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diamond sale barthau jewellers wjviu 6404646 aiiiii serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area countrye wwkrdkyud country properties jrjsfwsui urgently needed jbi 9 6406716 vol 101 no 19 oil spill cleanup is costly a metroland community newspaper wednesday may 11 1988 by jim thomas editor stouffville ministry of the environment is continuing its work in an effort to clean up a ma jor oil spill friday at the stouff- yille coop on edward street an estimated 890 gallons of clear diesel fuel poured from an underground tank during filling operations at the site r a ground level cap became dis lodged allowing the liquid to escape a portion of the load n service was held saturday ifroiri the stouffviile mission ary church for reginald stouffer following his passing may5 he was 76 mr stouf fer a former town business man and councillor is sur vived by wife mary a son jqavid a daughter susan and five grandchildren flowed into nearby duffin creek according to deputy fire chief murray emmerson the truck operator was unmindful of the accident until informed by a pas serby at that time it was thought only about 200 gallons had escaped the full extent of the spill wasnt learned until satur day morning cost of the cleanup has been estimated at 10000 mr emmerson said about 90 gallons of oil was collected near the site because of the dark fire fighters had no way of knowing so much had escaped peat moss hay bales and oil absorbants were employed to soak up the residue as best possi ble janet humber a ministry officer told the tribune booms were set up near the library and the works dept in an effort to block the flow two ducks rendered immobile by the slick were pulled from the stream treated and released emmerson said fish he ex plained seemed unaffected be cause the oil remained on the sur face eight truckloads of contamin ated soil have been trucked to a landfill site near maple the offic er said don maitland of the environ mental office don mills said the fire department followed all established procedures including a phone call to the spills action centre in toronto at that time the situation was thought to be under contol daylight revealed a more serious problem he ex plained spills are tricky once they get into drains he said fortunate ly he noted the fuel is not explo sive and tends to break up as it moves along even so he said no stone will be left unturned in an effort to complete the cleanup properly the cost will be borne by the polluter he stated 48 pages 50 cents jim tiioj town band struggling stouffville the whitch- urchstouffville concert band temporarily out of tune will try one more time to get back on track pat ratclif i said members have regrouped after a twomonth break they hope to meet four commitments in june she said including concerts at the stouff viile legion the vandorf museum parkview village and the strawberry festival poor attendance has plagued the band all winter mrs ratcliff said at some rehearsals num bers were down to between six and ten people following planned appear ances next month a members meeting will be held to see where we go from here mrs ratcliff explained shes hopeful the june dates can be filled despite disappointing turnouts thomas legrady the band direc tor has been great mrs ratc liff said i still think theres a place for a concert band in a community like whitchurchstouffville she responded optimistically noting poor attendance had been a prob lem during past winters as well but then there are some who like time off in the summer too she concluded recital proceeds ballantrae dance studio operator loretana maiuri is holding a recital may 27 with a portion of the proceeds subsidizing the cost of bone marrow surgery for a former student the date is may 28 at ballantrae public school lorentana a graduate of stoberts high school thornhill and presently enrolled at ryersons canadian college of dance says shes pleased help out in a small way the girls mother told the tribune no dates been set for surgery since her other daughter isnt a match rebecca was lorentanas pupil several years lorentana moved with her parents from richmond hill to ballan trae in september 1986 shes been a dance instructor five years with ballet her specialty she also teaches tap jazz and theatre arts student enrollment that began with eleven has climbed to 10 ranging in age from three years to adult admission to the recital may 26 is five dollars two dollars of which will go the transplant fund truck problem still unsolved whitchurch unless the ministry of transportation can be convinced otherwise trucks will continue to use the entranceexit to and from standard industries limited on the bethesda sider- oad whitchurchstouffville area residents claim truck traf fic poses a hazard they want the rightofway changed to hwy 48 this recommendation had been approved by the province but the permit was allowed to expire mayor fran sainsbury informed a planning committee meeting may 3 i think wclaim truck traffic poses a hazard they want the rightofway changed to hwy 48 this recommendation had been approved by the province but the permit was allowed to expire mayor fran sainsbury informed a planning committee meeting may 3 i think we should get bill bal- linger riding mpp in here to shake things up a bit com mented committee chairman wilf morley councillor morley wondered if the liberal govern ment had changed its mind on the issue after gaining a majority it was suggested the towns in fluence over the matter might have been greater when greg sobara was a cabinet minister and riding representative rate of town growth remains contentious issue for council stouffville how big is too big the ongoing debate came to the fore again may 3 with town planning committee members presenting varying opinions mayor fran sainsbury claims stouffviile must grow by what means shes open to suggestions councillor jim sanders on the other hand feels its best to hold to the status quo that population expansion isnt that important mayor sainsbury emphatically denies shes pro big pipe hook up to the yorkdurham sewer system im simply asking york re gion what our options are she stated our current system the sew age plant is at capacity weve been told we cant use septic tanks in new developments what are we going to do put johnny-on- thespots all over town the town she said has been offered the opportunity to tap into the yorkdurham sewage sys tem but some other municipali ties are opposed they claim we havent our planning in place to handle the in crease in population this hookup would bring she states according to the mayor the for mer village of stouffviile has reached its ceiling of 10000 people as established by the province in 1973 she feels the figure should be revised to 20000 by the year 201 1 with a population of 30000 for whitchurchstouffville as a whole the request she said has been deferred by the region we should be trying to im prove the quality of life for the people who are here now coun tered councillor sanders rather than open the doors to new people mayor sainsbury is proposing a public meeting to discuss the pros and cons of doubling stouffvilles population in the next thirteen years parkview honors its volunteers stouffville thirtytwo parkview volunteers were the re cipients of appreciation pins at a thank you dinner hosted by the administration of parkview home and parkview village guest speaker was mark cullen of weall cullen nurseries li mited special music was pro vided by geoff tiller william street stouffviile the presentation of pins was made by herb diller and lorna hogg parkview home sheila jones and lorraine steckley parkview village recipients follow darlcnc campbell shirley gilliam hazel grove brcnda hamm joan hcthcrington joyce miller san dra pcnncr rev wayne reed beverly rccsor julia rccsor mahlon shantz eurcta skinner glcnville simpson velma steck ley emily trucsdalc adin ward albcna hodgson louise marlatt beatrice widcman allan meyer reata meyer elwood foskctt effic foskctt flossie thompson mabel williamson hugh innis jane innis nan james alma nigh elizabeth mcgonigal mar garet fitzpatrick and vera hall sixtyeight volunteers were honored previously mr cullen the guest speaker was introduced by parkviews executive administrator jm nighswander he was thanked by education coordinator diane dufton whats inside 1 mission completea2 stunning stylesa3 organs play ona5 family traditiona7 v y a day of resta6 mirror finisha8 j4 i sports last hurrahb1 play ballb 1 tell talosb2 i monica foley fashion host page a3 p