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st neighbors band together to save 30 acres of land the tribune tuesday may 6 1997 p 3 from page 1 following negotiations with the resi dents and the town the developer agreed to pay the back taxes providing ownership went to the community of trail of the woods we were able to convince the town to cancel the tender on this parcel said ennis the owner also agreed to donate 4000 to the town the money will go towards a civic cause for the betterment of the whole community said ennis area councillor ivanka bradley said the transaction is precedentsetting she added the residents should be proud of themselves its an excellent example of how homeowners can pro tect their neighborhood its a winwin situation people living in other areas of whitchurchstouffville should take noice of how things were handled in trail of the woods the plan now is for ennis and his next door neighbor to form a corporation with shares being offered to trail of the woods residents there will be rules the criteria is that nothing be done on the land said ennis we dont want any uses the land is zoned open space envi ronmental that is what it will stay said ennis land lover rob ennis of the trail of the woods area shows off the 30acre parcel of land he and his neighbors purchased to save it from development photo by sjoerd witteveen variety of activities on to celebrate education this week students at orchard park public school have made a classroom wall into a living garden or rather enough artwork to represent one theyve been growing a lot of plants in their unit orchard park principal john hopkins explained yes terday but the real plants were switched for two and threedimensional art on a garden theme he said j this is education week a time when people are more welcome than usual to visit schools in their communities its a time for parents nights concerts and visits by storytellers f first graders at orchard park are going to have a reading marathon tomorrow a celebration of their abil ity to read hopkins said on friday at 1 pm fifth graders will sing their favorite songs at the stouffville gaze bo on main st and schoolkids at st mark catholic elementary school have a young authors day tomorrow when stu dents will share books they have writ ten with others later they will use materials like paper or plastercine to make the characters come alive said viceprincipal carol gallimore book building the stouffville lions club helped out again preparing for the annual library book sale starting this week getting ready for the big event are from left mel gornik russ holder cap cowan glen peart ted welter and bill hodges in window at right is ken hodges and at left is ivan harris in the door way at bottom is ed macaloney see p 20 for details photo by sjoerd witteveen commission examines hospital from page 1 its goal reporters were told yesterday is a system of health care that is gen uinely integrated and sensibly orga nized as well as accessible and afford- ablethings that are done very rarely should be concentrated in only a few places but things that are common should be as close to home as possible said dun can sinclair chair of the group its a tradeoff between accessibility and quali ty he explained commission members say they have the power to recommend big capital investments in york durham halton and peel regions if it will help local hospitals meet certain standards the group is in durham today to hear from hospitals and other health care providers these presentations and work done by district health councils will be the basis commissioners say for recommen dations they will issue this fall weve been given the opportunity to do some things that politically would be very difficult to accomplish said commis sioner hart macdougall a career banker you know some people are going to lose existing jobs the question is are there going to be replacement jobs but a lobbyist for greater torontos suburban hospitals said the socalled 905 areas which have com paratively small resources to cope with high growth have little to fear from the commis sion its more a matter of whats going to be added in rather than whats going to be subtracted jim armstrong predicted local health providers want to reduce the distances which suburbanites travel for care he added were having people go to toronto for very basic primary and secondary service because there isnt that choice closer to home restructur ing also means hospitals will have to provide their services as fast as the top 25 per cent of ontario hospitals commission staff say if newborn delivery takes about two days in these top hospitals and three at another hospital the commis sion will look at what resources are needed there to perform faster said mark rochon the commissions chief administrator if theres a good reason that a hospital has difficulty with the benchmarks the commis sion can give it more time it can also tell the ministry to send an inspector to the hospi tal or appoint a supervisor to take over its operation it now we re contest on at festival a new attraction will be added i to the 1997 strawberry festival the festival organizers will be holding a talent contest this year polish up your act and come out and participate on july 1 weekend f in memorial park volunteers are still needed as well please call dave houston 5404454 or glady clarkson at 6401941 w town of wh itchurchstouff vi lle i notice of intention to designate a property including land and building of architectural and historical value take notice that the council of the corporation of the town of whitchurchstouffville intends to designate the following property as a property of architectural and historical value or interest pursuant to the provisions of the ontario heritage act rs0 1990 chapter 018 part iv churchill baptist church formerly church hill christian church 15336 ninth line part lot 21 concession 8 former township of whitchurch town of whitchurchstouffville regional municipality of york reasons for the proposed designation can be obtained by contacting the undersigned at 905 6401900 or dorie billich curator whitchurchstouffville museum at 905 7278954 any person may before the 5th day of june 1997 send by registered mail or delivery to the clerk of the town notice of objection to the proposed designations together with a statement of the reasons for the objection and all relevant facts if a notice of objection is received the council of the town of whitchurchstouffville will refer the matter to the conservation review board for a hearing and a report dated at the town of whitchurchstouffville this 5th day of may 1997 michele kennedy clerk town of whitchurchstouffville 1 9 civic avenue po box 41 9 stouffville ontario l4a7z6 ijk hj till john andersen federal progressive conservative candidate for the riding of oak ridges richmond hill whitchurch stouffville and markham north of 16 avenue you are invited to meet john at the stouffville campaign office open house saturday may 10 300pm to 600pm 6331 main st beside iga 9056429310 commited to economic prosperity one million new jobs in our first term a balanced budget by the year 2000 reduced personal income taxes by 10 authorized by peny wong official agent for the john andersen campaign