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centres cost major concern wht wrtbum a metroland community newspaper vol 19 no 23 whitchurch stouffville september 30 1981 25 cents 20 pages stouffville how much will it cost and how will we pay for it the question related to a proposed whitchurch- stouffville community centre complex came up time and time again at a public meeting here sept 24 purpose of the gathering was to discuss recom mendations contained in a recently completed culture and recreation master plan the study costing 26000 was necessary so the municipality can benefit from future wintario grants the total project estimated at 3v million would include an indoor pool an arena a teen centre a community centre a health club a racquet ball court plus improvements to soccer and ball facilities in stouffville ballantrae and lemonville the recommended site is ten acres across from the high school between edward street and ninth linenorth throughout the evening several made mention of costs claiming the expense could pose a financial burden on some taxpayers a gormley area resident claimed that stouffville was getting everything and that com munities like pine orchard and cedar valley had been totally ignored fred galloway a professional planner explained that stouffvilles geographic location in one corner of the municipality made distribution of facilities dif ficult he noted that almost half the towns population resided in this single urban centre the poll every second home conducted across the municipality showed anxiety for the plight of young people between the ages of 12 and 19 galloway said he described it as a dominant concern he criticized the towns recreation program as being fragmented with no one assuming a leadership roll because of this a director of recreation was given high priority galloway advised against spending more money on the present arena claiming it not economically sound he suggested also that two ice pads were not presently required but one could be added to the new facility when needed he said he liked the ed ward streetninth line site due to its proximity to the high school near the conclusion of the discussion daphne goldman elm road stouffville voiced disgust at the negative at titudes of some speakers she pointed to the possibility of a major breakdown at the arena and the likelihood that both uxbridge and markham could ban nonresident use of their facilities thus placing whit- churchstouffville in a serious predicament for once lets support something positively and get moving on this thing she urged her remarks received enthusiastic applause culture recreation town decision 82 afri aaijmuit jj stouffville the direction council will go with respect to meeting culture and recreation needs in whit- churchstouffville is a decision members must make early in 1982 mayor eldred king told the tribune this week he emphasized the fact that whatevers decided it must be based on what the municipality needs rather than what it wants theres justification for taxing people on what is required but not on what is desired he said he considers an arena and an indoor pool high priorities actually we need everything the study recom mends mayor king said but i dont want it to be a burden on the taxpayers with a wintariogrant he estimates the total cost in cluding capital and main tenance would represent an additional 65 per 20000 assessment mayor king admits a concern over resentment to the fact the majority of new facilities will be located in stouffville if the former village was more centrally located say at the intersection of bloomington road and warden avenue thered be no problem he said in an effort to alleviateany animosityhe feels a twolevel user fee scale could be adopted giving some relief to those who would receive minimal benefit from the facilities an absence of 37 years from competetive plowing didnt prevent wilfred ferguson of rr 2 stouffville from staging a comeback at the north york branch match saturday sharing a team and plow with neighbor and fellow competitor murray grove the two turned excellent lands despite inclement weather wilf also plans to attendthe international near barrie this week but only as a spectator jim thomas poison chemicals found at dump test wells stouffville a committee organized to fight expansion of the york sanitationlandfill siteanc protect stouffvilles water supply no longer accepts test findings as provided by the environment ministry its doing its own fran sainsbury told the tribune that with every 100 raised the committee checks the water purity of another well proceeds from a recent yard sale and bake sale were used for this purpose as to who is doing the testing mrs sainsbury would say only that its an independent laboratory veteran plowman viv makes comeback whitchurch a persistent rain saturday failed to deter the enthusiasm of 27 participants in the 59th annual norm york plowing match on the elward farm kennedy road whitchurch- stouffville much of the interest was focussed on one plowman who after 37 years attempted a comeback in the lone class for horses wilfred ferguson ninth line north was last a com petitor when the match was held at bob timbers farm main street west in the mid- 40s on saturday he shared a team of belgians owned by his neighbor murray grove both men plowed lands with murray stouffville a concentration of deadly poison identified as pcbs polychlorinated biphenyls has been discovered at a depth of sixty feet on the property of york sanitations controversial landfill site north of the bloomington road east of hwy 48 the disclosure was made public by waste management of canada incorporated parent company of york sanitation in the form of a written statement sept 24 it reads in part we have discovered a waste that our neighbors and the public in general should be made aware of there is a concentration of pcbs on the site we are working with the ministry in order to determine in more detail the quantities of the pcbs and their location this chemical deposit used in industrial insulation is attributed by the company to the dumping of bulk liquid waste at this location prior to 1972 before waste management inc came on the scene according to the statement migration the spread of the poison will not occur the whitchurch- stouf fville water supply is in no danger of contamination it said the firm has suggested that rather than attempt to remove the chemical it should be left where it is anne gagnon one of several leaders in the anti- dump campaign claims the company is just now telling the people what many have suspected all along how much more is known and not being told she asked while claiming she does n t wish to be an alarmist fran sainsbury says she cant minimize the seriousness of the situation she recalled that back in 1974 the town was assured there were no pcbs at the site the head pins have now come forward with a statement so we couldnt ac cuse them of coverup she said she said many people had moved to stouffville because of its artesian water supply all were trying to do is protect what we now have the dumps in the wrong location mrs sainsbury claims a hookup with a water source from metro is not a satisfactory alternative the cost she estimates at 25 million as for a decision on the application for expansion mrs sainsbury expects that to be handed down the second week in october burn church mortgage markham it was back in 1971 that the sanctuary of grace anglican church was constructed at 19 parkway avenue markham the cost was 96000 on sunday ten years later the mortgage was burned in a ceremony attended by arch bishop lewis gainsworthy of toronto more than 500 were present archbishop gainsworthy delivered the message and assisted in the burning of the mortgage along with rev thomas greene the congregations pastor and church wardens gordon case and russell weeks other participants in cluded dorothy russell of markham and john armstrong of locust hill it was mrs russells grandfather who owned the land where the present church is situated and it was mr armstrongs great grandfather capt wm arm strong who donated the property 135 years ago where the original church stood the site was on the north side of hwy 7 west of hwy 48 both mrs russell and mr armstrong are longtime parishioners at grace anglican church placing first and wilf second you can be away from it for awhile but you never quite forget mr ferguson told the tribune he recalled taking part in the international at langstaff around n he travelled the distance by team and wagon going back a second time because the first day was rained out his father the late peter ferguson usually accompanied him he said it wasnt unusual to start out at four oclock in the morning to reach the site on time when horse travel proved out of the question teams were provided by the association to enter saturdays match wasnt a snap decision he said id been thinking about it for quite awhile the sight of the grove belgians in the field next to his house put him in the mood ive handled horses all my life i wanted to try it one more time he said the team he said performed very well the veteran plowmanwas contd page b9 set deadline stouffville oct 9 is dday as far as the dulverton development is concerned tenders for the addition to stouffvilles sewage plant will be opened oct 8 mayor eldred king told the tribune that council is anticipating the necessary funding from dulverton to cover a major portion of the project everythings proceeding towards that date he said the total expenditure is expected to be around 19 million the plant will be designed to handle the dulverton scheme plus about l50opeople at that time the midtown stream will be monitored to find out how much treated effluent it can handle mayor king explained with respect to stouffville hooking into the big pipe the linkup would have to be ex tended south to 14th avenue feeder lines extending south to markhams 16th avenue wouldnt be adequate to serve the towns needs the mayor said own destiny guest of honor at birthday celebration walter davis formerly of park drive stouffville and now at parkview home was the guest of honor sunday afternoon at the silver jubilee club the occasion was his 90th birthday more than 100 friends and relatives were present including his ten year old step great- granddaughter julie whynot of ottawa mr davis has a son morley at utica and a daughter effie in markham jim thomas stouffville the slowgrowth edict for whit- churchstouffville isnt etched in stone mayor eldred king told the tribune this week if we wish to develop beyond the 20000 population figure by the year 2000 theres nothing to say this cant be done mayor king said council would have to make application to queens park through york region for permission to ignore previously established guidelines its up to council to decide the limits we wish placed on growth he said mayor king said that in conversations hed had with people hed concluded that most residents dont want the town to beome part of metropolitan toronto fair days markham the 126th annual markham fair rolls into high gear thursday today and continues through sunday till 6 pm the 1981 president is dennis seeley of unionville if good weather prevails crowds in excess of 100000 are expected saturday has been proclaimed east york day at the fair special guest at the official ceremony 12 15 pm will be alan redway the mayor of east york an antique aircraft flypast will preceed this event at 12 noon a bus service will be provided from stouffville to the grounds saturday and sunday leaving from main and stouffer streets success plaza with pickups along main street departure hours saturday are 1030 am and 740 pm with return trips at 730 pm and 1130 pm on sunday the bus will leave at 1230 pm and return at six the exact fare is fifty cents adults twentyfive cents children 6 to 15 years and twentyfive cents for senior citizens u wj i