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r j whitchurch stout f ville council 1979 80 june button ward 5 jim sanders ward 6 becky wedley jim sander nil i jil 4 rf uecky w ecuey jim sanae vol 91 no 28 whitchurch stouffville november 16 1978 20 cents 16 pages s 20 cents 16 pages grant and carolyn davidson son and daughter of mr and mrs alex davidson rr 1 stouffville received their honor graduation diplomas at sdss commencement exercises friday night in addition carolyn received an ontario scholarship both are students at the university of guelph here theyre congratulated by whitchurchstouffville trustee harry bowes jim thomas special people grads are told stouffville youre very special people its been a pleasure to have known you through the years the remarks by staff teacher diane stuart in her address to the graduates highlighted stouff ville dist secondary schools commencement exercises friday night she was accorded a standing ovation by the class of 78 speaking directly to the students mrs stuart recalled how they provided an en thusiastic sparkle to the school that made it a daily pleasure to work and learn with them this had been a significant fact she said ever since their admission to s dss back in grade 9 she referred to them as to morrows leaders adding i have no fear for the future new horizons open and sometimes new challenges loom like insurmountable barriers its during difficult times that you must draw on the strengths of your successes your ac complishments and your sound characters she continued looking at the other side of the education picture mrs stuart admitted that it never fails to amaze teachers how brian richards grain crop champ stouffville stouff- villes brian richards a first- year student at the university of guelph won the grand cham pionship in 4h grain crop competition at the royal agricultural winter fair allin lewis rr 2 markham was the reserve champion before advancing to the open class brians entry took first in the sixrowed barley division other placements from the markhamstouffville area follow carolyn davidson 1st in 2rowed barley 1st in wheat and 4th in oats grant davidson 2nd in 2rowed barley and 2nd in oats charles warriner 3rd in wheat lynn rae 7th in 6rowed barley maryanne hulshof 10th in hay alex davidson a markham 4h grain club leader com plimented the members on their enthusiasm and success much we learn from our students then she added we hope our students have learned from us not only the course material we have covered together but also a measure of selfdiscipline perhaps one of the most useful qualities you will ever develop valedictorian michael lafleur summed up the feelings of all graduates when he said one never really appreciates what he has until the chance of gaining it extends beyond his reach the high school years he described as a period of self- enrichment with involvement in such areas as athletics clubs and students council we as graduates will be a reflection of our teachers but gone are the days when were handed knowledge on a silver platter remember the meaning of these years years past forever he concluded fortynine students received honor graduation diplomas there were 157 graduates from grade 12 recipients of ontario scholarships were jonathan barnett mark barry michael boadway nancy dart carolyn davidson paul gauthier daniel glenn jeffrey king velma marzinotto ralph salb and megan stanford pickering recount expected pickering a recount is expected in pickerings ward 3 regional following mon days municipal election result incumbent gerry fisher emerged with only a six vote majority over newcomer anna crossthwaite fisher polled 1039 to 1033 for mrs crossthwaite an upset occurred in ward 2 regional where councillor alex robertson wxs beaten by douglas dickerson also in ward 3 board of education linda carder of claremont defeated trustee david french of rr 1 locust hill it was 1188 for mrs carder and 1087 for french other current office holders were returned laurie cahill in ward 1 local don kitchen in ward 2 local norah geraghty in ward 3 local alex keith ward i school board and pat mattson ward 2 school board separate school sup porters returned shane cobum to the board along with larry oleary earlier jack anderson and ken matheson had been returned by acclamation to the offices of mayor and ward l regional respec tively in two wards stouffville a new face but a familiar name will make the political scene in whitchurchstouffville during the next two years jim sanders obrien avenue following in the foot steps of his grandfather harry sanders and his great grandfather wb sanders scored an impressive victory monday in ward 6 the councillorelect rolled up a total of 340 votes more than the combined totals of his two opponents tom lonergan 159 honored stouffville william bill kingsley a teacher on the staff of stouffville dist secondary school was honored this week for long and distinguished service with no 94 squadron newmarket and dist air cadets mr kingsleys con tributions over the years were recognized at a reception wednesday in the optimists hall newmarket officers past and present attended and john gibbins 140 he topped each of the five polls in the only other election race here councillor becky wedley easily defeated rival ron robb 500 to 298 she too swept every poll despite an obvious lack of major issues in ward 6 jim sanders carried on an energetic campaign he called on every homeowner in the area in addition he was helped by close to thirty workers many of them friends and neighbors on the same street i met a lot of people and enjoyed it he said while making the rounds many of them mentioned specific con cerns and problems that he hadnt thought about he stated most he said want to maintain the quality of life theyve come to know and ap preciate in stouffville some of the concerns expressed might seem small but to the individual theyre important he noted despite her 2 to 1 victory becky wedley called it a tough fight the turnout in ward 2 was about 34 per cent four of the five polls were located in the ballantrae community centre councillor wedley took each of them 134 to 51 128 to 56 93 to 82 and 54 to 43 at vivian she won again 79 to 58 in ward 6 three polls were located in latcham hall and two in the anglican church a breakdown follows at latcham hall it was sanders 233 lonergan 114 and gibbins 82 at the anglican church it was sanders 86 lonergan 38 gibbins 55 separate school supporters across the town showed their preference for newcomer michael neill giving him 67 votes to 59 for trustee terence ogrady the town of whitchurch- stouffville council for 197980 follows mayoreldred king councillorsjim doble ward 1 becky wedley ward 2 bill mcnalley ward 3 bill kamps ward 4 june button ward 5 and jim sanders ward 6 the towns representative on york county board of education is harry bowes mayoreleet wins gravel battle uxbridge antigravel factions in uxbndge twp saw their rocks turn to sand mon day as gary herrema an admitted pitsupporter defeated mayoralty incumbent gord davie 2709 votes to 1971 gravel was a main issue throughout the campaign with mayor davie advocating tighter controls over the industry and his opponent pressing for a greater revenue herrema swept three wards including the town davie took ward 1 the other was split i never wavered from my platform as others did the mayorelect said later he admitted surprise at the size of his win saying a 100 vote spread was the most he had expected gord davie got in with the wrong crowd he stated he realized this but too late turnout at the polls was just over 50 per cent died happy uxbridge gary herrema the mayorelect of uxbridge township received delivery of a brand new pickup truck tuesday the old one roadweary from tooting up and down the campaign trail was laid to rest despite its decrepid con dition hes confident it helped him win an election they could see me coming and hear me too he stated pointing to the fact the trucks muffler was pretty well shot the name on the side didnt hurt either he said the elections most lop sided race was for regional council where maustyn mcknight clobbered carl puterbough by more than 1000 votes there were upsets in wards 3 and 4 ron johnson edged councillor norm lyons 450 to 446 and ron hunter defeated councillor sandy ewen 594 to 542 mac meyers was reelected in ward 2 john paxton ward 1 and alan wells ward 5 were both acclaimed trustee ed van- nieuwenhove was returned to the board of education beating out his only challenger ruth morrison 2384 to 1917 mr davie offered no ex cuses if i had taken my share of the town vote i would have done alright he said i guess the people wanted a change excess garbage dumped at site stouffville york sanitation company limited has entered guilty pleas to 42 counts under the environmental protections act the case was heard in newmarket provincial court last week with judgement reserved following several hours of submissions by lawyers for both the province and the defense the charges involved 11 for dumping excessive tonnage of garbage at the whitchurch- stouffville site during march and april of this year and 31 of making false declarations on tonnage weights mrs lc mccaffrey solicitor for the province told the court the firm had a record of twelve previous convictions under the act and had been fined 14400 in 1977 for overdumping at the same location originally she said ap proval was given for deposits of 150 tons per day however by the spring of 74 between 700 and 800 tons were being dumped there an order required the company to cut back to 300 tons daily mrs mccaffrey said the firm had failed to heed previous convictions its not a matter of a truck load or so she told the court adding the only way we can deter this sort of thing is to take away the gain the fine imposed last time she said didnt work she suggested that doubling the penalty might help there is no other way she said unless we move for an injunction to close the site she described the false declarations on tonnage as deliberate systematic defiant concealment ps isles a professional engineer for the province revealed that york sanitation had been using fabric matter containing contaminants as covering material at the dump instead of clean earth as ordered under the act the officer did note however that the company appears to be running a good operation at present counsel for the firm ad- milted the firm had been under considerable pressure since sites in metro and maple had recently been closed the stouffville propertys the only one left for excess garbage he said judge reid scott was told however that york sanitation had never applied for emergency dumping privileges to deal with the situation