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jps vote to 3 york ycrkreglonpubltescicwltrukeeswillattemptto limit their 1976 mill rate increase to 10 per cent vi4in unanimously accepting the recommendation from the finance committee trustees monday night voted to ask staff to prepare a preliminary draft budget allowing for a maximum 10 per cent increase in the mill rate t monday nights motion was a revamped version of action approved by the finance committee during a meeting here oct v i during that session the committee approved a resolution calling for a 10 per cent limit on the overall budget increase following mondays decision finance committee chairman joy horton explained the change in the motion fundamentally our concern is what it is going to cost the local taxpayer she said the committee opted to limit the mill rate increase rather than set the dollar figure and see where the mill rate comes out mrs horton added mondays motion exempts any cost of community use of school from the 10 per cent guideline the move came at the suggestion of education director sam chapman he described as unreasonable any move to cut classroom and administrative areas to provide public use of school facilities trustees were told that net costs of community use of schools amounts to an estimated 200000 if we dont exclude community use of schools were going to have to cut our costs right away mr chapman warned under the exemption approved by trustees staff will im mediately trim 1975 spending to provide a surplus going into 1976 what that will do to save funds is to reduce our leakage from the 1975 budget he said mondays motion also called for board staff to report ways of implementing any cuts needed to maintain the 10 per cent guideline and highlight problems arising from the 10 per cent restriction v the boards move gained support from a delegation of municipal representatives who appeared before trustees earlier in the meeting spokesmen for king east gwillimbury whitchurch stouffyille and markham asked the board to maintain a hold- theline stance in its 1976 budget mrs horton reported similar support in letters from municipal officials in newmarket aurora and richmond hill jennie bangay second or owes wins l stouffvillejaltbough voter turnout was lower than in 1974 whitchurch stouffville ratepayers gaveoverwhelimg support to harry bowes in trustee elections monday mr bowes a retired businessman garnered 963 votes the surprise of the election involved the second place finish for jennie bangay the 20yearold student picked up 486 votes former trustee john mcmurray was third with 277 in 1974 colin barrett defeated mr mcmurray by a 1409 to 735 margin total votes cast last year numbered 2144 monday 1726 voters trekked tc2 the polls mrbowes told the tribune that he expects to be sworn in at the york county board of- education next meeting next monday he felt the victory was due to his past experience in com munity groups and organizations and people felt i could accomplish something in the future the results were not a surprise to him i knew she miss bangay was running a strong campaign and would place second mr bowes said he said that whitchurch stouffville has had no representation for the past three months i hope to work hard to make up f jr lost time tfiere are some local issues we should try to get started on he said harry bowes easy election win um vol 88 no 27 whitchurch stouffville novembers 1975 20 cents 20 pages tentative agreement on library site deal stouffville the town the land commonly known has how reached a tentative as the schell property consists verbal agreement to purchase of approximately three and a property for the proposed new half acres located north of the library newly acquired municipal agreements are being parking lot just east of duf- drawnvup which will make fins creek purchase of the land conditional the library board is on ontario municipal board holding meetings with an ar- approval of debentures chitect to rough out what facilities will be required and come up with a cost estimate according to chairman jim sanders the board is attempting to have this estimate before the end of the year as council cannot apply to the omb until they have the total estimated cost of both the land and the building according to mayor gordon ratcliff it is unlikely any government grants will be available for the library but he is optimistic the town will be able to get- a preferred rateon debentures from the ministry of colleges and social services completion date for the library is tentatively scheduled for spring or summer of 1977- which is appropriate as the building is the towns official centennial project according to mr sanders they are talking function right now with the architect he said the recently completed survey is being considered in this and he has issued ah open invitation for anybody with ideas as to what they think the new library should contain to call him at 640- 2014 or to submit written suggestions to the library we want to make it as functional as possible com mented mr sanders with the building costs now we have to consider what every square foot will beused for- he said the board is aiming toward making the new library serviceable until the year 2000 but hastened to add it is not possible to predict exactly it is not a priority to make it a fancy building he told the tribune but we do wish to make it as attractive as possible- and still keep the cost reasonable he said they are hoping- for public input as to whether people wish a traditional or a modernistic building i the board is also lookirigf or liine rbby are t orchard park students from grades 4 to 7 last week were treated toa demonstration of folk and homemade musical in struments ken whiteley right a member of the original sloth jug band who has performed at mariposa spent the day at the school and worked with the students in small groups he performed on a wide assortment of instruments ranging from ah appalachian dulcimer to a mandolin to a washboard he demonstrated a number of homemade instruments and at the endof the period he- hadthe students try their hand at ntdking music in this picture derekdugganis shown getting it on with a washtub bass other students are from left to right wanda couperth waite andy brooks ron bpake terry alberti and barry smith more pictures page 7 v w john montgomery rezoning granted by planning board east end plaza likely to go ahead next year as fells tree muss lake stouffville firefighters and ontario hydro repair crews were busy monday as- high winds downed power lines throughout the area around 830 am firemen rushed to valley rd where a tree had blown oyer and pulled n power lines the wires were sparking all over the place according to firs chief walt smith a blaze in the tree branches was quickly extinguished as winds mounted during the day there were many power interruptions according to an ontario hydro spokesman around 8 pm a tree blew over and severed power lines in the area of vivian rd and the 6th cone power iri that area was off for sometime police report no injuries due- to winds but a number of cars were dented by flying tree limbs i hoping donations will reduce the amount to be taken out of taxes andalsp makejfit possible to install special facilities and purchase additional books and films it seems likely some space- will be designed into the building to be used for crafts by the recreation committee the library board has not yet decided how this will be handled but i mr- ratcliff speculated there wouldbe a rental fee to the committee which would reflect the main tenance costs therehas also been some speculation there might be a day care centre- built on the same property but in a completely separate building suburban proposals considered stouffville planning board last week heard three alternate proposals for development of a 30 acre parcel of land south of town and to the east of loretta crescent and watson dr solicitor don kimura cf bernard aron associates the property owners appeared as a delegation the three alternatives were outlined by gerald courey a planner with marshall macklin monaghan ltd v the first proposal called for 126 lots each about 6000 square feet and estimating about 500 residents this scheme assumed full services and an rl zoning a scaled down version of the first plan was envisioned in the second scheme this plan called- for 39 lots a population of over 150 people and to be located oh- 10 acres the eastern portion of the land would remain rural according to mr courey the third plan used a suburban residential classification which has never been used in whitchurch- stouffville this proposal would utilize one acre lots with septic tanks see suburban p 8 longtime local firm is sold stouffville william t rennie who owned arid operated rennie transport ltd i for 30 years has retired ron larmer of markham has purchased the business the deal was completed oct 1 of this year the name of the company r will remain the same jim rennie will stay on as dispat cher to coordinate the operations of the firms 17 trucks mr larmer had served as vicepresident of taylor transport ltd of markham before purchasing the stouff- ville firm n c awards sehplarships at sdss gradjiatipn stouffville awards and scholarship winners will be in the spotlight tomorrow evening nov 14 during the- sj- stouffville planning board last week passed abylaw granting success -building- corporation a c1 highest density commercial zoning for titieiplazathey will build at the corner of main and stouffer- streets rezoning the property presented a slight problem as the property and intended uses fit neither cl or c3 designations the solution adopted by planning board was to allow for the higher zoning but putting festrictiuiis on the more ob- noxious uses permitted by cl cl allows two apartments per commercial unit but the by law specifies only a one to one ratio some things allowed in a c3 zoning such as car sales taxi or bus stands parking lot and printing plant are specifically prohibited passing of the bylaw legion plans service j stouffville although tuesday was remembrance day students and government employees enjoyed a holiday the stouffville legion plans its memorial service this coming sunday- i i v t the service itself is at 230 pm at the legion hall mem- bers bfthe legion accompanied by the richmond hill cen- uennialpipe band will parade to the cenotaph in front of the municipal offices -vtt- j-i-s-t- t ivithewreathsbelaidindthelastpostplayed priorto the service members of the legion will gather at stwfvulecemeteryi around 130 pm to pay tribute to ser- vice personnelburied there i ia ji vi the service at the legion hall is under direction of the local- branchs padre reyjl carder other local ministers will takepart in the service m completes the towns work with regard to getting the plaza underway and it will now be forwarded to the ontario municipal board for final aj proval the plaza which will likely be built next summer features 17 rental apartments and a maximum of 17- commercial units the commercial units are designed so the renter can in corporate several of the units if the business requires more than the minimum floor space the 10th line plaza to in clude a twin theatre will very likely be started next summer as well it has already been for warded to the omb and ap proval could come at any time ithas been held up because there was one objection to it this objection has been with drawn this development to be called harding gate plaza will have a maximum of 14 stores excluding the theatre in the first phase the second phase is ex pected to house a chain supermarket these units are also designed so several can be in- corporated into a single store fracas brings police markham police were called to settle fights at a football game saturday between markham district secondary school and newmarket high school police arrived at mdss about 330 pm and broke up a fight in which nicholas cole 20 and james cole 18 both of parkway ave were allegedly involved according to police the two brothers again engaged in a fist fight with some other youths after being separated the first time the two were arrested and taken to 27 division where police heard evidence that nicholas cole had assaulted 17 year- old lorraine rowland of newmarket before the initial outbreak of fighting the senior brother was charged with causing a disturbance by fighting arid common assault while james cole was charged with causing a disturbance stouffyille dist secondary i school annual commencement nineteen o ri t a rj o s scholarships- worth 100 each will awarded to carolyn chase susan christie linda 5 dyson susan eidt joseph gibson david harris kimv berley hintbn karen jarnes danuta kamocki eric kriabe linda- lafleur rosemary marzinotto randall melhuishj shirley morgason margaret nauta colleen phoenix bruce rodin nancy roper and thomas wells a total of 50 graduates will receive their secondary school honor graduation diplomas and 109 students will receive secondary school graduation diplomas commencement- is tin derway at 8 pm decision will raise taxes planners york region tax increases due to cancellation of the pickering- airport will be minimal- according to whitchurch stouffville mayor r gordon ratcliff v he was responding to a planning report presented at the regions planning committee jastweekvwhichsaid that slower- development- in the region- will result from the- airport cancellation lower industrial assessment in the southern part of the region would reduce the number of jobs projected by the year- 2000 by 1015 y percent according to the planners a planning commissioner murray pound estimated that 15000 service jobs planned for for a commercial corridor between the two airports will be lost t k scrapping the airport could mean higher costs for municipal services and public transit the jreport stated mayor ratclifl said that growth in the southern part of the region will not be so spectacular without the air port s agreed that extra charges could result especially for roads- v- v the federal and provincial governments would have paid for some of the road structure to li service the airport the region t will likely have to pick up the tab the mayor told the tribune chief administrative of vaughan which 1 would threaten fleer jack rettie told planning committee that- the airport decision would delay work on- the regions- official plan for another six months the op work is -already- two years behind schedule l at the committee meeting markham councillor- bob agricultural and- recreational lands r mayor ratcliff said in an interview that if the airport goes through there will be tremendous pressure for development and that the southern part of the region would become an extension of adams- rejected the- reports tmmtn suggestion that the airport- 4- tjji cancellation will mean ex- ithemayor said that he pansion at mai ton and lead to would rather accept some in- developmert pressures in creased costs than the airport i