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plans discussed parkview expansion wht wrtbum a metroland community newspaper vol 94 no 31 whitchurch stouffville november 26 1981 25 cents 20 pages stouffville with a waiting list of more than 400 the board of directors at park view home is thinking seriously of expansion an offer of purchase has been placed on 16 acres of land south of the canadian tire store with frontage on ninth line south the initial phase will likely include rental accommodation with care facilities a possibility later on a decision on whether or not to acquire the site was a main topic of discussion at a meeting nov 17 administrator joe nighswander said the need for care and accommodation is confirmed by the number of applications on file its difficult for us to say no to the many requests we receive from people he said a report on senior citizens residential needs prepared by the region of york confirms the parkview projection that the need of care and accommodation for the elderly will rapidly increase it was explained that several conditions must be met before the purchase can be finalized these include l approval from the ministry of community and social ser vices 2 tentative site ap proval by canada mortgage and housing corporation 3 approval by the mennonite home association 4 arrangement of interim financing the meeting took action to approve purchase of the property now theyll be working towards fulfilling the other- conditions mr nighswander said although we have much work to do we are optimistic that our current effort to provide additional services can eventually become a reality he concluded imp cashel gord lewis and family rr 1 unionville will be adding more ribbons to their collection following successful participation in the 1981 royal agricultural winter fair the lewis clydesdales handled by gord himself along with son stephen daughters kathy and darlene nephew brian and neighbors janice and jill keith rolled up an impressive string of vins categories follow stallion foaled in 81 fourth stallion foaled in 80- fifth stalion foaled in 79 third filly foaled in 81 sixth filly foaled in 80 sixth filly foaled in 79 fourth light draft second registered mares third heavy draft third unicorn hitch fourth fourhorse hitch sixth second sixhorse hitch ressive in jr showmanship janice keith placed second jill keith third and 11 year old brian lewis eighth in the ladies cart class kathy lewis was fifth while comparatively new to heavy horses janice and jill keith are no strangers to the show ring formerly of wiarton they exhibited ponies at the cne while still quite young brian lewis is the son of harry and esther lewis markham rr 2 in theclassfor belgians steven grove son of murray and marian grove stouffville rr 2 made an excellent showing results follow stallion foaled in 81 fourth and sixth stallion foaled in 80 sixth filly foaled in 80 second canadianowned yearling filly second friends reunited at lemonville church anniversary lemonville united church was filled sunday as the congregation celebrated the 20th anniversary of its reopening in 1961 many came from a distance including mary ernstzen left and claude ernstzen right of campbellford and deborah smith centre from ridgeville the guest speaker was former minister rev edward mccrae now of cambray shown here with the present pastor andrew adams jim thomas pheasants stolen markham a variety of thefts are presently under investigation by york regional police twenty fullgrown pheasants are missing from the property of vincent bruzzese 17th avenue rr 2 markham the loss is placed at 100 ron elliott of gormley reported his garden tractor stolen between nov 14 and 21 its value has been estimated at si 600 a ponv owned by nancv kelly lot 22 cone 4 markham was taken during the night nov 16 the loss is valued at 200 on nov 17 snowmobile parts and accessories said to be worth 3150 were stolen from a trailer owned by michael weatherill kennedy road rr 1 unionville to discuss cenotaph stouffville mayor eldred king feels the towns cenotaph could be in a better place but hes not about to say where that place shall be responding to a recom mendation by councillor bill kamps that a site in the con servation area might be ad vantageous mayor king said he thought kamps was thinking of a location beside the mid- town stream rather than a site near the dam king said he wanted to research the minutes to find out how the cenotaph came to be there in the first place regardless he indicated nothing would be done by council without approval of the stouffville legion and the legion ladies auxiliary keith acton burns up ice stouffvilles keith acton of the montreal canadiens has soared to the no 2 position in team scoring with 30 points one back of club leader guy lafleur the hardskating centre turned in his second hattrick performance-of- saturday in montreals 95 victory over pittsburgh penguins he also added three assists this gives him a total of 12 goals and 18 assists ninth best in the nhl he plays on a line with lafleur and steve shutt council favors recreation plan stouffville responding to recom mendations contained in whitchurch stouffvilles culture and recreation master board rejects truck centre ringwood a 7v4 acre property on the southeast corner of hwys 47 and 48 at ringwood will provide some enterprising businessman with valuable exposure on two sides problem is planning board want that exposure to be advantageous to the town and a truck stopservice centre isnt what they have in mind at a meeting last week ron femson of thornhill speaking on behalf of bjordam- men sales limited toronto informed members that in addition to a truck centre the site would also include a restaurant fruit market furniture warehouse and some kind of storage however mayor eldred king for one wasnt imj pressed i dont think thats what were looking for a truck centre isnt what we want at the westerly approach and ring- wood already has two restaurants he said femson explained that a major shopping plaza had been a priority but this too was frowned on by the board he mentioned that dominion stores had indicated some interest in locating there councillor bill kamps said a truck centre would see the air blue with diesel smoke id hate to have this entrance a mishmash of bad planning it would be irritation plus femson said his client had owned the property eight years hes not a speculator he wants it to be attractive maybe even residential he just wants to do something he was instructed by the board to find a singular use for the land columnist stouffville jim sanders councillor ward 6 is submitting a column for publication each week in the tribune does the mayor mind not in the least eldred king said this week he noted however that the writer will be speaking only for himself and not for council it will be strictly his sanders opinion said king the mayor informed the tribune that councillor sanders had told him of his plan before going to the paper king indicated hed be keeping a close eye on the content of each column and would be quick to contact the writer concerning inac curacies big winner at royal markham sixteen year old don smith mccowan road rr 2 markham is the winner of the stewart seeds plaque for his sixrow barley exhibit in 4h field crop com petition at the royal agricultural winter fair in addition don placed second in the world champioa field crop competition it was this same entry that won him a red ribbon at markham fair don a grade 11 student at markham high has his sights set on something related to agriculture following graduation hes been a markham 4h club member six years and an active participant in the crops club due to the fact he was exhibiting at the royal for a first time the win came as quite a surprise barley he explained is judged on three main points color size and uniformity it must also be free of cracked seeds weeds and dirt more awards uxbridge donamerr farms limited of rr 4 ux- bridge is a well known name in percheron show horse circles at the 1981 royal agricultural winter fair don and pam tribbling and family were once again prominent winners topping the list of awards was jr champion fille in a class of twentyone entries in addition donamerr scored a first two seconds a third two fourths a fifth and a sixth plan town council has set the wheels in motion to streamline community centre and recreation boards under a proposed new arrangement the recreation committee as it now stands will be integrated into a larger parks and recreation board comprising 14 members these will include town councillors along with the chairmen and vicechairmen of community centre committees in vandorf ballantrae lemonville and stouffville this board will be responsible for administering the recreation budget as well as implementing new recreational activities across the municipality it will also be in charge of allocating the use of various playing fields said councillor jim san ders it gives us a chance to develop recreation within the town by taking the present structure of administration and fitting it into a new system as recommended in the master plan report the question of changing the present community boards title to that of local advisory committee has been rejected by council calling the move inappropriate councillor tom wood claimed it had an impersonal ring about it that he didnt like with respect to the hiring of a director of recreation mayor eldred king voiced opposition claiming what the town needs is a program co ordinator someone to plan cultural and recreation ac tivities at least six months in advance prior to finalizing these proposals council will meet with the various community boards to discuss the change over at length a date in december has been suggested floodlight power players pay barley scores first sixteen year old don smith rr 2 markham displays a sample of his seed barley that placed first in 4h competition at the royal agricultural winter fair greg coates stouffville beginning next season ball teams will be charged a 5 hourly rate for floodlight use in the stouffville park the decision by the community centre board was contained in a letter to john hutchinson chairman of the recreation committee its not two stores pine orchard the community of pine orchard may get its storeapartment complex after all applicant steve pliakes was back before town plan ning board last week with an ammended proposal calling for two stores and two apartments rather than three of each as originally requested the present zoning allows two stores and one apartment unit pliakes asked for a change he expressed dismay at residents opposition mayor king voiced agreement with the request and his motion carried the applicant will now prepare a site plan for presentation to council known if the boards at vandorf and ballantrae will adopt a similar policy but each will be informed of the action by stouffville taking the added cost into consideration committee member cliff dunkeld claims the expense will increase registration fees by at least 10 in 1982 outreach as a service to ad vertisers the dec 3 issue of the tribune will include 6000 additional copies for distribution throughout the areas of gormley cedar valley mount albert ux- i bridge goodwood clare- mont and brougham the extended reach for one week only will almost double the papers cir culation the added coverage attempted for a first time in october was received so well by both readers and ad vertisers management decided to do it again f