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i civ asked to reconsider jl rental charge for station b vol 89 no46 whitchurch stouffville march 24 1977 20 cents 20 pages 4 centennial bed race v rigefireme n 0stouffville will the kinsmen still smarting from their mardi gras tugofwar c contest defeat at the hands of the volunteer firemen challenge tlieir tormentors to a grudge- match bed race the possibility of such an occurrence becoming a reality now looms ahead with the an nouncement that a centennial bed place will be one of the featured events at the country i fair whether there is a challenge of not the race will be run may 28 in conjunction with the fair and entries will be accepted up to one week before the big event registrationfee is 2 and all that is required is a fiveman team consisting of four hapless pushers and one rider and utilization of something which at least vaguely resembles a bed the bed must have a minimum length of 66 inches and at least four wheels although there seem to be no rules regarding the maximum number of wheels body contact between teams is forbidden and would result in disqualification registrations are being accepted now call 6401632 or 6402744 reservations for booths at the fair are also being accepted cost 10 and can be obtained by calling- carole morin at 6403716 all proceeds from the fair will go towards the new whit- churchstouffville public library the town centennial project the funds will pay 15000 of the capital cost plus furnishings equipment and landscaping the library development committee hopes to raise 80000 of thisamount 74076 has been pledged 14076 through public donations the latcham foundation has contributed 20000 and 40000 has been verbally pledged from wintario if that amount is matched from privately raised funds the centennial- committee recently passed a motion that robert welch minister of culture and recreation be the official person to open the library and participate in the homecoming parade stouffville canadian national will be asked to reconsider the 100 per month rental charges they have set for use of the old train station as an information centre during the height of the centennial ac tivities fx- stouffville centennial committee voted last week to ask council to go back to cn with the request that there be no charge for use of the building from may l to oct31 originally council and the committee were under the impression that cn would make the station available for the full year and that in return for painting and maintaining the building the town would be able to use it for free the committee didnt feel they should charge us for it at all committee member lome boadway told the tribune the committee felt the building would be convenient for an information centre and that by taking it over they could paint it up and make it presentable council received a letter from cn two weeks ago which stated that use of the building would be restricted to the waiting room and office that there wouldbe a 100 a month rental charge and that the committee would still be responsible for all repairs and maintenance s mr boadway said there has been some discussion of saving the approximately 100 year old station which cn has an- nounced it will demolish in october but that no plans have been developed to preserve the structure don anderson bantam as reach provincial finals by peter sanderson todays 64000 question are stouffvilles don anderson bantams in the omha bb ontario bantam hockey final was answered last night just after thehour of 10 at the stouffville arena if you dont know the answer because you werent there shame on you two goaltenders four defencemen 11 forwards one trainer in white pants a very nervous manager and a superb coach have sweat and toiled like so many others in minor hockey to bring -stouff- ville an ontario hockey championship in this her-cen- see bantam page 14 region budget estimate is 40 million higher than expected 4 9 l newmarket budget estimates of about 40 million for york- region mean about a 27 per cent increase over last years regional taxes treasurer john hlynski said monday higher than anticipated cost estimates for york regional police and other regional departments brought the estimated tax increase up over the one per cent predicted by the region earlier thismonth although net regional estimates are up about 76 per cent over the 1976 budget of 36 million assessment is up by 49 percent minimizing the effect of the increase on thetax dollar mr hlynski said at this point a 100000 fluctuation in spending estimates would have ap proximately one per cent effect on taxes the regional treasurer noted last week the regions engineering committee ap proved that departments budget of about 19 million gross or 14 million net including road work of nearly 10 million gross or 2 million on the regional bill betlygrey is working on an origiharsilkscreen handbag one of themanypopularhahdcrafted items produced joy cedars of jmusselmans an exhibition of the cottage industrys products is presently displayed at the town library the federally funded group is r designing many articles specifically for the stouffville centennial y r standing ovation iokeaihbdrrw at juno awards claremont singer get a standing ovation from keath barrie admitted to being r are all insiders inlthein- quite touched by the standing dustry mr barrie told the ovation he received following a tribune x- i jy tribute to canadian unity he- delivered last week at the juno awards that was a tough crowd to tuicvfiteselainis against police force jg newmarket the feud i over police- traffic enforcement measures and the deployment of bfficersin the york region was brought toahead last week whenpolice chief bruce crawford accused police commissioner ray twinney of tryingto embarrass the police force fjthe incident came when mr twinrieyicited twoexamples of entrapment at a police com- mission meeting j though mr crawford said he would have investigated the incidents beforehand instead the newmarket comrhissioner- chose lo reveal tliemat the i commission meeting 5 thetwo examples were that of al6yearold student in sutton v issued a 28 summons lfor walking on the wrong sideof ivav the cases revealed thatthe speeding- ticket hadbeen with- drawn on the day it was issued jwhile the walking ticket appeared to have been justified the chief said that theman nwas given the speeding ticket on vdenison dr and that radar was being used at the request of king township council council had refused a request from residents there to lower the speed limit but did ask the police to patrol it with radar after the ticket was issued the officer had second thoughts about it and told the inspector on duty the in- spector tore a strip across him for issuing such a sum mons and the officer was in structed to go back to the home of the man immediately and tell himthe summons wouldnt be he would have done the same thing as the officer did the incident bccurredon feb 22 when an officer travelling north seeofficer page3 he said he was especially surprised as lie had played the cameras rather hhan the audience the piece he recited ten- titled on being canadian is recorded on mr barries first album songs of love and other places 1 mr barrie gotthe only standing ovation in the entire skpw it meant to me that what i said is ingood part a solution to the problem- commented mr barrie the theme of his presentation was that rather than thinking of ourselves as quebecoisor- english weshould see only page 3 the regions health and social services committee ap- proved 175 million spending estimates last week up over the original staff estimates to in- elude a10026o gross or 17600 netitemtforprivate- subsidized day care the board of health approved its budgets 14 million gross or360859 regionalcost the regions s planning committee approved its budget last week reflecting a 717500 gross and 541500 net ex- penditure york l police estimates are 84 million up over the 81 million increase used in original budget plan- jning while the childrens aid society budget is estimated at- 290xmu- engineering department expenditures are expected to be considered by council march 31 while the remainder of the budget vill be discussed at a later meetingmr hlynski said he will ask council march 31 to set a date for consideration of the remainder of the budget but ia avnnstfc itmill kohol1 tmfil of 800 square feet each on a one he expects it will beheld until- acre piece of property on the after theonlario budget is set east side of edward st- sometime in april mr turner stressedthat the jpie road and a king city man proceeded upon the chief said i who was issued a 5 ticket for the charges have now been driving 32mph in a 30 mph dropped izohe regarding the walking mr crawfords findings of incident mr crawford said that commerce membership drive pjans for a- chamber of commerce in whitchurch stouffville are well under way witha meeting of the interim executive held march 15 under the chairmanship of jack chambers- y p reports were received from the membership committee concerning v the continued growth of the new organization and of theplans to proceed with thev membership drive ap- plication forms for membership arenow being- mailed out and jfthey can also be picked up at- ttsome business from the tribune office aiid- the stouff- cfville post office the initial fee is j30 with annualdues also at the meeting the f nomination committee briefed firj f7i the executive on the interest being shown by members in the various executive and com mittee positions that will be filled by the general mem bership vote towards the end of april over 30 business people store owners and citizens have already signed up and initialled the charter application which nasi been sent- to ottawa for ratification v- v v the chamber- is set up for people who are directly or in- directly engaged or interested in tradevwcommerce rti the economicfand social welfare of- the district v j executive will meet again on tuesday march 29 at- 810 pm at the stouffville iga v vthe young trampplinist fly ing through the airabvetheadmiring v crowd is either david or jonathan barnett ho one issurewhichitliei identical twins put on quite a show at thesdssfiinnightfbrnibrer funnightpicturesseepageia v anhegrct lamure- 7 y f ad for intiiidmlots draitis response from j plan will only go ahead if there are enough prospective rental clients to make thedevelopment ecbriomically feasible- f k he said therehav several inquiries about the16tsi and also some calls from people inquiring whether therej would plans to build17 industrial units be apartments above uie unitsr nt ann v foot oaoh nn o nno i peoplearescramblingfor then tribune- and no apartments are being built itp ip f rthe 1 property is already j zoned industrial so no municipal approvals are required the land known formerly- v as the waggpropertyjnow has a stucco house situated in one corner and is located south of the gulf oimanksv w- stouffville rental accommodation has become so scarce in the area that a recent advertisement for industrial lots brought calls from apartment seekers merv turner owner of mervturner construction ltd the above picture shows the aftermath of an accident that oc curred during last fridays snowstorm in which a21 year old newmarketgirl was killed carolyn batesof119 patterson st in newshiet was apassenger in a car going north on don mills rd just below the bloorainglon sideroad when the car went out of control and skidded into the southbound lane striking another vehicle the driver of the northbound car mikolai rizewiski21 received injuries as did the people in the other car- michael and betty hunt miss bates was taken to sonnybrook hospital where she died of severe head injuries keith bolender a home to go on auctibfibldck 1 vrk sxiivf stouffville tmoldw customof selling housesvbyv auction willbe revived intown april 2wlien thejclarfiebuhker home yoes on the-block- i common tosell jhontesjinthisi manner buf thisistnsfirstsuch sale in stouffvilif6r several j years the entire estate including furniture and homevof clarke and gladys auctioned by norm faulkner and earl gauslinv mr gauslin said there isa reserve bid and said the reason house auctions arebecoming more popular is because there is a better chance of a quick sale and the auctioneers two per cent of the- selling price- compared toa five per cent ztniqm chargefor sale through a v thethreebedroomfour yearkid house located 2 at 419 lorettacreesvn6rthwillbe auctioned at2pm and the furniture auction will be held at i4 11 ymsfi- ivtobuyjthehousea 5000- certifiedfeheque 6rithetiay the sale is required and closing of the dealwill be in 30 days j i ar v