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thelwbune 35000 copies vol 3 no 39 a metroland community newspaper saturday september 26 1987 72 pages 25 cents famous pain tings roost in union ville by steve houston staff reporter group of seven artist fred var- ley is coming home to stay paintings by the late artist whose work characterized that era in canadian art history has been bequeathed to the town by longtime owner kathleen mckay after months of negotiations and the home in which the artist lived his late years will become a public gallery to house many of his and other paintings unionville councillor fred cox announced the news at council on tuesday sayingthe owner has agreed to leave the artists work and several pieces of his studio furniture to the town the move brought praise from the markham group of artists which has long been lobbying to establish a gallery in the mar kham area judy livingston president of the group of artists said the pub lic gallery will finally offer resi dents a chance to experience the work of both mr varley and area artists its a million dollar gift thats being left to the town of mar kham said councillor cox in an interview on thursday the inheritance marks the end of a 10year quest by the town to have the artists work left in un ionville mr cox has been negotiating regularly with mrs mckay for the last six months but the town must meet condi tions before mr varleys work and the home he lived in on union- villes main st can be brought before the public mr cox said the conditions will readily be met by markham offi cials mrs mckays provisos in cluded in her bequest include that the gallery be named the kathleen gormley mckay gal lery that the main st home be established as a permanent pub lic gallery that mrs mckay or a repre sentative be allowed to sit on the gallerys governing body mr cox added that the town will take steps to have the work preserved in the proper atmos phere this is the first step but its a good step noted councillor cox its the chance for the town of markham if were ever going to have a serious art gallery esttt i yy widening 404 on backburner when it comes to widening hwy 404 markham mayor carole bell wants the transportation ministry to get on with the job and quit fooling around she made the comment tuesday when council read a letter from transportation minister ed fulton saying wide ning on the south portion of hwy 404 would not begin until around 1992 responding to councils request that the government immediately widen hwy 404 in markham mr fulton said such work wont be started for several years in the letter mr fulton said the governments first priority is to extend the highway to davis drive in newmarket before wide ning the southern section although he mentioned a study which recommends widening hwy 404 south of major macken zie dr he said expansion work is slated to ward the end of the minis trys five year work plan around 1992 council approved a recom mendation to send another letter urging immediate construction farmam scorning of autumn means united way lime for york region arid markhamarea chairman franlcscarpittilfwith lots of help froiriamarkliam hydro crew kicked off the local campaign with a banner across unibnvilles main street he after a local goal of 456754meanwhlie len tweedie ionorarychaiaste pat courageand hank degroot ingthe uwtciiiii- vjae area theyre aiming to raise 46460 sjocrdwitt whats inside granny ptaves ppeai irigjggjhgjg seasons- promise 15- i-