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st tribune august 29 1993 builder takes stouffville council to task tracy kibble staff reporter the good corporate citizens of whitchurchstouffville are treated badly by local officials and its staff says a wellknown developer ken sandiford copartner of a s construction was at a recent council meeting after hearing that a bylaw would be passed regarding a 58acre grav el pit at hwy 48 and blooming- ton road which he purchased last year local officials passed a bylaw college street now closed college street is now officially closed to vehicular traffic after local officials passed a bylaw aug 14 to stop up the lane at sum- mitview public school on main street correction a story in last weeks tribune regarding controversy surrounding the stouffville track project incor rectly attributed a statement to dennis holroyd regarding place ment of tennis courts 150 yards from any residence mr holroyd never made the statement the tribune regrets the error the closure was part of a deal between the town of whitchurch- stouffville and the york region board of education when a land swap arrangement was ratified ear lier this year concerned parents and members of the summitview pta had earlier stressed concern the small street was situated dangerously close to kindergarten children when play ing outside council voted unanimously to stop up and close college street lights will soon be erected at the stouffermain street intersection to ensure children and residents can cross the busy intersection safely that would halt any development on gravel pit lands until studies are undertaken as to how devel opment would affect parcels zoned for gravel pit extraction armed with his lawyer mr sandiford urgedofficials to give him time to deal with the bylaw he also charged officials knew the development halt was inevitable long before he was notified even though hesaid he inquired last year about land use during a conversation with one official about the purchase you should all be shameful of yourselves this is really unfair the way corporate citizens are being treated by the staff and the town of whitchurchstouf fville mr sandiford fumed he pointed an accusing finger at ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson who he claimed confirmed the use of that prop erty during a brief discussion july 27 1989 mr sandiford claimed a con crete plant was a permitted use on the election trail the 10th anniversary of home support ser vices in stouffville last week provided the opportunity for provincial election candidates to get to know their voters tory candidate jack hauseman had his cake and ate it too top photo while incumbent liberal mpp bill ballinger also stopped by for a piece of the action home support services provided local seniors with birthday cake and light refresh ments to mark the occasion at the time he purchased the land and said he would be delighted to know when this bylaw was written v he also slammed town staff and accused the building depart ment of harassing him if i were you id be slightly embarrassed he said mr sandiford claimed he had plans lined up with a large cor poration to spend 5 million on a stateoftheart concrete plant and said all he hears from officials is back room second and thirdhand reports despite mr saridifords con cerns council passed a bylaw that would halt any plans the developer has in the works drug education top priority teachers local public school teachers support integrating exceptional students into classrooms as well as providing drug abuse education programs within ontario schools it was announced this week ed lyons of ballantrae was among the 400 elementary school teach ers that attended the weeklong ontario public school teachers federa tion opstf conference in toronto recently the annual assembly brings together educators from across the province to establish policies for the upcoming school year according to a opstf press release mr lyons who teaches at a scarborough school says the annual meet ing is a good thing for all teachers as it addresses teachers concerns and discusses school issues he says the union approved making substance abuse and sex education a higher priority in the curriculum he adds that concerns from teachers in manitoulin island may differ from teachers in toronto as an example but the conference attempts to cover all the bases and tries to accommodate all concerns he says the opstf also approved increasing support to teachers in developing countries the organization will spend 60000 on teacher exchange and school twinning programs as well as sending bursaries to women teach ers and shipments of school supplies through its umbrella organization the ontario teachers federation opstf will request the education ministry require school boards in the province to develop and implement comprehensive substance abuse edu cation policies and programs the press release states but mr lyons says the items approved have to be directed toward the government cnib golf tourney set at spring 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