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6404646 5 main st w stouffville countrye serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area 6405090 vol 99 no 37 a metroland community newspaper wednesday january 14 1987 ealtv ltd 6405090 ges 50 cents tragic crash on hwy48 cynthia cindy obrien inset of cannington and formerly of stouff- ville died saturday morning when her southbound 1986 buick regal limited skidded out of control on hwy 48 near the vandorf road and was hit by a northbound truck mrs obrien mother of three was en route to her parttime job at union villa unionville police said it was snowing hard at the time and the pavement was slippery jim thomas york housing crisis cooperation urged york region in 1986 house prices in the region of york were averaging 189000 the average rental rate on a driver dies when truck crashes car bloomington one person was killed and another seriously injured in a grinding crash tues day at the intersection of cone 9 whitchurchstouffville and the bloomington road an eastbound gravel truck hit a westbound car with such force it rode overtop the auto pinning the occupants beneath the woman passenger was freed by ambulance officials and firefighters and rushed by heli copter to sunnybrook hospital toronto the driver was pro nounced dead at the scene a derrick from les wilson motors in stouffville was needed to lift the heavy truck off the car bloomington road between the ninth line and hwy 48 was block ed to traffic almost two hours at press time tuesday night police could release no names due to difficulty locating nextofkin onebedroom apartment was 400 a month because the demand exceeds the supply steady increases are likely sharron richards com munity organizer for family and childrens services is alarmed the problems she says are ob vious the solutions she con tends are difficult no single sharron richards problems obvious solutions difficult agency or level of government can do it alone she points out shes hoping for the formation of a regionwide committee at the conclusion ofanallday housing- crisis conference jan 24 at bayview secondary school rich mond hill although the three levels of gov ernment provincial regional and municipal should play greater roles the private sector must also be more involved sharron says all of us should examine our own conscience she states and be receptive to lowincome housing the not in my back yard syndrome is still very much alive in york she claims sharron points out that to meet payments on a home priced at 189000 requires two very good salaries those on moderate incomes are out of the ownership market she explains adding to the problem is the fact affordable homes arent being built today sharron says many she claims are beyond what the average family re quires both in price and in size the situation isnt unique to whitchurchstouffville or even york region she states in stouffville the apartment vacancy rate stands at zero we want to bring together those people who care about their community sharron says with reference to the jan 24 confer ence shes optimistic solutions will be found seniors celebrate stouffvilles silver jubilee club for seniors will soon be ten years old to mark this anniversary milestone a gala dinner and program is planned for wednes day feb 25 the location will depend on mmikers5f reservations enter tainment organizer ruby mor gan told the tribune the club can accommodate up to 100 she said but more than this and the event will be moved to the le gion hall the legion ladies auxiliary will cater the clubs charter president is walter pipher followed by rae pipher ruby morgan nola porter and now sid coop er the clubhouse owned by the town is located at the cor ner of main and market streets in stouffville another show m 2kb edition of music mania is off to a rol- licking start a gathering of the clan was held in she auditorium of stouffvilles summltvlcw school jan 7 with rehearsals starting in ear- nest janm tonight pictured here arc five of the shows leaders standing left to right jane stott vi schopc and doris harvey sealed left to right ann bell and linda hollin the last signup date is jan 21 jlmthoi buses form blockade stouffville school bus operators are fed up to such an extent theyre taking the law into their own hands motorists they claim are con tinually ignoring their vehicles flashing lights and refusing to stop even the elongated arm a recent added attachment doesnt help while the problem is wide spread one of the most alarming locations they claim is the load ing area in front of dicksons hill school there they say even pa rents are offenders on thursday seven bus drivers witnessed a motorist pass by a radio call was put through to travelways and two operators gave chase when the vehicle turned into a nearby laneway they blocked the entrance and re mained there until police arrived the law reads thata person ac cused of such an offense must appear in court an of ficer at york regions no 19 division told the tribune the minimum fine upon conviction is 128 and six points new life goodwood the disbanded goodwood chapter of the lions club has apparently found enough member support to begin anew it looks like were back in busi ness club pastpresident brian plewes told the tribune follow ing a special information session monday he said at least 15 people showed interested in joining the service organization some of these are expected to be inducted at a jan 26 meeting goodwoods charter is still in tact as lions international never considered the club to have offi cially folded mr plewes ex- plained lions members in this uxbridge twp hamlet decided to disband the chapter in september of 1986 due in part to dwindling community interest a party to mark the clubs re birth and its sixth anniversary has been scheduled for goodwood community centre march 20 mother of three dies in accident by steve houston a memorial service was held wednesday today from cen tral united church unionville for cynthia cindy obrien 28 a mother of three killed saturday morning while on her way to work an opp officer said cindy formerly of main street stouff ville and more recently of cannington died when her 1986 buick regal limited skidded on slushy pavement near the intersection of hwy 48 and the vandorf road her car was struck broadside by a northbound pickup truck the truck driver 22yearold brent marshall of markham escaped in jury it was snowing hard at the time the investigating constable said time of the collision was placed at 730 am no charges have been laid mrs obrien was travelling south on her way to union villa a seniors retirement home in unionville where shed worked the past 10 years she was commuting from her home in cannington a small community north of sunderland she loved her family said cindys father lester weath- erill of rr 1 unionville she was a happy girl she was fun just a joy the third of four children cindy grew up in the familys home on the 6th concession of markham kennedy road she and husband darrell were married eight years ago for the past two years cindy had assisted on a parttime basis at union villa coworker irene pettigrevv described her as a person wellliked by staff and residents she also enjoyed a close relationship with the seniors there and made many friends said mrs pettigrew adding that she was a reliable employee who will be greatly missed cindy was just the kind of girl you couldnt help but like noted mrs pettigrew she had to come a long way to work but missed very few days even in the winter mrs obrien is survived by husband darrell sons todd and wayne daughter kimberly her parents lester and bonnie brothers paul and michael and sister tannis mr and mrs weatherill were on vacation in florida when the sad news of their daughters death was received postsurgery results scary stouffville the surgery was considered routine howev er for bill and clara white bethesdasideroad rr 3 stouff ville it was an experience theyll never forget it was back in late november that daughter jane 17 entered north york general hospital for a tonsilectomy and she came through the operation fine however three days later she be gan hemorrhaging and doctors became concerned tests revealed jane to be a hemophiliac a condition that causes uncontrolled bleeding from even the smallest cuts mrs white said up until that time they had no knowledge of their daughters medical problem we were really worried she said both she and her husband slept all one night at the hospital the physician too clara explained she described the care received as super mrs white said jane couldnt receive transfusions because this would have altered her blood type and prevented clotting all we could do was hope she said because of postsurgery com plications jane missed five weeks of school shes had a lot of catching up to do but her attitude is great clara stated jane must still undergo further tests but the familys confident the worst is over trustee harry bowes technical praise stouffville additional jobtraining rather than book- learning should be a top priority in our education system says whitchurchstouffville trustee harry bowes mr bowes says keeping young people in school until age 18 as recommended by ontario youth commissioner ken dryden is not in itself the solution to current un employment problems more money needs to be funded our technical classes says bowes there are 3000 advertised jobs in the three toronto daily newspapers every week our kids arent properly trained mr bowes claims the system cant force a young man or a young woman to remain in school whats to keep him or her moti vated he asks bowes contends the real oppor tunities lie in technical instruc tion he claims sdss has the best woodworking course in ontario the town trustee says he hasnt had an opportunity to read the dryden report in its entirety he feels however dryden would have been better advised to have contacted a crosssection of teachers trustees and students before coming to conclusions inside look 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