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a metroland community newspaper vol 94 no 40 whitchurcrlstouffville january 27 1982 25 cents 14 pages expires deputychief george wilson on roof and firefighters tom structure along brillinger and charles jackson battle a blaze in a workshop destroyed owned by bert carey hwy 47 r r 4 stouffville the tinclad with a quantity of tools and lumber were jim holt workshop destroyed stouffville a fire of unknown origin friday destroyed a storage shed and workshop the property of bert carey jrr 4 stouffville the blaze first noticed by car dealer lloyd britton from across the road broke out during the noonhour and quickly spread mr britton with the help of others was able to hook onto winebago motor homeandpullit free of the flames lostin the inferno was a quantity of lumber and woodworking tools along with a compressor- and hydraulic press owned by bill barry of barry welding neither the building nor its contents was covered by insurance four stouffville fire units were despatehedto the scene and remained ortlocation four hours close to a thousandfeet of hose was required to reach the nearest hydrant a backup truck from markham was positioned at the stouffville station in case of another call stuck ambulance cause stouffville on the morning of jan 18 steven tranmer an employee of standard pressure pipe company bethesda road whitchurch stouffville suf fered injury to his leg when a stack of steel plates toppled on him while trying to free his co worker norman mahoney suffered cuts to his hand at 1025 am a call was placed from head office for an ambulance and a unit was despatched two minutes later however it failed to arrive at the site until 1053 causing management considerable concern contacted by the tribune peter mclean of york am bulance headquarters rich mond hill said that ordinarily the run from markham to the bethesda road plant should have taken between 10 and 12 minutes however on this occasion the driver missed the turn from hwy 48 realizing his mistake he attempted to turn around but the vehicle became stuck in deep snow at this point a call was put through for a second am bulance but soon afterwards the first one was freed it continued to its destination and the second one returned to base what happened was most unfortunate mclean told the tribune we readily un derstand the companys con cern were here to provide the best possible service robert hoppe the firms operations manager said fortunately the mens injuries werent of a serious nature they were admitted to york county hospital newmarket and later released teen makes progress stouffville a month following a- twocar crash on hwy 48 north of markham 16 year old margie griffiths success square apartments stouffville remains in a coma however signs are encouraging her eyes are open a progressive step mrs griffiths told the tribune shes still on 28 per cent oxygen and receiving nourishment through a tube her mother said visitors are welcome in fact margies physicians claim familiar voices are an excellent stimulant mrs griffiths explained a daily call roster is arranged through the family i enjoy being bothered by people who love margie mrs griffiths said the number is 6406712 stouffville a decision oh the cancellation or extention of york sanitations dumping licence at the con troversial landfill site east of hwy 48 in whitchurch-stouff- ville is expected this week possibly today according to town mayor eldred king mayor king accompanied by hydrogeologist patrick lee and town solicitor paul mingay spoke with tom cross director of the environmental approvals branch ministry of the environment at his st clair avenue office monday the same afternoon cross also listened to presentations by representatives of the concerned citizens group while reiuctant to second- guess the directors conclusion mayor king said it seems obvious mr cross is searching for absolute evidence he noted however that a jan 13 report filed by dr j o slingerland york regions medical- officer of health would be considered in that report dr slinger land stated from the medical officer of healths point of view i would recommend that extension of the dump not be granted until further specific testing has been performed on questionable wells this weeks anticipated decision the mayor explained question stouffville famous or infamous that is the question this week the tribune received a neatly printed letter from melody ludski 63 peter street markham it reads as follows dear sir my name is melody ludski i am in grade 4 j at franklin street public school i am doing a science project on water pollution in stouffville could you pleases tell me if you drink tap water and do you think its con taminated thankyou for your help hotline stouffville the concerned citizens committee of whifchurchstouffville has established a health hot line in an effort to learn of illnesses afflicting all residents in the area of the landfill site the number to call is 640- 5629 total confidence is assured relates only to extention of the companys permit and has nothing to do with expansion of the dump site previously the licence renewal was for 90 days disturbing to mayor king is the fact current legislation protects the landfill operation but not the environment they the ministry recognize our concerns but they dont address them the whole process is wrong rather than forcing the municipality to prove migration leakage is oc curring they york sanitation should be proving it- is not the mayor said as to the claim by the concerned citizens committee that serious illnesses are oc- curingin the general area of the dump mayor king admits their plotted map raises con cerns for an area of such size and population these findings cant be duplicated anywhere we want these questions an swered and were justified in asking the ministry not to extend the present certificate until answers are received he said its unfortunate that our town is involved in this mess he concluded its ridiculous no commitment on future homes stouffville until stouffvilles sewage plant addition is completed we cant commit ourselves to new projects councillor tom- wood told developer ron femson at a meeting of planning board jan 19 femson had submitted a revised draft plan of a proposed subdivision at a site south of mcneil laboratories with an exitentrance from ninth line south he explained that in the new draft he haid kept the proposal to 98 lots averaging 13 persons per acre as requested by the municipality lot front ages will be 60 feet he said board chairman jim sanders described the plan as laudable but said the town has to be careful how it allocates the additional sewage capacity councillor charles warden admitted it was an im provement over the original its more in line with the density we had in mind he said however councillorwill morley was lesypatient i fail to see why were wasting time when were riot prepared to hear this type of presentation femson said it was his understanding that the board would entertain apprqval if the submission contained 60- foot lots im not trying to be unreasonable he added the area had been designated for residentialuse under jhe old official plan or i wouldnt be here femson questioned the board when- the sewage capacity allotment might be established to which councillor tom wood replied- its going to take a long time the matter was referred to planning committee for further discussion wage hikes stouffville em ployee salaries in whitchurch stouffville are considerably lower than those of other municipalities in york region mayor eldred king told the tribune this week in fact he said a 12 per cent increase in 1982 would only bring them even mayor kings comments were related to negotiations currently underway for both poor turnout stouffville a poor attendance resulted in little being accomplished at the meeting held jan 19 for celebration 82 the event is part of canada week festivities july l to 4 only eight people representing five organizations were present prompting chairman ged stonehouse to comment i wonder if the town wants a celebration week at all he recalled that last year at the same time many more were involved the chairman told of sending out newsletters to 32 groups in the area asking each to send a representative he agreed that next time persons would be contacted by phone planned so far are a fire mens muster a ball tour nament and an exhibitiongame involving the chum allstars the next meeting date is wed feb 3 at 730 pm in the library no food stouffville an area family without food the stouffville lions club heard of just such a situation last week when a call was received by member cliff aiken from the health and social services depart ment at the region of york newmarket- describing the plight of the family as serious mr aiken said a supply of groceries was purchased immediately and delivered to the home big project stouffville im mediately is the word used by mayor eldred king to describe the anticipated start on stouff villes new sewage disposal plant the tendered price is 291720700 with all but 734000 covered through payments by the dulvertori development and government subsidies the 734000 will be debehtured over a two year period and applied against properties in the sewer area former village of stouffville during 1983 and 1984 despite the magnitude of the project there will be no disruption in service mayor king said work should be completed by the spring of 1983 i believe we have our selves a good deal he stated pointing out that the plant will accommodate an additional 1000 people over what- was originally anticipated fifty ski buff s enjoy crossfcbuntry fifty crosscountry ski buffs participated in mile trek the skiers warmed op over cups or hot an afternoon of fellowship and recreation chocolate including rick- bloye of rupert sunday an event sponsored by the whitchurch t avenue served here by gayle dnnford of the stooffvhle public library following the 2 library staff jim holt hourly and salaried workers he believes increases will be equal to the upward trend in the cost of living were probably looking at twelve per cent he said as for members of council he suggests they should be treated no differently our work load isnt decreasing he stated on the contrary it was extremely heavy in 1981 while the size of staff in whitchurch stouffville is smaller than elsewhere the work load is just as burden some because there are fewer people to do it he explained buildup doubles stouffville value of construction in whitchurch stouffville during 1981 soared to a sixyear record of 1479617900 more than double the figure of 1980 and almost three times that of 1979 the biggest boost came in industrial building valued at 174501000 this included four new structures and one addition residential construction totalled 145142100 in value including eight new dwellings single family detached and thirteen additions and alterations the value of commercial building was placed at 12020000 and public building at 2400000 a total of 225 building permits were issued last year down from 326 in 76 313 in 77 and 231 in 78 but up from 196 in 79 and 194 in 1980 the lone negative part of the report was the- fact no- multiple residential units were built in whitchurch stouffville in 1981 a v m