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the second section sports neivs district news classified section first for stouffville growing for day dare centre by john montgomery- stouffville since the chickadee day nursery opened march rtbe enrollment has been slowly but steadily growing according to nursery owner sylvia loftus the response is quite satisfactory she said they have been averaging two inquiries daily 1 a total of six new students were scheduled to start monday the nursery now has six students who stay for the full week five children who are there for one day one is left for two days and two youngsters who are there three days a week with that enrollment mrs loftus says she can pay her helper and ex penses but she is in fact working for nothing a minimum of 25 children are needed to make the operation economically viable she estimates i want to give myself a year she said or until i wear myself out i dont know whichever comes first she is confident more people will bring their children in i think people are shy of day care they like to know what it is before they come in she said she expressed con fidence that once the word spreads that she is running a good operation then her enrollment problems will be over the nursery had a regional licence to look after 35 children mrs loftus currently has one employee karen jansen who previously worked for the trillium nursery in markham and has five years of day care ex perience mrs loftus says she has an early childhood education graduate when the enrollment gets i to 15 she said they will accept a maximum of eight youngsters between the ages of two and three and those youngsters will require two fulltime supervisors we want to stress individual attention here she said although they are now taking children one day a week she said priority will be given to youngsters whose parents need day care for the full week if the nursery fills up she will no longer accept one day children when the weather after some vigorous painting jeanette peak left and tina jansen wash up tina seems to be having some problem with the sleeve of her smock the stand the bucket is sitting on wasmade by mrs loftus and will be used for the children to play with it is on wheels and can be filled with water or turned into aninside sandbox john montgomery waiting to join the staff warms up mrs loftus plans to fence in the rear yard of the church and install playground equipment mrs loftus believes a nursery should bemore than just a babysitting service and accordingly they try to educate the children the nursery is well stocked with educational toys and someeffini is- made to teach the older children numbers- and letters by the time they finish here they should be quite ready to go to kindergarten she said she feels being with others in the nursery helps a childs sociatand i emotional development and that playing with them will aid his or her physical development as well one woman who lives in a rural area she says brings her children in a couple of days a week just u so they will have someone toplaywith the basement of the church is ideally suited for use as a nursery there is one large room that can be divided when v there are more children and large windows at ceiling level provide a bright and sunny at mosphere mrs loftus says the long hours from 7 am until 6 pm doesnt bother her i enjoy what i do it doesnt seem to tire me she concluded sylvia loftus owner of the day nursery helps the youngsters with some artwork from the left is martin kosubek aaron zampaloni kerry quayle tina jansen and lwfllia tina jansen believes that contentment is a bottle and a soft blanket tina is the daughter of assistantkaren jansen so far tina is the only child at the nursery who is still in diapers town applies for home renewal grants stouffville council will apply for ontario home renewal program funds again this year under the program a grant of 3 per person is available to homeowners to be used for necessary repairs to homes s the town received money this past yearand are applying vifor-ap- j proximately 36000 for out of the 1975 grant 7200 has already been given out to homeowners and the 19000 remaining has been allocated but not yet distributed the money is- available to homeowners at low interest rates and witha forgivable portion depending on income rt more detailed in- formation can be ob tained from 1976 municipal offices the region refuses jighi at vivian 48 corner- chickadee day nursery boasts several budding young artists old shirts make ser viceable painting smocks for martin kosubek left and aaron zampaloni according to martin he is painting a portrait of mrs loftus i v ynepiji rosram vivian extra street lighting at the corner of highway 48 and the vivian rd was rejected by york regional council last week council approved an engineering committee report which rejected improvedillumination at n the corner according to stown council the report a minimum of requested illumination at 1 250cars per day is needed thecorner irj i before such lighting is justified on a regional road vivian rd the report suggests that whitchurch- stouffvilie council apply to ithe provincial government for cost sharing to instal the rhad stouffville sometimes it will- seem a bit like take thirtyother times its more like the monty python show when stbuf fvilles first regular television show goes on the air march 24 both serious and zany elements will be included as a wholly locallyproduced endeavor the show is part of the classicomm cable 10 programming schedule and promises to be a cut above the usual bland fare ofsuchven- tures 1 think theyve got potential for a great j show classicomms kimwildfong told the tribune i was impressed with the work theyve done so far already shows about the magic skin- bonians production and the sculpture in front of the stouf fville post office have been aired a special introductory program however is to be broadcast march 24 several stouffyille residents do all the scripting planning acting interviewing and technical work for the series the introductory show which will run every hour on the hour through the evening includes an announcement of- a contest for determining a name for the show it also has some broadside humor in which gord ness who doubles as director of the show ends up in costume hitting host bob lewis with a purse the next program after that will be an interview with the towns head librarian lynne robbins followed by a presentation of town councils- position on libraries by bogus councillor elderberry queen he may be joined in plater shows bythe shows own mayor mousebluff and councillors may zipper suzystudd betsy waddley man- drake muffin and art comet f y v future showsalso will have more serious discussion of topics as well according to program manager jim sanders topics are y music- manialocal hockey thev recycling depot fireball sales barn- and highway 48 garbage dump also new people moving to town likely will be interviewed iv uxbridge township v pen decisiohf soon v iyn i uxbridge chosen for the centre whether brhol this yfbothvuxbridgevand townshipwill be the sitescugog townships- are fora federal penitentiary vying for theti 180- reception centre will be prisonerinstitutipn known within a month its100jooo yearly taxin ontario riding mp norm lieu grant y jif3 cafik announced friday mfcafiksaidhewas f in a press conference satisfied the correct at his pickering village tional services depart office mr cafik declined ment hadven to say whether or not a consideration umhe two site had already been townships s go kart noise leyels that we have research on hand which shows that noise levels in residential areas in excess of 55 dba interferes with ones of goodwood nearby residents com plaining of noise from goodwood kartways-go- kart track received some help fromithe -canadian- quiet environmental law property association in a letter to uxbridge council last week 1 assoctation counsel heather mitchell wrote she asked if mufflers noise barriers- reduced major events and restricted hours of track usage had been con- sidered fully by council i i- j if o sluff and councillors i may uxirujgethis back tntof comnsihity town may have a home life z l i for emotionany disturbed thcpedhome adolescents if aplan lh aliiindude office cabletv the show remains unnainedat left jim sanders operates the camera while fllmisg a segment at the public library above the shows sanders said 44 jduetothe upcoming- centennial would alsbinclude office- proposed tpcouncil ast andolher faciliues f- weelhs j v- donsmontgomeryof v co chimo youth services r tjli appeared before council achimb youthser no find out their reaction vices isaprovinciallyw to having a home for six funded agency he added adolescents here in which land the j proposed home ji theteenagersw would a would be designed to attend thelocal schools xsene v v t attend thejocal schools jserve the durham north teanlalta- x tmtfn host bob lewu smile at the antic of local shadow 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