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jmiimmmhujimmurmm ss lemonville art group hosting oneday workshop the lemonville art group is hosting a oneday work- at lemonville community centre located on the east shop with isabelle van zant noted newmarket artist on side of mccowan rd and south of bloomington sdrd april 29 from 10 am to 3 pm instruction will be on for information call eileen at 6403437 or stella at 642- aspects of portraiture and costs 10 classes will be held 3407 its earth day see our annual report on the environment in todays tribune tg m fl stouffvitte ihe lnbune econo taxi 6405466 vol 105 no 16 a metroland community newspaper wednesday april 21 1993 24 pages 50 cents i budget stouffville passes largest tax hike in area tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffville last week passed the largest municipal tax hike to date of all nine area municipalities in york eegion an increase officials say is desperately needed to repair bro ken roads newmarket aurora vaughan and richmond hill each passed zeroper centincrease budgets this year several of which boast its second zero budget in a row while markham wont ratify its bud get until the end of the month officials there are aiming at keeping taxes at 1992s level reports show king township which also wont rati fy its 1993 budget until july is looking hard at keeping taxes at 1992 levels reports show georgina council approved a 23 per cent hike this year an increase offi cials maintain is necessary to offset on going bills and studies related to the towns landfill fight with queens park east gwillimbury passed a 13 per cent tax increase which officials are blaming on a low ratio of commercial property to generate revenue east gwillimbury councillors have said the 13 per cent increase is in line with the current rate of inflation and is necessary in order to maintain the same level of service residents have become accustomed to stouffville officials in a 52 recorded vote april 6 approved a three per cent municipal tax increase during a rau cous and eruptive meeting and are expected to present the full details during a press conference today the three per cent hike means an additional 1520 on the municipal por tion of this years tax bill or a four- centaday increase from 1991 and 1992 the towns 4500 ratepayers will share the expense to help raise about 135000 in municipal revenue the town generates about 45000 revenue for each percentage point it raises taxes hiking the average stbuffville tax bill from 50644 to 52163 a year budget expected to be released at town press conference today mayor fran sainsbury is expected to release the details of the towns 1993 budget at the press conference today while majority council approved a threepercent hike april 6 in a 52 recorded vote a budget breakdown was not made available officials approved a onepercent hike for general expenses first then an additional two per cent for roads the hike was desperately needed to repair many kilometres of broken road ways in a municipality dominated by unpaved rural roads officials have said officials added the increase adds up to a fourcentaday increase for the towns 4500 ratepayers raising 135000 revenue 90000 for roads residents concerned over 9th line study judy phillips correspondent many stouffville residents are concerned a plan to build homes in larger markham will jeopardize safe access to markhamstouffville hospital the planners of the ninth line study for markham east were looking for community reaction to their latest plan and thats exactly what they got last wednesday evening andres duany the urban plan ner hired by the town of markham presented the draft master plan to a crowd of about 400 the area is located please see page 3 camp gets facelift shadow lake camp is going to get a facelift in may thou sands of volunteers will gather to repair and build new struc tures at the stouffvillearea camp for people with developmen tal disabilities the sterling community service foundation has chosen shadow lake for this years international community service day project the camp built in the 1920s will be renovated on may 8 and 9 with such projects as building 30 picnic tables repairing five nonwinterized cabins widening narrow path ways and repairs to a recreation hall farm house crafts area workshop and a new floor for the basketball court for more information on the project call 3674232 sale event farmer jacks plaza in stouffville 6406657 opim source we wed 10u6pjn thuoifri 10 cm 8 pm sal 9 am 4 ma si