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remember mother may 11th serving wbitchurchstouffville uxbridge area ommnity newspaper wednesday april 30 1986 countrye a lrraltyltd you are oniy young once j but that excuse wont last bob on fvin forever ztt 5495090 6405090 52 pages 50 cents ili a combination of smoke in halation and intense heat felled a stouffville firefighter satur day as 16 volunteers battled a blaze east of mccowanrcad south of lemonville scott watson park drive norths st puffyille was given first aid by ambulance officers at the scene then admitted to york central hospital rich mond hill for further treat ment and observation he was released the next day chief walter smith said the fire started on land owned by mac frost the former fred timbers farm and leased by paul baker the flanies quickly spread to neighboring property owned by mario cinelle where a small frame building and about 200 feet of snowfence were des troyed jy several propane tanks were close by chief smithsaid but volunteers had the blaze undej control before flames advanced that far altogether the fire spread oyer about ten acres four vehicles including two pumper trucks one tanker and ah emergency van were de spatched they remained on location three hours chief smitlfpraised tbe serice of ambulance personnel and the assistance of neighbors ron robb chairman of the eire committee on council was one i of those in attendance because the stouffville sta tion was depleted of volunteers markham provided- standby under the york region mutual aid program kfsfllf student opposition to uniform dress stouffville a revolt of sorts is shaping up at the stouff- ville christian school it all has to with a uniform dress jcode that if approved will be- come effective with the start of the fall term i if calls received by the tribune are an indicator it would seem fthose students in grades 8 9 and 10 are most strongly opposed younger children are hesitating ly agreeable while seniors seem to think its fine at least the ones we talked to the issue will be discussed at an information meeting called by the aboard may 8 its only a proposal at this point principal wally robinson hold the tribune nothings jetched in stone we wont know until june mr robinson said hes not sur prised at the antiuniform reac tion opposition to something new is common he stated he said the project had been taken on by the schools parent association and they felt it would be a good idea its still very much up in the air he explained some pupils however arent convinced they feel the deci sions already been made no one likes the dress code we have now said a 13yearold bul the new one is worse another felt the students them selves should have been more closely consulted i want to wear whatever i want stated another none of the callers wished to be identified but most said they plan ned to attend the may 8 meeting several will submit letters mr robinson said he wasnt in volved in the ptfa discus sions he pointed out however that the cost of clothing and con tinually changing styles un doubtedly played a part in the re commendation concluded the tribunes first caller if god had wanted us all to dress alike hed have made us all to look alike music mania 86 successful an honor sat may 24 is gerald mann night on the grounds of mar kham fair gerry will be honored at a barbecue and dance in the fairs general exhibits build ing beginning at 6 pm the fair boards longtime secretarymanager held the position of president in 1972 hes been associated with agri cultural societies at the provin cial level several years tickets 10 each are avail able at the fair office 640- 1576 from don miller 640- 3707 or any member on the board of directors gerald mann now retired re sides at 15 prlngle avenue markham music mania 87 is a certainty thats the word from director ann bell shell be back and so will pro ducer doris harvey along with most of the 100plus member cast the only uncertain thing is loca tion with borrowed lighting and sound systems unavailable theres thought of moving the pro duction to the new markham theatre hwy 7 and warden avenue we need a facility ann said if a proper place isnt available in stouffville the markham theatre is an alternative shes hoping in the weeks ahead a solu tion will be found so the move wont be necessary weve been lulled into a false sense of security mrs bell ex plained for 26 years the shows been operating with borrowed equipment this now must end proper lighting and sound sys tems are needed for more than just music mania the director said she cited the high school variety show the ice carnival and the stouffville players as likely users as for the show itself mrs bell called it extremely successful she expressed some disappoint ment with attendance particular ly thursday night the nhl playoffs were a definite factor she suggested describing 1986 as a building year mrs bell said many in the cast arc already discussing a theme for 1987 not only will most participants be returning but others have indi cated a desire to join the director said salary bonus raises row in council stouffville wrangling related to recreation rages on in town council this time duties are not the question but rather employees worth to perform these duties the debate waged hot and heavy tuesday it all started when a personnel committee report all members of council recommended the new recreation coordinator be paid a bonus of 390 a month for responsibilities involved in her upgraded position councillor margot marshall ob jected i just cant agree with it be cause i cant justify it to the tax payers she called it dis gusting councillor marshall recom mended the amount be reduced to 45 a week although he didnt stipulate a figure councillor jim rae said 390 a month seems like a lot to me wilf morley councillor for ward 5 questioned why one week previous the committees recom mendation had been accepted a reversal of this decision would not be in keeping with the democratic process he stated morley recommended the re port be set aside until all mem bers were present councillors ron robb and jim sanders were absent it was finally agreed to refer the issue back to the personnel com mittee for further discussion questioned later mayor fran sainsbury called the debate a total surprise she said two members of council were absent and another had a change of heart mayor sainsbury said the issue didnt relate to only one employee but the whole system the recreation coordinator she said has taken on an addition al responsibility and therefore is deserving of more money the question is how much she described the employee as very competent i dont want her position jeopardized in any way shape or form mayor sainsbury said that in some peoples minds recreation is the most important service the town has to offer in a short period of time its become quite large the staff has grown by leaps and bounds following the april 22 meeting she said she had met with both the recreation coordinator and the complex manager to explain what happened 1 told them to ignore what they read in the newsv- paper t on wednesday today the re creation coordinator has a meet ing scheduled with the personnel committee to explain exactly what her duties entail this is where we should have started ia the first place the mayor conj eluded i parkview village stouffville excitement abounds at parkview village whitchurchstouffvilles new seniors complex south of main street for several this is moving week administrator joe nighswan- der and housing manager sheila jones have been working over time in an effort to have everything in readiness for their new guests by wednesday today twelve people will be settled in their apartments includingflossie thompson stouffville mr and mrs fred brillinger richmond hill mr and mrs clifford winger gormley mr and mrs lloyd sibley gormley una dundas stouff ville mr and mrs steffan barta stouffville and mr and mrs bill brodie thornhill when totally occupied parkview village will accommodate up to 180 people in its 124 apartments this number is expected to be moved in by the third week in june education budget j keeps on climbing york region the total york region board of education budget for 1986 is 198042202 this is nineteen million dollars higher than last year of the total over 150 million or 758 per cent is earmarked for salaries the board has no control over many increases trustee harry bowes told the tribune mr bowes noted too the govern ment subsidy had decreased from 265 in 1985 to 234 in 1986 as assessment goes up gov- ernment subsidy comes down bowes explained the average home in whitch- urchstouffville is assessed at 23000 on the basis of this resi dents will pay an additional 5750 for education this year bowes concluded several to retire from hs staff stouffville several familiar staff personalities will be missing when classes resume at stouffville dist secondary school next september john marshall described by principal john nikifork as an in- stitution at sdss has announced his pending retire ment mr marshall head of the science department joined the stouffville staff 34 years ago he had previously taught at shel- bourne and markdale hes the only one left from the old school mr nikifork said with reference to the combined elementarysecondary arrange ment at summitview hell be missed also retiring are ken nicholls head of english and charles oli- to asst head of the technical department mr nicholls came to stouffville from gw williams aurora in 1979 mr olito joined the stouffville staff in 1977 after serving in schools at north york scarborough and grey county all three will be honored at a retirement party june 17 at au rora highlands golf and country club mr nikifork also expressed re gret at losing lisa vervoorn to markham dist high school at stouffville she taught special education accounting market ing and english at markham shell teach business education both jane warren head of the art department and wayne black asst head of mathema tics and computer studies have been granted a oneyear leave of absence mr black is taking a uni versity course specializing in computers hp music mania producer doris harvey presents a cheque to lome boadway principal of summitview school stouffville at the conclu sion of the threenight show saturday for more music mania cover age sec pages a22 and cl jim thomas principal ig john hlncks principal of orchard parte school stouffvll- le for the past seven years lefiye this position at the end of june hes accepted the prlndps alship at sutton public school j beginning in september mr hlncks highly respected by both staff and studem made the announcement tin day following board approv monday night his successor is arthur boj ton principal of wm ar strong public school m and former prfncf meadowbrbok public iwvrniitui peter hlscott staart si stouffvflk principal ofs dist high school has b promoted to lie position of suptv of hnman resoor york region board of ed uon