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accident prompts call for belt law by chris shanahan uxbridge twp calls for the mandatory- use of seatbelts in school buses were quick to follow an aug 28 crash that sent 23 children to hospital a seatbelt campaign intensified at uxbridge cottage hospital soon after medical staff there had finished treating the injured passengers they were among 50 people on a charterways school bus that collided with a dump truck on brock road near the entrance to uxbridges pleasure valley recreation park hospital administrator rene krizanc said medical staff came to the conclusion that most if not all the youngsters would not have required treatment if theyd been strapped in the vehicle basically they were just banged up from the impact mr krizanc said otherwise they wouldnt have been injured they would have stayed in their seats uxbridge chief of staff dr ian taylor is heading up the hospit als campaign to push seatbelt legislation through at the govern ment level the hospitals management committee has given its approval for the circulation of a letter supporting the proposal the ux bridge cottage hospital board is forwarding copies to the minis try of transportation and communications and to local elected officials barthaus moving sale continues last few days vol 99 no 19 countrye wleirealty lb serving whitchurchstouftville uxbridge area its unfair to engage in a battle of wits with an 6495090 unarmed person 6405090 a metroland community newspaper wednesday september 3 1986 36 pages 50 cents vocalist sings way to title ballantrae a 21-year- old ballantrae vocalist topped a field of 175 contestants in a weekend singing competition at brantford julia wallace won 3000 in prizes plus a recording contract for her winning efforts at the canadian open female singing contest during the threeday event she earned the praise of such country music luminaries as terry sum- sion 1 the rr 3 stouffville resident is now preparing to record some original songs before heading to london ont shes enrolled in the music program at the university of western ontario new firm whitchurch the antici pated move of an established book publishing firm into whitchurch- stouffville was slated to come be fore the towns planning advisory committee last night the publishing company would be part of an industrial subdivi sion slated for development at the southwest corner of bloomington road and warden avenue according to planner michael saunders stouffville homeowners journey hack to another era when norm and carol oliver below host a turn of the century ville in bottom photo mccowan road animal farm operator lionel celebration they go all out on sunday the former unioriville purcell takes guests for a tour in a vintage horse carriage couple invited about 100 family and friends to enjoy the quaint charmsoftheirhistoricnewhomeat47churchstreetnorthstouff- hhhh chris shanahan the galucci brothers restaurant transformed into movie set for a day wesleys corners wes leys restaurant went hollywood for a day last week as a produc tion crew filmed a scene from an upcoming adventure comedy coowner peter toulis and em ployee laurie harrison were among those appearing as extras in a segment of the galucci brothers the three brothers galucci played by american comic actors frank sivero of godfather 2 fame tony sirico and richard ferongy were at their bungling best during the whitchurch- stouftville shoot a mercedes was stolen in front of the restaurant and this resulted in some fastpaced action according to mr toulis who runs wesleys with partner josephine besselar the plot centres around the three italian brothers search for an inheritance scarboroughs magder enter tainment corporation plans a widespread theatrical release of the movie in the near future mr toulis thought the days i lights cameras action peter toulis coowner of wesleys restaurant will appear as an extra in the canadian feature film the galucci brothers he was part of a sequence filmed at his woodbine avenue eatery aug 27 chris shanahan activities were exciting i thought it was very nice to see something happen like this he said it was very interesting we love it the cast and crew returned to the city after an eighthour shoot and are now on location in other parts of the province on sunday magder will film at kawartha downs race track in peterborough a company publicist said any one age 17 or over is invited to come out to that raceway and appear as an extra a free ticket to the following race will be given to each volunteer actor new freeway still favored as future trucking route markham even though they recognize the furor caused by heavy truck traffic on mar- khams main street town coun cillors dont see mccowan road as a suitable shortterm solution to the problem to make matters worse city of scarborough planning staff have recommended a new site for the proposed east metro freeway emf in durham region however markham repre sentatives believe local pressure should still be put on the provin cial government to have a portion of it built a poll of individual councillors revealed that all arc opposed to main street as a thoroughfare for trucks although they face con straints in solving the issue regional councillor bud bon ner is on record as saying a por tion of the emf in markhams eastern boundary should be pushed to relieve the main street problem however he agreed it isnt an issue that will be solved in the near future council is bound by a provincial connecting link agreement that prohibits the town from banning trucks from the main street be cause it is a provincial road of the nine councillors reached eight said a mccowan road alternative for the traffic is un suitable councillor gord landon said mccowan could be a shortterm solution if widened and improved to accommodate the trucks he believes the best longterm solu tion would be the emf a north- south route that would connect with the proposed 407 highway we should look seriously at putting them trucks on 17th ave nue and bring them down mcco wan as a shortterm solution said councillor landon then we should push very hard to set aside land for an extension of the east metro freeway councillor fred cox agreed that the use of 17th avenue as an alternate route across the top of markham would be viable though he pointed out that mccowan road near 16th avenue wouldnt carry the heavy trucks in its present state he too said the emf is the best longterm target for council to push for and speculated that ac tion could be taken within a year if its done the right way in my view thats the best solu tion and the only solution thats really acceptable said council lor cox unfortunately thats going to take the longest to do in the meantime at least one local haulage company will con tinue to use main street keith wilson a spokesman for stouffvillcs don anderson haul age ltd said it is the most direct route for the estimated 40 runs a day that take trucks into milliken and scarborough in his view hwy 48 is the only acceptable route for his drivers a 9th line run would take them through box grove and road im provements at mccowan road and steeles avenue make man oeuvring the big dumptrucks there a test i can see that it has all been built up on main street said mr wilson with brakes squealing and all the starts and stops i can see the merchants point but i dont know what alternative we have councillor ron moran said the only acceptable bypass route would be in markhams eastern boundary namely the emf while milliken councillor alex chiu concurred that a mccowan road route isnt viable people live there too he pointed out thornhill councillors bob sher wood dorcen quirk and mike popovich say the issue wont be solved by moving the traffic west of main street councillor sherwood said the issue should have been taken to task by former town planners while mrs quirk said rerouting traffic would take the problem from one group of people and give it to another mccowan road would have made a very good route 10 years ago said councillor popovich water future is on line at meeting ballantrae residents are expected to come a step closer to solving ballantraes long- running water pollution problems at a public meeting tonight sept 3 the information session begins at 730 pm in the whitchurch centennial centre the whole idea is for the peo ple to have a say because its a very important decision ex plained ward representative ron robb following the meeting homeowners will be asked to choose what they feel is the best available solution the options according to coun cillor robb are a communal wa ter system individual replace ment wells or neither questionnaires 250 of which were recently distributed in the ballantrae area can be returned following the meeting or taken to the town municipal office the average cost of a deep dril led well has been placed at 16000 with the province paying 85 per cent a communal water system has been priced at more than 3 mil lion 60 per cent of that being pick ed up by the province york re gion contributes 25 per cent and the municipality 15 per cent lots to do in uxbridge uxbridge uxbridge agri cultural society presents its 1986 class b fair at elgin park on saturday and sunday sept 6 and 7 new events planned for the 122nd edition are a team bale roll ing competition saturday at 2 pm as well as an expanded pet show 11 am an antique display and a doll and teddy bear contest sunday at 1 pm other regular attractions in clude saturdays english horse show and prince philip games 10 am 4h dairy show 1130 am sheep show 12 noon youth horse show and dairy cat tle show 1 pm and kiddies tractor pull 2 pm sundays agenda features a morgan horse show 10 am heavy horse show 12 noon beef show 1 pm horse pull 130 pm and kiddies tractor races 2 pm therell be a full midway plus probably one of the best attended events in recent fair history the demolition derby uxbridge and district lions club is the new sponsor of this mayhem on wheels scheduled lor saturday at 8pm the rain date is sunday at 7 pm aside from the main demo chal lenge a powder puff competition is planned for lady drivers for information on rules or reg istration contact fair secretary treasurer marlene pollard at 852- 7647 the 198586 president of ux bridge fair board is keith bacon rr 3 uxbridge fair ueen uxbridge fair queen iind- sey moody will reign over the annual agricultural event at elgin park on saturday and sunday the coppins comers resident will present awards and ribbons for a wide range of fair competitions