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largest weekly markham stouffvijle uxbridge all the news whitchurch j uxbridge markham i pickering vol 83 no 1 1 14 pages stouffyillkwhitchurchmarkhamuxbridgf thursday august 12 1971 phoxk 6402101 if cknts it all sounds fine but too great a gamble city opponents claim the tribune three national awards stouffville three national awards that is the tribunes record of achievement in the 1971 canadawide better newspaper competition prizes include the hugh e mccormick plaque- for best front page 1st the leslie e barber memorial trophy for best editorial page 1st and the charles h nolan plaque for best allround newspaper 2nd never in the long history of the tribune has the paper been so recognized on a national scale in 1968 it won six awards but five of these were in ontario competition in the past ten years the tribune has been a winner of twenty plaques and trophies unmatched in its class runnersup for best editorial page were the milton ont canadian champion and the powell river bc news runnersup for best front page were the 100 mile house bc free press and the dryden ont ob server for best ailround newspaper milton was first the tribune second and campbell river bc islander third other sister newspapers within the inland publishing co limited chain to receive class or special awards include the oakville beaver mississauga times newmarket era and the brampton guardian tribune publisher ch nolan is attending the cwna convention in hotel vancouver august 15 to 19 compromise rejected t lake residents ask total truck ban muss lake nothing short of a total gravel truck ban 12 months of the year is ac ceptable to residents of south road musselmans lake max pringle spokesman for a delegation that appeared before town council july 27 told the tribune that a compromise offered by ronald lee of lee 5 sand and gravel co ltd was not satisfactory mr lee agreed to reroute vehicles during the summer months and school bus periods morning and afternoon he said his firm was willing to make concessions if the ratepayers showed a willingness to do the same mr pringle in rejecting the offer said the yearround residents in the area had to be cnr plans 2 unit dayliner stouffville to alleviate overcrowding on the stouffville- toronto cnr dayliner a second unit may be added in september this is the information received from region assistant vicepresident wd piggott in reply to a letter from york- centre mpp don deacon mr deacon in earlier correspondence had com plained that by utilizing only one car too many passengers were j forced to stand in the aisle mr piggott noted that the operation of two units rather than one tended to increase the cost considerably our current studies are directed towards developing a travel pattern to determine if it is practical to provide extra equipment on the most probable days of peaks he said the cn official explained too that to expedite the i unloading of passengers in the morning at the union station two doors instead of one will be opened on the question of fares there is a hint that changes in the level of patronage may soon be approved your continued interest in the operation of our new torontostouffville service is indeed commendable the letter to mr deacon concludes considered besides he said a verbal agreement doesnt mean a thing what we need is a bylaw the south- lake road extends from cone 9 to hwy 48 and is used extensively by truckers as a shortcut between the two points homeowners argue that the bloomington road while a few miles farther is much better suited to accommodate heavy traffic of this kind on tuesday town council passed two bylaws limiting gross load weights to 5 tons and reducing the speed limit to 25 miles per hour both must be approved by the dept of transport goodwood when the sun sets its supposed to get cooler but not when uxbridge town ship council is discussing century city as happened august 9 heat and noise were over whelming features of the meeting when 150 people are crowded into a hall not meant for more than about 80 when those 150 are divided into two opposing factions and when everyone is determined to make his point of view known then its a meeting to remember at several points only the firm hand and gavel of reeve bob nesbitt kept the contest from becoming a shouting match century city developments was well represented a solicitor an engineer and others presented a forceful case for the defense members of why a city citizens com mittee led by their chairman dr cm godfrey provided equally eloquent criticism lg blunt chairman of the uxbridge committee on pollution also spoke the audience was about equally divided pro and con some people said they were present only as interested spectators a few members of the audience merely sat in silence looking uncomfortable it was mr blunt who got in the first blow presenting to council a brief which his committee is sending to queens park it examined the ecological effect of century city which the committee claimed would be totally adverse the brief said duffins creek would become an open air sewer flowing to lake ontario the century city project was termed mindless entrepeneurship that would end in ecological disaster mr blunts presentation in spired the initial outburst talk about pollution all you want but leave century city out of it shouted one lady you belong over in ireland an irate man told blunt reeve nesbitt moved the discussion along quickly the next item was a letter from century citys solicitors which said the company considered invalid any resolution passed without notice or without the company being present they asked that the matter be con sidered without reference to any former decision council members seemed unimpressed continued on page 9 the booin of a large shovel was used to transport perhaps as much as one ton of hashish from tel aviv to montreal and then to a farm north of ringwood before a portion of the load 350 pounds was seized detective clifford cox york regional police points to a section through which the drug was deposited and later removed jas thomas bail set at 50000 man charged in drug raid near ringwood stouffville bail was set at 50000 tuesday when 38 year old michael mizrahi a you cant please em all muss lake the road- widening project now underway on south road musselmans lake has drawn both praise and criticism the work is intended to facilitate snowclearing during the winter and surface treat ment in the summer it is also intended to ease some of the problems of truck traffic road superintendent ernest davis said most people hes talked to are agreeable but some object to losing portions of their front lawns you cant please everyone mr davis concluded native israeli citizen with residence on bathurst street appeared before judge russell pearse in richmond hill court mizrahi is charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking in connection with the largest seizure of hashish in canadian history 350 pounds of it on a farm off hwy 48 north of ringwood in arriving at the figure judge pearse ignored a plea by patrick duffy federal department of justice who asked that no bail be allowed the accused the court was told is a mechanic by trade married with four children he has no previous criminal record mizrahi was remanded one week to set date for a preliminary hearing in the meantime a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a second suspect eharon friedman 40 of finch avenue inspector wallace harkness york region police told the tribune that interpol had been contacted on the chance friedman had already left the country the hashish discovered in a buried galvanized container was part of a shipment stored in the boom of an 8ton shovel shipped from tel aviv to montreal may 26 and tran sported by truck to the stouff- ville area farm the following day tenants on the property became suspicious when they observed men digging during nighttime hours they called police inspector harkness said the interior of the boom reeked of hashish odour he said there was sufficient room inside for 2000 pounds of the drug im afraid we caught only the tail end of it he said in an in terview at buttonville he feels the operation is backed by persons of considerablemeans the trucking cost alone was 300 goodwood kartways accuse deputy reeve of shutdown threat goodwood with one hand youre encouraging us to solve the problem and with the other youre threatening us mrs van bell directed this accusation at deputy reeve don jackson mr jackson denied it mr and mrs bell owners of the goodwood kartways ap peared before uxbridge township council august 9 to defend their operation at an earlier meeting council was handed a petition signed by some of the bells neighbors they complained about noise from the track and asked for a review of the bylaw under which the bells operate a counter- petition from other neighbors was also received after considerable discussion the issue finally reverted to basics noise van bell explained that the track is using the best mufflers available quieter mufflers could be made but nobody is making them he said i dont know why deputy reeve jackson in troduced a letter received from the canadian environmental law research foundation it stated that readings taken had shown a minority of the bell karts were exceeding the 90 decibel level ann bell claimed that a woman from pollution probe had taken readings during the tracks peak period and found no levels over 90 we understand how people feel about the noise she said nobody approached us about it theyre not reasonable councillor darcy higgins said this was probably due to human nature as people are reluctant to do anything about a problem until it becomes serious it was pointed out that many people who signed the complaint had moved into the area recently knowing the track was there continued on page 12 pinned under horse riders leg broken bruces mills area hosts 7785 sunday visitors the bruces mill conservation area is a favorite picnic and bathing siic ihis summer on sunday afternoon 1730 vehicles entered the grounds establishing an attendance high of 7785 per sons a section of the croud is shown here looking southeast towards the dam jas thomas muss lake mrs carole irvine hillsdale drive musselmans lake suffered a broken left leg monday when pinned under the horse she was riding near her home she will be confined to scarboro centenary hospital for two weeks mrs irvine 26 said she was riding along the road when the horse suddenly reared back throwing her to the ground the way my leg was twisted i knew it was broken she said but it could have been worse carole had hoped to enter her first riding competition at als tack shop vandorf road sunday im afraid it will have to wait she said xrays showed the fracture just above the knee