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new dump f j- stouffville town solicitor paul mingay has been instructed to prepare a brief outlining the towns concerns with the decision of the en vironmental hearing board on the highway 48 dump according to mayor gordon ratcliff the town has new evidence as a result of the fill and floodline mapping study just completed by the south lake simcoe conservation authority that study places almost the entire dump site in la critical recharge area the mayor this week told the tribune- i even to put a housing development in there wouldnt be allowed unless it was a very low density he said mr ratcliff said that although he firmly believes the hearing was biased against the town the charge v of discrimination will nofcbe a major point in the brief the brief will be submitted as soon as possible to the director of approvals of the ministry of the environment it is the directors prerogative to grant or reject york sanitations application for expansion of the site the brief will also ask for a firm commitment to provide compensation if the water supply of the town becomes polluted the reliability of the ministry to carry out the recommendations of the board will be questioned in the brief mr ratcliff spoke of evidence that there is off site pollution and be expressed disappointment the board didnt take into consideration the dangers of chemical pollution councillor merlyn baker said the board has gone roughshod over the wishes of the people he was very critical of yorks consultants hydrology consultants ltd he pointed out that five years ago the con sultants had reported that it was safe to dump liquid industrial waste at the site vol 85 no 30 whitchurch stouffville december 4 1975 20 cents 52 pages xvz charley is an institution its not often a dog becomes an institution but that is what has happened with charley he has become a seemingly permanent fix- ture in the hamlet and is especially popular with the children at goodwood public school where he spends a good deal of his time although he legally belongs to the gordon jones family he has more or less slipped into the status of community property he can usually be seen hanging around the school yard at any time when students are likely to be about according to one observer he stays in the playground until classes start and then he goes off down the road and walks back with any late students at other times he can be found lounging around near bells store he is getting a bit older now which is a miracle as he has never learned to stop chasing cars he has been hit five times and was once hit by a gravel truck which left him minus a lung and with 40 stitches posed with charley in this picture are from the left stacey graham shani pasterko donald kidd gail jackson sherri todd sarah bolter andrea magill cameron todd and eric mckenzie two grade six students cheryl qeunneville i and beth stewart on hearing of the story being done about charley decided to draw up a report card for him for reading childrens minds he received a b- for adding children he was awarded an a but he was given a low grade for attendance as the children would like to see him more often under general comments it was noted that to us and the people of goodwood school he is a great person john montgomery parents air grievances action sought on suituiiitview snowmobilers want trail from vandorftolake area stouffville a bid by parents to speed up renovations at summitview school was initiated monday as about 60 met at the school to lay plans for lobbying the york county board of education group president janet arends described the crowd as very enthusiastic and said members will soon canvass the town with petitions v current plans call for visiting the board at the jan 12 1975 meeting in order to request tht summitview renovations be placed high on the regional building priorities while summitview was third on the 1975 list it has- been dropped completely from 1976 priorities another parents meeting will take place jan 5 8 pm at the school meetings will be held the first monday in each suc ceeding month addressing the group on monday mrsl arends pointed out that summitview is the only elementary school in area 2 that is over capacity the greatest needs in the school she said- are a larger general purpose room and resource centre while sum- mitviews gym has 912 square feet orchard park has 1400 she said dickson hill whitchurch highlands- and jballantrae public schools also surpass summitview she added schoolboardtrustee harry bowes said thattb4get this school back on the priorities list its going tobe a slow process and very frustrating but thats what its going to take principal lome boadway in answer to a question com mented that probably a majority of the staff of sum mitview would like to retain the building with a hew gym nasium i the boards indecision as he saw it was over whether to renovate summitview or wait until a new school is built in north stouffville- and phase summitview out ron arends- of- manitoba street suggested that maybe if we got together and did some yelling it might change things he said the parents shouldnt tolerate it for even four years new fiveyear projections by- the board call for a new school to accomodate the proposed dulverton sub division in stouffville and an addition to orchard park school provincial ministry regulations say that 90 per cent of a new subdivision must be occupied before an additional school may be built bowfes heads special study of summitview york cty whitchurch stouffville trustee harry bowes was named chairman of a subcommittee last week to in vestigate the possibility of an addition to summitview public school mr bowes said that a delegation of concerned parents and teachers from summitview appeared before the york stouffville mem- if turned out most of the g5irfdersi rights of-way- they wished to use befsof sriowmobileclubof vandorf appeared before council last week to request help in establishing a snowmobile trail clubmember graham eves explained that the club is trying to establish a route between vandorf and musselmans lake wherethey hope to meet up with a snowmobile club from ux- bridge r they asked council to grant permission to usegiven roads to obtain this objective were farm lanes had never been assumed or were private roads into small developments mr eves explained that they are having problems getting permission to cross private properties the new provincial law requires that permission be given in writing by the landowner and he said many people are balking at this mr eves asked for per mission to use the untravelled shoulders of the road and he pointed out that by law they are permitted to use the travelled portion of roads may be people will help us out when they see we arent going to destroy things commented mr eves he said peoplewould realize were not just a bunch of vandals if they saw club members using the i8yearold youth isin stable roadway and he was confident condition in sunhybrook 6iiisf0nct station browns corners an njdvv pickering sports complex 14 million pickering a 14- million recreation complex would be built here if plans unveiled at last weeks executive committee meeting become a reality the town of pickering would be served with a huge complex including more than 25 sporting and cultural activities t a start for the centre however is not expected for two years according to mayor george ashe the first phase of the complex would include a swimming pool a triple gym- nasium squash courts staff offices craft rooms and meeting banquet restaurant and babysitting areas total cost of the phase would be 76 i million the suggested site would be located between liverpool road and duffins creek about one mile north of highway 2 forty acres would be used there drawing up the plan was f george kormos and associates of sudbury flash fire as fondue pot upset markham a flash fire started by an overturned fondue pot caused 2000 damage to a main st markham home sunday evening tony holme had a number of guests for dinner party when the fondue pot overturned setting fire to the table cloth table and parts oi the floor the rest of the room sustained smoke damage later stages of the proposed complex wouldhaye a curling rink ice arena indoor tract 800- seatrtheatre bowling alley library outdoor stadium and playing fields and a childrens playground town recreation director dave bass says most of the proposed complex could be financed through lot levy fees assessed on new development councillor jack anderson called it a tremendous un- dertaking for a town the size of pickering to consider but that it would be accessible and serve all the towns recreation needs nativity drama will come alive uxbridge the living nativity one of the highlights of last years yuletide celebrations will be repeated this year it will take place dec 20 22 23 and 24 with two performances each night at 8 pm and 845 a halfblock in downtown ux bridge will be used the site will be transformed into the square of bethlehem with village inn walls and towers as well as shops camps and sentry fires the cast made up of members of the uxbridge baptist church numbers 80 in all real animals are used in the production the script written by gladys evans is based on prophetic writings oft the old testament and accounts of the birth of jesus found inthe gospels music and spoken work has been prerecorded and will- be reproduced in stereo n c this would make it easier to obtain written permission from landowners for next year councillor becky wedley appeared sympathetic and suggested the club use st johns sideroad as far as possible councillor art starr and mayor gordon ratcliff both stressed the club would have to be selfpolicingl council seemed villing to help the club and it was suggested they draw up a specific route and then come back to council with it the club members said they would be willingtbaid-stouff- ville people in setting up a club of their own mr starr stressed that even if council approved a trail it would not be guaranteed for any length of time if there were a lot of complaints hospital after being shot in the chest at pointblank range by a robber early saturday morning the youth david ross of i- willowdale was working at the j fina gas station on woodbine ave south of highway- 7 at about i oclock saturday morning when the robbery occurred a 1973 plymouth satellite sebringwith three or four passengers entered the station and a man wearing a mask got out of the car and demanded cash from the youth mr ross resisted and was shot in the upper left chest with a 22 calibre pistol he managed to stagger to b m motors where he received assistance he was- taken to york central hospital and later was transferred to sunnybrook hospital in toronto the bullet narrowly missed his heart and one lung hadcollapsed the thieves who have not been apprehended as of yet made off with approximately 115 they didnotget themoney from the tiltbut only what mr ross was carrying on his per son v police have very few clues to work with special insert for christmas stouffville readers of the tribune are reminded of the christmas shopping guide and contest contained as- a special supplement to this weeks paper a draw will be held dec 12 for the 100 prize in- the recognize the merchant contest i in the nov 27 issue we mistakenly announced the nassau trip draw for- dec will take place dec 24 county board of educations standing committee on planning and building last week besides mr bowes the subcommittee- includes aurora trustee norm weller board planning director mac wilson and summitview principal lome boadway the committee members inspected the school monday mr bowes said that renovations to summitview stood third in the boards 1975 priority list but had been bumped off the list altogether the school is not mentioned in the expenditure forecasts recently drawn up for 1976 theparent- teacher group has been meeting regularly jn order to form a plan of action to have a major addition built onto the east end stouffville school new bylaw 12 it qravel charges laid s bloomington william popovitch appeared in coiirt in aurora yesterday on three charges of contravening the towns zoning bylaw the results pf the court case were not known press time the charges were laid by bylaw enforcement officer willis wideman for allegedly removing gravel according mr wideman mr popovitcli was unlawfully changing the use of the land as the property he has been digging on at bloomihgton is zoned rural the charges were all laid on separate occasions and mr popovitchs wife is named as a coaccused eases restrictions stouffville last week a public parks bylaw was passed which will supercede the bylaw passed in july y mayor gordon ratcliff explained the new bylaw was being brought in because the bylaw passed in the summer had some things in it which were not applicable to this town the new bylaw is almost identical to the old one but it gives the community centre boards the power to grant- persons or groups permission to conduct meetings in the park the previous sbylaw only gave councilthe right to grant permission- a- clause requiring a request be submitted in writing five days before the date of the meeting was deleted in the updated bylaw the only other change was the removal of a clause prohibiting any person from playing or participating in any organized match or- athletic contest- in any park unless ap- provedby a permit granted by council the permit would also specify the timeand place of the contest many people had considered the old bylaw too restrictive care this float entitled patty puck created by the girls hockey league took a 30 prize as the most humorous float in saturdays santa claus parade top float winning 50 was from stouffville nursery school and featured a live dixieland band best christmas float belonged to thelst gormley girl guides and brownies while orchard park won top prixe for best school float amongstgroups and clubs the lemonville float took the 30 prize y donbernard 1 v- interviews stouffville- regional staff are in town this week to guagethe needfora day care centre in stouffville i firiterviewswith prospective users of the service are set for todaydec4fr6in 68 pm at the public library and the office of dnuwilliamzeck friday dec 5 from 68 pm- and saturday from9 am to 4 pm i forft information call 898- 1551