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su mayor praises rotary club at recent meeting tribune march 22 1989 as by kate giloerdale whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury was the guest speaker when the rotary club met recently at the blue orchid restaurant main street west mayor sainsbury on behalf of the town thanked rotary for the excellent work members do in improving the quality of com munity life and assisting others less fortunate than ourselves in turn she said members of council do their best to serve the publics best interests also mrs sainsbury covered all areas of council participation in cluding recreation she pointed to recent im provements that have been com pleted in local parks the swimm ing pool tennis courts and at lat- cham hall with respect to stouffvilles downtown mayor sainsbury said the municipality had received a 280000 pride improvement grant the additional cost she said would amount to 33 per household over a fouryear period lot levies were also used she explained she hopes the project will be completed this summer although the plan calls for vic torian design mrs sainsbury ad mitted all storeowners hadnt followed this guideline we dont have architectural control under the building code she said she praised owners of such establishments as the blue or chid and the earl of whitchurch for meeting the design criteria many have cooperated some have not she said road work will continue to be a auto shop expands to stouffville by bruce stapley an exstouffvillite and a markham businessman have combined to open up stouffvilles first shop devoted strictly to ex haust system radiators and gas tanks pronto auto set up for business last november in the new in dustrial plaza on sandiford drive in stouffvilles west end and so far business has been steady i ive been real happy with the reception weve had so far says shop manaager and coowner ken paterson of markham people are finding us and of course our biggest form of advertising is the guy who just left treat him well and hell tell others about you paterson 23 worked as an employee for his partner ron grills in a pronto outlet in markham before opening up in stouffville grills continues to operate the markham branch the two felt it would be advan- tageous to put the new shop in stouffville due to recent growth as well as to the fact they would be able to draw customers from stouffville who were previously patronizing the markham outlet we felt stouffville was a growing town and a friendly community and its close to our markham store says paterson paterson says the shop is offer ing sameday service and has all the necessary equipment to han dle any type of job everything is done on the spot we have a pipe bender so we can make pipes that we dont have in stock for exhaust systems this helps us keep our inventory down which means we can pass the savings on to our customers at the present time paterson is the shops only technician his wife mandy comes in to look after the office work and his father is available for deliveries or for driving customers home there will be another shop employee coming on board within the month says paterson the shop comprises 3300 square feet he claims that the present day emission requirements have resulted in a big aftermarket parts business and that he is able to offer his customers com petitive pricing we have been able to get some of these after market parts for as low as half price of what some of the others are charging and the original exhaust systems on cars today dont last as long as they once did systems that used to last four to five years sometimes last only one to two years today paterson says pronto offers a thorough warranty program to back up their service we are giving a lifetime warranty on mufflers and gas tanks as for the future paterson says the shop will soon offer truck accessories such as box liners running boards and roll bars high priority mayor sainsbury said regional roads she noted do not come under council jurisdiction mrs sainsbury touched on the towns recently implemented recycling program its not without problems she said but its in place we hope to improve the service through recycling the cost of garbage disposal should be reduced she stated mayor sainsbury had praise for the whitchurchstouffville volunteer fire department she described it as one of the finest in canada the mayor referred to whitchurchstouffville as one of the havenot municipalities within the region of york but they the region are finally beginning to look at our needs she stated mayor sainsbury slapped the wrists of queens park saying they expect a municipality like whitchurchstouffville with limited resources to do too much too fast its fine to ask markham to do this and fix that they have the money in the bank she said she noted that whitchurch- stouffville shouldnt be expected to follow the same program timetables in the way larger towns like mississauga or vaughan are because the town lacks full- time lawyers and engineers unlike its larger counterparts a lot of work must be sent out and this results in delays making it difficult to meet deadlines mayor sainsbury added and the affordable housing issue cant be solved until the question of sewage capacity is addressed the mayor noted stoplights on main street par ticularly in the area of summit- view school are a top priority she said the municipal office is over crowded but will be alleviated with the acquisition of a real estate office from westfield estates mrs sainsbury added the office has been relocated in the town park the planning department will be accommodated there she explained council meetings she said are always open to the public although the seating capacity is limited mayor sainsbury pointed with pride to the three conservation areas in town plus seven kettle lakes 700 acres of regional forest and 100 acres of park land she estimated the number of bona fide farms at 50 plus many hobby farms concluded the mayor the rotary club is to be commended for the excellent job it does caring sharing and going that extra mile for others this makes whitchurchstouffville a special place in which to live volunteers have made us what we are today free skating one more afternoon of free skating at the town rec centre is being offered during march break school holidays by the whitchurchstouffville newcomers club a free skate was held last fri day and the other is being held monday march 27 from 1 to 3 pm durham told to pay firms durham region back in the early 1980s the firms of first city development corp ltd and tamay realty co ltd had big plans for a 600acre property in brooklin they proposed to build an 8000unit residential develop ment there to help pay the 8 million cost of extending municipal water and sewers to the site the firms offered a letter of credit amounting to 21 million with interest the figure has since escalated to 31 million the project subsequently failed and the land reverted to a former owner through foreclosure the region cashed the letter now an ontario court of ap peal has ordered in favor of the development companies the region must pay the money back chairman gary herrema said the judgment indicates that requesting money up front for water and sewer ser vices is illegal we had no right to demand a letter of credit even though they volunteered it mr her rema said it may change the way a lot of development is go ing in durham the chairman said the region may have to ask for new legislation that allows up front funding he explained that obtaining such funds in advance helps protect residents against having to pay for servicing costs if a pro- posed development falls through while disappointed with the decision mr herrema said the region can pay the amount ordered since the money received when the letter was cashed was never used and re mains in a reserve fund the legal fees that durham must also pay are estimated at 500000 annual festival may get musical accompaniment stawberry festival committee members welcomed two unex pected visitors to their monthly meeting at the recreation centre last week steve thomson of backstage productions which handles book ings for ronnie hawkins and roger farrell of the deer park inn where hawkins is currently appearing asked the committee to consider tying in stouffvilles biggest community event with an outdoor music festival they hope to run at the facility over the canada day weekend thomson suggested running a musical talent search prior to the event with winners appearing onstage at the deer park inn dur ing the july 1 weekend committee vicechairman jim kidd gave him a brief overview of plans for the strawberry festival pointing out that it was a community celebration we havent the money or the people to make this a big event he said committee members felt the proposed linkup could provide benefits for the strawberry festival by attracting people from out of town through the ex tra publicity generated for the music event festival events confirmed at the meeting included the sponsor ship of the miss whitchurch- stouffville pageant by bunnys flowers a karate exhibition which will take place on the saturday in the park and the baby contest to be sponsored by the canadian progress club secretary pat ratcliffe noted that family trust will sponsor the big wheel contest the lionesses will run the bike decoration competition and the block parents have confirmed they will organize the pieeating contest it was agreed there should be signs to direct traffic on the saturday between noon and 4 pm when main street will be closed to vehicles committee chairman gary fisher emphasized that volunteers are urgently needed to help with various events those interested are asked to call him at 6402466 during work ing hours or at his home number 6405441 the next meeting of the committee takes place at 730 pm on tuesday april 11 excel ina rare black gem we had to do something spectacular to celebrate hyundais fifth birthday in canada and 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