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annual dog show markham arena august 25 and 26 wrthum weekend rodeo noral acres vandorf road markhamwhitchurchstouffvilleuxbridge thursday aug 16 1973 praise for firemen markham- albert lee volunteer van driver for par ticipation house in markham was loud in his praise of about so firemen and their wives who visited the residence during convention weekend participation house is a home for adult cerebral palsied on the ninth line near church street firemen delegates were invited to tour the building brigade members from markham newmarket aurora and ajax excepted the in vitation mr lee said and even brought along several antique trucks they helped some of the kids onto the engines sounded the sirens and horns and gave everyone a tremendous thrill he said mr lee said the firemen showed great interest in the work being done at par ticipation house and indicated a desire to come back again crown withdraws charges markham charges against two area men one in markham and the other in stouffville laid by police following separate incidents have been withdrawn raymond allister mackay 24 of r r 3 stouffville had been charged with theft under 200 this was later dropped in richmond hill court aug 10 detective douglas trib- bling in commenting on the matter said a misun derstanding had arisen between the investigating officer and the complainant when the possibility of charges was first discussed charges of common assault and threatening against 17 year old john douglas carscadden bakerdale avenue markham have also been withdrawn police confirmed the alleged altercation occurred at mr carscaddens residence july 18 plowmen amalgamate markham the disappearance of prime farm land to urban development has forced the east york and king and vaughan plowmenss association to amalgamate the 1973 match will be held oct 20 on the farm of jim snider hwy 7 and the 6th concession of vaughan the association president is henry emery stouffville rr 1 1 yorks entry in dairy princess competition at cne york region has an entry in the dairy princess competition at the canadian national exhibition next week shes pretty dianne clark daughter of mr and mrs roy clark stouffville r r 3 dianne is a student at the universityofguelph and will begin her third year there in september she is studying to be a veterinarian dianne topped all entries at sutton fair in 72 and won again friday also at sutton the runnerup was gayle mann stouffville r rj jim thomas donald deacon mpp by donald deacon mpp york centre markham it seems to have been get don deacon day in the newsrooms of the local press last week i have been assailed for calling the new markham centennial arena on the 7th line a white elephant which it is if you measure it in terms of providing a neigh bourhood community facility and not in terms of providing a facility which makes money by selling ice time to semipro junior teams private figure and power skating clubs but i have also been criticized for doing too little too late with regard to the markham fairgrounds and what is worse for having my facts wrong well the facts are these prior to the sale of the fairgrounds i spoke at length with howard cosburn and roger gardham about the problems of running an agricultural fair in a district with a diminishing number of people with agricultural knowledge and about the restrictions which the present site places on markhams chances of having an aclass fair i spoke too to answers critics on stand over fairground deal paul mingay and ted napier about the desirability of retaining this very valuable open space in the centre of town in the course of these discussions it became apparent to me that in fact the fairgrounds could probably be purchased by the municipality for a cost of 1500000 not 2006000 which was the eventual pru hasing price and i plastic firm taken over by city company markham control of humphreycosburn plastics limited a manufacturer of plastic components on bullock drive for the past 14 years has been taken over by consolidated bottle company limited of toronto the change in ownership is announced this week rudy lins plant manager has been appointed president of the firm interior improvements are planned mr lins stated to step up production the hiring of skilled semiskilled and un skilled employees is anticipated once the improvements are completed the plant operates on a 5day threeshift basis suggested to both parties a method by which they could get together and make a proposal to council for a graduate purchase of the fairgrounds over a period of time during which the development of the new fairgrounds would be carried out the fair board could then have achieved its objective of building a bigger and better fair by the end of the decade in a new location and those wishing to preserve the open space could also have been satisfied unfortunately council made the decision that its recreational and open space requirement were already being fully met by locations elsewhere they had already committed their money to the 7th line folly centennial arena lounge cost is 18000 over budget markham markham town council has approved the tender of keffer contractingico ltd for the centennial arena lounge in the amount of 7839600 but not before treasurer alex barton informed members that the price was 18000 over the budgeted figure originally council ap proved 60000 to cover the cost the meeting tuesday was the second in which tenders submitted by the awarded company and one other firm were discussed however a decision at the first encounter forced the recall of bids because of a discrepancy both companies tendered 72500 for the lounge but keffer included additional items without changing the price councillor bob adams explained that construction materials had risen 80 per cent since the plan was first discussed three months ago its painfull to see these costs continually increase and i dont know where its going to stop he said i feel morel tenders should have been submitted to obtain a greater variation in prices councillor roy muldrew complained that due to constant mistakes the consultant was making additional money with every contract awarded councillor gary kay however asked that the lounge issue be approved rather than spend any more time in debate lets dispose of the matter now he urged mayor tony roman said council had little choice but to authorize the additional 18000 treasurer barton suggested that councils original estimate had been too low and mayor roman agreed councillor ron moran pointed out that time was fast running out since the start of a new hockey season was only a few weeks away when questioned con cerning the townsrability to cover the 78396 cost mr barton explained that the money should be available by the time construction is com pleted its a littleuate to start worrying abut that now he said mayor roman observed that the cost could be cut back to the orignal 60000 estimate but the loungewouldntbe complete councillor muldrew in questioning the consultants fee was told that with his services included the contract would total almost 82000 laska still missing unionville laska a two year old wolfhound collie type dog has been missing from its unionville home almost two weeks and the owners peter and christine palmer are concerned so are their two boys ages 12 and 10 and a companion dag named lexi laska was last seen dack on aug 3 in the area of high way 7 and the kennedy road mr palmer feels someone may have taken the dog in and not knowing its owner is keeping it at their residence theres a chance too it may have been hit by a car mr palmer has called every pound as far distant as uxbridge without success he describes it as brown and white in color very tall and thin anyone seeing a dog meeting this description is asked to call 2973051 resident char 7th line road traffic speedway markham the seventh concession of markham has been described by mrs dorothy farmers leaving airport site markham several farmers in the planned airport- cedarwood areas of pickering twp and markham town are preparing to pack up and leave their properties some are entering into retirement while others have purchased farms farther north this week the tribune carries three auction sale registers where in each case the airport or cedarwood are given as reasons for selling the first is thursday evening aug 23 beginning at 630 pm on the property of douglas j taylor south of hwy 7 on the markhampickering townline walter atkinson and lloyd wilson are in charge the second is fri aug 31 on the farm of j g mann cone 10 markham a halfmile south of stouffville the sale starts at 1 pm with atkinson and wilson the auctioneers the third is sat sept 1 on the property of reesor brcs one mile south of hwy 7 on the markhampickering townline the time is 1 pm with atkinson and wilson again in- charge the reesor and taylor lands are in the proposed cedarwood site tht mann farm is in the planned airport area road improvement project ap b townline reairiontfl residents on the northerly section oi the markhampickering townline undoubtedly expressed signs of relief last week when work crews moved into the area to begin ditching and grading of the road the northsouth route has been the subject of contininuous complaints for several years the reconstruction is being done by the town of markham although the road comes under the jurisdiction of york region jim thomas mccleverty as a speedway with not a single limit sign from 16th avenue to the stouffville- gormley road she feels the maximum should be 40 mph she resides north of 17th avenue mrs mccleverty attributes excess speed to the death of four pets one of these a part boxer and german shepherd pup her husband had given their son it was struck down and killed by a truck aug 2 weve lived here 23 years and the last ten have been hell she said shed even exchange the hardtop for gravel if it would reduce the traffic what angers mrs mc cleverty even more is the at titude of some motorists after striking a pet they dont even have the decency to stop apologize or pick it up she said she noted that when their tt was killed she had to go out and scoop it up with a shovel in making her point for a reduced speed limit mrs mccleverty observes that mccowan road 7th line in scarboro is 40 mph with signs posted north to steeles lome smith a resident on the same road had also lost pets under the wheels of speeding vehicles however he doesnt feel a reduced limit and proper signs are the answer he claims proper policing of the area is the only solution