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are your diamonds secure free inspection cleaning 24 man st stouffvue 6404646 serving whitchwtchstouffville uxbridge area steuffmhe tire battery your dunlop tire dealer home of generation iy the tire with the 40000 mfle warranty 6404499 vol 97 no 41 a metroland community nespapr wednesday february 20 1985 36 pages 50 cents sell town to industry chamber stouffville if whitchurchstduffville is to attract muchneeded in dustrial assessment the be nefits of locating here must be sold to wouldbe de velopers this opinion was shared by members of an industrial committee established by the chamber of commerce two members gerry pax- ton and jack burrows met with chamber president ged stonehouse feb 13 no industrial sales job is being done here stone- house said an industrial in formation kit including a brochure is required he samaritan has regrets whitchurch sever al weeks ago a young man came to a rural residence in whitchurchstouffville he needed a place to stay although hesitant at first the 70yearold woman liv ing alone later agreed it would serve two pur poses she thought provide the youth with a place to eat and sleep and have someone care for the house while she was in hospital her good samaritan ges ture proved costly on her return after three weeks she discovered pap er removed from the walls her car damaged beyond re pair pension cheques mis sing and walls smeared with paint a room upstairs was covered with pornographic pictures she believes that while in hospital her guest invited others friends in she was dismayed by what she found when word of the womans plight reached the office of home support ser vices in stouffville betty courage the coordinator called on frances thorn a volunteer shes been busy putting the house in order im still searching for things the owner told the tribune she praised the assistance received- from the home support helper i couldnt have done it alone road to rio stated the chamber president said one person should be appointed to handle en quiries he claimed the ac quisition of one good indus try would more than pay this persons salary in most instances he said calls from industrial interests are referred back to the chamber mr paxton said that while industrial acquisition is a competetive market whitchurchstouffville has much to offer in the area of low priced land he said property selling for 85000 here would demand 200000 in markham theres all kinds of clean industry looking for sites he said what we need is an industrial agent stonehouse alluded to the twp of uxbridge and its diligent work in landing the tokai plant here he said the rules are put up front such regulations he explained serve only as roadblocks paxton expressed optim ism concerning industrial growth in whitchurch- stouffville at one location only seven lots remain out of eight he said and at another half the properties are sold uxbridge men jailed in prostitute case expensive trip whitchurch after two days of deliberations a jury acquitted two ux bridge area men of sexual assault but convicted them on charges of gross indecen cy and forcible confine ment lloyd edgar harper 24 and johnjames wilkjosqh 21 were arrested lvst november after a toronto prostitute complained to police that on oct 22 she had been picked up taken to a field in whitchurch- stouffville and forced to have sexual intercourse and oral sex against her will for 2 hours the men were each charged with sexual assault gross indecency forcible confinement and possession of a dangerous weapon both were acquitted on the sexual assault and dangerous weapons charges wilkinson with no pre vious criminal record was sentenced by district court judge donald j taliano to two months in jail on each count to be served concur rently a total of four months harper in custody since nov 6 was sentenced to three months in jail for each count plus the 3 months already spent in jail the three months sentence will be served concurrently a total of six months throughout the sixday trial members of harpers family were in attendance after hearing the verdict harpers girlfriend reached over to the prisoners box smiled and held his hand they are to be married in june the defense maintained the complainant an 18- yearold woman pregnant at the time of the incident admitted to being a prosti tute and gave consent judge taliano said he found sentencing diffi cult because of the find ings of the jury which may not make sense to some but which make sense to me to be candid with the court all three of us the crown prosecutor and the two defence lawyers were rather surprised at what appears to be some illogical conclusions but we have to- live with it said defence lawyer alex sosna the jury is a key eley ment in our judicial system and its not fair for me to comment on it said assis- tant crown attorney timothy power the defendants did not take the stand although wil- kinsons statement to police taken in november was read to the court and made available to the jury york region ron morans trip to rio de janiero brazil for an inter national roads convention was the main reason the markham regional coun cillor topped the expense thankful stouffville dam age has been estimated at 20000 in the collapse of a rear section of the sanders block building on main street this part of the century- old structure was erected 12 years ago a heavy accu mulation of snow and ice has been blamed although unexpected john shaw architect on the refurbishing project now underway sees it as a bles sing in disguise much worse he said if workmen had been inside at the time he described it as a gra dual collapse that occurred early in the morning brida pair thethirdanmiafbrid- al fair and fashion show will be held this sunday feb 24 at heintzman house thor- nhill theevent isspon- sored by the york north wedding guild with tick ets 8 available at the wedding and lingerie room 108 main street west stouffville set proceeds will be donated to themarfi khamstoaffvilleand york central hospltirts funds f three fasblehfsl are planned times pm pm stouffvfflernii arechrist merle 1oafeab idtcsardibonletirdnv baytaorne privethor list at york regional coun cil in 1984 mr morans total of 505023 more than doubled any other single expense claim georgina mayor john rogers was a distant second at 209082 the lowest came from newmarket councillor hen ry vanden bergh he had no expense account at all markham mayor carole bell claimed 14784 while markhams regional coun cillors ron dancey and bud bonner put in for 73344 and 44988 respectively regional chairman eldred king charged 9765 while the mayor of whitch urchstouffville and 29232 while chairman he had 141128 in expenses on police commission busi ness former markham mayor and regional chair- man tony roman had 95093 in expenses other regional council member expenses follow james davidson vaughan councillor 64640 al duffy richmond hill mayor 63364 loishan- cey richmond hill council lor 48794 dick illing- worth aurora mayor 165680 lorna jackson big show stouffville the first major event in the towns new recreation centre could be a commun ity trade show this possibility was men tioned by culture and re creation director george schlukbier at a chamber of commerce meeting feb 13 while no date has been established a weekend in september is being consi dered mr schlukbier said trade shows were once very popular here they were organized by the le gion a wintario draw is also under consideration poss ibly in conjunction with the centres official opening the chamber was told vaughan mayor 70993 clarence jessop king mayor 85535 john mclean georgina council lor 185540 angus mor ton east gwillimbury mayor 67680 gord rowe richmond hill coun cillor 17220 ray twin- ney newmarket mayor 75 plus 119348 as a mem ber of the police commis sion and tom wood whitch urchstouffville mayor 17375 regional councillors make an annual salary of 1586792 of which onethird is tax free the chairman makes 61900 of which one- third is tax free are stouffville two stouffville youths have been arrested and charged in connection with the armed robbery feb 15 at success smoke and vari ety main and stouffer streets stouffville in court saturday were douglas murray old ham 19 of lot 4 cone 8 whitchurchstouffville and glenn michael mclean 18 of hwy 47 stouffville the suspects face the following charges rob bery disguise with intent use of a firearm commis sion of offence pointing a firearm possession of a prohibited firearm and unsafe storage of a firearm both were arrested friday by york regional police detective rick metcalfe is in charge of the request 60 more homes visitors welcomed by seniors on special occasions a whitchurchstouffville organization called friends of seniors visit folks in homes and apartments around town on feb 14 valentines day minnie mouse linda todd dropped into parkview home and presented residents with gifts and cards including vera harper formerly of main street west jim thomas stouffville a por tion of the floyd forsyth farm 46 acres could be- come an extension of the dulverton development if the town approves an ap plication placed before planning advisory commit tee last night the subdivison proposal includes 60 singlefamily lots served by town water and septic tanks opposes bylaw stouffville a sign bylaw may be needed in whitchurchstouffville says chamber of com merce president ged stone house but must it be twen tyone pages long president stonehouse questioned the length of the document at a meeting feb 13 he also queried por tions of its content claiming some requirements are too restrictive stonehouse recom mended chamber members and a committee of council sit down and discuss the bylaw before the public meeting we could accom plish a months work in two hours he said george schlukbier town culture and recreation director explained that while restrictions would be in place the municipality wouldnt act without com plaint such regulations he said must be approved be fore certain grant programs arc available we dont need 21 pages to do it replied stone house the chamber president said he doesnt agree with approving something just to have it the lots as set out woul be more than four times the size of those in the dulver ton development towri planner michael saunders explained however thg site is outside the traditional northern boundary of the stouffville community and this fact must be addressed when considering thg availability of an extended water service saunders said while the land is dej scribed as class 1 agriculti ral it lies adjacent to a ney residential neighborhood so development cant be consi dered leapfrogging into a ruralarea the town plan ner stated no area change dicksons hill dicksons hill public school will remain in area 2 whitchurch- stouffville rather than shift to area 4 mar- khamunionville if a finance committee de- cisi on monday is- approved by the roard of education feb 25 k nine delegations filled the meeting room monday it was also agreed that both dicksons hill- school and franklin street school mar kham should become dualtrack french im- mersion rand english starting in september 1 speakers included- suzanne hilton of whltchurchstoufirvilleh ron morris and bruce grubbe of dicksons hitt and david oliver of mar- kham j