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pop rally clock tower 8 pm july 11 h tt oasa playdown town park monday july 31 vol 89 no 9 phone 6402101 stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday july 27 1972 12 rages 15 cents twelve- house plan is approvedmanitoba st out of control over embankment it took more than an hour for two towtrucks to recover the remains of this chevy ii following a singlecar crash early sunday morning the driver stephen oke 19 of scarborough was south bound on 48 highway north of 19th when the car went out of control crossing the road it plunged down an embankment and came to rest 100 yards away mr oke is in scarborough centenary hospital suffering from internal injuries and lacerations his passengers barry maxim of scarborough and ted bass of west hill both 18 are in the same hospital with broken bones and lacerations const leon little of oak ridges opp is investigating mark niblett greenbelt brooklin the ontario horticultural society has proposed a green belt to border the international airport in pickering the proposal was recently put before the provincial executive by the brooklin society suggesting that a tree be planted for each one lost to the bulldozer and as far as possible natural surfaces should be preserved spokesmen for the society said that not only will the users of the airport benefit but it will provide an example for private development philip dodds retiring president of the ontario hor- ticulturalists said that the resolution was an opportunity to let the experts know what the grass roots think tv station for uxbridge uxbridge this town is likely to be the site of one of canadas most powerful television transmitters in the near future a recent decision by the canadian radio television commission authorized the establishment of what amounts to a provincewide tv network in addition to uxbridge global communications ltd will have transmitters in paris windsor sarnia bancroft and ottawa plans call for the uxbridge transmitter broadcasting on channel 22 uhf to be the most powerful in the system with 2200000 watts output it is expected that programming will begin by 1974 airport to make vast in local road pattern changes stouffville the airport seems likely to drastically change road patterns in this area particularly the route of highway 47 at a meeting of regional council july 13 a report was received from the engineering committee recommending that york region assume the york ontario boundary road and negotiate a maintenance agreement with ontario county parts of this road have already been taken over by ontario countv councillor don plaxton urged that this matter be delayed until airport plans are clarified markham mayor tony roman disagreed pointing out that only a portion of the road will fall within the airport lands and the balance still has to be main tained commissioner of engineering denne bosworth assured councillors that there are no plans to do any construction on the road within the airport area mayor ken laushway questioned a section of the report which specifically ex cludes regional assumption of the boundary road between the stouffville the long hot summer isnt over yet nor are water use restrictions imposed by council a month ago to recap no watering of lawns is permitted anywhere in town on mondays for the balance of the week watering your lawn is permitted as follows west of the cnr tracks wednesday friday and sun day cast of the tracks tuesday thursday and saturday hours are 830 am to 830 pm according to a council spokesman residents have been co operating well so far it is hoped that no further restric tions will be needed several municipalities in this area have imposed similar restrictions or outright bans on the use of hoses in bolton the ban is total a fine of 25 is provided for those who refuse to co operate maybe were not doing so badly after all stouffville road and lin- colnville this stretch was the subject of an agreement three years ago when the province stated its intention of taking it over this would mean that hwy 47 would be extended eastwards to the boundary road then north to lincolnville the present route from stouffville to lincolnville would be returned to the municipality have you any information as to when the department intends to proceed with taking over the boundary road mayor laush way asked mr bosworth replied that he had no information on that point chief administrator jack rettie after some searching came up with a letter from the department of transportation and communications while the letter gave no firm date for the commencement of this project- mr rettie said indications were it will start in the near future council voted to approve the report and an agreement between york and ontario will be negotiated 40 jo ready to sell land pickering twp about 40 percent of land required for the airport is open to negotiation this news was announced by dick hoyt head of the federal governments land acquisition branch mr hoyt stated that 114 landowners in the expropriation area have signed affidavits saying they are willing to negotiate over the sale of their properties the holdings of these owners represent about 40 percent of the 19000 acres which the govern ment wants l cbo takes no chances stouffville the ontario liquor control board takes great pains to avoid stepping on the toes of local merchants a letter from the board was received by council july 11 requesting a statement from council that there is no objection to having the liquor store open six days per week during july and august the store is presently closed sunday and monday councillor tom lonergan moved a resolution giving the required assurance and asked for a recorded vote theres no bylaw to say they cant be open six days a week observed councillor betty vannostrand i dont know why we should be involved in this at all said councillor merlyn baker councillor lonergan ex plained that in some com munities the sixday opening has brought charges of unfair competition from local mer chants councillor baker was unimpressed i dont have any objection if they want to stay open six days but im surprised they asked us he said a motion by councillor june button to table the letter lost for want of a seconder in the vote on mr lonergans resolution the sixday opening was approved councillor baker entering the only dissenting vote i thought you said a minute ago that you werent opposed to this said councillor betty vannostrand im opposed to council dealing with it at all replied mr baker single family homes in 30000 range stouffville six housing lots magically became seven in the course of a discussion before whitchurch stouffville plan ning committee july 21 the committee was con sidering a proposal by developer michael chiovetti who wants to build on manitoba street bet ween tindale and park dr n as originally presented the plan showed 6 lots on the north side of manitoba and 5 on the south i was told that the lot fee is now slooo said mr chiovetti councillor merlyn baker said the normal fee is still 700 but council decided to ask for 1000 in a siteplan agreement the extra money will be put towards the cost of the 350000 sewer plant extension needed to allow any further development in town mr chiovetti stated his position he would stand by the plan as presented if the lot fee were 700 if the fee is 1000 he would want an extra lot on the north side the matter was discussed at some length and members were of the opinion that the 1000 figure should be maintained there appeared to be no dif ficulty with the extra lot since its inclusion would still leave all the sites larger than the minimum required all the houses according to mr chiovetti will be of the singlefamily detached type and he estimated their price at approximately 30000 on a motion by councillor betty vannostrand the com mittee approved redrawing the plan to show a total of 12 lots and reaffirmed the 1000 lot fee lakeshore park moves step closer to reality stouffville mayor ken laushway would like to see the montgomery property 7 acres of undeveloped land lot 18 cone 8 on musslemans lake purchased by the lake simcoe conservation authority for use as a public park he presented a resolution to this effect at a july 25th meeting of council and indicated his intention of following through to get support from regional planning staff all members approved and agreed that area residents could be deprived of free access to and enjoyment of the lake if the land should fall into the hands of a private developer councillor merlyn baker reflected councils concern over the preservation of land for the pleasure of the people when he expressed the hope that a much larger area holland river valley through to musslemans lake could eventually be taken over by the conservation authority strike hydro short handed severe storm in uxbridge the severe electrical and wind storm in this area saturday caught ontario hydro shorthanded because of the current strike widespread damage to hydro lines occurred over a large area when trees fell over wires and poles were blown down ac cording to ontario hydro of ficials management personnel begged striking canadian union of public employees workers to return to work during the emergency the union refused to do so claiming the situation town house decision expected to cause neighborhood ruckus markham markham planning committee debated a hot issue at a meeting july 20 and reached a decision which some fear may satisfy noone under discussion were two parcels of land on the north side of church st near the high school one the former markham dairy property is owned by mr robert goode the other is located east of this parcel a staff report summarized the present situation the markham dairy property in particular has been the subject of con siderable debate and various proposals for the land have in the past brought neighboring ratepayers into the council chamber in strength the report pointed out that most of the dairy property is zoned c2 a category which allows apartment buildings the conclusion was that commercial uses or apartment construction would not be in conformity with this area it was recommended that 16 townhouses be permitted on the site the second property was also recommended for townhouse development councillor bud bonner was not too pleased with the report and observed there is nothing to stop mr goode from obtaining a building permit and erecting stores or an apartment building how fast can this be resolved asked councillor hi lawrie this man has been sitting there for three years unable to do anything with his property mr power felt that the question could be resolved fairly quickly provided the parties can agree after long discussion councillor keith kennedy moved acceptance of the recommendations well have the same problem as before predicted mr henderson all the people of the area will be in here opposing itjust as they were earlier they have told me they will fight mr power defended his recommendation as a means of attempting to solve the entire problem he could put up a 48 to 50 unit apartment building under the present zoning said mr power the resolution to accept the recommendations carried with mr henderson opposed store apartment complex the towns latest building project located next to the fire hall on main st e is progressing well and sept 1 has been named as the completion date the building contains three stores on the ground floor and six apartments above the stores contractor for the project is mancini construction ltd mark niblett was an inconvenience not an emergency one of the worsthit was the keswicksutton area where almost 2000 households found themselves without power in the uxbridgetobowmanville area some 1000 homes were affected management personnel from the central region made up 10 line crews newmarket manager mike crompton and brampton manager gordon sanford donned overalls and worked with their men most of the crews worked from satur day night to sunday night without letup and were back on the job monday morning by monday morning service was restored to almost all homes worst affected were the farmers who found themselves unable to milk or water their stock incubators on chicken farms remained cold and there were widespread reports of damage to food in hydroless freezers two hurt in hwy 48 crash markham a headon collision near the cascade restaurant on highway 48 sent a man and wife to hospital the crash took place monday about 1215 pm one driver richard witte 45 of scar borough was entering the high way from a private drive the second car driven by thomas macfarlane 76 of scar borough was northbound mr macfarlane and his wife betty a passenger in the car were taken to scarborough centenary hospital with lacerations and possible internal injuries mr witte was unhurt the damage to both cars has been estimated at slooo constable steve mcfadden oak ridges opp is in vestigating the accident