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tribune 35000 copies vol 3 no 11 a metroland community newspaper saturday march 14 1987 56 pages 25 cents sap flowing at bruces mill herb mcintosh assistant superintendant at bruces mill taps a maple tree using the old- fashioned method of bucket and wooden spile heralding a not too distant spring the sap started running with the warm days and cold nights of late maple trees are now tapped with plastic spiles and lines running from tree to tree but the conservation area on hwy 47 still uses the oldfashioned method on some trees to show visitors how it used to be done the sugar bush opens to the public today and along with self- guided tours bruces mill will have treetapping and sap boiling demonstrations from 10 am to 4 pm on the weekends there will be free horse- drawn wagon rides in addition to mapletaffy samples pancakes and maple syrup and taffy will be sold sjoerd wittevcen salaries increase but council still lowest in region whitchurchstouff ville council members have given themselves a pay raise despite one council lors urging that salary levels should instead be determined by a citizen review commitee in a recorded vote tuesday mayor fran sainsbury and coun cillors margot marshall wilf morley jim rae and wayne emmerson favored the salary in crease as recommended in a per sonnel committee report coun cillors ron robb and jim sanders voted against in a 52 decision under the new pay schedule the mayors stipend will jump by 2000 in 1987 to 16990 while the six councillors are up by 1000 to 9994 each mayor sainsbury and several council colleagues spoke in favor of the recommendation citing the relatively small compensation they now receive for the long hours required for the elected posts ward 5s wilf morley claimed whitchurchstouff ville is at the low end of the totem pole com pared to salaries received by other councils within york re gion a recent town survey shows that even with the raises stouff- ville council earnings remain lower than other those in similar- sized municipalities as the newest member on coun cil wayne emmerson of ward 4 said he too supports the increase after discovering firsthand the degree of commitment and de dication required for the job but ward 2 representative ron robb felt a citizen review of sal ries as has been done in other towns is a more sensible approach i think an independent body would give fairer results and i think thats being fairer to the tax payers he said councillor robb stressed hes not saying councillors dont de serve more money he just be lieves a citizen review board would provide the opportunity first to tell us whether we should or shouldnt have a raise whitchurchstouffvilles muni cipal employees receive a 54 per i cent salary increase based on the percentage rise in the cost of liv ing in metro toronto town awaits regional recycling decision the future of curbside recycling in stouffville is on hold after a related resolution was referred to the towns engineering committee council members discussed recycling options at a meeting tuesday after hearing a presentation by doug hickman president of the whitchurchstouffville recycling group the town received the delegation and decided no further action will be taken on the matter pending completion of york regions feasibility study a may 5 deadline was established whitchurchstouffvilles request for implementation of a region- wide recycling program was brought up at york region council on thursday at which time it was received and referred to engineering committee mr hickman urged council members to support a resolution passed at the recycling groups annual general meeting march 4 it recommeded the town immediately approach the ontario minis try of the environment and ontario multimaterial recycling inc to apply for and in due course receive the funds necessary to assist in establishing and operating a multimaterial curbside collection re cycling program in whitchurchstouffville he estimated such a program would cost only about 15000 annual ly or about 1 per resident mayor fran sainsbury claimed tuesday that such a recycling prog ram can be run more costeffectively through the region rather having control in the hands of individual municipalities whats inside john brownlee talks about pys- chology10 ytfaij jamie perkins is zapped with a laser1819