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r vjhsi oneida silverplate stainless steel s flatware sale f an i it i 6404646 24 main w stouffville 2944844 76 mann markham a metroland community newspaper wednesday january 12 1983 26 pages 35 cents bandits aoott canada momtxi canada dpott bwanc cetptf on glcs rrsps rjlosps stars and stripes daily interest savings 81 main st stouffvffle 6404000 jshellhelp you keep in shape gabrielle st george proprietor of dance aero bics by gabrielle started classes at the markham community centre on highways 48 and 7 last monday evening gabrielle has signed up participants from markham unionville and stouffville and twice a week mondays and wednesdays they will go through their paces a second session will start on jan 31 gabrielle hopes to also start classes in richmond hill barrie and mississauga sjoerd witteveeh citizens urge vote stouffville the con cerned citizens committee feels there should be no deal by the municipality with re spect to the june 30 closing of the landfill site council on the other hand argues that only throughnego tiations can permanent protec tion be assured the committee is asking the issue be put to a vote pi the peo ple in the form of a plebiscite if turned down theexecutive is willing to go italone tragic crash stouffville yet another motor vehicle crash has inflicted tragedy on a well- known family here edward thornhill boyer street stouffville was killed instantly on the brock road north of hwy 2 in pickering sunday when according to police his northbound pickup truck was hit headon by a car travelling in the wrong traffic lane mr thornhill was on his way home after completing the afternoon shiftat roadway transport oshawa where hed been an employee 14 years he was alone at the time ed and stephanie thornhill moved to stouffville 25 years ago he was a devoted family man who gave freely of his time as a hockey and softball coach while his three sons bob bill and bruce were involved in minor sports bill now resides at goodwood bob and bruce at edmonton alberta both brothers flew home from the west to attend the funeral for their father held monday from the oneill chapel stouffville rev cecil tiller of stouffville united church was in charge with spring interment stouff ville cemetery such a decision was approved unanimously at an executive meeting monday night the town has been given until jan 13 to respond if the committees request is rejected the executive plans to publish- a ballot inthejan19 issue of the tribune the result will be made known to council feb 1 in the meantime the town will be asked to refrain from signing any negotiated agree ment until after all ballots have been counted fran sutton of the concerned citizens claims the committee has been assured by lawyers that such a plebiscite is within councils jurisdiction prepare brigade ballantrae whitch- urchstouffvilles auxiliary fire brigade to operate out of a re furbished garage north of mus- selmans lake should be set to go by feb 1 thats the target date estab lished by chief walter smith repair work on the tanker truck is almost complete chief smith told the triliune however he wants the volun teers to participate in a few dry runs beforefacingthe real thing mayor eldred king said an announcement will carried in the newspaper telling resi dents of ballantrae and mussel- mans lake what action to take should a fire occur in their area the same phonenumber will be used 6401111 with units from stouffville providing backup on every call for the time- being mayor king said east gwillimbury mount albert will continue to service a rural section of town to the north heart fund ask support stouffville febru ary is heart month across canada here in whitch- urchstouffvillc campaign chairman gail richards and lovanna sanders president of the stouffville chapter of the canadian heart founda tion are gearing up for a doortodoor canvass thrt hopefully will raise in excess of 10000 to reach this goal requires the help of about 140 people including 20captains and vmbre 100 canvassers mrs richards said the sale of roses tusually the weekend before valentines day gives the fund a big boost she explained ursula oconnor is again in charge of this project mrs richards praised the cooperation of campaign workers and the generosity of town residents in spite of economically tough times the response has been mar vellous she said a luncheon marking the campaigns start will be held jan 20 at the home of lovanna sanders 29 obrien avenue stouffville beginning at 1 pm fran sainsbur resigns stouffville fran sainsbury a leader on the executive of the concerned citizens committee since the organization was estab lished has submitted her resignation effective jan 5 1983 mrs sainsbury now a ward 4 councillor has re tained her membership in the group however in response the commit tees executive has issued the following statement in the fornrofa- letter itreads in part the concerned citizens thank you mrs sainsbury for the invaluable contribu tion you have made espe cially for your relentless efforts to attain the technolo gical knowledge needed by the little people tofight a multinational corporation over the years the name of fran sainsbury has been linked with the battle against stouffvilles infamous dump the townspeople should be aware by now that our municipal council is ready to sign a deal with waste management in corporated which involves a lot of things we have been fighting for but also the very things wehave been fighting agairistrnamelyythe dump- ing of almost one million tons more garbagein the next three years the concerned citizens urge you tired though you may be to press for closure by june 30 1983 that is the only moral deci sion hat can be accepted health study not valid stouffville a plebis cite related to the hwy 48 land fill site wouldnt be worth the paper its written on mayor eldred king told the tribune this week he said he could nev er condone such a thing it would be meaningless he stated mayor king said that to his knowledge such a vote could only be held on matters pertain ing to the liquor control act or monetary issues otherwise he said a private members bill would have to be put through parliament king says he believes council is going the right route in nego tiating an acceptable settle ment rather than risk a nega tive decision by the appeal board he intimated that fol lowing the towns presenta tion jan 19 he may call a press conference to better ex plain the municipalitys posi tion stouffville dr ronald lees director of the health resource centre at queens university kingston claims theres no cause for panic following release of a health study report related to 50 families in whitchurch- stouffville and a like number in east gwillimbury at the same time he admits to higher incidents of certain ypes of cancer locally that point to a need for a more con centrated investigation by the environment ministry dr john hodgkinson york regions associate medical officer of health was more guarded in his statement claiming the numbers involved were too small to draw any con clusions when asked to be more specific he replied theres every reason to look damn hard at a situation where a landfill site is located over an aquifer dr hodgkinson said he was convinced earlier that a fullscale examination should be undertaken by the ministry the cost has been estimated at a halfmillion dollars with the project extending over a period of four to five years when questioned concerning the time period four to five years dr hodgkinson said anything gross would show up long before that we wont use the people of whitchurch- stouffville as guinea pigs he stressed i cannot say that the illness pattern is as it should be dr leesstatcd there may be something-uriusuarltappen- ing a major study he said would confirm this within a year something must be done and done quickly to clarify the situation he stated however that at present residents here shouldnt be unduly alarmed md surely drink your water dr hodgkinson described the cooperation of the 50 select families asexcellent he said records maintained by 16c- alphysicianswerealsovery complete the pilot study was done by a queens university research team under the ddirection of dr robert steele and dr lees house fire pet budgies saved lives community an estimated iso family relatives and friends residents harold heise rightpresented mr and attended a farewell gathering at the victoria mrs doner with a beautiful oil painting that they square community centre thursday in honor of will take to their new homeat gowanstown near lloyd and dorothy doner lifelong gormley area listowel jim thomas m whitchurch a whitch- urchstouffville couple and a family friend owe their lives to a pair of pet budgies that sound ed the alarm when fire broke out in their bethesda road home early sunday morning the birds chatter awoke bruce nay lor a weekend visi- tor at the residence of jim and carole pender he aroused his hosts both asleep downstairs they had time only to report the blaze and escape outside they were really screeching mrs pender told the tribune in recalling the noise made by the budgies except for them wed all be dead according to chief walter smith the blaze started in an area of the ceiling where pipes from a wood stove enter the threat stouffville intensive investigation by officers of york regional police has led to the arrest of two men one of whom has been charged with break enter arid theft extor tion and possession of stolen property valued in excess of 200 the case began to unfold fol lowing a breakin at cards pro v hardwaremain street stouff ville nov 30 television and stereo equipment were stolen along with a quantity of cash on jan 4 steven edward muirhead 18 of elm road stouffville was arrested at his home later officers learned the youth had been threatened with injury if he refused to co operate in theoffence this information prompted officers to travel to sunderland in durham region where a search was conducted at the re sidence of kenneth mcginty age 27 there ome of the stolen property was recovered and further charges were laid v i second floorfortunately wen dy keenan upstairs- tenant was away two of her three cats suffocated in the thick smoke one cat three dogs and the two birds were saved mrs pender recently re leased from hospital following surgery said the two men attempted to reach the upstairs apartment but were driven back by heat time of the fire was placed at 640 am the property east of hwy 48 is the former fred mortson farm the present owner is roy ball of sloane a venue toronto v three units were despatched to thesceric chief smith said including the departments combination pumpertanker purchased recently it half paid foritself right there smith said at least we didnt run out of water to stdr on tv stouffville the popular television program new faces aired on chchtv hamilton every sunday will hold special in terest for whitchurch- stouffville viewers feb 6 participants from this area will includethe silver jubilee club kitchen band under the direction of sara pegg the cadicux faltiily ted jim mike and trudy jean hammond geoff til ler- anne christie pam lewis and shari hutchinson show time is 530 pm new faces had its be ginning in the ottawa valley region ten years ago its now entering its fifth season on chchtv advanced tap ing for the whitchurch- stouffville show was com pleted jan 9 r mttmtmm mtmmm