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st deer park update employee back pay expected i i tracy kibble staff reporter i despite a forced bankruptcy i against the deer park inn a i month ago an establishment rep- i resentative says the business will i pay backlogged employee i wages i labor board investigator wally sinjakewitsch of the employee i standards branch says the inves- tigation has not been an easy one f to probe but admits through sev- i eral talks with roger farrell the jj employees unsecured wages may i be paid in the upcoming weeks and although mr sinjake witsch has not yet examined the companys payroli he says mr farrell offered informal figures for the 26 employees that seem to be in line with what is expect ed mr sinjakewitsch says i believe the figures repre sent the unpaid wages but i want to see how mr farrell figured it out he adds i have to give him the benefit of the doubt mr sinjakewitsch says that if mr farrell honors the verbal agreement to pay the employees there would still be the matter of about six weeks vacation pay owed to each of them however that portion would be secured arid would go on the list with other creditors when the trustees in bankruptcy distribute the funds he says were sitting pretty good how if mr farrell pays the employ ees because the vacation pay would be at the top of the secured creditors list if and when the investigator receives the monies from the deer park inn he would ensure certi fied payment to each employee and will be contacting them in the near future mr farrell is adamant the employees are going to be paid it is still unknown whether or not the deer park inn willbe reopening in light of recent financial difficulties that resulted in a forced bankruptcy parking fines on the rise a new set of higher fines for parking illegally in the town of whitchurchstouffville was pre sented to local council last week the upgraded bylaw from provincial court chief judge fc hayes will affect a lot of people says ward 6 councillor jim sanders we said there would be a lot of discussion on this because its a stouffville gets 23000 grant the town or wliitchurch-stour- fvillc will receive 23212 for its municipal housing statement yorkdurham mpp bill ballinjjer announced last week awarded after local officials requested funding support from the ministry of municipal affairs tbe grant will help the town deter mine local housing needs and to establish housing targets for the future the housing statement will involve a detailed housing market analysis by type of housing price range income groups served and availability of serviced land for future use comprehensive issue councillor sanders says before the bylaw to restrict park ing on certain streets at certain times comes into effect ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson wants citizens to be well aware of the hew legislation the new rules should be post ed on signs throughout the town and then it can be enforced coun cillor emmerson says council voted to review a report from the towns chief bylaw offi cer so it can be sure of the effects the new set fines has on whitchurchstouffville residents industrial growth restrictions york region is placing strict environmental and planning con trols on industrial lands not on the yorkdurham servicing scheme the regional planning committee wants york council to support its recommendation as follows regional council may approve industrial andor commercial devel- opments on private water andor sewage service in suitable locations on lands which would not adversely impact on the oak ridges moraine the report show whitchurch- stouffville has by far the most era of service ends as gormley group disbands after 60 years kategilderdale correspondent members of the gormley womens institute marked the end of an era this spring disbanding the group after 60 years of service in the community memie ellas is one of four life members in the orga nization and has been attending meetings since 1950 there were 30 of us back then it was an active orga nization she recalls theres only one living charter member and thats mrs jack roxie gamble but she lives in beaton now so its hard for her to come here for meetings of the 12 present members four are in their 80s and none live in gormley notes mrs ellas there are six of us in stouffville but a lot dont want to drive any more because their current president works during the clay the meetings have to be held after work and the older women dont want to be out at night she notes although it has held its last official meeting the group is planning a luncheon in july to celebrate its 60th anniversary the womens institute is the largest womens organization in the world and the gormley group was organized on july 8th 1930 holding its first regular meeting on july 20th with an attendance of 12 by the end of the year that figure had grown to 33 under the auspices of the first president mrs william carlisle from its inception the group was involved in community service and one of its initial acts was to place first aid kits in two local schools and to ensure they were replenished on a regular basis they also opened bank books for their members babies and later included all babies in the community every july the institute held a meeting incorporated with a picnic to honor the grandmothers in the commu nity and during the depression they worked hard to provide relief for local families to raise money the women hosted halloween par ties produced plays held euchres and catered at ploughing matches the institute was affiliated with oak ridges red cross throughout the war and pro duced and donated an impressive output of clothing and bedding during that time according to an account of the organizations war effort10 ditty bags were filled and boxes were packed regularly for our local boys as well as cigarettes and chocolates sent they also gave annual donations to york county hospital sick childrens hospital the canadian can cer society the salvation army and the canadian national institute for the blind it was by no means all work and no play however and the institute arranged bus trips to a wide variety of destinations including toronto midland elmira and collingwood over the years in 1950 they decorated a float for the whitchurch centennial celebrations and in the same year spon sored a pie and ice cream social for the winnipeg flood relief more recently they have baked and donated pies for the strawberry festival the gormley group were twinned with a sister insti tute in hailsham sussex in england and exchanged greetings and gifts at christmas on one occasion they welcomed one of the english members to a local meet ing members have enjoyed demonstrations debates speakers and contests over the years and have enter tained and been entertained by many other branches each year they would choose a subject to study on top ics as diverse as birds poets canadiana and minerals i think originally it was farm women who started it the institute explains mrs ellas who farmed with her husband in gormley for many years before moving to stouffville four years ago it was great as a social group for friendships we used to collect for fire victims and do what we could to help other people mrs ellas is one of four remaining life members in the gormley branch the others are mrs gamble mrs norman brown and mrs gertie baker although she will miss the groups meetings im not capable of doing what i used to do she says and she points out busy women with jobs and families to cope with can no longer afford the give the time needed to support the group when members past and present meet for their 60th anniversary on july 8th they will share many memo ries of community service in the womens institute industrial lands on private services totalling 573 acres of built and vacant land as well as about 1500- acres of proposed use for the gormley industrial park whitchurchstouffville currently occupies 14 of the regions 38 unserviced industrial land sites eleven of those sites are privately serviced including the gormley proposal the regional planning committee recommends information such as site features including drainage plan existing and proposed grad ing site layout and design parking areas private and reserve sewage systems locations well locations existing and proposed ponds communal water york region engineering depart ment estimates a communal water system for the community of bloomirigton located at hwy 48 arid the bloomington sideroad would cost about 13 million including well construction and testing engineerings costs and water storage arid tank costs the system would service and be paid for largely by the 700 people it would service however an envi ronmental assessriient will have to be scheduled before construction begins ctjdegjaprpil hospice asks for 2000 local terminallyill patients should have the right to die with dignity and with selfrespect hos pice markham stouffville founder and president told council last tuesday the program currently has 15 board members and more than 70 local families requesting its sup port service sayscarol perley the hospices volunteers offer more than 25 hours of service to the program totalling 3500 hours to date and the demand for more service is growing so fast we need a full time director mrs perley toldlocal officials t she adds the service is nonmed ical but strives to provide a sup- portservice in the home our goal is to make the patients lives as desirable a quali ty of life as possible we focus more in terms of sharing life expe riences in the home than sharing death experiences she says hospice markham stouffville meets iwith the family and works with them to provide individual needs such as moral support transportation meals etc mrs perley says the service is now a registered charity but has not received support from the province yet maintaining the financial support has been raised entirely by the community but because the demand is great she says the program wihjieed the town of whitchurch-stouf- fvilles support at this very chal lenging time we need your help she told council mrs perley is asking whitchurchstouffville to donate 2000 to help pay for office space and equipment the gormley womens institute was a busy and active group with a full membership when this picture was taken in 1980 after 60 years of service in the community the group has stopped meeting a final anniversary celebration is planned for july 8 earn extra money attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as 3 apiece so far this year we have delivered 956632 flyers doortodoor in markham unlonvlue muuken stouffville uxbrldge and surrounding rural routes we can deliver your flyers on the day you want in the area you want any quantity from 5000 to 35000 calli advertising at 2942000 6402100 or distribution at 2948244 or 6402100 become a carrier today call 6492292 or 6402100