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wolves slaughter sheep in dump site vicinity bakers hill brush wolves or coyotes have slaughtered 30 sheep in the vicinity of the york sanitation dump since june all but one of the sheep which are valued in excess of 1200 belonged to joe diadamo who owns the farm south of the dump site james ross who lives on the west side of highway 48 reported a ram killed the ministry of natural resources at maple had a trapper don leslie in the area for a week but he has so far been unsuccessful according to wildlife management officer gerry haarmeyer the trapper has been on holiday but will return next week mr haarmeyer said it is their intention to trap and dispose of the wolves he said wolves are one of the hardest animals to trap as they are extremely wary of human scent and he described them as cagey characters the sheep have been killed two or three at a time in some cases james rae livestock evaluator for the town spotted one of the wolves on the diadamo property and mr diadamo is reported to have seen two wolves together wolf kills are distinct from dog kills in that wolves will go for the throat or tear out the stomach and dogs will rip out pieces here and there dogs will also terrorize an entire flock while wolves just kill enough to eat the town pays the farmer an average of 50 apiece for the sheep killed and then the town is reimbursed by the ministry of agriculture and food the number of wolf complaints in maple district york peel and the western portion of durham are actually down considerably this year last year there were 50 complaints and there have been only a dozen this year vol 88 no 23 whitchurch stouffville october 91975 20 cents 28 pages record markham beautiful tendance is estimated at over sunny weather over the weekend 95000 according to fair of- brought record crowds to the ficials markham fair total at- the 1974 figure was 80000 manhunt called off escapee surrenders further charges laid michael david richards the subject of a massive manhunt in the ballantrae area t last week monday surrendered to york regional police at rich- mond hill according to deputy chief robert hood the man gave himself- up as a result of negotiations between a detec tivesergeant and the escapees lawyer richards a 27 year old vivian resident originally charged with sexually assaulting a male now faces additional charges of escaping ciistodypointing a firearm and auto theft the manhunt was set off after richards- who was being held in custody at newmarket complained he was sick was taken to hospital in richmond hill and escaped by ramming a policeman with a wheelchair he escaped about 730 pm monday and was spotted in the ballantrae area the next day the officer who saw him reported richards was armed with a shotgun and had pointed the weapon at him an estimated 60 policemen including ontario provincial police tracking dogs and two helicopters converged on the area and conducted a 12 hour search which ended un successfully it is reported richards made his way to king where he was given shelter by a friend before stealing a truck and driving it to toronto where it was abondoned richards is being held in custody for a show cause hearing scheduled for friday it is alleged richards homosexually assaulted a juvenile hitchhiker he had driven to oak ridges on sept 7 attempted rape after girl abducted stouffville- john charles vernon 20 of lot 6 cone 8 has been charged with 2000 needed for playground ballantrae a fund- raising program to raise 2000 for a suspension bridge aspart of a planned adventure playground was kicked off monday night ballantrae home and school association started selling shares in the playground parents night monday approximately 75 of the one dollar shares were sold the first night the suspension bridge is only one part of an extensive adventure playground planned for the ballantrae public school abduction attempted rape and possession of marijuana according to york regional police a 14 year old school girl was walking home along the bethesda sideroad one morning after missing the school bus when a man drove up and forced her into his car at knifepoint i the girl was blindfolded and driven to a secluded area where the man sttempted to rape her she was later let out of the car about a mile from her home vernon was arrested two days later as a result of in vestigation police say they found vernon to be in possession of a quantity of marijuana at the time of his arrest trevor prenevost 4 of agincourt receives an affectionate nudge from his- pony trevor however doesnt seem too happy about it he was one of the prizewinners in the junior showman- ship classes at the markham fair debbie byrnes rr 2 markham- was named queen of the fair ambient noise study continues despite airport cancellation colossal traffic jam clogs main st traffic stouffville one of the worst traffic jams in stouffvilles history saw main st clogged from the 10th line all the way to ringwood corners saturday the markham fair and the stouffville sales barn combined with perfect fall weather to create the backup cars streamed east through town to the sales barn from morning through the afternoon at one point cars were backed up all the way to high way 48 a writeup in a toronto daily newspaper on the sales barn friday is the probable cause of the unusually heavy traffic the situation was further aggravated when the stoplight on main st became stuck on red causing a further backup stouffville although all other work regarding the now defunct pickering airport is being held in abeyance the ambient noise study for stouffville markham and claremont is still going on dr a d lightstone of valcoustics ltd the company commissioned to carry out the noise study told the tribune he has heard nothing about can celling the study he- said all projects con cerned with planning or con struction of the airport have been stopped but that the noise study does not fall into this category according to dr lightstone the information will be valuable reference material even if the airport is never built as it could be used by planners to assess the impact of any type of development mayor gordon ratcliff said he believes the study should be completed as it will further verify that the airport should never be constructed the testing has been ongoing in markham and stouffville for the past week or so and as of last friday there was only one site in markham leftto be monitored there are 4 five days out of a total of 11 days testing to be completed in stouffville the work is now over half finished with about a week to a week and a half of monitoring depending on the weather to be completed dr lightstone said the study would provide a reference set of data asto the existing situation and that never beforehas there been the- opportunityto study the before situation when an airport was constructed dog death results from shooting spree markham residents of senator reesor dr in markham were terrorized when an unidentified man went on a shooting spree around 3 am last friday tenders called for depot building i- stouffville in all likelihood the stouffville recycling committee will have ay permanent location on the public works property before this winter council last week called for tenders on a 24 foot by 80 foot prefabricated structure only 24 feet by 50 feet would be allocated for recycling and the additional space would be used for works department storage mayor gordon ratcliff said he hopes the building will be only an interim measure and that in a few years he hopes to see all garbagelhat is picked up door to door recycled the ultimate end is to see that all garbage is recycled he told the tribune all bins will be stored inside contrary- to the v original idea which was to have some outside storage as a result of a letter of complaint from wilf morley a member of the community centre board the board will be contacted before the decision is finalized v mr morley urged that the depot either not be located adjacent to the park or that the boardbe consulted regarding the location mr morley wrote i feel that our park facilities are second to none however i have seen a sewage treatment plant and a works department building located either adjacent c ter on park property- i believe it was the com- mittees intention- to proceed this fall commented the mayor v and that was a record according to secretary manager gerald mann he said that perfect weather saturday and sunday made all the difference the numbers of exhibitors was up over the 1974 figures as well a total of 108 exhibitors took part in the domestic science section some of them had en tries in all the sections in the poultry class there are 300 sections total number of entry cards numbered 5000 in 1974 the total was under 4000 there were excellent flower displays and even the heavy horse sec tion drew 23 entries twelve herds of hereford cattle were entered while 76 jersey cattle were entered in that section one of the new features the baby contest attracted 42 con testants when only 20 were expected mr mann said en tries had to be cutoff a week before the fair the parade was the best we ever had and mr mann gives credit to the organizers barb thompson and bill snowball for results and pictures see page 9 first step taken to limit speed on lake stouffville council last week took a first step toward solving the problem of speed boats on musselmans lake councillor becky wedley introduced a notice of motion that the town request the province to restrict the speed limit on the lake to five miles per hour mrs wedley first tried to have it passed as a resolution with an addendum that it be circulated to concerned parties but there were several ob jections to this town clerk ralph corner pointed out it wouldnt make much sense to notify people of something you have already done and several members- of council urged that they take a strong stand we have to make a decision councillor cathy joice said adding if we are not going to pass it without consulting the people on the lake i cant see sending it to the ministry mayor gordon ratcliffi called for a complete ban on motorboats arguing that en forcement of a speed limit would be impossible that will just- cause a pack of trouble trying to enforce a speed limit he later told the tribune at leas give it a tryat five miles per hour for one year- urged mrs wedley and if that doesnt work well have to do something stronger arrears in expropriated ared pickering council wants to proceed with moving the brougham museum to greenwood despite the halt in pickering airport construction that was the yiew expressed in a recent meeting between council and federal mp norm cafik as well as ministry of transport officials furthermore council probably will request to have a s subsidy to pay for fire protection in brougham since a lot of the volunteers have moved away regarding the museum relocation mayor george ashe said that the uncertainties that still exist would make it un tenable in its present location council has lareday purchased the new site in greenwood council also wants ex propriated roads in the airport area to be returned to the municipality otherwise they would insist the federal government provide adequate maintenance and policing mayor ashe said another problem discussed with federal representatives was the difficulty of collecting taxes from airport tenants were practically running a collection agency the mayor- sairt about 100000 in taxes is in arrears by one estimate council intends to push for a grantinlieu system instead also councillor- jack an derson said some discussion was held concerning the way that the upkeep of some airport 1 properties is falling below par one proposal presented was tha the largest part of 10- acre lots be put into agricultural use the proposal would have it that 10acre lots would be reduced in size and the ad ditional land tied in with- abutting farms mr an- derson said the average person doesnt havemhe machinery to care for lots that size he said mr anderson added that would not apply to original owners of 10acre lots the meeting by council with federal officials was first arranged three weeks ago according to mayor ashe and it took six months to get it set up resolutions on matters discussed were to be brought forward at the next executive committee meeting for action victor woodroft told police he let his dog out as it was barking very loud and a moment later he heard shots he rushed out discovered the animal shot but still alive and saw a man running away the dog subsequently died from bullet wounds john bell another resident on the street reported hearing six shots one bullet was fired through a second story window of his house his next door neighbor ralph johnson discovered a bullet hole in his car and another through his garage door- estimated damage amounted to approximately 300 and the weapon used is believed to have been a 22 calibre rifle i three arrested r i in armed robbery ballantrae three people have been arrested and charged in connection with the recent armed robbery of an elderlyballantrae couple a juvenile is alleged to have actually held up 64 year old sara steggal and her84 year old husband norman for 1700 valso charged are dirk frdsleben 20 of- lot 25 cone 4 uxbridge and suzanne pellett 21 of no fixed address rpoliceallege miss pellett drove to the scene of the robbery withtheother two and that mr freisleben hid in the bushes outside the door while the crime was committed the robber placed a nylon stocking over head knocked on the door and when itwas answered by mrssteggal forced his way into the home y the youth threatened the elderly couple with a 22 calibre revolver slapped mrs steggal across the face and pushed her husband to the floor when he attempted to aid her- thief threatened to kill the couple if they contacted police and beforejeaving he removed the mouthpiece from their telephone v- v- fthe incident was not reported to the police until twodays later when a neighbor of the couple learned about it i y