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own a masterpiece 3 barthau jewellers wwiic 6404646 tribune serving whitchurchstouffviue uxbridge area dinner theatre banquet fachjties mn a memopabie dining exferffince sunday brunotsmorgasbord weddings 6406060 lj28 vol 100 no 29 a metroland community newspaper wednesday november 18 1987 64 pages 50 cent small crowd on hand for health report stouffville no sig nificant health risks from the landfill site could be identi fied so concluded thomas i goss a project director com missioned by the province to conduct a health studv in whitchurchstouffviue re lated to waste disposal near hwy 48 north of the bloomington road a public meeting for the pur pose of discussing the report was held at stouffville dist secondary school monday less than 20 citizens attended bob lewis of bloomington wondered if any contact had been made with former resi dents now living elsewhere who might have been affected by contamination from the site dr rama nair of the uni versity of ottawa replied in the negative saying these numbers were low and not sig nificant charles parker manitoba street stouffville expressed surprise that comparison fi gures from the three areas were so similar dr john hodgkinson associate medical officer of health called the similarities almost uncanny he noted however there were some sig nificant differences for exam ple higher incidents of breast cancer here mayor fran sainsbury asked if this result repre sented a concern mr goss said figures from 1979 to 1983 were consistent with those across the province and the country concluded mayor sains bury this study removes some of our fears we have learned not to be complacent and we hope never to see another landfill site in this area again councillor raps witchhunt tirtnin as is the fact of laihksaid father james marks catholic mmnyimtim iicalmasscwaslarfeely stouffville ward 5 councillor wijf morley says he has no objections to having re gional chairman eldred king and staff advisors attend a meeting in stouffville but if it turns into a witchhunt ill walk out councillor morley made his position clear after it was recom mended the town direct its com plaints to regional personnel in person lets have a civilized discus sion suggested councillor mar- got marshall most of the criticism at a meet ing nov 10 was vented by ward 2s ron robb he charged certain services originally provided by the region had recently been withdrawn he pointed to the wa ter problem at ballantrae as a prime example previously he said the cost of corrective mea sures would have been split 60 province 25 region and 15 town under the present arrangement 40 of the cost will be borne by the municipality robb listed other shortcomings as well including cost absorption of street lighting on regional roads refusal to provide the town with largesize wall maps and rejection of population figure postings onroadside signs im sure 1 could come up with more if given time to think about it robb fumed mayor fran sainsbury admit ted certain changes in policy seemed to reflect the wishes of urban municipalities to the south certainly they pay the lions share of the costs but they also obtain the lions share of the be nefits she concluded historic air battle painting is made available to town stouffville a piece of local and national history dating back to world war i has been cap tured in watercolors and its available to whitchurch- stouffviue for 1000 its an artists conception of an aerial dogfight between german air ace baron von richtofen and capt roy a brown of canada captain brown is a former resi dent of betliesda in whitchurch township he died in 1944 in the exchange brown emerged victorious shooting down the red baron and his ger- plan united drive stouffville three days and 8000 to go this is the challenge for norma card chairperson of the whitch urchstouffviue branch of york region united way the objective locally is 46400 at press time 38000 had been raised due to the recent mail strike donation envelopes were held up mrs card told the tribune to st marks addition stouffville with five portable classrooms on location and another expected before christmas the york region sepa rate school board is seriously considering an addition to st marks school stouffville enrollment presently stands at 370 with a projected attendance of 410 by september 88 the school was built to accommodate 257 children prin cipal barbara bodkin told the tribune were coping mrs bodkin said she explained that rather than construct a second building at a site on millard street the trustees arc leaning towards adding rooms to the present school the site here is adequ ate mrs bodkin noted the parents guild under the chairmanship of ann pride plans to discuss the situation with area mpp bill ballingcr in an effort to stress the seriousness of the situa tion the principal concluded compensate the campaign will be extended thirtyone agencies benefit from united way assistance in cluding the markhamstouffville family life centre the objective in york region is 15 million were within 80 per cent of our goal director hank degroot said monday the final push is on persons wishing additional in formation may contact mrs card at 64034g7 or mr degroot at 640- 3948 man jagdstaffel ii douglas warne told council nov 10 he came across the his toric painting quite by accident during a trip out west last sum mer he felt the town might be interested in purchasing the work of art and hanging it in a promin ent place as a reminder of the part one of its residents played in canadian history the asking price is 1000 little is known of capt browns heroics due to the fact he was a modest man who declined to dis cuss his overseas adventures history records the following it was a sunday in april 1918 the feared baron von richtofen was on patrol over the somme valley in germany when he spotted a lone allied plane far below as he had done on so many previous occasions he put his triplane into a steep dive and head straight to wards his 81st victim the pilot of that craft was lieut wilfred may may found himself a sitting duck his gun had jammed however unknown to either may or richtofen brown was watch ing from above in seconds he was on the barons tail one bullet found its mark and the red knight was dead the seat of richtofens plane is on display at the royal military institute toronto with councils approval a painting of this historical event could be on display in the town library members agreed the offer should be turned over to the whitchurchstouffviue historical society for its recommendation generous donation a 240acre tract of whitch urchstouffviue land valued at 635000 has been given over to the lake simcoe con servation authority the site known as the mclennan property is bound ed by the aurora sideroad on the south warden avenue on the west kennedy road on the east and st johns sider oad on the north the heavily wooded area lies adjacent to the york re gion forest it wiu likely be used as au outdoor education facility the tribune was told on wednesday a cheque in the amount of 75010 was pre- sented by york region as a grant towards acquisition of the land garbage problem stouffville a fed up councillor margot marshall has vowed shell turn garbage vigi lante if people refuse to co operate with the disposal of refuse throughout stouffvilles down town councillor marshall displayed her irritation at a business im provement area board bia meeting nov 11 when told bag ged garbage was still being left out on weekends i guess im going to have to walk the streets and see whos doing it she stated once the identities of the culprits are learned they can be charged she said mrs marshall indicated she would personally enjoy calling the bylaw enforcement officer if nothing more than to make exam ples of the offenders im fed up she declared tom thompson a local down town businessman and bia member claimed merchants arent to blame but rather tenants who live above the stores investigate sex attack whitchurch during the evening of aug 13 a man knocked at the front door of a residence on the 7th cone of whitchurch- stouffviue he requested information about articles on display at a recent sale the woman recognized him and agreed to a request to see several items in a nearby garage once inside he grabbed her threw her to the floor and threatened her with death if she didnt comply with his demands the suspect sexually assaulted the woman then ordered her back into the house while he made good his escape the car is described as large in size with a slanted rear roof the wanted man is white 5 feet 8 inches in height 182 pounds well built unshaven brown hair and eyes he was wearing a red baseball cap navy blue tshirt beige pants and run ning shoes york regional crime stoppers are seeking public assistance in solving this case they will pay up to 1000 for information leading to an arrest the number to call is 222tips or toll free 1-800-387- 8477 a reenactment of the crime will be shown on citytv thurs day tomorrow at 6 and 10 pm miraculous escape ft atoroniopliotandmsfemalcpaslevmljifigi culousiy escaped setiwslaifmotmtigmvom when their rented cessna 152 ran out of gas and makiiam air crash landed on the eae west of stouffville mark aaerman and maria- at f 15000 i