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the tribune 35000 copies vol 3 no 48 a metroland community newspaper saturday november 28 1987 72 pages 25 cents truck terminal proposed vintage fords chevs plymouths and buicks may soon be replaced by macks kenworths gmcs and freightliners this is the proposal for a stouffville road site once unique in york region and perhaps ontario classic cars owned and operated by gormleys al webster opened only last spring with all the promise of becoming an auto museum chromeplated oldies seldom seen under one roof were on display but all this seems a thing of the past gm smith of gm smith heavy haulers ltd unionville consid ers the tenacre site idealiy suited for its needs the only problem relates to outside storage mr smith wants a definition from the town councillor wilf morley was upset over the timing of the presenta tion nov 24 the question of rezoning was on the evenings agenda the applicant is changing the whole proposal before the ink is even dry charged morley he claimed mayor fran sainsbury was out of line in permitting discussion youre the one whos out of line shot back councillor ron robb lets hear what the delegation has to say mr smith explained the area where hes presently located is filling in he said gotransit wants the property for a station a small plaza is also planned he said neighbors had circulated a petition asking the firm not to move support of their business operation had also come from the town of markham he stated gm smith heavy haulers ltd first located in unionville 25 years ago in 1983 the firm won an award for the best industrial front yard in markham councillor morley agreed the company has always maintained an impressive operation his concern he said related to the meaning of transportation terminal smith explained little business is done locally trucks he said travel as far distant as coasttocoast across canada and the united states as well as mexico sometimes not returning for two weeks a second terminal is located in montreal we require a new head office he said and a place to complete repairs he wanted to know if overnight parking would constitute outside storage council turned the request over to their chief planner for a report thumbs down while sympathetic to a lack of affordable housing in whitch- urchstouffville council has no intentions of getting into the de velopment business members made this clear at a meeting nov 24 councillor wilf morley said a committment of this kind would constitute a financial burden on the town mayor fran sainsbury claimed stouffvilles sewage capacity is already close to maximum she said zoning laws would have to be changed at the same time she suggested a needs study could be undertaken since its wholly funded by the province mayor sainsbury observed that its all very well to shift the re sponsibility to queens park what they decide may work well in scarborough and north york but not in whitchurch- stouffville off limits the town of whitchurch- stouffville plans to come down hard on householders who use town property like it was their own councils particularly con cerned over the practice of planting trees and erecting buildings and fences on lands that legally belong to the municipality at a meeting nov 24 it was agreed that offenders be sent letters requesting such items be removed if this doesnt bring about the required results a second notice will be sent by reg istered mail failure to comply with this warning will result in action by the town the greatest concern is in stouffvilles dulvcrton subdi vision council was told elevenyearold melissa austin a grade 6 student attending summitview school stouffville won the olympic spirit public speaking contest wednesday melissa will attend the share the flame ceremony- on the grounds of the whitchurchstouffville museum vandorf dec 22 here she re ceives an official olympic pin from town committee chairperson marlene mckee- wetheral jim thomas whats inside bill downs and dana bailey cut out to eastern canadian figure skating finals57 directory comment p4 editors mail p5 and 8 church page p28 27 kids page p28 real estate p29 to 44 entertainment p45 to 50 sports p 56 to 58 classified p59 to 71 surprise this workman pokes through a main st man hole 53