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l s main st w stouffvie 640koho serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area cquntrye lyme realty ltd vol 101 no 50 a metroland community newspaper country property specialist hm8m johmmaotau wednesday december 7 1988 fjpages 50 cents hearing board agrees to visit residential site r ry v by kate gilderdale stouffville an ontario municipal board hearing related to a proposed rural estate cost concerns alleged cutbacks in pro vincial education grants will highlight a public meeting wednesday to night at stouffviue dist secondary school the time is 730 pm the ontario public education network sup ported by various home and school associations is hosting the discussion a principal speaker will be robt cressman director of education region of york bill ballinger mpp for durham- york has been invited educators claim current underfunding by the pro vince places an ever- increasing tax burden on local municipalities in 197576 they say the public education system received 113 percent of the provin cial budget and separate schools 38 percent in 198788 payments into the public sectorwere reduced to i 62 percent with the separate system increasing to 42 percent development on the 9th cone of whitchurchstouffville south of the vivian road opened monday in latcham hall arguments expected to last two weeks concern an applica tion by ot baggio for permis sion to build 17 homes on a 25acre property at lot 30 cone 9 originally the request was for 22 homes a year after this number was cut back to eleven the application was refused mr baggio filed an appeal to the omb later area residents learned council had changed its mind agreeing to support the 17lot plan this caught opponents un prepared so the hearing was rescheduled to dec 5 lawyer stanley stein representing the ratepayers sug gested that since the proposal before the board was for 22 homes and not the 17 now plann ed the application should be turned back to the town for fur ther discussion the objection was overruled by the chairman who claimed numbers of lots as irrelevant mr stein recommended a visit to the site the topography doesnt lend itself to the number of homes proposed he said the chairman agreed pending approval by all parties pudge hartshorne one of 25 residents in attendance said she was satisfied their case was be ing heard were being listened to and thats what we want she stated jenny renewych said lack of support by the town was disappointing were on our own agreed ratepayer vern morrow im pleased the omb has agreed to visit the site hopeful ly this will lead to something he concluded thirsty thieves stouffville a thirsty thief with a liking for liquor has committed another smash-and- grab robbery at the lcbo store in the ap plaza stouffviue as in the previous breakin four weeks ago entry was gained by breaking a front window in vestigating officers believe the two incidents are related police declined to reveal the value of contents taken no ar rest has been made the same night a breakin was also reported at the automatic car wash oh winona drive again the amount of money stolen was not revealed sdss band concert praised by parents by jim thomas stouffville winter con cert 88 will be written into the annals of high school history as one of the finest musical perfor mances ever presented the program featuring the grade 9 and sr bands plus a bonus presentation by a 21member jazz choir was en thusiastically received by a large audience in the markham theatre thursday leaders peter samuelson and douglas walker shared the podium with principal peter bright serving as the evenings emcee a visit from santa claus con cluded the event the programs repetoire rang ed from rockin robin to silent night principal bright read a portion of scripture from the se cond chapter of luke the jazz choir a new addition to the music itinerary at sdss had the audience bouncing in their seats and applauding for more members included robin duke colleen whittaker andrea doucette leslie snooks tracy blackwell sheri brushette audrey brumell wendy houghton linda whiteside faye rosenberger chris topping kevin harmer bob hartai cameron harden paul winger steve holder jerry shields mark bowman stacy obrien andy green and todd snooks one proud parent described the program as the most exciting evening of music shed heard in years guest soloist nancy argenta wont be per forming at the markham theatre as initially anticipated the closest shell come to this area is massey hall toronto the worldfamous soprano daughter of agnes klinck her- bison of argenta british colum bia and formerly of stouffviue is the lead singer in the dec 16 presentation of handels messiah along with the tafelmusik baro que orchestra and chamber choir mrs herbison nancys mother will be visiting friends in her old home town from dec 12 to dec 16 and staying with frank and ruby burkholder parkview apartments stouffviue ft- ptiiiaimmbiiwaxn corn santa claus came to town saturday the kinsponsored parade was viewed by thousands along stouffvilles main street after more than 22 years the event continues to be the biggest attraction in the community sssiblisbsjpsf st nick was abusy man saturda f6llowinguhe parade- he visited the canadian tire store main street west where he was greeted by fivemonthold joceiyngray daughter of lawrence and shclii gray rr 2 slouffville jim thomas parade seen by thousands by kate gilderdale stouffville satur days kinsponsored santa claus parade projecting the thesre christmas of the future included many creative floats and a host of space angels resulting in a serious shortage of tin foil the stouffviue lions outstanding entry featuring a silver rocket called the mars tour bug and a martian tabernacle choir caught the attention of judges it was voted best theme winners selecting winners in stouffvilles santa claus parade saturday posed a difficult task for judges cathyi richardson neip patrick and vdbiig ahes after much deliberation results arc revealed as follows best overall the mayors trophy the stouffviue kinsmen club- best theme the stouff viue lions club most humorous the canadian progress club most original st- marks school stouffviue best school summitview school stouffviue a giant christmas pudding adorned the newcomers- club entry it also featured a spacc sjiip called ss christmas theme of the block parent foat was christmas past and future it included two christmas trees one sur rounded by traditional figures and the other by silverhelmeted children both cable tech and don anderson haulage made ef fective use of foiicovered snowmobiles the anderson rocket- was christened ss santa v rockets were prominently featured by schell lumber ltd and the moms and tots club w0k st marks school float was beautiful with a flying santa saucer surrounded by a dozen pretty angels it won mostoriginal the best school entry was from summitviewi steam train buffs enjoyed floats entered by york- durham railway and gliisch canada ltd uxbridge as usual there was something for everyone from lifesized muppets to a model whale and of course the bestloved entry of all courtesy mcneil phac maccutical santa claus himself struck by car stouffville a stouff viue businessman was injured and admitted to scarborough centenary hospital sunday after being struck by a car near the intersection of main and mill streets neil kalzman owner of savex drugs suffered cuts to the head requiring several stitches he was also badly bruised but no bones were broken hes presently convalescing at home in addition to savex drugs in stouffviue mr katzman owns stores in markham and unionville crosswalk petition grows stouffville support is growing for installation of traffic lights at main and stouffer streets in the area of summit- view school a petition has already been signed by 80 residents agreeing with the documents demand to have whitchurchstouffville council remedy this inherently dangerous situation town engineer paul whitehouse meanwhile has been directed to study the pro blem and report back with recommendations the petition was drawn up in response to the recent death of carl watson tenth line south mr watson was hit by a car as he attempted to cross main street near the school two other people fred pilkey and judy fockler have also been traffic fatality victims at this same location many students attending sum mitview cross here several times daily the petition states we cannot condone allowing that which endangers the very life and limb of our families the petition concludes bowes sets precedent york region for an un precedented third time whit churchstouffville trustee harry bowes has been elected chairman of york region board of education the vote was taken at the in augural meeting thursday night bowes defeatedkingtownship trustee louise walter both mr bowes and mrs walter had serv ed as chairpersons previously bowes in 1981 and 1986 and walter in 1985 the seat was left vacant by charles cooper who decided not to stand again incumbent vicechairman jane robertson of richmond hill has been returned she defeated challenger patti grand of markham teachers move on stouffville with an nounced leavings and anticipated retirements students of stouff viue dist secondary school will see several teacher changes when the fall term resumes in september don hamilton head of mathematics is going to the new dr john denison high school in newmarket so also is adel kamel head of science doug walker instructor in music and english has been ac cepted on staff at the new secon dary school in vaughan its com- pletion is expected by september 1989 denison high school will not be ready for occupancy until september 1990 a spokesperson at the board office said between times an 18unit portapack will be located on the site of huron heights secondary school 40 huron heights drive mr hamilton a teacher of long standing at sdss is now in his 25th year principal peter bright told the tribune christmas comes alive page a2 bands toot their horns page a3 grand night for singing page a9