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teenager sister see bright light in tielri 3 uxbridge if judy bishop did not believe in unidentified flying objects before she does now after her experience last week the 17 year old who lives on the former don hope farm said that she was in the kitchen of her parents home on 5th cone of uxbridge when she looked put in the nearby field and saw a bright light hovering above the ground she told the tribune that it did not touch the ground judyestimates that it was 200 yards from the house and did not make any noise at all the family dog which started to bark and rah in the direction of the light returned quietly judy turned her head away not sure of what she had seen and when she looked back the object was gone the incident took place about 11 jo pjn aug 27 in an interview with the tribune she said it was very bright and very big it was a great big light and formed a shape i guess she said her sister debbie 12 also saw the object i was excited to see it but a bit scared judy said it couldnt have been a reflection of anything she added it looked like it was hovering above the field rvol 88 no 18 whitchurch stouffville september 4 1975 20 cents 20 pages ft don mills rd name change almost stalled york- v region markham councillor alma walker almost blocked final reading of a bill to change the name of don mills rd to woodbirieave when the matter came before regional council last week after a lengthy discussion as to whether enough councillors were present to deal with the- matter a recorded vote was taken according to the rules 75 per cent of the council must approve a street name change with a unanimous vote that percentage could have been achieved at thursdays meeting as the councillors voted mrs walker gave a no vote at first then changed her mind and said she would go with the majority if she had maintained her position the name change would have been delayed mrs walker said that she likes the name don mills rd quick thinking spares couple serious in jury dicksons jull j q thinking onvthe part- of a taxi t drsayedanjelderlyvstoutf tyillecoupleeri6usirijury 45tiiesday j vrhe taxi owned by reliable taxidriveh by johnoconnell was southbound on highway 48 approaching a lane and was attempting to make a left turn driver of a truck following the taxi saw the car slow down and then passed the stouffville in response to a recent request from the town public works canada has given no indication that it would be willing to provide additional parking facilities at stouffville post office council was advised however that the existing parking lot at the rear of the building would be graded to eliminate a steep slope and the entire area paved sometime in 197677 the public works depart ment- blamed parking dif ficulties at the post office not on inadequate facilities but on car owners who preferred to park on the street rather than walk from the rear lot to the entrance lobby on main although there was some agreement from council on this point it was felt that more reply to extensive and accessible parking is required it was agreed this opinion should again be forwarded to public works along with a request that the proposed im provements to the existing parking lot be completed as soon as possible at the same time the government agency will be asked to spruce up the post office frontage its a disgrace com- mented councillor june button referring to rusty cedars and a dying tree at the entrance which she said did nothing to enhance the buildings ap pearance unfortunately she ad- ded yeverybody blames us for the unsightly condition- the federal government should look after its building better than this- v editorial hearing board silence delays dump decision firemen work without success to save this house which burned to the ground monday located on the james nauta property near lemonville it was occupied by co van vliet and his son jerome they were away when the fire started don bernard neighbor sees smoke taxi on the left to avoid a behind the collision- the car truck hitthe taxi a mroconrielliseeing the a accident situation j w wisely took his foot off the v brake thereby preventing- a more serious collision j v f driver of the car was joseph winterstein85 of second st stouffville he was unhurt but his 88yearold wife nellie was taken to scarboro centenary hospital with cuts and bruises lemonville when co van vliet and his son j jerome returned rom a trip to ottawa over the weekend a sad sight greeted them- monday afternoon the house they were living in burned to the ground itwas partof the farm of james nauta the fire was first seen by a neighbor of the nautaswhb telephoned their hoiise mr and mrs nauta were away in hamilton but their son andrew 18 and daughter margj19 were home v miss nauta phoned in the alarm- before the firemen arrived andrew naiita at tempted to put thefire out with an extinguisher but to noavail by- the time stouffville fire fighters arrived the house was a blazing inferno according to fireman grant turner it was going from one end to the other mr nauta told the tribune that the fire appeared to have started above the furnace in the house although the cause is not known he said that oil stored in the basement in four large tanks helped fed the blaze- firemen worked for three hours to extinguish the blaze markham tanker truck assisted york regional police estimated the damage at 25000mr nauta said that the total might be greater than that as a large number of antique clocks were stored in the house he said the remains were still smoldering tuesday pvcs wvovaaa vtzsszzxzzsiz i xvi jsct yz2m 8 income effectively doubled motion deferred 0 vbt e of confidence for toff regional staff stouffville whitchurchstotiffville council voted last week to double the price of dog tags formale and spayed females r the new rate is 6 per year fora male dog or spayed female up from3 the rates will come into affect in 1976 the fees for an additional mals or spayed female remain at 12 it will cost 10 for a female and 15 for a second female dog mayor gordon ratcliff said change willeffectively double the towns income from the saleof dog tags- he explained that the only increase came for male or spayed females becausethebulkof the tags sold are in that category this year revenue of 6000 is expected from dog tags total cost of canaine control is estimated at 20000 for the year pickering the en vironmental hearing board has not yet submitted its decision on the highway 48 dump site to the ministry of environment ac cording to a statement to the tribune tuesday in a letter to the newspaper environment minister- william newman insisted that he is not holding up a decision of the york sanitation sites future an editorial in the tribune posed the question of whether the decisionwasrbeing- delayed a until after theseptil8 provincial election icaijt l j- the environmental hearing board which js an independent body has held public hearings on thvap- plication and to this point in time has not made its final decision known mr newman stated he added that approval is not his but the boards decision goes- to the director of theen- vironmentals approvals branch of the ministry of environment i mr newman stated that the minister is the final appeal of dead lake gulls hot mammon v stouffville gulis dying at musslemanslake is not such van uncommon oc curence according to representatives of the ministry of natural resources in maple we have investigated a number of these calls over the years asjpokesman said each year a number of gulls die off as a result of eating pesticides farmers fields he york region york council expressed confidence in its staff last rweek but delayed action on a motion that would have isolated 1 kingtownship mayor margaret britnell in her critcism of regional department heads the matter first came v light following a closed meeting of council july 31 mrs britnell had charged in a story inthe aurora banner that the seven commissioners and department heads- have been trying to discredit the regional land division committee in theclosed meeting mrs britnell is reported to have said that she was misquoted in the banner story arid promised to state that publicly later mrs britnell said that she had been quoted accurately in the banners story the motion to be considered last week would have regional council disassociate itself from the statements attributed to mayor britnell mrs britnell was not at the meeting but a letter was tabled from her asking that the matter be deferred to the sept 11 council meeting council will not meet sept 11 however mayor evelyn buck mover of the original motion favored mrsbritnells request stating that when someone makes a statement such as this the councillor should have the op portunity to prove it council deferred the motion but passed another motion put forward by newmarket mayor bob forhan expressing full confidence in the department heads girl hospitalized afitferliifbycar ifft c stouffville a sevenyearold stouffville girl was rushed to scarboro centenary hospital thursday after she was hit by a car on main st tk t j jenny macdonald main st e was on her way to get a free balloon at dixie lee chicken cutlet when she darted across the- road into the path of the car driven by- leonard johnstohof -toronto- v i mr johnston tried to swerve to miss the girl but could not avoid hitting her police said- -v- therhishap occurred at 1225 pm the directors decision and i do not become involved in any application until after the decision of the director has been made mr newman added that his concern is not one of politics but one of whether or not this waste disposal site is necessary and canbe operated in such a way as to cause a minimum of disruption to our natural en- vironment rriegion v- approves debenture i stouffville york- regional council approved a debenture of 93750 for the town of whitchurch stouffville to purchase- the arena s according to mayor gordon ratcliff the townhas made ah offer of 125000 to the stouffville arena ltd for the 25 year old facility the town will debenture 93750 and will pay the rest from grants available from the provincial government v the mayor said that the land under the arena already belongs to the town although the company stouffville arena ltd will be holding a shareholders meeting in the near future a source close to the company saidthat the deal would probably not be completed in time fortrie- meeting a a large understates to the auction monday at altona feed and supplies jftore an estimated 5000 people attendedthe sale where v r three auction rings were in operation simultaneously four tioneers made a total 6f30o0 sales on the day ted wilcox altona the turnout of up to 5000 people at an auction at altona feed and supply on labour day topped the numbers tiiey had expected according to- owner fred lewis j auction sold remaining stock in the store which began in 1946 mr lewis is retiring v- from business due to airport expropriation overl300 registered for the sale and 3000 sales were made sales manager norm faulkner remarked that he had never seen a three ring auction mr lewis said he felt the auction was very successful j saying that- they had gained on some items and lostonothers through the sale- a o originally j they had ex pected- 1000 to register for the salelhe said i t cars started parking near- the auction three hours before it cqnimencedwithra constant flow ofjpeople moving through and around the premises during the sale- only a few items remained afterjheauction2due4to disputes overrtliem mr lewis said thelewis family now plansj to move north to a home neari baririe t i v