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council votes to keep cnr rail lines open the tribune wednesday september 20 1989 p3 tracy kibble staff reporter the canadian national railway is proposing to aban don its operation of railway lines of the uxbridge subdivi sion between lindsay and stouffville due to a lack of funds but whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury wants a threeway support letter be sent to cnr to reverse the abandon ment proposal because she said 95 per cent of all consumer goods are shipped by rail we need these lines open i think we should inquire if lind say and uxbridge want to keep the lines open as well we should all send letters to the cnr about this the mayor said without the local lines goods will be ship ped by truck creating more devastation to roads and an in crease in taxes weil issue comes to head from page 1 mayor fran sainsbury agrees the communal water system is not a good idea for area of 1000 people or less a communal water system is a wrong system and if faulty who knows whats flowing into some poor souls tank i would like to be reassured that we have taken all possible steps to ensure all possible safety there is a way to pre vent hamlets ward 3 councillor nick tatone said the graves consul tant wants a warm fuzzy feel ing of town support and the main issue is whether the town wants the 14 houses located there or not council voted to refer the matter to the sept 18 meeting and to wait until the results of a well are in before approving j the vivian road estate residential proposal this statement was sup ported by a letter to the mayor from the rexdalebased on tario trucking association president raymond cope the railways solution to this problem of a lack of revenue is for government to free them from its public burdens such as maintaining uneconomic branch lines and to increase road and highway taxes sharply mr cope points out the cnrs request to raise highway taxes is mischievous and self- serving and would cause negative impact on canadian manufacturers shippers and consumers the cnr is largely blaming the trucking industry for its loss in revenues claiming the truckers do not pay their share of highway funding blanche wells but mr cope said raising truck taxes would not divert traffic back to the rails because 90 per cent of food and 85 per cent of consumer goods are already transported by truck and only a small portion of manufacturers have access to railroads anymore ward 5 councillor doug alles said council should support the communities who want the rails continued and he strong ly urged that lindsay be con tacted in this regard i find it difficult to accept that cnr is discontinuing because of unprofitable rail lines this will reduce services to the community i stongly op pose this councillor alles added council voted to support ux bridge and lindsay to keep the railway lines open volunteer was active in guides and education blanche phyllis wells known for her respondent nature and volunteer services within the community of stouffville died peacefully at centenary hospital in scarborough in her 61st year mrs wells and her husband charles have resided in stouff ville for 15 years through which time she took an active interest in the local girl guide and brownie pack as brown owl always wanting to do more mrs wells went on to become a commissioner for the association summitview public school was another of mrs wells volunteer stations and she spent many hours helping remedial students improve on their reading skills she was always willing to help people any way she could says her husband charles mrs wells was a loving mother to martin alan and his wife elaine and a dear grandmother to ashley her family and friends met at oneill funeral home in stouff ville for a chapel service and cremation on friday a new coat photo tracy kibble work is almost complete on te stouffville water tower the three- week project now twothirds finished is being done by dupont painting and construction painting the 60 foot tower from left are daniel cramer and al finley work should be finished and the tower will have a new look in one week classicomm to extend service tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffville members of council said cheers to classic communica tions ltd cable system after the companys application to extend services to the township of king was approved by the canadian radiotelevision and telecom munications commission classicomm also servicing the whitchurchstouffville area was awarded the king service exten sion because of the cable com panys past experience in serving communities like whitchurch- stouffville mayor fran sainsbury was acknowledged by the commission for her supporting interventions m the application in january both classicomm and the newmarketbased rogers cable applied to include king city and the rest of the townships unlicensed areas in the cable service but rogers later withdrew its application congratulations to classicomm this will be a benefit to all of york region said ward 6 councillor james sanders at last tuesdays council meeting there should be only one cable tv service for all the york region there could be better service that way all council would like to pass on to classicomm that we con gratulate them and we would like to see one cable service in york region councillor sanders added rogers cable ltd would love it the mayor joked the commission thanked whitchurchstouffvilles mayor and several other mayors in the region for their support in its decision to allow classicomm the service extension to township of king we have one political jurisdic tion here in the region and rogers backed off allowing king to become part of the southern richmond hill service this decision will help to develop one municipality councillor sanders said handson is this what they call handson education christina week parents and students met with teachers as the brugger left steadies brother justin while eating a new school year kicked off snack at st marks meetlheteacher 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