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t u r fear worker exodus due to high gas costs stouffville instead of people travelling to work the should be brought to the people this according to town mayor eldred king is one long- term solution to the current high cost of fuel thats hitting every commuter who drives into toronto each day mayor king was com menting on a discussion at york regional council thursday related to the spiralling price of gas and oil that in the opinion of georginas michael mcdonald and kings margaret britnell is posing a real hardship on people employed in metro unless some solution is found mr mcdonald predicts a mass exodus of residents back l to toronto regional councillor carole bell of markham also voiced concern estimating the cost of commuting to the city each dry at 2500 a year people will indeed move back to toronto unless public transport is made available she said aurora mayor george timpson said he recognized the problem but felt it should be dealt with nationally he suggested the region send a representative to toronto in february to attend an upcoming energy conference there regional councillor gordon rowe of richmond hill criticized the topics in troduction are we to make a study of everything that hap pens to be an every day problem he asked joe dales mayor of georgina said his municipality had organized car pools for commuters at the townships civic centre perhaps other municipalities should do the same he said regional chairman bob forhan explained that the province is currently reviewing transportation services in southern ontario and a report would be made public when completed legal fees town in black lake businessmen reject bylaw stouffville whit- churchstouffville paid out 30857 in legal fees over a ten month period in 1979 town treasurer edward blackburn told the tribune however despite the fact solicitor costs in the area of general govern ment went over budget by some 2450 the total expense ended up in the black by about 6000 this was because 12000 had been set aside for planning and only 4000 was spent in commenting on the cost mayor eldred king explained that considerable funds had been reclaimed by the municipality through charge backs he suggested that a maximum of 20000 would be a more realistic figure excluding special hearings that come up from time to time the town he said now has a policy whereby wouldbe developers must make a sub stantial deposit to cover all legal fees before the project is con sidered in this way taxpayers not affected by proposals arent saddled with unnecessary costs as for the municipality hiring a lawyer fulltime mayor king says whitchurch- stouffville isnjtjeady for this it would mean setting up an office and hiring a secretary plus other expenses that would prove no benefit he stated muss lake two iprominent resort operators at tmusselmans lake have filed tformal objections related to whitchurch stouffvilles recently approved amusement bylaw vern davies of cedar beach and max ewart of glendale beach have asked that their businesses be excluded from these regulations in a letter aired before council jan 15 it was ex plained that amusement machines have been a part of their seasonal operation for many years wehave abided good the by all laws enforced behaviour and paid reasonable licence fee imposed on us by your government however this bylaw is far too rigid the licence fee is ex cessive and the operating hours unrealistic the requirement the letter stated calls for an area of 100 square feet for each machine this amount of space is not practical the correspondence read at councillor bill mc- nalleys request the matter was referred to discussion in committee serious fire take action stouffville no one was injured despite the seriousness of a fire sunday morning at the home of don and terri surman 45 manitoba street stouffville the blaze originated in a wall behind the fireplace in the family room since no flame was visible no one knew of the fire until smoke was spotted billowing out from the eavestrough mr surman awakened his wife and children tammy 12 and deborah eight along with their pet cat escaped outside don and terri described the response by the fire depart ment as just super they were on the scene in minutes terri said and soon had the blaze under control thehouse is equipped with smoke detectors jbut their alarms didnt sound because there was little smoke don and terri surman and children only moved into the home four months ago and had recently done considerable decorating now were back to square one terri said still theyre thankful at 5 am the result could have been much worse stouffville in recent weeks several stouffville area women have been on the receiving end of obscene phone calls on a number of occasions police have been notified however theres another fcway ken gilmour of bell canada says any persons harrassed in such a manner should contact bells business office using the number listed on the customers telephone account when the situation is fully explained to a service representative he will attempt to identify the source from which the calls are being made bell treats such matters very seriously mr gilmour said and will do everything in its power to halt the practice keep program stouffville the organization involved in the recent swedish hockey team tournament points out the excellence of whitchurch- stouffvilles volunteer t a 11 meeting j flx qcftullh greenwood an stouffville senior citizens who qualify for tax credits must make application before march 31 of this year forms are available at the town municiapl office 19 civic avenue to be eligible for the maximum of 100 one must meet the following criteria l own and occupy your home 2 seventy years of age or over 3 in receipt of oldage security benefits and the monthly guaranteed income supplement 4 the continuous owner and occupier of your residential reap property in town for the past five years 5 no income in excess of 4378 if single or as a married couple your total income is not in excess of 851600 greenwood an all- candidates meeting sponsored by the greenwood ratepayers association will be held monday jan 28 at 830 pm in the greenwood community centre invitations have been ex tended to party representatives doug dickerson liberal scott fennell conservative and geoff rison ndp mr fennell is the mp for ontario riding fred crawford fair president 80 markham markham fair is still eight months away but work behind-the- scenes has already begun no one is more aware of this than fred crawford this years president fresh from his election at the annual meeting jan 16 he has already set up dates for committee discussions im looking forward to it he said i consider the position a real challenge a manager at the bank of nova scotia branch kingston road and midland avenue scarborough he recalls how back in 1970 he was ap proached by rodgers gard- ham concerning the possibility of a directors post he was the scotia bank manager in unionville at the time elected in 1971 his direct association with the fair has been in the area of gate ad missions and concessions he doesnt admit to being an agriculturalist but rather an economist he hopes this knowledge will prove a benefit the year ahead is markham fairs 125th an niversary and while no program format has yet been planned hed like it to be in keeping with this milestone hed also like to see three or four major attractions on opening day similar to the sky hawks parachute team of 9 fred crawford is loud in his praise of the newly elected directors describing them as extremely high calibre those named to the senior board for a three year termare mary cosburn david morrison glen mowder terry oconnor dennis seeley and bill vjsnowball marjory walters will fill the unexpired one- year term of the immediate pastpresident mac cosburn junior direcors are ray beare stephen lewis marion norton karen risebrough kensnowball and cathy case officers for 1980 are president fred crawford 1st vicepresident dennis seeley 2nd vicepresident bill walker secretary- fred crawford parkway avenue markham is the new president of markham fair hisielecuonfollowed theannual meeting of the markham and east york agricultural society jih16 t jim thomas manager gerald mann the executive committee in cludes fred crawford dennis seeley bill walker markham fair jack walters barry little plus three pastpresidents rodgers gardham harvey brown and mac cosburn recreation program mayor eldred king stressed this week and he for one wants this kind olcooperate effort to continue mayor king feels that the setting up of a municipal parks and recreation department would kill volunteer interest ahdmake the operation totally dependent on a fulltime staff he said that while assistance may be lacking in some areas he described as great theselfhelp operation related to programs like minor hockey soccer softball and the figure skating club this is what community is all about he said i believe the municipality should provide the facilities rather than just someone to sit back and dream up stuff he concluded net profit 31000 m snow helps dagmar ski resort through a weird winter although reliefs la sight its been a tough winter on ski resort township is no exception however snowmaking equipment has operators in all parts of the province and dagmar in uxbridge e possible to keep at least one slope open with a good fall on wednesday and more on the way busy weekends he ahead markham the markham and east york agricultural society fair board hasnever pretended to be a profitmaking organization if income equals expenses the directors are happy last years markham fair was the exception perfect weather and record crowds realized a net profit of 3188600 its been tremendously satisfying president mac cosburn told the largely at tended annual meeting he thanked everyone for their co operation and support the auditors report described as glowing by the president showed a total in come of 322577 against ex penses of 256908 gate ad missions brought in 123475 ice boating muss lake with the open winter weve experienced so far a new type recreation is becoming more prominent last week a homemade ice boat was seen skimming over the mirrorlike surface of musselmans lake at speeds estimated at 40 miles per hour the craft was operated by gary crust of musselmans lake and dave osborne of vivian the same weekend three similar machines were seen on lake wilcox optimistic ballantrae a volunteer fire station at ballantrae requires fire volunteers this problem has been overcome with the receipt of seventeen applications councillor becky wedley told a meeting jan 15 things are looking good she said the ward 2 member ad mitted additional assistance was still needed during daytime hours compared with 74499 in 78 concession receipts totalled 48733 and rentals 19627 the fairs operating costs were 124664 a sum of 51272 was paid out in prizes 10965 for races and 8413 for other- attractions alan wall of the ministry of agriculture described the markham fair as one of the best in the country fantastic was the word he used facilities for hvestockshows are excellent he said not only during the fairs four days but all year round this observation was supported by livestock director harvey brown he said dispersal sales had been arranged for most weekends plus space for storage- rodgers gardham thinking back to the mud problems of 77 commented last year rained dollars fair dates this year are oct 2 3 4 and 5 ideas wanted stouffville the stouffville lions club is anxious to undertake a major project in town director gary hoy in formed the tribune this week and committee members community betterment are looking to the people for suggestions mr hoy said one of several ideas is a recreation complex but nothing definite had been decided others on this committee are don caudle chairman ivan harris and mike follett recommendations will be welcomed by any of the above mr hoy said reject metric dominion stores ltd with a supermarket located in markham wants no part of the changeover to metric weights and measures stores in twentyone cities were to make the switch this month however ron hun tington minister of state for small business and industry has postponed the conversion indefinitely claiming too much opposition from consumers on top of this dominion stores in peterborough and sherbrooke will return to im perial measures immediately in fact the meat scales were reverted tuesday the vegetable scales will be changed next month construction markham work is underway at the 85 acre ibm site near the intersection of victoria park avenue and steeles in the town of markham when completed 2 years from now the complex will include one million square feet of floor space and will ac commodate close to 2000 em ployees ajspeedup in construction is anticipated with the approach offtsprihgi barton markhamsjreasurer and in dustrial commissioner told the tribune he noted too that lijms move to that section of town had prompted other firms to follow