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gravel hearing continues uxbridge twp its the council of the twp of uxbridge and an estimated 20 gravel companies all fighting to preserve their own destinies while the application currently before the on tario municipal board appears on paper as an official plan and zoning bylaw it has boiled down to the municipality vs big business the gravel busi ness testimony by witnesses has been heard but the ar gument by solicitors goes on the hearing now switched to toronto re sumes feb 24 on friday r d jen- nings counsel for consol idated sand and gravel charged that the town ships restrictions if ap- proved would strangle the industry he said in sufficient provisions had been made for future ex pansion wm parsons solicitor for uxbridge said gravel operations were being car ried on at the expense of the taxpayers who pay the bills for road maintenance he said the companies looked on expansion of pit properties as a divine right and were asking the board to condone it of the 52000 acres in uxbridge over 4000 is held by gravel firms the hearing was told homeowners to air complaints i stouffville resi dents of the ponderosa development wishing to air their complaints con cerning faulty workman ship on homes in that area have been called to a pub lic meeting sunday even- ing at eight oclock it will be held in the auditorium of st marks school on elm road i vol 81 no 36 stouffvillemarkhamuxbridge ont thursday feb 5 1970 15 cents markham fair site offer 2800000 new 40000 tbar installed at skyloft a new 40000 tbar installed at skyloft ski and country club in uxbridge twp was set in motion officially sunday the mobile lift 1250 feet long was christened by bill newman mpjp ontario south peter harris disposal site discussion rejected by twp council court case proves costly whitchurch twp municipalities are learn ing that court cases with gravel companies can prove costly recently uxbridge township incurred a debt of si 100 when its bylaw before the ontario sup reme court was quashed by judge j j moorehouse in the whitchurch vs jas sabiston case also lost by the township the legal fees have reached s2800 council has delayed its decision on an appeal pending a receipt of the transcript and advice from a second solicitor discuss bollontrae development whitchurch twp an application for ap proval of a 55lot subdi vision near ballantrae re ceived last year but never acted upon was reintro duced at a joint meeting of whitchurch planning board and council jan 29 reeve stewart burnett warned that a buildup of such size without water or sewage services could pose a problem for the township councillor merlyn ba ker suggested the develop ment could also prove a benefit he said he knew the area quite well and the soil content was such as to accommodate indi vidual septic tanks with out trouble he recom mended that rather than whitchurch twp a seething councillor mer lyn baker sat speechless as a recorded vote defeated his motion to bring the issue of the controversiar bremner disposal site be fore a public meeting in the vandorf hall councillor baker had recommended a date of feb 17 for the gathering and asked that several officials from various de partments at queens park be invited to attend he was supported by councillor gordon rat- cliff other members includ ing reeve stewart burnett deputyreeve norman bar nard and councillor betty van nostrand argued that drill 55 single wells a storage tower be erected to serve not only the sub division but other adja cent homes already there reeve burnett noted that the cost of a tower would only be charged back on the lots raising the price to the purchaser the time was too short and government personnel could not guarantee their presence on only two weeks notice reeve burnett suggested a date in march but mr baker argued against fur ther delay claiming the need for action was urg ent he admitted however that he had contacted no one with regard to their availability at that time mr barnard said it was unlikely that the politic ians would be inconven ienced by a preselected date since their policies would be subject to public criticism bylaw officer marshall miller said a solution to metros liquid waste prob lem was under discussion with a remedy contemplat ed within six months councillor baker said he had lost faith in such promises he noted that the use of the bremner site had gone on now for several years he said thousands of gallons of waste were being dumped there daily may move fair into township markham the markham fair board has received four offers ranging as high as 28 mil lion for the fair site at hwys 7 and 48 in mark- ham it was revealed at the annual meeting of the markham and east york agricultural society jan 28 the bids are from private development firms interested in obtaining the property for the con struction of residential commercial and apart ment projects a committee of board members headed by howard cosburn has already met with officials of the markham town council to discuss the future of the fair at its present location the committee has put forward three pro posals to carry on as at present to acquire ad ditional property to be used for parking or to sell and relocate elsewhere the greatest problem faced by the board ac cording to mr cosburn is the lack of sufficient parking space he stated that many wouldbe visitors returned home last year because of the traffic situation it was suggested that additional property to the south and west be obtained for parking facili ties but the problem of access to this land from both the fair grounds and the highways would make this an expensive proposition the second alternative is proving the most at tractive according to mr cosburn if the grounds could be sold for a good price the board could purchase 100 acres in or near markham thus providing a fair site of 50 acres which would be larger than the present property in its entirety plus 50 acres for parking with the prices offered it would be economically feasible to buy the new land and erect new build ings and a racetrack he said the committee and fair board will give the proposal further consideration breathalizer evidence convicts driver recommend single crosswalk stouffville a single pedestrian cross walk for the intersection of main street and civic avenue in stouffville has been recommended by the dept of transport the decision contained in a letter to council has been filed pending a meet ing with department en gineers next month while the matter was not discussed it is under stood that some members would prefer the walk at the corner of main mar ket and mill streets the location when fin alized will be protected by signs and pavement markings in accordance witii the highway traffic act the department also recommends the addition of an overhead illuminat ed sign similar to the type used in metro at the present time stouffville has two down town courtesy walks where the rightofway is retained by the motorist officials indicated instan ces of confusion in these areas increasing the acci dent potential there was no informa tion in the report telling the time of day or evening the survey was made armed robbery two men jailed markham twp two men were sen tenced to jail terms tuesday following con viction on charges of armed robbery registered by judge russell g pearse in richmond hill court the pair along with a companion were ar rested following a breakin last november at mcquays service station don mills road near buttonville in their attempt to escape the ear went out of control on the main street of unionville and rammed a hydro pole money and stolen goods were scattered over the roadway a revolver was found in the auto ernest moreau 21 of toronto received a threeyear penitentiary term timothy thayer also 21 of scarboro was sentenced to 18 months determinate and 15 months indeterminate in reformatory a third man david vent 20 of toronto has elected trial by judge and jury assaulted tenants jailed four months students had master key to high school markham evidence obtained through a breathalizer test was used in court friday to convict a markham man of driv ing while impaired a check made on rich ard wannop joseph street showed an alcohol content of 17 and 15 police said the accused was stopped following the receipt of a private com plaint mr wannop they said was observed driving in an erratic manner on hwy 48 around 11 pm he entered a plea of guilty judge russell pearse levied a fine of 100 bus service turned down stouffville a re quest for a village bus service to transport grade 7 and 8 students from the east end area to the high school has been turned down by superin tendent ronald h hall area 2 york county board of education a copy of the letter from mr hall to all par ents who signed the peti tion is published on page x of this issue stouffville a 17 year old student and two juveniles holding a mas ter key to the stouffville dist secondary school have been charged by po lice following a breakin at the building on the night of jan 26 gary brian oliver lor- etta crescent was arrested by constables tom wau- chope and harry davis the key has been re covered police said nothing was stolen from the school al though a quantity of food was consumed in the cafe teria stouffville the 52 year old owner of the man sion house hotel has been sentenced to 4 months in the don jail following con viction on separate charges of common assault filed by three girls all tenants at his premises norman cassimiri had originally been charged with indecent assault fol lowing a fracas jan 24 this was later reduced following consultation with the crown the plaintiffs penny blundell caroline egan and faith perrier appear ed in richmond hill court friday but were not re quired to testify cassimiri entered pleas of guilty some confusion occurr ed partway through the case when the accused in dicated through his solici tor that the facts as relat ed were not correct judge russell pearse ruled against an adjourn ment but agreed that the girls could take the stand the lawyer suggested his client was in a highly emotional state and did not fully appreciate what was going on he said he had not had time to fully acquaint himself with the case and requested per mission to withdraw never has anything like this ever happened in my court before said the judge i know this man i also know his emotional state i intend to proceed following a 10 minute adjournment the case con tinued according to evidence mr cassimiri entered the girls rooms made sugges tive remarks and grabbed them pushing one against the wall in his defence the accused was described as a man who had been in trouble before mainly due to consumption of alcohol he should not be regarded as a danger or a daytoday problem to society the sol icitor said he noted he had approached the first girl only after tenants had complained of her making too much noise he admitt ed that his clients better judgment was tainted be- cause of drink in passing sentence judge pearse described the offense as a very seri ous situation f i the change in scenes with the change in seasons snow to sand toboggans to boats a imall boy and his toboggan was the only sign of life at cedar beach when a tribune cameraman visited the lake area sunday j thomas the change in sea sons means a change in scenes and nowhere is this more evident than at musselmans lake last summer on a hot midjuly sunday a tribune cameraman visited the lakes north side at cedar beach and took the picture shown at right last sunday the same cameraman re turned to the same site and took a similar photo of the same area shown at left ouite a contrast the only sign of life was a small boy tug ging his toboggan through snow up past his knees but the approach of spring foretells of war mer days ahead when the snow gives way to sand and toboggans to water skis here is the same location cs a hot sunday afternoon last july hundreds of people he on the sand or frolic about in the water quite a contract jas thomas i