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3 v i3cfitvf ii seniors plan put on hold by steve houston staff reporter a 142acre senior citizens com munity plan to house some 1500 residents in north markham is a wee bit premature in light of the towns draft official plan says regional councillor ron moran and markham planning com mittee says a complete review of land uses in the area will have to be done before any projects can be considered the proposal by swan lake vil lage inc to build the community around an abandoned quarry north of 16th ave near 9th line is contained in a study area the town has frozen development on markham council voted earlier this year to maintain the entire parcel known as mount joy as a study area after demands from area residents during the towns official plan review residents balked at a prelimin ary industrial designation of the land during public hearings and feared such development beside area homes though planning committee generally favored the seniors community project tuesday members said they are commit ted to neighboring residents about preserving the study area status following the presentation from swan lake representative brad warren members agreed to make the proposal public during upcoming official plan hearings to gauge reaction its time we started looking at proposals such as this very seriously said unionville coun cillor fred cox its a convenient location and its well buffered i think the people of markham- would probably see it as prog ress for the community a detailed sketch of the plan shows several features of the nieghborhood including a nine- hole golf course surrounding the eastern perimeter a recreation centre shops and a 175unit nurs ing residence mr warren said canadas ag ing population dictates a serious need for seniors development projects in an interview he said swan lake village would be operated on a condominium basis leaving maintenance and other services to trained personnel but a complete studyof the area likely wont commence until the towns new official plan is approved by the provincial gov ernment only then can an amendment be made to the plan to give swan lake the green light mayor bell said residents who opposed the possibility of indust rial development on the mount joy site may be more receptive to this type of development i would like to know what peo ple think she noted at the meet ing they may very well wel come something like this if we can put the proper controls in this artists rendering shows the proposed swan lake development for 16th ave and 9th line no decision can be made on the project until the towns official plan is approved by the provincial govern ment the land where swan lake is proposed is frozen pending that approval drive on for cat scan what has 6000 legs a retired wrestler plenty of tv air time and is looking for a cat that cant meow markham ndp camp soaring with optimism optimistic that was the mood of markham riding ndpers as they nominated anne swarbrick as their candi date in the sept 10 provincial election ms swarbrick 35 was acclaimed at the nomination meeting attended by about 30 peo ple thursday at the old unionville library in her acceptance speech the unionville resident talked about major issues in the campaign but over and over during the meeting were references to a new respec tability for the ndp markham ndps feel they are coming in from the wilderness theres a good feeling about the ndp in the minds of the electo rate she said we are the party people are looking to momentum is building both in the riding and in the province for the ndp ms swarbrick said she noted that markham area ndpers had never been as well prepared to fight a campaign she dwelt at length on local issues that she said had neither been addressed by the current liberal government nor its prog ressive conservative predeces sors school overcrowding its a ma jor problem in markham and lit tle is being done to come up with creative solutions ms swarbrick suggests that schools be built as they are needed currently 80 per cent of the students must be in place before a new school or addi tion is approved but they be de signed for other uses once enrol ment declines and the community ages transportation she noted that the provincial government has been cutting back on road con struction for the past 10 years she urged a speedup in scheduling hwy 407 construction of a main st markham bypass banning of heavy trucks and improvements in go transit service into metro toronto farmland preservation she urged more serious study of that irreplaceable resource farm land she said that markham rid ing needs a strong advocate at queens park to fight for more greenbelt land affordable housing where are our children going to live when they leave home she asked of the current high housing prices in markham she urged a better mix of condominiums townhouses and apartments to serve single parents and seniors provincially ms swarbrick said that government operated car insurance is her top priority government plans pay out 96 cents in benefits on every dollar collected in premiums compared with 86 cents for private insurers ms swarbrick said major improvement in day care facilities especially in creasing the number of publicly run centres is also high on her list of priorities we would put public tax dol- lars into day care because peo- pie who raise children arc per- formiiiksa whiuablefscrciar scr vice- ms swarbrick said whipper watsons cat scan campaign for york county hos pital thats what at least 3000 volunteers will have taken part in the retired wrestlers fund drive for 17 mil lion to install the badlyneeded piece of diagnostic equipment its hoped the machine can be in the hospital by the time the cam paign climaxes with a telethon this december dozens of fundraising activi ties from a rodeo to a giant bake sale are taking place each week across an area from orillia to richmond hill and from tot tenham to uxbridge fox run for cancer organizers in stouffville and surrounding areas are busy pre paring for the 7th annual terry fox run versions of the 10kilometre trek will be held in communities across canada on sunday sept 13 participants can run walk jog bike wheel or ride to raise money in support of cancer research in 1986 285000 canadians took part to collect a record 38 mil lion in memory of the late terry fox stouffville contact person is dixie sellers at 6401913 tomorrow one of the conti nents best known oldtime travelling circuses the kelly- miller circus will arrive in new- market sponsored by the new market chamber of commerce and newmarket automotive dealers association cat scan stands for computer assisted tomography scanner and its part of a growing arsenal of diagnostic imaging devices simply put it is an xray machine linked to a computer and for the first time it allows doctors to de tect tiny differences in body tis sues the machine produces thin crosssectional pictures of the pa tient which are then displayed on a tv screen or recorded on film by making a whole series of these slices large areas of the body can by studied in great detail the cats ability to detect con ditions and diseases in their very early stages can make the differ- ence between life and death for many people for the people living in the cam paign area the nearest available cat scan is in metro toronto and the average wait for patients from this area is three to four months even emergency cases will wait some three weeks for more information call pub licity chairman terry carter at 8958942 home 4884779 work or contact whipper watson through the cat scan office york county hospital foundation 596 davis dr 8954521 ext 2583 wc deliver vvc can deliver your dyers for as linle as 35c each call advertising ai 2w220o or distribution at 2948244 1987 flyers delivered economisl suntribunc 1736501 mclroland distributing 44987900 flyers with weekender biway canadian tire ap iga royal icpagc mothers jjtt