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st- trtoune october 17 1990 p3 land purchase saves tracy kibble staff reporter york durham sierra club mem bers want the town to purchase the glendale property at musselmans lake instead of using funds from a weed harvest on an aeration sys tem council heard last week members of the worldwide environmental watchdog group working under the auspices of the lake musselman club said the purchase would save heritage from becoming another housing property and would continue a legacy said barbara norton co- chair of york durham sierra club the club also offered its support to the town and said the sierra club has a great deal to offer you mrs norton said we are eager to share with you our vast knowledge and we offer our support to council said mrs norton she added the group has the use of a hightech communications instantdata library that links the club to the colbymemorial library one of the best environ mentecology reference libraries in the world she said mayor angry over hospital grant request a grant from york region to the yorkfinch hospital will not benefit one single person from whitchurchstouffville said mayor fran sainsbury themayor is angry that are- gional committee has agreed to pay one third of the cost for an ambulatory care centre study to be located in woodbridge she told the tribune thursday that hospital isnt even locat ed within the boundaries of york region and they want to use the hospital reserve fund to give them a 60000 grant the mayor fumed the decision to allocate the funds was made at a sept 10 administrative committee meet ing the ambulatory care centre phase i will provide services through the specialists at york- finch general hospital in addition services such as outpatient dietary counselling community mental health and social work services will be pro vided a committee report out lines but mayor sainsbury said the care centre should be userpay since it provides services for such a small portion of york region citizens she also said that since the cen tre would be located in a rich municipality like vaughan it should be providing the funds the committee said the funds are necessary to meet health stan dards but mayor sainsbury rebuked the statement my residents in musselmans lake and ballantrae dont have potable water and that just doesnt seem to matter to the region shejsaid every time task for something it gets voted down this might be important to vaughan but not one person will benefit from it in whitchurchstouffville the 60000 funding still has to be approved by regional council at an upcoming meeting this valuable communications system could let us be of great ser vice to you and we would be disap pointed if you would not let us help she said meanwhile ken jobe another sierra club cochair said the club has already studied and investigated the possibility of an aeration system for musselman lake and said the results are not overly encouraging he said the purchase of the glen dale property would be far more beneficial to the town than an aera tion system and said buying the glendale land would be more wor thy of funding mr jobe also told officials that new environment minister ruth grier has been a longtime advo cate of the group and added the lake musselman club has kept close contact with the former envi ronment critic during the past year meanwhile jackie erickson hop ing to become a communications link between ratepayer groups and the tdvh urged officials to keep her posted on future environment- related plans for whitchurchstouf fville she noted the sierra club has already been working on reports regarding landfill issues the recent gormley tire fire tree and noise bylaws and soil preservation tech niques there are many issues that need attention mrs erickson said council received the delegations of the three members and agreed to cooperate when it can photosteven somerv1lle no strings attached stouffville residents were treated to the work of puppet creator ken mckay at the opening of his exhibition last thursday at latcham gallery in stouffville these marionettes created by mr mckay of the ontario puppet association cen tre are characters from the wellknown chil drens fairy tale sleeping beauty mr mckay is noted for the detail in his work and these cre ations are typical of his talent the display is on at latcham gallery until nov 4 stouffville council pcb removal plan is set welcome wagon week whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury has proclaimed the week of october 15 as wel come wagon week dianne darling and eleanor dickens of the local welcome wagon presented the communi ty with a certificate of appreci ation plaque accepted by the mayor last week welcome wagon thanks local residents businesses and other organizations which supports the group in its endeavor to bring wellwishes to new com munity members close main street for the festive occasion the route starting on hwy 47 south of the stouffville auction barns and following south to main street west across main street to the ap plaza is expected to draw nearly 50 floats and about six bands council heard last week local officials voted to pass a bylaw to close main street for the christmas parade mineral oil contained in one transformer by way of a mobile pcb destruction facility all other generated waste is to be removed from the site by december 1 1990 council heard more objections pcbs removed parade pxpm1m the kinsmen club of stouf fville is once again organizing the annual santa claus parade to be held on december 1 at 2 pm and has asked the town to pcbs polychlorinated biphenyls at mcneil pharma ceuticals canada ltd will be removed by ensr operations ltd before november 9 as approved by the environment ministry council heard last week the company is authorized to decontaminate 2454 litres of a local resident is objecting to the springvale baptist church proposal to build a con ference centre on agricultural lands in rural stouffville steven manimanakis whose property is beside the church lands being considered for the project which includes the con ference centre and a parking lot says he was not given suf ficient notice of the amendment request and has had an attorney contact local officials but a bylaw to change the zoning from rural to institution al for six hectares of land with a restriction to build a place of worship has already been approved and passed by the town last week springvale baptist church officials want to construct a new church and keep the old one as an education centre for young members of the churchs congregation who will attend sunday school the agriculture ministry which requested more informa tion to qualify the rezoning application has withdrawn ear lier objections as have other residents toll raises 1600 more than 1600 was raised for the local united way campaign by town of whitchurchstouffville staff and management last week surpass ing their anticipated goal of 1000 employee campaign coordinator yvonne hurst said town 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