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m mmm sv tribune june 21 1989 a3 scoop thomas covered it all former stouffville tribune editor jim thomas responded in typical fashion this week when informed he had been chosen whitchurchstouffvilles citizen of the year i was just doing my job he said of his 41 years reporting news to the people of stouffville and surrounding area im really not worthy such is the nature of the man they call scoop the dedicated journalist whose main concern was to make his paper something that reflected the folks living in his town he wanted to feel proud when he picked it up each week i always tried to maintain a people paper concentrating on schools churches and sports and recreation i was always proud of our product i could pick it up each week and say its mine the 60yearold rupert st resident and father of five claims to have had newsprint running through his veins since he was a youth i always liked english and history best in school says jim who was born and raised on his familys farm at ninth line and 16th ave his dedication to work was made more evident by the 30 newspaper awards given the tribune while he was editor over a span of 25 years and neither illness doctor appointments spring fever or even an unsettling automobile accident could keep him from coming to work through 41 years on the job i never missed a full day of work jim started out part time with the tribune in 1948 reporting sports while a student at markham high school after a year at business college in toronto where he learned to type he came to the tribune on a fulltime basis at the same time he freelanced for both the toronto telegram and the globe and mail while reporting on stouffville area happenings he became editor of the tribune in 1959 the same year he mar ried his wife jean and went on to become associate publisher in 1967 jim went down to markham to become publishereditor of the economist and sun in 1974 but returned to the tribune in 1978 he recently retired as tribune editor but feels he would now like to pursue another career its time for a career change he says noting he would like to run for school trustee in the next municipal election i want to spend more time with my wife and family theyve sacrificed a lot through my absence i worked some long hours but i always thought no one could do it just like jim thomas which i suppose was a mistaken attitude jim looks back with satisfaction on being instrumental in having the name stouffville attached to the provincial governments sug gestion of whitchurch for the town when regional government was introduced in 1972 i wrote a stinging editorial i was very upset over what i saw as the loss of our identity in stouffville a copy of the editorial was given to darcy mckeough ontario government cabinet minister of the day and a short time later it was revised his other contribution to the town he feels was the introduction of the citizen of the year award of which he is now the recipient 10 years after the idea came to fruition there have been a lot of fine deserving folks since then he says he adds that while he always took a progrowth stance much to the chagrin of jim sanders it has been that same growth which has forced the tribune to alter its old emphasis on individuals as the town changed the paper had to change too people hard ly know their own neighbor let alone people at the other end of town at one point we had 25 correspondents from the different surroun ding areas now i think there are three jim maintains it was his camera that opened so many doors throughout his career either his old crown graphic with which he says he shot around 50000 pictures or his newer mamiya my camera has always been my right arm id just put on an in nocent look and just keep on walking jim is currently recovering from a car accident that left he and his wife jean in hospital both report their recoveries are coming along well pholosteve houston jim thomas was unanimously chosen last friday as the whitchurchstouffville citizen of the year nominations in his favor poured into the tribune office in recent weeks offering glowing recommendations about the man they call scoop he will officially be awarded next wednesday night flea market fare stouffville flea market vendors offered all types of feathered fare for visitors to the sales barn on saturday along with myriad other items for sale the popular market was busy again as consumers turned out to see what was up for grabs in the photo sat right a vendor takes a break from the days activities and rests on one of the chicken cages below bill longdon gives this friendly rooster a tummy scratch in between sales mr longdon operates a booth every weekend at the sales barn durham health council thrives while the durham region district health council now in its 11th year appointed a new chairman and announced its health care volunteer of the year at its annual meeting last wednesday york region is still awaiting provincial approval for its own council catherine hilge of oshawa is the new chairman of the group whose purpose is to assess regional health functions and co- ordinate the planning of provin cial funding she replaces susan bland betty schaefer of ajax and tom mangan of beaverton were named vicechairmen executive positions are on a volunteer basis oshawas linda deatcher was chosen from 24 nominees as the councils volunteer of the year ms deatcher a project co ordinator for the john howard society is a volunteer with the oshawadurham rape crisis centre but while the durham district health council has been opera tional since 1978 york region health officials say 80 people have been nominated to form a steering committee which would help bring a similar organization together there nana rosenberger health pro motion and planning coordinator for the york region public health department says regional council agreed in prin ciple last fall to develop the steer ing committee there will probably be two nominees from each municipali ty said mrs rosenberger york region is the only high- growth region in ontario without a district health council says mrs rosenberger who explains that such a group would serve to coordinate health planning and priorities in the region instead of each organization going directly to the ministry the council would gather up the needs figure out priorities then go the ministry she said pholosinick maoonik conflict disturbing conflict of interest rumors in- followed by the councillor regar- oxbridge residents irked by noise deb bodine champion correspondent complaints about certain recreational activities within the township of uxbridge have pro mpted council to reexamine its noise bylaw lthe scarborough rod and gun club and the goodwood gokart 0 came under heavy ar tillery from neighbouring residents at the committee and council meetings last monday the gun club located on the 3rd concession in uxbridge since 1966 has applied for a permit to construct an 80 ft tower which throws the targets for interna tional skeet and trap shooting competitions a contingent of angry residents appeared before the public pro tection committee not only to op pose the tower but to complain about the increasing sound levels originating from the club andrea weleff who lives nor theast of the club told council that in 10 years i can state for a fact the noise level has increased at least fourfold especially in the past two or three years as a physical education teacher ms weleff said she is all for sports but suggests that the monitoring of this sport has been poor nick barisheff moved to the area in 1985 the noise bothered him so much he paid more than 1000 to have a oneday sound study done in 1986 the measurements on that day in dicated a level of 80 decibels the ministry of the environment guidelines specify 70 db as accep table for existing gun clubs and 50 db for new ones the township noise bylaw however specifies 95 db as the acceptable level mr barisheff suggested to council that the scarborough gun club be required to conform to the latest environmental standards although the clubs hours are restricted to limited daylight hours wednesday saturday and sunday during the summer and weekends only during the winter the residents claim the shooting takes place from early in the morning until late at night and sometimes on prohibited weekdays a charge the presi dent of the club cliff thompson vehemently denies the gun club representatives also denied a charge from the residents that their members are loading their own shells with more powder which results in a louder sound mr wells stated that it blows the shot pattern all to hell and mr thompson said overloading a cartridge would endanger the person shooting he argued that most shooters underload rather than overload but ms weleff told those in at tendance she has been informed by students who are employed at the club that members do put more powder in even though they are not supposed to i think its the macho fac tor she hypothesized it makes a bigger noise mr thompson told council by denying the tower they may be ostmastevu8i yc canada post officials are m refusea to comment on reports steeping mum th uspension of stouffville deliver jpostmasier garjjqshejri contractor over his killing the goose that can lay the golden egg with toronto in the running for the 1996 olympics he said the scarborough gun club would be one of the most prac tical sites for the skeet and trap shooting event it brings in one tremendous boost to the economy he said no action has been taken by council yet regarding the tower on another noise matter good wood resident john grimsdich in cited council members to con duct their next meeting in his backyard to experience firsthand the noise coming from the nearby gokart track he said he has no objection to a gokart track but does object to the increased sound levels which have resulted from more power ful machines and since the establishment has started racing small motor cycles the noise has increased tremendously residents claim there are two levels of motor cycle racing production bikes and modified machines spokesman for the track ran dy ellison said if council wished to establish a decibel limit they would adhere to it we dont want to upset the neighbours he said part of the technical inspection will be if a bike is too loud it simply wont run its a simple procedure with a sound meter he said however it would be difficult to get down to 70 db by the next meet july 9 since it would take some experimenta tion with the bikes but he said 80 db would be possible by then ellison and track owner mario petti appeared before council to request permission to continue with the remaining six races on the agenda for this year even though motorcycle racing is con trary to the bylaws of the township a suggestion was made by regional councillor don jackson that the track be permitted to operate at an 80 db ievei for 1989 and a 70 db level starting in 1990 to allow time to adapt the bikes in light of that suggestion council recommended that coun cillor susan para and regional councillor don jackson meet with the neighbours week to discuss the problem they were to report back this week recognizing the gokart opera tion and gun club are frequently within township acceptable sound levels mayor gerrilynn oconnor said the point is we have a bylaw that specifies 95 db as acceptable we have some cleaning up to do said councillor para we should be changing the bylaw to make it equitable for all groups volving two town officials has prompted quick action by whitchurchstouffville town council but the rumors involving a joint property venture between ward 1 councillor margot mar shall and chief building official bruce arrowsmith are un substantiated and vague says councillor marshall the issue involves co- ownership of two stouffville area homes by councillor marshall and mr arrowsmith which the councillor openly admitted to yesterday public records show conflict of interest guidelines have been ding the two homes but the town was expected to pass a policy yesterday to similarly allow staff to remain impartial in proper ty dealings with the town i have no conflict of interest at all said councillor marshall in an interview she said mortgages for the homes are being held by local banks and said ownership has never been a secret and the councillor vehemently argues that no conflict guidelines were broken in the business venture it seemed to me that the town thought we had bought half of main st she noted town seeks treetrimming list whitchurchstouffville town council wants a say in how its trees are maintained as a result council will direct the engineering coordinator to commission local hydro officials to submit a detailed work plan before any tree trimming is per formed on town property the move follows a letter its our trees and our proper ty i think we should have some say in it said ward 6 councillor jim sanders mayor fran sainsbury agreed i think our staff should sit down with theirs and develop a better method from a pubic rela tions standpoint she said however mayor sainsbury presented to council during its was quick to point out that while june 13 meeting informing coun- trees are important if they ever cil members that hydro workers went down on the primary lines had commenced tree trimming in residents would be without hydro the beginning of june for many many days and ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson who is the town representative on the hydro com mission indicated he was not given a list of what was to be trimmed this year members agreed that as a council representative he should insist on being kept informed i think if theyre going to have a contract it would only be a public courtesy to notify us of the date it will begin and the area to be affected concluded mayor sainsbury earn extra money become a carrier today call 2948244 6402100 attention flyer advertisers wl can kiwi your flyers lor as 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