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for christmas barthau jewellers sfctr 640hoho serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area a memorable dining experience sunday brunchsmorgasbord weddings 6406060 t2s vol 100 no 32 a metroland community newspaper wednesday december 9 1987 54 pages 50 cents shopping on sabbath council issue by kate gilderdale stouffville the issue of sunday shopping is back in councils lap queens park claims the de cision should rest with the municipalities and not the pro vince this feeling isnt shared by most whitchurchstouffville councillors wilf morley for example calls it a copout by making this ruling the government is pitting one municipality against another said the member for ward 5 its definitely a cop- out by the province mayor fran sainsbury wished to reserve comment until the matter comes before council it would be better she says if the question could be put off until the new year so merchants christmas plans arent disrupted everyone wins itll bethe sdss teachers vs the grade 13 students dec 15 with all proceeds going to a good cause game time is 2 pm at the rec centre proceeds will be donated to the silver jubilee club admission is onediollar we issued the challenge organizer dave connell told the tribune the grade 13s accepted last year the match drew 500 spectators and raised 500 for the childrens aid society the fans like it con cluded connell they see some excellent hockey and get out of school an hour early im very disappointed with the governments handling of this issue she said ron robb of ward 2 sees the potential loss of a common dav off i believe there should be one day in the week that peo ple can share with their fami lies he stated jim sanders ward 6 says hes personally opposed to sunday shopping but if near by communities accept it it would be unfair to stop our stores from doing the same he claims the issue should have been dealt with by the province wayne emmerson ward 4 agrees he contends queens park should have taken the initiative while per sonally opposed to the prac tice if stores in markham and richmond hill are going to open it would be hard to jus- tify our stores staying closed he claims if one municipality agrees to sunday shopping others will quickly follow councillors margot mar shall ward 1 and jim rae ward 3 offered different views mrs marshall suggests the province shouldnt speak for the municipalities i feel the municipalities should have more say she declared at the same time councillor marshall opposes the sunday shopping trend im con cerned that with small owner- operated stores in stouffville these people will have no time off councillor rae sees no ne cessity for stouffville stores to remain open sundays howev er he says theres nothing wrong with the municipalities making the decision stouffvilles first annual ifestivj friday sponsored by thebiaf bu piovement area board brought togetherchoirs sarah chewins grade 1 at orchard pari from summitview school stouffville distr charles tpppiriggrade 3 dicksons did nothing wrong riding mp declares yorkpeelr yorkpeel mp sinclair stevens insists hes done nothing wrong and has no inten tions of resigning his seat at a newmarket press confer ence friday held to clear the air mr stevens said no evi dence had been presented indicat ing hed ever given preferential treatment to anyone while a minister he said justice william parker himself had made this clear and theres no single insl- record crowd by bruce stapley vstouffville the best the longest the noisiest these were some of the comments heard at the con clusion of saturdays kin- sponsored santa claus pa rade jthe procession extending more than a mile was greeted by the largest crowd in para- de history prompting a com- mcnt from santa claus him- self i do believe your town is growing up at some locations people stood threedeep most on the sunny side of the street the mayors trophy best overall went to the stouff ville lions clubs snow white santa clans came to stouffville saturday and was greeted by the largest crowd in parade history the procession extended more than a mile for additional parade photos see page a3 jim thomas v- ai hf and the seven dwarfs best theme st marks catholic school best school summit- view most original the olympic committee most humorous uxbridge fire de partment and best private entry don anderson haulage judges were ross hctherington and jack watson midtown commentators were ged stonchouse and eddie luther the parades theme was christinas around the world both mpp bill ballinger and town mayor fran sains bury rode in luxurious lincoln town cars members of coun- cil travelled by horse and wagon lome boadway the towns 1987 citizen of the year was in attendance along with strawberry festival queen christine dune those dogs that lined the curbs were frightened out of their flea collars by first shots of helium flame and then blunderbust blasts by the whitchurchstouffville black powder association balloons were everywhere jparticulahy impressive was bruce and bunny burtons float called balloon haven and the cavalcade of kids plus balloons in the anderson entourage the stouffville fire depart ment unveiled its new mack pumper and parkview dis played its beautiful new van the warmest looking float comprised a square dance group from stouffville high they- kept people warm just watching on the outside on the inside the ballantrae lions club helped supplying hot chocolate along the route v oh yes was there someone missing from the town coun cil wagon or did that ho-ho- ho merely resemble the voice from ward 2 ance where any of the companies im connected with had any in volvement with the federal gov ernment he continued the local mp said hed never acted in a manner that would further his own or his familys business interests asked if he would now resign his seat mr stevens answered why what this debate is ab out has nothing to do with my role as a member of parliament housing study stouffville a 15- member delegation seeking affordable accommodation in whitchurchstouffville received a sympathetic hearing at a com- mittec meeting of council monday kitty gait spokesperson for the deputation defined affordable housing as accommodation for rent cither with assistance or without but not usually for purchase mrs gait admitted affordable housing is not a municipal respon sibility but council could lend assistance by priorizing sewage capacity for rentals requesting developers build less expensive homes and by infilling small pock ets of land with townhouscs or rental units the prime need at present mrs gait said is to request the pro vince undertake a housing needs study and develop a housing state ment mayor fran sainsbury in formed the delegation stouffville is currently hung up on water and sewage capacity she said the re gion had promised the town a wa ter report before the end of 1987 and some solution to the sewage problem early in 1988 bill nailer pointed to the urgen cy of a housing statement saying the ministry wont consider stouffvilles problem without it further discussions with the ministry were approved council lor wayne emmerson recom mended at least one member of the deputation sit in on that meeting fillin lot stouffville a develop ment containing 23 townhouscs has been proposed for a site on the south side of millard street west of greenwood road the proposal was discussed briefly at a planning advisory committee meeting dec 1 the applicant described only as7ll99gontario ltd anticipates the construction of one new street to serve 19 of the 23 homes the remaining four would front on millard the ultimate decision he said would rest with the electorate mr stevens declined to reveal future election plans he pointed out however that his home is lo cated in the new electoral riding of yorksimcoe with respect to appealing jus tice parkers ruling stevens said hed make his decision known in a few days were considering it because we feel we have appropriate grounds he concluded evacuate store stouffville stouffvilles ap store main street west was evacuated saturday evening when fire of unknown origin ignited an enclosed garbage com pactor a staff employee discovered the blaze around 630 pm because of its location firefigh ters had difficulty dousing the flames finally a tow truck from les wilson motors was employed- to move the container into the open the smoke was terrible de- putychief murray emmerson told the tribune our men couldnt see a thing damage to the store was minimal manager ed graham said the alarm allowed the depart ment to christen its new 241000 mack pumper an addition to the towns fire fighting fleet deli vered from red deer alberta final year important stouffville principal peter bright doesnt look on a high school education in terms of years but rather credits mr bright points out that a stu dent with the necessary credits can complete five high school years in four and some do but he doesnt recommend it the sdss principal was re sponding to a column published in the dec 2 issue of the tribune under the heading grade 13 a waste of time it was was writ ten by high news reporter jeff carney mr bright described the col umn as superbly written it opens doors to all kinds of discus sion he said however he doesnt consider any high school year a waste tugs in ones life arent un usual he noted students often experience the same feelings in their last years at university mr bright indicated student jeff carney obviously has his plans in place and sees no benefit to additional academic learning at this level i feel hes speaking for him self the principal concluded there are those who regard grade 13 as a super year the best year in their lives the rcbcwonof 137 occurred igoyea jasuallylnthebmofmontgciiw ing of the eulogy n single shot dicksons hill cemetery by agre ofl idas 8gft inside look thousands see paradea3 set the record straighta4 j racing saga continuesa7 sports player claims bittenb1 follows his fatherb2 norm faulkner s 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