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are your diamonds secure free inspection cleaning jb 64m646 24 main w stouffville 2948 76 main n martham serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area stouffville tire battery your dunlop tire dealer home of generation iv the tire with the 40000 mile warranty 6404499 vol97 no 39 a metroland community newspaper wednesday february 6 1985 36 pages 50 cents leave dicksons hill school in area 2 some parents urge dicksons hill although parents attending a meeting here wednes day appeared resigned to the fact dicksons hill will become a dual track school accommodating both french and english speak ing students they disagreed with switching administra tion from area 2 whitch urchstouffville to area 4 markhamunionville former trustee john mcmurray of stouffville was loudly applauded for his strong stand against the change so also was harry bowes an area 2 trustee the people here deserve driver accepts retirement with mixed emotions it was back in 1964 that joe dart of rr 2 stouffville joined the staff of mccowan mobile mix mccowan road scarborough twenty years and several thousand niiles later hes entered into retirement a party in his honor was held thursday in goodwood hall the 69yearold driver was presented with an en graved wall clock made by ivan grove a fellow em ployee at rr 2 markham jim thomas honor area stouffville stouff ville legion branch 459 has announced the winners of its literary and poster competition related to re membrance day 1984 students from several schools participated includ ing markham and unionvil- le award presentations were made monday night results follow junior poster grades 46 daniel stainton summit- view school stouffville 1st carrie ryan john xxiii school unionville 2nd hon mentionbrian snooks whitchurch- highlands kelly retter wm armstrong mar kham janet crowder summitview stouffville adriana ragona john xxiii unionville int poster grades 79 elisa kuusela whitch urchhighlands 1st cable baker summitview stouffville 2nd hon men tionholly mcnamara whitchurchhighlands junior poem grades 4- 6 jenny smart whitch urchhighlands 1st janice livingstone wm armstrong markham 2nd junior essay grades 4- 6 jenny smart whitch urchhighlands 1st michelle osborne summit- view stouffville 2nd int poem grades 79 robert mountjoy sum mitview stouffville 1st lee scaife summitview stouffville 2nd int essay grades 79 karin gell markham dist high school 1st lori moulds markham dist high school 2nd senior poem grades 10- 13 marc meyer stouffville dist secondary school 1st chris snooks stouff ville dist secondary school 2nd senior essay grades 1013 jeffrey carney stouffvil le dist secondary school 1st tyler jordan stouff ville dist secondary school 2nd entries placing first in each category advanced to zone competition winners from branch 459 stouffville werejenny smart junior poem first robert mountjoy intermediate poem first karin gell intermediate essay second jeffrey carney senior essay second some security mr mcmur ray told dr peter ross supt of schools area 4 they deserve security and they deserve it now mcmurray said dicksons hill is included in the fami ly of schools with stouffvil le secondary and that is where it should stay bowes said if hed fore seen such horrendous problems he would never have agreed to a change in areas for dicksons hill he recommended the school re- main in area 2 and serve those families living closest to it if parents living 15 miles away wish their chil dren to attend here then let them approach the superin tendent of that area several speakers argued that area jurisdiction isnt important ron morris said an influx of 500 french im mersion students could force students enrolled in the english program to another location im asking the board to main tain a viable english- speaking school at dick sons hill mr morris will head up a parent delegation before a committee meeting of the board feb 18 and before a meeting of the full board feb 25 a delegation of whitchurchstouffville pa rents desirous of french immersion for their chil dren at dicksons hill will arso attend bill crothers the meet ings chairman urged dis cussion based on operation rather than con frontation at the same time he requested parents speak their minds he said dr ross was in attendance by invitation he admitted area 2 superintendent jack simmons and whitch urchstouffville trustee harry bowes had not been invited theres a tremendous amount of distrust of the administration and the board said crothers were willing to cooperate but our needs must be consi dered mcmurray said the peo ple of dicksons hill were being snowed under describing himself as the infamous dr ross the area 4 superintendent spoke of the pressures cre ated by population buildup in markham unionville milliken mills and thor- nhill he said because dick sons hill is underutilized the lowest in york region space is available for french immersion instruc tion i appreciate your con cern for your children ross told the meeting but the board must be con cerned for 45000 children the board looks at the total situation ross denied the adminis- tration is playing games were not trying to bounce people around i represent a community thats looking for space at ballantrae watch prograrii gains support ballantrae neigh borhood watch a commun ity crime prevention prog- driver hurt stouffville bruce hall victoria street stouff ville operator of bruce hall fuels required hospital treatment to close a gash to his head after his truck dropped over the edge of a ditch on 18th avenue mar kham west of hwy 48 no blaze occurred but the markham fire department was called as a precaution ary measure i had very little load left and the caps were on tight mr hall told the tribune despite his injury mr hall was able to scramble out of the crushed cab and go to a nearby residence for help ram has been establishes at ballantrae 5 the initial meeting held dec 13 at ballantrae united church will be followedby a second feb 20 at the home of bonnie griffin12 elliott street the crime prevention officer is pc rodney sine york regional police each neighborhood watch area will have a block captain j the town will erecj neighborhood watch signs on hollinrake street and felcher boulevard south of the aurora sideroad and on felcher boulevard west of hwy 48 mayor tom wood a bal lantrae resident is fully supportive of the program he says once neighborhood watch is operational at bal- lantrae it will be introduced in stouffville tt girl charges sex assault stouffville two stouffville men and a man from scarborough will appear in provincial court newmarket feb 12 charged with sexual assault the accused aged 33 29 and 28 are alleged to have sexually assaulted a 16- yearold girl over a period of several weeks extending from october through de cember 1984 one of the suspects re sides on church street another on stouffer street and a third on wingarden avenue scarborough following investigation by york regional police the trio was arrested and charged jan 29 stouffville the 59member stouffville dist secondary school senior band under the direction of peter samuelson will put their skills to the supreme test thursday the instrumentalists accorded rave reviews in competition at newmarket last year will partici pate in the greater toronto kiwanis festival to morrow the location is birchmount collegiate scarborough there are fifteen other entries in the class mr samuelson told the tribune if they play up to their potential theyll dp well it marks the first time a band from sdss has participated in the kiwanis festival since mr samuelson joined the staff the late ted hawley music director at stouffville high prior to mr samuelson placed an entry in the competition nine years ago with excellent results the senior band will not take part in the lions- sponsored festival at newmarket this spring mr samuelson said the dates conflict with a band ex change arranged for march and april with a high school in oleon new york the oleon band comes to stouffville march 2527 the sdss band travels to oleon april 29 returning may 1 estate homes developers enthusiastic stouffville mayor tom wood has described as gorgeous the type of estate home buildup thats planned around the former village of stouffville mayor wood said de velopment underway at westfield estates main street east and hwy 47 and proposed by malcourt estates extension of loret- ta crescent south has prompted other developers to come up with similar re commendations one of these concerns lands com monly referred to as the town rec centre behind schedule stouffville prog ress on the towns new rec centre is drastically be hind schedule according to a recent engineers report dated jan 23 the projected completion date is now april 30 rather than midmarch as first anticipated the report admits to prob lems related mainly to in ternal management it states it is hoped the de lays are behind us and that the remainder of the con struction can be kept on track the reports describes progress as rather mod est during the period ex tending from dec 20 to jan 23 in addition to manage ment difficulties weather conditions werent all that favorable the report said all problems arent re lated to the building howev er the contractor has run into trouble over the entr ance way as well when the york region engineering department discovered cul verts being installed on the ninth line they ordered the work stopped now only a temporary culvert remains to permit drainage the re port said while delays are a con cern mayor tom wood said earlier the contracts com pletion by the end of may would be satisfactory an official opening during the towns july 1 celebration weekend is being consi dered free skating harper farm on stouffvil- les south boundary ps- estate development is the lifeblood of the munici pality mayor wood told the tribune if we must wait for an adequate sewer age system the town will stagnate all estate subdivisions in close proximity to stouffvil le will be served by septic tanks and town water stouffvilles main prob lem according to mayor wood is lack of apartment accommodation with the present sewage plant at near capacity apartments are out of the question the mayor said vandorf friends of the museum a volunteer organization that arranges programs and projects at the whitchurchstouffville museum is hosting an out door skating party at the site this sunday feb 10 from 1 to 4 pm admission is free hot chocolate will be served the location is west side of woodbine avenue two miles north of the blooming- ton road in vandorf office computer excellent therapy on dec 16 1982 charlie warriner rr 2 markham was seriously injured when he fell into the boards during a pickup hockey game at the markham arena although partially paralyzed charlie has become proficient in the operation of an officecomputer at allans shell owned by allan nichols rr i gormley although once wanting to work as an auto mechanic charlie has since adjusted well to his new role x jim thomas r a plum york region i- news that a 25 million auto parts plant will be established in the au- roranewmarket area of york region has politi cians wondering when and where it was announced monday by the hon sinclair stevens minis ter of industry and eco nomic development that hyundai of south korea would erect a factory somewhere in the riding of yorkpceh at press time the exact location had not been re vealed originally the prop- osed site was said to ate markham but this was later denied hyundai manufac- lure ihe pony a sub- compact car that en- joyed excellent sales success in north amer ica last year