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the tribune thursday dec 4 197s 3 teen pick- this week is kitty cash- nunshe is a sports eufjiusiast and has takes part in cross country running at stouffville dist secondary school- and has also been involved in softball in the area region boost car allowance to 20 teen pick of the week will receive a 1500 gift certificate from murray wilson shoes york region employees of the region of york will have tiwir car mileage allowance increased to 20 cents a- mile following a council decision last week the matter came up in the engineering committee report when council was asked to consider increasing the mileage allowance for engineering department employees the former rate was 18 cents per mile councillors felt that the increase should apply across the board the report also suggested a 10 per cent increase in the allowance granted the engineering com missioner that was extended to all the other regional department heads some councillors argued that the increase should wait for preparation of the 1976 budget but councillor ray twinney insisted that the increase was essential because of the recent increase in gasoline prices presents doctorate recently dr owen halsted d d of elm rd stouffville travelled to faith temple orillia to confer the honorary degree of doctor of humanities on rev alice higgins a former resident of stouffville 1 1275000 sought by markham region balks at debentures if jr york region york regional council turned down debenture requests of 1275000 from the town of markham at last weeks meeting the town had requested permission to debenture to that total for 4 four projects planned in the town originally matter was postponed pending- a clarification from the markham treasurer the four projects included purchase of parkland- near crosby memorial arena 400000 tennis court construction 130000 park improvements 300000 and 23 meter swimming pool 400000 in a report from regional- treasurer john hlynski it was revealed that markham had 474 percent- of v the regions debenture debt- totalling 8129050- mr hlynski referred to a recent request from the ontario municipal board that long term capital financing be directed toward essential projects such as sewers water systems electrical utilities extensions local improvements etc a letter from markham treasurer ea barton assured regional council that markham is well within the required limits and guide lines set down by the ontario municipal board markham councillor bob adams- defending the debentures main tained that- markham is well within its capacity to pay he stressed that the town had 47 percent of the debenture debt but 50 percent of the growth in the region mayor tony roman was not present for the meeting and markhams other- representative alma walker had left the meeting about 20 minutes before the debenture discussion came up mr adams said that parkland purchases were being debentured because- the parks reserve fund is spent t out and then assured east gwiilimbury mayor gladys rolling that the 25meter swimming pool was being paid onethird by the town and the rest in the community and we hope to get wintario money editorsmail 124 main st markham 294j189 service quality since variety and value 1905 9 am to 9 pm open weeknights until christmas b3es3b3b3ss3 carpeting aw lomst prices 10 this year balance 1976 monday tuesday wednesday thursday 99 99 99 99 friday 99 saturday 96 drop in and see j- our large selection snowboots snowmobile fui- b mukluks boots skates wlljrray wblson shoes act now call today 2942581 toromark 297205 tttsmrgg3aietg5ig33aiaia3b3 powr group responds to hearing board report dear sir following daily at tendance at the en vironmental hearings and after due con sideration to this report the recommendation of the board is just not acceptable to the public of whitchurchstoiif fville this report is suggesting that york sanitation co ltds request be ap- proved subject to the submission of satisfac tory plans and specifications and is only made provided that the company meet r 16 con- ditions and establish a fund for expensive corrective measures should our water supply become polluted in the future since source of pollution is hard to prove the members suggest that the province of ontario give due consideration to guaranteeing such a fund it is the opinion of the powr preserve our water resources group regarding the hearing board decision that all is well that ends wells in-whitchurch- stouffville provided that the province of ontario guarantee a fund allowing a privately owned american garbage monopoly the right to risk i destroying a whole towns water supply this would truly tie adding insult to injury as we the tax- payersare the province of ontario huuk0 sat 9 p l4 main st markham 2941189 free parking at rear entrance december t wed hours t the unim iwas nit invented by the wi16ht bms yes folks the truth is that the whamsley bros invented it to fly wayout i east for seafood snacks but they found a source right in st marys dixie jlee for crab scallops lobster fish n chips and captains platter the whamsley bros made dixie lee wright so should you wesebveitbi66eibettei thirty seven people from all walks of life spoke against the con tinued operation of this site i- over our main aquifer including mr wm hodgson mpp york north a petition of households with 2271 names out of a possible 3380 against was entered as evidence four lawyers were hired to aid in the protection of our environment and the preservation of the town wells one lawyer and 2 employees of york argued fordumping up to 1500 tons of garbage daily and the continued 11 year use of this site paul isles central- region ministry- of the en- vironmcrit gave input regarding need and said they believe this site is needed by private haulers the company did notproduce one witness to back up this argument from metro markham or richmond hill the company claims need because it is the only existing site in york region we all know that cancer exists but that does not make it good for the people need ac cessibility and aesthetics will never make this site safe a nice neat ap pearance over a potential time bomb seems to be important to thehearing board the people of whitchurch- stouffville a 91 main st e stouffville 293- 8741 also i many assorted pottedplants james white florist drop in and see our breathtaking display of colour looos of plants fully in bloom stouffville rd west of lave lost faith in the democratic process and are not interested in participating in any future hearings regar ding this site hearings are extremely costly and they protect the wrong issues the board suggests that the town be allowed to dump at this site we have a bylaw prohibiting the dumping of all waste in the whole town of whitchurch stouffville we make ita practice to obey all bylaws the board suggests that when york sanitation co ltd is finished mounding chemical industrial pollutants 35 70 ver tically that the town be given first opportunity to purchase the site as a recreational facility this is ludicrous to purchase this site at anytime would mean that as the new owners when con taminant migration reaches the wells the onus of replacement of our water supply would fall on the very citizens who are trying to save it now the powr group i asks why does government- prefer corrective rather than preventive measures- i why cant they leave wells enough alone ksainsbuky i powr member i i i i i si i i r 5v vv i r v v s- ft b-