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st xizhii i i tribuye rpepjember 30 1992 pj the year in review dumps taxation dominate headlines in 1992 january rk region approves an expen diture of 21 million to hire 37 social service workers to handle the rising number of welfare cases throughout the region stouffville gets hit with the worst snow storm in five years causing havoc on local roads and a power loss due to high winds february longtime corporate citizen mcneil pharmaceutical sells its building to novopharm which will use the location for manufac turing generic products york region announces the first of many cost overruns with the construction of its administrative centre in newmarket stouffville businessman ed hakonson calls for the town to cap its employees salaries and requests a tax freeze due to reces- sionary times mayor fran sainsbury warns municipal taxes may rise as high as three per cent in fact they passed a zero per cent increase ward 6 councillor ken prentice refuses to support the purchase of a 28000 portable floor for the arena requested by the chamber of commerce so it can hold its annual home show before the ice comes out march york region examines an 88 per cent tax hike raising fury among residents and groups the two school boards reject a merger of its administrations although the two initiate some joint costsaving measures such as shared school buses a report leaked to the tribune reveals town senior employees may get pay hikes as high as 9 per cent a 266000 cost over two whitchurchstoufiville homeown ers tax bill the deer park inn ravaged by fire in 1991 fell victim to arson once again may 10 several young offenders were charged in the offence a survey resulting from a tri bunesponsored forum showed that nearly 80 per cent of local teens wanted a youth centre the town and public works employees signed a firstever canadian union of public employees twoyear agreement five markhamarea teens were charged with assault after a memorial park rumble on april 3 involving stouffville and markham youths june council cuts back its weekly blue box pickup to twice a month to save 22000 a year the community reacted with outrage at the provinces announcement that the town had been targetted for three potential sites for a 600acre mega dump to be shared with metro toronto mayor fran sainsbury vowed to keep canadas largest dump out of whitchurchstouffville while citizens began to organize anti- dump protest rallys longtime town residents bruce and bunny burton were named citizens of the year the antidump movement con tinued to gather steam with 1200 town residents attending a meeting at the rec centre june 24 july the toronto philharmonic orchestra graced memorial park with its talent as whitchurch- stouffville celebrated canadas 125th birthday with a huge party residents rallied to fight the dumps years for taxpayers ward 6 councillor ken prentice is chastised for calling an agree ment reached outside council chambers between the chamber of commerce and- the town a dirty backroom deal made in a beer parlour fire guts a 1 million estate home despite a 12hour firefight ing marathon by the local brigade the stouffville sun goes up for sale but is unsuccessful in finding a buyer april a teen rumble involving markham area and local youth erupts at stouffville memorial park bringing in 12 police offi cers arid resulting in several charges council passes a zero per cent tax increase but warns the restraint will cost taxpayers in 1993 may the york region board of edu cation hiked its levy by 55 per cent adding 102 to the july1 tribune reporter tracy kibble travelled to new york state to investigate incineration as an alternative to landfill on july 14 12 local citizens met with environment minister ruth grier to protest the iwa process august the town chastised the provinces plans to legalize base ment apartments stating the idea would strain water and sewage services the town announced there would be no financial reimburse ment for citizens groups fighting the proposed dump the town votes to spend 75000 over the next two years to scale down its industrial park plans in gormley council approved the purchase of a 17000 piece of art known as the red arrow for latcham gallery september york region asks transport canada to oppose local dump sites mpp larry oconnor meets dump protesters at queens park on the grounds they violate min istry guidelines which recom mend landfills not be located within eight kilometres of an air port council approves the purchase of a 500000 fire truck the board of education votes against charging a fee for use of its schools by nonprofit groups taxpayers foot the bill for a fourth name change of kennedy lane north this time to spring vista lane the town comes under fire for contributing 17000 towards the cost of the red arrow sculpture at the latcham gallery the interim waste authority announces that the short list of dump sites will be delayed until late november george ross retires from his main st photographic store after almost 20 years in business responding to concerns about conflict of interest over the dump issue mpp larry oconnor resigns as parliamentary assis tant to environment minister ruth grier and is sworn in as parliamentary assistant to health minister frances lankin october stouffvilles joe sherren an active campaigner against the dump is elected as markham- whitchurchstouffville reform party rep stouffville united church cele brates its 100th anniversary mp bill attewell kicks off the yes campaign on the constitution al accord by urging residents not to use their vote to vent anger at politicians a tragic car accident takes the life of 19 year old dan mcneil of stouffville a member of the uxbridge bruins junior c hockey team who was on his way home from a game with teammate jeff cowley mcneils funeral was attended by more than 1300 peo ple the country says no but the riding of markhamstouffville votes yes to the constitutional accord by a comfortable majority york region board of education chairman harry bowes announces he will seek a new term only as a last resort november sevenyearold bobby shaw paralyzed in a car accident which took the lives of his mother and sister in july is flown to disney world as part of the 16th dream- lift to disney sponsored by the sunshine foundation of canada the mayor takes the newly- formed save our stouffville sos taxpayers group to task for attacking council spending saying you cant do a lot better than zero per cent increase whitchurchstouffville is offi cially removed frorii the dump site short list as a result of informa tion received from the towns con sultant findings and facts gath ered by the public sos objects to proposed projects for next year including nearly 500000 for a fire truck in a dra matic speech by group spokesman marion wells a possible boat ban gets council into hot water with property own ers at musselman lake and mayor sainsbury and ward 2 councillor stephen bellerby resign from the board meanwhile the town dump fight bill is estimated at 70000 december mayor fran sainsbury and ward 2 councillor stephen beller by elect to remain on the kettle lakes advisory board and the ministry of natural resources says boating on musselman lake may be regulated but will not not banned a major snow storm dumps more than 35 cm on stouffville causing havoc on the roads and the cancellation of school buses york region announces it will grant municipalities involved in fighting the dump up to 100000 or a maximum of 50 per cent of legal arid consulting costs council votes unanimously in favor of initiating a 325 acre industrial park in gormley stouffville was hit by a major snow storm in december i f a i t f kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as 4 a piece so far this year i we have delivered 27802278 flyers doortodoor in markham i unionville milliken stouffville uxbridge clareniont 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