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stouffville quality jeweller still on eweilfpg main st 24 mam st stooffvu wckm6 serving whitchurcfcstouffville uxbridge area countrye wtstrltyltd make a smart movejjst with the countrye folke 6495090 6405090 vol 98 no 11 a metroland community newspaper friendly motto stouffville the friendliest town in ontario a survey conducted throughout the southern portion of the province in may 1983 by university of toronto student jeff brice listed whitchurch- stouffville as the commun ity most helpful and trust ing to strangers mayor tom wood sug gests the municipality should take advantage of this information and adopt the friendly theme as its motto its only a recommenda tion mayor wood said id like to know what other people think the tribune is encourag ing its readers to respond in support of this theme or with suggestions of their own plaza start this fall stouffville a fall start is anticipated on stouffvilles first enclosed shopping mall developer frank fisico of scarbor ough told the tribune with completion by late spring the location is main street west adjacent to cards hardware interested tenants in clude a supermarket- a bank a trust company a drug store and a hair salon fisico described the loca tion as superb lay drug charges stouffville two stouffville men one resid ing on north street and another on sunset boule vard have been charged with possession of mari juana for the purpose of trafficking the pair aged 24 and 29 were arrested by york re gional police july 17 when officers checked out a parked vehicle on hwy 7 in markham longstanding theft police investigation into a theft from the foxhunter equestrian centre day camp rr 4 stouffville back in june 1984 has led to the arrest of a richmond hill couple the pair aged 33 and 23 are charged with theft over 200 and possession over 200 a quantity of equip ment was allegedly re moved from the property wednesday july 24 1985 32 pages 50 cents hey lets get on with the show sixteenyearold jane white bethesda road rr 3 stouffville takes time out to read the tribunes july 20 edition of weekender during noon intermission at the lionssponsored ballantrae horse show sunday her horse sterling road owned by forest vuw fhrrns appears more interested in getting on wfth the next event s jim thomas leaky arena roof causes concern stouffville whitchurchstouffvilles twoandahalf million dol lar recreation centre has a problem the roof leaks at a site inspection meet ing june 20 edward lund- man the towns chief administrative officer re ported fourteen holes in the structures upper section he recommended the muni cipality insist on assurances from the general contractor that this problem be cor rected before the munici pality assumes responsibil ity for the building at a site inspection meet ing july 18 the number of roof leaks had been reduced from fourteen to four because of this the con tractor has agreed to extend the warranty from one to two years corrective mea sures are still underway project engineer jh vicrhuis told town officials rand members of council thursday mayor tom wood earlier described the condition of the roof as serious and a very grave concern he charged that a patched roof could be a continual york 4h holds judging contest markham sixty- seven 4h members partici pated in a successful york region judging competi tion at markham fair grounds wednesday the event was organized i opening official stouffville the official opening of whitchurch- stouffvilles new 2 vt million recreation cen tre will take place thurs sept 12 at 8 pm the date has been verified by marlane mckeewethcral of the f own parks and recrea tion department the ceremony will coincide with the cham- ber of commerce- sponsored trade show first major event in the new facility an official invitation has been extended to ontario premier david peterson organizers are awaiting his reply by cathy wilson farm management specialist with the ministry of agricul ture and food newmarket assisted by several volun teer parents and 4h leaders results follow junior 14 years and undertcarla machel mt albert rick fieldhouse woodbridge robbie ocon nor markham steven cowieson queensville karen irwin newmarket intermediate 15 and 16 yearsbrian lewis mar kham lynn reesor mar kham kelly little mar kham paul brown mar kham scott burrows un- ionvillc senior 17 to 21 years- russ brown unionville bill reesor markham teresa sheardown schom- berg ray brown mar kham peter leonard schomberg open classbob rob- son maple lois living ston woodbridge john sheardown schomberg evelyn oconnor mar kham the top group entry was the york 4h crops club comprisingruss brown bill reesor peter leonard and brian lewis headache and might ne cessitate doing the work again the problem has been attributed to the timing of the roof work during the winter when conditions were extremely cold and windy this has affected the hot air welding resulting in leaks where the welds were not sufficient the town was told to correct this condition the gravel ballast and top layer of roof insulation has been removed all seams have been resealed the re port stated referring to this and other deficiencies mayor wood advised the contrac tor and the engineers to iron out their problems were spending a lot of money and we want it the centre finished properly the town contracted for a building to be built and we want it done right if mis takes have been made we the town shouldnt be on the hook ballantrae faces costly water problem ballantrae forty- one homeowners in the bal lantrae area of whitchurch- stouffville have been advised not to use water from their shallow wells an additional 28 wells containing water from a middle aquifer are ques tionable an official of the environment ministry told a committee meeting of council friday theres no immediate solution to the problem the meeting was told road salt is the main con taminant of the shallow wells however effluent from septic tanks and lawn fertilizers are also contribu tors road salt has seeped into the middle aquifer as well officials said a lower level water source is so far problem free to replace the 74 wells in the study area will cost an estimated 670000 to pipe water from the stouffvilld artesian system north of the bloomington road to ballantrae will cost in ex cess of 1 million no estimate was given on a communal water service theres no money avail able in the ministrys budget to cover the expense in 1985 the town was told the application deadline for work to be done in 1986 is oct 1 division of costs is expected to be 85 per cent assumed by the province and 15 per cent by the home owner both mayor tom wood and ward 2 councillor ron robb displayed frustration at the time lag between identifying the problem and correcting it we can only hold these people off so long pro tested councillor robb lit tle wonder he said citizens show distrust in govern ment mayor wood argued resi dents should face no ex pense since putting salt on the roads wasnt their re sponsibility dr john hodgkinson associate medical officer of health said many of the shallow wells are in a poor state of repair he noted too that ingredients other than salt were polluting the water dr hodgkinson warned against bandaid corrective measures only to encounter additional problems a few years down the road with respect to a public meeting mayor wood re commended discussion be postponed until test drills are complete a mid- september date was consi dered dcsireable ministry officials advised that if possible an indepen- dent well program be approved in the meantime those whose wells have been condemned should con tinue using bottled water it was agreed councillor fran sains- bury wondered about future development in the ballan trae area and asked whether specific standards with respect to well depths should be spelled out in sub division agreements dr hodgkinson said close to fifty letters had been sent out from his office to resi dents in the ballantrae com munity out of this number no more than fifty replies had been received mayor wood said most en quiries had come to the town cam fella on ahdoff the track cam fellas a winner to date the famous pacer coowned by norm faulkner of stouffville norm clements of willow- dale and jees racing stables new jersey has sired eighty foals the first arriving in february the owners are all happy norm faulkner told the tribunenorm has personally visited several farms in the united states to see cams offspring one veterinarian told him the foals were the finest hed ever seen among others in a field they stand out from the rest norni said armstrong bros of brampton have seven they are also stabling three that belong to ptherowners were very very pleased saiddr glen brown the farms general manager he said some of arm strongs best mares were bred to cam because he was such an outstanding horse faulkner admits hes anxious to find out if the foals can match their famous father on the track itll be interesting to see what they can do a couple of years- from now he said- kjsly cksii was planned gormley an unsanc tioned demolition derby on property at the corner of the 5th concession warden avenue and the stouffville road sunday prompted a call to the stouffville fire department when one of the vehicles burst into flames spectator cathy robichaud of mississauga said driver rick costello also of mississauga was rammed from both the front and the rear on the grass- covered track he escaped without injury cathy said she attempted to put out the fire with an extinguisher until the unit went dry a backhoe was used to push the burning car out of harms way cathy said to her know ledge no one oh the proper ty had called in the alarm she assumed someone driv ing past had seen the smoke and summoned the brigade two fire units were de spatched chief walter smith said the cost could come close to five hundred dollars new deli site stouffville the stouffville delicatessan presently located at 353 main street west is moving downtown jack and wilma verhoog have purchased the mar guerite shoppe at 21 main street west dick fintel- man of town living realty limited stouffville com pleted the sale mr verhoog assisted by his wife and son jeroen will move in over the labor day weekend and hopefully have everything in readiness for a grand opening sept 3 both the interior and ex terior will be completely re decorated mr verhoog told the tribune a few sur prises are being kept secret until opening day town staff and members of council held an onsite tour of inspection thursday of the new whitchurchstouffvlllc recreation centre and later met with company employees and project engineers shown here outside the facility are left to righocounciltor margot marshall chief building official brace arrtwmftttfc myr vm wd chief administrative offic er edward lw o mm rat councillor fran sainsbury parks and recrcatim prer o marlane mckccwetheral and company project mmtr caltfe rtscinili jim thomas v