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7 tv j- l yajit dirttiffl mi r i st the tribune tuesday may 27 1997 p3 residents eye development joan ransberry staff reporter officials of two local ratepayers groups will play watch dogs tuesday when local council reviews how it will carry out a secondary plan study for the preston lake and vandorf areas chris dymond of the vandorf ratepayers association will join preston lake ratepayers to hear why staff is recommend ing that the hamlets be studied as two separate blocks local residents want council to stick with a decision made two weeks ago to lump the two villages together a secondary plan is struck to help municipal government determine what goes where if an agreement is ironed out with the town of aurora water and sewer services could find their way to the hamlets trans lating into substantial residen tial and industrial growth vandorfs population could climb to thousands and industrial growth will increase a great deal stresses dymond the ratepayer groups contin ue to remind council that area residents opted for the quiet life when choosing to live in vandorf and preston lake historic moment the unveiling of the historic plaque commemorating the stouffville monument works was held saturday afternoon wayne marks of the local company uncovers the plaque stouffville monument works was designated an historic site by the local historical board photo by cheryl johnson heritage lesson thousands of york region school students visited markham museum last week to learn about canadian heritage here debbie clymer demonstrates candle making photo by lo emmerson library lobbies for space john lambersky correspondent the library board is set to go to council and reaffirm its position whitchurch-stouf- fville needs a better library linda giles the chairperson of the local library board said that the board submitted a motion to council last night two weeks ago council delayed a decision on the issue in order to allow the library board to reexamine its need for a larger library we had a request from coun cil to verify the plans in writ ing for the library said giles the board sees the present library as inadequate said giles pointing out that the local library is not fully meet ing the needs of the communi technological improvements would be top on the list of pri orities in sl plan for expansion we know that we are not up to date explained giles we are way behind technological ly the plans also include mea sures designed to save money through automation said giles additions such as self check out counters would enable the community library i to save on staffing costs also said giles the board proposes that the librarys floor space be doubled from its existing approximately- 7000 square feet to 14415 square feet giles stressed though that the library should be expanded regardless of any uncertainty over the proposed town hall- library complex our needs will not change we still need an expansion for the community lafarge agrees to compromise private citizens and gravel com pany officials are learning the art of compromise when neighbors of the stouf fville lafarge canada gravel industry found out the company wanted to operate 24 hours aday monday to friday for 13 weeks they asked council to respond with a resounding no instead council encouraged the two parties to get together and try to iron out an agreement the meeting was held may 19 while a second is planned for june 1 1 to discuss noise dust and lighting problems with plant manager rom graham tonight council will be told that no shipping or deliveries will be carried out outside of normal busi ness hours by lafarge the company tries to be consid erate of the needs of its neighbors said graham joan ransberry flyer inserts for tuesday may 27th 1997 white rose golden shoppers drug fountain mart stouffville ida zellers were first in distribution weve delivered 19169133 flyers p99rl9 this year for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call thetribfne arlene maddock at 64021 00 selected areas only ik