Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 3, 1980, p. 1

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whitchurch stouffville aprils i960 25 cents 20 pages j stouffville for almost a year a pinball arcade in the bowling alley building on main street has been a thorn in the side of csouncu but all at- tempts to dislodge it have failed operator domenico martino of uxbridge has been fighting city hall since way back in juneand has come out the winner in the one case before the courts now the town has appealed and this round barring ad journments is expected to proceed in about three months initially the municipality attempted to block the en terprise by setting out areas where entertainment of this kind could or could not be fc located the site in question was ruled off limits however a judge of the ontario supreme court didnt agree with the towns argument and ruled in favor of mr martino and so its been business as usual even though d and v pinball still has no licence to date mr martino estimates its cost him close to 10000 the towns probably spent even more but of course its only taxpayers money so its not so important he said twisting the knife a little he contends that council was of the opinion hed sooner or later run out of funds and give up however- thats not his intent as for the arcade itself domenico says hes had no problems whatsoever the truth is its gone so well im actually- surprised imyself stbuffvilles young people are well behaved on-halloween- mght when the upper part of main street was experiencing many problems all was quiet in his establishment he said the police even congratulated me he said asked if hed ever had to call in the police or put anyone out mr martino said only the i bylaw enforcement officer dont know- whether hetwas s trying to harass intimidate me but i told him to leave and hes never been back vand if the appeal goes against him im afraid that will be the end a very expensive ex- periencebut ill be sorry ttf leave stouffvilles a nice town and so are the people college star top athlete stouffville doug feasby one of the finest players to graduate through stouffvilles minor hockey system has been named male athlete of the year at concordia university montreal the second year forward was presented with the coveted gill award at the schools fifth annual athletic banquet march 25 in addition he received the allan smith memorial award for most valuable player y for doug feasby it was a spectacular season he collected a total of 106 points including 40 goals and 66 assists in just 42 games this breaks the previous concordia record held jointly by bob berry now coach of the los angeles kings and donald cousens glen tomalty of tulsa in the central hockey league feasby also captured the quebec university athletic association scoring title with 71 points on 28- goals and 43 assists in 24 league games he was named to 1980 canadian intercollegiate athletic union allcanadian team selected female athlete of the year was denise bien- venue a top star in both girls hockey and soccer before going to concordia doug feasby along with doug j todd also of stouffville formed a onetwo scoring punch with markhams jr a club the concordia student is the son of mr and mrs harvey feasby blake street stouffville exboard chairinaii tv fc yorkrcentre donald cousens soutndale i drive k markhamwillletihisaname stand as sa candidate for the provincial progressive con servative partyin the riding of yorkcentre j v the nomination meeting is scheduled for thurs may15 at 1 the thornhill community centre bayview avenue and john street thornhill a mar khamf resident the past ten years cousens is agreeable to giving opposition 100 per cent of his time his company honeywell limited of scarborough has been very co operative he said ihes a branch manager there mr cousens said hed been approached by a group of people from the thornhill area mainly on the basis of his service to i w was chairman of s theyork county board in 1979 in agreeing to accept a nomination he made it plain he would have no part in any mud- slinging campaign ill never knock anyone who gives of his time particularly the way alf stong has he said stong a liberal currently represents the riding at queens park v r two countrykids and a bottlefed lamb a bottleed lamb may not get theattention it deserves from its raerr 2 stouffville takeoverthe chore the vweek old baby mother but there are always others around willing to lend a hand belongs tojimrae stouffville rr 4 ii here sisters kelly and stacy rae daughters of bob and sharon t yt v r v chamber president custodian s f stouffville march 28 was mr hisey day at summitview public school anevent arrangedby the principal staff and students to honor custodian cliff hisey priori to his retirement carrying his credentials a mop dustpan and broom the caretaker entered the darkened auditorium to the simultaneous greeting of surprise echoed by 450 children tlie initial introduction on stage was performed by sara stover with represen ta tives from each room taking part poems songs and presentations followed all related to the past eleven years mr hisey had spent on the job i principal lonie -boad- way in hisremarks summed up the- custodians diligent service in three words in- dustrious dedicated and pleasant weve grown to know and appreciate all mr hiseys done hereat mitviewj he said much of it without ourasking described his many talents including that of a painter a gardener an electrician and on two occasions a bat- catcher mr hisey has in- fluenced our lives has set an example for all of us were all pleased to call him our friend the principal con cluded he presented him with- a beautiful framed sketch of the school com pleted by stouffville artist john roberts of the high school staff the guest of honor said hed enjoyed his eleven years at summitview ive always been treated with xthe greatest respect by the children and everyone he said a v- stouffville ged storehouse energetic president of the whitchurchstouffyille chamber of commerce will allow his name- to stand- for another term- when the 1 organization holds its annual meeting april 9 in the legion hall at 7301 amain challenge he says is seeing the business im provement area project through to a yisiblestarti want to see it go see it work i feel very v stouffville the librarys a beautiful building but it doesnt have any books this statement was made during budget presentations to council last week justifying an overexpenditure for material costs in 1979 library board represen- tativepaul roneytold council the budgets for working materials- j but 2522906 was actually spent the request forl980 is 30500 included inthis category are books films periodicals cassettes processing binding and reference information councillor jim doble said he thought the increase in the total budget of nearly 15000 a bit much mr roney- at tributed this in part to higher operatingcosts for the building with the outstanding debt being a 16082 net debenture payment because of illness to the chief librarian wage costs have been cut back the board spokesman explained in 1979 the revenue from la tcham gallery was 5635 this year its expected to be 11729 the gallerys operating costs in79 were 287493 t i mayor l a member of the board said the budget had been prepared with much care and consideration the request was referred to committee for further discussion likely strongly about its ideals the project once finalized will make stouffville a better place in which to live to work and to shop he claims however hed like to see it carried even further removal of all overhead wires- would be a major ac complishment ged says hed also like closer cooperation between merchants in- the downtown core and thoseih the plazas we should be one unit he claims theres more to good business promotion than outside appearance however the president stresses hed like to see the i care- idea carried on with- every merchant par ticipating the biggest selling fea tureis service he says we should treat everyone as a special person thei president admits jhv finds it difficult at times to look on outside areas such asvandorf and pine or- chard as part of the total town regardless he says v theres nothing to stop merchants in any hamlet from -joining- if thats their wish we want to do as much for as many as possible the annual membership fee is 30 buyers not kiddjbng stouffville lambs were selling for as high as 119 saturday at the stouffville sales barn and kid goats up to 90 apiece it happens every spring just before easter coowner norm faulkner told the tribune- they fe considered delicacies by many people he saidv last saturday- close to 600 goats and fl50 lambs passed through the ring and all found ready sale some were trucked in from as far distant as north bay and ottawa ztjtt asfor the price norm says he can recall when afull- grown rianriy wouldnt bring morethah twdollars summitview cheerleader stephanie hntchison punts a kiss 5 on the cheek of school custodian cliff hisey at the conclusion of a farewell gathering held in hb honor friday morning 1 i- jim thomas mdfeierp6iii stouffville i m- frequent visitors to the stouff- t villesalesbanare infora i surprisemuchof the interior has been cbmpletelyrenbvated- wimwideraislesimakingit easiertb handle the huge crowds- cr i theres still some work to- if do in the snack bar coowner norm faulkner told the tribune but all should be completed in a couple of weeks the cost has been estimated at 35000 with almost all work being done by local contractors island lake- town planning board has given the green light to a j estate subdivision near the in- tersection of the aurora road and the durhamyork line at island lake no opposition was voiced at a meeting march 25 although contractor archie paterson owner of 700 feet of lake fron tage advised against opening the area to the general public as soon as its turned into a swimming hole therell be parties and rowdiness all times of the night he warned councillor bill kamps claimed any persons willing to invest money in such expensive homes should be accorded privacy there areother 1 locations where people can indulge in summer recreational activities he said he was supported in this by councillor june button however- councillor jim doble disagreed the land he said would be retained in its r natural state but ah access to the lake would be provided for the public he suggested placing large boulders in the water as a deterrent to swimming mrlpatersondoubtedthis would serve any purpose children will simply climb on top and dive off he said thetribune index youthtf page 3 edilorfalxv page 6 around town page 10 sporttl pages 1213 aatjlflet page 1618 eventtpiq s2ii a

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