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rural residents reject complex ballantrae at a public meeting june 21 in the ballantrae community centre an audience of about 35 ru ral ratepayers express ed concern over the esti mated cost of the prop osed recreation com plex most agreed the pro ject would pose too heavy a tax burden on area propertyowners councillors margot marshall ward 1 and tom wood ward 2 were beseiged with questions on this issue and that of rural de velopment kim rogers served as chairman when asked how much the complex would cost councillor wood put the figure at about 3270000 for phase 1 this he said would include money already spent on consultants fees 120000 and a new zamboni ice machine assuming the lowest ten der of 2950000 was accepted he added however that tender specifica tions would have to undergo a sizeable cut to bring the price in line with what the town could afford councillor wood ex pressed concern over the use of 600000 in re serve funds for the pro- ject even with the full wintario grant and a successful fundraising program we would still be 295000 short and with no reserves for emergencies he said councillor marshall supported wood in his reservations regarding costs i cannot support the lowest estimate in its present form a lot of costcutting will have to take place she said wood was unable to answer a question posed by former ward 1 coun cillor charles warden regarding arena operat ing expenses however when pressed further by the audience he men tioned a figure of 300000 a year jim doble wanted to know how great the tax increase would be to con struct and operate the complex wood said 15 percent warden questioned the councillors if plans to build the complex were so far advanced there was now no turning back councillor wood denied a final decision had been made lack of audience en thusiasm for the com plex became apparent when one resident asked for a visible show of sup port not a single hand was raised stouffvilles diamond centre 6404646 24 main w stouffviile 2344844 76 main n markham 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 6492292 vol 97 no 7 mn iirimumotimwi a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 27 1984 34 pages 40 cents wintario grant for rec centre stouffville whitchurchstouffvilles application for a 47480000 wintario grant to subsidize construction of a new re creation centre has been approved by the ontario ministry of tourism and re creation the initial word was re ceived by mayor eldred king june 20 from york north mpp bill hodgson on the same day a written statement was mailed to town treasurer ed black burn it reads as follows k gives me great plea sure to inform you that i have approved your ap plication for a wintario capital grant to construct the whitchurchstouffville community recreation complex this approval confirms your eligibility for a max imum grant in the amount of 47480000 please accept my congra tulations and best wishes for a successful project sincerely reuben c baetz minister mayor king said he never had any doubts concerning ultimate approval of the ap plication he admitted dis cussing the matter with several provincial minis ters and this may have helped the next step he said would be to reduce the bids to a price the town can afford all firms submitting tenders will be asked to file new figures with a number of original requirements de leted a start on construction could be delayed until early september the mayor said its been awkward and its been lengthy king stated he said he didnt wish to rush into a project so large mayor king agreed it would have been nice to have had a new facility for activities this winter but the old arena will have to do one more season a celebration stouffville its whitchurchstouffvilles biggest weekend of tie year a fourday event in celebration of canada day and ontarios bicentennial many activities are plan ned with a full listing on pages a12 and b6 the program chairman is coun cillor tom wood some highlights follow the miss whitchurch- stouffville pageant cou pled with the 1984 citizen of the year ceremony is thursday evening in the high school at eight oclock on friday a jr tennis tournament will be held on the ballantrae courts from 1 to5 pm at730 al piette the towns sports perso nality of the year will be honored prior to a celebrity slopitch game involving members of the toronto maple leafs a street dance on park drive south will begin at eight on saturday a main street parade will start at 10 am from the ap plaza and conclude in the park preceeding this is a bicy cletricycle decorating contest at nine also at the parade starting point thirteen ontario scholars stouffville stouff ville dist secondary school has thirteen ontario scho lars principal john niki- fork announced the reci pients of this honor tues day the students are karen harris 89 ross bowser 887 brian asa 868 derek duggan 868 stacey lintner 838 bryan todd 838 karen stein beck 837 mark logan 833 ginny eby 83 lee minz 812 lynne barry 807 heather lanning 805 wanda couperthwaite 80 each will be formally rec ognized at commencement exercises this fall also at ten is the sr ten nis tournament at ballan trae a huge canada day cake will be cut and served at 1130 in the pavillion area of the park followed by a tribute stouffville whitchurchstouffville will honor its 1984 citizen of the year thursday night joyce rowley rr 2 stouffville will be rec ognized for her tireless efforts in connection with the margie grif fiths therapy program carried out over a period of many months the event thursday at the high school is part of the townscana- da daybicentennial celebrations the crowning of miss whitchurchstouffville will take place the same evening beginning at 8 pm band concert at noon the big wheel rodeo is set for lpm on park drive south therell be free swim ming at the pool from 1 to 4 pm and judging of the best beard contest at 130 the tribunesponsored pet show is scheduled for 2 pm with registration at one the lawn bowling club is holding an open house at 130 a pieeating contest is planned for 3 pm and a celebrity auction in latch- am hall at 730 dedication of the new band stand will take place sunday at 1020 am with the community worship service at eleven six senior citizens will be honored in the park at 12 noon followed by cutting of the bicentennial cake mcneil pharmaceutical will host a strawberry so cial between 1 and 3 pm and activities will conclude with a giant fireworks dis play around nine its every boys dream to sit behind the wheel of a fire truck that dream became a reality saturday for sixyearold brian watson son of scott and carol wat son park drive north stouffville not only did brian take over at the controls but he selected the golden oldie in the 21vehicle fire muster parade the 1923 mason travelled all the way from bewdley and under its own power the bewdley brigade captured four of the seventeen fire muster awards stouffville -r- one of the finest and longest anti que fire vehicle processions in ontario was held here saturday with 21 units entered the procession headed by stouffvilles 1946 fargo began at main street west and concluded in the park the coordinating committee inciudedai sisco jim rennie bill brown ken roberts and fred castle pre sentations of award were made by chief walter smith and councillor margot marshall winners follow longest distance under own powerbewdley judges favorite motorizedjsutton judges favo rite nonmotorizedmarkham best restored- bewdley bestoriglnalorono sef ohgiiia erjli willowdale best appearancebewdley oldest- sutton best time pumpingsutton and stouffville mens waterballaurora ladies waterballaurora mens bucket race markham ladies bucket race- stouffville longest distance on trailerbewdley hard luck awardmarkham stouffvilles prizewinning bucket race participants werecarol watson marianne glover joan parcells debbie rennie lynn souley and carol leonard stouffvilles awardwinning pumping team compris- edken roberts jim rennie bill brown larry leonard and charles jackson a unique auction stouffville col lectors items momentos keepsakes all of these will be available at the tribune- sponsored celebrity auc tion in latcham hall saturday program time is 730 pm with the sale begin ning at 815 admission is one dollar with all proceeds going to the town rec cen tre fund donations includean antique cupboard from mayor eldred king an antique footwarmer from councillor fran sainsbury a fireplace bellows from salsbury austria courtesy councillor margot mar shall a side of beef from councillor jimraeajugof homemade maple syrup from councillor tom wood an autographed hockey stick from keith acton an autographed baseball bat from the blue jays cliff johnson an autographed color portrait from prime minister pierre trudeau a beautiful framed painting from stouffville artist john roberts an ontario flag from mpp bill hodgson a pair of tiffany lamps from mp sinclair stevens a likenew portable typewri ter from dining out col umnist cal avery adinner- fortwo certificate from the deer park inn an auto graphed book from opposi tion leader brian mulrone- y an autographed pictorial album from toronto mayor art eggleton a sterling sil ver town of markham charm from mayor carole bell a history of the county of ontario from pickering mayor jack anderson a video cassette recording of racehorse cam fella from norm faulkner a final edi tion of the toronto tele gram from reg mackay an autographed hockey stick from the nhl old- timers an antique portable organ from markhams john lunau and more sale auctioneers are norm and phil faulkner walter atkinson and bryan armstrong prior to the auction a film on famous race horse cam fella will be shown at 730 pm with entertainment by bob davies of stouffvilles monte cristo restaurant the event is part of whitchurchstouffvilles canada daybicentenniajl celebrations with activities extending from june 28 through july 1 town churches all united stouffville p dr john wesley white noted educator author and televi sion personality will be the guest speaker sunday at the community worship in the park time of the service is 11 am with a hymnsing at 1030 the worship is part of whitchurchstouffvilles canada daybicentennial weekend with activities planned from june 28 through july 1 dr white a native of sas katchewan and a graduate of moody bible institute and oxford university has goodbye schoolhello summer todayschool tomorrowsummer thats what hundreds of children across york region are thinking this week including dayna larmcr left of north street and jennifer morrison stouffer street south stouffville dayna and jennifer were recipients of sum- mitviews grade 7 geography and english awards at a junior assembly june 20 jim thomas huge sale markham receipts arc reported in excess of 50000 following an estate auction sale saturday at the property of bunker bros cone 9 markham auctioneers norm and phil faulkner and earl gauslin disposed of 900 items over a period of eight hours at the height of the sale the crowd was esti mated at close to 1500 much interest centred around a 1977 delta 88 old- smobile driven only 1300 miles it sold for 9400 a farmall a tractor brought 3700 other prices follow threepiece bedroom suite- 900 mixing bowl155 pigeon ink weii300 a hall tree525 an oval table610 secretary desk825 moustache cupsl 10 each a shotgun575 wash- stand270 copper kettle130 a dresser330 and a sugar and cream set240 served as an associate evangelist with the billy graham association for the past 20 years crusades have taken him to over 100 countries around the world he has written 17 books and hosts a halfhour television program dr white served as chan cellor of richmond college from 1967 to 1980 the majority of churches in the area are withdrawing morning services so that members and adherents may attend the worship has been arranged through the whitchurchstouffville ministerial association the chairman is rev craig pitts filipiiqfll bj john wesley white