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on premise jewellery repair jewellers across from clock tower stouffville i t-i- it ft stouffville tribune i j i i 3 1 mffcdfs bfnl repair spec aust 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 471 8660 region york snubs gormley industry again tracy kibble staff reporter york region officials appear once again to be snubbing the towns efforts to snag some industry in gormley despite a move last year to scale the plan down by more than 900 acres the town scrapped its origi nal 1300acre industrial park project last december because both york and the provincial government made it clear they wouldnt support placing that much industry on unserviced rural land consequently the fiveyear project to be located north and south of stouffville road and east of hwy 48 in gormley was quashed but not until offi cials brought forward a small er version known as official plan amendment no 88 opa88 the new 325acre plan would grind through the planning process far quicker and would likely garner mandatory sup port from york and queens park officials said but it looks like the towns plans to gain industry might be dashed once again after recommendations to defer the plan reached at yorks plan ning committee last month the regions planning com missioner john lavey wants a settlement capability study undertaken prior to opa88 approval and wants a letter sent to the province in that regard the industrial development proposed by opa88 could pose environmental problems such as contamination and deple tion of groundwater supplies which serve the site and the surrounding area liveys report states livey said a settlement capa bility study which regulates how much industry can safely volkswagen denies plans to locate in stouffville despite reports this week a volkswagen official denied the automobile company is seriously looking at relocating its head quarters in wwtchurchstouffville volkswagen spokesman ron zidner said a thursday toronto star report stating the company has applied to construct an office building and warehouse in the towns pro posed 325acre gormley industrial park is just not true this is plain sensationalism on the part of some reporter zidner told the tribune yesterday although zidner admitted the company is windowshopping in many dif ferent regions for a location where it may relocate hvscarborough office there is no formal indication that whitchurch-stouf- fville is preferred there has been no communication no preference and no promises let alone a decision zidner said i cant deny we havent looked at the whitchurchstouffville location but we certainly havent zeroed in he added zidner said even if the company did locate in the unapproved gormley industrir al park proposal it would mean very few employment opportunities since staff would be relocated also york region chief administrative officer bob forhan agreed the region had no knowledge of such an application tracy kibble vrea woman reunited with family kate gilderdale correspondent when wendy graham turned 27 she got an unex pected birthday present a whole new family that was the day i found out i was adopted explained the musselman lake resident when she first heard the news from her older brother she was sceptical so tasked my mother and she said it was true at first her mother was upset that graham had been told she said she felt i wouldnt like her any more when i knew i was adopted her mothers fears were unfounded how ever and graham took the news calmly although she admits it took some getting used to it wasnt until recently please see page 29 wendy graham meets longlost birth sister pauline be placed on unserviced rural land would erase dangers to the environment and would fall within yorks policy the planning commissioner does however agree the opa88 secondary plan has planning merit but warns even with the installation of a communal waste disposal sys tem the development could still pose a threat of ground- water contamination york also has concerns about how much a communal sewage treatment facility would cost for a 325acre spread and wants two provincial min istries to state their positions on the plan town officials incited an out cry last december from level- opers who were cut out of the original plan when smaller boundaries were drawn despite opposition from groups of developers the town drew up the smaller plan dance to help youth centre the stouffville youth centre will be among the beneficiaries of this years bouwmeister charity dance this is the eighth year for the dance held once again at the markham fairgrounds on sat- urday june 5 sponsored by gary bouwmeister of bouwmeister landscaping the charity dance will feature grant fullertons rock and blues band and a rock and roll disc jockey the q107 community cruiser will also be on hand broadcasting from the event proceeds from the dance will go to the optimists fundraising drive for the youth centre and the lions club charities in whitchurchstouffville in past years the bouwmeister dance has raised 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