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vol 102 no 12 metrolahd community newspaper dnes4ay marcli 2190 50 cents j future in doubt deer park owes money employee tracy kibble staff reporter a former employee of stduf- fvilles- deer park inn says the owners of the establishment have reneged on employee pay cheques and believes the inns future may be in doubt j bob fleming a former employ- ee at the 10th line club worked as a cleaner during the week and a hostreceptionist on weekends for eight months mr fleming left indecember after most of 5ie other employees had already left because they were not receiving any pay he claims r i he has since filed a complaint with the employment standards branch of the ontario ministry laborto claim the money he says is owed to him by the deer park inn owners themiriistry is currently inyes tigat jng mr fleming saijega tions several attempts by the tribune to contact deer park inn opera tors roger farrell and diane prouix proved unsuccessful and the establishments infor mation line is out of service according to a bell telephone recording we werent told anything about the problems mr flem ing says charging that manage ment at the establishment said p was blackmailing them if i left just because i wasnt getting paid during the christmas season last year mr fleming says the management held a meeting and told staff they were basically broke he says they offered to pay the employees who needed the money most but mr fleming says that was a judgmental deci sion almost everybody left then they management wouldnt deal with the financial difficul- ties they hid upstairs and staff had to deal with a lot of really irate people who wanted money some staff even paid for some things out of their own pockets mr fleming says rwhen he went to the unem ployment insurance office mr fleming was told he was not entitled for benefits for a six- week period y mr fleming says the office told him management said no pay cheques were missed wally sinjakewitsch of the labor board says his jobis to find out the financial status of the company i have to find out if it is a viable business if its oper ating or not and if it has been petitioned for bankruptcy or receivership i will then peruse thepayroll it appears something has hap pened but i havent been able to get ahold of them the owners this is something i will address as soon as possible but im not in a position to know now how many employees are affected by this mr sinjake- witschsays however adam timoon a local and regular performer at the inn says the owner is a very honorable man ive worked with many club owners and owner of the inn is probably the best he went out of on the wagon photohlck madonik balmy temperatures brought just about everybody outdoors last week for the first taste of spring in stouffville while vacation ers enjoyed the florida sun ontarians had four straight days of their own great weath er to experience and that was just what the weatherman ordered for oneyearold jere- mey schell who took some time to recline in his wagon while touring the driveway of his stouffville home jeremeys older broth er danny 3 provided the horsepower for the journey hisway to pay meand hes going through some difficult times but has always tried hard to pay peo- pleall entertainers were treated the best mr timoon maintains additional calls to reach mry farrell at press time were unsuc cessful stouffville park plan too cosily tracy kibble staff reporter v x thewhifchufch gonservation areahas potential for summer camp sites and winter activities but the cpsttolease the land outweighs potential for use says director of recreation mar- lane mckeewetheral in a report to council tuesday the conservation area located on aurora road and owned by the lake simcoe region conser vation authority lscra could be utilized by the recre ation department and after visiting the site with the towns director of public works ms mckeerwetheral says both parties agreed the site had excellent potential because whitchurchstouffville does not provide a great amount of public parkland she also reports that the recre ation department would be able to utilize this property for a sum mer outdoor camp site as well as the potential for development of outdoor winter programming but the question of incurring operating and maintenance costs on lands not owned by the town outweighed the potential for use she states in her report v she recommended council not undertake the management and maintenance of the whitchurch gonservation area from the lscra but that the town get first right of refusal of sale the lscra recently presented council with a master plan for the new pangman springs con servation area also iocated on aurora road between the 5th and 6th concessions and stated it may have to tradeoff the whitchurch conservation area maintenance in order to afford the new project cpuncjl was to vote on the matter at its meeting on tuesday night