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a legion fireworks stouffville park friday may 25 skating club spring dance friday may 25 vol 85 no 51 phone 6402101 toronto 3611680 whitchurchstouffvillemarkhamuxbridge thursday may 17 1973 32 pages 15 cents more than 500 cyclists participated in the third annual lions- sponsored bikeathon saturday with pledges totalling 13500 the most gruelling challenge was climbing pikes peak cone 5 north of bethesda the majority of riders took a breather at the top including 11 year old randy brown watson drive stouffville jim thomas over 500 persons pedal for 13500 stouffville the lionssponsored bikeathon whitchurchstouffvilles largest oneday community event was completed smoothly and safely saturday with 509 persons taking part when all pledges are in the financial return should total 1350000 at 430 pm cyclist number 476 completed the 30- mile ride aside from a few sprinkles of rain the weather was ex cellent for the trek york regional and provincial police provided protection at all in tersections and the service was much appreciated by organizers cochairmen were colin barrett and steve kettle richard yoemans was the first across the finish line at 10 am the first girl was sandra ramer age 13 the final finishers were two nine year olds julie skeats and kim thomson norma card and joan toman rupert avenue com pleted the circuit on a bicycle- builtfortwo one lad missed a turn at 17th avenue and the markham townline he rode three extra miles before jgajizing his former mayor ken laushway joined the procession again and was back home by noon he has per sonally raised close to 2000 for the cancer society in the past three years for the majority of cyclists the hill north of bethesda known to natives as pikes peak provided the greatest challenge a few stopped for a breather at the top then continued on tabulations at latcham hall were in charge of steve kettle earl crowder don caudle and sig kusatz the deadline for pledge returns is may 26 at the office of guaranty trust main street stouffville office hours are 9 to 5 monday through thursday 9 to 8 friday and 9 to 1 satur day airport land sale could help century city property owners vandalism and theft stouffville a bazarre escapade of vandalism and theft is reported by york regional police on the site of the already hardhit sleepy hollow golf and country club hwy 47 north of stouffville within the space of about 30 minutes it is alleged that five youths entered a temporary pro shop and scattered the goods about the grounds later it is said they drove several electric golf carts across the greens crashing them together one of the machines was dumped in a nearby pond facing numerous charges following their arrest are timothy dickinson 16 ninth line north stouffville james hopper fairview ave stouffville wayne peck jelm road stouffville randy john smith r r 3 sutton and john hepburn of king all 17 years of age damage has been estimated at 2000 a car thought to have been stolen from giles chevolds in stouffville may 12 was found abandoned on the 10th con cession bus safety stouffville within recent months concern has been ex pressed throughout the whitchurchstouffville area related to safety standards on school buses operating within the region j supervision of children aboard these buses has also been questioned on may 24 at 8 pm a meeting sponsored by the whitchurchstouffville ratepayers association will be held in st marks school stouffville to discuss the issue in full the public is urged to attend fire loss 8000 on game farm goodwood fire at tributed to an overheated in cubator destroyed a barn at the goodwood game farm cone 3 uxbridge township sunday morning along with 50 pheasants and more than 600 eggs brigade volunteers from uxbridge were summoned to the scene but the blaze was out of control when they arrived the loss has been estimated at 8000 rumors of arson have been ruled out by investigating of ficers of ontario provincial police council views library plans 6 expensive 59 to sell fifth line school uxbridge twp the fifth line public school in uxbridge township is to be sold ontario county board of education has announced the sale of the building and lot by public auction june 1 at ap proximately 4 pm two others will be sold in the same afternoon including atherley school hwy 12 in the twp of mara and point mara public school north of beaverton also in mara twp the fifth line school is comparatively new by com parison having been built in 1958 the building is 2479 square feet and situated on a site of 235 acres need fire truck for ballantrae ballantrae the residential community of ballantrae is too far removed from stouffville to be adequately served by a volunteer fire brigade stationed there this is the feeling of ward 2 councillor jim wong so hes suggesting that rather than sell the old fargo pumper now used as a spare and soon to be displaced the truck be retained intact and relocated at ballantrae he intends to submit the recommendation in writing to town council mr wong said that in ad dition to the personal protection provided property insurance rates would level off and perhaps decrease councillor wong is the first to admit however that one fire truck doesnt constitute a fire brigade so hes calling on volunteers men and women to serve in this capacity in terested persons are asked to phone him personally at 473- 2115 or the president of the ratepayers association tom wood at 6405680 stouffville im sure members of council are all convinced we need a new library but im not convinced we need one with so large an area that the average taxpayer cant shoulder the extra mill rate you have to take a realistic approach on that june button chairman of whitchurch- stouffville finance committee informed the library board delegates may 8 they appeared before council with a request that an 8000 sq ft area be approved for the library unit rather than the 6000 sq ft designated in the recreationlibrary complex proposal already submitted through a committee of local service groups board chairman jim sanders also asked approval for a 288000 cost ceiling on the library project and that con struction begin in august he explained the surveys of other facilities and projection of local needs had confirmed the boards view that it would be advisable and more economical to build a larger unit at the outset he agreed however that there were no statistics on how many area residents were now using other library services in preference to the local one and mayor gordon ratcliff speculated that even a new one updated facility in town might not entice these people away from their familiar library routine although the board has already stated support of a library in a complex councillor merlyn baker questioned the delegation on an alternative in accommodation that had been suggested by their own planning consultant as an interim measure i wonder if moderate expense on the present post office when its vacated would not suffice for a number of years mr langley subsequently contacted the department of public works and was informed that it would take 18 months before the new stouffville po is in operation and june 75 before the old building is vacant although councillors cathy joice and jim wong spoke in favor of making the initial stage of the facility large enough for future growth mayor ratcliff concluded that he felt the library area should be kept at 6000 square feet as more development comes to town it can be ex panded i dont see how the money you have budgeted can be shouldered by this com munity he told the board ratepayers protest town deer hunt stouffville the whitchurchstouffville ratepayers association has come out strongly against a townauthorized deer hunt this fall and has agreed with guidance from proper authorities to contribute time and money to feed the animals this winter if their species is in danger of extinction at a meeting may 9 op ponents of the hunt looked on the venture as a threat to public safety since areas once con- sidred as rural are rapidly building up they also felt it would contribute to trespassing on private lands unless owners posted and policed their properties a resolution approved by the association has called on council to rescind its motion of march 27 and cancel the hunt should the recommendation be rejected the organization offers the following suggestions 1 that each hunter produce a letter of authority properly witnessed from owners or tenants of property giving him authority to hunt on their lands and 2 the ministry of natural resources and the conservation club be responsible for policing the area to ensure no hunting is done on property other than that to which the owners or tenants have extended written authorization tour of homes uxbridge twp the federal government has in dicated a willingness to pay approximately 26 million as total compensation for all in terests in 1100 acres of land owned by century city developments limited the greatest portion of this property is located in uxbridge township and will be ex propriated for the proposed pickering international airport news of the offer was made public this week by revenue properties limited century city is a 765 per cent subsidiary of the parent firm a spokesman for century city said the valuation figure is understudy approximately 16 million of the monies offered by the government must be used to pay encumbrances and real estate taxes on expropriated lands the 1100 acres represents part of 6600 acres owned by century city in the uxbridge area the government has also offered to purchase an ad ditional 500 acres at a price to be negotiateat youth grant8305 stouffville a grant in the amount of 830500 has been approved for stouffville under the federal government- sponsored opportuinities for youth seven students including roy budd tenth line south carol vague and kim greenfield will be employed this summer painting and repairing homes of senior citizens and the han dicapped in the community the owner or tenant must purchase the supplies there is no charge for labor the application was made through roy budd a 1st year student in engineering university of toronto approval was received two weeks ago the project will begin at the end of may participants are anxious to make contact with people wishing to make use of this service the number to call is 6402746 the markbam and district family life centre is sponsoring its annual tonr of homes jane u with visits to several residences in whitchurchstouffville one of these is ti- hase of mr and mrs ronald carter bethesda road stouffville rr 4 jim thomas stouffville tour of homes a popular fundraising project of the markham and district family life centre has directed its route into the area of whitchurchstouffville seven residences will be visited june 14 from 1 to 5 pm hosts include mr and mrs ronald carter and mr and mrs richard reininger bethesda road r r 4 stouffville mr and mrs ian munro cone 7 r r 4 stouffville and mr and mrs michael ogden also of stouffville r r 4 visitors will stop off at several places in the unionville area too the homes to be seen represent varied and interesting styles of architecture and fur nishings all are in beautiful settings tickets for the tour adults only are available in advance from crotsefs- pharmacy markham aikens pharmacy stouffville at each of the homes or from the convenors the cost is 3 tour of homes is one of several fundraising programs sponsored by the family life centre a communitybased nonprofit organization established in 1968