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home improvement special section this week kids crusade spring break missionary jchurch vol 7 no 44 whitchurch stouffville markham mar- 20 1975 20 cents to pages j8 men gathered saturday for an- old- fashioned barnraising at willowgf ove farm on concr7tlie 100yearbld barawas moved tnsx from a location just south of ringwood it was dismantled and then reassembled the traditional way here the men are hard at vwork- i v men help in barn raising ringwood a barn over 100 years old- has been dismantled from its highway 48site j south bf ringwood and reerected at willbwgrove farm concession 7 the second installment of the barnraising process was held last saturday with about 20 men and boys participating r the barn will be primarily used inthe farm operation but will also be enjoyed by children visiting the adjacent glenbrook day camp one of the handhewn beams used for the barn had the date 1847 carved into it besjdes the camp willowgrove farm leases garden plots for people from town and has a group home for boys with problems inthe summer parents and children may visit the farm for swimming through a recreational association the camp operation began in 1969 with 300 camperweeks and expanded to 1300 camper weeks last summer overseeing the camp are a board of directors including glen brubacher joe nighswander john clawson rev emerson mcdowell and nick dick meeting at dicksons hill residents want choice dicksons hill residents in the dicksons hill area would like to decide for themselves whether to pack up and move or stay and accept noise generated by the proposed p i c k er i n g airport the decision to send a telegram to jean marcshand transport minister requesting protection under the ex propriation act was made at a monday evening meeting sponsored by the town of markham v although regional coun- cillorron moran told the group that the purpose of the evening was to decide what steps should be taken to draw attention to the people in- dicksons hill who have been ignored opposition to the airport itself was heard throughout the meeting the airport is a certainty v mr moran said the question now is do we want to stay be compensated and soundproofed or do we want to be ex propriated most of the 150 residents present at the meeting were concerned with the fact that they do not feel they really know how noise from the airport will affect them directly i have a fair investment in a home i dont want to lose don hargrave said the school will have to be replaced or moved the problem is we are trying to make a decision without enough information mr hargraves motion for the right to be expropriated when the airport is functional was defeated how soon will vertical assault charge laid after apartment fight f stouffville 1 stouffville man has a been charged with assault following an incident in a winlane dr apartment sunday york regional- police constable john- nechay- responded to a- call at the apartment of allan boadway 58- when the constable arrived mr boadway was pinned to the floor of the apartment by an assailant mr boadway managed to break free and ran behind the officer the assailant struck the officer trying to get at mr boadway constable nechay wrestled the man to the ground before receiving help from another- police officer the incident happened about 430 pm sunday afternoon charged with common assault and assaulting a police officer is joseph d conway 32 of main st he will appear in newmarket court april 8 airplanes be in use an unidentified lady questioned if the noise is going to be less in ten years ill put up with five years of noise- roger hooker an ac- coustic consultant who lives in- goodwood informed the group that extensive work is going on in the united states in an effort to silence jet planes by 1982 he predicted the problem of noise would be considerably less vic orchard agreed saying that the gravel trucks on high way 48 will be worse than the airport people should be offered a chance to get out now or the freeze should be taken off the land so that we can do what want with our property howard lee suggested four hurt in headon crash mongolia four people were taken to scarboro cen tenary hospital last week after a collision north of mongolia- york regional police report that around 620 pm march 3 two vehicles collided on a small bridge on the 10th line south of 19th ave elizabeth mclean 26 of west hill the driver of one vehicle was pinned in the wreckage and had to be freed by markham firefighters two passengers in her car wilmar mclean 53 of west hill and s serksnas 43 of pickering were taken to hospital also injured was the driver- of the second vehicle william carter 20 of rr l stouffville damage to the two cars was estimated at 2400 omb reserves judgment on rehearing request by john montgomery toronto ontario municipal board has deferred its decision as to whether they will rehear the application for an 86 acre industrial park in cedar valley the application was refused in august following a board hearing at which time ratepayers put up a strong opposition to the development in their area the rehearing was requested by professional syndicated developments ltd who had appealed to the ontario cabinet but withdrew the appeal before it was dealt with lawrence- mandel solicitor for the developers appeared before the board monday in toronto and requested a re hearing on the grounds the board misdirected itself as to function in this case he claims two declare for liberals thornhill two candidates have announced they will seek the liberal nomination in york centre riding for the up coming provincial election the field was left wide open last week when mpp don deacon announced that he was retiring peter cummings of thorn- hill a law proffessor at osgoode hall is one candidate along with richmond hill at- torney alfred stohg date of the nomination meeting jias not jbeen announced- v 1 the board treated the hearing as a review of the official plan which has already been ap proved he said the cabinet appeal had been withdrawn because of allegations of bias and influence contained in the evidence submitted by the ratepayers he also charged the ratepayers included evidence which was ruled inadmissable at the hearing he said because there was no opportunity for cross- examination of the ratepayers there was no possibility of a fair chance in the cabinet board member l p staples told mr mandel that hopefully the board and cabinet would disregard that sort of thing town solicitor paul mingay informed the board the official plan for the area has not been changed and the area is still designated commercial solicitor- john herron representing several individuals and the whitchurch stouffville ratepayers association said that council had instructed staff to draw up a bylaw to change the zoning and that they had accepted a draft report from area services which recom mended the zoning be changed mr mandel admitted there is no new evidence which is the usual grounds on which a re- hearingfls granted he took exception to many of the conclusions reached in the omb decision and he com- men ted the board seemed to sdss senior band to maker stouffville stouffville dist secondary schools senior band has a number of achievements to its credit but on may11 the 46member ensemble will have its golden tones preserved for posterity- that is the day the band will record a longplay record for fantasy records ltd- tedhawley director said that the music haslhbt been finally selected for the record but would likely include show music an overture march music and some jazz numbers arranged for large bands he said that representatives of fantasy records ap preached him on the project and he put it to the members of the band who decided to make the recording the recording session will be held may 11 at the school recording equipment and engineers will be on hand to capture the bands unique sound the band will enter the newmarket lions music festival oh april 25 both thejunior and senior groups are involved last year the senior band placed first in its group v at the kiwanis music festival in february the senior band was second in its class only one point behind the firstplace winner the group will also be performing at ontario place sometime in may i s reply to request police to enforce truck restrictions muss lake york have requested the speed limit regional police in reply to an be lowered inquiry from council have the mayor said the promised to enforce the bylaw regional engineering depart mented inedoaraseemeo to restricting truck traffic on south ment had offered to turn the prefer the evidence of objecting lalreroad y vroadoyer to the municipality see cedar pg 19 now information centre stouffville save stouffville committees public information centre in the old library is now open- and throughout the spring break a holiday crafts workshop will be held there the centre is essentiallya clearing house said com mittee chairman gord ness people who want information about the effect of- the pickering airport on the town or who want to help the committee can drop in or call 6401577 the centre is a way to bring people together to focus their attention on the airport- the centre will be open from 1000 1130 amyl30 315 pm and 630 800 pm- monday through saturday except friday eyeningsv a large map of theprbposed onerunway airport will be on display as well asother resource material also available will be an eightpage report on the noise and social impact of the proposed airport on stouffville the craft program will teach children how to make puppets and marionettes and such skills as macrame decoupage and sand sculpting it runs daily march 2428 from 930 to 1130 am and costs 10 per child oiiquncil4w mayor expressed the- recentiyvbyr a delegation 6f rbpiriiorfthe rdad is4oo heavily miisselmans lake icarea used to become a municipal residents twho expressed con road again vsv cern about truck traffic on the ninthline as well council requested the police conduct a study concerning the speed limit on the ninth but the police referred council back to bob hodgson commissioner of engineering for york region it sounds tomeas if they are looking for excuses commented councillor eldred king mayor gordon ratcliff told council there is no possibility of removing trucks from the 9th as it is a regional road but they 1975 police budget soars by 2 million total budget requested for 1975 is 7071900 of which 4880400 is york region the york regional police budget as proposed for 1975 is 19 million wages higher than last yeafs y i included in the calculations the majority of the increase is taken up by salaries which are up 1270000 oyer last year the hearings adjourn again stouffville en vironmental hearings on the york sanitation landfill site on hwy 48 have been adjourned until april 29 the towns bylaw which prohibitsdumping at the site comes into effect april 1 earlier in the hearings board chairman david calverly had expressed the hope the hearings would be concluded before the bylaw came into effect the board has made no ruling as to the validity of the bylaw mayor gordon ratcliff commented he expects the ministry of environment to uphold the bylaw and withdraw yorks dumping permit according to one source the matter is likely to go to the civil courts andcould drag- on for years are funds to hire an additional 18 officers none of whom would be on regular patrol duties they would be assigned to specialty branches such asthe new youth bureau in newmarket- the proposed budget is based on a- 165 per cent salary increase which has been rejected by york regions police association if the police demand of 25 per cent is met the budget would come in con- siderably higher last years budget was reduced by 125000 i the budget has been sub mitted to york regional council and has been referred to com- mittee siimiriitview renovations postponed stouffville long- promised alterations at sum- mitview public school are going to have to wait and trustee i colin barrett is angry about it v the stouffvilletrusteegave venc to his feelings during a- board meeting when members considered the capital ex- penditure allocations approved by the ministry of education the work at summityiew estimated to cost 439000 was not specifically ruled out but the amount approved in that- category was only 250000and was apparently for another project at richmond hill high school barrett reviewedthework that heeded to bed6ne at summitview pointing out that the school was built before the world war i he revealed that he has received a letter from the stouffville firedept not the first such letter asking that work be done oh fire escapes fire doors andother matters were now faced with a school that has inadequate facilities and we have no funds to do the necessary recon- struction said barrett he proposed that a letter be sent to the ministry protesting the low priority this project seems to have received j r an era domes to an end by ted wilcox stoufiville for 25ears collecting stouffvilles refuse was more than just a job for don lehman of boyer ave- he enjoyed his work often picking up trash was an opportunity for finding and passing on articles to those who could use them as he puts it 1 cant see nothing going to waste y- -now- mr lehman has been caught in the squeeze in the towns struggle against the york sanitation highway 48 site thetown itself has gone into me garbage collection business to insure that no town garbage goes to the con troversial site and mr lehmans business has become defunct i didnt want to quit mr lehman told the tribune i was 25years in this game and im out ive got to make a living- still he said he accepts what happened as inevitable for the past 13 years mr lehmans collection service has been a partnership with harry madden mr lehman started with a horse and cart then graduated to a halfton truck a hobby of his through the years has been the recycling of items that some people throw away if i saw something useful id give it to somebody who could use it in particular he has been in the business of repairing for free bicycles in the neighborhood with spare parts he found heconfesses a weakness for children and the part of his job he will miss the most he said is the kids in the morning looking out of the windows don lehman r 25 years in the game 4 j j t j- r