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wht vol 90 no 38 whitchurch stouffville january 26 1978 20 cents 16 pages alma walker first woman fair president kim mitchell lead guitarist and vocalist for the rock band max webster gives a visual demonstration on how this canadian band is taking off the band played to an enthusiastic audience friday night at sdss john montgomery max webster band rocks high school by bryon hurrle leaping running jumping the whirling dervish in the champion spark plug pajamas and red sneakers sneered at his captive audience he repeated his performance again and again bringing cheers the crowd loved it max webster was in town endayj34ght 4 them the groupslead guitarist and vocalist kim mitchell mitchell with his alice cooper style vocals tall skinny i freakish appearance and stringy blonde hair provides most of the infant dies in crash a mount albert baby boy was killed wednesday of last week in a collision at the in tersection of highway 7 and i yonge street opp officers at oak ridges have asked that the driver of a flat bed tractor trailer who is believed to have witnessed the accident please come forward or any other persons who may have been present police said elaine ponomarev 30 of rr l mount albert was westbound on high way 7 at 11 05 am jan 18 when she appeared to veer south at highway 11 into the path of an eastbound cn van driven by richard partridge 30 of brampton mrs ponomarevs son 5y- month old gregory was dead on arrival at york central hospital mrs ponomarev received serious leg injuries athletic visuals for one of canadas hottest new rock bands the band toronto based presently has two albums on the market with a third to be released march first with their second album high class in borrowed shoes about to turn gold and their third expected to be gold max webster is just now taking off into the aura of stardom despite this success the band see max page 3 by keith bolender markham alma walker has accomplished something no woman has done in 122 years mrs walker has achieved the distinction of becoming the first woman president in the history of the markham fair board she was voted the post last week at the annual meeting following her position as first vice president interviewed by the tribune a few days after the meeting alma said she felt no added pressure in being the first woman president and that her goal is to be as good as the last 122 presidents if i can do as well i will be delighted alma has had a long history with the fair she started volunteer work over 30 years ago then worked into the directorship and also headed the ladies exhibits along with her fair work she has also been markhams regional councillor for the past four years is a former mayor of markham and has been a councillor off and on for the past 25 years i when asked if she could handle the work load she an swered that im sure i can i know ill be working very hard but i enjoy work and plenty of it i know my job as president will be made easier by the wonderful people working for me its not the president that makes the fair its the people who volunteer their time and expertise that makes it go alma a very exhuberent lady sees great potential for the markham fairgrounds in the new- location she noted exhibits are way up aridylhvfair is much better planned now shedid admit however that small changes such as more room for the horses and a bigger administrative building might be needed although not for a few jears the change in locations for many people including alma brought mixed emotions i admit i felt nostalgic about the move after being involved in it for so long i wasnt sure if the move was for the best or not but now i realize it was a great move one that was needed i have no doubt the fair will be better however i dont think the move will change the feeling of the fair she said it will still be a country fair a little bigger perhaps but still with that country flavour alma also conceded that she is glad she was not president last year because of the immensity of the move as president the one thing she doesnt want to be is a figurehead i wouldnt take the see lots page 3 alma walker above was recently elected president of the markham fair board she is the first woman to hold the office in the fairs 122 year history anderson haulage study tabled for discussion w fk three point landing on first glance jane rutledge appears to be piloting this bridge at bruces mill conservation area such is not the case though ms rutledge was merely descending the slope off the bridge using the one method that guaranteed she couldnt fall a large crowd was on hand at the park sunday for the african skifari held by the african medical and research foundation john montgomery it is amazing how long a potato can hold heat the don anderson haulage hot potato was gingerly juggled once again at the jan17planning board meeting the trucking company is applying for a zoning change in the official plan a change supported by both town council and the planning board the company wishes to move from their present site on highway 47 north of stouffville to a new site on the north side of highway 47 on the towns western approach the new site is presently zoned rural and andersons ap plication calls for the land to be zoned industrial a letter to the planning board from james faulkner and associates town planning consultants indicates that the study of the stouffville approach area and the proposed anderson amendment should be amplified to policy form and included as part of the interim official plan the study should include all the land from highway 48 to some point in the town preferably the old village limits of stouffville and that this study envision the approach area as essentially industrial and compatible with a highly aesthetic environment essentially the study would compare the effect of industrial development in the approach area with and without hard services eldred king chairman of the planning board seemed to feel that the interim official plan called for no hard services to be provided in the approach area for at least five years coun cillor bill kamps pointed out that councils and planning boards can and- do change their minds from time to time it was on the basis that the truck terminal did not need hard services that it was allowed to proceed with their application for amending the zoning councillor june button pointed out that the provision of hard services to the approach area might entice businesses with higher assessments to the area and councillor becky wedley felt that the extension of ser vices would mesh with the dulverton development to bring more jobs and population to the town the board felt that provision of hard services to the area might result in a further ex tension of the sewage treatment plantas the interim official plan has the present plant and the new extension filled to capacity they also felt that the proposed 3000 fee for the study indicated the possibility that the planning consultant had overestimated the extent and depth to which the town wished to study the area councillor wedley pointed out that eventually a plan would be needed and that the board should go ahead with the study planning board decided to have further discussion with the consultants before coming to a final decision contractor defrauded couple three years ago newmarket a former toronto construction co owner pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud before provincial judge m a charles here last week john marc leblanc aged 52 has been given until feb 8 to come up with some of the money which he defrauded a young whitchurchstouffville couple three years ago leblanc operating blue water construction defrauded mr and mrs don walker of 2700 for work which he never completed at their whitchurch- stouffville home the court was told that the accused man disappeared with the money after a verbal agreement to complete the work the principal concern here is for the walkers to regain the money they lost crown attorney ken murray told the court judge charles in agreement told leblanc he has until february 8th to come up with 300 to show good faith before being sentenced says chief crawford more police needed newmarket york v regional police chief bruce crawford believes that ad ditional men are needed for the regional police force to combat an 11 per cent rise in the crime rate crimes of violence par ticularly have increased ac cording to statistics presented at last weeks meeting of the regional police commission all categories of violent crime are up except those of murder and manslaughter substantial increases are also noted in other categories including thefts breaking and entering and vandalism chief crawford in his report told commissioners that one of the reasons for the increase in crime statistics may be the population increase within the region over the past year of 6500 people an increase which is only three per cent- however compared to the 11 per cent jump in crime rates chief crawford says the strength of the regional police force has not been increased sufficiently to keep up with the increase in population adding 13500 people have moved into the region since men were last hired the chief said it is difficult to compare york region crime statistics with those of other municipalities as there are no silver jubilee awarded grant stouffville silver jubilee club has been awarded a federal new horizons grant of 1800 ir the senior citizens organization will use the funds to replace the heating unit in their centre on main sl standards metro looks good this year last year they were up 13 5 per cent chief crawford noted adding that he is unaware of figures for peel or durham regions i dont know what formula they use for obtaining their statistics he told the board chief crawford said that york regions police force has been fortunate however in holding the clearance rate at 53 per cent he described the jump in crime statistics as alar ming board member ray twinney of newmarket told the members that the type of crimes being committed is in accordance with the times he noted that prostitution is up 100 i per cent over figures for last year chief crawford warned the commission that cases of wilful damage are almost out of control dont let the two pocks in the above picture fool yon the hot was taken at last saturdays showdown competition and the puck traveling past the goalie and into the net is the one just fired by the h bantam player the other pack in the foreground is a previously unsuccessful attempt by the ibooter each shooter had four at tempts to score and the oneohone situation provided numerous acrobatic poseslike the one abovfc for further pic and results see page hpapchkdthboieiider j i v v y j