voted to discontinue with the regional area services branch as of julyl and to negotiate for outside consultants the area services branch- with one planner left from a high of around five is virtually non existent at present planning commissioner murray pound had promised to upgrade the service by hiring more qualified planners by july 1 he requested the participating municipalities to make a committment as to ir pickering this municipality took one more step in a bid to break away from durham region and join metro toronto last week as town council directed town officials to prepare a report outlining the pros and cons of the move the brief would be presented to the robarts commission examining the future of metro toronto the only negative vote last week came from councillor ken matheson who says the move is j premature and that regional government must be given a chance in making themotionfor a brief councillor don kitchen said pickeringhas closer ties with toronto than -with- its eastern neighbors councillor jack- anderson said the main dif- ficulty was with whitby and oshawa who want to leave pickering with the problems such as the north pickering project or the proposed airport s while enjoying the prime industrial and o residential development- mayor george ashe told the tribune in an- interview recently that pickering was getting a bad deal as a partof durham region regar- l- dless of what criteria isusedhe said pickering is the only municipality in durham region which one step further wants out hasnt benefited financially from regional government beyond that mr ashe said that develop ment wanted by the town is being held up by the region whats getting our goat is these con tinual hassles he said he pointed out that pickering residents had voted almost 3 to i in favor of joining metro in a plebiscite five years ago but according to ajax mayor clark mason if pickering entered metro ajax would have to follow suit the population of pickering alone would not be enough for- them to make up a complete borough other municipalities are showing dissatisfaction with durham region as well in particular the city of oshawas mayor jim eotticary says that if a regional water and sewer rate goes through that oshawa wants out of the region since they- will lose 23 million with the set up mr potticary would like oshawa to be reimbursed by- the province uxbridge councillor bill ballinger also expressed frustration saying local municipalities are lacking in both funds and flexibility under regional government whether they would continue with the service so he would know- how much staff was required councillor merlyn baker pretty well summed up the feelings of council when he said we had a service and its deteriorated to no- service we have no guarantee it wont happen again the members were somewhat unsure of their legal position as they have signed a years agreement with area services but councillor becky wedley declared the agreement null and void as no service is not being provided we certainly havent had satisfaction from them commented councillor june button but we could run into tremendous expense can we afford a planning consultant of our own i dont think we can the members said they would start charging work back to developers and councillor art starr said they would have to set a budget for planning work and stick by it senior citizens trip planned stouffville as part of the celebration of senior citizens week a strawberry festival is being held at black creek pioneer village on june 17- the local committee is arranging for buses for senior citizens willing to attend the festival those interested may clip the coupon on page 6 of this weeks tribune and bring it to parkview home the tribuneor the town offices they- must be handed in by june10 reser vations may be made by phone the town office at 6401900 or parkview at 6401911 s 1 i before justice gibson in the federal court of canada monday the applicant in the- case was allan murray rr 2 claremontthe respondent was the minister of public- works the murray farm is located at lot 25 cone 7 pickering part of the proposed pickering airport site- i v it wasthebpplicantsclaimvt tfiaf forelocafe hisvesidence ft equivalent property would require an amountanthe region of331380to431610basedona rate of 6000 to 7000 per acre as of jan 30 1973 mr murray had been paid only 2700 per acre it waajustigegibsonsjv contenfionsthafccwshbulabev heard in full- and not piecemealas he describedit mr aranha was seeking a writ of mandamus forcing the i pay mqremoney under the expropriation act mondays decision means that court action will have to be taken to gain more money than has been offered by the ministry of public works if the jwrit had been qb- tairied the government would have been forced- to pay mr murray the cost of replacing his property without further court proceedings omb rejects appfeal on industrial zone cedar valley the appeal requested by the wbuld-be- developers of an 86 acre industrial subdivisions cedaryalley has been turned down by the ontario municipal board- the omb decision states that usually new evidence has come to light or there has been a denial of natural justice in the original proceedings before a rehearing will be granted the decision notes that neither of those arguments was put forth professional syndicated developments ltd had claimed the decision was wrong in fact and in principle and that the- board had misdirected itself by criticizing the official plan and- had requested a rehearing 6nth6segrounds v the omb decision says that counsel for the developer did not take issue with the facts when applying fora rehearing and the board was led to the conclusion the facts stated in such decisions are not in issue other arguments were termed not relevant bylaw 2083 the zoning bylaw which approved the in- dustrial area has only temporary approval and as a result there will bea hearing on it for one week beginning june 16 before this hearing though the town will be holding a public meeting june 5 8 pm at vandorf community centre to hear objections to an amendment to rezone the cedar valley lands to agricultural uses planning board secretary ken aida predicted the sub sequent omb hearing would revolve mostly around this amendment the rezoning amendment was instituted after council received a report fromareaservices branch recommending c the land be returned to an agricultural designation uxbrigeahts province i to pay road maintenance uxbridge uxbridge r township feels that when it comes to sand and gravel operations they are losing more than they are benefiting and have requested an increased subsidy fromthe province- to cover the costs of road main tenance the motion passed at the meeting of- council- last week asks for provincial help until such time as rural municipalities are given means by which to obtain needed revenue from the aggregate industry the resolution comes on the heels of a favorable supreme court of canada ruling recently which upheld the townships by law regulating gravel pits although a clause assessing a perton levy was disallowed by the court apparently only the federal government can legislate a perton levy and the municipality hopes for assistance from the province in bringing that about according to councillor eleanor todd who made the motion mrs todd told the tribune that- it costs- the farm assessment and residential ratepayers to have aggregate industry in the area because of thewearand tear on township roads lipdr bill murphy deftrpfesehlsacheque forv 11200 tojim whit- churchstouffvillellbraryjbfird proceeds from music mania 75 librarian lynne i c robbing mqtttffimixipmmirttr i card j look on thef money i according to mrs i robblns vwill be used to develop new programs i at tut library c- irrdon bernard r