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xt ewellers 24 main st stouffville 6404646 cquntrye tyme realty ltd serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area an opportunfry is never lost another person v5o90 takes rr- 6405090 vol 99 no 2 ombnon a metroland cornmunitytnewspgper wednesday may 14 1986 44 pages 50 cents stevens quits ministry yorkpeel continued con troversy has followed in the wake of sinclair stevens resignation monday as federal industry minister prime minister brian mul- roney quickly ordered an impar tial nonparliamentary inquiry into the conflict of interest allega tions that caused the yorkpeel mp to vacate his cabinet post a but dissatisfied liberal and ndp members of parliament are pressing for more answers c fielding a barrage of inquiries soon after mr stevens announce- ment deputy prime minister erik nielsen admitted the exact nature of the investigation is yet tbbe determined opposition mps accused the sinclair stevens government of using the resigna tion as a political strategy to further stonewall them on the widelypublicized allegations against mr stevens the 59yearold former minis ter has maintained throughout the twoweek controversy that he complied fully with conflict of in terest guidelines by putting his business interests in a blind trust nonetheless there seemed to remain sufficient confusion as to fact to warrant an impartial in vestigation believe it is in keeping with our parliamentary traditions and practices that i ten der my resignation effective im mediately he said in the house of commons monday in 1974 mr stevens earned national recognition as a rookie mp when he lashed out at minis ters for allegedly breaking the thenliberal governments new conflict of interest rules twelve years later the same man quit after a relentless opposi tion attack focusing on a 26 mil lion interestfree loan made to his wife noreen stevens the funds came from anton czapka cofounder and minority shareholder of magna interna tional inc a firm with several manufacturing plants in mr stevens home riding however the industry minister denied knowledge of any transac tion between his wife and the com pany which has received millions of dollars in grants from the in dustry ministry reading from a prepared state ment in seoul south korea mr mulroney predicted monday that the yorkpeel representative will many riding constituents in- stevens to provide a full explana- sive conservative minister to res- be completely vindicated and eluding both pc faithful and poli- tion of the loan affair ign during the last 21 months after eventually return to cabinet tical opponents have urged mr mr stevens isthe fifth progres- allegations of wrongdoing vfr i victoria wood home development officially opened the 39home development by victoria wood south of sunset after plans were made pubhc nineteen houses had been sold boulevard in stouffville was i officially opened may 1 by town mayor fran sainsbury and biiilder gerry armstrong two weeks jim thomas new staff system prompts debate stouffville town coun cil has approved the development of a new department head co ordinator system but not before a councillor voiced serious doubts about the proposal ward 6s jim sanders who pre fers the present cao system as originally recommended by con sultant woods gordon launched a verbal attack when the matter came before council may 6 as part of a personnel committee re port you mayor sainsbury have gone on record as opposing a cen tralized system with overall au thority vested in one person and tjiat person responsible to coun cil he said to conclude his list of six major concerns it is my firm belief that your reluctance to understand and accept good and proper management techniques will cost the taxpayers both in hard dollars and in frustrations at not being able to get the job done your unbiased leadership is de sperately needed by this council but mayor sainsbury said she fully supports the development of such a system claiming its time to learn how to fly on our own chief administrative officer cao ed lundman under con tact to the town until october said in an interview hell now help develop and implement the new approach of ashes k tirthia back in january 1985 a dis astrous fire destroyed the his toric home of mr and mrs hugh miller rr 2 clarembnt many irreplaceable heir looms were lost but the community spirit of many people was kindled by the blaze they gave of both time and resources in rebuilding the residence on sat june 7 the miller family are holding an open house on location from 2 to 4 pm its being called an up from the ashes party all interested persons are in vited mr miller told the tri bune we dont want anyone left out thistle ha as the property is called is located on the 7th cone of pickering a halfmile east of the brock road request 75 approval ool dress code bygone days revived stouffville don beanie lehman of 352 boyer street wiped the perspiration rom his forehead stood back and smiled it was saturday afternoon the sun was shining brightly and seven muscular young men some stripped down to their shorts were busy building a garage workshop next to the lehman house i thought those days were gone said beanie but theyre not his reference was to volunteer work bees common 40 years ago when completed the frame structure will replace the building destroyed by fire jan 20 in it beanie repaired dozens of bicy- cles the majority he gave away the work crew headed by steve schell arrived early satur day morning other volunteers in- cludedsteve spang bob hughes mark fockler peter waterman bruce thornhill and tom lehman beanies son theyre a great bunch of boys it makes me proud beanie said following the fire beanie was about ready to give up on his bike repair business they wont let me he said its wonderful mark fockler describing him self as a laborer rather than a carpenter said it didnt seem right that dozens of used bicycles should be piled up and rusting out side each appeared to enjoy the challenge is it all volunteer beanie was asked he nodded yes but i may have to kill all the chickens in the east end to feed em by brenda little stouffville a uniform dress code will be implemented at stouffville christian school this september if 75 per cent of all pa rents are in favor ptfa member jeff wood told a meeting thursday unless a large majority of you want the dress code we wont go with it wood said its not some thing on which we want to divide our school the fate of the proposed uniform will be decided by a private ballot each family will have one vote after placing the apparel on dis play wood explained the ptfas reasons for wanting it it will make life easier for parents he noted definitely in the long run it will be much cheaper also from the students pers pective it will relieve peer press ure kids have more important things to think about than what theyre going to wear he added it will also give them a sense of unity wood said the problem with the schools present optional dress code is that its not understandable pa rents cant control it and the uni forms are expensive and in short supply the new uniforms unlike the old ones can be bought almost any where said wood only the girls jumpers and kilts must be purch ased at halperns when wood opened the meeting to discussion parents appeared an xious to voice opinions from com ments expressed they seemed equally divided the basic philosophy of a christ ian school is to look at the child as an individual protested one father i think this sort of thing leads to conformity id rather have my kids conform to a uniform than sweatshirts and blue jeans another replied one woman was concerned that the school would be hurting its present goal of attracting more children by adopting a dress code many kids wont come she said they use clothes as a means of expressing themselves many parents were also concerned that uniforms could hamper childrens ability to express creativity one mans concern was with the image the uniforms could project to the community we dont want to give the impression of elitism he said show crowd disappointing citizen nominees the town of whitchurch- stouffville will honor its 1986 citizen of the year june 26 the ceremony sponsored by the tribune will be held at stouffville dist secondary school in conjunction with the miss whitchurchstouffville pageant sponsored by the sun the deadline for receipt of nominations is wed june 11 names with accompanying reasons can be mailed to box 40 the tribune or left at the tri bune office 5456 main street west previous recipients of citizen of the year honors are r jim rf mil 1980 wayne feas- by 1981 fran sainsbury 1982 dr john button 1983 joyce rowley 1984 and gladys clarkson 1985 volunteers rebuild beanies workshop a fire last january destroyed don beanie leh mans bicyclerepair workshop on boyer street stouffville on saturday several young men met at the site and by late afternoon the project was almost com- plete shown here are mark fockler foreground and left to rightstcvc schell foreman steve spang bruce thornhill peter waterman tom ich- man and bob hughes jim thomas markham poor attendance at the 1st annual todays woman better living show at mar- kham fairgrounds on the weekend had some vendors seething several concessionaires said crowds up to 35000 had been promised but fewer than a thousand showed up they complained the event was poorly publicized and that hand out leaflets contained no times us stock in auction uxbridge a herd of bred and open holstein heifers and calves 193 in number has a new lease on life due to surplus milk south of the border the united states govern ment has given cattlemen a choice of either slaughtering their animals or snipping them out of the country pleasant view farms inc of somcrs connecticuit is trans porting all its young stock to the wilson sales arena uxbridge the auction is this saturday may 17 beginning at 11 am an open house is planned for friday night auctioneers are neil bacon of uxbridge and hugh fawcett of winchester surplus milk in the united states is out of control jim huff man of the wilson sales staff told the tribune the government there is paying the farmer not to produce because of mileage restrictions imposed by canadian authorities prices are expected to be very reasonable mr huffman said the animals will be brought as far as niagara falls by a us transport company then re loaded onto canadian trucks for the remaining distance and improper directions one lady called it out rageous booth rentals she said ranged from 500 to 1000 i havent made a cent she stated another vendor said a lack of heat in the buildings made it un comfortable for both exhibitors and customers her loss she said was doubly expensive because shed shut down her own store in order to attend stylex promotions barbara bowers disputed statements that the show was poorly publicized and said an extensive advertising program had been underway since march including radio television and newspaper ads with the amount of advertis ing we did we should have had the numbers at the show said mrs bowers when it gets down to it people should have pulled together this time they didnt tony arkell the fair boards secretarymanager said the ren tal arrangement of the grounds had been approved at a directors meeting its magic stouffville the magic show fascination will take to the stouffville dist secondary school stage for two performances tomorrow may 15 mf illusionist jeff evason and juggler wes zaharuk will head up 530 and 8 pm per formances sponsored by the kinsmen club of stouffville advance tickets at 5 are available from club members until thursday mornin admission at the door is 6 for adults and 5 for childreni the slouffvillcbased trooj has also been booked by the optimist club for two june 8 appearances at uxbridge music hall