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downtown project approved stouffville town coun cil has supported an 800000 fund ing proposal for work included in the business improvement area bia boards downtown streets- cape plan half of that amount would come in the form of a grant under the provincial governments pride program with the rest allocated from various municipal coffers the municipality has pro ceeded with its funding applica tion george schlukbier was present with other bia members as the council decision was made jan 27 this program is so important to whitchurchstouffville be cause the real calling card for our town is main street mr schluk bier said once that main street is revitalized it will have an impact on all of stouff ville and will help it really open up however ward 6 representa tive councillor jim sanders ex pressed mixed feelings about councils handling of the matter mr sanders said hes con cerned the town hasnt done enough cost analysis of the revita- lization project i would have liked to have seen much more accurate figures he said noting- that ratepayers shouldnt get their hopes too high because the funding initia tive is only at the application stage hydro lines must first be buried along main street before the im provement work can get begin ful ly mr sanders added in spite of his concerns the councillor stressed he wants to see the downtown improvement program proceed ward 5s wilf morley who in troduced the funding motion views the 800000 figure as realis tic although he wouldve liked to have seen the entire project laun ched at this time at this point i think its an ex cellent start he said bylaw in other business whitchurch- stouffville council gave final approval to a bylaw adopting an officialplan amendment that establishes a twoacre minimum lot requirementfofestate re sidential development and members okayed another official plan change modifying the towns severance and rural development policies technical display stouffville training provided through the technical department of stouffville dist secondary school is highly re garded by york region board of education to convince both present and future students of this fact feb 11 has been declared tech day at sdss beginning at 2 pm a technical display in the gymnasium will be open to all grades later from 630 to 8 pm the exhibit will be part of orientation night for grade 8 students and their parents equipment will include compu teroperated lathes and compu terassisted drafting machines we want our students to know what courses are available and where these courses can lead explained principal peter bright were attempting to break down an attitude that says only certain types of students enrol in technic al courses out of 788 enrolled at sdss this year 600 take at least one technical credit course mr bright said he praised a letter written by trustee harry bowes and pub lished in the tribune issue of jan 28 recommending students re ceive at least some technical training prior to graduation stouffville high mr bright said has courses in five technical areaswoodworking auto machine electronics and drafting after grade 8 students and their parents have viewed the display feb 11 they will be told of course options available at sdss for 198788 jewellery stolen ballantrae york re gional police arc investigating a reported theft of jewelry from the home of penny van den thillart jasmine crescent ballantrac the loss is estimated at 3000 it occurred sometime between dec 4 and jan 16 investigators disco vered no signs of forced entry thcfl from video fifty dollars in quarters was stolen jan 28 from a video machine at country club donuts main street east stouffville damage to the video was esti mated at 20 tribune february 4 1987 a17 a pickering family escaped injury saturday when their latemodel car left brock road and flipped south of claremont the occupants of the crash vehicle were on their way to a local ski outing at the time in rushing to the scene a durham regional police cruiser became stuck in deep snow off the opposite shoulder of the road chris shanahan the york region board of education mourn loss of area resident by marjorie woodland fourth line a funeral servive was held at clarmont baptist church monday feb 2 for alex schneider mr schneider had been an in valid for several years at park view home in stouffville he was in his 87th year and was prede ceased in 1973 by his wife annie woodland he leaves to mourn his loss daughters ivy mrs ross wide- man jean mrs jack hall mary mrs stan mcmullen and joyce as well as nine grandchil dren and six great grandchildren interment will be at claremont union cemetery alf woodland of vancouver has enjoyed a brief visit with the woodlands while here to attend the funeral of his brotherinlaw alex schneider alf brought some interesting souviners from hawaii where he and wife do- reen recently spent a holiday to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary the baptist women will meet at the home of blanche taylor on feb 10 at 1130 am this will be the first gathering with the new slate of officers in charge an 1 1 30 am luncheon will proceed a program on the theme of love the annual business meeting of the baptist congregation will be held feb 7 at 1 pm in the church a good attendance of members is requested the next goodwood christian womens club session will be held in the community centre friday feb 6 at 930 am designer paula lishman of blackstock will host a knitted fur fashion snow while music will be provided by the sowers of port perry carol peterson a vibrant speaker from cambridge will bring a message of hope and assurance for hearts in these days of disturbing tur moil many happy returns of the day go out to mrs greta hill who celebrated her 80th birthday in january and i believe that george alsop reaches his spe cial birthday on feb 9 many good wishes to both of these for mer local residents esther york wrote this little valentine verse red red hearts and cupids darts and whisperings and blushes a lacy frame without a name delicious classroom crushes apple pies and loving eyes its all the same design a clasp of hand to understand youre still my valentine man killed five hurt in pickering collision pickering a 45yearold markham manwas killed and two brougham residents were among five people injured monday night in a twovehicle accident in pickering paul maybury of pringle avenue was pronounced dead after the southbound van he was driving collided with a northbound pickup truck on brock road near cone 5 the maybury vehicle was carrying a markham hockey team to a game in ajax at the time of the crash patricia maybury 42 and son david 14 were taken to hospital and listed in satisfactory condition other passengers in the van kevin green and todd gerrard both 14 and from markham also suffered injuries john mcgrath 30 and basil mcdougall 27 both of brougham were listed in satisfactory condition police continue to investigate unionville high school on dec 15 the york region board of education capped enrolment at unionville high school for sept 1 987 at 1 650 all new secondary school residents in the unionville attendance area will attend stouffville district high school effective immediately applications for transfer to un ionville high school by new residents will be accepted for sept 1 987 along with a copy of the home purch ase agreement indicating either a closing date or occupancy date when enrolment projections for sept 1 987 are clearer transfers will be approved up to 1 650 it is not anticipated that there will be many spaces available unionville elementary schools elementary school boundaries for sept 1987 affect ing residents in new subdivisions are also being con sidered for change new home buyers should contact the local schools or the area e office 8842096 for information charles cooper robert cressman chairman of trie board director rent review update from the ministry of housing now theres a rent registry for all private rental units in ontario one of the most significant features of ontarios new rent review system is the establishment of a computerized provincewide rent registry until now it was often difficult for tenants to verify that their rents were legal the new rent registry vm record the maximum legal rent which can be charged for every private rental unit in the province when the registration process is complete this information will be available free of charge to tenants prospective tenants and landlords rent information will be updated annually utndlords of nil private rental units in the province will be required to register their rents with the new registry when the landlords units are properly registered the registry computer will automati cally update the rents each year ilie rcgistiy will record rent increases for each unit of either the guideline amount announced annually or by the amount decided upon in a rent review decision landlords will soon receive registration kits landlords of rental complexes with more than six units are being sent registration kits with the necessaiy forms to be completed landlords who have not received a regis tration kit by fcbhiary 2 1987 should phone or visit their local kent review office landlords of smaller complexes can also obtain registration kits by calling their local office landlords of residential complexes with more than six rental units must register by may 11987 landlords of complexes containing more than six rental units have until may 1 187 to regis ter information about their units with the new rent registry landlords of smaller complexes containing six units or less as well as boarding bouses and lodging houses will be notified by the ministry of i lousing of a specific registration deadline at a later date these landlords are encou raged to file with the rent registry as early as possible landlords are required to file with the registry the actual rent that was charged on july 1 1085 for every rental unit in their complex most landlords will only be required to register once how tenants can verify their rents when the rents for a building hare been registered the registry will notify the landlord and the tenants of the rent information which has been recorded for their units hie registry will also advise the landlord and tenants of the time limits for malcing applica tions to challenge or certify the actual rent that has been recorded registry information will be easy to obtain as there are more than one million rental units in the province rent registration will take some time when the registration process is fully com pleted information from the registry will be available by tollfree telephone or by visiting a local rent review office for more information and land lord registration forms call toll- free 18003879060 or phone your local rent review office ministry of housing ontario hon alvin curling minister 21 rent review offices across the province barrie 705 7372111 ottawa 613 2305114 metropolitan toronto hamilton 416 5288701 owen sound 519 3763202 city of toronto 416 9648281 kingston 613 5486770 peterborough 705 7439511 east york 416 4290664 kitchener 519 5795790 st catharines 416 6846562 etobicoke and london 519 6731660 sudbury 705 6754373 york 416 2362681 mississauga 416 2703280 thunder bay 807 4751595 north york 416 2247643 north bay 705 4761231 timmins 705 2649555 scarborough 416 4383452 oshawa 416 7238135 windsor 519 2533532