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i best available cow m repairs m s 4 ewellgrs 6404646 vol m no 38 5 main st w stouffville serving whitchurchstouftville uxbridge area lountrye k 6405090 a metrolancl community newspaper wednesday january 21 1987 epages me vltd 6405090 50 cents driver escapes out window after car topples into river just lucky says motorist after rescue ringwood just lucky thats how 24yearold monika duesing describes her escape from drowning sunday after her 1985 chevette went out of control on the stouffville road east of cone 7 and overturned in an ice- covered stream the victim a staff employee at rockcliffe nursing home lawr ence avenue east scarborough was on her way to work when the accident happened although the drivers door was jammed monika was able to crawl through a side window as water poured in fortunately i didnt panic the ringwood woman said i took a deep breath of air and scrambled out she lay on the creek bank until help arrived first on the scene were domo- nic galati and his two sons john 25 and mark 18 of king city i she was soaked from head to fpot and in shock john said mark wrapped his coat around the victim and together helped her into their truck trucker charged blcomington a charge of careless driving has been laid against a 55yearold dump truck operator following a collision jap 13 on the bloomington road near the 9th concession killed in the crash was john plumbtree 71 of bobcaygeon marjorie plumbtree his wife is listed in serious condition in the surgical intensive care ward of sunnybrook hospital york regional police con firmed this week that peter kon- losoros of toronto had been pharged he escaped injury mr plumbtree driver of a westbound 1976 chevrolet was pronounced dead at the scene mrs plumbtree was freed from he wreckage and transported by air ambulance to sunnybrook her condition initially listed as critical has since been upgraded to serious a 1985 chevette owned by monika duesing of ring- wood lies partially submerged in a stream on the south side of the stouffville road east of cone 7 moni ka escaped drowning by crawling out a side window monika was taken first to her parents homeeastof hwy 48 and then by ambulance to scarbor ough general hospital where she was treated for hypothermia cuts and bruises the ringwood woman said had she not been able to escape out the window she would have drowned she praised the help provided by the three men and the quick re sponse of ambulance officials monika said the car rolled over very slowly and slid into the stream on its roof there are no protective guardrails at this loca tion due to its position the vehicle wasnt visible from the road the cars a writeoff the father and son team of fred and rob beard teds towing winched the auto out of the river rob had to don hipwaders in order to attach a cable to the frame the badly damaged auto is hauled out of the water by fred and rob beard of teds towing ballantrae first aid was provided the driver by a father and two sons en route to stouffville from king city jim thomas property standards unsightly siteowners beware the towns on a cleanup cam paign its time tolite the bullet a determined mayor fran sainsbury told the tribune following passage of the vvhitchurchstouffville property standards bylaw other people have rights too although the mayor declined to target specific properties she said ten to twelve ownerstenants need to clean up their acts the fine for contravening an order is 500 a day or 10000 a month its unfortunate we must go to these extremes mayor sains bury stated but we needed a bylaw with clout its been four years in the making she said bruce arrowstnith the towns chief building official has the added responsibility of handling complaints under the designation of property standards officer a threeman board comprising jim richards richard preston and denis oconnor will sit as an inde pendent jury if an individual refuses to pay the fine will be added to the owners taxes the mayor explained the town also has the power to move onto a property and complete the cleanup job itself former stouffville resident snowmobile mishap kills father of three weather dampens fairs finances markham our position was obviously serious and fi- would have been very profitable if gures contained in the auditors we hadnt had a fair report made this plain while the statement by mar- kham fair finance chairman harvey brown was considered humorous by many the speaker the balance sheet circulated at the annual meeting jan 14 showed a net loss in 1986 of 2760100 however offseason rentals of buildings and property showed an income of 84999 or 39244 more than in 1985 weather was the problem mother nature didnt exactly smile on us auditor ed bobot said this was indicated in sever al areas including admissions down by 54000 total earnings were 396236 in 1986 compared to 407137 in 85 total expenses were 395081 in 86 compared to 373478 in 1985 despite the red ink report brown described the end result as reasonably successful much better than i thought it would be mr bobot agreed saying its not as bad a picture as initially it might have appeared the theme of the 1986 fair was celebrating the good things in life this we did commented president mary cosburn bearc including the rain and the mud mrs bearc said that while gate attendance was down the fair was a very successful and innova tive endeavor in spite of the weather most ex- hibits were up including domestic science ncedlccraft photography eighteen under poultry sheep goats light horses and roots vegetables several major improvements were made to the property during 1986 including paving the main roadway purchase of a larger grass mower and installation of new lights in the parking area the president for 1987 is rick wannop markham rr 2 the 1st vicepresident is dave morri son rr 1 unionvillc the 2nd vicepresident is diane ward rr 4 stouffville stouffville a snow mobile accident saturday after noon has taken the life of a well- known former stouffville man jim harper 40 of cannington died in ross memorial hospital lindsay five hours after his snow vehicle overturned on a trail two miles from the family farm in brock township cause of death was attributed to a ruptured aorta the doctors were magnifi cent daughter lisa told the tri bune they did everything they could jim accompanied by three others a brother ken and friends douglas bailey and jerry sweeney were heading home when the victims machine sud denly flipped out of control and rolled over since jim was trail ing the other three no one saw it happen despite the severity of his in juries jim remained conscious in the ambulance and in the hospit al physicians praised his strength and courage prior to moving to cannington two years ago jim and wife pen ny resided on manitoba street stouffville jim was a sevenyear employee on the staff of the stouffville iga before joining his brother harold at country build ing supplies in sunderland he was an enthusiastic support ter of the timmy snoworama for crippled children project and purchased a snowmobile so he could take part besides his wife and daughter lisa he is survived by a son edward a second daughter re- becca his mother mrs flossie wagg of stouffville four brothers donald of goodwood harold of sunderland jack and ken of stouffville and six sisters barbara malcolm donna mcguckin and linda fretz of stouffville doris maynard of ottawa evelyn machesney of pefferlaw and betty ferguson of uxbridge rev jim byrne of virginia beach and formerly of stouffville will conduct the funeral service wednesday today at 2 pm from the stouffville missionary church with spring interment stouffville cemetery alert housewife aids in arrest claremont debbie wil son of claremont is the type of wit ness police appreciate on her return to the familys 6 sideline farm home recently she observed a stranger leaving the property she made a mental note of the cars license number a short time later a vehicle was stopped in the area of hwy 401 and the brock road and the driv er arrested the bizarre episode occurred when mrs wilson pulled into the lancway entrance on her way back from the barn as she walked towards the house one suspect ran past her and jumped behind the wheel meanwhile two others were seen running across a nearby field the man quickly gave up on stealing the wilson auto and escaped in his own vehicle parked close by debbie and husband jim were later joined by officers on snow mobiles they followed a foot trail through the fields for some dis tance but failed to catch the thieves however police posi tioned in the area of brock road and hwy 401 had more success debbie told the tribune shes not sure if others in the party had since been arrested most of the items stolen includ ing a microwave have been reco vered mrs wilson said two rings the most treasured of all the articles taken have not been found jim and debbie wilson reside on the 9th concession of picker ing two miles east of claremont gold star ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson gets the gold star councillor emmerson had a perfect attendance record at the 31 council meetings in 1986 this figure does not include the various committees served on by members such as plan ning museum library com munity centres and so on mayor fran sainsbury mis sed only one councillor jim sanders two councillors mar- go marshall and wilf morlcy three councillors ron robb and jim rae four as the new kid on the block i had a lot to learn councillor emmerson said he said his employers schell lumber had been very cooperative with respect to allowing him time off he endeavors to make it up on other days it involves a lot more work than i thought the ward 4 councillor admitted saying that when all is totalled up it amounts to about 25 cents an hour uxpool mermaida3 her smile hasnt changed a6 i ninety going on 65a7 claremont winter carnival fun a1 9 sports sdss senior spartans earn first bball wlnb1 oldtimer antics at kingston hockey toumamentrar