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critical of meeting crashers stouffville elaine fritz valley road rr 2 stouffvil- le was one of about fifty people to attend a cul ture and recreation public meeting at the ballantrae community centre march 19 she came away totally dis gusted with what she saw and heard in a letter to council received april 10 mrs fritz said she was buoyed by the fact so many people had turned up for a discussion she felt would deal with problems related to the ballantrae- musselmans lake com munities to my dismay i disc overed after an hour of patiently waiting that the meeting bad been crashed by an over whelming majority of nonresidents these people she said should have attended the dis cussions held at lemon- ville or vandorf due to the fact those communi ties provide their re creation services their rantings and ravings she stated dealt with issues far re moved from the recrea tion concerns of the area where the meeting was held mrs fritz said the gathering marked the first time in many years the culture and recrea tion needs of the district were to be discussed be cause outsiders took control a valuable opportunity was per mitted to slip through our fingers she said the writer pointed to the fact her community totals close to 1000 peo ple yet there are few if any public parks where children can play she expressed dismay at a report that the com munity hall on hillsdale drive had been turned over to private own ership for a price of 18000 she suggested the town look into the possibility of blocking the sale how can we put right the shortcomings of this community if theres no- where to get together as a community mrs fritz said the bal- lantraejneetmewbjdd have provided an excel lent forum for an ex change of information i feel cheated she said in that other issues were raised while local problems went un attended shes asking for a another opportun ity to make these con cerns known to council without interruption from outside factio april is jewellery month win a shopping spr a 0w ewellers 6404646 24mainwstouffvie 2944344 76 main n markham serving whitchurchstouffviue oxbridge area flyers printed delivered one stop service quantities of 2000 and up call the experts in stouftville ux- bridse and area the tribune 6402100 6492292 vol 96 no 48 a metroland community newspaper wednesday april 11 1984 38 pages 40 cents reject site chosen for day care stouffville an ap plication to reestablish the chickadee day care cen tre in a residential area on sunset boulevard one of the most controversial issues to come before town planning committee in months has been turned down the request prompted so many contradictory opin ions it split the committee- -three- in favor and three opposed mayor eldred icing broke the tieagainst at a public meeting april ness urged compromise in dealing with the situation he said residential areas are best for uses such as day care the neighborhoods fears may be unfounded he suggested nursery school operator heather preece of uxbridge placed the current enroll ment at thirty with an ever lengthening waiting list she described the urgent heed for additional day care facilities not only in whitctfurchstouffville but 8tbtrtaxedthe7accomrurofortehegionhweret modation of the council receiving two and three chambers solicitor gordon phonecalls a day she said slave house vivian whitchurchstouffviue 112000 pum- pertanker purchased for the fire department in 1982 has helped save yet another house in the towns rural area the 3000 gallon capacity vehicle was despatched to the scene of a maze early tuesday morning on cherry street near vivian while the district comes under the jurisdiction of the mount albert fire de- pairtment chief george green saw a need for addi tional water when he arrived at the site the big truck was just what we needed he told the tribune vine recently renovated home owned by robert zappacostsr suffered an estimated 90000 damage kthere was no one at the residence when the fire jsiarted the owner has a second house in toronto very lucky lady island lake a mus selmans lake mother of three describes herself as very fortunate following a narrow escape from her partially submerged car af ter it veered off the townline road and plummeted through the ice on island lake krista paquin balsam road rr 2 stouffville was able to open the drivers door and swim to safety mrs paquin still has no idea what caused the car to swing in that direction she wasnt speeding she said and a tire didnt blow the auto snapped off three guide posts and went either under or over the wires shes not sure fortunately one window was down slightly and this made the opening of the door much easier she has no recollection of the cold even though the lakes sur face was still covered with ice like a woman all i thought about was hanging onto my purse she laughed later in recounting the experience the car she said sank quickly eighteenyearold john paterson an island lake resident saw the accident and ran quickly to mrs pa- quins aid he grabbed her hand helped to the road and accompanied her to his parents home where dry clothing was made avail able mrs paquin described her helper as absolutely wonderful she was thankful she said none of her three chil dren was in the vehicle control 64ch9w mrs preece discounted alleged parking problems saying members of staff would utilize space now available at the nearby anglican church her appeal was accorded strong support from several mothers all praised the schools operation now at the anglican church and said stouffville would be loosing out should the school be removed objections however i were equally strong -traf- fie parking noise dust arid infringement on residential privacy were all cited as reasons for refusal i didnt buy a home to accommodate a major parking lot in front said one speaker were re sidential lets keep it this way stated another councillor wilf morley admitted a home makes for improved environment but said another day care was likely to move into the church so the town would still enjoy the same degree of service following the 43 vote one irritated observer com mented lets dump the kids on the mayors door step judy barrett whitchurchstouffviiles first fulltime animal control officer is calling it quits she cites internal friction as the main reason for her resignation her work over the past four years has been praised by residents in all areas of the town shes agreed to stay on until a successor is named jim thomas animal officer calls it quits stouffville whitchurchstouffviiles losing the services of its first fulltime animal con trol officer judy barrett has submit ted her resignation but has agreed to carry on until a replacement is found the 26year town employee recognized for her artistic talents plans to use these skills in signpainting working out of an office at richmond hill it will be four years in may that judy then em ployed by the twp of geor- gina applied for the posi tion here a move she doesnt regret the people have been great she said her mother the animal control officer in uxbridge and scugog has kept a scrap- book of complimentary cor respondence received by her daughter from appre ciative petowners while depressed by inter office friction judy says the fact shes been able save many animals and later see them adopted has been very satisfying often when good places werent avail able she took them home she jokingly describes her house as a zoo because some officers have no feeling for anim als the image of the dog- catcher has become tar nished over the years she says judy predicts major advancements in animal control including micro chip implants that will iden tify a dogs owner regard less of where the pet is found she also envisions in creased numbers of animal shelters where strays can be accommodated and properly cared for she feels whitchurchstouffviue re quires such a facility judys critical of using proceeds from dog license sales to subsidize depart ment costs any more than police issuing parking tags to reduce their expenses she readily admits some of her ideas may be visions of utopia although moving into a new profession judy plans to retain her membership in the association of animal shelter administrators of ontario and who knows she concludes some day i may operate a shelter of my own speakers advance stouffville two area young people both stu dents of the stouffville christian school have adv anced to the district finals in the lionssponsored effective speaking program tim pugh 16 of rr 4 stouffville and sherry ye- ates 15 of goodwood placed first in their respec tive divisions at the region al in aurora april 3 they will represent region a16 at windsor may 4 5 and 6 the lion district conven tion is being held there tim and sherry will speak be fore a large assembly of lion delegates internal friction stouffville judys disillusioned the 26-year- old animal control officer is giving up this position with feelingsofdefipregreti just cant fake it any more she said she attributes interoffice problems to a breakdown in communications its time it all came out she stated she said that in nearly four years shed never been consulted on anything and had been asked to attend only one meeting she says some others in the office are just as disillu sioned as she she feels animal control should be a department on its own had the situation been corrected she would have stayed she said but not now i want to get out although unaware of indi vidual complaints mayor eldred king said the onus of responsibility lies with each department head i cant control peoples personali ties he said with respect to pnjob re sults he said as far as im concerned the work gets done in reasonably fine fashion guarded water auctioneer in action terris house of auctions operated by terri surman opened officially april 5 with a large crowd in attendance the location is the rear of the steerburger restaurant 394 main street west stouffville the next sale is wednesday tonight at 630 pm jj thomas whitchurch don birds trout ponds east side of hwy 48 north of ring- wood provide outdoor re creation for hundreds of rod and reel artists every spring summer and fall the business cannot sur vive however without cold fresh water about 300 gal lons a minute unless reple nished the ponds warm up and the fish wont bite catches once close to 30000 a year are now down to 15000 because of this prob lem many visitors have re ceived their money back to correct this mr bird applied to and received per mission from the ministry of transport and com munications to drill a well north of his property and pipe the water to the site the cost if successful is estimated at 20000 five thousand dollars if it isnt since drilling operations started complaints have occurred several neigh bors fear their wells may be adversely affected one complainant said the drill boom was too close to the hydro line and this cost 750 to rectify the boom was moved six inches mr bird says hes aware of residents concerns and is doing everything possible to protect their interests hes even called in officials of the ministry of the environ ment to check on well water levels in the area people here he said get very upset every time they see a welldrilling rig don bird said he wants to stay in business and perhaps some day establish a hatchery on his property to do this an additional wa- ter supply is essential however he has no inten tions of jeopardizing others water services in meeting his own requirements he concluded with ministry of transport approval a welldrilling op eration is underway east of hwy 48 that if successful will provided muchneeded water for don birds trout pond several hundred fee to the south mr bird says he needs the water if his business is to survive jim thomas