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remember dad june 15 n ewellers 24 main st stouffville 6404646 serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area uquntrye tyme trealtyltd women now get mens wages but they always have lsa6090 64os090 vol 99 no 5 a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 4 1986 70 pages 50 cents v hs teachers are tops by jim thomas stouffville teachers on the staff of stouf f ville dist secon dary school will enjoy their sum mer vacations even more this year after receiving a resounding vote of confidence from a cross- section of students competency of teachers ranked no 3 in student likes according to replies to a recent question naire no 1 was the schools timetable and no 2 was the size of the school under the category suggested improvements students re quested more dances no 1 and more activities no 2 principal john nikifork went over the responses point by point at three student assemblies thursday my door and mr leonards- door viceprincipal are always open he told his audience were anxious to listen and well make changes for your better ment the list of student likes fol lows 11 the timetable 2 small size of school 3 com petency of teachers 4 type and variety of activities 5 school atmosphere 6 sports 7 spirit days 8 dances 9 technical shops 10 common lunch whitchurch julie roy ninth line north rr 2 stouff- ville has been judged the sixth top competitor in the nation by the american quarter horse association news of the accomplishment received only recently came as a complete surprise i couldnt believe it julie told the tri bune i called down to headquarters in amarillo texas just to make sure officials there verified her standing because the riding season in ontario is so short may to octo ber chance of placing in north americas top ten is very unlike ly julie said hers was the only canadian horse in that division all of julies points were collected aboard musical reylene a beautiful sixyearold quarter horse mare although a horse- lover since age nine julies been riding competetively less than four years the placing goes on the horses record and increases her value considerably julie explained julie will receive a letter of recog nition and a certificate julie now needs only eight more halter points to obtain her amateur championship she plans to enter the prestigious quar ter horse congress in ohio this fall p the list of suggested improve ments follows 1 more dances 2 more activities 3 radios at lunch 4 more teams 5 relo cate smoking area 6 too strict 7 new viceprincipal 8 larger cafeteria 9 more options 10 ban smoking 11 more lunch time activities principal nikifork described the students as terrific we want to make this the best school we can mr nikifork said sdss has more activities for its size than any other high school in york re gion he noted however that some students are spreading themselves too thin he urged them to establish priorities with respect to use of radios during the lunch period principal nikifork said this had been tried elsewhere and hadnt worked we need a noise pollutionfree atmosphere he said with regard to being too strict mr nikifork said he and vice- principal leonard are trying to strike a happy medium he was critical of smoking in girls washrooms and condemned what he described as too much amor ous behavior in the halls there are proper locations and proper times for this he said mr nikifork said the present prefect system will be re organized more stress will be placed on leadership and service he said and less on a policing role he supported the speed bumps on the private exitentrance west of the school the people who are complaining are the ones who drive too fast he said the speed bumps are staying the road has never been safer mr nikifork said several stu dents stressed the need for a run ning track the cost he said 250000 is not a priority item with the board with respect to a double stan dard different rules applying to teachers and to students princip al nikifork urged cooperation he said some students had com plained about being denied extra help if this happens i want to know about it he stated firmly he promised a permanent sug gestion box he praised the students attend ance record calling it excel lent mr nikifork said his philosophy had been to establish a standard of excellence in keeping with the wishes of the community if a suggestion is in the schools best interests ill approve it he con- eluded if not ill tell you remier s comin to town festiva will attend june 25 stouffville the pre miers coming yes david peterson has given assurance through york north riding mpp gregsorbara that hell kick off the towns straw berry festival june 25 mr petersons hour of arrival isnt certain however hes ex pected some time on the wednes day evening during the lions- sponsored beef barbeque and a concert hosted by the whitch- urchstouffville band premier petersons return to stouffville relates to a remark he made last september while attending ceremonies for the opening of the new rec centre at that time he said he hoped to come back at some point during the festival jim kidd festival chairman revealed the good news at a com- david peterson mittee meeting thursday veri fication in writing is expected shortly the festival including canada day celebrations extends from june 25 through july 1 some of the weeks highlights follow miss whitchurchstouffville pageant thurs june 26 chamber of commerce golf tournament choral entertain ment and a kinsmen club dance at the rec centre fri june 27 on saturday june 28 a baby contest will be hosted by the progress club other competi tions will include piebaking pieeating a bed race and a pet show a street dance will be held on park drive near the old arena an openair church service is planned for sunday june 29 with rev chris sorley the speaker this will be followed by a straw berry social music in the park and a car rally july 1 canada day will fea ture a main street parade a bike decorating contest a big wheel competition donkey baseball live theatre and fireworks a 32team slopitch tourna ment will begin on the friday evening and conclude sunday afternoon walter and aurelia smith afa roast arid toast satul kinsmen club of stouffviuefj slateaforrerirementyoct 3jhasservedthe or town in this capacity forty years first as a volun- he teef firefightei ter as the municipalitys esmithr first fulltime chief jimthomr fire stouffville arare and special human ccomp being loved and respected by all paw jai these were the words used by mayote iran ellen m sainsbury to describe town fire chief walter walt smitk v smith at the conclusion of a toast and a roast in the legion hall saturday night the eventwas sponsored by the kinsmen club of stoiiffviue chief smith is due to retire oct 31 speakersjiri addition to mayor sainsbury in eludedcouncillors jim rae and 5wii morley kihpastpresidentjimkiddci i i f com merce president ken sahdiford deputy fire chief george wilson tribune editor jim tho mas close family friend bob bruce dennis sainsbury and lawrence hennessey aurelia smith wife of the chief was also a head table guest she and her husband were s sii o daughters and sorjs-in- ercyof stouffville and jo- ngton of burlington cation with the stouffville firedepartment spans 40 years ive tried my best to be a good chief fie said in reply fbut one s needs good people above town council and good people below department volunteer without sbmble mothers chief smith- little longer and have anothe mayor sainsbury called eventogkrv- the masterof ceremonies dan mclaren kinsmen and member fire destroys home whitchurch a single- storey house located on the for- mer harvey wideman farm conc 5 whitchurchstouffville was destroyed by fire monday despite valiant efforts by volun teers from three departments to save it r the blaze of unknown origin started in a rear shed and quickly spread to the main structure flames were already coming through the roof when the first brigade unit arrived on the scene the house had been vacant several months the loss is esti mated at 35000 1 albert yake a resident on the 6th cone said flames were visi ble from his place almost two imiles away when he arrived he suffers stroke stouffville ed lund- jman whitchurchstouffvillcs jchief administrative officer is a patient in scarborough centenary hospital after suffering a slight stroke friday hell remain there at least a week for treatment and observa tion mr lundman was cutting grass lat home when taken ill his eyesight was initially affected later he had trouble walking the tribune was told a spokesperson at the town office said mr lundman had been in touch with staff from his hospit al room monday and seemed in good spirits found two people attempting to enter the structure fearing the occupants might still be inside since this section of whitch urchstouffville is in the aurora fire area the call was answered by that department chief stu wil son summoned assistance from stouffville ballantrae and new market wood shavings used for insula tion made extinguishing the blaze difficult an aurora firefigh ter explained although the walls are still standing the interior is completely burned out spring fair the annual spring fair spon sored by the stouffville christ ian school will be held this saturday june 7 from 9 am to7pni in the stouffville park activities will iricludea praih race a 13team ball tournament craft and display tables horiie baking ajre- freshment booth childrens games and a silent auction over forty items will be up for bids including a set of lawn furn iture dinner for two at greens a vcr for a week a meat tray fortwclve ten car washes din ner for four at swiss chalet 180 pounds of meat tickets to wonderland and more select principal for orchard park cash register keeps pace with inflation christ church anglican of stouffvillc sponsored a successful antique show and sale saturday at mar- kham fairgrounds here tenyearold deborah whit- laker glcngall lane stouffvillc tries her hand at operating an 80j carold cash register valued at 2200 jim thomas stouffville a successor has been named to john hincks principal of orchard park school stouffville but its not arthur boynton principal of wm armstrong school markham as previously announced mr boynton is retir ing from the teaching profession and taking up law murder charges laid durham region after more than 3 v4 years investiga tion durham regional police have charged three members of one family with second degree murder in the death of a brooklin area man clark major ashburn road rr 1 brooklin and formerly of whitcvale was dragged to his death aug 7 1982 while attemp ting to halt a robbery at the lane- way entrance to his home arrested monday were- frederick fisher 32 of whitby fishers sister elizabeth ann fisher 27 of oshawa and a sister- inlaw janet fisher 2g of scar borough in addition to second degree murder the accused are charged with robbery possession of stolen goods over 200 and conspiracy to commit theft the three will appear in whitby provincial court friday durham regional police con firmed tuesday the arrest occur red as a result of a crime stop pers reenactment of the case published april 29 and televised may 1- coming to orchard park on an interim basis is beverley brooks currently principal of harry j clarke elementary school hast ings beverley holds a master of education degree in administra tion from queens university kingston she also has a certifi cate in special education in addi tion to principals qualifications word has also been received of a promotion for david young lead teacher on the staff of orchard park school since 1982- david holds certificates in spe cial education classroom com- puters- and physical and health education in addition to principj- als qualifications hes been appointed viceprincipal ol bay view fairways public school thornhill i june 11 is the deadline date to submit nominations for the town of whitchurch- stouffvillcs citizen of the year the selection committee will include tribune editor jim tho mas plus a representative from town council and the chamber of commerce the event sponsored by the tribune will take place during the miss whitchurchstouffville pageant june 26 in the high school the sports personality of the year will also be hon ored citizen nominations with reasons should be left at the tribune office 5456 main street west any time up to 5 pm next wednesday the june 26 ceremony is part of the towns strawberry fes tival and canada day that ex tends from june 25 to july 1