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llll begin longawaited channelization project after years of talk and months of planning construction work has finally started on the duffin creek rechannelization project in stouffville three bridges will be replaced including the one on burkholder street near the park the project to extend a short distance north of main street will cost 718000 joann thompson passenger survives helicopter crash stouffville tom bunker formerly of altona and now working as a land surveyor out of a company office in timmins is recovering in kingston general hospital from injuries received when a helicopter with himself and three others aboard plummeted 500 feet into a bush area near moosonee the crash occurred thursday when a tree used as a ballast knocked off the crafts rear propellor after the macliine hit an air pocket the pilot the most seriously hurt of the four was able to transmit two sos signals alerting the base station and prompting an immediate rescue mission even then it took the team several hours to reach the scene each had to be carried out by stretcher and then go by boat to a standby emergency plane for the flight to kingston the injury there is no paralysis the tribune was told hell be confined to a body cast for at least three weeks the 31 year old sd s s and u of t graduate has flown many helicopter missions before without incident he expressed high praise for the pilot in an emergency situation fortunately the radio com munication system remained intact enabling the crew to help direct the search toms parents mr and mrs mervin bunker travelled down to kingston friday to see their son thieves loot local homes although badjy hurt tom f assisted in getting the pilot out first it wasnt until later he learned his back was broken and i immediate surgery would be j required i despite the seriousness of stouffville thieves were busy in whitchurch- stouffville on the weekend and they didnt seem particular about what they took for example at the paddy shanahan residence stouffville rr 4 they stole stereo equipment a color tv cash jewellery and a 1979 ford bronco for a loss estimated at 20000 at the alexander marnoch home also at rr 4 stouffville a safe was pried open and personal papers taken also antique coins some jewellery a will to live 4 stouffville last november michael barry of 156 main street east was seriously injured when the car he was driving slammed into the rear of a parked gravel truck in markham in the reports that followed mike was given little chance due to extensive head injuries and a punctured lung but that was nine months ago hes since made a miraculous recovery although his vision remains somewhat impaired and his coordination is slightly off nancy scott of stouffville a passenger in the badly wrecked auto suffered a broken ankle mike isnt living here now he recently left town to seek permanent employment at calgary erie reesor good recovery markham back on feb 28 nearly six months ago erie reesor 18th avenue rr 2 markham was seriously injured in a singlecar accident on the stouffvillegormley road since that time an entire community and beyond has been praying for his recovery and it would seem these prayers are being answered v erie has been moved from sunnybrook hospital in toronto to the crockford wing of scarborough general and the improvement has been amazing his parents say hes ble to come home every weekend he can walk by himself and can now speak quite plainly the tribune was told he enjoys the company of son jesse a handsome little lad born while his father was still unconscious many weeks of therapy lie ahead bis parents admit but all signs point to a complete recovery and several household items valued in total at 10000 homeowners in stouffvdle didnt escape either at the robert sanderson residence orchard park boulevard rooms were ransacked and two diamond rings plus cash were taken valued at 3300 a few doors away the wesley schell house was entered and ran sacked but nothing stolen property damage was reported at 50 on clarke street several wallets a quantity of jewellery and cash valued at 300 were stolen from the home of gary simonds elsewhere brian wylie on rupert avenue reported the theft of a radio speaker from his car valued at 100 a battery was removed from a stouffville coop truck parked on edward street and two truck mirrors were stolen from a vehicle parked at patrick motors the property of roy jollymore winlane drive fight night stouffville there wasnt a full moon friday night but police were undoubtedly scanning the skies to see what triggered two alleged assaults by husbands against their wives in separate incidents the first occurred when according to the complainant they became embroiled in an argument over a horse the man left then returned she said threatening her with a gun committing an assault charged is arthur gordon calhoun 47 of lot 18 cone 6 whitchurchstouffville the same evening a similar incident brought police to 143 main street west a woman there was injured requiring treatment in york county hospital newmarket charged with assault is 41 year old george edward fitton of stouffville churchmaybe stouffville easy come easy go is what the stouffville jehovahs witness congregation may be saying if council fails to pass a bylaw supporting planning board on an application for rezoning ward 1 councillor jim doble has expressed concern over a request that if approved would change the site from residential to institutional use the location is the southwest comer of cone 6 and the stouffvillegormley road mayor eldred king assured councillor doble that the bylaw could be rejected at any stage of its three readings when the issue was reintroduced aug 7 ed chomiack spokesman for the church said the congregation couldnt afford a larger property than the one under consideration he ex plained that their present kingdom hall at montreal and stouffer streets in stouffville lacked adequate ac commodation and was subject to acts of vandalism blair clarkson single car crash stouffville blair clarkson son of mr and mrs bert clarkson montreal street stouffville is recovering in scarborough centenary hospital from injuries received in an ac- cident aug 12 near shelbourne according to reports blair was a passenger in a vehicle that missed a turn on a deadend road and rammed into a bank of earth he suffered a broken arm and concussion one in the group was killed an excellent student blair had completed an honors ba course at york university and was planning to continue his education there this fall isfixt wribum vol 92 no 17 whitchurch stouffville august 23 1979 20 cents 20 pages board digs in lockout looms at high school york region four weeks ago town trustee harry bowes said a lockout of teachers at stouffville and other region secondary schools was a strong possibility few believed this would happen however with sept 4 just twelve days away only an eleventhhour compromise or action by the province will prevent it a lastditch mediation meeting has been called for 9 am aug 28 at the constellation hotel dixon road the night before the board will meet and vote on a notice of motion declaring the rules as outlined by the ontario secondary school teachers federation are in contravention to the duties of a teacher as set out in the education act the motion claims it would be inconceivable to conduct high school programs under restrictive measures as laid down by the federation in its worktorule edict the following reasons are given dangerous to the safety of students unfair to students in that a final solution will be delayed dividing staff teachers since there are varying degrees of support among them unfair to taxpayers in that a full salary must be paid for less than full service if the motion is approved monday all staff excluding principals and viceprincipals will be locked out as of 8 am sept 4 unless a memorandum of agreement is signed before that time harry bowes told the tribune that even if classes did resume sept 4 the schools operation would only be tem porary two weeks at the most why because among other things the teachers are under orders not to mark exams not to attend any meetings not to mark attendance not to order supplies not to handle student timetables not to participate in extra curricular activities and not to be in school until 15 minutes bef one the first class and 15 minutes beyond the last class harry bowes said to his knowledge only one stouffville teacher had refused to sign the federations order paper whats more he said he had spoken personally to three veterans on staff and each said he would abide by it they wont bend because they feel they have no alternative he said board chairman don cousens speaking at a press meeting following mondays closeddoor session said trustees are firm in their stand that schools cannot operate under a worktorule situation past experiences he said had shown the practice to be very disruptive he predicted that should a lockout occur it could last as long as eight weeks harry bowes stands firm a thousand dogs markham would you believe 1070 dogs at one location seeing is believing this saturday and sunday when the markham kennel club hosts its annual show in the arena hwys 7 and 48 from 9 a m to 6 pm last year there were 911 entries show chairman betty devenport of markham said this year its bigger and better than ever the club president is lloyd mclntee of stouffville admission is 1 adults fifty cents for children under twelve survived collision muss lake on the morning of april 5 a westbound car driven by wally pascoe of musselmans lake crashed into the side of a north bay to toronto cnr passenger train at a level crossing on the aurora sideroad the 39 year old father of three died almost instantly but what of his son louis a passenger in the vehicle somehow the 17 tyear old survived but his injuries were serious so serious he hasnt yet recovered a piece of bone has been removed from his hip and transplanted in his right arm along with a plastic plate corrective surgery was per formed in late june with the hope he may regain its full use hell know better when he visits the specialist again in sep tember its been a long and painful ordeal since that fateful event last spring however louis would be the first to agree hes lucky to be alive despite rain large crowd attends sale stouffville the biggest sale weve had this year is the way norm faulkner described the auction saturday at the property of george and mary bartholomew ninth line north despite inclement weather a crowd estimated at close to 800 sought out the many an tiques up for bids including a gingerbread clock that sold for 145 and a cocoa pot that brought 72 a china cabinet retained by the family through three generations went for 630 a bedroom suite of similar vintage sold for 200 a chest of drawers 500 and a dresser 210 crossback chairs were in demand and brought 52 apiece there were some bargains too like an old wooden farn roller in very good condition- don burd of ringwood bought it- for 750 he plans to donate it to the whitchurch stouffville museum a wooden handchurn also in excellent shape sold for 50 due to the large number of items including farm im plements mr faulkner and his assistant earl gauslin were hardpressed to work their way through veteran auctioneer walter atkinson of stouffville pitched in to lend a hand the 45 acres with frontage on the ninth line has been sold to a real estate firm mr and mrs bartholomew and family plan to take up residence in newmarket plan 28 homes whats a little rain compared to the joys of attending a farm sale it didnt stop eight year old andrew green rr 2 stooffviue one of more than 800 at the anction saturday on the bartholomew property north of town however andrew came prepared jim thomas ballantrae an ap plication that if approved would establish a 28home subdivision on the former melvin baker farm northwest of ballantrae will likely go before a hearing of the ontario municipal board some time this fall three objections have been received the proposal to subdivide the property was first in troduced back in 1973 it was rejected by the town three years ago however council indicated its support the main concern a planning department spokesman told the tribune relates to water the exit- entrance to the site would be from hwy 48 mayor eldred king said the proposed development meets the requirements of the secondary plan set out for the area of ballantraemusselmans lake this subdivision he said plus the schickendanz proposal northeast of ballantrae would raise the population figure to around 2000 people in the combined communities one thousand in each 4 mayor king says hes satisfied with this but nothing morevjifkwehgo beyond two thousand we could have a a problem he saidn i the population in ballan- trae presentlystands at 680 whilenofomb hearing a date has been set on thebaker application the town intends to support it the mayor stated