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sjj5 g coming base rate to double stouffville toll free telephone calls to toronto will be a reality for stouffville residents by the end of this year but it wont come cheaply according to kenneth gilmour a public relations officer for bell telephone the cost of installing the toll free same old story region crime up f newmarket crime in york region continues to rise and figures submitted last week by police chief bruce crawford to the regional police commission show an overall increase in criminal occurrences of 47 per cent those figures are for the first three months of 1978 as com pared to 1977 figures criminal occurrences appear to have decreased slightly in both 19 division by 09 per cent and 39 division by 4 per cent in the southern portion however its a different story crime p increased by 94 per cent at 28 division which comprises the municipalities of richmond hill markham and vaughan t the chief in his report states clearly in my opinion ad ditional police officers are required in that division he told the board regretfully the additional 13 police of ficers whom the board authorized to be hired on june 1st of this year will not have completed training before the fall and con sequently will be of little assistance this year system will almost double the monthly rate he commented that an individual residential line which now costs 575 a month will go up to 1020 bell hopes to have the new system in effect by december 16 1978 and it is estimated that the work involved will cost 15 million the change from long distance calls is the result of a bell survey taken in 1976 in which 66 per cent of those responding to the survey voted in favour of toll free calls mr gilmour stated that the new system will apply to all those in the 640 exchange and that there wont be any change to the numbers except for the fact you wont have to dial 1 before the rest of the number anymore besides toronto local residents will also be able to call unionville and thornhill toll free while the weather swings back and forth between winter and spring summer lies just inside the door of jim whites greenhouses here twins helen and monica bartolic who work in the nursery get ready for the planting season just around the corner wht wrihum slip slidin away lions club bike athon vol 91 no 1 whitchurch stouffville may 11 1978 20 cents 22 pages show goats kept for fun and prbf it this intelligent looking goat was fascinated at having his picture taken by our photographer he never took his eyes off the camera annegret lamure w22w3 ar by annegret lamure goodwood when you ask mary bolter how the kids are she launches right into an enthusiastic description of her herd of goats kids in the bolter household are just that kids the frisky variety that sport long silky ears budding horns and an insatiable curiosity almost as appealing as little children but certainly not to be confused with them goats are booming said mary bolter decisively as she ushered me barn and showed me kefherd of hand some nubians theres a tremendous market for them to my surprise the building smelled pleasantly of hay milk and warm animal bodies goats are basically very clean animals mary explained when i commented on the absence of town rejects plaza plan stouffville the town of whitchurchstouffville has caused mantia realty to bite the bullet with regards to a proposed development in ringwood tf 5 mantia realty are the owners of the southeast corner of the intersection of highways 48 and 47 in ringwood and have proposed a 48000 square foot development for that corner g proposal called for a three part building enclosed under one roof housing eight stores inside and a gas bar to the north of the building outside the centre section of the building would have had a fast food mall along the east wall with a bank or some other financial institution and spor ting goods store immediately across from the food mall i in the north segment of the complex there would have been three businesses on the east side a proposed building supply pickering museum agreement pickering the town of pickering and the federal government have come to a t speedy agreement concerning a the pickering museum last monday norm cafik liberal mp for ontario riding l presented the town of pickering with the remaining 100000 for s the expropriation of the museum while presenting the cheque to pickering mayor jack an derson mr cafik pointed out that he mr cafik had negotiated the settlement and jr the 528000 compensation for ifr the museum r the 100000 had been held back from the town until deed v and title problems were resolved to the satisfaction of a the federal government proper documentation has been executed and accepted by the r federal government pickering town council had a special meeting on april 10 a and passed a resolution requesting that the government jlease the museum to the town for one dollar per annum until the buildings can be relocated in greenwood the government has acceded to this request store selling floor tile wall paper and other goods of this nature next an auto accessories store to operate in conjunction with the gas bar a sit down restaurant rounds out the northern end of the building the southern end of the building according to the proposal contains a garden nursery supply centre and a tantalizing hook for council a movie theatre is once again proposed for stouffyille two sections of the building contain rooms upstairs for commercial office space or a two storey sporting goods store after some discussion the planning board rejected the development as being too in tense providing too many uses on a corner with so littlespace mantia realty and the architect joseph barna had approached the planning board on march 7 to ask for some guidance in their development of this site at that time the board asked the realtor to bring a completed plan for their approval or disapproval but provided no further suggestions as to the boards wishes for that corner barnclean she wrinkled her nose in distaste and continued whereas with cows youve got that huge mess to clean up all the time i mary bolter a islim energetic woman in her thirties feels goats are the ideal animals theyre good for see goats page three not enough time by annegret lamure it didnt start out too badly sure it was raining but not excessively and the roads at the start of the bikeathon were paved it was only when the asphalt ended that the mud started to fly and then of course therewere the hills for some reason they seenied to go up more than they went down and i wondered whether my crate would make it still i chugged bravely onwards trusting that strong pressure on the pedals would get me to the top why does it always have to rain on saturdays i wondered morosely mopping my face i had stopped to take some pic tures and was having difficulty keeping the camera dry to increase my misery several cyclists shot by and showered me with a fine spray of mud after theyreceded into the mitj got back in the seat and resumed my journey t miles later my arms were beginning to ache and my derriere was getting sore the seat wasnt nearly as com fortable as i thought as i geared down to negotiate iyet another hill i noted glumly that my left leg was getting very tired also i hadnt seen any cyclists for a long jime only soggy roads studded with rocks and everpresent hills con fronted me as i crept ahead a nasty suspicion began to grow and by the time the road petered out into two narrow furrows it was almost a certainty but when the muddy track finally disappeared into what was either a large puddle or a very small pond i knew for sure i was lost i fought down the panic and comforted myself with the lunch i had providentially carried with me then i resigned myself to going all the way back but which way was back uphill downhill- the terrain was totally see bikers page 9 chamber cancels may fair stouffville the may fair proposed by the whit churchstouffville chamber of commerce has been cancelled chamber member gord ness who was in charge of organizing the event told the tirbune the event has been cancelled because we were too late to start mr ness said he ap proached the organizers of the may fair held last year to raise money for the library and was told that they had started their preparations the previous november the chamber according to mr ness is considering a fall fair winter fair or spring fair next year we are going to get into this type of activity he explained but just when i dont know the issue will be discussed at the next chamber meeting mr ness said whenever the event is held there will be an- application for a beer tent it is quite a drawing card he the fair will be based on the previous may fair and will include entertainment and more booths where local merchants and tradespeople can display their wares there was just not enough time for a spring fair con- eluded mr ness the fair had been tentatively scheduled for the end of may tribune editor john montgomery was one of roughly 160 people who participated in the lions bikeathon last saturday most finished the course and almost 5000 was raised despite the drizzly weather johns account appears on page 4 for further pictures see page 9 ballantrae breaki two youths charged ballantrae two 17- yearold ballantrae youths were arrested may 2nd and charged with numerous breakins in the ballantrae area and elsewhere between march 27 and april 30 on april 23 a number of items were taken from the woodland trails boy scout camp at whitchurchstouffville including camping gear and personal belongings and an am- fm radio other alleged offenses include theft of a cb radio one nail gun and a tape deck from a vehicle parked at newmarket a breakin april 6 at carolyn reids residence ballantrae when one of the accused was allegedly scared off by the hazel booth victim a breakin at the residence of george goff april 8 with money and other items stolen april 9 entry at the home of allan givens where a rifle cash and other articles were taken april 30 a breakin at a garage owned by a newmarketman when valuable tools were stolen also april 30 entry at the home of ernest shaw of ballantrae where the house was ransacked and a quantity of goods removed a warrant was issued for the arrest of a suspect after his home was searched and stolen property recovered the ac cused had heard he was wanted by police and left the scene two grand slams stouffville brownies and girl guides will be anderson sarah cowan stacey limner channain going around the neighbourhood looking for odd lintner and lindsay baston look prepared for jobs to raise money for their packs here jane almost any task annegret lamure stouffville not once but twice last week hazel booth and her partners bid and made grand slams while playing bridge at the silver jubilee club f with alma johnson as partner mrs booth bid and made a grand slam in spades and while playing with doug bacon wednesday she bid and made a grand slam in no trumps vulnerable at the time this is an unusual ac complishment in amateur bridge meanwhile the investigation continued and on may 2 at 105 pm stephan ross mapes 17 e lot 20 cone 7- rr 3 stouff ville was arrested at 3390 keele street toronto and charged with three counts of break enter and theft break and enter with intent 2 cts possession over 200 2ctsrtheft under and possession under 200 later the same day david scott mcmaningwell 17 lot 21 cone 6 whitchurchstouffville was arrested at his residence and a search of the property recovered property stolen from woodland trails boy scout camp and from whitchurch tire sales cone 7 where tires valued at 250 were taken during a march offense he is charged with break enter and theft theft under and possession under 200 4 counts wayne arthur stewart 30 3390 keele street toronto who was wanted by metro for being unlawfully atjlarge wasaiso v arrested and turned over to31 division mapes was held 4fa j custody- for courtsmay 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