vol 9 no 24 whitchurch stouffville october 21 1976 20 cents 20 pages wants ifonto1e station to v stouffville the ywhitchurchstouffville museum board wants to move the old canadian national railway station from its present location in- stouffville to the towns museumsite in bogarttown museum board chairman wes brillinger told the tribune has been con- sidering expanding their facilities but if you put up a hewi building it wont mean finytbing- ithe board is to appear before council tuesday to request assistance in making the move there is a note of urgency about the request because council recently asked cn to either have the building im- jproved or removed by the towns centennial year starting jan 1 1976 councillor cathy joice moved at council last week that cn be asked to delay demolition of the building so that the town would have time to see if it could still be saved- council voted to have mrs joice and mayor gordon vratdiff contact cn about the matter mr brillinger told the tribune he had gotten an estimated price of 8000 mo move the building he said the museum had raised over 3000 this year and handed it over to the municipality and if that were used as matching funds they would already be more than halfway to their objective one problem with the move is that the proposed highway 404 may necessitate the removal of the bogarttown museum since the region has requested a cloverleaf right at the spot mr brillinger said the board cant wait until that has been decided and the highway construction is 10 years away he added that if the museum is expropriated the government would provide funds to remove the buildings so there would be no extra cost to the town councillor eldred king questioned the desirability of asking cn to delay demolition of separate board tosesoiirt appeal oil reciiriliitioii toronto for the second time in less than a month the york region separate school board has lost ariappeal against redistribution ofrtrusteeseats township earlier with- drewn appeal of jhelossotflne of its two i trustees and board officials indicated two weeks agbany appealson issue appeareil futile frv t v r but thursday board chair- i man john mcdermott appeared in county court t question the portion vof jthe redistribution affecting amalgamation of the stouffville portion of his east jgwillimbury stouffville seat with aurora trustee john olwahonys seat following a hearing by judge n douglas coo the court ruled the five per cent assessment inequity that could form the only basis for an appeal was not present mr mcdermott said he hoped theredistribution which takes twp trustees front 1 6 g rb wtti norther n- municipalities and gives them to tjyo ihighgrowth areas in southern york could be fought- as inequitable ivwhitchurch stouffville officials devised an allotmentof trustees that provided the same assessment per trustee but still ensured nochanges in the northern area i i therewas sufficient assessment up here to leave trustees the way they were mr imcdermbtt said following tlge decision j ifthere was any possibility of retaining at least the same numbervqf v trustees in a municipality it should have been attempted- the board chairman noted y fr inannouncing his decision v judgecbosaidl re- distribution issue is largely a political matter sjanta 0lqus if stouffville the santa claus parade will be coming to town once again with mr mcdermott stressing thathell press for changes in the education act to avoid such prbblemsjn the future said a decision on where elected of- ficials should fun should not be left to municipal clerks j r terms of the education actthe clerks of markhamvvaughan andrichmond hill the regions three largest municipalities drafted -the- controversial redistribution following the county court decision mr mcdermott said hell definitely seek reelection buthasnt decided if hellseek the new whitchurch stouffville auroraseat or run in markham where he is a member of st patricks parish tentative agresement york cty york county board of educationis reported to have reached a tentative contract settlement with its 1270 elementary- sctiobl teachers the building since the town would not be giving them much time to comply with their earlier request to have the building removed by the new year he said that if the old station wereto be moved anywhere it should go somewhere in the village of stouffville in the view of mayor rat- cliff the most likely spot for the structure would be the flood control site north of stouffville dist secondary school which is owned by the metro toronto and region conservation authority mr brillinger feels the people of stouffville should take a greater interest- in the museum its their museum it belongs to the municipality if they dont want to do anything about it then itll go down the drain he pointed to the kind of support- given by markham where the old hoover house was moved for the museum and in pickering where numerous buildings are being moved the board is applying for a wintario grant for the move he said besides the cost of- the move a cement pad would have to be provided for the building at the new site he said if the museum is not expropriated mr brillinger said they would be able to acquire five acres of federal land on whichto relocate the imminence of having the station removed had become apparent after- council had written to cn asking to have the building spruced up in time for the centennial year cn wrote back saying they planned to remove the building and erectanotherjstructurefor passenger comments about v whether council is getting into the real estate business mrs joice said that con sideration should be given to mr brillingers request since the museum board is one board in this municipality which is self- sufficient stouffville minister of the environment george ken- will guarantee in writing part or all of whitchurchstouffvilles water supply should it become polluted according to members of council who met with toe i mihistercon tuesday j there xvhavej been widespread fears that the york- sanitation dump on highway 48 which accepts industrial waste- would pollute the town water- supply a ij the minister said a letter would be sent to the town within 10 days also there is a possibility the ministry will pay all or part of the salary of an inspoector employed by the town who would monitor the highway 48 landfill site councillors said ward 2 councillor becky wedley said mr kerr did show concern that we have the same problems now as the last time we saw him she said he would ministry may guarantee ftftsffi insist that bis staff sharpen up t ithelodaylimitontbeletter was- attributed by ward 4 councillor cathy joice io the insistence of mpp bill hodgson who set up the meeting with the minister ward 6 councillor eldred king was wary of the wisdom of announcing the results of the meeting with the minister until we have the letter in our hands andward 3 councillor merlyn baker said he wanted to get the lettercbefore any negotiations regarding the proposed in- spector commence ijfcvfrv mrs joice said the minister is leaving upj to council the task of finding the approximate cost of hiring an inspector for the site and then they will go back to the ministry with a proposed amount education trustees vote for tio raises for next two aurora with the ex ception of the chairman york- region public school board trustees wont be getting an increase in their salaries for two years- monday night the board unanimously approved amotion by gwillimbury trustee joy hofton clamping a lid on assessment escalation substantial stouffville preliminary figures indicate that the assessment value of both residences and farmland in whitchurchstouff ville would see a substantial rise under the proposed new assessment based on market value jthevalue farmland for- pliblicjschoprsupportersw6uld- years trustee raises during the next two year term but the board approved an amendment by markham trustee don sim that increases the chairmans honorarium from 8000 to 9000 under the education act the chairman is allowed to earn 50 per- cent more than other trustees mr sim noted but the current chairman doug allen is making only one third more mr allen who said he thought he was already at the 9000 level broke a tie to ap- prove the amendment the new increase becomes effective jan1 1977 after mr allens term of office expires trustees meanwhile will continue to earn the 6000 theyve made during the past two years under the education act york trustees are entitled to an annual honorarium not ex- ceeding 7200 six thousand dollars is too much for some trustees noted mfssimf others newmarket to gunner the beautiful black lab in thepicture happiness is the centennial -year- v councils then replied with their clean it up or move it letter deciding they did not want to become involved in another capital expenditure this year councillor joice called the station a local landmark and it ought to be preserved she said council may have dealt with the cns suggestion to move the building too quickly mrs joice said that the town is continually erecting new structures- and perhaps should attempt to preserve some of the older ones as well she said she had received a number of- comments from people who were upset that the station was goings to- be demolished councillor art starr remarked that i more sat the meeting of council last week however it was pointed oul that a provincial proposal would subsidize nearly all of the farm assessment public school supporter residences would go up three times from theirpresent value of 59896000 to 179688000 preliminary figures show however the reassessed figure for residences would reduced by 50 per cent according to york regional treasurer john hlynski who drew up the preliminary report the reassessment figures are preliminary market values and are nofhecessarily ithose which will be returned for taxation in 1978 the report stated j y the value of all commercial landapproxmately tripled under the reassessment as well ichairman members more deserving of an increase than trustees have already had their salaries frozen ffc in a related move markham representative chris mcmonagle asked stafftp determine if trustees are acting legally in accepting an honorariumwhile filing expense accounts a portion of the honorarium is taxfree and mediately bounded up muslegs considered expensemqneyshe acting like springs i avnianprt then jense with joy he vrianner bfest bsrabber bffrasbees frbith midair sbyanncgretlamure unionville the dog knew just hbwto land without getting hurt he was doubled up likea paratrqoperlwhen he hit the grouridandi then un explained town postmaster wants to bedhcouneil stouffville- pbst- mastergary fisher has an nounced he will run for council in ward 6 stouffvillerequested- and was grfcited 2100 by council last week for the parade ln a letter to council parade chairman herbert probst said the- event will commence at 2 pm and that the parade route will be the same as last year said that on investigating the- cost of- bands and ad vertising it appears the total cost of the parade will exceed ust years budget- besides the grant from the town the kins men will be canvassing local businesses to make up the refaaining monies required- the ward is currently represented by councillor eldred king but mr king has not yetdecided whether he will run in ward or ward 3 mr king now resides in again deposited the frisbee in hismasters hand this was gunner the north american canine frisbee r champion doing what he loved best chasing fnsbees gunner is ablack labrador retfiever owned by john rae of t unionvuie and he fs so good at plucking a frisbee put othe air in full flight that he gets paid to gunner has appeared at the 1 cn e grandstand showthe 5 royalwinter fair the sports- man show the world cup snowmobile races nfl football games and bfcqursethe markhamfajrwherejietisra i perennialfavbnterv at moment the v catcher is being filmeds part- ward 3 and councillor merlyn s 0 a cbc documentafy feature baker the incumbent in that ward has announced his retirement at the end of the term j mr fisher who has worked in stouffville forthree yearsand lived here for the past two told the tribune tie has no previous municipal experience he has been a post office employee for 18 years jand worked his way up from being a letter carrier in scarborough there are no particularly pressing issues as far as he is concerned he said his interest is in getting involved and being of service to thejown one priority he sees is getting the gravel trucks off main st- he feels he can represent the people in thenew- subdivisions who are likely to have more problems the fact that he lives and works in the former village he says will make him more ac cessible to the ratepayers j for the first time running- for council its hard to have issues he said i expect 111 be learning for the first year- i v he says he has a vested y interest in the community as he intends to raise a family here flights 4ow that fall b here rummage talei are again m fno swing here nelson windsor has found himself a quiet spot away from the bnbbub while ms mother looks through the offerings on the table a lot of good bargains weto be had at the rummage held at the legion hallbnf nelson does not teem to be impressed v t 0 l annegtet lamnre h- iv u v k s k g a 9th tstouftvnjtotders have been awarded for stop- lights at the intersection of main standthe9th line by york regional council irfsi caued valdy scheduled for jan- 167 j v i dt v owner john rae estimates that over half a million peopled v have been delighted by gunners antics since nis talents were t discovered in 1974 1 hes a natural born 3 retriever commentedvmr raevasthe labdancedarbund him in impatience waitingfor the next throw v wt 7 mrrae paused and sent the frisbee spinning towards the s fields we wafchedasgunner went tearing after jtadogs are supposed to have bad eyesight t he explained justjas gunner t with a perfectly timedluhged sailed through i the airland snatched the disk but he way he nails that thingv- a- highway 47 recoristructioh carit go ahead i stouffville a reconstruction of highway 47 v from maintstnorthtothe former village boundary has run into an unexpected hitch in thebeginning ofjsep- tember mayor- gordon ratdiff announced that the previously postponed 300000 project to widen the road and add turning lanes would be resurrected this yearasjthemtoistryxbftfans- portation and communications now has funds available j k the promem5is the town vis- i 1 r4 y see allowance pg i j f t