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tfl uaw yi ra photolori emmerson speaking out against crime residents gathered saturday morning to a sym- munity services addresses the crowd at right is posium on crime at parkview village here cathy mp bill attewell who sponsored the series of mcallister from victims of crime through com- town hall meetings region region politicians threaten to cut off dump groups after speech in an attempt to bring unity to york regions ongoing landfill fight with queens park a whitchurchstoufiville resident may have jeop ardized funding for antidump groups across the region dave probert former chairman of the environ ment not economics ene ratepayers group angered regional politicians in newmarket last thursday when he told them during a delegation their silence and loss of community coopera tion between municipalities is harming the dump fight issue probert in criticizing markhams mayor and its task force in particular for not knowing what was going on in neighboring towns was conse quently slammed by politicians for his apparent lack of knowledge on the dump fight issue proberts speech which was an attempt to unite the regions front against a metroshared 600acre dump on yorks doorstep backfired when council threatened to cancel funding to all antidump groups in york region richmond hill mayor bill bell told probert if groups were as unappreciative as he said they were that perhaps york should withdraw fund ing efforts to them york region pays 50 per cent of all registered groups dump fight expenses up to a maximum of 100000 maybe we should rethink our contributions and funds to these groups bell said the mayor later said his comments were made hastily and out of anger and said york remains committed to helping groups fight the dumps and markham councillor carole bell ques tioned whether probert was actually an active member of the ene group the reason i ask this is that the comments he has made lead me to believe he has missed the activities in the region all these many months there has been cooperation and the most excel lent communication for the 20 years ive been involved in environment issues this most recent issue has been the most publicized community effort ive ever seen bell said bell said york region groups and municipali ties have joined together on numerous occasions to unite for the cause and suggested probert didnt know what he was talking about what more can we possibly do bell said pointing out that markham has two recognized environmental groups and committees working hand in glove with other municipalities tracy kibble main st businessman mills turns 80 from page 1 neighbors when two acquain tances who are members of the york regional police walked through the door he quipped are you going to throw me in jail mills a father of two with five grandchildren still takes the short walk from his home next door to his shop five mornings a week he closes the doors at 430 in the afternoon but will come in evenings or weekends if theres an emergency born in torontos old cab- bagetown area and raised in that citys east end he moved to stouffville with his wife joyce in 1950 he continued the long commute to his job as a general helper at eatons in torontos downtown until setting up busi ness in 1961 i used to have a lunch with the optometrist who worked for eatons he said of his introduction to the field after i came back from being a military policeman in the army in world war two he took me up to work with him soon after that i got my opticians licence after taking three weeks of training with an ophthalmolo gist they didnt have schools for it back then mills eventually established himself in stouffville acquiring a faithful customer base an ardent christian he credits god for any success he has had gods been good to me he operates my business and hes looked after me through the years said mills who once played the trumpet in a toronto salvation army band mills whose wife died three years ago likes to see his antiquethemed shop as a gath ering place for his friends peo ple come in and they sometimes just like to sit and talk he has witnessed consider able change in stouffville dur ing his 43 years here he recalls the days when main st was tree lined with regular horse shows in the town park in those days he said beenie lehman a legendary figure in stouffville was the towns bread man but progress hasnt robbed the town of its essential warm character he insisted the town has changed but the friendliness is still in the town but youve got to be friendly yourself to get friendli ness in return and the help is there if you need it mills said he intends to con tinue to hand a shingle as long as the lord enables me as long as my mind is sound its the type of business where you have to be on top of things it can be complicated sometimes you have to know what youre doing junket costs york ratepayers 9000 lisa queen metroland staff york region wasted 9000 on a private weekend retreat at the nottawasaga inn in alliston last week vaughan mayor lorna jackson said recently but deputy chief adminis trative officer alan wells defended the getaway argu ing council needed a retreat to work on a vision to carry the region through the next 30 years any consensus from the retreat will be instrumental in helping the region formu late a strategic vision and official plan he said but wells arguments didnt convince jackson i felt we could accomplish as much be having a couple of days of meetings here in the council chambers and every body go home at night jack son said after thursdays council meeting its going to be outside the region at more expense than what was necessary wells said he checked with six facilities within york region including georginas briars inn and country club and seneca college in king township before booking not tawasaga he said the facilities in york were either booked or didnt meet the regions needs nottawasaga was the least expensive of the three facili ties wells- checked outside the region thirty councillors staff and consultants headed up to the alliston inn after the feb 25 council meeting they stayed overnight thursday and friday nights and returned home saturday according to wells wells called the costs minuscule compared to the benefits the region will gain by completing an official plan and strategic vision council has been unable to adopt an official plan in its 22year history but is now promising a document before the municipal elections in november 1994 costs for the retreat are in additional to the 97000 the region is paying intersol con sulting associates for formu lating the strategic plan wells said it didnt make sense for the retreat to be held in the council chambers because people will be inter rupted by phone calls and other distractions surely were mature enough not to be running off to the phones said jackson who did not attend the retreat because of prior commit ments i think its a waste of money residents await tax hike from page 1 a twoyear period starting jan 1992 town staff received one installment on jan 1 last year and a subsequent installment jan 1 1993 top town officials have confirmed the 133000 needed this year has not been set aside and will likely be paid through a tax increase although the figures have not yet been confirmed and although the budget is still being worked out that could mean a three per cent tax hike to cover the salary increases for 1993 the mayor has also indicated the towns unexpected fight with queens park to keep a dump out of the municipality will also come directly out of taxes after york region forked over half the towns 70000 tab stouffville is still left with a 30000 deficit that could account for another half a per cent hike that so far totals 35 per cent and officials say the town will feel their share of the pinch for yorks upcoming 911 emergency system the 635 million regional headquarters and welfare costs in light of these indications made by officials whitchurch- stouffville homeowners could be looking at a minimum four per cent hike residents will add to that a proposed 74 per cent hike at the regional level another seven per cent from the local hydro commission and a speculative 12 per cent increase from the education board stouffvilles budget wont be finalized until the end of march rftfoww kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville wmrmmmmm attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as it a piece so far this year we have delivered 4998151 flyers doortodoor in markham unionville millikcn stoultville uxbridge claremont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagcrman corners box grove cedar grove buttonvillc sandford goodwood leaskdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr ashburn cannington and all adjacent rural route areas we can deliver your flyers on the day you want to the area you want any quantity from 5000 to 46000 for advertising and distribution 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