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s i ash- js stacey bell stouffville- an elevenyearold stouff- ville girl has been nominated for ontario junior citizen of the tracey bell daughter ox john and joan bell 68 stouffer street south and a grade 5 student at st marks school has been cre- dited with saving the life of roger mcmann six- yearold son of wayne and carol mcmann 86 tenthline south tracey s name was sub mitted by mr and mrs mcmann i v it was back in april that roger ran from the familys motel complex atst petersburg flor ida and jumped into what he thought was the shallow end of the pool instead it was the deep end about ten feet deep roger quickly dis appeared below the sur face fortunately tracey was swimming nearby she responded to ro gers brothers call lor helpgraspedroger firmly and pulled him to -theside-whereout- stretched arms were waitingthe little lad re- covered quickly v ywere thankful tracey was there mrs mcmann said we can never repay her for what she did the two families and l others from stouffville were in st petersburg to participate in an oldtim- ers hockey tourna- ment majority of teammembers- their wives and children were staying at the same location ur- carol was inside the motel at the time she still remembers hearing nineyearold darryl an older son call out he cant swim but she didnt realize his con- tj cern was for roger not until she reached pool- side and learned of the neartragedy i tracey smiled broad- ly when told of hen nomination i donu ex- pect to win she said but win or not shell always remain a hero in the sight of wayne and carol mcmann we can never repay herfor what she did the thankful mother repeated roger mcmann r use our layaway plan aiv ew e l l e r s 6404646 24 main w stouffville 2944844 76 main n martham 7 jv sfti i serving whiichurchstiuffvilie vxtihdge area guaranty trust jarfh cudf 0w lrfe cwk4r gics rrps rhosps f stars and stripes daily interest savings 81 main st stouffville 6404000 sp6 v- ajmetrpland community newspapy qv tweariaa november 30- 1983 42pag54o35cens truck driver cheats death in bloomington road crash twentysixyearold david maschke of cone 5 oshawa crawled out the rear window of his mangled cab following a spectacular collision between a loaded gravel truck and a farm corncarrier at the intersection of bloomington road and hwy 47 wednesday no one was seriously injured jim thomas municipal recreation town takeover by audrey green stouffville resi- dents of whitchurch- stouffville packed the town council chambers tuesday night in affinal attempt to save the volunteer recrea tion committee unfortu nately the fight was lost members of council pas sed a bylaw in a close four to three vote abolishing the committee and placing it under the towns jurisdic tion we should assume the responsibility we were elected for said mayor eldred king i dont be lieve it takes anything away i just want to get the committee back on track jack watson a stouffville resident for 16 years made a presentation on behalf of the public to try and change the minds of council mem bers before they voted id like you to reconsider- your position said mr watson- we need some thing that will represent the community he explained the commit tee was unorganized at times inregards to responsi bility and administrative duties because of the lack of direction and communica- tion given to the group j i think theres been a lot of confusion over the last two years he stated he said thepublic would feel- much more comfort- able in suggesting ideas if the committee was run by a volunteer group instead of council members j council will alienate the public said mr watson i hope people in the town dont feel uncomfortable to talk in front of council said councillor wilf morley5 i cant see why- we f make this work i opposed to dismantling the committee councillor jim sanders stated there wouldnt be enough time during the week to run the recreation committee in response king said the council would definitely have time to do the job and he hoped all members of the community would help by contributing their ideas following the vote to dis- demands apology stouffville several town council members lashed out at the press during tues days meeting stating privileged informa tion had been leaked and incorrect facts and figures had been pub lished n such misleading journalism disgraces a community newspap- ersaidcouncillortom wood i think an apolo gy from mr holt sports editor jim holt is in order it completely-gar- bled the truth he stated information dealing with the possible aban donment of thewhitch- iirchstouff ville recrea tion committeewas published in a tribune news story accompany ing editorial and col umn nov 16 the in formation discussed at jacloseddoortown com mittee meetinghad beerifsupplied to the media by two members of council band the volunteer commit tee marshall presented a resolution which suggested council should meet with the town library board to dis cuss appointing chief libra rian george schlukbier as temporary director of cul ture arid recreation he would also continue his posi tion as chief librarian and the appointment would take effect january 1 1984 the resolution was also passed with a four to three vote lincolnville wit nesses rubbed their eyes in disbelief that any driver could escape alive from the wrecked cab of a gravel truck as they surveyed the scene of a spectacular crash wednesday at the in tersection of hwy 47 and the bloomington road twentysixyear old david maschke of cone 5 oshawa is not only alive but back behind the wheel of another 18wheeler follow ing his harrowing experi ence o p p- constable wm muldoon of the whitby de tachment said maschke westbound on the blqoming- toriroad and- carrying 40 tons of gravel slammed into a farm wheatcarrier pulled by a tractor and driven by 20yearold kevin davis of rr 2 uxbridge in attempting to avoid colli sion the trucks trailer went over an embankment but the cab came to rest on the highway shoulder maschke climbed out through a rear window davis was unhurt i was afraid of fire the driver told the tribune i got out as fast as i could he said he was only a cou ple of truck lengths away when the farm tractor and two wheatwagons entered the intersection i jumped on the brakes and swerved to the right hoping id miss him completely it all hap- pened so fast i didnt have much chance to do any thing hes certain if hed continued straight ahead the consequences would have been much more se rious the truck a white road boss cant be repaired maschke said the trailer however can be fixed he believes the impact scattered several hundred bushels of wheat onto the highway jfwjg wins roy al judging shield carrie parcel of lionels pony farm and shadow creek v stables rr 2 markham accumulated the highest marks in judging four classesof horses at the royal agricultural a winter fair she scored 275 points out of a possible 300 tber ss other contestants from across canada car- rle receives the robert graham memorial shield from pro- fessor wokennedy the transports trailer came to rest part way down a ravine but- the cab and chasis remained on the highway shoulder the truck belonging to jd enterprises of pickering was carrying 40 tons of gravel kevin davis of rr 2 uxbridge operator of a farm tractor and hauling two corncarriers escaped unhurt jim thomas fire chief requests- lightswitcher stouffville pre- stochango the miracle of an electronic age will soon apply to stouffvilles fire department chief walter smith sees the need for a unit called the oticgon system that when activated will automatical ly change red traffic lights welcome santa stouffville santa claus comes to town this saturday the annual parade sponsored by the kins men and kinette clubs of stouffville will fea ture more than sixty floats and bands prizes donated by barthau jewellers will go to the best float the most humorous float the most origin al float and the best christmas theme judges arelois barker of the stouffville figure skating club bill sus- sands whitchurch- stouffville chamber of commerce and town postmaster gary fisher the procession will be- gin at 2 pm from the in tersection of north and stouffer streets- travel south to main then west on main to thea p- plaza the parade co ordinator- iskin presi dent ste vc upton while response has been excellent theres still room for individuals in costume wishing to participate mr upton said- the number to call is 6403175 to green as the pumper truck approaches and hold them to that color until the vehicle passes through the electric eye is oper ated from inside the truck it sends out a beam that strikes an instrument attached to the arm of the light the signal remains on green so the fire truck can proceed without hindrance the cost is about 500 per light chief smith is plan ning to include a portion of the expense in his 84 budget between the firehall and woodbine avenue there are five traffic signals at the very top of the chiefs prior ity list is the pedestrian- operated light in downtown stouffville chief smith said the otic gon system is now in use at newmarket and aurora i feel its essential here also he stated the installation will be done one light at a time depending on how much money we have he con cluded york ag rep to retire end of year york region alan a wall agricultural repre sentative in the region of york for the past 24 years and associatedwith the ministry of agriculture since 1948 will retire at the end of december highly regarded in all areas of york region mr wall hinted at his pending retirement when he addres sed the presidents ball of the markham and east york agricultural society nov 12 at the 4h awards night in newmarketvv thursday- he made it offi- cial born on a dairy farm near ottawa alan wall served in several counties before coming toyorkthcsein- eluded niagara bruce and simcoe he also taught for a time at the agricultural col- lege in ridgetown for the time bttag at least mr and mrs wall will continue to reside in new market alan wall