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town water restrictions in effect a water shortage in the whitchurchstouffville area could oc cur if dry weather continues and residents fail to acknowledge water restrictions when watering their lawns the towns engineering coordinator says we are not in a critical situation yet but if we run into a critical situation we will have to shut down paul whitehead says stouffvilles water supply comes from three reservoirs located throughout the town when water levels in each reser voir reach a critical point residential water supply is automatically cut off under the restrictions citizens living in oddnumbered houses can water their lawns on oddnumbered days evennumbered residents can water their lawns on evennumbered days all residents must water between 6 am and 9 am or 6 pm and 9 pm a penalty of up to 1000 could be levied against those who fail to follow the time restrictions bylaw enforcement officer keith saunders says he handed out more than 80 leaflets last weekend hopefully the message will get through to people he says were politely asking them to comply no ambulance strike a potential strike by ux- bridge stouffville ambulance attendants has been averted a oneyear agreement between ambulance owneroperator peter carell and the ontario public service union which represents the companys 15 am bulance attendants was reached last friday afternoon a new oneyear agreement has been signed mr carell said in an interview there will be no strike the new contract is the first the attendants have had since march 1988 prior to the contract atten dants had been upset over jb security and worker rights they had threatened to strike if a new- contract was not signed mr carell sad toe union sup ports the new contract but adds there have been grumblings among attendants over the length of the deal some people are upset that its only one year he said i am too sivarovski silver crystal i ewellers 5mainslwslouvae 6404646 vol 102 no 29 serving whitchurchstouffville area cquntrye flyme a metroland community newspaper wednesday july 19 1989 42-p- ages ojtealtyltd country mm 50 cents region moves to get 911 on track julie caspersen staff reporter 911 is on the way york regional council adopted a plan last week that would allow residents to dial the threedigit emergency number for police fire or ambulance assistance but people moving into whitchurchstouffville from places already using a 911 system can create a lot of confusion says whitcurchstouffville fire chief bill brown its 911 going to make it easier for us to find a location not only for fires but for any kind of emergency said chief brown yesterday and york region fire officials agree the system cant be put in soon enough york regional council agreed the plan has the following merits 911 is an easy to remember telephone number less likely to be forgotten during stress than the sevendigit emergency numbers now used in the region the concept is easily learned by most people including children- no coins are needed to dial 911 from a pay phone dialing 911 identifies the call as emergency priority normally a 911 centre is co- located with a police centre and staffed by police personnel says doug alliston regional com munications engineer in this set up if calls come in requiring fire or ambulance services they are transferred a step that will be eliminated in york region were doing something a little different here said mr alliston a member of yorks 911 task force the emergency services com munications centre will be located in the new regional ad- ministrative centre in newmarket and will provide centralized computeraided dispatch for regional police and fire regional employees will operate the phones and these at tendants will decide the type of service required however transfers to am bulance services will be necessary with calls being routed to the central ambulance com- hospital gets 72 million an extra 72 million was tacked onto the capital funding for markham stouffville hospital last week the ministry of health ap proved the funding earmark ed for major equipment and furnishings telecommunica tions systems and construction items the money brings the total provincial capital funding to 436 million the ministry is footing twothirds of the bill the responsibility of the re maining onethird falls on the hospital board and the community construction of the 244bed hospital at hwy 7 and 9th line started in july 1987 and it is scheduled to open early next year munications centre in barrie in a report to regional council the task force estimates the ac cess time in a 911 system will be reduced by 5625 minutes per week in the region based on an anticipated 1500 calls weekly with the 911 centre in the ad ministrative building taking calls the one police and four fire dispatch centres currently operating will not be needed- the centre scheduled to open in late 1991 will provide direct computeraided access to fire services funding of the 911 system and emergency services communica tions centre will be a regional responsibility the total onetime cost of the 911 system including the fire dispatch costs is 3134997 each municipality will pay an annual operating cost with whitchurchstouffvilles portion being roughly 60940 9th line in need of repair matt nicholls correspondent lives could be lost if the 9th line is not repaired before the markhamstouffville hospital opens in january an ambulance spokesperson said this week in its current state its unusable uxbridgestouffville ambulance service owneroperator pete carell said in an interview in an emergency situation we cant use it because there are too many bumps that would be transmitted to a patient it is par ticularly bad if the patient has a back injury he said the new hospital on 9th line north of hwy 7 is now nearing completion currently ambulance workers dont even consider using the 9th line because its too dangerous mr carell said if we get a a callfor the 9th line we drive all the way over to hwy 48 and go down to the 16th concession and across mr carell said we just dont use it at all he said it could cost lives the problem is the municipality of markham he said the question we ask is how good a neighbor is markham going to be the town of markham is responsible for maintaining the 9th line north from steeles ave to just north of the 19th conces sion stouffville must maintain the 9th from the 19th north to main st mayor fran sainsbury said she has been fighting to get the 9th line fixed for four years it was not good planning she said markham council failed to in clude 9th line repairs in its 1989 budget and the hospital will open before a new budget comes out in 1990 she said i just hope they make it a priority in their 1990 budget she said team work jamie richardson left of silverline estates landscaping gets a finishing touches on the dockertys obrien ave home in stouffville helping hand from 20monthold brayden oockerty while putting the brayden matched mr richardsons skills hammer for hammer k f vj dead at 62 stan miller was friend to all stan miller a wellknown lifelong stouffville resident known for being all fun and baseball died saturday at york county hospital in newmarket after a battle with cancer he was 62 mr miller who enjoyed a career as a minor league pro fessional baseball player and who was nicknamed hoke arch and long tom was ill earlier this year with cancer but family members thought it had been cleared up mr millers recent setback came out of the blue accor ding to his wife mary he went so fast she told the tribune monday im never going to stop missing him the millers were married 32 years the albert st resident had retired from gormley ag gregates last winter and was given a retirement party by the company may 31 stan hoke miller fun and baseball everybody was his friend said mrs miller the betz pools ball team called him un cle tom lemonville resident earl cook who played baseball with mr miller on the old stouffville red sox in the 1940s said he remembered him as a good ball player he could pitch and he hit with a lot of power but above all else mr cook added he was wellliked he was a good mixer he was a friend of everybody i have nothing but good memories of him bob hassard another stouff ville resident who played with mr miller on the red sox was equally shocked at the news of mr millers death what can i say he was all fun and baseball we always en joyed his good humor said mr hassard mr miller turned pro in 1952 with the deland red hats of the florida state baseball league where his 154 wonlost record and his 280 batting average helped his team to the league title in recent years mr miller had played on the old timers team in the stouffville mens monday night baseball league he became known for his original sense of humor and his participation in goodnatured pranks and hijinks mrs miller says her husband was forever entertaining friends with his wit and good nature theyd ask me how i put up with him she recalls fondly in an interview with the tribune last march he had said he always tried to find the bright side in life why cry when you can laugh if you dont enjoy what you are doing then its a short life he said mr miller is survived by his wife and his mother laura miller of elm rd stouffville his brother jim miller of on tawa and his sisters jean halsted of stouffville and ben ty sphilman of oshawa there will be a memorial sep vice at the stouffville united church tomorrow at 8 pm stouffviue wins blood donor battle page a3 ocal skate e passio foricerih shorthorns bring out the best in youth page a3