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wxt wrthum thursday february 22 1979 secon d section trustee urges field trip review claremont in light of the ministry of educations restraints the policy of high- cost field trips must be reviewed according to durham board of education trustee linda carder she feels schools can only afford one major trip a year for their students with money getting tighter and tighter the expensive trips must belimited unless parents are willing to contribute more out of their pockets mrs carder declared she says it isnt fair to gamer the funds from the municipal levy because the personal burden of municipal taxes is too great already currently the money for these trips is taken from a per student allotment given to each school the funds are to be spent on the purchase of sports equipment school supplies or excursions at the discretion of the principal sell cattle to india meadowlawn farms owner barry little takes head of milk production for the indian dairy corporation mpg kurup on a tour of his dairy farm indian government officials were in canada purchasing jersey cattle for breeding stock as part of their program to step up milk production there out of view another cow was quietly munching on mr kurups coat edschroeter markham indian government representatives were in canada last week to purchase jerseys for breeding stock including a two year old female from the herd of archie and barry little the country hopes to in crease milk production in their herds through a systematic breeding program theyre transporting 300 cows purchased in the united states and canada home to india by plane the head of milk production for the indian dairy cor poration mp kurup says the cows adapt quite well to the hotter climate archie and barry little maintain a herd of 100 head at their meadowlawn farm steeles avenue primarily for milk production however theyve sold breeding stock to barbados the dominican republic alberta minnesota wisconsin and indiana archie little explained that meadowlawn is one of the oldest herds in the country dating back to 1891 it was established by archies mothers family joseph and peter freeman however mrs carder observes there are less ex pensive alternatives to these outings according to her it will cost almost nothing for a visit to durham forest to study the flora and fauna and at the same time make use of the snowshoeing equipment mrs carder isnt in favor of cancelling these programs altogether trips really have a value in education teachers can build their curriculum around the ex cursions assigning relevant projects and build their course around the trip she added schools have a responsibility to provide children with more than just an academic grounding she feels schools must provide children with a good general education which she calls life skills if we dont prepare them for life were not turning out wellrounded employable young people she explained after some input from parents concerned about the organization of past trips she concluded they should be better planned she suggests a stan dardized trip for each grade level delay crackdown patience requested for new high school unionville patience thats trustee harry bowes advice to parents of young people contemplating a high school in unionville the whitchurchstouffville board of education member chaired two meetings recently on this subject and has come he says to a fuller appreciation of the problem however he points out that because of major cutbacks by the ministry on capital spen ding theres little likelihood of a new secondary school for at least two maybe three years originally the target date for completion of such a project was 1979 since that was en visioned drastic changes have occurred including a reduction in student enrolments thats what the ministry looks at said harry bowes not just in one community but an entire area unipnville he feels falls short of required student numbers by about 300 while some parents are advocating the utilization of wm bertzy school as a high school mr bowes feels this move wouldnt be approved by the province either right now wm bertzy is only at 58 per cent capacity he said the whitchurchstouffville trustee feels most parents arent strongly opposed to busing but only where their children are to be bused theyd prefer them to stay at markham but that facility is now at 109 per cent utilization with an enrollment of 2131 thornlea is the same the likeliest locations are richmond hill high school 75 per cent capacity or bayview secondary school 93 per cent capacity neither seem to appeal to the majority of parents mr bowes said whatever the temporary solution a new high school for unionville has been pushed back on the priority list to 1981 and harry bowes sees little likelihood of any change in plans judge requests report it tavern no problem stouffville is there a drug problem at stouffville high town trustee harry bowes doesnt think so not with hard drugs anyway marijuana sure theres a lot of it around he told the tribune but its not the kind of thing board members hear too much about for the most part matters of this kind are handled by the administration within the school and trustees dont get involved mr bowes explained if the offense is such that it comes before the courts then the board is likely to hear about it past reports he said in dicated drug use was on the decline now its supposedly on the upswing again he stated markham girls win at competition markham a provincial judge presiding over court in newmarket has recommended the ontario liquor licence board check into the operation of the sherwood tavern located in a plaza on hwy 7 west in markham judge fd white or dered that a transcript of evidence heard during a particular case be sent immediately to the ollb his decision followed an admission by a 20 year old waitress there that she assaulted a female patron opening a 15stitch gash on her forehead and breaking off a portion of one tooth manly eades was fined 300 or 13 days in jail crown attorney k d murray told the court that the 18 year old victim had done nothing to provoke the at tack the solicitor for the accused said his client had been involved in heavy use of alcohol and had also dab bled in drugs the situation he said was now under control miss eades he said was trying to avenge a friend who she thought had been wronged her intention was just to shake her the victim up a little he explained judge wnite expressed concern over the likelihood the accused had been served far too much liquor you were probably sloshed he said he noted too the number of charges continually coming before the courts from tins same location to get to the bottom of the problem he ordered a transcript of the evidence sent to the liquor licence board uxbridge dr jack watt director of environmental health services for durham region has instructed staff to delay a health standards crack down on community suppers pending clarification from superiors dr watt wants direction from the durham board of health on how to proceed with the program no one has or dered him to terminate it yet he told the tribune the action comes after a memorandum from health munister dennis timbrell to all health boards urging the use of discretion in the application of health regulations at com munity functions the letter notes these regulations were never intended to interfere with such events ward 1 councillor john paxton feels the memorandum is not sufficient to prevent the recurrence of problems he feels an amendment to the health act exempting community facilities from health standards is necessary museum acquires former police headquarters vandorf town council has turned over the old vandorf police building to the whit churchstouffville museum and earmarked over 15000 in lot fee accounts for its immediate renovation the building located ad jacent to the future museum site in vandorf will serve as tem porary headquarters until the original building at the former bogarttown school site can be moved councillors june button and jim sanders said v they explained the museum board will retain it in its custody for craft demonstrations and as a display area it will also house a historical reference library markham sixteen year old melissa holt a grade 11 student at markham dist high school has been awarded the oscar p johnson memorial scholarship after scoring an 85 per cent in her vocal class at the kiwanis music festival melissa a first time par ticipant in the competition will receive her award sunday at the st lawrence centre toronto shes a student of peggie clark melissa said she first learned of her achievement on saturday the festivals final day she described it as a once in a lifetime experience shes the daughter of mr and mrs wm holt southdale drive markham judy pyle also a vocal student of peggie clark did exceptionally well too scoring a first and a second in addition she obtained honors in her grade 8 singing exams only last month judys the daughter of mr and mrs ralph pyle drakefield road markham both girls are members in the senior choir at st andrews united church driver smashes car stouffville a 33 year old stouffville man felt he acted within his rights when he smashed a crowbar across the hood and headlights of an ap proaching car david miller told judge fd white in newmarket court that a party had been bothering both himself and his family on this one occasion hesaid the driver had followed him all the way to his house from the stouffville plaza en route he told how his car was bumped and how the motorist had at tempted to run him down crown attorney kd murray said there was no denying the fact some ongoing harassment had occurred this was no excuse he said for the accused to take the law into his own hands judge white agreed levying a fine of 500 or three months in jail in appreciation alma walker markhams first lady for more years than most folks can remember will be honored at an appreciation night june 2 the pnbuc tribute will be held at the fairgrounds 18th avenne and mccowan road heading up the committee is ab bud bonner gladiator road fails to remain stouffville an alleged hit and run accident feb 11 on the stouffville- gormley road west of the 7th concession has resulted in a fail to remain charge filed by york regional police against a willowdale man laszlo szlotts 20 of 25 fisherville road will appear in court march 6 doris burton rr 2 claremont told police her auto was parked on the north shoulder of the road when it was struck by a second vehicle the driver she said kept on going property damage was estimated at 1200 including 1000 to the burton car r- v m f v v5 v vessel awaits arrival of spring spring cant be far off the blue buttercup waits patiently in its resting spot on hwy 7 and mccowan road ready to slip water into clear blae jim thomas and facilities for the cataloguing and storage of artifacts mayor eldred king told the councillors i really believe this is only going to be a loan councillors button and sanders explained the funds from the sale of the old bogarttown site to the ministry of transportation and com munications for hwy 404 might be used to settle the debt included in the 15000 figure is the cost of ripping out walls installing a kitchenette bathrooms a furnace and firewall new plumbing and electrical work strapping wallboard and painting of the basement officer convicted york region the president of the york regional police association has been convicted of giving secret police information to a credit com pany staff sgt john moorehead was used judge hugh oconnell told the court at the conclusion of a case in toronto last week with a great deal of reluctance he ordered the officer to resign or be fired evidence revealed that twice last year staff sgt moorehead had turned over confidential information to one douglas sheldrake a former probationary constable moorehead had a vested interest in the credit company for which the information was used you became involved with former policemen and couldnt extricate yourself they used you judge oconnell said topsinger stouffville one of canadas top singersongwriters will be performing at irenes goodnight coffee house on feb 24 at 8 pm stouffville resident susan cogan who made the cover of the canadian magazine per forms extensively in the united states and across canada her musical roots extend into folk jazz pop jind blues susan is wellknown for her work with the likes of valdy and brent titcomb and appearances on cbc and global television the coffee bouse is located on the east side of hwy 48 south of dicksons hill