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on sunset boulevard a metrolahd community newspaper vol 94 no 44 whitchurch stouffville february 24 1 982 25 cents 14 pages stouffville an 80- unit apartment building has been proposed for a site on the southeast corner of sunset boulevard and albert street near the cnr tracks markham solicitor don hindson spokesman for a s construction of stouffville told members of planning board hes hoping the project will provide the kind of rental accommodation in whitchurch stouffville i keep reading about in the paper a portion of the structure would be used for daycare he said he explained that because of its proximity to the railway money wasted on top post stouffville seventyfive thousand dollars in taxpayers money down the drain thats mayor eldred kings judgment of a decision two years ago that created a single position of chief ad ministrator in whitchurch stouffville the office is now vacant and as far as mayor kings concerned should remain that way king feels the towns too small to warrant this type of highprofile position if such an employee is thought necessary his her work should be coupled with one or two cither jobs as was the case with ralph corner the mayor said mr corner served as clerk- treasurer and administrator members of council said mayor king are always ac cessible to the public those who call the office he stated usually ask for the clerk while the subject of a replacement has not been discussed king suggested an office supervisor might be appointed as far as im concerned thats as far as we need to go more homes stouffville town planning board has granted approval in principle to a 35- unit subdivision in the area of stouffer street south and dorman drive the proposal was presented by agent ken may at a meeting feb 16 the homes he said would be single family dwellings councillor bill kamps in voicing support said the 60 foot lots and the density complied with requirements of the of ficial plan considerable landscaping and berming would be required councillor tom wood endorsed the proposal saying young people have to move out of town when they get married because theres no apartment accommodation here he recommended the board support it however mayor eldred king councillor charles warden and councillor jim sanders were cautious councillor warden said the amount of traffic that could be generated had to be con sidered councillor sanders voiced concern over population density in the area mayor king said he realizes apartment space is at a premium here but there are certain things that must be addressed before we go blindly ahead he pointed out that albert street is narrow and unable to accommodate many cars neither would it be feasible to direct all the traffic to the west he suggested that such a site should be reasonably close to shopping just because we need apartments doesnt mean they should go in anywhere by solving one problem you can create another he warned while not directly opposed mayor king said he considers it unfair to mislead a developer the applicants are ken and richard sandiford and don anderson all of stouffville mayor ai duffy of richmond hill participated in trophy presentations saturday night at the conclusion of interclub figure skating competitions here he congratulates christine caterer 12 right of stouffer street north and elizabeth gibb 16 of main street west both award winners from stouffville christine placed first in prejuvenile b class and elizabeth came second jim thomas license stickers deadline near stouffville car license stickers for 1982 must be purchased within the next three days police will begin issuing tickets as of sunday midnight the stouffville license bureau at 311 main street east is open from 9 am to 5 pm thursday and friday and from 9 am till 12 noon saturday if numbers are such that ex tended hours are required saturday the office will remain open during the af ternoon proprietor marion murphy told the tribune the fee scale follows four cylinder cars 30 six cylinder 45 eight cylinder 60 town couple win 1000 stouffville it nearly floored me that was mrs jim eddingtons response to the fact shed just won 10000 in the wintario draw thursday she and her husband were watching the results on tv at their elm road apartment when her lucky number came up mr eddington described his wife as dumbfounded he said it took her until monday to come back down to earth mrs eddington said shed won some little ones on previous occasions but nothing like last weeks bonanza with a portion of their earnings theyre planning a trip out west when the weather improves a son lieut don eddington is with the canadian armed forces at a radar station 140 miles north of winnipeg ion w stouffville dr owen slingerland york regions medical officer of health says at this point in time he can only assume the pollutants found in well water on the property of neil mclean r r 2 stouffville originated from york sanitations landfill site addressing a news con- ference friday at the home of fran sainsbury ninth line north dr slingerland said he requires absolute proof before making a move to close the dump im not about to make some halfcocked statement he said adding that sitting in the centre one needs the wisdom of a solomon to arrive at a conclusion im only human he said while stopping short of a recommendation on the dump site itself the regionalmoh called for closure of the mclean well and the trans porting of water to the premises from an outside source dr slingerland ad mitted that test results as made public by josef smarda of calgary an analytical chemist hired by the concerned citizens committee had cast more doubt on the quality of water at the mclean residence he admitted too that discrepancies in the en- vironment ministrys analysis and independent tests created problems vwe must try and straighten out the moh said closing down the landfill would produce no immediate benefit whats needed is some sort of containment program however several citizens sitting in on the conference disagreed one was cathy hope r r 3 stouffville stop the dumping now and worry about the cleanup after she advised mr mclean described the odor that saturated his house and the oil scum visible in the water it the oilwas so josef smardata chemical technologist from calgary points to the residue in a test sample of water taken from a well on the property of nell mclean rr 2 stoof frllle jim thomas thick i could write my name in it he said however a letter dated dec 18 over the signature of environment minister keith norton stated in part- our regular monitoring of your raw water supply has not revealed any cause for alarm smarda described this conclusion as astounding my findings he said revealed that the con centration levels of phenols in the water are definitely harm ful to the human body dr otto meresz a laboratory technician with the environment ministry said that while not dismissing smardas findings he felt tests carried out by the province here were the most extensive done anywhere smarda said he had completed only a single test at the mclean property but had taken no water samples from taps in stouffville town mayor eldred king pressed for answers as to what the ministry should do to come up with similar results smarda replied that the university of toronto has equipment to do the job at the meetings con clusion david probert a witness to the proceedings described the event as a memorable day he praised the work of dr slingerland hes doing a fine job for us be said win stouffville there was great joy within the camp of the stouffville figure skating club saturday night home town entries rolled up 30 points and captured five awards in competition at rich mond hill that included par ticipants from newmarket markham aurora stouffville and richmond hill the championship trophy went to newmarket with markham finishing in the runnersrip spot skater jen nifer smith accepted the award individual presen tations were made by al duffy mayor of richmond hill betty weinert secretary on the beard of directors newmarket figure skating- club and stan wilson president of the richmond hill figure skating club the following stouffville skaters were honored christine caterer 1st pre- juvenile girls b elizabeth gibb 2nd prejuvenile girls b marilyn ferguson 2nd novice ladies stacey lintncr 2nd juvenile girls b and shelly coughlin 3rd ladies bronze the following markham skaters were successful cathy nuttall 1st susan graham 2nd vivan armstrong 2nd sharon smylie 2nd gia guddat 1st kathy sulman 3rd jackie mc donald 1st kim sulman 2nd carolyn bunting 1st and paul ignagni 2nd the competitions co ordinator was joan armstrong of richmond hill there were 105 entries twelve year old christine caterer stouffer street north topped the prejuvenile girls b class with an excellent performance in both figures and freestyle her teacher is kevin robertson elizabeth gibb a firsttime competitor placed second her coach is julia faggiani of sandford elizabeth comes by her ability honestly her mother is an accomplished speed skater the family resides at 51 main street west find no fun at funland 1 stouffville stouffvilles funland family game centre at 58 main street west was anything but fun for the crowd of kids that lined up at the door friday afternoon the enterprise featuring video and arcade machines never opened and was still closed as of 5 pm tuesday according to a notice at tached to the arcade door the most recent tenant douglas allen of port perry failed to obtain permission from the buildings owner bing ing of keswick to use the premises for such a purpose questioned on the issue mayor eldred king said the operation failed to meet town requirements on two counts insufficient parking and failure to produce a signed lease from the owner the mayor explained that if zoning laws are met the municipality can regulate but not prohibit such ventures proposed changes at sdss praise school plan stouffville a recommendation by principal michael muir that sdss become a community school in an effort to halt a downtrend in attendance and better utilize present facilities has promp ted a positive response from board of education trustee harry bowes the success of such a move says bowes will depend on the response of adults in the area i think its great but im not sure of the reaction he said the former board chairman indicated the prin cipal will have to make a decision soon so as to prepare for an increased enrolment in the fall with only 750 students expected in september mr muir would like to swing wide the doors at stouffville high ana welcome aauits to regular day classes theres ac commodation at sdss for over 1200 in total while the board may be interested harry bowes looks on the issue as strictly an administrative matter i dont think the trustees should get too involved he said the only alternative he pointed out is a realignment of school boundaries that would bring students in from as far distant as mount albert as to providing daycare for young mothers bowes sees the possibility of incorporating such a service into a child development course under family studies in this way it would serve two purposes he said