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judges for the miss ontario firefighter of 1973 competition held in the arena of the markham fairgrounds had a puzzling task to choose the queen and two runnersup out of 10 beautiful con testants but in the final analysis the trophy cash and crown was presented to 17 yearold wendy copeland of mount forest centre beth parise left of whitby was first runnerup and gail mcguekin of mount albert was second gordon krantz of the milton fire brigade performed the presentations mike gerhardt approve grant for park development markham the honourable leo bernier minister of natural resources and mr d m deacon mpp for yorkcentre announce the approval of a provincial grant of 175000 to the town of markham to carry out further development work in milne approved park this park comprises some 12 acres of land fronting for about 2500 feet on the milne pond and rouge river in the town of markham the municipality proposes to carry out further develop ment work in the park during 1973 which will include the construction of a parking area entrance development drainage work placing of topsoil beach improvement tree planting and other general development work this grant is made available under the parks assistance act and the municipality will con tribute an amount equal to the grant airport price review one farmer asks boost of pickering ottawas special committee appointed recently to review land price offers for properties in thel8000 acre airport site tackled its first benchmark property and was asked to bump up the govern ments present offer by almost 200000 the federal governments offer for one particular 100acre farm was 195000 but a lawyer for the owner claimed the farm was worth 395000 according to current market values the value tagged to the farm the first of 20 cases to be considered by the committee was determined by the owner 200000 and his lawyer founded on the original government appraisal and what they considered was the real estate value increase since the 12monthold ap praisal additional information was obtained from research of the federal public works depart ment the first government ap praisal placed the value of the 100acre farm at 275000 however federal officials felt this too high they later dropped the value to 195000 a meeting of the committee held last week failed to reach a decision theft charged cars damaged some tax benefits in cedarwood markham owners whose properties are being expropriated by the province for the 25000 acre cedarwood development will be in a position to take advantage of the capital gains tax and rollover provisions under section 44 of the income tax act this confirmation was given by the ministry of national revenue toa question raised by mp norm cafik in the house last month the ministry however outlined two possible problems according to literature issued by the province some owners in the cedarwood site may be able to remain on their properties for two years after the sale at which time they will be required to leave or may be able to reacquire the sameproperty if they leave and have not acquired replacement property before the end of the taxation year following receipt of proceeds on expropriated holdings they would not be entitled to the rollover provisons those owners who are able to repurchase their former properties but are not within the time limit set under the income tax act would be subject to capital gains tax even if they had never vacated their premises markhamwhitchurchstouffvilleuxbridge thursday aug 9 173 realtors claim fair grounds sold for only a fraction of value markham the markham fair grounds scene of firefighters fun and frolic over tho weekend continues to be a site of controversy and the recent sale of the property to a developer for over two million dollars had added fuel to the fiery debate of town residents who wish it retained as open space fred cook local realtor told the tribune it was in credible that an official ap praiser had not been called in to assess the proertys potential market value before a sale was negotiated the site given a com mercial zoning would be worth nine million dollars at todays prices he said perhaps he added the fair board felt the offer it ac cepted was good for open space land however no one in his right mind would buy such land except a developer who expects it to be rezoned some benevolent gent who intends to hand it over to the community or the municipality itself mr cook was critical of the confined bidding on the property and the lack of information on the negotiations whicn precipitated the sale after all the fair is a public company up to a point there seems to have been a lot of hokeypokey in the background we know nothing about he asserted it smells like watergate the cook real estate office is on the north side of hwy 7 opposite the fair grounds if commercial develop ment takes place it can do nothing but benefit my pr- mises the realtor pointed out but thirty acres of open space land in the heart of town is an invaluable commodity and its sacriligious to take it out of community use no the scots didnt invade the town of heritage road to hwy 7 and along to the markham markham but several pipe and drum bands did fairgrounds onlookers were frequently participate in the 72nd annual ontario firefighters drenched by passing firemen with hoses in hand association convention parade monday at noon mike gerhardt the procession marched from the 7th line and pickering landfill sites approved for metro garbage pickering the provincial environmental hearing board has- recom mended approval of three landfill sites in the township it is expected the city will bury a million tons of garbage in these although the offer to pur chase is closed and the fair will relocate whithin a few years in another part of the municipality concerned citizens mr cook predicts will continue to fight for the preservation of the present grounds for community use and to ensure that the spirit and heritage of the original location is not entirely dissipated by commerce if there is sufficient public outcry he concluded it can be done sites annually the boards report was based on a series of public hearings in making the an nouncement environment minister james auld said that the liverpool site is recom mended for immediate use complete data is not yet available on the two other sites adjacent to the brock rd there is still some concern regarding the one site which is quite close to the proposed pickering airport he said it was ascertained that the liverpool site would provide sufficient ground for three to five years it was estimated to hold 97000 tons of garbage the province has agreed to let stand the agreement regarding revenue between metro and the township the township will receive six cents markham an rr 3 stouffville man has been ar rested by york regional police and charged with theft under 200 while a yrp officer was patrolling laidlaw boule vard early monday morning he saw a pickup truck drive in to the lot of conlin motors hwy 7 after checking out the scene he spotted a man sorting out tires but after questioning him the suspect claimed he had obtained the owners permission to search among the tires ac- coring to a york regional police report however police said that after asking the owners about the claim conlin motors and riddells texaco denied knowing anything about it charged is 24yearold raymond allister mackay also york regional po lice constables are inves tigating a vandalism and theft at conlin motors that occurred between july 27 and 30 with damages to three vehicles estimated at 200 two oil caps and a distributor cap valued at 185 were stolen from a chevy nova all four cars were parked on the dealers lot man dead markham a thornhill man was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital after he apparently plunged into the water from a diving board striking his head on the pools bottom at his home according to a york re gional police report douglas henry goss of baythom drive submerged for five minutes before nearby friends pulled him out of the pool coroner dr b granton attended the scene many parents in markham apparently wont let their youngsters splash and swim in the markham municipal pool grenfeli crescent because overcrowding on hot summer days has made it unsafe and insufficlen lifeguards cannot patrol the countless swimmers it wa reported is the tribune last week by mrs m orleck of arrov flight drive a spokesman for the pool was not available for comment the pool is operated by the town of markham parks and recreation department mike gerhardt a ton for the use of the sites this decision was reached in a discussion with ontario treasurer the hon john white under the agreement pickering township residents will continue to be able to dispose of garbage at a scar borough dump once filled it is planned that the pickering sites will be used as recreation areas by toronto region con- servation authority two charged with police assault markham two markham youths ihave been arrested by york regional police and charged with causing a disturbance and assaulting police during the ontario firefighters assocation con vention at the jt fairgrounds kim radford mavluk 19 cjf robinson street and 18year old david clark pierce of wilson street were asked to leave the fairgrounds after they allegedly caused a disturbance sunday they left only to return later that night yorfc ftegiunkl pojsce constables had to bewailed- fhto the fairgronds to break up another upheaval alledgedly involving- foe pah but on the way to l di vision jbuttonville it is said that kavluk and pierce assaulted one yrp constable the two youths will appear in richmond hill provincial court tomorrow clubs gone markham an enjoyable day of golfing came to an abrupt end for a florida man satur day when his golf bag along with 18 clubs were stolen at york downs golf and country club 16th avenue john penrose told york regional police that he left the bag and dubs on a rack outside the clubhouse but when he returned they were gone the equipment was worth 675