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r t 7 i fudge wont ballantrae k judge gar morrison refused to order four- dogs put- to death aftera ballantrae woman testified that she was attacked when she canvassed last years municipal elections ithe judge called the vicious dog act ridiculous and dismissed jthe case against henry- walsh of ballantrae goff told the court thktishe was attacked by- the f6ur german shepherd t when she approached the bouse the animals she said rah up to her when she knocked on- the front doorof the residence she turned her back to dogs and said that she was clawed from behind mrs goff showed the court a leather coat bearing t claw marks and the hole which she claims was made when one of the dogs bit her p she mrwalshas sayingmygoovl didnt know anyone f was here they would have eaten you imfsgoff said she queried the man as to what might have happened if achild hadbeen there- he reportedly replied ijthey know better than to come on my property fxzt f the woman told thvcourt the dogs seemed free to run arid there are nc fences around the place i siigfe- omralshsattorneytsatd x the womans clothing and not the woman herself wasxbiiten and pointed out mrs goff was fiilsvv v- vnouinjured as a result of the incident- w vt vis i would be a miscarriage jofsr justice to order- thev destruction of four dogs when nthe witness does not knowwhich ione attacked her defense counsel maintained fjftvau the authority i have w the vicious dog act is to order a dog put to death judge morrison said if anyone thinks itu order four dogs out to death f its ridiculous v bill and rhonda lee of fairview ave were two of the over 360 participants that have signed up for the lions bikeathon the marathon bicycle tour begins saturday from 8 to 11 am at latcham hall those who wish to take part can still sign up for the bikeathon ted wilcox 360 hit the open road stouffville over 360 riders have- signed up- for the stouffville lions bikeathon on saturday according to the lions jack mc- dermott registrations for the event will con tinue to beaccepted right lipto the starting time v thebikeathon participants will- leave i latcham hall at the town park any time from 8 toll am as they set out onthe mmile route they will travel the same routeas last year first heading straight east out of stouffville to the ctbwh line then going south to 17th avenue where they turn west and travel past highway 48 to the 5th concession on the 5th they navigate north to the blopmingtditsideroad where they turn east again until reaching the 9th concession at the final leg of the journey they will coast and peclai down the 9th into stouf fvilleto return to the town park u bikea thon riders solicit sponsors for each mile they travel half of the proceedsgo to a charity of the riders choosing while the other half is filtered back to the community through the lions club last year about 14000 was raised bylthe approximately 480 riders that took part- vol 88no 1 whitchurch stouffville may 8 1975 20 cents 20 pages stockpiled at durrip site used as ith stouffville donald hindson attorney for neighbors of the 1 york sanitation dump revealed to the environmental hearing board that shredded car parts were being used to cover each days dumping in stead of earth as required by the ministry of the environments control order after six months yk site hearing is finally finished adventure playground ldiiitue play area planned iballantraej vbarrett there jiis meeting schtolyaiatbauatraepubucpossibihtybut riot this yearrhv discussxhiringoneinan schqpljwill soon bethesite an viinjkawjjiaoiisiinppiniimtoisi cinventiverab venture to stouffville the environmental hearing into the highway 48 landfill site reached the six7 month mark and con cluded monday the hearings were held last week and one afternoon session was held monday to allow murray chusid solicitor for york sanitation to complete his rebuttal of the arguments given bythefour attorneys opposing the dump i environmental hearing 7 board chairman david caverly the lawyers representing the town and various citizens or groups all called for the dump to be closed and if that werent done that it not be allowed to expand from 300 tons per day to the 1500 tons york sanitation has requested they also called for strong controls and com- mr hindson said he had been on the site the previous weekend and had seen a huge stockpile of the shredded car material and that frank rovers of hydrology consultants limited had admitted they had been using the material for the past weekahd a mr hindson termed this action irresponsible this inf ormatibri was revealed duringmrhiridsons summation last wednesday arid no comment was made on it by any york sanitation official until monday when yorks at- torney murray chusid brought the matter upin his rebuttal- i mr chusid said there area couple of weeks in the spring when most sites find they cant get clay out and they adopt an alternative method and then go back to using earth he said- mr hindson had prehensive testingof the site jumped on thammmediately and he insisted it is a standard more stories page 13 procedure on hearing mr hindsons statement last week the tribune contacted senior- en- virpnmental officer paul isles for comment mr isles said he wasunaware shredded car parts were being used as fill and said 4 would have a look at it v f mr isles was telephoned monday and he said the site had been inspected friday and at- that tinie several loads of earth had been brought in arid the working face was nearly covered zi there is nothing we cando about it mrisles told the tribune if we had known about it earlier we could have done something mrisles said action would have been taken but he wouldnt specify what r mr isles emphasized ahe car material is not approved by jus fordaily cover and he v said the site had last been in- spected about two weeks earlier and at that timeno shredded material was being used as fill playground j v fcjballantrae homeland school t association have v been given approval in principle- from the- school board to go ahead with the project i l the board will include the project j in their requests for grants from the provinces experience 75 program a jscheme whereby the govern- r grantsmoney to the board tobeused for labor for summer t projects involving students i whitchurch stouffville trustee colinbarrett told the tribune she thought it unlikely any of the money would filter f downtqthe ballantrae group as adventiire playgrounds are a thirdpriority r item intthe allocation of experience 75 2 there was some talkduring the board meeting that money might be made available from the maintenance budget and mr j i o sj saidthe board would expedite- sa ibardijisb closelysuperv watching au expenses l v of the bridge withinafewweeks future staees of the report musttherigoto the future stages- oi tne ministryof the environments gfjlellihg mijdgesibhs home and school president r ffi director of approvals dennis phaseiof the playground she noergias tunnel su toot spring r board has no uwfbjsa en- logs anda climbing trestle sovstlml r sand area erecthanging the association has taken to reach a decisiorior ires for r a to bufldyhe what the decision willibe k s ttres whichare tires with car playground partiauyforisch6olhvmrchusidsfoutly mairi tires wmcharv tires withcar springs mounted under them for bouncing up and down on s mrsigriffithssaid the labor arid material for the first phase have allbeen volunteered barrel hbrses gallon drums suspended from uprights are also ready for construction v j j1 the group has collected abput 450 and mre griffiths is -confident- anpther 100- can- easily bejaisedwhichrwill bes enough to purchase thelogs for an elaborate suspension bridge- couenpartssuchrashuts bbltsv and chainshave been donated either free brat half price s the association held a york cty york county board at a special meeting last week ordered its ad- miriistrative- staff to chop where arid how the t budget which our committee thought- mittees keep their increases to a r would be forthc6hiirighesaid maximum of 8 per cent and board has been spliton its up to the standing com- property and partially on the adjoining ballantrae com munity centre yarditwill now be built entirely on school property to avoid possible complications j tained the site is a good one arid he insisted hatthe site in vestigation carried but byffank roversi ofhydrology cqn- sultants limited supports that woman rmtrieyijii to extiri 155ffinotjenough teachpjrs unhappy with budget liziiit dicksons hill a woman was burned last week after garbage burning in a trash barrel went outof control and started a grass fire lt- elizabeth hazel was bur ning trash on her propertyjon 19th ave just west ofhighway 48 when the grass caught fire she received burns to her face hands feet and legs when she attempted to put out the fire 695605 from the proposed 1975 budget i rthe budget camein lat 56367398 the original estirriate had been 60 million themotion passed sets a ceiling on salary increases at 15 per cent an 8 per ceritlimit creases iri other expensesbve the 1974 actual budget jfiriance vcommittee- chairman colin barrett said in a statement uhat he is very concerned about thesizeof the y- j increase in trie 1975 budget- s- k j i feel that we have a duty stouffville firefighters to thetaxpayers of york county to consider what they can af fordi the trustee from whit churchstbuffville said at the v special meeting should be cut at receritcom- mittee meetings imrbarrett complained of trustees riot willing to make significant cuts iri the budget presented by the staff v ffmfzk mittees to do their job on it mr barrett said- the j board- motion passed last week has the affect of or dering the cuts itrusteesare being in- fluencedj by strong stands on up to last 4 special iwhat stafffeel are priorities yet had been i he said i feel strongly it should meeting the budget f had relatively untoucheddeipite a be the trustees who are setting w series of gruelling meetings j thegrourid rules fc called totrim thebudgetha ipreviously thelestimates mimj managed to extinguishthe blaze witjioutfufther darriagej5v another fire portions of a large wuod were threatened wheri swbrushcaughtfireon sta committee h y brian tmkeron chairman have worked long and the 6th cone south of the aurora diligently to come to grips with x i i increases but in my own both fires took place ew have not produced the wednesday april 31 desired cuts in expenditures r previously v had beerihandledin fdirsec- jj ionsvbyr4hefpur 4 af terseyem hours v of liriebyline juggling fof the budget the planning committee fhad managed tocut only 175000 from its portion of thebudget t mr barrett had insisted that the guidelines set by the finance coriimittee should be adhered to by the restofthe committees the boards finance com mittee had proposed com- ffi 1 1 if i york cty secondary school teachers are yery j disappointed in the 155 per fs cent increase budgeted for their salaries in the proposed york county board of education 1975 festiiriates td theyrmaybeaskingfor much more than that he added- mr barrett said that he is worried about the effects on the budget of a settlement with the teachers chief- negotiator for the vlf the teachers ask for any f teachers don nixonsaid that he 1 reasonable salary it will pierce jwas disappointed adding- that the ceilings he said the i 5 the budget needs to berevised a great dealyi i the high school teachers are t currently negotiating a new r contract with the york county board 3irr f jan increase of35percent can be predicted on the basis of j settlements around the province board finance com board can then adjust or close the schools he blames the ad ministration- for the problem he said it wasno wayto run a business- by looking at their own support services and administration and then allocating the rest to instruction swe have to decide what t mitteetchairmanrcolin barrett v kind of teachers we want mr lbslbdhdsson istouffynjjestouffvaiedist secondaryschool bands picked up two second place awards in recently completea lions gaub fythe senior band took second in its class with 88 points in the i jovertureruyblasl by mendclssonari picked up a 50 jschblafship froriijthe regional municipality ofxyorkevv k fiapthv juriioriband was also second with 87pbints playing stratfordoverturevshirley aikenktpmeinber of s sdss jg seniorbandcapturedfirst place in the open contest for iflute earning 88 points v vwtts u iv tu son airport -r- stouffville yorkf north mppwilliam hodgson will attend a public meeting called6ythe save stouffville i committee tf or this coming sunday afternoon vj it will get underway at 2 pm with a progress report on the efforts thus far to stop the proposed pickering airport j hodgson will be on hand to answer questions and lend his support to the ssc j campaign 1660 trees set to be planted stouffville theyve got the trees 1600 of them now all they need are stouffville residents to help plant them f j j on saturday at 10 am the big tree- planting day gets underway at the flood control site north of stouff- ville dist secondary school the area is administered by the whitchurch conservation club and will be used for passive i recreational purposes v vv j any residents wishing 10 help j are asked to bring ta sharp shovel and a pail with ithemsxthoset helpirigwillr fnieetjmwplofijheflood afullstoryon a planning meetirigmdridayandrelated matters is found on pagel3 of this weekstriburie a- i i xr