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all the news whitchurch i uxbridge markham i pickering largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge vol 82 no 40 12 packs stouffillkvhitchurchmarkhamuxbridci thursday march 4 1971 phonk 6402101 15 cents minister explains delay uxbridge twp a charge of government inaction levelled by the tribune in an editorial feb 4 entitled still dragging their feet has brought reply from hon charles mcnaughton treasurer of ontario and minister of economics the tribune in its editorial comment urged queens park to come up with some decision with respect to lands owned by century city developments limited so that the future of both the project and the mort gagee farmers could be more positively assessed mr mcnaughtons reply in part follows as you know we have requested that public and private briefs be submitted so that the people at large have the opportunity for comment before any final policy decisions are taken although the deadline for receipt of these briefs was sept 30 many are still coming in we are still in the process of assessing these briefs and it will be necessary to resolve a number of questions before we proceed into ways and means of implementation the letter in full is published on page 3 of this issue mother of six markham service was held from the dixon funeral home markham tuesday for mrs ronald reesor the former marilyn johnston of unionville killed early sunday morning on hwy 27 her husband was seriously injured the couple were struck down by a car as they walked along the edge of the pavement mrs reesor was only 36 surviving are six children wendy debbie robbie pattie terry lynn and dannie a brother robert lives near bethesda interment was made in first markham baptist cemetery ninth line markham nabs suspect york region the close regional network of police communication was aptly demonstrated tuesday mor ning when eight divisions plus the opp arrested one of two suspects following a highspeed chase that extended over 20 miles it was constable david hadden of stouffville who nabbed the driver after the vehicle went out of control and ended up in a field a com panion escaped into dense bush the chase started at bayview avenue aand steeles moved east to unionville back to steeles up don mills road and west through richmond hill to bathurst more than 20 cruisers were involved including some used as roadblocks impressive baden- powell service in stouffville united church the leaders and members of the stouffville cubs brownies guides scouts and venturers participated in an impressive badenpowell service in the stouffville united church sun day shown here leading the worship with the choir are left to right rev jasl carder cubmasterjohn mcewan guide captain mrs marion blackburn rev alex adam and arlene mcfadden 1st ranger company jas thomas department will marry us off regional plan opposed by uxbridge reeve uxbridge twp the amalgamation of uxbridge township uxbridge town and the twp of scott has received the blessing of the three municipal councils concerned but the overall oshawa centred plan that splits ontario county into nine areas has its op ponents one of these is reeve bob nesbitt its sick he said with reference to the result of the oshawa area planning and development study he cautioned however that he was speaking personally on the subject and not for uxbridge twp council the region would be dominated by the city of oshawa reeve nesbitt said the power he noted would be so preston lake distributed that fourteen out of eighteen votes would come from areas south of uxbridge seven of these from oshawa were not strong as it is he said but id hate to be weakened down to that point with respect to the uxbridge- scott union the reeve said agreement on this question had been reached in 1970 following a series of four meetings between the three municipalities in dependently we could stand up on our little mole hill and yell and scott could do the same with the result wed both be taken he said he never favored ux bridge becoming part of the whitchurchstouffville area in york reeve nesbitt feels an agreement will never be reached satisfactory to all municipalities right now were not even close he said ultimately he suggests the minister of the dept of municipal affairs will step in and marry us off ban power boats owners urge council preston lake in an ef fort to maintain the high quality of water at preston lake residents there have endorsed a move that would ban all power boats from the private resort area the recommendation to whit churchstouffville council was contained in a letter from the association president mrs christa nimmo and read at a whitchurchstouffville stouffville the council town of whitchurch- stouffville has requested the minister of municipal affairs hon darcy mckeough to order a complete re assessment of the area in a surprise resolution feb 24 introduced by councillor merlyn baker and supported by councillor herbert simpson members unanimously approved the recommendation and asked that copies be sent to wm hodgson mpptyork north donald deacon mpp yorkcentre york regional council and the york regional assessment department the wording of the resolution follows whereas the province of ontario has assumed the whole respon sibility for assessment and whereas the new assessment in the former county of york was intended to be more consistent and predicated on equality be it resolved that the council of the town of whitchurchstouffville request the minister of municipal affairs hon darcy mckeough to order and expedite a reassessment of the town of whitchurchstouffville to be based on a degree of equality that is consistent with the intent of the act meeting feb 24 mrs nimmo informed members that the ontario water resources commission had conducted a survey in the summer of 1970 and results released in december if this lake is to be preser ved she said power boats must be banned the association would like to know what action is contemplated by council councillor gordon ratcliff said samples taken from the lake showed the water quality as good he agreed that a ban on power boats should be legislated and enforced its better to stop the problem before it starts he said question garbage rate increase stouffville stouffville homeowners are now paying 200 per month for garbage collection this is a monthly rate increase of 25 cents over 1970 in a letter to mayor ken laushway a resident on south street has asked if whitchurch- stouffville council had given any consideration to the municipality assuming this service the correspondence was read at a meeting feb 24 mayor laushway replied that in his opinion the same service that he described as very good would cost much more if taken over by the town game rivals stars at opposite ends of the ice peeuec captain keith acton left of stouffville and goaltender paul minakcr of picton meet together at the conclusion of their playoff game friday capt acton led his club to a 51 victory with two goals minaker was a standout blocking 38 shots j thomas farmers demand land tax relief for police fire not benefit only equality stouffville under the ontario police act there is a provision for the exemption of farm lands 90 percent of the assessed value from police expenditures under the assessment act there is provision for the exemption of farm lands in excess of 11 acres 90 percent of the assessed value from fire protection costs the former twp of markham gave the cutback scheme its approval several years ago the whitchurchstouffville federation of agriculture feel their area should receive similar consideration the recommendation was placed before council feb 24 spokesman for the delegation was ted barry stouffville rr2 mr barry in support of the proposal said the farmers did not look on the exemption bylaw as a benefit as referred to by mayor ken laushway but rather a form of equality farm buildings do not apply even with the exemption we would still be paying more than the urban homeowner he said the federations hopes suffered a setback however when members learned the deadline date for passage of the fire exemption bylaw was march 1 mayor laushway pointed out that with no assessment roll there was no way of telling what owners could qualify and what owners could not he estimated that on a property assessment of 25000 the in dividual was talking four or five dollars with respect to police councillor tom lonergan said this service was now under the jurisdiction of the region mayor laushway suggested that for the federation of whitchurchstouffville to apply for relief on its own would only be a waste of time he recommended the appeal be made through the municipality going further he suggested that all nine municipalities within the region be consulted the main problem he said was related to inequities in assessment something must be done about it he stated mr barry agreed but said the federation could act only on legislation available to them he noted that while the fire cost exemption per farm might seem small every dollar counts and the cost keeps going up while members were sympathetic to the farmers cause councillor betty vannostrand was more definite this council has not had an opportunity to discuss this i feel it should not be dropped that something can be worked out she recommended the issue be placed on the agenda at the regional level in conclusion mayor laushway said there were many issues and problems pertaining specifically to the rural resident that he would like discussed in committee he agreed to set a date and invited mr barry and several of his delegation members to attend council urges court decision on assessment stouffville more than 300 york farmers including 77 in the former twp of whit church are growing impatient awaiting a decision on a 1969 assessment appeal selected as a test case and heard in 1970 in high court a reply had been promised by feb 20 ted barry of the whitchurchstouffville fed eration of agriculture told council feb 24 up to that time he said he had heard nothing on a motion by councillor merlyn baker and supported by councillor betty vannostrand the following resolution was passed whereas an appeal against the 1969 assessment was made by a large number of land owners through the scarborough farmers association and whereas the appeal decision was appealed to a higher court and whereas the appellant has been waiting over a year for a decision and whereas the council town of whitchurch- stouffville feel it is imperative to know the result for taxation purposes be it resolved that the corporation of the town of whitchurchstouffville requests the appropriate department to use its influence in hastening the proceedings copies of the resolution have been forwarded to the ontario dept of municipal affairs ontario dept of agriculture york region and whitchurch federation of agriculture wm hodgson mpp yorknorth donald deacon mpp york- centre the area munici palities region of york and the york regional council local govt salary scale stirs protest york region the natives are restless all across the region resentment is growing the concern relates mainly to salaries ratepayers or many of them feel the wage scale at both regional and local levels has been set too high in whitchurchstouffville mayor ken laushway receives 4700 in basic pay plus 2300 for travelling and other expenses as the areas representative on regional council he receives an additional 6000 whitchurchstouffvilles six councillors each receive 2400 basic plus 1200 expenses on march 9 a delegation plans to attend a meeting of council in stouffville to inquire into the reasons for alleged salary increases a spokesman suggested to the tribune that no council should have jurisdiction over establishing members salaries but rather the stipend should be set by a private committee