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jill it vi lct 4 1 jr- s ion an j- dicksows hilir an airport information meeting for an residents of ward 6 town of marknam will be held in dicksons hill school monday march 17 at 8 pjn tne decision followed an appeal on behalf of area home owners by regional councillor ron moran by don bernard stouffville com ments by members of the air port to planning team con cerning construction of two and possible f three rrunwaysf at pickering airport caused transport- minister jean marchand to hit the roof when they were reported to him s the comments were made at a special meeting thursday in stouffville in which representatives of the mot met with local councillors and citizens i t harry potvin bead of the planning team in reply- to a question from- whitchurch- stouffville mayor gordon ratcliff showed maps of- possible noise contours for two and three runway patterns the mayor had asked about the noise disturbance that might be caused by expansion of pickering jai mr- potvin said that a decision ca a second runway would be made in 1977 and possibly in 1976r 7 the closed meeting in the council chambers was also attended by dennis jash worth special assistant o urban af fairs minister barney danson v the- tribune has learned that mrv ash worth wrote a memo tomrdansbn protesting discussion by the airport team of development of the airport x v v- beybnd the single runway already approved danson showed the memo to mr marchand who according to mr- ratcliff yhit the roof apparently andsummoned mr potvin toottawa another individual at the meeting told the tribune that mrf potvin referred to- a statement by mrt marchand that the decision for- one run way would be reviewed in light of air traffic patterns a source close tothemot 4 thursaay the- government saidrthat mr asbwbrth released f noise contour maps misunderstoodtmrpotviris whisbbw nef lines for one answer to the mayors question runway and another map for a and had gotten the idea that mr potvin was proposing a second runway i 1 two runway setup va statementwith the map statedfor comparative pur- accordingtosavecstouff- poses only also attached in a yiuecommitteechairman gord 1982 nef contour- map jwhich vol 8 no 45 whitchurch stouffville markham mar 13 1975 20 cents 16 pages towjis expert sought noise study l the world renowned man of steel is shown here taking a few minutes out from his busy schedule of gooddeeding to pulverize this small child with a snowball which presumably would be thrown faster than the speed of light superman jplayedhereby paul soles of the cbc television program this is the law was in stouffville last fweek for two days with a film crew to shoot half a dozen episodes for the series locations for filming were at latcham hall albert st- and i edward st mr soles who has an amazing record of 2400 arrests will not be seen in the sequences shot in stouffville until next winter he was arrested while portraying superman but the shows producers refused to divulge the trans gression the town was chosen because of it proximity to toronto its picturesque homes and because the producers hoped there would be snow here n i john montgomery annual bus s- ifmarkham jyoung passengers in york waused an estimated total of 57500 damageto the upholstery 5f school buses this astyear deal closed zitzixi 1- v vp sfbi- bp lot t ainagef75qd isstouffville council nhasgiyenfinal approval to the forarking- of jhe british petroleum property on fthe north side of main st beside stouffville bakery- j jl- the property which will provide 20 voffstreet parking spaces was purchased at a cost 15000 the total expenditure to remove the garage from the property excavate and pave is estimated at an additional 10394 v i4 purchase of thispropefty is the first phase of a parking acquisition program which speaking at a safety in- spection night recently spon sored by travelwayspresident larry needier said that van dalism oii the vehicles was an ever increasing problem and centred mainly onjthe theft of fire extinguishers and axes and cutting or ripping of seats once a part time job mr needier said the- company how employs a fulhime upholsterer in an attempv to keep seat s coverings in good repair the blame he continued is hard to relate because a driver who must keep his eyes on the road would find it hard to look out for vandals as well unfortunately he told the groupia bus drivercannot put a student off a bus for misbehavior any misdemeanor must be reported to the prin cipal who ms responsible im not so sure that bus drivers shouldnt have more authority in order to control our children stouffville noise expertandrew s harris will be commissioned to do an ex tensive study on background noise in stouffville that decision jwas made following a meeting between officials pi the ministry of transport and local officials and citizens mr harris was commissioned last vear by the town of whitchurchstouffville to study background noisein the town the cost of the study will be 1 borne by the federal govern ment v v i according to nigel dunn of the mot the department ac- cepts mr harris credentials and will abide by the results of his study it will be done to prove or disprove luv theory that stouffville is a relatively quiet town mr harris toldihe airport inquiry commission last year that aircraft noise would be more annoying to people in stouffville because they are used to a low level of background noise he admitted at the time that his study was not an exhaustive one r 1 theinquirycommission however decided to accept his t theory and recommended that the government offer to buy property in stouffville from those who wished to sell according to mayor gordon ratcliff there will be further meetings between town officials and the mot to set the terms of reference for mr harris study basically mr dunn said the study will tell how quiet or how noisy is stouffville the mayor said that further meetings will be held some of them with the public invited to discuss such issues as zoning the legal aspects of com pensation and expropriation for those people living in the noiseland areas t it is definitely a move in the right direction the mayor- said we want to get the best deal we can for the town 1 last weeks meeting held at the town hall included mot officials lg potvin r t moffatt bruce small nigel dunn and special assistant to jean marchand john fairchild who came at the request of the minister other in attendance included mayor ratcliff councillors eldred kingdennis ashworth special assistant to if barney danson and- gordon ness chairman of stouffville committee- save 3000 lopped off budget stouffville whit churchstouffville public library budget of 48563 has been cut by council to 45000 librarian lynn robbins has cut 1570 from the 1975 ex penditure and she ms hoping an increased provincial grant will cover the rest of the 3563 reduction hardcover books also as theost has risen 25 per centsince the budget was submitted to council she maintains a 30 per cent increase in the budget is not unreasonable since there has been a 100 per cent increase in the number of borrowers she said the increase is necessary to compensate for the minimal amount spent on libraryservices overthe years v acc6rmngtomrsvrobbins in majority in poll vvv j oppose new airport stouffville the people of stouffville are over whelmingly opposed to con struction of the pickering airport arecent housetohouse survey shows of the 1201 persons sur- veyed 811 or 68 perceht were council hopes to finance by opposed to theairport while 156 levying the downtown 1 com mercial properties vv the town l will make possession of the property april jo i 1 or 13vper cent- were for the airport a further 234 or 19 per cent were either undecided or indifferent all the 1201 sur veyed are eligibletovoteand tz 7 roy sees ijfos near good wood v i- goodwood ufojsneavgoodwood yes according toscarboro youth allan robb he and a group of people saw strange flying craft while visiting friends s near goodwood- v allan said that the group saw strange lights over a hill as they were crossing a field at 830 pm march 2 allah and kevin mancini decided to move closer while the others climbed on top of the mancini roof to have a look 7 the two boys said theysawa tadpole or teardropshapped- craft coming in for a landing several hundred yards in front of rthemy f 0 j v v was glowing red yellow and orange from thetopand dark colors like blue and purple from the bottom allan robb said c v ivjtheysaw five more spaceships hovering some distance f above the ground the craft hovered for40 minutes then soared yot so quickly that the lights were no longer visible after about height seconds allan said s pauline mancini kevins mother said that ufo sightings vin my backyard forget about them incident was the closest shehas come- to having her wish granted frjvw- 3j are either a male or female head of the household those sur veyed represent 80 per cent of the 1452 families in stouffville the most- common reason given for opposition was that the airport represents uncontrolled and undirected growth 420 of the 811 opposing cited this as their reason other major reasons were intolerable noise 300 effect on house prices 65 and pollution 50 r s the survey wasconductefd by the save stouffville com mittee apd the results were announced at sundays ssc general meeting we are extremely pleased by the results said gordons nessssc chairman it shows that opposition to the airport is mounting v also en- cburaged that stouffville is more concerned with the growth issue than with the effect on house prices little damage in plaza fire stouffville firefighters quickly ex tinguished atfire in the plaza laundramat monday afternoon but suspect that children deliberately set the blaze fire burned part of a wall panel and fire chiefwalt smith said that some children had been in the store matches were found nearby damage was set 50- 1 the chief said destruction could have been greater quick 1 action by a woman in the laun- dramat prevented a serious fire similar breakins it qt garages stouffville two similar breakins at two trucking company garages on the same night have led police to believe that the same party wasresnonsible between 242 ard s 530 am on march 7 unknowns entered premises of don anderson haulage ltd on highway 47 by removing an air conditioner fronran office window the office ransacked y 1- i footprints in thevnow at the scene show that only one person was involved in the breakin total stolen goods were valued at750 that same night a break in was reported at the ralph spademan ltd x garage on highway 47 entry was gainedthrough a northside window the building- was ransacked and 40 was stolen in addition to a quantity of liquor mrs robbins said they are cutting the budget where it jwould hurt the least number of peopfe rurchaseof alli magazines has been dropped the purchase of extensions for- lfall existing shelving has been ywwmmmmm delayed some office furniture v- has been cancelled aiid library i development spending which cum was to assess requirements for 1973 oiily 19 of the 102 libraries in ontario serving populations over 5000 had lower per capita expenditures than stouffville she further pointed out many of those libraries are in very small rural northern communities the library board mem- bers are hoping to gain public support for their budget they are urging people who wish the j present library sefviceto be 1 maintained- to jtell their members of council v i- qiiestipii he proposed new library has been cut v v t if council cant support us here on a minimal level how can they support us in a big new building mrslrobbinsasked she stressed shemayhot be echoing the opinion of the library board she said if- the provincial grant which has- not been determined yett falls short of expectations the library will have to make up the difference by cutting more essential ser vices such as library hours and the childrens summer program the board was hoping to begiri this year f mrs robbins foresees some difficulty with the purchase of stouffville council f discussed until were all members for the second time 4 disgusted 1 added- councillor tried unsuccessfully to give merlyn bakefvmr baker then themselves a raise last week moved that the jbylaw calling- councillor becky weeyw jf9 a 5 wagehich was introduced a by-law- to raise council salaries from 4200 per year to 5100 the bylaw unanimously passed first reading and was then defeated 32 on second reading the male members voting against and the female representatives voting- in favor councillor june buttonwas absent when do we getto it asked councillor eldred king its been discussedand i tabled at the last meeting be- i brought forward- councillor cathy joice jinformedhim that the- bylaw had beenrescirided council decided- to take no j action and to t mrs- button returned the maleand r female members of council appear to be at loggerheads i with the women wantingmbret money n there isnd provision in thef bylaw for a salary increase for the mayor his salary is currently setat 7500 i cows saved frpni fire mongolia fifeiighters managed to save the cattle but the barn and a quantity of hay was destroyed in a fire early sunday morning on the 9th line south of 19th ave the barn was on land ex propriated for the airport tenant on the property is- ed harper damage was estimated at 12000 1 j stouffville fire chief walt smith said his men arrived at the scene and managed to get the cows out when the markham brigade arrivedf t f aneyewitness ofthe blaze russell john leonard said that he was driving home and turned at bloomington rdand young st he could see the flames from thereahd drove toward the fire 1 1 r t stouffvilles stoplight wasinstalled lastweek and began operation at noon friday except for someiproblems saturday- it was working as planned mayor gordon ratcliff said that people who wish to crossshould wait for the hand to 1 signal them across he said that the lighrdoes not change immediately but pedestrians might have to wait amaximum of 24 seconds ijijiifig ij- ttiiwmw 1 don bernard v i- v