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uxbridge a com munity assist for an urban study effort cause team is gear ing up for their visit to uxbridge a nineman group will be here oct 4 to 8 to study and analyze va rious problems areas in the community tin v then concentrate on dev duping strategies and recommended couses of action to smooth the trouble spots its a volunteer prog ram of the ontario asso ciation of architects available to communi ties concerned with de teriorating environ ments and architectural and habitation prob lems a total of 10 local peo ple are on a steering committee for the up coming cause project they are mayor bill bal- iinger chairman alex williamson jim woods harry stemp dorothy fletcher gerri lynn oconnor alex grant walter taylor ron kester and ron tindley they gathered thurs day for a discussion ses sion with cause com mittee liasion blain nicholls of sudbury and team chairman john osburn of timmins the officials noted that any background in formation the team could receive before arriving in uxbridge would be beneficial anything that will give the flavor atmos phere and historical background is helpful mr osburn told steering committee members it puts it in a proper perspective mr osburn stressed that hell be available particularity on the thursday and friday oct 4 and 5 to talk with residents about their concerns its essential for us to soak up as much information as we can mr nicholls added mayor ballinger is hopeful something posi tive will result from the cause study were hoping to ex- ge s pose the cards the mayor said noting that it should provide twp council with some tools to work with in the fu ture committee member dorothy fletcher com mented that many long time residents may ob ject to the change associ- ated with such a program i think one of your problems will be that a lot of people will want things kept the way they are she said at thurs days meeting there are many groups concerned with preservation in the ux bridge are she noted and they dont want to be told to change the look of their property one recent trend mayor ballinger pointed out to the program rep resentatives involves the housing market it has been sluggish over the past couple years here but its mov ing now he said point ing to a recent housing start in the town mr nicholls took note that the backs of stores in the downtown core could use some sprucing up landscaping would help it was agreed other ideas voiced by steering committee members included up grading the main entr ance to town from the west on hwy 47 and re- babiltating the pond system team members will reside at local town- houses in order to truly get feel of the area a dance has been planned to break the ice your track 7 and executive car centre sales service parts newuud utuing al rata roodefe kingchurch jmissan 1 kingston rd pickering village corner of church st hwy 2 6860555 uxbridge pickering mm ford 1984 tempo now here from 57765 have you driven a ford lately mcarthurs sales hyw 7 kennedy rd 4741350 service 20 heritage rd 2345400 second sectiotf a metroland community newspaper wednesday september 19 1984 politicians in action at museum john carter left museum advisor for the ministry in action activities were from left durham- york of citizenship and culture received ample assistance mpp ross stevenson the honorable susan iish while constructing a watering trough sunday at pick- minister of citizenship and culture and pickerng ering museum village on hand to take part in history mayor jack anderson chris shanahan reproduction toys delight children stouffville toymaker paul simpson right man- able attention sunday at pickering village museum oeuvres one of his handcrafted dancing men puppets greenwood history in action ran both saturday and along with 12yearold todd sweeney of claremont sunday pauls 19th century reproduction toys drew consider- chris shanahan will share quaker heritage sacred heart church choir members sing at papal mass uxbridge many ux bridge residents are gear ing up for a visit to catawis sa penn as part of a quak er heritage exchange be tween the two communities catawissa mayor leonard miller has ex tended an official invitation to uxbridgcs bill ballinger on behalf of all the townships citizens well over 100 local people arc expected to visit ux bridgcs twin town from oct 5 to 8 members of both areas will be able to renew friendships made when the americans visited ux bridge twp last year ux bridge and catawissa will even face off in a special challenge cup series that will feature competitions such as softball volleyball tugowar apple toss horseshoes and a ringtoss game known as quoits the town racking up the most total points will retain the silver until the rematch the following year a group of 10 uxbridge athletes will run the entire 500mile distance to the us town theyll start the trek sunday sept 30 and com plete a total of 100 miles a day uxbridge ten mem bers of sacred heart ro man catholic church ux bridge had the honor of singing during the papal mass at downsview air base saturday they were among the thousands of vocalists who were part of the celebration of mass by pope john paul ii john fowles toronto street south uxbridge co ordinated the efforts of the sacred heart contingent other choirmembers at downsview were anne trudel joan stalker mary obeirn andy vandenberg pat harper margaret let- tau and tillie langenhuizen carol fowles and katherine fowles they had been involved in a number rehearsals lead ing up to saturdays historic event mr fowles said every thing went smoothly conde- ring the massive audience estimated at half a million the whole organization was incredibly good he said change emergency telephone systemr uxbridge the twp has opted for what it feels will be a more efficient emergency telephone answering system fire calls will be handled through whitby at a cost of 169488 including tax and installation yearly fee will be about 600 i think were going to have better people geared to answering our phones fire chief norm james told the public protection commit tee at a meeting thursday committee members ex pressed concern that the whitby operators arent familiar with uxbridge area and its property layout my biggest concern is awareness of people over the phone commented mayor bill ballinger noting that the whitby operators must first be familairized with the uxbridge area an alphbetical tax role listing lot and cone num bers be supplied to the new directors as a precaution ary measure in case confu sion develops councillor sandy ewen suggested it will take about six weeks to tranfer to the new system calls now go direct ly to uxbridge fire hall director chosen uxbridge ux- pool has a new adminis tratorpool director linda shore recently took over the top post at v local recreation facility the toronto resident was selected from a held of about 18 applicants athat hrasreducea to a couple for final in terviews theosition had been vacant since longtime municipal employee dave ferguson resigned back in may twp administrator ron kester had been serving as interim head with assistance from other uxpool staff rider injured in cycle mishap uxbridge twp a nineteenyearold motor cyclist was injured friday evening when the bike he was riding on hwy 47 east of lincolnville skidded out of control and struck the side of a car on the back of a tow truck todd armstrong of rr 3 stouffville was admitted to uxbridge cottage hospit al with bruises and lacera tions there was 2000 dam age to his yamaha rd350 according to police arm strong was attempting to pass several vehicles and struck a 1976 plymouth in tow driver of the tow truck vas garry lyons of scar borough altona mennonite church to hold service altona a worship service of thanksgiving and remembrance will be held at the old altona mennonite church sunday sept 23 at 3 pm fred nighswander a member of one of the areas pioneer families and a for mer minister at altona will be guest speaker recently retired mr nighswander served as a missionary to the people of the manitou rapids indian reserve near emo ont altona mennonite church has not been used regularily since 1974 although com memorative services were held there in 1980 and 1982 all interested persons are invited to attend the after noon ceremonies the building constructed in 1852 is one of the oldest in the surrounding commun ity abraham and elizabeth stouffer founders of the town of stouffville arc buried in the adjoining cemetery trustees for the church and cemetery arc norman lehman harvey nigh swander and joseph nigh swander theyve requested com munity assistance in deter mining the buildings fu ture options include preserv ing the structure on the pre sent site moving it else where perhaps to a museum deciding its im practical to maintain and should be demolished or finding a practical use residents can indicate their preference on ques tionnaires that will be distri buted during the service pledges high for marathon uxbridge some large pledges are rolling in for the annual terry fox marathon of hope to be held here sept 23 dougie irvine east street uxbridge has already filled a number of pledge sheets dougie one of 18 young people who re ceived the ontario junior citizen of the year award for his out standing contribution to the community is actively seeking more sponsors another uxbridge re sident maggie mclvor has also completed many forms the proprietors of baldwin sales are donat ing special plaques to honor the youngest and oldest marathon partici pant as well as the per son with the fastest time and the one raising the greatest pledge per kilometre the 10kilometre trek begins with six laps of the elgin park track followed by a course up main street to reach road along reach to franklin street a free swim will be offered afterwards at uxpool participants not wishing to collect pledge sheets can pay a 5 entry feettlteevent runs from 1 to 4 pm