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weekender march 22 1986 p3 goodwood family escapes inferno firefighters from stouffville uxbridge and pickering battled a spectacular house fire in the hamlet of goodwood early thursday morning high winds fuelled the blaze and flames quickly engulfed the cone 3 home of stan and judy todd all members of the todd family escaped unin jured damage to the house was placed at 80000 not including contents stouffville fire chief walt smith said he believes the fire originated from a wood stove in the family room of the ux bridge township residence the alarm was sounded shortly after 115 am assistance for the todds has begun pouring in from friends neighbors and members of the goodwood lions club chris shanahan first big step for uxbridge plan by chris shanahan staff reporter the developer of a subdivision that could boost uxbridges population by about 1500 people wants to begin work on a 110lot first phase this fall members of the townships planning and development com mittee gave nearunanimous sup port to the seaton group proposal following a presentation thurs day afternoon im really really pleased and excited and hope that we can see something get going in the near future mayor gerri lynn oconnor said of the planned quaker village community lo cated north of brock street and east of cone 6 adjacent to the arena property this is a long time coming she added claiming theres a great need for housing within the community previous owners of the subject despite cost cutting effort rc board deficit 1 million by greg coates staff reporter despite tough budgeting and a concerted effort to reduce its de ficit york regions separate school board remains almost 1 million in the hole john zupancic director of education said it was hoped the board would have its deficit elir minated by 1986 but an error in calculating government grants in transportation has pushed the de ficit close to the 1 million mark i thought we were going to be out of debt but transportation has thrown us back in said mr zupancic jed and ctatidette guess what ed i found out today that were the first ones on the block to get pay tv in 1982 the york region roman catholic separate school boards deficit was 13 million but cut backs and heavier teacher work loads reduced it to 527058 by 1984 recently released unaudited figures show the boards deficit currently sits at 923072 the result is an expected tough budget for 1986 john sabo super intendent of business and finance said the budget is still in the draft stages but is starting to take shape were at the point where weve established everyones wants and needs he said its going to be an extremely lough budget were fighting to reduce and eliminate the deficit yet not jeopardize the educational services provided by the board current expenditures for 198g are listed at 807 million up ab out 18 million from last year however on monday trustees instructed administration to re view the draft budget and identify areas that could be cut to reduce expenditures by 45 million mr sabo predicted the board could probably handle a budget in the 7677 million range markham trustee terry ryan noted the largest increases are in the regular day school budget up 7 million and special education up 15 million there will definitely have to be some trimming said trustee ryan adding that separate school supporters can expect a mill rate increase we hope to keep it down around the inflation ary level the york region roman catho lic separate school board is one of the fastest growing school boards in north america land tried but failed to develop on three separate occasions dating back to the early 1970s landscape architect john davies a unionville resident who operates willowdalebased john e davies and associates inc used a selection of charts and slides to present the project at the heart of the development would be a 25acre public park he explained a portion of which would be a heritage village com ponent allocated for museum uses the balance of the park would include a botanical garden jog ging and fitness trails tennis courts playgrounds and land scaped areas for passive recrea tion according to mr davies seaton is intending to include in the development a 45acre prim ary school site and a 15acre par cel designated for a municipal office at the corner of brock street and heritage parkway mayor oconnor termed the overall concept excellent and said shes confident any planning difficulties can be worked out in conjunction with the townships engineers houses in the initial phase arc to bo situated along the eastern property boundary abutting cen tre street the singlefamily re sidential units on minimum 55- foot lots would range in price from 90000 lo 120000 committee members carried mayor oconnors motion to sup port the project in principle sub ject to comments from planner alex grant and municipal en gineers but not before ward 2 council lor francis hockley voiced re servations about the suggested relocation of the quaker hill museum now on cone 6 to move the museum some place else kind of bothers me he said of the plan to base the facility in the heritage village along with other historical dwellings coun cillor hockley said hes worried about the compatibility of the museum within a recreational park setting mr davies stressed that its all just a concept at this stage and his client would be willing to consider alternatives company repre sentatives have already met with museum board members to dis cuss the matter the township of uxbridge will realize significant growth in the coming year growth potential that has existed for some time according to written text describ ing the proposal this potential can now be realized as social eco nomic and political factors have created a positive climate for de velopment the developer anticipates the construction of 100 units of multi- family residential housing in a la ter stage of quaker village the meeting was told the seaton group operator of uxbridges foxbridge golf club purchased the quaker village land on feb 20 and has since se cured project funding of more than 3 million call display advertising 2942200 or jenni hull 2948244 1986 flyers delivered february fconomisltribune 1502200 melrobnd dislributinr 42598300 we deliver supplements flyers with weekender chris lennon saturday wooko canadian lire pascals super x drugs super dominion mowers fantasia the wccdman knurl biway tt wilton sunday scafi mr grocer