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home post bffwbw vol 88 no 43 whitchurch stouffville march 4 1976 20 cents 18 pages increase is held to 1 0 per cent stouffville library board chairman jim sanders last week presented to council a library budget request which he said in no way reflects the needs of the community mr sanders said they had kept the budget increase to 10 per cent as requested by council but that this would t actually mean a cutback in the present service the board requested 49500 from the town for 1976 com pared to a municipal grant of 45000 for last year the written submission contained a passage critical of the towns method of estimating the population that will have to be served by the proposed new library the board has main tained that a minimum size for the new library should be 10000 feet but council have approved only a 7000 square foot building the budget states to limit projections of service to the town of stouffville is unrealistic in the light of the significant number of rural patrons who borrow materials from the library 4l3percent or who attend programs 329 per cent it is extremely unfair to the rural population of whitchurch- 7 stouffville who pay taxes to the municipality to effectively limit service to them by applying a- lower total population figure to limit service with the excuse that patrons will make use of other area libraries is to place an undue burden on those libraries j mr sanders complained that last yearthey had been told they would have to catch up slowly for past deficiencies and riou withtheprestrictions v havebeen pufpn them this year they are actually ipra-position- wliere the library is falling i further behind he said that sonie staff members are underpaid arid the hiring ofan additional person had to becancelledthis years budget will mean a decrease in the number of books he maintained as the average increasein the price of- books has been over 20 per cent- j other cuts have beerimade he said by not allowing any money forstaff upgrading and by not replacing the card catalogue which he described as completely beyond repair councillor june button asked if the librarys programs couldnt be made self- supporting and she declared that all municipal programs should be that way mr sanders replied that it has been historically that in formation and intelligence development be kept open to everyone councillor cathy joice agreed commenting it would almost be a slap in the face to charge when those programs are such a small portion of the budget she predicted that if they started charging for programs they would end up charging for the loan of books they should contribute maintained mrs button even if its only ten cents a morning so they will know these things cost money mr sanders insisted that a lot of children would be left out if charges were added mrs joice inquired as to whether there was a great deal of book loss arid librarian lynn robbins explained that it is quite a problem she said that as of dec 31 there were 87 patrons with a total of 160 overdue books she estimated the cost including the expense of sending out notices and making new cards at about 1000 a year she said many childrens books are coming back damaged and that she had checked with other libraries and they all agreed that loss and damage is becoming a big problem several members of council expressed pleasure at the budget but councillor art starr pointed out that it is much higher than the guidelines set for recreation committee and the community centre boards no decision was made as to whether the budget will be accepted as submitted stouffville home mail delivery which had been slated for stouffville for 1976 or 1977 has been cancelled in definitely as part of the federal governments antiinflationary freeze councillor cathy joice received this information from postmaster general bryce mackasey mrs joice spoke to mr mackasey during the progressive conservative leadership convention the post office has placed a canadawide freeze on in troduction of new services or expansion of existing ones according to local post master gary fisher the former village is just on the line or a shade under having the number of households the post office requires before they will start home delivery the service is definitely out for this year and for an in definite period after that this will hold true unless something drastic should change said mr fisher- he estimated the cost of paying postment plus equipment would be about 100000he said hey are continually receiving equipment for this service that was ordered before the freezer went into effect mrs joice learned from mr mackasey that before the cut- back- the post office had been advertising internally for postal employees who wished to transfer to stouffville to work as mail carriers mr fisher said the freeze is total and that even in places where there is already home delivery service will not be provided to new subdivisions in those cans he said corner boxes wouldnt even be provided gone to the dogs canine complaints seem to plague all areas of the town stouffville com- plaints of dogs running at large seem to be common in all parts of the municipality a bethesda sideroad resident bill mcnally ap peared before council last week to register a complaint of dogs running loose and tearing open garbage bags councillor june button told him he is not alone and she added there have been many complaints from mill st and the 10th line south i have had the same coinplaintsfrom musselmans lake added councillor becky wedley mr mcnally said there are always loose dogs between the 6th and 7th concessions along the r bethesda sideroad and he said one dog chases his car every morning i knowwho the people are who own the dogs he said but they are still neighbors if you phone they keep it tied up two or three weeks and then let it run again he asked council to put an escalating charge for picking up dogs so that people whose dogs repeatedly get picked up would have to pay a higher rate each time a neighbor who ac companied mr mcnally new boundary iffjjjfafv- for- ri v ch i idrehs pldy stdrsskinboh igns the childrens play fthe magic skinbonian will be presented three times this weekend at latcham hall first performance is at 7 pm friday with two shows saturday at 2 pm and 7 in the evening admission to the 90 minute play is onedollarfpr adults and 50 cents for children shown here is a confrontation between shillelagh edna luther right and the villainous evil oliver oilcan por- trayed by patsy inglis oilcan has to plot to steal farmer browns farm farmer brown left is played by marriee wong margie griffiths has therole of mary jane and harry is impersonated by tim brazier this is the skinbonians second appearance in stouff- ville but this years presentation is an all new adventure j of john montgomery stouffyille2r revised federal electoral boundaries put whitchurch stouffville in a new riding entitled york peel the proposed riding will encompass whitchurch stouffville newmarket aurora east gwillimbury and caledon the southern part of the region would be lumped into one riding tobe called markham rich mond hill vaughah the currentreportis not in its final form and changes could still be made when it comes before parliament complained that they have had there garbage ripped open twice between the time they set it out and when it is picked up councillor eldred king suggested that kennel inn be supplied with a garbage pickup schedule and that they follow this route in advance of the trucks the matter hasbeen referred to bylaws committee no barrier to airport expansion buttonville although markham council gave only first reading tuesday to the rezoning needed for the expansion of buttonville airport the town has no legal way of stopping the project mayor tony roman said about 30 residents appeared before council feb 24 and asked for a delay in the rezoning the ontario municipal board has ordered the town to approve the rezoning the lengthening of one runway hasbeen opposed by a number of people living near the private airport located just east of buttonville ori 16th ave v j the land m question must be rezonedfrom agricultural to transpprtetionuse5rvj xcoimciigayeithe rezoning w first arwding then referred it jo its bylaw jcorii mitteefor further consideration rrmr roman said the town has nojegal way of opposing the expansion according to the ontario municipal act council is compelled tot pass the rezoning the airport one of the busiest private airports in canada wishes to lengthen one runway citizen protests and objections from markham council stalled the expansion arena pyrcfmsdi grants undvaihible i i stouffville council last week passed a- bylaw concluding purchase of the town arena at a price of 125000 even though they have learned that no money is available for an expected grant of 31000 i si ministry ofcultureandjrecreation informed the towrfthat although the arena and theprbposed extension to the ballaritrae coirimunity centrehave been approved for grants covering 25 per cent of the capital expenditures- there are now no funiis available a letter from the ministry indicated that because of budget restraints no more funds will be made available this fiscal year more funds will be allocated for these grants on april 1 and the two local projects will then be up for consideration mayor gordonratcliff said that council has been assured the arena and the community centre extension will have top priority j construction of the 90000 addition to the community centre will be held in abeyance until the ministry funds totalling about 22000 areavailable the purchase of the arena has already been concluded and if the promised grant money doesnt materialize council has a contingency plan to take the money from the lot fees account regional planning representation at stake may or cmticizecl or f ailing to represent council stouffville mayor gordon ratcliff ame under heavy fire last week from some j members of council v the mayor was taken to task for his comments to the region- v i am rather dismayed at comments- -or- purported comments that yoii dont favor tribune that he does not agree that resolution that council as a wiuvcbuncils resolution calling iswhole supported- berated wforrepresentationfrom municipality on- the v planning committee and facthe would vote against the- getting anywhere and we have resolution if it carne to fight every inchof the way to get subdivision through the planning committee replied the mayor we are going to have to fight anyway- the feeling from the ad- ministrative committee is that m every- rcouncillorca thy joice v i all confmittees should be opened t regional youare 1 up to members of regional i id that in nam she added that wearent council mayor that would support us hepointedoutthatheisalso she suggested not a member of the engineering r their suggestion to regional council as a delegation would you support it- then questioned mrs wedley nov respondedthe mayor t mrs wedleyargued that council is the representative of the people and that- the mayor should follow their wishes at the region perhaps we need a -a- 1 y the j peoples said councillor meet to form craft guild stouffville the local recreation committee and- representatives of seneca college will hold a joint public meeting next week to plan the future of adult craft courses in town councillor becky wedley said that the meeting in lat cham hall monday march 8 will begin at 8 pm the topic will be the possible formation of a local craft guild with instruction irma melville ori the staff at seneca college is co ordinating the proposal the public is invited to attend mondays meeting t especially interested will be people who- have already registered for courses- which were to be offered at the old library building v committee which often deals with iriiportantlocal issues he argued that 50 to 75 per cent of the meetings wouldnt l have anything on the agenda dealing with whitchurch stouffville at this point councillor becky wedley joined in with mrs joice she told the mayor that five other municipalities have supported councils resolution mr ratcliff suggested council pass a resolution and he is representative merlyh baker i understand that we dont have a representative at the region continued mrs wedley i hate to thinkthatthis council does not have a voice tat the region 4 mrs wedley asked the mayor why he often asked their opinion on regionaljmatters there are times i need your assistance he answered and in this case i didnt councillor joice introduced 1 a resolution that the requestor representation be forwarded to the region but the resolution was defeated in a tie vote this week the matter was introduced again by eldred ballaiitrae gro wth makes lively meeting councillor art starr defended the mayor saying hes riot trying wget out of work but he is trying to spend his time constructively mr ratcliff pointed out that after a subdivision is dealt with at the committee level it still has to be approved by all of regional council t i i do not disagree with you if you go there and vote against us offered councillor- eldred king and was passedthej king v feeling of council was thatsince is he riot there represen1 the suggestion had been cirv ting council asked abynow ciliated councilfeltduty bound- angered mrs wedley to forward it to the region ballantrae while few people questioned limiting the i population of this corn munity to- 1000 where those people should be situated came underfire at a public meeting 1 last week it the meeting at the ballantrae community centre was held to guage public reaction to the secondary plan hfor ballantrae and musselmans lake- w fmsince the proposals for musselmans- lake had been considered earlier- the meeting centred on the ballantrae section of the plan about 150 people crowded into the centre iwijhe x towns planner max sherman read exerpts from the plan detailing some of the ijv certain recom- made for the reasons for mendations hamlet i verri morrow had a question about why the population limit had been raised from 500 to 1000 he also inquired about industrial land lying outside the boundaries of the secondary plan yi vv v planning board chairman eidfed king explained that the 175 acresof industrial land still remains inthat designation and that the meeting was being held to receive citizen input as to the hariilets size 4our planner has suggested it is possible to have 1000 people there mrkingsaid u iiomel bakerrr 3 stbuff- ville questioned the exclusion of 12 acres he owns west of high way 48- that is already zoned- intoaccount environinental and residential and asked why other considerations mr king has that been changed said ii x mr sherman said that the we appreciate you have a how large it will grow taking more houses eastof highway 48 plan excluded mr bakers property to favor development between the community centre and highway j 48 along the aurora sideroad he made reference to a hardwood bush on theproperty which would have to be removed if development proceeded- j i mr baker maintained that the land had already been zoned and that it was designated r r l on the regional plani problefti he added nothing has been established yet- as to what will take place this is only a proposal s mrbaker protested that some long narrow lots fronting on the aurora sideroad hadtheir rear portions designated s agricultural under the proposed plan he asked whywrvst mr sherman insisted that it would prevent- the j lots being split to make landlocked jots hmrokingsaid that indeed vkesaid that ii all the vacant the land was zoned residential lots are developed in the com- ilmust be established how munitythepopulatibn xwould h the cbmfnunity will grow and approach 800r adding about 50 v- t would put the population at the iooo limit l planner stated that above that figure municipal services would have to be supplied to prevent depletionof c the ground water and possible contamination from septic tanks v- vv j mr bakerinsisted his plan should be reconsidered in that it has been zoned residential for 20 yearsv george miller questioned r the zoning of the long os mr king suggested thatito meet the 1000 population figure development should- proceed eastbfhighway h v that is whjr the back ends se pgri3 j ifptiiw brings 1 2 charges j t it buttonville a 40 minute airplane joyride in the charges under airplane stored at buttonville took several passengersfup while hewas drunk iyifr if 4