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propose community centre stouffville a new community centre complex to include an indoor pool an ice arena a teen centre a com munity centre a health club with saunas and showers a racquet ball court and other facilities has been recom mended for whitchurch- stouffville the proposal is one of several contained in a draft culture and recreation master plan placed before a com mittee meeting sept 9 public discussion related to it is scheduled for the ballantrae and vandorf community centres thursday tonight at 730 pjn with a wrapup meeting sept 24 in the high school fifty per cent of the towns people were polled project manager fred galloway said with 24 per cent submitting replies cost of the study has been placed at 26000 with half being paid for by wintario and half by the town highest on the priority list is a movie theatre with an indoor pool second and a roller skating rink third a new arena rated sixth and a curling rink ninth recommended as a site for the centre is property between edward street and ninth line north much of this land is owned by the york county board of education a major complex is the obvious path to follow galloway said he advocated the dismantling of the present arena and the existing outdoor pool a major investment in this facility the arena isnt warranted galloway ad vised he described the floor in the building as bad as for the pool the survey showed more than 250 going to markham and over 50 to ux- bridge private backyard pools are also popular here he said considerable concern was expressed over a lack of ac tivity for young people par ticularly those between the ages of 12 and 19 galloway said a teen centre for both formal and informal programs would help solve this problem he stated recommended but con sidered a low priority is the re development of latcham hall into an arts and crafts centre plus a place for meetings and receptions the study suggests that a kitchenette and washrooms be added to the senicr citizens building at ballantrae the project manager raised a few eyebrows when he recommended the scrapping of the arena board the recreation committee and the community centre boards and the setting up of advisory committees at ballantrae lemonville and vandorf he further suggested that the library board the latcham gallery committee and the museum board be disbanded and replaced by a library and cultural services board galloway came down hard on the arena board and the arenas operation calling it narrow in scope the board he said attempts to operate at a breakeven point providing nothing that costs money this statement was countered by mayor eldred king who insisted the facility is available to anyone who wants to use it at no charge galloway described the towns parks and recreation program as disorganized at the same time he praised the high profile achieved through cultural services whit- churchstouffville is opposite to most communities he said he advocated the hiring of a recreation director and the acquisition of more professional staff but not to take over unless the volunteer system fails lht wribum a metroland community newspaper vol 19 no 21 whitchurch stouffville september 17 1981 25 cents 16 pages the recreation com mittees be said appear to have nothing new to offer theyve gone dry he said many who responded to the survey complimented the work of the town band because of this galloway recommended the erection of a modest band shell in the stouffville park where regular concerts could be held the project manager praised the towns soccer organization and called for two new fields in stouffville and improvements to the one at ballantrae keith sutherland com mittee chairman at the local level said he isnt anticipating major changes in the plan even after the public meetings as to criticism he suggested we all knew wed get a shot in the rear end when we obtained an outside appraisal but thats how a town grows mayor says plan fine but go slow stouffville mayor eldred king says he accepts the overall concept as set out in whitchurchstouffvilles proposed culture and recreation plan but believes the town should proceed gradually rather than burden taxpayers with a heavy capital debt admitting that the 3360000 estimate for a new community centre complex was less than expected he pointed out hed still be hesitant to approve an expenditure of such size when many people are struggling to meet mort gage payments the anticipated operating deficit in the first year he said would be 540000 or almost double the present budget the mayor expressed no surprise that an indoor pool was given close to top priority by the people surveyed he stressed however that the present arena is by far the most pressing problem we have a facility thats worn out he said king argues against a full- time recreation director as advocated in the plan instead hed prefer a parttime program coordinator possibly a university student to handle the position several of the recom mendations the mayor regards as rather blunt he feels the various community centre boards serve a useful purpose as presently constituted by relegating them to an advisory role he claims members will become disillusioned and resign he also takes exception to criticism of the arena board calling the comments unfair the facility he says would be better utilized if the floor was in better repair as to the towns rural area mayor kmg feels the plan virtually ignores the communities of pine orchard and vandorf they should also be involved he said but most of all he ex- pressed concern over any system that could lessen the role of the volunteer i dont want to see ones initiative destroyed he said hes afraid that by consolidating present culture and recreational services this could come about juvenile crime offenders iani courts york region an increase in juvenile crime described by authorities as alarmingi is causing con cern within the york regional police department plus added expense to the administration of justice in the area incidents of vandalism are up as well as crime of a more serious nature including break and entries thefts and drug possession according to j p patricia evershed the administrator at juvenile and family court newmarket the work load is increasing steadily an ad ditional judge has been assigned and their time schedule has been upped from two days a week to three the police mrs evershed said are making trips to the jarvis street juvenile detention centre every day to handle young offenders placed in custody police chief bruce crawford cant quote statistics but hes very much aware of the crime increase involving juveniles a safety bureau was established to visit schools in the region and a youth bureau was set up to deal with problems involving offenders under the age of sixteen still the juvenile crime rate keeps climbing terrys run never stops twentytwo year old carrie purcell left of mccowan road rr 2 markham is the 1981 queen of markham fair she was crowned by last years winner sue field at a ceremony saturday night carrie will represent the fair at the miss cne competition in 82 family cheering section crown fair queen markham twentytwo year old carrie purcell of mccowan road rr 2 markham brought along her own cheering section for the queen of markham fair competition saturday night parents lionel and rita pur cell brothers mark and blair and sister holly and their pride showed through as sue field the queen of 1980 placed the crown on carries head the two are close friends carrie a graduate of lamoreaux collegiate and seneca college is employed in the research wing of sunny- brook hospital toronto in terests include reading hiking swimming baking and showing ponies at markham fair her fathers been a shetland and welsh pony exhibitor at the fair for years carrie was selected from eleven entries her attendants are vicki taylor 20 zephyr and laurl wigg 19 of village parkway unionville other participants were cheryl morrison stouffville cheryl moore unionville joanne warne markham karen ambrose unionville carol hansplant markham michele foreman markham debbie penrose markham and cindy hoover markham contest judges were jeanne scargall jennie mann and bill walker fair president dennis seeley complimented last years queen on the way she had performed her duties both during fair days last fall and at the cne whether in the company of young people her own age or attending meetings called by the board she lent a dignity to the occasion he said he presented her with a plaque in recognition of her reign two former fair queens attended the event martha mulholland barron 1973 and marilyn ilott 1979 music for dancing was provided by an orchestra of physicians name of the band is on call mcimoiiite churches sponsor festival pioneer village saturday is mennonite festival day at black creek pioneer village steeles avenue and jane street the gates open at ten with the quilt auction starting at 1230 all proceeds are directed to relief work overseas the chairperson this year is mrs paul burkholder markham rr 1 supporting area congregations include the wideman hagerman steeles avenue and cedar grove mennonite churches stouffville gormley and markham missionary churches heise hill bretherninchrist church stouffville there was no terry fox run in stouffville last weekend but this didnt stop several residents from participating elsewhere dr bill murphy main street west travelled to newmarket and took part in the event there he covered the 6 2 mile route in 53 minutes raising 47300 mrs jacob baker tenth line south went to uxbridge sunday and walked the 10 kilometer distance in two hours her pledges totalled 7500 the staff and students grades 4 to 6 at st marks school stouffville staged a run of their own monday the five kilometer trek took them three times around the soccer field high school computer era i 4h delegate seventeen year old nancy darling loretta crescent stouffville will represent ontario at a national 4h conference in washington dc next spring nancy was selected following interviews conducted at a provincial gathering in guelph last july stouffville stouff ville dist secondary school has entered the computer era computer science and word processing are now being taught at the grade 12 level with several students from grade 11 also enrolled staff instructors are don hamilton head of the mathematics department and dorothy reynolds in business education principal michael muir told the tribune that the business world is now demanding trained computer personnel and the school must provide this instruction eventually he feels computers and word processors will be used by every grade mr muir admitted that the eleven units now installed had used up most of his 198182 capital budget young goodwood athletes honored iva buchanan left and terry reesor right were recipients of the 1981 lynn jackson memorial awards at a ceremony in the good wood park friday night both iva and terry enjoyed excellent softball seasons with their respective teams don jackson lynns father made the presentations jim thomas then over to the conservation dam and back those with an extra supply of energy were encouraged to add five more kilometers to their totals in 1980 whitchurch-stouff- ville raised over 20000 in a terry fox campaign theres talk of revitalizing that event in 1982 precision skaters stouffville a precision figure skating team for stouffville its true providing a minimum of twelve skaters sign up today registrations are being accepted at latcham hall from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm we are hoping for an enthusiastic response from both present and former club members executive carol boyd told the tribune it promises to be both com petitive and fun for real stouffville the- scene was like something out of a btype movie except the action was for real the fracas occurred around 11 pm friday when according to police a man and woman became involved in an argument at 295 main street west the woman was allegedly thrown to the floor and assaulted she later ran from the residence onto the road with her assailant in hot pursuit officers arrived and the man was arrested however he managed to struggle free and escape he was then arrested a second time taken to 19 division at newmarket and held for a bail hearing monday was scott dingwall 28 of stouffville