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i 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 touffville weekender financial services 74e bed choice u jfte term g i c 1 yr 360 3yr 495 5 yr 580 rates subject to change gics brsps mutual funds life insurance annuities rrifs tax preparation mortgages 137 main st n rfaa markham 71zol 1 y0i 5 a metroland community newspaper saturday februarym7 44 pages 50 exchisive- cemetery in gormley gets green light by joan ransberry staff reporter a 15 million cemetery will be built on 86 acres in gorm ley the tribune has learned on thursday the ontario municipal board omb pre sented its ruling on the appeal for a cemetery con firmed merlin dewing chief administrative officer for whitchurchstouffville memorial gardens filed an appeal to the omb when council rejected its applica tion some area residents have expressed opposition to the plan while memorial gardens can go ahead and build the cemetery at 12492 woodbine ave the town is not getting stuck with all the hearing costs the omb panel did not go along with the companys request that the town pick up the total cost of the hearing the taxpayers will howev er pay 125000 for the 10- day hearing tom parry the towns engi neer had predicted it would cost the town about 80000 the omb ruled in favor of memorial gardens but not in favor of the town picking up all the costs said dewing memorial gardens tab was estimated at between 300000 and 400000 spokesperson for memorial gardens gary carmichael said construction of the cemetery will hopefully begin this year we are pleased with the decision we always felt the application had merit i see this omb hearing as a great expense for both the town and memorial gardens for no reason carmichael said the omb did modify the proposed official plan amendment there has to be an open space designation near the creak running through the property there can be no burials within 30 feet of private property lines and memorial gardens must not have buildings measuring more than 15 per cent of the total site carmichael said the compa ny had planned to follow these guidelines local hero stouffville bus driver rescues man trapped on train tracks heart to heart maris anderson campaign chair for the whitchurchstouffville heart and stroke foundation and mayor wayne emerson put on their heart tags wednesday as heart and stroke month was offi cially launched photosjoerd witteveen by joan ransberry staff reporter a bus full of children wit nessed their driver turn into a hero on tuesday it was a true life breath- holding nailbitting edge-of- yourseat true drama guy castonguay a stouffville resi dent and stock transporta tion bus driver was stopped at a railway crossing on green lane drive just east of bayview avenue in markham on board were 29 students from thornhills bayview glen public school the railway crossing arm was down the signals were flashing indicating that a train was fast approaching in keeping with safety rules castonguay opened the bus door and looked down the track he was shocked at what he saw there in the middle of the track was an elderly man in a wheelchair the mans head was down he was struggling with the con trols he was trying to work the joy stick he wasnt moving and the train was coming said castonguay the seriousness of the situa tion hit this man was stuck oh the railway track and thousands of tons of steel was after rescuing a man who was stuck on the railway tracks in the path of a train tuesday stouffville bus driver guy castonguay receives an extra mile pin by stock transportations operations manager joan down photosteve somerville about to pass the man was about to meet a sure death and 29 children would wit ness the tragedy i dont even want to think about what the children would have seen said cas tonguay castonguay had a split sec ond to make a decision he made it he turned the bus off asked a senior student to keep the children in their seats jumped from the bus and ran towards the trapped man quick on his heels was another man who also came to help castonguay grabbed hold of the wheelchair lifted and with all his might he jumped at that point the freight train whizzed by the force from the train blew over cas tonguay the man in the wheelchair and the other good samaritan wendy mcchell a laidlaw bus driver witnessed the whole thing with 35 children on her bus she was parked directly behind castonguay i screamed so loud my throat hurts i was sure all three were going to die please see page 2 vv i isqtx w m oca mp islbki lb j11il offer expires soon interest