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propose town farmers market stouffville a downtown farmers market has been prop osed for stouf fville the recommendation was placed before a business improvement meeting jan 11 by member tommy thompson it was one of several suggestions put forward by the local merchant in an effort to get people out of their cars and onto the side walks the market he said would feature farm pro duce only with space available free of charge a suggested location is market street south of main mr thompson pointed to the oncethriving mennonite market in downtown kitchener major changes there he said had resulted in a 30 per cent reduction in business thompson rejected any idea that a market here would serve as direct competition to the stouffville sales barn claiming it would handle farm produce only he explained that hun- dreds of cars pass through town every saturday but few of them stop he said an attraction such as this would prompt people to shop elsewhere down town with the market a main attraction thompson didnt stop with his market idea he listed other events that he feels would attract shoppers downtown some of these follow an old tyme skating part- y an arts and craft ex hibition a street dane- e a store window con test a mayday celeb ration an easter para de a sidewalk craft display a fathers day promotion a midnight madness sale and a har vest festival he asked that 7150 be included in the 1984 budget to sponsor these programs thompson said the promotion committee would be willing to work in close cooperation with the mens amateur hockey league with a portion of the proceeds going to various fund- raising projects while some bi a members spoke in sup port of the proposals the budget allotment was considered excessive oneida flatware sale mm ewellers 6404646 24 main w stouffville 2944844 76 main n markham serving wbitchurchstouffville uxbridge area guaranty trust glcs rrsps rhosps stars and stripes daily interest savings 81 main st stouffville 6404000 vol 96 no 36 a metreland community newspaper wednesday january 18 1984 28 pages 40 cents king yes if roman bows out stouffville eldred king mayor of whitchurchstouf fville wont contest the chair manship of york region against tony roman mayor of markham just the opposite hell support him however should mayor roman decide not to run mayor king will roman will announce his decision saturday those closest to the scene say he will the position has been up for grabs ever since re- gional chairman bob forhan made it official hed take over the post of chief administrative officer be ginning jan 26 the names of roman and king had been mentioned as possible successors even before the statement by forhan thursday mayor king was definite concerning his stand if he roman doesnt i will he said the mayors remarks were tinged with reluct ance however i love this job you guys the media dont bother me any more ive got over all that he readily admitted moving from municipal to regional jurisdiction would be diffi cult king sees whitchurch- pregnancy clinic okayed stouffville a cri sis pregnancy centre to serve the whitchurch- stouffville and markham areas will be established within the next few weeks hopefully by march 1 a meeting of the stouffville- markham christian action council was told friday main purpose of the agen cy a pamphlet handout ex plained is to provide alternatives to abortion for women with stress pregnan- cies this ministry stands in total contrast to the commerce of the abor tion clinics that sell only the expedient of death itread named director of the centre is barbara dowds of stouffville barbara holds a ba degree in psychology she was introduced to the audience friday by meet ing chairman bill mcnel- ley staff training courses will be conducted at spring- vale baptist church feb 13 to 18 the registration fee is horror film its not the prettiest film chairman bill mcnalley told a meeting of the christian action council at emmanuel international friday night the documentary en titled assignment life dealt with the issue of abortion so no one was anticipating a love story however what they saw made adults wince and teenagers hide their eyes theres no such thing as an unwanted child mr mcnalley said yet almost 100000 babies are slaughtered in cana da every year the chairman called on church pastors to take a stand and speak out bn the subject for too long its only been a catholic issue he said 20 single 30 a couple some of the services pro vided by a crisis pregnancy centre include 1 educa tion on pregnancy abortion and alternatives 2 accommodation for home less clients 3 childbirth classes 4 clothing and furnishings for both mother and baby 5 information on breastfeeding 6 re ferrals for adoption or fos ter care 7 referrals for medical care legal assist ance and other community services 8 ongoing coun selling and friendship although a location for the centre has not been finalized the council is seeking a site somewhere in markham mr mcnalley said school support stouffville john nikifork principal of stouffville dist secondary school feels a crisis pre- gnancy centre if properly staffed could play an im portant role in the com munity however he claims the parents and the family physician have an impor tant part to pay also often he said a girl is re luctant to tell her mother and dad but her parents should be involved a girl needs a lot of help and sup port its tough to go it alone offering advice in this re gard is not the role of the school mr nikifork be lieves the staff should direct such students to peo ple who are professionally trained to handle this typeof problem the principal said theres no school policy that pro hibits teen motherstobe from attending class i look on each student as an individual mr nikifork said every set of cir cumstances is different stouffville as on the verge of reaping the benefits of seeds sown months even years ago he likened it to har vest time the mayor said personal gain would not be a consid eration if he decided to con test the chairmans post nor would he be concerned about who might succeed him with respect to mr ro man king said their friendship had extended back nearly 30 years beyond him roman ill be in the battle markhams mayor indi cated he was giving the step up serious thought but wished to discuss the matter further with his physician and with his wife he suggested the regional position would be less stressful with fewer night meetings than at the muni- cipallevel markham is really four towns in one he said it requires a great deal of time and effort he feels that while the regional chair manship is a strain mental ly its not as arduous in a physical sense both mayor roman and mayor king used the word excitement to describe their present positions each said that to give up the mayoralty would be diffi cult an autograph for good luck sixteenyearold cindy mcneil edward street stouffville didnt score any goals saturday night but her autograph may have helped jietminder scott lippett stop a few cindy and seven other precision skaters displayed their skills between the first and second periods of saturdays game the clippers then came on to defeat uxbridge bruins 74 before the largest crowd of the season jim thomas choice of stores stouffville is stouffville ready for a third major supermarket such a store is contained in expan sion plans for an area at main west and glengall lane now the location of cards hardware and bruce county pine j theres nothing wrong with competition mayon eldred king told the trii bune its councils re sponsibility to provide resi dents a choice of shopping opportunities mayor king believes the project will tend to bring shoppers into town many of whom may now be going elsewhere although he admits stouffville has a larger per centage of commercial rei tail than most towns this size he points to an exten sive open area where poten tial shoppers reside includj ing goodwood claremont and mt albert further mayor king ex pects atown population in crease of from two to three thousand people within the next three years that guarantees further business potential he said hes not certain what time schedule the owner has in mind he may sit on it for awhile he said new fair president extends family link markham the arm strong family name is as synonymous with markham fair as those of eekhardt tran torrance reesor warriner and cosburn history records the first fair president in 1844 was capt william armstrong he was followed in 1933 34 and 35 by robert p arm strong this year another family member follows in the footsteps of his fore fathers bryan armstrong rr 3 mount albert heads up the markham and east york agricultural society for 1983 he was elected at the conclusion of the annual meeting jan 11 succeed ing barry little markham rr 1 the 1st vicepresident is harold snowball 2nd vice- president mary cosburn and secretarymanager gerry mann fair dates this year are sept 26 to 30 senior directors elected hospital fund needs boost v stouffville the markhamstouffville hos pital fundraising campaign has reached 3500000 board chairman lachlan cattanach told the tribune this week this is 70 per cent of the total required as our com munitys share the chair man said its a great achieve ment he enthused and all within a period of only ten months he noted however that we still have a long way to go to reach our target the campaign team hopes to increase the amount raised to four mil lion dollars by the end of february cattanach said originally the target had been five million dollars prior to the end of 1983 reaching this goal the chairman said had been hampered by general eco nomic conditions even if it takes a few more months its still the most successful hospital campaign ever held in the metro toronto area he concluded are carrie purcell fred provis bob little don mil ler diane ward doris tho mas and carol white junior directors elected are robyn scott david snowball karen riseb- rough steve mowder lin da lewis and steve grove last call stouffville wednesday tonight is the final chorus signup for music mania 84 rehearsals are held at 8 pm in the gymnasium at summitview school at present the chorus comprises 43 persons 20 short of a full compliment men are especially needed show dates are april 26 27 and 28 for additional informa tion call jane stott at 640- 1639 or lovanna sanders at 6402014 snow weary a sky high slide the recently constructed parking lot east of market street and south of the stouffville iga is more than just a convenience for shoppers it also provides a skyhigh slide for left to right sisters terrill and tracy junkin rose avenue and tara grove burkholdcr street jim thomas stouffville the time is fast approaching when the towns roads and works department must be staffed by fulltime mainte- nancc people mayor eldred king told the tri bune this week theres a limit to how much one can expect of an individual king said that in spite of severe weather conditions hed received only three complaints so far this winter he noted that snow and ice buildup in whitchurch- stouffville is noticeably greater than toronto and even markham thatsone of the hazards of living here he said mayor king admitted that while service is important the road superintendent must also keep a close eye on his budget man hurt by tree goodwood a 54- yearold former good wood man was seriously injured recently when struck on the head by a falling tree percy pugh now of haliburton was work ing in the bush on his property when the acci dent occurred he was found by his wife mrs pugh assisted by her sister mrs gordon jones and two ambu lance attendants car ried the victim a con siderable distance by stretcher he was then rushed to haliburton hospital and later trans ferred by helicopter to sunnybrook