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ik classifieds 2942200 6402100 if its speed youre after the classifieds really move it 1984 tempo nowhere from 7765 wave you driven aford lately mcarthurs uxbridge pickering real estate sales hyw 7 kennedy fid 47413so service 20 heritage r 294400 second section a metroland community newspaper wednesday march 21 1984 all agreed committee settles dispute uxbridge a settle ment has been reached be tween an uxbridge contrac tor and the townships planning and development committee after some com mittee members criticized him for illegally building an extension to his business harvey acton owner of the victoria drive construc tion business met with the committee thursday night in a closed meeting to re hash the issue of whether or ivot he had a building permit at a planning meeting previous to thursday re gional councillor gerri- lynn oconnor blasted planning chairman sandy ewen for allowing mr acton to build an extension without a building permit and signed site plan agree ment if it wasnt harvey acton you ewen would be just as upset as everyone else oconnor told ewen we wouldnt except this from anyone else in a phone interview af ter the first meeting mr acton explained he had appeared before the com mittee to discuss the exten- sion and they said wecould just go ahead and get started following thursday nights closed session oconnor issued a press re lease which outlined the events of the meeting the release stated at the special meeting com mittee members learned that mr acton had submit ted his copy of the proposed site plan agreement along with a cheque to cover the cost of the building permit members of the planning committee did not see this signed agreement nor were they aware of the cheque mr acton told the tri bune the site plan agree ment which the committee accepted thursday was the same site plan he previously submitted everythings the same as the original site plan agreement i signed another area which raised concern was the appearance of the outside property we have one hell of a mess oconnor stated during the first planning meeting the press release stated that mr acton agreed to plant six foot trees along the property line to the west and remove two present trailers off the site it also stated he would clean up the present debris and keep stockpiling of top soil and sand to a minimum according to oconnor an additional agreement has been issued between the township and mr acton to increase the parking space on the south side of the building to allow more room for his vehicles thats agreeable mr acton told the tribune however he said those par ticular requests were what he originally agreed to do in the first agreement he said the clean up should be completed by june 1 the release concluded all committee members were in favor of the agree ments group favors testing claremont the durham regional works committee has supported a recommendation request ing the ministry of the en vironment moe to install test drill wells in claremont according to regional councillor norah stoner the committee will ask the region to support their re commendation at their next meeting in a meeting held in february a representative from geoenviron limited stated certain test drilling programs should be con ducted if the moe were con sidering alternatives like private wells or a commun al system it was suggested three or four drilled test wells should be installed at an approxi mate cost of 49000 in the case of private wells one test well should be located in the vicinity of claremont public school stoner said if the region approves them the moe could commence with the project at anytime theres no reason not to mary had a little lamb while no quite however marion hornung of goodwood has taken threeweek old sparky under her wing to raise as her own sparky really enjoys his bottle of warm milk which he receives every couple of hours unlike a human baby sparky can drink his bottle in a matter of seconds audrey green by audrey green goodwood most mothers have a special attachment with their children but marion hornung of goodwood has a rather unique attachment with her new baby sparky a new spring lamb turned three- weeksold friday and although there wasnt a special birthday celebration his adopted mother pampers him to the best of her ability im right into it with the animals said mrs hornung he sparky is just like a wee kid she said sparkys natural mother died so she stepped right in and asked his owner if she could have him to raise as her own mrs hornung and her husband john moved from ajax to goodwood about four years ago so they could enjoy the country life and have lots of room to raise their animals they dont have nature children t presently they have three dogs and a dove living in the house while in the barn their collec tion ranges from pigs to geese last year they raised three calves in their basement we had a turkey but we ate him for dinner she chuckled she said they will keep sparky inside until the weather improves and then he will join the other animals in the barn however she said he will still require his constant bottle feeding for almost another two months im not sorry she stated in regards to rais ing sparky hes made himself right at home as she ex plained how they fight for the same pillow when wanting to take an after noon nap he has also found championship with their three dogs and sparky keeps mrs hor nung on her toes hes into the feed and hay and i had to hid the dog food she laughed i think hes going to be huge when asked if shed participate in this par ticular type of mother hood again mrs hor nung replied she would if i dont have a ner vous breakdown first uxbridge swims in storm l j v v volt swimmingtaxi this uxbridge taxi was up to its tires in water friday morning during a bout of heavy rain the bridge on mill street uxbridge near the toronto street intersection posed abit of a problem when the catch basin clogged and the water remained on the road town works department employees worked quickly to drain the mini lake before the situation got too far out of hand audrey green uxbridge the town of uxbridge was a little washed up friday morning due to heavy rains according to assistant road superintendent dar- rel home the heavy rain caused some problems throughout the town but no thing as serious as the early thaw in february he said the problems tended to be located in the north section of town com pared to the south but they were nothing serious it wasnt very bad the creeks were running fine said mr home there was no major damage or washout however water flowed a little more freely on mill street near the toronto street intersection mr home said the catch basin at the bridge filled up with water because it had plug ged with frozen snow and ice this caused the rain to collect in the gully and em ployees from the works de partment were called in to pump out the excess water simcoe engineering company attempts rebuttal claremont in an effort to clear their name for suggestions of improper practice simcoe engineering group limited of pickering has released a statement outlining their involvement in a study on the claremont water system tom fowle president of simcoe stated in a letter that certain newspaper articles not the tribunes had been printed which we feel have been damaging to our reputa tion the stories made reference to the town of picker ing hamlet of claremont private water system study its a sensitive issue said mr fowle during a tele phone interview id rather not discuss this in detail it could get us in a difficult position the statement follows we are consultants to the ministry of the environment for the study of alternative water supply systems for the community of claremont in the town of pickering our involvement in this study has been reported in sever al local newspapers and we believe that damaging refer ences about the company were made we quote as follows from a local paper stoner durham regional councillor norah stoner suggests that simcoe is pushing the com munal system options because it hopes to secure the work order the people who did the report hope to get the con tract and the ministry hopes to pay as little as possible she says our solicitors have advised us that these state ments strongly suggest we are engaging in improper prac tices this most certainly is not so in an effort to clear our name of any suggestion of im proper practice we are publishing as part of this state ment our letter to councillor stoner of january 27 and her reply of february 8 these letters are being published with her knowledge and consent however we do not agree with councillor stoners opinion that i do not believe that any thing i said could in any way damage your tirm when viewed in the context of the newspaper report referred to if any reader has any doubts about the professional and moral conduct of the company we will be pleased to re spond to any questions in this respect in a letter tostoner january 27 mr fowle stated the last two paragraphs of this article in our view are potential ly very damaging to us as they suggest we have conducted ourselves in an improper and unprofessional manner it is necessary for us to ask for a statement to be made publicly to rectify the damage caused to our reputation onfebruary 8 stoner responded in a letter by saying i do not believe anything i said could in any way damage your firm i do not think the conclusions you draw from the last two paragraphs of the article are correct as a matter of fact i believe your company has always done work of the highest professional quality and i have proven my high regard for simcoe by recommending your firm to private individuals within the town of pickering mr fowle and councillor stoner refused further com ment hit and run vehicle sought uxbridge the ux bridge arena parking lot was the scene of a hit and run accident saturday march 17 between 9 pm and 145 am said durham regional police uxbridge 26 division ross murray of lot 34 cone 7 uxbridge reported his vehicle had been hit while parked at the arena damage is estimated at 600 and police are still sear ching for the other vehicle guns stolen stewart peak of lot 6 cone 1 uxbridge reported his residence was entered march 19 and a quantity of guns and a television were stolen the property was valued at 1500 late frank hayward well known resident dies claremont after living in claremont for 23years and devoting much selfemployed talent to the local credit union and united cooperatives frank william checkley hayward has died at the age of 73 mr hayward of 46 livingston street claremont died suddenly march 6 at uxbridge cottage hos pital born in montreal he moved to toronto when be was 11yearsold and attended north toronto col legiate he later moved from toronto to greenwood and then to manitoulin island before he finally set tled in claremont with his wife kathleen whom he married june 13 1931 after arriving in claremont mr hayward a self- employed accountant became quite involved in the united coop he also ran and operated the local credit union for approximately seven years outside of the business world he found enjoyment in other activities most of these activities involved returning to nature where he participated in hunt ing ashing and trapshooting mr hayward a jehovah witness was cremated march 9 a memorial service was held march 10 at kingdom hall in stouffville by gary kairies he is survived by his wife kathleen and daugh ters karen benson of colborne susan mrs nathan dew of whitby soninlaw nathan and grandchil dren natalie dew and daniel benson he also leaves two stepbrothers victor and sydney hayward and stepsister june thompson all of toronto