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wkt wrihum vol 90 no 52 whitchurch stouffville may 4 1w8 music mania 78 20 cents 20 pages royal couple appear r by john montgomery t stouffville one man was so carried away at the sight lf the royal couple regally strolling across the stage queen elizabeth ii pushing before her a baby carriage that he stood as a sign of respect sit down urged his wife its not the real one 4 music mania 78 visited london this year and the audiences were amazed and delighted to see her highness and phillip on the stage at the high school the first appearance of the royal couple played by their lookalike stouffville coun terparts kathy job and dr don petrie was staged to produce the maximum impact it in volved a sedate stroll across the stage in complete silence later the royal duo reap peared and the citizens of stouffville and environs were treated to a peak inside windsor castle where they watched as princess ann and captain mark phillips inveigled their parents into a night of babysitting he doesnt need me he needs a rear admiral quips phillip throughout the queen plaintively complains that what she really wants to do is spend the evening watching the telly it turns out she is a kojak fan the tribune this year viewed both the tuesday night show held free for senior citizens and residents of various institutions in the neigh bourhood and the saturday night performance for sheer excitement nothing could beat the tuesday light showthe scheduled sound equipment proved unavailable and ivan harris was working frantically to juryrig at least a few microphones behind stage assistant producer george sled was giving a last minute exhortation o the chorus there are not enough mikes and theyre only four miles away just go where you normally would be speaking and project up make it look showbizy he urged the dancers meanwhile bruce and bunny burton were furiously painting sets that would be i needed in very short order on stage even with all the last minute snags the show was only x a half hour late starting the first night and by intermission see london page 11 much to the delight of the music mania audiences the royal couple made an appearance at each and every performance of the show the first appearance of her majesty and prince phillip kathy job and dr don petrie so startled a member of the tuesday night audience he respectfully stood for the royal pair for more pictures see pages 11 and 12 john montgomery t sparks of council creativity by bryon hurrle j- stouffville it must nave been the relaxed at mosphere created by the joviality of clerk administrator ralph corner that sparked the creativity of town council last tuesday evening mr corner usually a man of few words when i first started this job i thought he did verything in writing directed a stiff one liner at councillor jim doble explaining to the perplexed doble that his problem in understanding the recent statement of provincial finances was a matter of ideology clouding his com prehension council minus councillors bill kamps and eldred king who were rehearsing at music mania began their own show the exact origins of the final outcome are lost in obscurity as it could not be clear in advance that one could possibly lead to the other do you follow me council was discussing family week this week and were generally agreeing with councillor june buttons opinion that monies should not be spent on newspaper advertising for things such as heart month family week etc and that the press should give news coverage of such events on their own accord the money spent on advertising she said would be better spent going directly to that organization the conversation mean dered around the price of paper what it cost for instance to send brochures and other items of communication from one locality to another the conversation wandered to the value of the many resolutions passed by municipalities and circulated to other municipalities for support at this point councillor bill mcnalley complained that the town of stouffville never sends resolutions scooting around the region or province imprinting our towns name on the imagination of all and sundry not long thereafter the agenda presented council with a resolution passed by the town of lindsay in opposition to a resolution passed some weeks ago by the region of hamilton wentworth regarding the use of nonreturnable containers councillor mcnalley was spurred to new efforts surely mr mayor he complained stouffville must send a resolution of some sort into the provincial menage of municipalities the mayor ever the compassionate listener im mediately lent optimistic support to councillor mcnalleys suggestion we should ask every town in ontario to send us 50 he suggested great said mcnalley we can declare an official help our mill rate week all present laughed but really its not that bad an idea harding plaza approved construction starts soon stouffville the harding gate plaza will likely be under construction within two months following approval of the project last week by the ontario municipal board the omb hearing was called when the whitchurch stouffville chamber of com merce registered objections to the plaza on the grounds it is premature the property is located at the northeast intersection of main st and highway 47 north and first phase of construction will have a gross area of 23000 square feet most of the testimony centered around whether the plaza was premature and whether it could survive without the supermarket which the developer cannot build until it is approved by resolution of council morris gruda a principal in harding gate and the future manager of the plaza said as soon as construction is un derway he will apply to the town for permission to build the supermarket the 1013000 square foot grocery store was removed from the plans by council who apparently dont believe the former village can support a third grocery store the hearing began wed nesday morning at latcham hall ran all day and reconvened thursday morning by noon all the evidence had been heard and in a surprise move samuel speigel the only omb member present announced he would consider the evidence over lunch and give a decision in the af ternoon mr speigel said he decided in favour of the plaza because the marketing study com missioned by the developer stated that the new plaza would have negligible effect on existing businesses in town and council turns down anchor house plan uxbridge on the strength of a unanimous vote uxbridge council last week turned down the proposal to locate a halfway home for parolees in goodwood the deciding vote was taken at the last regular council meeting which was attended by approximately 60 goodwood residents the house anchor house is a christian organization that wanted to put a home on the 2nd concession north of highway 47 the main reasons given by council in turning down the proposal was the size of the home which most felt to be too large the problem of lack of services in the hamlet and the fact the home might be better situated in an urban surroun ding director of anchor house rev arman wright came before council to reiterate his position he realized that the com munity might not be willing to choose anchor house now if it does work fine if not i will hold no animosity towards you people part of the fear over the house was that the canadian penitentiary services was in volved however rev wright stressed that his group had no connection with the cps and that they worked only through the national parole board concerning jobs for the parolees rev wright said that a number of industries had been approached but due to the unfortunate media coverage in the area they refused to let their names be used after rev wrights presentation ken may of may real estate in stouffville spoke before council as a represen tative of the bristol pond homeowners association located near the proposed site mr may said he had 259 signatures on a petition im astonished that council is even considering this after the plebiscite on the assessment center two years ago we feel this is just as serious as a federal penitentiary mr may commented gunter vaterback representing the goodwood ward 1 ratepayers expressed basically the same concerns he also expressed feelings of area persecution when he said ward 1 is burdened by undesirable situations we feel like were becoming the rear end of the township we get kicked a lot anyway rev wright replied to both parties by again stressing that his proposal has nothing to do with the penitentiary system these men are coming out anyway and are concerned they stay out of trouble we give them direction you say this isnt the right place well where then to which someone from the crowd shouted out hud sons bay an agent of the parole board peter hind then got up and regretfully put the final nail in anchor houses coffin he commented that the see parole page two circus coming claremont the sights sounds and excitement of the circus comes to the hamlet of claremont next thursday may 11 martin and downs canadas only touring tent circus will be performing two shows next thursday at 6 and 8 pm in the claremont com munity park advance ticket sales are available from various local stores and members of the claremont lions club which is sponsoring the event the chamber of commerce represented by lawyers gord ness and barn- smith had produced no evidence to con tradict the survey the business association representatives had pointed to the many vacancies at success square as an indicator that the town cant support another shopping plaza at this time but mr speigel pointed out that although there were vacancies no reasons were given for the vacancies the board member ex pressed puzzlement at the clause inserted by council that the supermarket go in a second phase to be approved later according to the survey and to verbal evidence given by dick hamilton a senior member of the consulting firm the supermarket is critical to the success of the plaza but mr gruda testified he is willing to proceed without the supermarket and is confident the plaza can be a success without one mr speigel chose to accept these statements from mr gruda describing him as an experienced shopping plaza builder and owner messrs ness and smith who volunteered their services gratis said they had no ob jections to any planning aspects of the proposed plaza but strictly argued that the development shouldnt be allowed until there is more residential growth in town councillor becky wedley appeared as a witness against the plaza mrs wedley said she originally supported the plaza but does not support it being built without a supermarket she said she feels the supermarket is essential and she said without additional residential population anyone leasing space in the proposed plaza would have a hard go of it madeleine nevins of church st appeared and recounted her fears of a deterioration in the downtown business core speaking for the business community were doug wid- difield owner of the drug store in the weslend plaza and barclay taylor who recently went into partnership in the marguerite shoppe mr gruda said he received an interested letter from national grocers who operate red white stores he has an option from beckers milk and toromark furniture of markham have expressed their interest in writing w ross hitch attorney for harding gate told the tribune his client is working to complete the working drawings for the plaza and as soon as thesejiave been approved by the town building department struction will begin con- region landuse plan close to fruition newmarket seven years in the making and still unfinished york regions of ficial landuse plan moved closer to fruition last week with just one dissenting vote regional council approved population allocations to the year 2001 and authorized preparation of a draft official plan over the next year alone in opposing the moves was newmarket mayor bob forhan who said council is playing a numbers game with still time to register z stouffville if you havent yet signed up for the stouffville lions club bike-a- thon it is not too late registration forms are still available at cards hardware crest hardware aikens drugs or from jack mcdermott 640- 2765 only 170 riders have signed up for the 35 kilometre course so tax compared to last years 302 riders can pledge half their earnings to the charity of their choice with the remainder of the money going to local good works bikers will swing into the saddle saturday may 6 at 8 am in the town park and will roll back there at the finish of the route construction workers at the stouffville bakery on mairist became firemen for a few minutes this week as they had to ex- linguist a blaze set by their tar machine glenn pennanen above tosses a bucket of water on the burning tarpaulin that covered the drums of tar heat waves and gss ignited the tarp which fm- mediately went up in flames the ur underneath was not damaged however and the workers were able to use it in completing work on the roof of the bakery extension the town firemen arrived a few seconds after the fire was put out l v keith bolender population projections in rural areas in an interview later he said the region should set down only general guidelines for rural development leaving it up to individual municipalities to exercise control rural population limits could become an unnecessary straitjacket in the future mayor forhan said when they prohibit developments that meet all other criteria he said limits are needed for urban growth because sewage treatment capacity must be shared rural developments would not use the yorkdurham servicing scheme however a total population of 538000 for york region is proposed by the year 200lan increase of 163 per cent from the present 204000 urban areas as a whole could grow 209 per cent to a population of 420000 rural areas including rural centres would be allowed to expand 73 per cent to a population of 118000 the draft official plan will be considered by council in may of 1979 and presentation to the general public will take place shortly after according to planning commissioner her- schel weinberg red cross clinic held stouffville a blood donor clinic will be held at the stouffville legion hall 9th concession line north on thurs day may 11 time is between 2 and 830 pm