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st tribune i april 4 1990 p3 phmannette buchkowsk family and friends turned out at goodwood commuity centre on the weekend to wish wilf and edna ferguson a happy 50th anniversary grandaughter sarah jane fergu son begin centre was also on hand for the event and 1 deer park likely to pay tracy kibble staff reporter sdss dancers do wel i five students from stouffville district secondary school danced up a storm at a north york dance competition during the march break- and came up with a respectable finish monique leblond jenni allen tracy emery melissa hammond and natalie wood placed fourth as a team at the recent janet jackson dance contest held at fairview mall there were 21 one teams competing in the finals at the competition a representative for the deer park inn says all employee wages will be honored by the establish ment according to a provincial investigator ontario ministry of labor repre sentative wally sinjakewitsch of the employee standards branch met with roger farrell of the deer park inn last week and the meeting went well mr sinjakewitsch says the investigation started in march when an employee com plained the deer park reneged on pay cheques and this is the first opportunity the labor board inves tigator has had to meet with the owner mr sinjakewitsch now says he is confident the affected employees will get their money back the only way the employees would not receive compensation for lost wages would be if the deer park went bankrupt but mr sin jakewitsch says it looks as if thats not the case in this stage of the preliminary investigation i am assured by roger farrell that i will be able to view the payroll to make an exact assessment of each employee mr sinjakewitsch confirms the deer park will honor all outstanding wages he adds although it is still uncertain of the financial status of the club mr sinjakewitsch says i believe i can satisfy the claimants who may be given 100 per cent entitlement of what is owing to them there are about 25 employees affected by the deer parks shut down as well as numerous patrons who have paid deposits on wed dings and other functions for later this year but mr sinjakewitsch represents employees only he says however that people who have bookings at the club can exercise two options in retreiving monies paid for deposits get a referral from a lawyer or take out a small claims action with a justice of the peace mr sinjakewitsch says fees incurred through either proceeding can be transferred to the deer park inn but an interview last week with bob woods who claims to be the new owner of the establishment indicates all bookings will be hon ored and says a representative will be in touch with all booked parties mr sinjakewitsch will review the payroll later this week and will know more about the clubs finan cial position he says there is a possibility that the deer park inn will open up again very soon and mr farrell will need some of the employees to come back to work mr sinjake witsch says fran wants stronger voice at region level tracy kibble staff reporter the electorates voice is louder in markham richmond hill and vaughan while whitchurch-stduf- fville and other rural municipali ties must shout to be heard says mayor fran sainsbury and the provincal government is now being asked to allow for eight more members on york regional council york regional council voted last week to petition the province for the extra region members one of which would represent whitchurchstouffville but the big three holding between three and five seats each on regional council want to increase their representation pro portionately whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury meanwhile said it is already hard enough to reach a decision with the 19member council the small municipalities want to banish the representation by pop ulation stand and would like two or three representatives for each of the nine communities that make up york region the bigger municipalities wont vote foi icaf new community for 90000 julie caspersen staff reporter the environmentallyfriendly community of seaton will rest just east of clarerhont plans for the development of 7000 acres of provincially- owned land announced last week by housing minister john sweeney will result in seaton a community of 90000 there are now 350 people living in the area designated for seaton which is made up of agricultural land and a few small industries when complete seaton will be a compact community with homes offered at a range of prices and rents there will be nonprofit homes for rent starter homes for first- time buyers and homes for second and thirdtime buyers in an effort to maximize land use houseswill be built on small- er lots roadways will be narrow and sidewalks will runonly on one side of the street seaton will be a complete community not just houses and roads but a community in the true sense of the word mr sweeney said the natural assets of the area will be preserved with priority given to the protection of valley- lands water courses wetlands and environmentallysignificant woodlots heritage landmarks will also be taken into consideration during the construction of the urban community housing design will encourage energy and water conservation and improved methods of storm water management will be used to protect water quality in nearby bus route being reviewed streams and rivers such as the west duffin creek and the rouge river development of the first stage of the community to house up to 7000 people will begin this year with roads but houses wont be erected for a couple of years seaton interim planning team member tom zizys said but the entire community could take up to 25 years to complete he added r you cant just drop 90000 people there at one time in one place he said the project will have no effect on the proposed affordablehous ing scheme slotted for the land west of markhamstouffville hospital mr zizys said but the large powerful and growing municipalities say the representation by population vote is important and dont want to give up their voting power the current round of debate started late last year when aurora mayor john west said his electors were not being fairly represented and mayor fran sainsbury agrees sitting on 11 board and commit- tees including the markhamstouf- fville hospital board and chairing four of those mayor sainsbury says her workload is heavy nobodys book is thicker than mine but all we need is three rep resentatives for each area as a debt to taxpayers its not the size of the communi ty but the amount of work each official is involved in she main tains in order to prevent council grow ing to 30 or 40 members a high j cost to regional taxpayers a cap or maximum number of represen tatives must be reached she says but the bigger municipalities wont vote for a cap mayor sainsbury says most of the work is handled at the munici pal level and agrees the regional members should be reduced chris shanahan correspondent more claremont residents are being urged to use a new daily commuter bus or risk losing it the town of pickering launched the trial run in mid- jan uary to replace the toronto-have- lock via train which was axed as part of the federal govern ments recent rail cutbacks the pickering transit bus makes a daily return run monday to friday from claremont to pickerings go transit station the town has made it quite clear thatthis bus service is being supplied on a trial basis and needs to be used or it will be dis continued says george papik pickerings director of transporta tion well conduct daily head counts to verify passenger vol ume and will reassess continua tion of this run after two months ward 3 councillor rick john son asked for the commuter bus last november following news that claremont would lose its via train a subsequent feasibili ty study was conducted by mr papik who determined the route could be successful the bus has been averaging about 10 passengers per day and councillor johnson urges more people to take advantage of the service the commuter bus which oper- ates at a cost of 1800 a month begins its run at 7 am with stops at claremonts train station hut on old brock road and the four corners it also stops in brougham brock rd and hwy 7 at 710 am and again at 620 pm the return time from pickering station coincides with the arrival of the 513 pm go train at approximately 555 pm the bus arrives back in claremont at 630 pm the daily fare is 110 cash each way plus a go transit pass or fare mr papik encourages clare mont commuters to use the bus as often as possible and also urges them to write town officials requesting the service be contin ued on a permanent basis its being reviewed and a deci sion will be made in the near future said mr papik it seems pretty positive riders are finding its quicker than going to stouffville and taking the train from there he said a group of claremont residents fought unsuccessfully to save the via line which they feel is more economically 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