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i j- at last 4 days for fttt hog cbteklug a polbblog t jewellers free for month of february vol 95 no41 wednesday february 23 1983 i34 pages 35cents gits rrsjrjloaps stats and stripes daily interest savings 81 maii st stoufhnie t- 64mo0o i pip in fourphase town complex stouffville -i- a large and attentive audi ence attended a parks and recreation board open house at latcham hall monday to hear committee proposals for a new arena complex provisional plans recom mend the project be erected on the east side of ninth line north with the contract divided into four stages phase one provides for a 40000 square foot arena with provisions for a second icepad at a later date and parking facilities for 100 cars estimated cost is placed at 2 100000 plus pre- paratory expenses of 147000 pte chris jackson army diver is missing stouffville for five days charles and carole jackson have been waiting by the phone for word any word on the fate of their eldest son up until late tuesday afternoon no thing had come through on the success or failure of a search for 21yearold christopher jackson mis sing in cultus lake van couver island where hed taken part in a military training exercise chris is a member of the canadian army engineering corps and an experienced scuba diver according to information telephoned through from the forces base at chilli- 1 wack pte jackson failed to surface followingwhat was described as a- routine dive thursday night a was started immediately and has been going on ever since enlisting back in november 1980 life in the forces has been chriss first love he trained first at cornwallis thenwas transferred to chilliwack in feb 1981 he continually placed at the top of his class in qualifying exams he was last home to attend his sis ters wedding in december he loved what lie was doing carole told the tri bune he was also aware of the risks she said the di ving exercise thursday was not to exceed fifty feet it was the base padre who contacted rev- cecil tiller of stouffville united church during the early hours of friday morning rev tiller called on mr and irs jackson at their home carole told of the respect held for chris by base per sonnel several of his friends had phoned- from chilliwack expressing con cern townsfolk too have been very kind she said charles and carole have two other sons tim 20 and douglas 15 and one daugh ter anna mrs michael smart all of stouffville million property whitchxjr ch whats a million maybe not so much when you consider what it buys for example two properties on the bethesda road west of hwy 48 are listed at close to this figure one can be purchased for 1475000 and the other for 935000 the million plus residence includes considerable acreage over on woodbine avenue a property of just- under 100 acres is priced at 1300000 real estate is bounc ing back a local agent told the tribune she attributed the sales re vival mainly to lower in terest rates phase two would see the addition of a community centre to accommodate 420 people cost is estimated at 450000 for the 45000 square foot addition plus ex penses of 31000 an indoor swimming pool is included in the plans at a cost of 82000 the pool area scheduled as phase three will cover 10000 square feet with the pool it self measuring 45 x 75 feet a fitness centre in phase four would accommodate squash courts and other keepfit facilities including change rooms with an area of 4500 squarefeet esti mated cost is 270000 the 25acre site would also provide four soccer pitches and three ball di amonds parks and recreation chairman john hutchinson who along with chief libra rian george schlukbier outlined the proposals re minded the audience that plans are only tentative and could be changed if pub- lic opinion deemed this necessary mayor eldred king was asked how long it would take to complete the complex and how much it would cost on the average tax bill mayor king suggested a tenyear construction period he explained that the cost per capita had not been arrived at as there wedding party of 65 years ago reunited sunday was a memorable occasion for mr and mrs edwin byer parkview home stouffville a gather ing of family members in celebration of their 65th wed ding anniversary the reunion was made even more memorable by the presence of their wedding atten dants annie grove left parkview apartments stouffville and reuben meyer right north mar- kham the gathering was held at the home of mr and mrs arthur byer rr 2 markham jim thomas weretoomany-jntangi- rv- j-v- nwiiefeaaacravcsllllitnitview are nnf vpt pprfain as tn wuiuihaw v iv ww are not yet certain as to what grants are available he said he readily admitted that cost to the taxpayer was his greatest concern on completion of the prop- osal the audience met with membersoftown council and the parks and recrea tion committee to express various points of view several voiced dissatisfac tion with the lack of prog ress during the past twelve months also they had hoped the presentation would have adopted a more positive approach the question of the pre sent arenas future was raised a number of times however the audience was told the buildings fate would not be decided until later students in movie stouffville stouff ville may not have a movie theatre but its not lacking in locales for movie and television sites the littlest hobo of tv fame has several times wended his way along town streets in search of various miscreants while suzanne somers of movie stardom has been up and down these same sidewalks as well with cameras always in con stant pursuit this week it was movie time again with summit- view public school the loca tion for the dino laurentis production dead zone which despite its new hampshire setting is being shot entirely in canada niagaraonthelake is where the majority of scenes are being filmed but king city and now stouff ville have come in for their share of footage too the sites are selected by the location manager after con siderable searching for stouffville york regional police are on the lookout fora wouldbe arsonist who during the night of feb 16 tried unsuc cessfully to start a fire in side the home of donald holt 143 hawthorne ave- nue stouffville evidence at the scene in dicated a lighted match had been thrown through a base- ment window a blaze was started in debris on the floor near the furnace but fortu nately the owner spotted it in time and put it out a part- box of matches was found outside passes service willbe held wednesday at 2 pm from the oneill funeral chapel stouffville for harold cat- ton rnpert avenue follow- ing his passing feb 21 in scarborough centenary hospital he was 77 arson theft from school three stouffville area teens were scheduled to appear in court feb 21 fol lowing an alleged breakin at the high school last month charged with theft under 200 were robert stanley jesseman 19 of main street east stouffville shawn missen 18 of rr 3 clarcmont and todd marsh- man 17 of north street stouffville possessed narcotics three youths two from the stouffville area and one from clarcmont will appear in newmarket court feb 28 charged with possession of narcotics their arrest occurred af ter police arrived at a res tauranttavern on woodbine avenue in markham one of the three ran from the pre- mises but was later apprehended charges range from possession of marijuana and hashish to escape custody video fraud a 23yearold man of no fixed address has been- charged with obtaining a vhs video and two casset tes from stouffville sound and music by using a false identification the same ac cused is also charged with theft of an 800 video recor der from vip video hwy 7 unionville usinga stolen identrty in addition to these offences he faces narcotics charges in another occurr ence what is felt closest to the ex act locale required on monday that locale was summitview school and the grade 7 classroom of heather campbell there among klcig lights and cameras- the students listened to their new teacher actor christ opher walken as he delved into their lesson that day the tales of fantasy and mystery of new england writers washington irving and edgar allan poe the film directed by toronto native david croncnberg revolves around the life of teacher walken who after five years in a coma returns en dowed with mysterious powers of clairvoyancy be cause of this hes able to foretell what could be some bizarre happenings on the part of the countrys presi dent the latter is played by martin sheen one of the stars of apocalypse now it makes for some excit ing moments but monday except for a slight change of pace things werent all that hectic around the school its not too much dif- no concern it followed him to church one day the story of mary and her little lamb is known to most children it followed her to school on sunday one like it accompanied lome grove of rr 2 markham to the widcman mennonite church lome used the pet to tell a childrens story during the morning service needless to say they held the boys and girls attention jim thomas dicksons hill de spite the fact attendance at dicksons hill school has reached an alltime high of 429 principal douglas win ger isnt alarmed no problems is the way he describes the situa tion with additional facili ties and staff hes certain they can handle the steadily soaring enrolment a new school is- proposed for the mint leaf subdivision of northcast markham some time in 84 of the 429 attending now 375 come from markham three portable classrooms have been pressed into ser vice and two additional teachers have been hired angela darmoshas junior and intcrmediatefrench grade 6 english and grade 5 math paul widcman has a grade 3 class plus social science in grade 5 vera kcarns is assisting as a teachers aid in kinder garten mr winger praised the cooperation shown by pa rents theyve been very supportive he said he said the house league system introduced last fall is working very well cap tains include pamela powell and brent dawkins marsha miller and paul brown annika hannan brian lewis and barric otter karen lanning and david chilvers in addition tobaskctballvollcyballand floor hockey the school has a mixed choir a stamp club and a horticultural club i at i public school yp ferent theres always something going on here said julia topping teacher for grades 4 5 and 6 as she made space in the planning room where she was mark ing papers to accommo date plates of sandwiches several light standards and half the crew and how do the children extras playing them selves feel about it all its great said yvonne holdcn it surprised us to think wed been picked diana white and laura appleton were also enjoying the experience that they had shot the final scene of the movie first that day didnt faze them we knew about that be fore said diana the question to two boys jamie geddes and darren mccool of how they liked the movie elicited the rep ly i dont know i havent seen it yet sometime in april when the pictures released its doubtful that darren jamie or the rest of the populace of stouffville will be answer ing in like manner for all dead zone is a must it