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on premise repairs barthau jewellers senile 6404646 iiiifi serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area dinner theatre i banquet momies a memorable dmmg experience sunday bruncwsmorgasbord weddings 6406060 m vol 101 no 2 a metroland community njewspaper wednesday january 13 1988 46 pages 50 cents developers knocking on town door stouffville when town council announced an anticipated increase in 1988 water and sewage capacities it was the cue for de velopers to come knocking on the door several applicants made their proposals known at a planning advisory committee meeting tan 5 delegations included doug las meharg of arglass corpor- ation joe nighswander of park view village retirement com munity association and ken may of 667287 ontario limited mr meharg requires 19 place ments for a proposed residential subdivision southwest of the stouffville cemetery mr nighswander is asking for 100 units to service both cluster our first shawn alexander alston didnt arrive jan 1 but hes the first new year arrival in whitchurchstouffville john and linda alston of 36 alderwood street welcomed shawn at 847 pm jan 2 he was born at grace hospital scarborough and weighed seven pounds fourteen ounces shawn has an older brother jamie 6 and an older sister samantha 4 the proud parents have lived in stouffville almost three years coming here from montreal homes and seniors apartments jn the parkview village site mr may wishes to proceed with a subdivision south of millard street and backing onto manito ba in the proposal park drive would be extended northward to millard with a loop street winding to the east mr nighswander said nothing definite had been decided with re spect to buildup at parkview vil lage at present he said there are 450 names on the parkview waiting list 100 of these having been added in the past two months committee members wondered if the association might consider accommodation for other age brackets glenn brubacherof the parkview board of directors said this hadnt been discussed direc tor carl reesor suggested it would probably be best if the board remained committed to an area with which it is most famil iar besides he explained by pro viding more accommodation for seniors additional homes would be freed up for younger families mayor fran sainsbury ex plained the certificate for re- rated sewage capacity had been approved by the ministry of the environment and mailed to york region dec 16 she said that as of jan 5 it had not been received with respect to the three ap plications each was accorded the same response your request will be held in abeyance and cons idered along with all others when sewage confirmation is re ceived wheels turning melissa skis in the fast lane elevenyearfold melissa austin commercial street stouffville slds in the fast lane melisss a member of the dagmaraiptaeracingteani taking part in competitions almost every weekend- shes been skiing nine years her rae- tag coach is chris angliss i stouffville in response to requests from a church- associated group town council is seeking ways and means of ac quiring affordable housing in whitchurchstouffville on jan 5 members asked planning director michael saun ders to meet with york regions commissioner of community ser vices for the purpose of accumu- lating information on the problem according to the region an average of six families are seek ing adequate shelter at any one time others the official said are presently living in inadequate accommodation members agreed the accumula tion of figures would constitute a first major step in solving the cur rent crisis tend to business whitchurchstouffville council held 26 regular meetings in 1987 mayor fran sainsbury and councillor wilf morley had per fect attendance councillors ron robb jim rae wayne emmerson and jim sanders missed only one council lor margot marshall was away for two there were 21 planning advis ory committee meetings last- year council members also serve in this capacity councillors emmerson and sanders attended all 21 sessions mayor sainsbury and council lors marshall morley and rae were each absent on one occasion councillor robb missed two meetings all members were present for 16 of the 21 dates in addition to council and plan ning members also sit on several committees including the lib rary the museum community centre and business improve ment area boards these are not included in the yearend tabula tion no plans move stouffville with each anticipated election mayor fran sainsburys name comes to the fore its happening again with prime minister brian mulroney hinting at a possible trek to the polls this fall what is mayor sainsburys reaction complete surprise ive never been formally asked she responded there are many problems at the muni cipal level still to solve i ha vent yet finished the job i set out to do mrs sainsbury called the mps responsibilities at the federal level a monumental job to be honest id feel much more at home at queens park than in ottawa she concluded spademans sold stouffville spademans waste removal a firm estab lished by ralph spademan 51 years ago has been sold the purchaser is miller paving limited of markham therell be no change in the service or the staff mr spade man told the tribune the companys current head office is located on hwy 47 whitchurchstouffville the mil ler firm operates from a site on miller avenue markham mr spademan says hes pleased the purchaser is an all- canadian company its general ly known an americanbased firm was also bidding for the business the spademan name will be re tained llflilllsp st011fkviub und ays were boggeadownhlhppe the people waii stmastergary fisher ashc i of mail s v lairied s he striketandl nish with only three fulltime sor- under er the loads eventually passed from the he carriers ni they get snowed under too i pining tojhestouffville post ofoceare all presortecl plya lot of firstclass mail coines mixed iriwith anaisneiavp r class and what isnt he saidv ni3gaziies will also be presorted iii due this ha viirbe t r j r v ing sunday much of thebacklog was stocffvihe households now wclude two famt lies and mail for each must be separated this also takes time he said- ama vv -u- v our town is growing concluded fjsher but staff havenkkept pace two committed candidates eye new riding after july 13 1988 the town of whitchurchstouffville will be come part of the new federal rid ing of markham the boundaries will extend from steeles avenue on the south to davis drive on the north in all likelihood current mp sinclair stevens will choose to run in his home constituency thus leaving the town open to someone entirely new the rumor mill is turning committed pcs are john gam ble of box grove and bill attewell of willowdale waiting in the personal autograph eases the pain aiolgndmtawbockeyseafor ciimaimicfy cindy mcneil adds her sfouffruics pan sinclaiiy a promising fotward h jimiti with ttfeuxbrrdgelbrnsnsjpael uffettdse- j v ius laiee injury necessitating ligament and to paul casv of signatures jim thomas trucking capital stouffville if the cur rent trend continues councillor ron robb sees whitchurch- stouffville becoming the truck ing capital of canada anderson haulage rennie transport apache freight lines and lomes transport all have depots in town a likely newcomer is gm smith ltd hwy 7 unionville gerald smith is seeking permis sion to set up shop near gormley on jan 5 planning advisory committee was told yet another firm skelton truck lines ltd mccowan road markham had purchased 27 acres near the cor ner of bcthesda sideroad and hwy 47 the skelton firm wishes to vacate its rented premises north of hwy 7 planners were in formed if approval is granted the com pany will erect two buildings and employ up to 40 people spokes man randy alcorn of alcorn associates ltd thornhill told the meeting the cnr mr alcorn said has agreed to construct two spur lines onto the site and provide one train a day to service the business its estimated 25 trucks would operate out of the property daily using the bloomington road route from hwy 47 to hwy 404 larry skelton the firms own er described the company as a family operation with his wife and two children as partners bill attewell wings are peter atkins of mar kham and incumbent indepen dent mp tony roman of victoria square to date both mr atkins and mr roman are non committal as to their political plans a pc founding meeting is set for feb 11 at 730 pm in mar kham dist high school an interested liberal standard- bearer is said to be michael kus- ner of rr 2 gormley victoria square mr attewell is definite the current don valley east mp told the tribune hes planning to buy a home in blue spruce estates vandorf so he cant be accused of parachuting into the riding mr attewell admits theres confusion within the ranks the york north pc party he main tains however its a winable riding with the right organiza tion the 55yearold father of four and grandfather of one was first elected to parliament in 1984 his link with the federal pc associa tion dates back to the mid60s bill and sandy attewell say theyre excited over the pros pects of living in whitchurch- stouffville they hope to close the deal on their new marjorie drive home early in may utmm spotlight on teachersa2 neighborly notesa3 microwave maglca4 a class caterera6 herb hoover overcomes adversity page a8 skiers paradlseb1 soccery anyoneb4 tourney champsb2 hot goaltenefcrb3 v j