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a10 tribune july 30 1986 sb minister defends coop firm the fertilizer plant at cedar valley operated by the united cooperatives is in the news again the site was recently the- subject of discussion by whiten- urchstouffville council promp ting a letter to the ministry of the environment a reply from the minister the hon james bradley follows mrs patricia hallam deputyclerk town of whitchurchstouffville dear mrs hallam in response to the motion of the council of the town of whitch urchstouffville staff from my central region office visited the- united cooperatives fertilizer- plant in cedar valley the attachment to your may 16 letter indicates a resident adja cent to the plant is concerned with the storage of anhydrous ammo nia gas on the property our in- spector reported this product has not been handled at this location for approximately five years the facility receives dry bulk materials and produces standard concentrations and custom blends of fertilizer there are also two storage tanks of a liquid ferti lizer known as uan that contains 28 percent nitrogen this product is not the anhydrous ammonia gas mentioned in the attachment the area around the two liquid fertiliz er storage tanks is protected by a containment berm my ministry considers the pro- ducts at the cedar valley united cooperatives to be stored proper ly in addition a product record has been provided to the stouffvil- le fire department for contingen cy purposes sincerely jim bradley minister families mourn two local men by evelyn milsted gormley the gormley area was saddened by the death of two wellknown and highly re spected gentlemen both born and raised in the community robert sproxton son of mr and mrs rus sell sproxton elm road stouff- ville passed away saturday at mount sinai hospital toronto following an illness of three months donald steckley son of the late mr and mrs clarence steckley also passed away on saturday in toronto general hos pital following a lengthy bout with cancer mr sproxton 52 was a 30- year veteran with the metropoli tan toronto police department besides his parents he is sur vived by wife betty sons james brian and jeffery daughter bon nie mrs ken brillinger four grandchildren two sisters mar- jorie of quito ecuador and betty of lima peru and two brothers don of mississauga and howard of caledon the funeral service was held tuesday from unionvil- le baptist church with interment stouffville cemetery mr steckley 57 is survived by wife anita one daughter vicki a son and daughterinlaw bill and marietta and two sisters helen watt of toronto and hazel ken nedy aurora the service was held tuesday from the humphrey funeral home bayview avenue with interment parklawn cemet ery toronto mr and mrs murray bennett have returned from a threeweek holiday in western canada rev and mrs ed sparks have returned from several weeks spent in western canada they attended the second general assembly of the missionary church in calgary they also vi sited with their son and daughter- inlaw mr and mrs roger sparks and family mr and mrs russ ellas have taken up residence in stouffville they were honored at a farewell gathering recently hosted by mr and mrs wm ash mrs gertie baycroft a former gormley resident is a patient in york county hospital new market mr and mrs david heise and deena of lowbanks spent the weekend with his parents mr and mrs russell heise deena is spending a few extra days with her grandparents mr and mrs russell heise and rev and mrs allen heise attended the baker reunion at duntroon sunday there will be no sunday ser vices in victoria square united church during the month of au gust the heise hill congregation is assisting with the mennonite bi centennial celebrations this weekend aug 2 3 and 1 at har- bourf ront toronto the heise hill ladies arc making all the pics for the pennsylvania dutch dinner saturday evening this year marks the 200th anniversary of the mcnnonitcs arrival in canada due to the serious illness and subsequent passing of their brother marjoric sproxton is home from quito ecuador and betty sproxton is home from lima peru