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i stouffville the goahead to prepare fin al design drawings for a planned whitchurch- i stouffville community recreation centre has been granted hans vierhuis of the toronto firm of proctor and redf ern the towns design engineers was given the nod to proceed ry following mondays meeting between coun cil and representatives of the towns sports organizations the discussion which mr vierhuis called a progress meeting was held to review and con- sider intermediate drawings for phase i arena of the proposed hxf sports complex only minor changes were made from a pre vious meeting held dec 12 of the users group these include an in crease in the size of the hockey and skating clubs the availability of two dressing rooms to those using the soccer fields and an extension w g7nr r n- r of the meeting room on the upper floor were very pleased with the plans said gordon ness represent- ing stouffvilles amateur hockey league i just hope we can get going on it get it started one query at the meet- ing came from ged stonehouse who asked if jet ice which reported ly uses less energy has been considered for the new ice surfaces he was reassured that it would be looked at before any decisions are made following approval of the final design draw ings which mr vierhuis said should be com pleted in about four weeks the project will go to tender we hope to have con struction started by the beginning of may and finished by the end of september said mr vierhuis the cost of the first phase of the project has been estimated at 25 million a double ice pad and a 25 metre indoor swimming pool along with ground floor offices for staff and user orga nizations will be in cluded in phases 1 and 2 other phases of con struction will include an auditorium three poss ibly six squash courts and an exercise room oneida flatware sale ewellers 64mw6 2944844 24 main w stouffville 76 main n markham serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area vol 96 no 35 a metreland community newspaper wednesday january 11 1984 guaranty trust gics rrsps rhosps stars and stripes oaily interest savings s 81 main st stouhvffle 6404000 28 pages 40 cents building booms stouffville for whitchurchstouffville the recession would appear to be over this conclusion was reached following receipt of the towns 1983 building report prepared by chief building official bruce arrowsmith value of construction dur ing the past year totalled 2140679300 up almost thirteen million over 82 a total of 31 building permits were sold the highest num ber since 1977 and 140 more than last year permit fees received amounted to 11747000 thirty singlefamily homes were constructed along with nine accessory buildings and twelve addi tions two commercial buildings were erected and one industrial mr arrowsmith called it a major improvement when compared to 1982 not ing that only 15 per cent of the total was related to dul- verton fairgate heights derk pat muir said the the 42uriit apartment com plex at albert street south and sunset boulevard was not included in the 83 re port in this regard councillor tom wood said multiple re sidential still needs a shot in the arm a pet peeve stouffville town council will consider reduc ing dog license fees paid by senior citizens the committee recom mendation follows receipt of a letter from mrs george dodd rr 2 stouffville claiming cost of a tag for a second dog outrageous mrs dodd said she paid 12 for one and 32 for two she suggested 24 for both would have been fair councillor tom wood said many senior citizens consid er the figure extremely high i think we should look into it councillor jim rae agreed considering not only a reduced rate for seniors but fees charged for first and second dogs in other municipalities councillor margot mar shall claimed many rural residents keep two dogs on their properties two or ten im not sure replied mayor eldred king he explained that the higher fee was meant to discourage more than one dog per household food store is planned for plaza stouffvilles first baby in 1984 meet jessica chewins whitchurchstouffvilles first baby in 1984 jessica arrived at 502 am jan 2 at scarborough centenary hospital a second daughter for roger and susan chewins and a baby sister for fiveyearold sarah proud grandparents are harry and barbara schell sunset blvd stouffville and bert and pat chewins fort myers florida jim thomas fears pollution whitchurch land fill site skeletons keep rat- tling in whitchurch- stouffvilles closet former ward 1 councillor jim doble opened the door just a little last week and painted a scary picture of what he saw addressing a public meet ing jan 3 doble voiced opposition to the inclusion of a tenlot residential subdivi sion in the area of kennedy road cone 6 and the au rora road about 1 vz miles from the hwy 48 dump while his remarks were directed mainly to a propos al put forward by sohrab developments limited the excouncillor went a step further asking that a mora torium be declared on all ex tensive residential buildup close to the landfill opera tion he cited a section ex tending to st johns sider- oad on the north kennedy road on the west bethesda road on the south and the uxbridge townline on- the east stouffville a stouffville mother of two is richer this week by 241410 thanks to loto 649 wendy thompson rupert avenue selected five of six numbers cor rectly one of 549 persons to do so it won her a third prize in the biggest lottery ever offered in canada it was my first time wendy told the tribune im very grateful she said she always leaves such purchases to husband earl a lottery ticket buyer going as far back as the irish swccp- stakes this time however he suggested the whole family get in volved she bought five and the children purch ased two she had a plan with re gard to numbers one through three but four and five were picked without rhyme or reason she knows now that had she completed the ticket using her hus bands age 43 shed have had all six numbers correct the odds on winning the 7 million jackpot were 14 milliontoone this saturday the grand prize is expected to be 10 million and yes wendys hoping good things come in twos doble said that to date there are too many un knowns related to possible seepage from the site and diseases that could result he said theres know way of knowing what direction the plume runoff maybe flow ing if at all and no fac tual data concerning the governmentauthorized health study now underway its still in the works some place he said he re quested council adopt a cautious approach gary ott spokesman for concern stouffville it could have been a catas trophe thats how fire chief walter smith de scribed an incident during a dance in latcham hall re cently when a ladys mink coat fell from a rack and burst into flames when it touched an electric heater located below for the anonymous own er it undoubtedly was a catastrophe chief smith said he wasnt aware of the extent of the damage but said a fire had resulted mayor eldred king on learning of the incident ex pressed alarm that a clothes rack would be situated there and that a blaze should re sult we dont want a pub lic building with that kind of hazard he stated mayor king recom mended the fire chief take immediate steps to correct the problem and notify the community centre board that the matter had been looked after chief smith said he learned of the incident from a town works department employee who was in the hall at the time hell of a way to start the new year commented councillor margot mar shall the development firm said the company had hired a professional engineer to complete an evaluation study with no negative re sults with the exception of councillor jim rae mem bers agreed to defer approv al until such time as the ob jectors concerns are re solved stouffville a main street west commer cial site that presently in cludes a hardware store and a pine furniture shop will be expanded to accommodate a food store plus a free standing building if plans as presented are approved by council ken sandiford of a s construction accompanied by architect john shaw and businessman graydon card made their proposal public jan 3 the location is east of palmwood gate across from the plant of cable tech co ltd the project would total 35000 square feet the present architectual design described as old canadian will be con tinued mr sandiford said adding to the pleasing appearance of the struc tures already there brick plus wood panelling will be used he explained com plimenting the present buildings the supermarket not named in the presentation will serve as an anchor town planners were told the building oumront could serve as a milk store or a professional office but unlikely a fastfood outlet sandiford said these he explained are common in shopping centres through out the united states the noise level at the rear of the plaza would be re duced through creation of a berm plus a recessed area for loading and unloading trucks this point pleased councillor jim rae who re called complaints from homeowners elsewhere councillor jim sanders questioned the advisability of an exit from the plaza onto main street claiming it could pose a traffic hazard an exitentrance is also proposed to the service road at the rear as well as an entrance from palmwood gate although members were noncommittal with respect to acceptance councillor fran sainsburypraised the architectual design of pre sent buildings calling the project an asset to the town sales barn new partner in business stouffville norm faulkner coowner of stouffville stockyards li mited has a new partner hes norm clements by no means unfamiliar to the area the willowdale en trepreneur with land hold ings in uxbridge township is the owneroperator of national gym sports and a coowner of race horse cam fella clements has purchased the partnership held by frank bennett rr 1 un- ionville the transaction was finalized jan 6 for frank bennett asso ciation with the sales barn goes back more than 35 years at that time walter atkinson headed the busi ness it was 20 years ago that frank and norm faulkner joined forces twenty years without an argument frank says he calls him a great guy mr bennett will remain on staff as a livestock au ctioneer spending four days a week in the same capacity at the toronto stockyards he hopes to continue his volunteer asso ciation with the mennonite auction at black creek pioneer village and at new hamburg near kitchener he will also lend his talents to the annual heritage day festival at niagara christ ian college ft erie all this he does for free frank bennett has wit nessed tremendous growth in the flea market operation here- also an increase in numbers of sheep and goats livestock have always been his specialty at age 63 he feels its time to take things easier but hes not quitting entirely hell be back in his familiar stall on saturday vehicle fires shun cost stouffville insur ance companies are now charged at the rate of 500 an hour for all vehicular accidents and fires attended by the town fire depart ment this recent committee re- commendation has been approved by council chief walter smith said the chargeback should cover the cost involved during 1983 the fire de partment responded to 40 such alarms up consider ably over 82 rcsuscitator calls were also up from seven to fourteen total alarms in 83 num bered 182 thirtynine more than the previous year the breakdown follows resuscitator14 grass brush and garbage27 structural18 vehicle fires16 vehicle acci- dents24 electrical10 chimney18 remote alarms24 check calls1 mutual aid2 hazardous material spills2 false alarms3 the whitchurch- stouffville fire department has a compliment of 27 volunteers plus a chief classic snow sculpture sandra thome of bomar road rr 2 stouffville dis plays considerable skill when it comes to snow sculpture this model attracted so much attention motorists on ninth line north were prompted to make a return trip for a second look audrey green hid1 york region alan wall york re gions agricultural rep resentative for the past 24 years and now re tired will be honored at a public gathering june 1 the event is to be held in the general exhibits building at markham fairgrounds chief organizers include- harvey brown rr 2 markham barry little rr 1 markham and jim sellers of sutton more than 500 are ex pected mr walls association with the ministry of agriculture dates back to 1948 he served in the regions of niagara bruce and simcoe coun ties before coming to york he also taught for a time at the agricultu ral college in ridge- town