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fcouffeyilui town councilwas given two days to respond to a plebiscite re- quest related to the june 30 closmgoftbehwy481andrillt site i1jyissy t i however it tookmembers more like two minutes to reach a decision definitely no rji t the concerned citizens committee favoring the j uuv30 shutdown of the dumpiv asked town support of a vote so the wishes of the people might be ascertained the appeal submitted be fore a packed chamber jan 11 was later rejected mayor eldred king had made it known earlier he fa- vored an outofcourt set tlement to lock the dump site is one thing but toprovidesafe closure is far riiore strategic he told the rmeetingreading from a v prepared statement he said the monitoring program designed byuhetown jarid- the ministry jwill assure us a safe aquifer and environ menf v he emphatically denied that 750000 tons of additional waste requested bythe dump owners was a com- rr promise the sitewill be closed safely closed he j said theniaydrs statement in- eluded strong criticism of the press and the media he described the coverage as sensational jour nalism i mayor kingsrelyfol lowed a lengthy debate be himself and fran siit tonheadbfthe concerned citizens committee- mrsv sutton urged the mayor toj j renew our faith in the demv t system people think the governmentis for them she said she asked council not to enter into a negotiated settlement until after the resultsof a plebis- citeare kripwn jtijlrj t she estimated this would take up to 90 days c- vsvv couhcilloritomwopd commented that if certain water supplies are already poisoned the date of the dumps shutdown is not im portant what we need is a new water system he said mayorjkingwantedito- knowthe citizensmembershipto whichmrsjsutton replied f several hundred r ii councillor fran sainsbury t expressed a fear that uie dump will affect the town forevereyeryone should do what theytbink is rightj she concluded t vr st oneida silverplate stainless steel flatware sale v ewellers 6404646 24 main w stouffville 2944844 76 main n a metroland community newspaper vol 95 n036 wednesday january 19 1983 28 pages 35 cents stanches aerou canada f mwnbw canada dtqoaa insuranca corporation stars and stripes daily interest savings 81mainslstouffvile 6404000 concerned citizens vows to fight on r stouffville despite councils plans for a negotiated settlement the concerned citizens committee is con tinuing its fight for the june 30 1983 closing of the hwy 48 landfill site this was the shutdown date announced in the legislature last april by environment minister keith norton the citizens group feels there should be no extension the appeal board hearing re sumes today at which time the town is expected to announce approval of a site protection agreement the concerned citizens had requested th settlement be de- jlayed and ttiaf the issue be put to a vote this was denied now- the committee plans toproceed 1 on its own allowing two weeks ifor residents to become better acquainted with the issue a jbaliot will be published in the tribune j fran sutton spokesperson for the citizens said- a result contrary to councils stand twill be submitted to the en vironment minister she said too that a meeting between a committee of town pastors and mr norton is a strong possi bility the time has come for the people to say no to this mer rygofound she continued mrs sutton said shes afraid the extended date will mean no more than previous prom ises the people are bitter and disillusioned she con cluded weve had enough i claim clitics hurting town stouff ville the pack- ed municipal chambers jan 11 wasnt totally indicative of opppsitiontothe jt6knas mayor eldred king and mem bers of councilconsidered a re- quest from the concerned citizens committee to carry out a plebiscite on the the land fill site issue two residents susan myers and ken sandiford made sepa rate presentations expressing support forcouncils action in trying to bring about a safe site closure sandiford a building con- tractor said he found it diffi- world record bloomington the town of whitchurch- stouffville may soon be in cluded in the guiness book of world records if so it will owe the honor to a horse- this week big sid an eightyearold belgian geld ing owned by murray and marian grove of rr 2 stouffville was exposed to an exacting measurement to see if he beats the tallest in the world the current record is 19 hands 1 v4 inches there are four inches in a hand we think hes a little over murray told the tri- bune present for the taping were barbara myers of schomberg secretary of the canadian belgian asso ciation stephen lewis ru 1 unioriville president of the clydesdale association don tribbling of mount albert past the percheron association and town mayor eldred king big sid who rose to prominence during a hockey fundraising exhibit at mar kham fair tips the scales at almost 2700 pounds nowrc- tired he was once a member of the grove familys six- horse team murrayraised him from a foal cult to comprehend how so few people who i will brand as bla tant activists could create so jniichad destructive feeling if they truly believe thereis- such a health hazard why did they movehere and why are they still here he asked they should not be totally bent on destroying what still happens to be a fine community in which to live the speaker said the whole matter should be left in what he described as the capablelhands of the mayor and council sandiford also took a verbal shot at the media suggesting they were interested only in the negative aspects of the case mrs myers claimed that if the wishes of the concerned citizens were to be followed thetown would be left with a mess to clean up and poor water to deal with at taxpayers ex pense ji this group the citizens committee is definitely not speaking for everyone there are two sides to every coin and thats why were here she said we realize we have a prob lem but we dont think its necessary to drag our town- through the mud anymore negotiating for a safe site closure makes more sense than demanding a june site clo sure she said mayor king received the pre sentations viutcommenl 15 mrs win maxwell church street markham woods dorothy binsted nelda grahamand helen maxwell with r 100th birthday in celebration of the occasion friends whom she lives she has eight grandchildren and 15 on jan marked her i and relatives called saturday and sunday to offer congratulations grandchildren including her five daughters left to righomuricl coulson nora jiui thomas mrs william maxwell centennial milestone markham with friends and familypresent it was a memorable weekend for mrs wm maxwell church street markham the occasion was a celebra tion in honor of her 100th birthday her home was fil led with wellwishers both saturday and sunday mrs maxwell the former ida tran was born on the 10th concession of markham and attended mongolia and cedar grove public schools with the exception of a brief period in pickering she has lived her cntire in mar kham the close relationship be- tween mrsmaxwcll and her five daughters is an associa- tion she appreciates all were present saturday at the same time muriel coulson and nora woods both of paradise avenue markham dorothy bin sted toronto nelda gra ham franklin street mar kham and helen maxwell church street markham there are eight grandchil drenbob graham eddie william and susan binsted ann mcarthur frances woods paul coulson and sherry king there are 15 great grandchildrencathy and rob graham mark david scott danny and dougie binsted dawn mcarthur karen singleton mary jamie and peter binsted mathew and andrea pre ntice and sarah coulson a sister mrs fannie sharp lives in sheridan wyoming she called her good wishes by phone other messages of congra- tulations were received from prime minister pier re trudeau opposition leader joe clark premier wm davis mp john gam- blempp don cousens mayor tony roman and members of markham town council mrs maxwell is a member in the congregation of st andrews united church and a charter member of alberta rebckah lodge she enjoys reading watching television and mostof all visiting family members and friends over the years- shes made many quilts and afghans and during the war knit dozens of pairs of socks for theboys overseas the tribune is pleased to join others in extending cbii- i graduations to a wonderful lady on a wonderful weekend in death crash stouffville a charge of criminal negligence has been laid against a whitby man in connection with the traffic death jan 9 of edward thor- nhill 60 of boyer st stouff- ville mr boyer was killed instant ly when the truck he was driv- ingwas in collision with another vehicle on brock rd north of highway 2in pick ering v charged is aaron ralph per- rywho is already facing driving charges in two other matters y according to police the acci- dent occured when a car travelling in the wrong lane struck the northbound thor- nhiltvehicie i mr thornhill was on his way f home from roadway transport inoshawawhereihed been remployedfor 14 years k he and hiswifestepahnie had resided in stouffville for 25 years tv v 31 ill 4 markham probably the strongest balance sheet in the his tory of markham fairthat is how chartered accountant ed bobct of the auditing firm of eliott bobet and company de scribed the 1982 financial state ment of thcmarkham and east york agricultural society the annual meeting was held wednesday night net profit on the year was placed at 61868 an increase of over 52000 v a record attendance plus an in- creased admission price brought in 173345 the concessions in- eluding the midway and commer cial exhibits exceeded 58000 entry fees and memberships- 10266 raccs6640 and rentals- 30281 banquets and dances in- eluding a successful fair queen contest realized li690 while earnings were up by bill walker heft immediate past president of i at the conclusion of the almost 65000 there was also an the markham and east york agricultural socle- annual meeting jan 12 uy- increase in expensesabout ty markham fair presenu the gavel to his snej ci- v rr 20000 a iotal of 60336 was paid out in prizes alone president william bill wal ker in his address to the mem bership attributed the success of markham fair to a deep and manifest commitment to the pur pose and goals of this agricultu ral society referring to the fairs place within the commun ity president walker said in- creased urbanization only serves to heighten the mandate to bridge the gap between rural and urban producer and consumer bloomington a bioomington area man serving the role of a good samaritan was injured fri- day night in a freak accident on ninth line north whitch- urchstouffvillc v dennis sainsbury rr 2 stouffville was struck on the head byaguywircwhilc directing traffic at the scene of asihglecarcollision v r the impact knocked him to the road inflicting lacera tions to his face healso suf- fered concussion the motorist who- hit the wire and inflicted the injury did not stop xmr sainsbury was taken byambulance toscarbor- dugh centenary hospital wherehe remained until tuesday fortreatment and observation xa j y i j