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tree farm teaches children area history tribune september 2 1987 c3 by denise mcdonald stouffville horton tree farm does more than provide trees at christmas and supply landscapers through summer it teaches children about the herit age of our area and the import ance of nature conservation as well we have a museum on our magic hill farm which houses historical indian artifacts found in the area and other articles don- ated by the whitchurch- stouffville museum says keith horton most of the children that visit here are city kids so we ex plain to them how 200 years ago all this area was forest it helps put things into perspective for them according to son burt horton the family business comprised of keith joy hal and brian was founded 25 years ago when they purchased an old christmas tree lot on the 5th concession south of the aurora sideroad my father ran a professional forestry consulting business for the public says burt when we bought that first 35 acres we started selling trees and then when the sugarbush came in we boiled sap in a barrel as a hobby at first we invited church groups who just kept coming back then before we knew it all the school kids wanted to come so we de cided to include the general public as well after purchasing the home farm the hortons arranged to lease a second 100 acre property on the 9th line and have since ex panded to a total of six with one near caledon two north of orangeville and one in barrys bay near algonquin park the magic hill farm is owned by a man who didnt know any thing about trees continues burt so we came in and turned it from a gravel pit into reforested land it was nothing but wasted barren property and the trees help retain nutrients in the soil and stop erosion burt claims they deal mostly in large trees up to the 30 foot varie ty including every type of ever green from white and norway spruce and scotch and austrian pine to various types of de- will be missed by denise mcdonald markham funeral service was held in st phiilipsonthehill anglican church unionville august 24 for eva austin nee zulak who passed away august 21 after a lifelong illness she was 62 born august 16 1925 to a large family incartier ontario mrs austin moved to ethelbert manitoba at the age of nine where she resided until returning to toronto as a young teenager on march 28 1944 she was married to reg austin and took up resi dence in the endean avenue lesley street area of toronto until moving to riverview street markham several years later after living two years in the heart of downtown markham husband and wife moved to a country home on 19th avenue where they resided until selling their property 18 years later to commute between an island on lovesick lake bobcaygeon and florida although not affiliated with any particluar church organization mrs austin was an avid member of a bible study group in stouffvil- le and a familiar face as a volunteer at the markham clothing centre she loved puttering around the garden and recruiting clothes and things for the needy says daughter deborah quantz if she happened to read about a family whose home and belongings burned in a fire she spent a lot of time with them helping in whatever way she could eva always seemed to know someone in need and never had a bad word to say about anyone says longtime friend joan mcdonald she was a nature lover animal lover and people lover but most of all a friend with the broadest shoulders you could ever hope to find besides her husband reg mrs austin is survived by brothers john hamilton bill sault ste marie stan toronto sisters nancy detroit anne vancouver and katie toronto she will also be dearly missed by son william austin stouffville daughter deborah and soninlaw jim quantz richmond hill granddaughters jennifer austin and christine quantz and was special mom to theresa and dawnmarie pallbearers included rick ron and gary zulak nick swyntuh bob stacey and stan stadnyk interment was at grace cemetery markham clean swimming priority for project keith horton illustrates to son burt left what future growth this pine tree can attain if allowed to grow for a few more years denise mcdonald ciduous trees for landscaping landscapers are our major customers because were mainly interested in bulk quantity orders and try to steer away from the little ones he says landscap ing these days covers such a wide area from building houses right down to a blade of grass however in between filling numerous orders for nursery stock and landscapers the hor tons find time to perform real stage magic for visiting schools run an animal barn provide wagon rides and serve pancake dinners in a real log cabin weve been doing this since 1968 and are now very wellknown throughout torontoarea schools says keith its so nice to have a job where you can combine pleasure with work and get out and meet peo ple adds burt ive been hand ling a shovel ever since i was old enough to hold one and i wouldnt have it any other way by denise mcdonald york region the metro politan toronto and region con- scrvation authority in co operation with the ministry of the environment is currently in volved in a rural beaches strategy project to help eliminate bacterial contamination at swim ming beaches in whitchurch- stouffville caledon vaughan kingajid richmond hill according to a report from the mtrca beach closures have in creased substantially in recent years throughout southern ontar io although steps have been taken to preserve swimming within its more popular conserva tion areas it has been lost to clairville and boyd conservation areas and suffered shortterm closures within bruces mill and albion hills beaches are closed when swimming water contains high concentraticns of fecal coliform bacteria greater than 100 bacter ia per 100 ml of water reads the report submitted during last tuesday nights council meeting these bacteria originate from human and animal waste and swimming in contaminated water increases the risk of ear and eye infections the report also states mtrca realizes bacterial pollution has a number of sources including livestock farms suburban com munities and rural septic sys tems their efforts have concen trated on the importance of lives tock farms upon downstream wa ter quality the ultimate goal of this pro ject is the successful implementa tion of corrective measures that will improve water quality at these swimming beaches it adds lj8jk w sp it looks like its dogeatdog to me theyve just been mak ing a lot of campaign prom ises but as soon as they get in theyll drop them like a hot pan peterson has impressed me a bit though it seems that theyre all making the same statements and talking about the same issues but whoever gets elected doesnt seem to mat ter because things dont change- charlie barrotta im not really interested in it the pcs dont look in very good shape for this election though i prefer the ndp ev erybodys making promises they dont intend to keep gerry chediac i suppose the issues are being dealt with fairly well im happy to see this new family coalition party fcp because all of the others have become so alike always tak ing the middle ground the fcp will put pressure on the other parties to realize the people want something else