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yorkvregion rat a special meeting thursday the regions- health and social services committee c pared 210400 in grant requests to 85750 to be divided among eight- organizations seeking support the regions four family life centres which asked for 103200 to carry them through 1976 were allocated 60000 and directed to streamline their organization and consider amalgama thffrnrgina aurora- newmarket centres the victorian order of nurses was granted only 4000 mpp wants provincial funding pickering the provincial government has been k requested to provide funds to continue excavation at two archealogical sites on the pickering airport property durham west mpp charles godfrey has sent a letter to culture and recreation minister robert welch- requesting his department supply the funds dr godfrey said that ontarios heritage is in im- u minent danger of being buried and lost if the work is not continued this year last week it was learned ithat the federal government funding for the work would not be renewed this year about 55 people mostly university students were employed last summer at the draper site and later the white site i the draper site issaid to be if the largest huron village yet 1 discovered the excavation work is about half complete a grant of about 230000 would be needed to complete the work this year both villages date back to the 16th century of the 10000 requested this year last year they received 6000 i three local associations for the mentally retarded also suffer in grants this year the newmarket association was allocated 5500 from the 10000 it requested it was given 10000 last year the sutton and district association which also asked for 10000 was budgeted 6000 it received 10000 last year- the c york central association asked for 15500 to help defray operating costs and 40000 towards capital ex- centre grants peases although this association received 55500 last year it was granted only 7750 for 1976 other associations granted funds by this committed were the canadian national institute for the blind 2500 st johns ambulance 500 the salvation army 2500 organizations slashed from the grant roaster were big brothers which asked for 6000 helpmate richmond hill wanted 2000 in formation markham requesting 3000 and union- ville home society asking for 5200 none of these groups were supported last year- the region budgeted 100000 toward grants in 1976 and some funds have already been by the regions administra tive committee regional council will be asked to approve committee grants at a meeting in may in this year of austerity all agencies seeking regional support were scrutinized thoroughly and expected to eliminate frills we had to be ruthless in attempting to achieve a treasonable budget this year noted aurora mayor evelyn buck chairman of the com mittee j- she added she expected the same from organizations asking for regional funding family life centres were particularly criticized as the committee set about ap portioning funds not only did the committee challenge this organizations administration but also its value as a duplication of many ser vices existing in the region vol 88 no 51 whitchurch stouffville april 29 1976 20 cents 28 pages orchard park approval angers local trustee harry bowes he wasnt told bloqnimgtdnftrrftck terimn stouffville attorney don hindson is now represent- ing another client attempting to place a truck terminal in the municipality planning board last week- 1 no rej hut charges are laid f stouffville a rather original method of defrauding local businesses proved un- successful for three toronto residents v thvthree visited stouffville last friday and entered schell lumber coop oil crest hardware and canadian tire it is alleged that two of them would enter a store and remove items and that the third person would then take the goods back to the store return the articles t and collect a refund arrested were brenda arnold 18 and maurice hudyma 44 both of toronto a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a third party police have laid a total of 10 charges for fraud two counts and theft and possession under 200 four counts each stouffville the matter of a 283000 addition to orchard park public school has been referred to the york county board of education- standing committee on building and planning the tribune learned tuesday the addition which would include a new general purpose room for the west end school has received draft plan approval from the ministry of housing it had been included in mondays school board agenda as a routine item however whitchurch stouffville trustee harry bowes told the tribune that he was never told of the plans to proceed with the ad dition to orchard park according to mr bowes there are a number of schools in york region which urgently need renovations or additions one of those he said is summit- i view public school in the east end meeting of the planning and summitviewwasmostinneedof building committee april 14 and renovation in the region that at a chairmans committee meeting last week he was not told about the item he discovered it under routine business when he received his agenda friday morning he imnediately requested it be removed from the list of routine approvals the parent teacher association at summitview public school has been working to have the building renovated to bring it up to fire regulations an addition including a gym nasium and resource centre is also badly needed the association feels mr bowes said thatnext to holland landing public school he pointed out that orchard park presently has a gym nasium and is not grossly over crowded summitview on the other hand has two portable classrooms and lacks a gym nasium it is also in the east end where most of the major new housing has been added in recent years at mondays meeting trustees became bogged down in other matters and did not reach the orchard park item on the agenda as the meeting ended however mr bowes requested it be referred to the standing committee r t mr bowes said thatthe board staff had set the priorities and did riot let the trustees know they tried to slip itinas routine approvalsmr bowes told the tribune in an in terview it seems to me the administration has decided orchard park should go ahead and not the trustees them- selves mr bowes said that the matter was not brought up at a special meeting kx z careless driving charge gar burns after crash markham a 23year old man has been charged with careless driving and a passenger had a leg amputated after an accident mat saw the destruction of an automobile early sundaymorning according to york regional police patrick kennedy 1 23 was the driver of the car west bound on church st in markham that careened out of control and struck a hydro pole a metal guardrail went through the windshield of the car and out a window on the right side the car then caught fire and was destroyed as it hung over a 30 foot embank ment mr kennedy and a passenger in the front seat william breen 23 were thrown talk about slow service stouffville almost 23 years late that was a postcard received by some local residents last week mrs charles lintner told the tribune that she received a postcard post marked aug 27 l953mt arrived april 21 1976- tv addressed to arnold lintner stouffville ontario the card had no return ad- dress it featured a picture of niagara falls theonly message on the card ishiv it also boasted a three- cent stamp mrs lintner said she will forward the postcard to mr arnold lintner who presently resides in ottawa vr -tk- received a rletter fromlmr hindson asking i the conditions they wish to impose in the site plan agreement for the reac tivated project at the northeast corner at- the hamlet of bloomington the plan for the 18 acre property owned -by- donald sabiston has been in the works for some time but has been dormant lately- the board passed a resolution to amend the zoning bylaw subject to therequife- rnents of the ministry of housing and of the town being fulfilled the conditions the town wishes to impose in the site plan agreement are that there be no parking in front of the building the buildings be placed so as to disturb a stand of deciduous trees as little as possible all parking areas be screened and the building must have brick work on the front and aides the depot is to include facilitiesfor servicing trucks a snack bar parts and tire sales a gas and diesel bar and office parking will be provided for 125 cars and 24 tractor trailers and the facility will be set up to serve gravel trucks owned by private haulers councillor june button commented that perhaps mr hindson thought this would be a good time to strike as he- recently managed to get ap- proval for a truck terminal on highway 47 for don anderson haulage mr fixit wants used articles stouffville i- when- don lehman gave up his job in local garbage collection last year the children of the area x lost one of their best friends- mr lehman- was- well known for his work in fixing up broken toys especially bicycles nowhe islookingrfor used broken or discarded items to fix- up and give to needy youngsters bicycles bicycle parts toys furniture baskets any unwanted items can be utilized v winters last bashsunday brought down this maple tree on the v for- free pick-upcalldorileh- gormley property of ray lamurethe 45 foot tree took off part of mian at 6403853 7- the eve trough as it fell high winds cause the freak accident that stouffville nevre mattheyorkcpunty board of 8 education will approve a general purpose room for orchard park public school has mobilized the summitview parent teacher association 1 a meeting to discuss the matter will be held next monday y may 3 at summitview that school has not- been granted a h badlyneeded extension j fl mainspeaker for the evening will be board chairman doug allen others present will be trustees harry bowes and norm wellerboard staff member stephen bacsafmasi mpp bill i hodgson fire chief walt smith mayor gordon ratcliff arid a i representative of the ministry of education the meeting starts at 830 pm from the car mr breens leg was amputated monday another passenger alfred devenport 24 of peter st markham managed to escape from the vehicle only minutes before the car became an in ferno mr devenport also suffered leg injuries markham firefighters attended the blaze the barbershop quartet shown here provided one of many highlights in music mania 76 last weekned the show attracted 2100 people for three performances and provided some laughs to boot the singers here are left to right chuck harrott jerry waite lorne boadway and jim rehill combining their voices in smooth harmony don bernard ballatitrae eyesore housing plan for wf eckirig yarpl site it cost a lot of money to purchase the wreckers and pretty well to make it pay we have to get three building lots mr turner told the board in spite of this claim mayor gordon ratcliff said three lots would not be acceptable as they would only be 15oq0 square feet each and the minimum lot size required for a hamlet is 20000 square feet a regional study conducted recently according to mr rat- cliff indicated that future developments in ballantrae may require 30000 square foot lots this is a littlebit of a t 11 y messy situation and i dont see k lrairl ivijaffkany othervay-vofsgetting- this mjamjcmmrlmawd said- stouffville if plans now in the works are approved residents of ballantrae will soon be relieved of a major eyesore in tliat community melvin turner appeared before planning board last week with a proposal to remove the wrecking yard on t the aurora sideroad and replace it with three residences water survey needed for stouffville v the ballantrae musselmans lake secondary plan will riot be t approved unless a study on the possibility of establishing communual water rsupply to service the two communities is completed- j this directive region was met with reluctant acceptance when relayed to council by whitchurch stouffville planner max sherman members expressed concern over the cbstof such a survey and doubted theheed for it in the ballantrae mussel mans area v mr sherman pointed out however that criteriaset in the existing township of whit- church official plan stated that once the population of a- com munity reached soodersonsho further development should take place until the secondary plan- for the- hamlet area was prepared and the need or municipal water supply and sanitary sewers reviewed the region he said had the backing of the ministry of housing on this requirement mr sherman was authorized to obtain cost estimates on the water supply survey councillor beckyrwedley5befsre in troducing amotion that the board support an official plan amendment 1- i 4 the board approved the motion stipulating they wishto see three houses there including an existing home r v there was no objectionfrom mr turner museum opens this weekehd bogarttown whit- i church stoiif f ville museum officially opens itsdoors for the 1976 season this coming saturday j during opening day- those who attend will be given a gift the museum will be open 1030 am to 530 pm- both saturday and sunday refreshments will be available lake bus is being corisidered stouffville bus service to musselmans lake is being reconsidered by the toronto areatransit authority council learned tuesday night that tatoa chairman atmcnab has instructed his staff to review the situation and make a report to the next i i- meeting of the authority l mr mcnabs letter to council was inreply to a petition from council that service be provided council acted after being shown the results of a survey which indicated over 40 people in the lake area would use a transit service on a daily basis- j mayor gordon ratcliff advised council that the lake areas transit problems could be solved from the private sector the mayor said he has spoken to the new owners of reliable taxi and they have expressed a willingness to firovide transportation from the ake to meet the go bus in stouffville sithe cab company would purchase a van for this purpose and run a regularly scheduled route at a tentativeprice of 50- cents each way- councillor v art starr 1 questioned whether a licence would be required fronif the polled the tree up by its roouchudren had been playing near the minitryof transportation and- tree just prior to itsfau- i vjijfefcjccommuniacfls3toopeate a t- annegretlamnre- service on afixedroute i yyry r 1