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f as iii stouffville while ground breaking for the new whitchurch stouffville library tfccurred nov 5 the librarys location on the main street lot behind stouffville bakery has continued to be an issue in the whitchurch stouffville mayoralty campaign mayoralty challenger cathy- readership challenged stouffville the issue of leadership at the municipal level came out saturday at the tribunes- all- candidates meeting at the high school madeleine nevins of church street asked mayoralty can didate cathy joice why if she has leadership capabilities all ie other councillors are backing mayor gordon ratcliff oh are they mrs nevins said mrs joice thats a very strong statement mrs joice said members of council ought to be smart enough not to back any mayoralty candidate as they dont know which they might have to work with issue a- a joice says she has favored locating the library on another site but adds that im behind it its the centennial project- its a fait accompli at this point at the tribune- all candidates meeting saturday at the high school bob lewis of r r 2 stouffville said that in soliciting donations for the new library va lot of people were running into because of advance publicity feel it shouldnt have been built he commented that since its there lets do the best we can with it kirs joice said she could not be saddled with the blame for those who have not wanted to give towards the library but believes those people have felt that way from the beginning she told the tribune she has only commented on the library when asked during the cam paign to clarify her position on it and she said she holds the same view as she always has library board member carol mcdermott said at the all- candidates meeting that the property mrs joice favored for the new library south of the arena was inadequate because it was swampy ground we tried to get experts advice and- were given no sassurance that a building could be built there she said say 8 ratcliff regarding the expert vol opinion mrs joice said i dont remember anything like that coining in in my estimation that site was never less capable of being built on than the present e she said that the current site t required an additional 20000 in r cosutto have pylons driven into thegrbund because it is unstable soil- mrs mcdermott said theres a report of 12 sites we investigated before settling on the main street location of that lot which cost the town 105000 the library will use onequarter she said and the rest could be put to use by the town mrs joice says she favored the location next to the arena because weve got to start planning for future recreation needs that site she said could have been acquired by the town free of charge since it is donated parkland as to the cost of the library mayor gordon ratcliff com mented to thetribune that it is possible that virtually no rise in residents yearly tax bills could result from the new library since the land purchased came out of the lot fee account mrs joice maintains the lot fee money could have been better spent on books and fur niture for the building rather than land 8 ho 30 whitchurch stouffville december 2 1976 20 cents pages town is at the crossroads stouffville whitchurchstouffville stands at the crossroads said mayor gordon ratcliff saturday at the tribunes allcandidates meeting at stouffville dist secondary school either we will allow huge candidate cites need for capable negotiation stouffville lead- efship and development again were issues discussed by cathy joice in her speech saturday at the tribunes allcandidate meeting at stouffville dist secondary school- the representative at the region she said has to be able to deal with other people one cant do it by confrontation but by negotiation they must be see candidate pg27 development or we will go by the official plan he told the audience of about 150 he reiterated the necessity of limiting growth in the village of- stouffville due to the sewage plant capacity as for rural growth he emphasized that some estate type development should be allowed but it will have to prove itself regarding the financial condition of the town mr ratcliff saidit is good its true we have issued debentures for the arena and the library seenpmajor pg 27 these bunnies were part of santas entourage in the santa claus parade thepainted backdrop formed part of the santas workshop float built by tue summitview public school students the float was nominated best school float in the parade bunnies- are from left kim gutkind leanne mumford aaron dykstra lucy elliott heather glenn and susan elvins the picture was taken last week during final preparations for the parade rjohn montgomery tting new tools to nab drunks york region york regional police may soon be armed with new technical came stouffville the prayers of several e thousand people were answered last saturday when the threatening rain clouds lost their potency and the sun came out just in time for the stouffville santa claus parade those taking advantage of the propitious change in the weather got to watch more than 60 entries march by on main street there were 10 bands four majorette groups and 46 participating groups and floats sixteen clowns had their hands full giving out a total of 4500 candy canes to enthusiastic childrenand it must be said some adults too although most contended themselves with a furtive lick or two from their offj- springs canes three judges were on hand to judge the floats joan kamps ron lee and fred jackson selected the best float jn each of five categories judged best overall was a float on the theme of an old- fashioned christmas entered by cathy joice and committee it took a 50 prize best school float wassummitviews entry depictingsantas workshop it won 30 most humorous was the ballantrae p s effort- their sesame street cookie monster- complete with assorted mar ching cookies distributing baked goodies wons30 for the school stouffville nursery schools entry- was judged the best christmas theme and won the same prize s claims refuse returned here stouffville coun- cillor cathy joice has -with- drawn her earlier allegation that local garbage is being taken to a scarborough dump site and then shipped back to the high way 48 dump however mrs joice still maintains she has proof that local garbage is being sent to the york sanitation dump an informant for mrs joice who refused to be publicly identified spoke to the tribune and upheld her claims- to my knowledge there is no local garbage going into the highway 48 dump there is some going to the east gwillimburydump com- mented town garbage con- v tractor ralph spademan gadgetry to make life miserable for drunk drivers and speeders last week the police commissionxvoted i topurchase six roadside breathalyzer machines and five new handj held radar units thecorhmission expects delivery of the breathalyzers costing a total of 3600 in time for the annual christmas spot checks the radar units which can also be used on the police boat can accurately pinpoint the speed of an oncoming vehicle it is fell the breathalyzer units will save time for motorists who will be able to take the test at roadside and if v there is no sign of impairment wont have to go back to police station drivers showing im pairment will still haveto go back to police headquarters to fee tested on the conventional machine refusal to be tested on the machine could lead to charges v police chief bruce crawford told the board the new equipment aids- in reducing- the- rising fatalities attributed to drinking drivers he said there were 35 this year as opposed to 25 the year previous average resident pays 56 yearly for library dr neil smith is 50 year 1 participant stouffville dr neil smith was in town the other night to receive a 50 year jewel from richardson masonic lodge y this is not thefirst time the former stouffville dentist has observed a half century event i jta april of 1975 he was honoured asa 50year member of the ontario dental association on his retirement in june of that year he was presented with the town crest to commemorate the 50 years he worked as a dentist in the village dr smith who is 72 and his wife have since retired to mark- dale the presentation of the 50 year jewel was made during the lodges installation ceremony by district deputy grand master c edwin drew stouffville a whitchurch stouffville resident with a home assessed at 20000 will be paying about 5 or 6 annually towards the 250000 debenture on the new library according totownclerkralph corner the question of how much the library would cost residents was raised saturday at the all- candidates meeting at stouff ville dist secondary school paying off the loan on the library will be spread out over 20 years figures released by mr corner show that the library debenture will make little dif ference in the tax bill of residents of the village of stouff- ville after 1978 since by that time jthe towns debenture payments for its sewage plant will have been reduceds residents living in the country however will ex perience a rise anywhere from 1 to 15 annually vdrt more depending on their assessment fwhehaddingin the cost of the debenture for thevarena purcfiase which is to be paid off in 10 years the20000home- owner would be paying roughly 8 or 9 annually towards the two debts there was something about the symmetrical line of the row of bugles and the precision of the marching which caught our photographers eye this drum and bugle corps was only one of the many bands that participated in the santa claus parade on saturday for more pictures see pg 9 childrens contest what is chirisimas temtusithrb block parents start in new year stouffville the summitview school and of- block parent- plan wont be ficers for the organization were initiated- in stouffville until the elected cochairmen for the new year according to newly three public schools are elected stouffville chairman of surrimitviewmarilyn the program andrea corner ferguson orchard park maris mrs corner toldthe anderson and st marks tribune that a block parent louise roney tneeting was held monday at the block parent plan is a fcay vc is vrvv- system by which signs will be placed in the homes of volun teers where a youngster can go in case of an emergency at the meeting monday local members viewed a film and listened to carol newell chairmanorganizer of the aurora block parent group v rvh vj stouffville what is christmas is a question that may soon be answered by young artists in the community t the tribune is sponsoring an art contest for children on r that theme and is inviting all children to submit their paint- ings on that topic to the tribune office prizes will consist of a stocking full of art supplies for the winnerincach group v there will be three age catagories those six and under s-2- v seven to nine and ten to thir- teen all entries should have the childs name age address and phone number attached to the back i deadline for handing in artwork is friday dec 17 at 5 pm winners will be announced in the next issue of the tribune and some of the prize winning entries will be reproduced in the paper entries will be judged by the tribune editorial staff on the basis of originality- the annual high school yariety nightbeglns at 8this evening to be followed by performances friday and saturday onv ofthe high lights of the show is the danee numtrthovoughlymodern mhiie tammy ewen is shown here rehearsing the number the production involving about 100 students consists of skiufnsaungito love and marriage and several musical numbers- tfcketi 2 for adults 1 50 for students and senior citizens and 75 cents for children v vm