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brandon pridham stouffville a tenyearold stouffville boy participated in an atom hockey tourna ment at collingwood last weekend hours af ter the family car was demolished in a headon crash near stayner and he himself was hospital ized with injuries brandon pridham his parents bruce and carole pridham and his younger brother philip age eight of 20 victoria street became the ral lying call for the clipper kids as a lets win it for son aids title win mrs pridham cry went out from the stouffville bench and win it they did with brandon scoring one goal and assisting on three others mrs pridham a grade 2 and 3 teacher on the staff at summitview school was most seriously hurt she underwent surgery monday in sunnybrook hospital toronto and isnt expected back in class until september eightyearold philip was asleep in the seat at the time of the crash he was thrown partway through the windshield a nearby resident rushed both boys to hos pital investigating officers called it a miracle all werent killed the trip to colling wood for bruce and carole pridham and family started out as a march break vacation bruce is the manager of the stouffville atom clippers and brandon plays with the club phi lip is a member of the novice clippers partici- pants in the same tournament brandon his foot still wrapped in bandages was elected to accept the championship trophy on behalf of his team coach glenn whitebread in an appreciated gesture then presented the award to brandons family one stouffville specta tor said shed never wit nessed a more inspiring performance by a hock ey team they won it for mrs pridham she said they respect her as a teacher and as a friend philip pridham silver replating sale ewellers 64m646- 24 main w stouffville 2944844 76 main n martham serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area flyers printed delivered one stop service quantities of 2000 and up call the experts in stouffville ux- bridse and area the tribune 6402100 vol 96 no 45 a metreland community newspaper wednesday march 21 1984 34 pages 40 cents at ballantrae tests show some wells are polluted ballantrae abnor mally high levels of chlor ides and nitrates in several ballantrae wells has prompted the environment ministryto conduct addi tional studies to frhd the source of the problem and come up with solutions councillor tom wood in whose ward the properties are located feels certain the contamination is from road salt and septic tanks he rejects suggestions the landfill site is responsible lets not get the people unduly upset councillor wood urged members of council at a meeting march 13 these are shallow wells and the problem has nothing to do with the dump mayor eldred king in- town brochure seek help stouffville a committee of council is plan ning a brochure to publicize the town members are seeking your help needed are photos of things unique in whitchurch- stouffville either colored slides or prints they can relate to buildings or landscapes still life or action anything of a positive nature chairman fran salis bury told the tribune the deadline is march 30 its time to tell the world how proud we are of our community and why we chose to live here mrs saihsbury said all submissions will be returned if a name and address are enclosed entries can be delivered personally to the muni cipal office 19 civic avenue stouffville or mailed totown of whitchurchstouffville box 419 stouff ville ont loh 1lo to prevent fire hazard stouffville tak ing a cue from problems ex perienced in markham richmond hill and vaughan council here has reacted favorably to a re commendation from the york region fire chiefs association and will not per- mit the squeezing together of subdivision homes its become a real se rious thing fire chief walter smith told the tri bune he pointed to mar kham and richmond hill in particular where close to 30 homes of this type were re cently destroyed when flames spread from one to another houses in whitchurch- stouffville meet the safety standard as set out by thc association chief smith said the council resolution will see that this standard is maintained he stated in at least one municipal ity the homes are so close the eavestroughs of one hang over another chief smith explained there isnt room for a firemen to get in and put a ladder up he said even worse thc di vision in between is some times blocked making en try impossible a minimum of four feet should separate each house thc rccom- l mendation reads were not into this yet chief smith concluded so nows the time to stop it formed council the original water test program dating back to 1982 had come ab out as a result of the landfill operation he said seven wells exceeded acceptable amounts of chlorides and ni trates two of these have since been replaced mayor king said a speci fic area has been estab lished and the water in ev ery well there will be tested no cost is attached to this project but should replace ments be required the en vironment ministry will subsidize the expense up to 75 per cent he explained councillor wood said the problems by no means new at last he said were getting the ministry to do something about if wood claims the ground level in that area is shaped like a saucer holding sur face water in one place although mayor king agreed shallow wells are more susceptible to surface runoff not all are of this type the wells vary in depth he said councillor wood cautioned against giving residents the wrong idea he said the salt chloride content was high in several wells when checked before this problems nearly two years old he stated as to a potential health hazard wood said it wouldnt be advisable for infants to drink the water or someone with high blood pressure or a heart defect pretty as a picture there was a price on the frame but not on thc picture at thc silver jubilee clubs spring bazaar saturday the photo in reality is emily foley church street north stouffville jim thomas last week was march breakthe majority of children that didnt travel to florida attended activities at the town library where space was the feature attraction shown here with an astronaut is eightyearold katie mcknight bethesda road jim thomas school to handle overflow dicksons hill trustee harry bowes sees many possibilities for dick sons hill school after more than 400 students are re- enrolled at et crowle in northeast markham dicksons hill he says could be used as a holding school to accommodate children from the markville area if this isnt necessary it could become a special ist institution for art or french immersion certainly its too good a facility to close down he said bowes stated that at pre sent there are eight port able classrooms on the site these will be removed when et crowle becomes oper ational as for the future of the building bowes says the board will want to take a look at the projected enroll ment for september before reaching a decision centre of activity the proverbial book worm at the town library is always an attraction but sevenyearold lesley osborne of booth drive stouffville shows no fear of her bugeyed friend more than 500 children visited the library during the march break period jim thomas public question rec centre cost ballantrae lack of interest in grass roots culture and recreation meetings during the past three weeks didnt hold true at ballantrae monday night an estimated 50 resi dents many associated with the newly formed rate- payers association attended thc public fact finding session in the whitchurch centennial centre the main thrust of queries from the audience related to the proposed re creation complex and its cost the people here are con cerned and legitimately so councillor tom wood said later he admitted the turnout so poor in other places surprised him its always better in ballan trae he joked councillor jim sanders culture and recreation committee chairman fielded the majority of ques tions he said the antici pated 1 a million deben ture would cost each home owner approximately 35 a year over the next twenty years some considered it fair while others appeared resentful councillor wood in whose ward the meeting was held was asked directly if he fa vored the project he re plied 40 per cent for and 60 per cent against he inti mated that should the town not receive a wintario grant hed be 100 per cent opposed were talking a lot of money im becoming alarmed he concluded tax increase stouffville a tax increase is a certainty in 1984 mayor eldred king told the tribune but by how much he cant say weve gone over various budgets but nothings finalized be said the picture will be much clearer in about four weeks he stated capital expenditures are anticipated in both the recreation and fire departments the mayor said a new frame must be installed under the 1960 gmc pumper to meet insurance regulations old store to get new look stouffville the former cards hardware store in stouffvilles central core will in the words of realtor jack baird end up as one of the show buildings in town this was also the optimis tic approach taken by the business improvement area board when word of the propertys sale and proposed renovations were revealed at a bia meet ing march 14 identity of the new owner was not revealed three stores will be cre ated on the lower floor mr baird explained each con taining 2200 square feet the second storey will accommodate two apart ments with rentals around 300 a month improvements are also planned for the exterior mr baird said the markham realtor told the board a sketch of the finished pre mises should be available soon and this would better indicate what the new own er has in mind day care in wrong location stouffville mayor eldred king has no quarrel with the philosophy of day care but hes opposed to such a centre being estab lished at 220 sunset boule vard the locations improp er mayor eldred king told the tribune he said the fact up to 45 children could be enrolled there is disturbing we have to concern ourselves with numbers he stated in addition to numbers of children there will also be additional cars as parents arrive to deliver and pick up their sons and daughters he explained mayor king said a subdi vision will eventually be lo cated to the south thus plac ing the proposed day care centre between two private dwellings collision stouffville god was with me mary hamerston of 114 manitoba street told the tribune mrs hamerston s car was in collision with a tractor- trailer on the stouffville- gormley road friday afternoon despite the fact her auto suffered 5000 damage she escaped with minor lacerations and a broken finger driver of the transport was alexander grcnick of scarborough there was 500 damage to his vehicle mrs hamerston said the pavement was icy in places she said minutes after the accident occurred the san ders came by york regional police summoned an ambulance to the scene but mrs hamer ston declined admission to hospital v