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n prepared says motorist len buckland main street east in stouffville doesnt pretend to be a pessimist but with all the talk of fuel shortages and price hikes he went searching through some keepsakes of yesteryears two persons jailed following drug trial stouffville two stouffville area young people have been sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to charges of trafficking in a restricted drug brian david grainge 20 received two years less a day definite and one year in determinate jutta gina manthau 18 was given an indeterminate period not to exceed six months the two were arrested evidence revealed following the death of 18 year old lois wallace of ballantrae three hundred capsules of mda were found by police in the manthau residence cone 6 whitchurch- stouffville traces of the drug were found in the victims body crown attorney david scott said ross grainge father of the one accused said his son could never communicate with the rest of the family he said that when they moved from stouff ville to niagara falls david wanted to stay because of all the friends hed met defense counsel for grainge explained it as an age when teenagers are getting mixed lip in drugs and dont know what theyre doing he referred to the case as a common north american tragedy however justice oconnell did not entirely agree this is a common teenage tragedy not north american he noted he observed that a presentence report on grainge showed he had used chemical drugs since the age of 16 the real tragedy is that a son couldnt confide or communicate with his parents he continued he charged that the youths motive was to make quick money to repay a 500 debt mrs heinz manthau judys mother said she had no prior knowledge her daughter was involved with drugs she and her husband were on vacation in europe when the arrest was made the justice before passing sentence on the accused summarized today he said weve heard about values generation gaps and lack of communication but whether or not your parents failed to prepare you for maturity or your infatuation with grainge led you into this serious crime i do not know but im satisfied that you were a victim of grainge however there is no obligation to relieve me from sending you to jail i hope this will give you time to thfnk about your future these crimes must stop vol 87 no 22 whitchurch stouffville markham uxbridge thursday nov i 1973 33 pages channelization pro j ect could start next year counting cost placed at 253000 stouffville several weeks ago two stouffville students were questioned by police after an officer found them standing in a cornfield about 2 am south of sunset boulevard the youths admitted quite frankly they were working for the federal government their job they explained was counting the birds flying past the moon a check with government authorities supported their claim the chore was related to the proposed location of an international airport in pickering and the hazard that birds might pose to jet passenger planes mp sinclair stevens yorksimcoe took the matter several steps further he wanted to know how long it took employees to count such birds what was the cost of the program and what was the result in a reply this week from transport minister jean marchand the following information was revealed the study was started in september 1972 and will conclude in december 1973 it will detail nesting habits flight patterns and migration statistics the cost has been placed at about 253000 the result to date according to the marchand report is that no undue hazards will be presented however the study will go on as scheduled to gather all possible in formation over a full migration period approved by region if town pays 50 and he found it an aa category gas ration coupon book dated 194546 len never really expects to use it but he has no plans to discard it either just in case jim thomas blackboard jungle concept rejected stouffville a 750000 channelization project through stouffville from the conservation dam to the sewage plant has been approved by york regional council it will recommend to the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority that the project be included in its 1974 budget subject to the town committing itself to the library- sounds sos stouffville a meeting of the library development committee classified as critical is set for thursday tonight in the town municipal building civic avenue a full attendance is urged the agenda will include reports from dr blair mitchell finance jim sanders discussions with council john langley post office site norma card publicity steve kettle presentation to lions and joan stanford research payment of the regional share 50 per cent of the cost by nov 30 mayor gordon ratcliff said this week that payment of the towns share will be a condition for development of the dulverton properties north of stouffville the storm sewer outfall for the 500lot 134acre dulverton holdings subdivision will be located at duffin creek below the existing dam and reservoir constructed by the conservation authority a few years ago the developer has indicated he would like to proceed as soon as possible mayor ratcliff said dulverton will be asked to place a bond to cover the cost of the channelization whenever it occurs he said he thought the conservation authority could begin the project next summer but it would be a long time before completion possibly property will be purchased and buildings relocated to provide for proper channelization and a green belt along the flood plain of the creek messages by balloon ballantrae this school is no the hellhole you make it out to be ballantrae public school principal ted woodger told a group of parents recently the residents from 21 households had signed a petition mentioning a wide range of problems at the school and were invited to meet with teachers oct23 mr woodger said many of i the difficulties were the result of dislocation after the fire and would disappear now that all grades are under one roof and the yard size has returned to normal he also argued that parents who think ballantrae is a kind of blackboard jungle do not have an accurate impression some of the 17 parents at the j meeting complained that lun ches are being stolen and wanted to know why lockers cannot be provided supt george billings ex plained that provinical grants are not large enough to pay for wider halls lockers and lunch rooms parents reported that gangs of holligans have been beating up kids mr woodger said he was not aware of this happening on school property don buchanan asked maybe disciplinary measures are too liberal mr woodger said he doesnt have a recipe for responding to every kind of offense but judges each case on its own gail buchanan complained that language and singsongs on buses wouldnt be heard in a bar room and kids arent afraid to tell adults where to go- it was suggested that the fights and foul language which occur at bus stops could be suppressed if parent volunteers supervised loading and unloading mr woodger summarized saying that ballantrae was no better or worse than other schools and that the bad ap ples are in the minority the only difference is they are generally more boisterous and rough collectively they can be a pain in the tail but individually the kids are not tough in fact theyre pretty nice stouffville a boys curiosity led to an unexpected discovery saturday on the property of harvey spang rr 3 claremont graham fretz son of mr and mrs norm fretz william st stouffville spotted what seemed like a pair of balloons in the field he decided to take a closer look they were balloons alright tied together with separate notes attached one was signed by david beito and the other by gary brown both students in grade 12 atmahkatb east high school 2600 hoffman road mankato minnesota mankato is thought to be about 1000 miles from the place where the balloons landed they had been sent aloft during homecoming activities sponsored by the distributive education club of mankato minn school chariothon enlivens main st stouffville the finest display of enthusiasm and school spirit ever seen in stouffville that was the way one bystander described the march of dimes chariothon friday dozens of student par ticipants and hundreds of student spectators lined a section of main street from park drive to edward as the u all susceptible stouffville under normal circumstances judy manthau would be attending classes at seneca college where she was enrolled in theexecutive secretary course but for the 18yearold exsdss student cir cumstances are far from normal convicted of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking she is now serving a sixmonth indeterminate term in don jail citizens concerned over the infiltration of drugs into 1 the municipality may read this without sympathy remembering the mda was located in her home after another local girl died following a bad trip judy then seventeen was arrested with two others on jan16 in the summation before sentencing last weekit was pointed out that judy was a victim who had been in fluenced into accepting the situation although not a principal in the trafficking activity it was a judged that she was aware of what was taking place mr and mrs heinz manthau were visiting in europe when the arrests were made they along with others who knew their daughter as a quiet retiring person were shocked by her involvement although ready to rationalize in their daughters defence like most parents mr and mrs manthau have faced up to the facts of the case as well as the consequences they are anxious that others do the same that young people thoughtlessly involved in the fringes of the drug scene recognize that in trafficking they are peddling in potential disaster judy her mother says has accepted this the events of the past ten months have given her a new awareness and approach to life trafficking is inexcusable if only we could stamp out the big suppliers at the top maybe we could stop drugs from becoming available to the young people here mrs manthau adds attempting to place the problem in proper perspective im beginning to think that almost any one of our children can become involved i suppose it depends on their strength and our influence as parents the students of stouffville dist secondary school participated in their first chariothon friday for the march of dimes rehabilitation fnnd however the teachers refused to sit and watch the proceedings from the sidelines shown hre are drivers judy bacall left and sue kaufman along with gary harding jim rehiu dan volman carol sarynqik john roberts and john un- dop jim thomas procession of homemade chariots wended its way from the arena to the school each floaty was em blazoned with names of local business firm and singular supporters resulting in receipts expected to approach 1000 an entry by members of the teaching staff bordered on the professional and caught the imagination of the curbside crowd handling the reins were judy bacall and sue kaufman their steeds includedcarole sarynuik john roberts john lindop jim rehiu dan volman and gary harding with bill sanders and bob tooker bringing up the rear in the races that followed none could match the pace set by don reesor wayne feasby rick briggsjude and james alty their chariot rider was kim lewis a twowheeled brass bed improvised by salvador bevan kevin burch bruce johnston barb weber and karen joyce was selected as most original and placed second in the race the burton chariot was third the booby prize was awarded to a mobile outhouse that lost its mobility halfway around the first lap judges weremayor gordon ratcliff principal desmond mccartney staff teacher john marshall and tribune editor jim thomas the real winners in the afternoon event were the crippled civilians who benefit through the march of dimes foundation fund bill oakes director of fundraising praised the cooperation his organization had received when you get the students the teachers and the business people all working together you have a total community effort he said it was the first campaign of its kind ever organized here