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une thursday july 22 1s76 11 y york region a suspect lost bis shirt recently in an encounter with york regional police constable miller the officer had been investigating reports of youths breaking beer bottles in the milne conservation area and was questioning a person when two youths ap- letter to the editor playground is badly equipped dear sir i am so incensed by the caption under the front page photograph of july 15s tribune that i am moved to write about something that has an noyed me for years how can anyone in his right mind consider our town park to be well- equipped with my two preschoolers i have visited a good number of parks and i regret to say that ours ranks at the bottom in terms of equipment a- far more ap propriate description would be pitiful playground how about some swings that are safe for preschoolers some riding toys some crawling toys a sand ox even a wading pool that doesnt charge 50 cents admission for a mere two hours use and how about washrooms that are fit for human use im in favor of more informed and in vestigative reporting thank you sincerely lynn taylor church st ed note we would like to go on record that weve never made any claims to being in our right mind we would be interested to hear how many other readers agree that the park is a pitiful playground proached and began harassing the constable the pair grabbed beer bottles and flung them into the bushes then pushed the policeman and tried to attack him- one suspect grabbed const miller by the arm and threw him to the ground the officer landed on his back grabbed the suspect firmly by the shirtfront and informed him be was under arrest the accused promptly slipped out of his shirt and ran away constable miller was subsequently taken to york county hospital for treatment of muscle and internal injuries one of the suspects was later apprehended charles r adams 16 of markham has been charged with obstructing police and assault i indecent assault angelo apa 57 was charged with indecent assault when he was pointed out walking in sherwood plaza by his alleged victim more than a quarter of a mile of extension cord last week cable tech of main st stouffville is missing an 1800 foot spool of the wire it was valued at 200 she had been grabbed and indecently assaulted by a man in the same plaza a few previously golf course attacked someone must have had a grudge against the 16th hole of the ibm days golf and country club in markham extra long extension a thief spirited away r four metal signs were pulled out and used to make holes and tear up the turf at the 16th hole douglas j watt of rr 1 markham was later charged in con nection with the offence rooms searched when markham resident vernon ward returned home last week end he found someone had broken the glass in the kitchen door to gain access to his house all the rooms had been ransacked and some household articles taken not much residents can do about claremont ammonia tank storage claremont there isnt much council can do about hydrous ok claremont study claremont a secondary plan study for the claremont area was approved by the pickering planning committee last week the study which will be funded by major area land owners and potential developers would determine how jar the village boundaries should be expanded as well as looking into whether servicing of the village will become necessary through a communal water system sewage problems will also be examined it is anticipated the study will take two to three months warren mucci centre tries his hand at the marble shoot at a backyard carnival held last week on booth drive to raise money for the muscular dystrophy association keeping an eye on the time- was jimmy vaughan left as andrew philliskirk looks on ammonia storage tanks in claremont according to pickering councillor jack anderson the only possible basis for action is the dangerous yards bylaw the councillor said in voking this law would necessitate proving in court that the yard is dangerous or obnoxious to the public welfare he said residents petitioned council recently to have the- tanks removed following an incident in which ammonia leaked from them requiring several claremont homes to be evacuated mr anderson said the united coop com pany owning the tanks had applied for and received permission to install the tanks in 1s70 lou property owners were notified at the time but no objections were received centre decided pickering pickering council decided on a site for the future downtown core area of pickering recently councillor jack anderson said the reason for the core designation was to give pickering a focal centre which the spreadout town is lacking at present planned is an ex pansion of sheridan mall to encompass two major stores possibly the bay and simpsons libraries a new municipal building a senior citizens complex commercial offices and some housing the area to be developed would extend from liverpool rd on the west to the hydro lines on the easvand from high way 2 on the north to 401 on the south building of the first phase is slated to start in 1977 hydrous ammonia is a fertilizer and therefore the storage tanks locat- ed in an area zoned agricultural fall within the land use bylaw council decided last week to defer any action until they receive reports from the ministry of the environment and the canadian transport commission on the matter no matter how many interesting programs are provided some children still prefer to play in the mud darcy campbell and steven toninger are intent on building a canal connecting two large mud puddles in vandorf park despite efforts of counsellors to entice them away the two are enrolled in a playground program sponsored by stouffvllle parks and recration v l great concentration was displayed by these par ticipants in the recreation program at the whitchurch centennial centre in ballantrae working on crafts are left to right shannon murneghan adrienne rubbens and lisa windsor about 42 are signed up at the ballantrae program with over 100 including the vandorf program activities are five days a week but children can participate parttime as well children interested may still sign up for the program which runs to the end of august sponsorship is by the town recreation committee high spirits are evident in this group as the children attempt to draw the year 2800 as part or a craft program the youngsters are participants in a playground program at vandorf sponsored by whilchurchstouffville parks and recreation shown from left to right are trina bennett darcy campbell nancy starr morgan davis scott camp- bell brenda kay and carolyn medd r t annegretlaaaure v games such as this are a regular part of the recreation- program at ballantrae here joanne ewedley leads the children through a rendition of snail snad starting at the girl nearly out of the picture at right and going clock fc wise are adrienne rubbens usa wmdsorleanna hope j doug graham glen graham mark waulhgrtodd watllng v and geoffrey klrby also in the picture are nicky zwier and penny holt the other leader of the children is holly leitch