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vol 89 no 38 whitchurch stouffville january 27 1977 20 cents 14 pages could be fight about rezoning of cedar valley f ertilizer tlani stouffville another battle could be brewing over a t proposed industrial rezoning in the cedar valley area united cooperatives of ontario representatives as well as the present owner appeared before planning board last week asking that a permanent ml industrial zoning be permitted on land located on concession 6 north side of st john side road the board deferred action on the proposal until the next meeting at present the uco rents the land which is zoned agricultural from john bosworth under a non conforming use of the property fertilizer is unloaded from a railway siding then blended and shipped to area farmers the uco wants the in- dustrial zoning in order to build a 500 by 500 foot building on the site the volume of business would be likely increased somewhat after the change the board was told ward 2 councillor becky wedley expressed her op position to the rezoning on the grounds that i can tell there will be another battle if we try to put this one through i cant support it when i know there are other places niore suitable- in the municipality the ontario municipal board in 1975 ruled in favor of residents of cedar valley who opposed another proposed in- dustrial zoning in their area mayor gordon rat cliff said he believed a site plan agreement could keep the operationtifzonedindustrially under control but that hewduld zoning bantered with board members after the uco delegation had left a group of cedar valley residents are to attend the next planning meeting when the issue comes up again mr marshall remarked that members of planning board with shares in united cooperatives of ontario perhaps should declare a conflict of interest in the case members said they had varying degrees of involvment with uco planning board chairman eldred king said he had shares in uco and ward 4 councillor bill kamps said his five children owned shares mayor gordon ratcliff a member of the stouffville co- op said the stouffville coop has no financial connection with the uco a legal opinion on the in volvements apparently will be sought before the issue is resolved the uco delegation in formed the board that no dust problems would be created by the operation and that no anhydrous ammonia would be school salaries are set in draft budget c aurora salary in creases in york region public school boards initial draft budget will be held to six per cent trustees decided here last week the six per cent will cover the unnegotiated portions of school rep will be busy this year stouffville harry bowes will have little trouble -keeping- himself occupied this year as whitchurchstouffvilles goalongwith a request byward trustee to the york county 1 couhcillorjim doble that a decisjon be put off forstwo weeks 7 mr doble asked for the extra time so he could talk- to some of the people in my ward beforei make any decision cedavyalley resident tom marshall who had been active in the last battle on industrial plans to renovate salary budgets for all employee groups the board agreed in accepting a staff recom mendation d proceex stouffville plans for an addition at summitview l school are rolling forward again onlyafew weeks behind the target schedule according to v whitchurch f stouffvilles school board trustee harry bowes r sketch plans have been approved and it is now at the architects working drawing stage he said the working drawings will come before the ft i york county board of education for approval in february and go on to the ministry of education he said last year the ministry had approved 357000 in funds to be used for both an addition and renovations atsunimitviewv board of education on monday mrbowes was appointed to five board-cpm- mittees including the teachers t negotiating committee which v he said coukftakedays and days and days healready had been named to the chairmans committee as second vicechairman to the board and also will serve on the planning and building com mittee the- early school leaving committee for area 2 a special committee for liaison with york region arid the grievance panel the early school leaving committee he explained looks after children aged 14 and 15 n school and get jobs but are still sunder the super- vision of the school the trustee and administrative staff meet with attendance officers and parents in deciding- on each case j as for the liaison committee with the region mr bowes said they will settle differences with the region concerning the building of schools and sub divisions due to ministry of- housing rules schools are not always available when they are needed in new housing areas he said as for the grievance panel they will meet only if teachers have any grievances resulting from their contracts in the case of teachers pay the boards largest single salary budget acceptance of the recommendation means the september to december portion of the 197778 contract will be budgeted at six per cent in- eluding annual increment scheduled to be presented during a special budget session- here feb9 the draftbudget will also identify savings in ad- ministrative costs by combining some small schools into satellite operations of larger facilities trustees also agreed to a staff study on varying school starting times from 840 am to v am in an effortto reduce busingcosts7rr education director sam chapman warned trustees it will take political courage to approve changes since the earlier starting hours will draw plenty of- opposition from parents under the guidelines to be used in preparing the draft budget schools will receive a larger share for equipment purchases through a 150000 contingency fund last year the equipment purchase budget was cut back 75 per cent to the total subsidized by the province stored there tanks for other liquid substances would be kept there however councillor wedley said that since the uco took over at the site residents have complained that the volume of truck traffic has increased mr bosworth however said that the same kind of operation went on before uco began renting and that even more trucks had been used ward 5 councillor june button expressed hesitancy at approving an ml zoning because there is a bit more leeway than with a non conforming use the board was told the operation serves farms in about a 10mile radius of the plant both directly and through coop stores mrs wedley commented that she believes other areas in the town already zoned in dustrial that have railsidings would be more suitable locations for plant she added that the road system elsewhere is superior to that around cedar vaiiey the operation now generates around 20 to 25 trucks a day in the peak period between march 15 and june 15 with a iesber number in the fall the board was told mr bosworth said that in earlier days about 60 trucks- a day had travelled in and out cathy sheffield throws her younger sister karen through the air these manoeuvres look and soundpairiful but the girls insist otherwise cathy who is 17 is one of the few female judo black belts in ontario she is also the first hotaj judo club student to earn a black belt the club is located north of ballantrae see story and more pictures page 8 iohn montgomery in dulverton subdivision plug pulled on park pond stouffville the five- acre woodland park in the proposed dulverton subdivision commercial area d e le te dfro mplan stouffville plans for a controversial oneacre com mercial block in the proposed dulverton subdivision have been scrapped and the land is now to beused for seven more residential lots the change was contained in a new plan submitted by dulverton holdings ltd and approved by planning board last week v the block to be used for a convenience store would have been located lour building lots to the north of the current end of millard street and was opposed by nearby residents they feared the in creased flow of traffic as well as litter that might result from a store- earlier council had voted that the block should remain in a transitional category in case a commercial zoning be needed later planning board chairman eldred king commented about the latest dulverton submission that it contains what weve been negotiating for beatup man acquitted on impairment v newmarket a markham man who was charged with having the care and control of a vehicle while impaired told an unusual story to the court before the case against him was dismissed last week david b disheau was charged last may 21 after york regional police discovered him lying across the front seat of his e court that he did not remember anything else until he heard a pounding on the car in which he was sleeping he recovered consciousness to find that he was missing several teeth plus cute and bruises- the car was stained from the blood he had lost while lying there v the markham man said his friendly driver had abandoned- the vehicle when it went into the vehicle which j was resting in a ditch because he had a bad driving record t- i that was some friend commented judge james v crossland as he listened to disheaus story s disheau produced hospital bills which he had incurred as a result of the beating he sustained 7- i could not ask the court for a conviction on such evidence a sympathetic crown attorney said on- hearing the accused mans evidence vj judge crossland dismissed the charge iih ditch on lee ave in milliken v disheau told the court he had been to the golden lamb tavern in markham where he drank about six pints of beer on leaving the tavern he realized he n should not drive and asked a friend to drive his vehicle for him before he reached his car however he was beset by a motorcycle gang who beat him and kicked him until he became unconscious- he said v disheau said he remem bered being helped into his car where he passed out he told the iiiftjfai vj will riot retain a 300yardlong pond located there council re affirmed last week while meeting as committee of the whole according to mayor gordon ratcliff it was decided some time- ago the pond should be eliminated because of a possible safety hazard the park would be situated directly west ofaproposed new- public school site several manitoba ave lots just east of tindale road back onto the future parkland v the pond was created 25 years ago for irrigation pur poses according to former owner of the land garland leh man depth of the pond averages about- six feet with al0foot drop on the south end said mr lehman mr ratcliff estimated the depth to be around 20 feet the mayor admitted that when he campaigned in the s manitoba street area last fall the majority of homeowners were in favor of leaving the pond where it is s at present the body of water is used for hockey and in the past has been used for swimming according to mr lehman as for wildlife it gets a few ducks in the fall he said in the dulverton plans besides the existing manitoba street residences a block reserved for multiple housing is shown as abutting the parkland as well ward 1 councillor jim doble told the tribune- he agreed that if left open the pond could become a hazardous thing with the increased population projected- for the i if someone- went through- the ice tie said f lfi what may go in there in- stead he said might be a ball diamond or athletic field of some kind if v people want a pond to walk around theyre not that far from the conservation area and they can move over there mr doble said markham man wins big from wintariq markham after win ning 100000 on last- weeks wintario draw john balmer 47 of church stin markham plans to pay off his mortgage and lake his family on a- european holiday mr balmer a consumers i gas manager submitted- his ticket number 35092 in series 69 monday in exchange for a 100000 cheque orders for texas fruit to aid sdss jphys ed t v this is only one of many deathdefying toboggan runs taken last sunday bo the flood control dam embankment ian harris takes a spill while steve appleton looks on tobogganlngwas one of many activities including saowsauie j jt rides cross country skiing toboggan races and 7 skating that occurred as part of whitchurch conservation clubs fun dayatthedam perfect weather brought a large turnddt more pictures page 3 john montgomery stouffville the stouffville dss physical education department is about to embark on a very unique moneyraising campaign in this area beginning february 3 athletes from the high school will be canvassing the neighbor hoods to take orders forcitrus fruit the students will be selling small and large boxes of texas ruby red grapefruit and tree- ripened fresh oranges both of these citrus fruits are grown in the rio grande valley at the southern tip of texas and will be slupped directly from the grower by refrigerated truck glaremont bowling club to get lights claremont funds for lights at the lawn bowling green in claremont were approved in a preliminary budget last week by the town of pickering according to ward 3 regional councillor jack an- derson the town will be con- lributingi5600 towards the lights theclub itself has raised 1600 and expects to be given a matching 1600 from wintario the total cost is 8800 orders will be taken from february 3 to 14after that the orders will be compiled and the citrus fruit will beonils way from texas anyone wanting further v information should call dave connell 6401433 at the high school centennial calendar y costume bau tomorrow night michelle morley miss stouffville will attend her- first official centennial year function this friday evening the centennial costume ball lakes place friday evening beginning at 9 pm- at cedar beach park musselmans lake jpioneer costumes are op tional but prizes will be awarded for best couple best mans costume- and best womans outfit j tickets are available at toronto dominion bank cards hardware and crest hardware at 10 per couple- v tickets will only be sold at the door if there are any left from the store sales- 5 thercahl be favours for the ladies arid a light lunch will be served v4 v