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say i love you from across from clock tower stouffville ametmlcmdomtmmtitynewspaper sahmlayfebrimry9wl 52pages 25 cents york region wrong to look at miniature gormley developer tracy kibble staff reporter york region shouldnt consider a miniature gormley industrial park proposal but instead consid er each proposal by priority of submission officials were told recently york region planning staff is currently recommending the regions support of a proposal for a scaleddown version by devel opers armbrobuttcon known as a 10 of the original 1300acre industrial plans known as op60 however landowners say the con sideration is premature andrew paton representing gormley business park limited which owns lands to the south east of the site said the original park plans are stuck in the ministers of municipal affairs office he added his clients object to the spe cial treatment given to the a 10 proposal paton urged regional officials to defer the scaleddown version plans until a complete report on the entireproject is considered i urge you not to proceed in this adhoc fashion for individual applicants its premature a com- plete report should come before taking final positions or youre going to see many delegations in front of this council paton stressed he added that all landowners who submitted applications were in agreement for portions of the industrial plans this was planned by a number of landowners in concert if this is falling apart it should not be looked at adhoc but by priority basis paton said however regional chairman eldred king said council is opposed to op60 but will look at individual applications which respond to the municipalitys needs for the next five years just because were opposed doesnt deny individual rights king said paul johnston representing armbrobiittcom and the a10 proposal told officials the agency has undertaken significant addi tional studies the regions plan ning commissioner has said that in his opinion the armbrobuttcom lands are the most suitable john ston said and mayor fran salis bury agreed the company has sub mitted extensive documents for environment purposes books you could stand on and urged officials not to defer the proposal before the information is useless if you dont do something soon that information will become redundant sainsbury said council voted to delete outside storage references from the plan ning departments report on the a10 proposal council then sup ported recommendations that development on individual wells proceed with a future communal water system servicing existing residental and future development in gormley rimshnw hearin case stayed to march the preliminary hearing of an exwhitchurchstouffville minor hockey association wsmha executive has been stayed until march 7 the hearing originally scheduled for this past tuesday at newmarket provincial court is in conjunction with charges of misappropriation of funds against former wsmha president ed grimshaw grimshaw was charged by york regional police in october following a police investigation involving the alleged removal of 11800 from two wsmha bank accounts in 1990 grimshaw is currently president of the ontario minor hockey associa tion a look inside comment page 4 letterspage5 pjuzzepas tfentertammentpage 18 19 valentine ideaspages 2023 religion page 24 sportsipages 22b aassfiedspages 3239 dance the ballet jorgen brings its unique blend of contempo rary and classical ballet to the markham theatre see page 18 two more seek seat in ward 2 sheldon rae 24 of aurora sideroad announced he will seek the empty ward 2 seat vacated by ron robb january 1 he is the third official candidate rae a lifetime resident of the community said he thinks of the entire ward as his home and hopes to bring a different perspective of politics to the people if elected i want to get involved in the decision making process and to gain experience in municipal poli tics rae said rae said its not healthy to be a one issue candidate there are taxes services the environment and other issues that have to be dealt with and they all interconnect somehow he has been doortodoor within the ward he said and has visited the town to check up on current reports that deal with ward 2 rae said one issue that he thinks is important is the idea of having a second fire station located closer to the hamlets outside downtown whitchurchstouffville he said the ideal location for a fire station would be at hwy 48 and the aurora sideroad in the south east corner rae said the area is central to the highdensity rural population and would ensure extra safety to residents living outside the downtown core also to seek the ward 2 seat is tom evans who was unable to meet with the weekender before press deadline evans who has lived in the ward more than 20 years is a tradesman and said he is con cerned about rising property taxes and apparent disap pointment by ward 2 resi dents who say they arent getting the service to back rising taxes up there are now four candidates stephen bellerby ginny burrow sheldon rae and tom evans run ning in the ward 2 byelection feb 25 sheldon rae seeks seat snopitch carnival called on account of weather its not often that an event is cancelled on account of good weather the 1991 snopitch winter carnival in stouffville has been postponed until the weekend of feb 22 23 and 24 because of a lack of winterlike weather the lions clubs casino night set for tonight saturday is still on however the lions event was not related to the carnival the cancellation of the events for this weekend may be a mixed blessing organizers said the delay will give the raganiz- ers more time to finalize sports teams and possibly line up new events