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town wants control of arena stouffville jurisdiction over opera tion of the stouffville arena will likely pass from the community centre board to council board members were told ofthe proposed management change at a meeting thursday council has already placed itself in charge of the new recreation cen tre at least until the facilitys first phase is completed news of the planned takeover prompted mixed reaction some felt it proper that coun cil should control both buildings while others suggested a volunteer committee worked best the community cen tre board would still manage latcham hall it was explained culture and recrea tion chairman jim san ders said there was no thought of dissolving the board rather he said it would continue to oper ate in the same way as committees at lemon- ville ballantrae and vandorf we hope the board agrees to this he said we want things to oper- ate as smoothly as possible councillor fran salis bury said a number of major decisions have to be made too major to place on the publics shoulders town jurisdiction she explained will likely be withdrawn in the fall af ter the new facility opens councillor jim rae re commended a parks and recreation board be established comprising volunteers from the towns rural and urban areas right now we dont know what the future holds for the old arena he said board member ken cosgrove criticized the move he said council would be wearing two bats and answering uestionshahej themselves ask he stressed the importance of the boards watchdog role there are volunteers wanting to help but their helps not wanted he said councillor wilf mor- ley stressed the change as only temporary although councillor sanders said no date had been set when the changeover in jurisdic- tion would take place board member harry schell suggested the end of the year councillor sainsbury explained that a bylaw would have to be pre pared and passed she noted too that a rec centre general manager would have to be hired well merely carry on until told otherwise stated chairman bill murphy now ear piercing at 6404646 24 main vv stouffville 2944844 76 main n markham serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area vol 97 no 28 a metroland community newspaper wednesday november 21 1984 stouffville tire battery your dunlop tire dealer home of generation iv the tire with the 40000 mbe warranty 6404499 38 pages 50 cents stouffville transport driver has miraculous escape a stouffville driver had a miraculous escape from se rious injury tuesday when his southbound flatbed trans port carrying a 50ton backhoe was in collision with a gravel truck at the intersection of hwy 48 and the bloomington road john pollard 23 of fairview avenue suffered only a bruised knee the other driver ernest jones 51 of newmarket had a cut over one eye both were treated in hospital and later released property damage was estimated at 60000 the flatbed owned by equip ment express of markham careened through a guardrail and came to rest in a deep ditch jim thomas half pets euthanized stouffville within a period of four months 47 dogs and cats have been euthanized painlessly put to death daniel j lawr ence manager of kennel v inn aurora informed town council nov 13 from june 1 to sept 30 ninetytwo were picked up including 59 dogs and 33 cats out of this number 47 were put down seventeen of these were dogs and thir ty were cats thirtyone dogs were claimed and eight were adopted only one cat was claimed and one was adopted wildlife trapped during the same fourmonth period includedfour raccoons three rabbits three foxes three groundhogs two skunks two porcupines one muskrat one pigeon and one bat approximately 35 percent of all dogs and 90 percent of all cats picked up are eutha nized mr lawrence told the tribune while the law requires all animals to be kept five days kennel inn holds them from eight to fourteen days he said as far as dogs are con cerned the problem would be solved if owners would attach tags to their pets col lars lawrence explained through tag numbers householders names are obtained from the town office and dogs are re turned immediately the fee is fifteen dollars rabies tags serve the same pur pose he said the owners are traced through veterin- four candidates seek ward 2 seat whitchurch three times and in thats what son robb is hoping as he makes his third attempt at winning a seat on whitch urchstouffville council hes a candidate inward 2 the election date is dec 10 robb 42 holds the rank of acting captain with the toronto fire department a career that began 20 years ago he has used this experi ence to good advantage ron robb serving as a training officer with the no 2 fire station ballantraemusselmans lake robb says hes letting his name stand not for one year but for four the next municipal election is in 1985 he feels it will take at least a year to get to know the ropes the 16year musselmans lake resident would like to see the no 2 fire area ex panded he also wants to see the south lake road im proved its in rough shape he said if elected hes promised to check into daycare needs within the ward many mothers and fathers work he stated and this presents problems in his first bid for election robb was defeated by the late becky wedley the second time he lost out to tom wood now the towns mayor by 57 votes ron and jean robb have three children two sons david and stephen and a daughter shclli ary files lawrence believes the high number of unclaimed dogs and cats from whitch urchstouffville is due to the fact people dont know were here kennel inn is located on the west side of yonge street south of au rora if your pet is missing call us every day lawr ence urged the number is 8881129 kennel inn answered 174 complaints during the four- month period including 165 regular and nine emergen cies their vehicles com pleted 112 patrols totalling 11778 kilometers the service was praised by members of council with mayor tom wood describ ing the operation as very professional readjust population maximum stouffville the town could one day face a growth explosion if its not careful with population planning this was the warning issued by councillor margot marshall during a nov 13 discussion on whitchurch- stouffvilles new expansion goal although the majority of members eventually agreed to accept recom mended guidelines of 22000 people by 1990 the preced ing debategenerated a live- ly- exchange on future growth strategies councillor marshall strongly objected to the maximum five per ceiit population figure favored by council she urged ex treme caution be exercised the ward 1 representa tiveclaimed not to be anti- growth but warned that problems could result if land developers should all decide to build here at once the rezoning is there and sooner or later they are going to build she said i tell you this place is going to change in a hurry jim sanders councillor for ward 6 considered con trolled growth of prime im portance these population limits areimportant because they make lis pick and choose so we obtain the right type of growth he said wilf morley fran sains bury and jim rae said they belived the townls real growth potential lies in the rural areas stouffville for tenyearold tim mccam- mon albert street south stouffville tuesday was the happiest day of his life to be exceeded only by saturday tim a tribune newspaper carrier was the win ner tuesday of two tickets to maple leaf gardens on saturday hell watch the minnesota north stars play the toronto maple leafs and later meet and talk with minnesotas keith acton a native of stouff- ville v vy the draw was arranged by tribune publisher bruce annan and circulation manager doreen deacon to show the papers appreciation of its car riers hard work week after week tims name was selected by editor jim thomas councillor sainsbury said lack of access to the york- durham sewer line com bined with hmited urban sewage capacity makes outside expansion all the more important the rural- area is the only thing we have going for us councillor sainsbury commented and as long as we grow in an economi cally sound manner i dont forsee any problems councillor marshall wanted the goal lowered so th a t whitchurch stouffvilles projected size would be under 20000 by 1990 jim sandrs agreed with a proposed amendment re ducing the growth figure from five to three perwntj stating this would prompt future councils to look fjt things even a little more carefullv however the motion was defeated by councillors sainsbury morley and rae and the original one approved mayor tom wood re minded members that the population goal can be re viewed annually and ad justed to reflect current trends mrs marshall was critical of her colleagues for so eagerly supporting the five per cent target as recom- mended by the town planner buildup booms stouffville no longer is whitchurch- stouffville the development graveyard of york region quite the opposite build up is booming bruce arrowsmith the towns chief building offi cial reports residential con struction far ahead of 1983 with 112 permits issued to the end of september com pared to 66 for the same period last year the value of residential construction sept 30 1984 was 12172160 the value of total con struction sept 30 1984 was in excess of eighteen million dollars including close to ten million in the third quarter july- september alone the value of residential construction in the third quarter julyseptember was 6593701 an economic report pre pared by the region of york for the first half of 1984 janjune shows whitch- urchstouffville in sixth place with respect to re sidential buildup the towns ahead of king and georgina vaughan is well out front with markham richmond hill aurora newmarket and east gwil- limbury following in that order shes a doll among dolls oneyearold brett boadway is happy shes among friends but shed better enjoy the companionship while she can the four dolls made by jackie petrie edward street and charlotte simonds clarke street will be won by ticketholders in a chamber of commerce raffle every friday nov 30 to dec 21 smiling brett is the daughter of bob and julie boadway main street stouffville jim thomas bequest harvey bunker long time farmer on the 9th concv of markham died feb 29 1984 at green gables manor bloomington he was 91 prior to his passing it was his wish that a dona tion in his name be made to the markham- stouffville hospital building fund an amount in excess of 500000 was written into his will recently a cheque as prescribed was made payable to the fund- raising committeeship the hospital board are extremely apprecia tive of this gesture wiu be recognizing it in s formal letter of appre elation to be published in the tribunejjgigg 4 p