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st weekender march 4 1995 p 3 council grant applied for to offset ice costs from page 1 options including costs of each it was suggested that the ice pad structure would be prefab steel have a slop roof and no seats the fund raising component of this project is ambi tious and will take a commitment from the entire community parks and recreation director marlane stressed in her report jim hamm spokesman for the local hockey associ ation said the new ice pad would attract business to the area community puck and ball tournaments alone will bring an unbelievable amount of people to our town said hamm bob mcneely the father of three hockey players said the community was more than anxious to start fundraising however the plan to invest 1 million in an ice facility does not please everyone town resident chris larkin told the mayor and the councillors that another ice pad is not wanted by the majority of the towns people it doesnt serve most of us said larkin there are many people who have no interest in hockey figure skating larkin suggested the town build an indoor swimming pool the steering committee will present its first report to council on march 14 region cao haggling over retirement by roger belgrave staff reporter york region politicians are still trying to work out a retirement package with their chief administrative officer out of the mouths of babes kindergarten students from st marks catholic school are not shy when it comes to answering some very important questions the tribune visited the stouffville school recently to find out whats on the minds of the fiveyearolds where does the snow come from david brumwell said god goes up to the north pole and makes it up there he brings it back and sprinkles it around sometimes he makes snowballs and throws them at satan katelyn mignardi said jesus makes the snow he know how to make a snowman but he doesnt make snow balls because hes nice in the summer time god tells the snow to get to work and melt thats how it happens but i dont know any more about it is the earth round or flat nathan halliwushka said its round it was made that way so they could get more provinces in laura beachamp said im pretty sure its sort of round its not flat because god didnt want it that way he doesnt make anything flat if you were the boss of stouffville what would you do for the people after meeting for several hours in a private session last week politicians left cao bob forhan with their latest proposal but under a unique resolu tion endorsed by regional council more than a decade ago a retirement package for forhan cannot fly without his consent back in 1984 when forhan left the regional chairs seat to become cao he inked a deal with council that requires any retirement package include his seal of approval as well as politi cians forhan had until yesterday to submit a response to the latest offer as mayor of newmarket forhan was a member of regional council at its incep tion in 1971 in 1978 he left his local council position to become regional chair he held that post until taking the cao job in 1984 he has spent 25 years as a politician and bureaucrat with regional government forhan currently sits at the high end of a salary range that pays between 105731 and 126616 a year everyone is trying to look for some equity said region al councillor gord landon but he admits the extraordi nary circumstances have made it very difficult for council to work out an agree ment i think the offer was more than fair regional council lor carole bell said officials at the region were not revealing any details however bell has indicated she wants the final package made public and is mustering support among council mem bers last week wasnt the first time politicians have labored over a settlement package for the top staffer and it still isnt yet clear if the 58-year- old forhan has decided to retire maple syrup time has arrived here jillian scheliga said td make people play more id tell them not to go to work also id make everybody put nail pol ish on their toe nails from page 1 greater explanation as to what youre seeing said wiegard who said the enhanced infor mation project should be com pleted in time for march break wiegard said a walk along the trail will enable people to see the vacuum collection sys tem which gently sucks around 70 litres of maple sap per sea son through spiles inserted into each tree the sap goes through a network of plastic hose into the sugar shack where it is reduced to maple syrup in a wood fired evapora tor which dates back to the 1880s the familyrun horton oper ation is able to boast that it has been offering sugar bush tours for 30 years longer than any other bush in the metro area according to hal horton the privately operated display includes three ways of making maple syrup the first is the native village set up where sap is collected in birch bark buckets and put into hollowed out logs into which hot stones are thrown for evaporation purposes the pioneer method sees the sap collected in wooden and metal buckets then put into a cast iron kettle and boiled over an open fire the modern way involves the gathering of the sap by vacu um through hollow plastic tubes with the sap boiled by wood fired evaporator in the central bin the horton display also includes log cabins and a chance to hike on old indian trails horton said a trip to the sugar bush is steeped in cana dian tradition just being in the maple woods in march and april is a pleasure and seeing syrup made the pioneers way as well as the modern way is a truly canadian experience he said both locations will continue to operate their displays through april 9 for further information on hours and admission fees call the metro region conserva tion authority braces mill at 416 6616600 or horton tree farms at 8881738 mm viw happy trails two intrepid ice fishermen make their way across musselman lake this week braving some fierce early morning winds pholosjoerd wttteveen watch for these flyers on 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