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april the diamond lyio nth barthau jewellers 5 main st w stoufiviiie 6404646 serving wbitcburchstouffviue uxjbridge area vol 101 no 14 cquntrye ireaityltd v- fw gg 6406715 a metroland community newspaper carpentras students arrive wednesday april 6 1988 38 pages 50 cents- stouffville theyre here the longawaited arrival of stu dents and accompanying teachers from carpentras france occurred saturday when the contingent of young people and adults filed into markham theatre warden avenue union- ville spring fling its the stouffville business improvement areas first fundraising project spring fling a dinner dance and fashion show is set for saturday april 9 at the maples of ballantrae rr 2 stouffville time of the dinner is 730 pm with the fashion show and dance to follow tickets 25 per person are available from the follow ing merchants the wed ding room freckles the villager ancherils classic collection josephines graylane boutique and the snowbird the evenings proceeds will go towards furthering im provements to stouffvilles downtown business section the air was electric with excite ment as hosts and guests were systematically paired arrange ments perfectly coordinated were handled by maureen cun ningham and dale grose of sdss assisted by french teachers on staff at markham unionville and aurora several york region board of education trustees were in attendance including harry bowes of whitcburchstouffville markham mayor carole bell addressed the audience in en glish since whitchurchstouffville is now twinned with carpentras the town will host the delegation thursday night in the council chambers a reception organized by the chamber of commerce will follow at latcham gallery stouffville hosts and hostesses follow patrick alles terri badgerow jen barker andrea baston amy beecham tracy blackwell michele bower heather bull kerri goulbourne robyn grove brenda hachey lise haylow jill jackson stephanie lintner kimberley maggs carolyn mckeen jennif er pritzker michael reed michelle richardson kim saun ders mary sled carrie swain heather wideman danny wilson and tracy wilson vandals anger property owner musselmans lake gor don hamilton of richmond hill owner of glendale beach mussel- mans lake is fed up he claims vandalism is so fre quent and so extensive he can no longer maintain the property close call stouffville a fairview avenue man had a narrow escape from serious injury even death friday when pinned under his own car david parcells was completing repairs to the muffler when the vehicle slipped off a jack pinning him beneath with the help of his son and a neighbor jack pollard the car was raised allowing him to escape ambulance officials and the fire dept responded but mr parcells declined hospital treat ment hes thinking seriously of de molishing the pavilion once de scribed as the third largest dance hall in canada mr hamilton says as fast as he erects no trespassing signs on the property theyre torn down windows and doors have been re peatedly smashed several fires have been started the owners fearful the whole building may some day go up in flames jeopardizing adjacent homes on the street mr hamilton says york re gional police patrol the area but to his knowledge havent arrested anyone hamilton claims the propertys off limits to everyone hes issued a warning that trespassers caught on the site could be charged wuith all preceeding in fractions persons interested in leasing a portion of the beach this summer in exchange for maintenance are asked to call the owner at 7377342 narrow escape for trio in singlecar accident stouffville a stouffville girl and two male friends are re covering following a harrowing experience while returning home from a ski outing on hwy 400 south of barrie kim graves main street east suffered severe lacerations to her face and hands as well as bruising to her back and shoulders boyfriend matt macauley of scarborough was thrown through the sunroof he landed on the road a companion allan koren of mississauga was pinned under the auto the vehicle flipped over at least six times the 1987 ford escort gt purchased only last september was wrecked- kim told the tribune they were driving at the speed limit when the car hit an ice patch fishtailcd and rolled over in the median when i opened my eyes i real ized i was the only one left inside i was sure everyone else was dead kim said housing survey stouffville the ecumenical committee for affordable housing is continuing its preliminary survey with re spect to afforablc rental accom modation in stouffville questionnaires have been placed in the tribune office the post office the public library stouffville printing and country club donuts the committee is seeking the following information 1 are you spending more than 30 of your income on accom modation 2 are you having dif ficulty finding affordable housing in stouffville 3 do you have de pendants if so how many and what ages 4 your age 5 arc you single married separated divorced the committee is anxious to obtain an overview of difficulties experienced by stouffville resi dents in finding rental accom modation as well as the percen tage of family incomes that must be expended on rent she crawled out a side window kim said it was a miracle matthew wasnt run over by other motorists he suffered a col lapsed lung and other injuries allan suffered a fractured pelvis he was also badly burned all three were admitted to royal victoria hospital barrie matt was transferred to st michaels hospital toronto kim said she was wearing a seat belt at the time but not her companions lucky for them they werent she noted theyd have been killed for sure the front of the car was demolished kim is an employee on the staff of hair break main street west stouffville itll be some time yet before she can return to work light unit j stolen despite the joys of four suc cessful performances a pall of gloom hung over the in structor and staff of whitch- urchstouffvilles little league theatre saturday someone had stolen a rented aluminum tripod valued at 1000 the unit had been left near the entrance to parkview vil- lage during work in setting up the stage leader steve payne told the tribune it was there but a few mi- nutes he said such a loss could really kill us mr payne is offering a 100 reward for information lead ing to its safe return clusters almost fullj stouffville parkviews cluster homes have been so well received 20 additional units are planned this is the word from jm nighswander the associations executive administrator an application has been submit- ted to the town mr nighswander said the boards awaiting a reply eighteen of the twenty com pleted units are now occupied accommodating 32 people mis nighswander stated the remain ing two units accommodating three people will be filled shortly he said all who signed contracts back in 1987 followed through on their agreements weather permitting the landscaping should be com pleted by june mr nighswander continued many residents are already utilizing dining and re creational facilities at parky iew village the tenants have beeh very receptive to this he ex plained bulletin boards he said will be installed in the clusters advising residents of upcoming events as for accommodation in park view village mr nighswander described the demand as in credible between 400 and 500 applications are currently on file he stated fire under investigation whitchurch an ontario fire marshals investigator has been called to check out the cause of a blaze that destroyed a house on lobraico road early monday morning j the logtype residence was lo cated east of the 7th concession between the vandorf road and the aurora sideroad the loss including contents has been valued at 145000 its under investigation chief bill brown told the tri bune he refused to speculate but the tribune was told a tenant had been living there until only a few days ago the fire had a big head starf chief brown said there was only one wall standing when he ar rived it wouldnt have mattered the laneway entrance was impass able except to the brigades light truck using portable pumps volunteers put out what was left brown said time of the call was 4 14 am- i sports all tied up best bowlerb2 moves up jb3 peter arnott recreation programmer paeci