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stouf yille nearly runs clry lue to watering bylaw disohedi en ee stouffville the town reservoir came perilously close to running dry monday according to mayor gordon ratcliff the water level had been dropping for the past week and then a tremendous volume was used on monday when no watering is allowed at all the water level dropped a total of 12 feet leaving only about two feet of water in the bottom usually the water level has a chance to come back on mondays but apparently a great number of people were ignoring the towns bylaw which prohibits watering of lawns on mondays restricts east end residents to watering tuesdays thursdays and saturdays and allows west end people to water on mondays wednesdays and sundays a sound truck was -sent- around town warning people not to water their lawns at all for the next few days until the water level goes up there wouldbe lots of water if people abided by the three day a week stipulation commented the mayor the village has been using about a million and a half- gallons of water per day while the normal summer maximum is usually around one million gallons after the sound truck was sent around warning people monday the water level began to climb overnight l a good rain and the problem will be over said mr ratdiff some surveillance is ex- peeled of those disobeying the edict in the use of lawn hoses if the situation does not improve vol 88 no 10 whitchurch stouffville july 10 1975 20 cents 16 pages opponents carry on christine money and the horse caravelle are seen here wearing typical 16th or 17th century spanish costumes the horse owned by mary bowden claremont and rider placed first in the half arabian spanish conquistador costume competition a total of 67 competitors many of them local congregated at als tack shop saturday for the full day spanish all arabian horse show john montgomery airport start announced motnoise study to be fair ex by ted wilcox v stouffville old adversaries from the gibson airport inquiry commission gearings were in agreement last week as they set up the terms of reference for the ambient jnoise study to be conducted in the area the study under the a direction of the ministry of transport is to determine and document the present noise climates in the residential portions of stouffville markham and claremont 1 jvecouldnt even havea teooct fight said xridrew harris who will serve in an advisory capacity in the study mr harris earlier had presented information accepted sy the gibson commission that indicated noise would have a greater impact on stouffville ijtian mot studies had shown mr harris told the tribune he had personally redrafted the terms of reference for the new study some members of people or splanes were uncertain about the proposed study pop member lorne almack of claremont said he disliked the composition of the committee which is made iip of the same noise experts who testified for the mot at the gibson hearings i dont think that committee can run an impartial study he said- however mr harris said that two factors would make all the difference in the proposed study as opposed to previous studies prepared for the mot first the new study will pleasure sound continuously for 24 hours instead of in segments second while the previous mot soundings had all been taken beside roads the new one will take in a variety of sites conducting the study will be valcoustics limited of toronto the same consultants who had prepared studies for the government for the gibson hearings sl mr almack of pop also disliked the distribution of times that the soundings would be taken feeling they were overly weighted for the noisier week days however mr harris said that the distribtion was the way most ambient surveys are done another objection by mr almack was the lack of proposed soundings in rural as well as urban areas however a more representaive survey using certain ruralresidential areas in markham such as the dickson hill area probaly will be added to the study as a result of suggestions by markham representatives at the com- r mittees meeting on monday a total of 13 sites in markham10 in stouffville and three in claremontwill be tested in the survey microphones will pick up the amount of noise now present the study is to deter mine the facts not to in terpret what they r for- residents committee chairman ron coulas of the mot ex plained at the monday meeting whitchurch councillor june stouffville button ex- pressed concern at the meeting saying the study should even tually determine the impact on the residents councillor eldred king said that since the studys purpose was just to determine the current noise level they should get on with it the role that mr harris will play in the noise study he told the tribune was to help draft the terms of reference to review sites being chosen to come back to observe measurements and to review how- the data is presented mr harris had been one of thefew experts whose testimony was accepted in favor of government wit nesses at the gibson hearings present at the meeting on monday was save stouffville committee member brad buckles as well as represen tatjves from valcoustics cor poration tracor corporation the ministry of transport and see noise page 2 pickering pickering airport construction is to begin this month ministry of trans port officials said last week about 1800 acres of the initial site is to be cleared of buildings and grading is to begin on the runway but the announcement doesnt especially upset save stouffville committee chairman james nevins we were ex pecting the announcement he said it had to come it doesnt change anything that weve been doing one phase of the battle may centre around farmer ernie carruthers who last week refused to turn his house keys over to federal officials were waiting for a legal battle over that says mr nevins mr carruthers property is in the area where the initial construction is to begin the mot announcement said other work on the airport is to include drainage provisions improvements of local roads and grading of taxi strips and terminal tarmac boats need control councillor says muss lake councillor becky wedley last week com plained to council about large motorboats coming onto musselmans lake she said someone- had brought a 427 cubic inch inboard motor to the lake the previous weekend arid she added it took about 15 seconds to cross the lake according to mrs wedley quite a few other big boats are being brought on the lake and she expressed concern about the safety of swimmers in addition she said neigh bors are complaining because a lake resident has set up a series flood planning board estate residential plans stouffville since planning board set a precedent by giving their blessing to some estate residential subdivisions they have been flooded with- requests for that type of development last weeks planning board meeting was no exception as two new proposals were introduced the first application heard was alwine manthau for 31 lots on 75 acres located at lot 24 fronting on the 7th cone the second proposal for 12 two acre parcels is located on the propoerty of alfio tommasini on the south east corner of bethesda and don mills rds speaking for mrs manthau attorney william parsons told the board the land is basically blow sand and not too valuable for agriculture mr parsons said they would not be developing the property themselves but were retaining land adjacent so they had a substantial interest in making sureit was handled properly the property is now being used for childrens camps and has a tree farm to the south mr parsons said they had not approached the niehgbours and he said their basic ob jection is why cant theydivide theirs into five acre lots mr king asked if they would consider enlarging some of the lots to ensure that all- the lots would be treed mrs manthau replied the plan they had brought in was only a very preliminary sketch a motion was passed that the board members would inspect- the site and ask for a technical report the same decision was made with regard to the ether proposal the developers were warned the studies would be at their own expense and mr king cautioned please donlt ask for this to happen tomorrow the tommasini property r a golf course to the south and east but there was some dispute as to whether another- proposed subdivision abuts the property planning board were told mr tommasini is a custom builder who usually builds homes in the 150000 price range of buoys in the middle of the lake as a guide for waterskiing in her opinion this jeopardizes the safety of other skiers we have to make- a few rules she concluded people are doing justasjheylike mayor gordon ratcliff explained theyhad gone through the matter a few years ago and that although it was a federal responsibility the federal government is trying to put it off on the province but they wont accept it mr ratcliff said he was against any skiing at all on the lake and councillor june button agreed the mayor described the situation as a messy problem mr wedley said the problem is not being caused by the people who live up there but by weekend visitors mr- ratcliff expressed doubt as to how effective the towns bylaw is at controlling any abuses chairman- eldred king cut off discussion before any decision was reached however pickering council voted to seek a court injunction halting airport construction until access roads are com pleted the reaction of people or planes coordinator margaret godfrey to the mot an nouncement was digust as usual she accused the government of using all sorts of scare tactics now trying to get rid of as many people as they can the people or planes organization meanwhile demonstrated their intention to make good on their own bizzare tactics last saturday they launched their first barrage balloon claiming more are on the way another antiairport organization the metro toronto airport review committee is still plugging away spending lots of money on lawyers mr nevins a mtarc member said he added that theyre still awaiting some position from the proyinciargovernment- their sources within the legislature sayan- antiairport stand on the part of the pc government is in the wind he said for the construction if and when it goes forward ontario hydro and bell telephone facilities are to be moved and the cpr rail line which cross the airport site is to be moved swinging west from locust hill towards brougham bypassing the site the move has been adamantly opposed by ontario environment minister william newman according to mot- spokesmen if plans go ahead an additional 1900 acres are to come under construction on jan 1 1976 transport minister jean marchand says provision has been made to- preserve historical buildings on the site and that 190000 has been made- available to the national museum of canada for any archeological discoveries speculation has been made that premier william davis may make opposition to the proposedairport a major plank in his reelection platform contents of a letter to mr davis ifrom mr marchand outlining plans for the airport site have not been released durham committee seeks airport delay pickering durham regional management com- mittee approved in principle a resolution for delaying the pickering airport last week until the projects infrastructure has been resolved and any road access has been constructed the resolution had been requested by the town of pickering a lengthy debate was held over both the principle and a suggestion that an injunction be sought in federal court preventing the federal government from entering re arranging or constructing anything on the airportsite the resolution read that the infrastructure and access roads should be constructed only after consultation with all municipalities several management committee members had reser vations about the resolution while they were sympathetic to pickerings cause faulkner lands subdivided faulkner ave two more faulkner ave area residents have successfully petitioned planning board to have their properties subdivided into five acre lots carl makela applied to have his 10 acre parcel of property split into two five acre lots and daniel klochkoff asked per mission to make three five acre lots from one parcel mr- makela asked for ap proval on the grounds the land use in the area- is residential anyway and because extra recreational area is provided by a reforested area across the road from his 7th conchbme mr klochkoff said he had to sell his property so he could retire and that people who looked at the land wanted only ps negotiator blasts iyork schoolboard rep york cty a former member of the york public school board salary negotiating team was unintentionally less xthan open in his criticism of 1975 salary settlements a georgina trustee charged monday ti bill laird made his com- orients while discussing the resignation of vaughan trustee donald cameron from the board negotiating team in a press release dated june 16 mr- cameron had announced he withdrew in protest over the committee and boards refusal to allow senior jjdministration to participate- in negotiations and subsequently ttheir- refusal to hire a professional negotiator mr laird charged the vaughan trustee had missed several secondary school negotiating sessions prior to his resignation and had not taken part in a single- elementary neogtiation meeting he described the criticism as irresponsible and not something to be relied upon replying mr cameron said re had attended seven out of the flst eight sessions and had only massed meetings following preparation of a letter outlining his concern over the talks i in approving the settlement wih no backup material from staff trustees had adopted a casual attitude to the operation of at 60 million business- he charged claremont the driver of this shattered vehicle was killed when the company car he was driving was struck broadside by a cpr passenger train and was rammed about 500 yards down the track- dead is mohammed shaffi 30 of toronto a driver for purolatpr courier service whose vehicle he was driving at the time of the accident the mishap occurred about 8 am friday morning j v- wheri the southbound passenger train struck the drivers side of the car which had been travelling east on concession 9 mr shaffi was pronounced dead at the scene and none of the 50 passengers or train crew were injured train passengers were forced to complete their journey by bus rjim thomas ii r- five acres as this was all they could afford 1 councillor merlyn baker suggested they zone the area along the 7th cone for five acre lots and he objected to the klochkoff subdivision but voted- in favor of it because now the precedent has been set i have to uphold the application board- chairman eldred king told mr baker hethought r they would be going beyond their jurisdiction if they rezoned the entire area he referred to it as trespassing see faulkner page 2 musselihan fair to be saturday muss lake this is the big weekend for the annual musselmans lake fair to be held at the ballantrae com- munity centre the fair beginning at noon i saturday will feature a baked goods sale and contest craft displays pony rides quilt raffle movies sports bands a beer garden and other- en tertainment the admission price cant be beaten as it is freethe fair will run through to 6 pm and at 830 a dancewiircommeiice ticketsare four dollars and can be purchased at the fairgrounds orby calling 6403103 or 64w267 the baking contest is open to everybody and booth space is still available tucfr i i t i l