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contaminated with salt new wells needed f or ballantrae vballantrae following a meeting last week with minister of transportation and communications james snow several bauantrae residents are confident of government assistance to replace their salt contaminated wells y- as a result of highway 48 reconstruction in bauantrae sal t drained from the highway has seeped into several wells and last year caused the newborn 1 baby of al and sharon powell to become seriously ill i y ministry of the en vironment investigated wells in the area and recently released a report stating the highway is the source of the salt contamination- members of four families from bauantrae thepowells mr and mrs al huskisson mr and mrs gordon giasson and mr and mrs jerry stone met last tuesday with the minister and asked that the- provincial authority pay for the cost of drilling new deeper wells that will tap the main aquifier and be free of salt the minister according to mrs powell appeared in terested and concerned but would make no commitment he promised to consult his legal advisers and get back to the families with a decision the meeting was arranged by mpp biu hodgson pc who mrs powell reports strongly supported the residents request that the government pay for the wells they have got to do something they just cant get away with it commented mr powell t v wearenotgoingtogiveup even if they say no- added mrs p6weu powells were accompanied to the meeting by a lawyer specializing in en- vironmental cases- o3 mr snow has promised to have a decision- within a few weeks according to- mrs powell the ininister admitted there have been problems with highway salt in other areas and be said the ministry is con cerned that by paying com pensation they wiu be setting an expensive precedent jsalt apparently 1 has damaged fruit trees in the niagara peninsula jhe v powells whose well showed the highest degree of salt contamination have been hauling in all their drinking- water the ministry has promised to regrade the faulty ditches which allowed the salt to seep into the water table but it is t f j expected to be sometime before it drops to ah acceptable level the maximum acceptable level for salt is 250 parts per million ppm and the last reading of thepoweu well was at 974 ppm i the powells maintain the problem v is the result of negligence on the part of the ministry when the highway was reconstructed two years ago vol 89 no 49 whitchurch stouffville april 14 1977 20 cents w pages goo divoo d residents regis te r j cornplainis over area kari track ifsnot spring fever but a case of music mania jane hachey and jim brazier are having a great time as they rehearse the barn raising number of this years edition of music mania the show is slated for april 28 29 arid 30 at the sdss annegret lamure one canada gro up in preliminary stage stouffville agroup v one canada is the name of that is concerning itself with the organization that was sefup- keeping canadaunified may be following the rartiquebecois- locating a jbranchgoffice in victory inthequebec provincial z- 0 stouf f vule v tlin rrwmtn hnpffinaf 4yearold wins third stouffville green chicks and pink easter lilies caught the eyes of the judges and four year old terri ann moore of goodwood is now 10 richer the little tyke won third prize in the tribune easter colouring contest for her imaginative effort shannon clarke 9 of rr4 stouffville won the 25 first prize for her beautifully coloured picture and five year old robert janiga ofrrl ash- burnwas awarded the second- prize of 15 for his superbly finished efforts goodwood the goodwood park kartways ltd on con 2 is once again coming under attack from area residents each year residents near the track complain to council about noise and other problems a meeting for public protection was held last week in which both ratepayers and the kartways owner mario petti got the chance to voice their opinions t the ratepayers presented ward 1 councillor john paxton who heads the public protection committee with an outline of their complaints and recom mendations- t the main concern of the residents mr paxton said was mr petti wants it back to 12 hours mr paxton said the com- mittee and ratepayers felt an extension of saturday was reasonable but suggested mr petti settle for a onehour ex tension to 9 pm on sundays mr- petti though is not- willing to cut back on sunday i volume of traffic were other resident concerns pointing out that the large influx of people that attend international racing events could leads to these problems v the residents also wanted clarification on some portions of the bylaw- including a distiction between the concession and have to make a buckl im only- crating karts control on speed open about four months of the rr year as it is he said he will take thematter f to court if necessary the residents also com plained about excessive noise from the kart track- although mr petti said that his operation gets blamed for all noise problems such as motorbikes travelling along cone 2 a and noise of karts and crowd control the general consensus of the ratepayers according to mr paxton was that mr petti is attempting to be fair t jthe final bylaw is expected- to be dealt with by the township council at its next meeting tonight at the goodwood community hall mrpettis proposal to extend gravel pit otjhe west of the the weekend hours ofthe racing operation is a source of constant jr r arnlna j ni on4 hio kncinacc alert rtafc r- t karts- mrpetti explained however- that he wants to exa tend theiise ol the smaller concession jkarts on weekends and not the racing ones the hours were reduced by the previous council from 12 to their present i0j10 noise andhis business also gets blamed for them he said he pointed out that the go- kart tracklwas there before the home owners and added that the homes riearestthe business are enshrouded withtrees which can absorb some ofthesound n fjf i council sticks to nbbeer decision v stouffville one of the first official acts of the newly v formed stouffville chamber of commerce was to approach council and ask them l to reconsider their decision- not to allow the y library board to have a beer garden in connection with mheir country fair day the library fundraising com- mittee alsopressed council to change theirminds but their appealswere in vain council r was obdurate and would not even bring thej matter- to a vote- tiv 4 c- councillor bill kamps was the only dissenter spokejstroriglyinfavourof the openairbeef garden firetalarnis 1 noj installed i pears thatafewsentials were overlooked when the qmmunitycentf elwas vbuilt counpil learned mastweekand- thetbwn wulrhave tocomeup with another- 491461 to com plete the btulding j expensewiu be for fire valarmswhich were overlooked when thvcentre was builta v 1 recreation committee- chairman eldred king said that the- additional money was for items hot covered by the initial contract recreation committee member beckey wedley con firmed thisshe explained that on completion of a building there wevalways some thihgstthat crop up which are customarily taken care of through a con tingency fund the fund usually amounts to 10 percent of the original cost according to mrs wedley- vv v ir cc mr king said the alarms were overlooked because the architect thought the electrician j should design the system it wasnt totally the responsibility of either the contractor or the architect he said v at thetime the plans for the centre were approved by council fire alarms were not required- but the town building i code how calls for thefh fire chiefwalt smith says thatasfaras the fire mar- shaus regulationswere con- cerned alarms did not have to fbeiinstaued in order for the buildingjto conform to safety r regulations election the group hasoffices in toronto and markham and is now in the preliminary stages jn n stouffville sybil houston of 66 glengall lane is helping to put the stouffville branch together for the purpose of getting the average person interested they have to realize that- it separation can happen and we want to get people to think about just what this means i one way mrs houston suggests people can get involved is to write to their members of parliament and tell them how they feel about the separation question our main concern is to keep this country together mrs houston said weve got j to make people aware- ot the v situation theres toomiich noft- commitar- feelings l on the matter i just came back from out weitand their attitude was that they couldnt care less if quebec leaves or not thats a terrible attitude- mrs houston is hoping to- get- council behind the group along with support from the towns service clubs there will also be buttohsand bumper- stickers saying canadians do it better together for anyone who is interested family life geritrfe sayed i onno ilia ctmiffimll stouffville the stouffville branch of the markham family life centre has a new lease on life thanks to the jstquffville lions club last week lions president paul roney presented anita waite the chairman of the advisory committee with a 1000 cheque which will allow the centre to continue its operations until the end of may at the end of that time dr evelyn wolf a medical doctor with special training in coun selling will join the present therapist larry nissenbaum ba med to form a co counselling team and funding will no longer be needed since billing will go through ohip overhead for the branch is low sdsswihs public speaking stouffville two invention y pencil ted grade 13 students from sdss won the boys prize with his won top honours in public speaking recently maryannehulshbf and ted powers both representing the stouffville lions club finished in first place at the district a 16 effective speaking competition held in cannington thev- t over competition from lindsay cannington beaverton and omemee maryanne was awarded the girls prize for her prepared speech on nutritional foods and her impromptu speech about the worlds greatest prepared jaik on television communications and his impromptu llecture on high ways of thefuture the grade 13 students were coached bycarol stamatiou whoteaches english and theatre arts at the high school maryanne and ted will now gopnto the lions district a finals which will be v held in peterborough on saturday may this final stage of the competition wilh feature con testaritsfromimost of ontario and quebec since the stouffville credit- union has donated an attractive set of upstairs rooms for the centre and all office and sup- port staff is volunteer y v anita waite is very excited over the prospect of co couhselling which she says is a first for the region ina family life setting mr nissenbaum has worked as a team with dr wolf before and feels the technique has much to offer especially in cases of family conflict and marriage counselling ajso with- the addition of another staff member service to residents will substantially increase themoment the family life centre ispnly open on- wed nesdays from 2 to 10 pmbut u will likely operate two days pel- week s future while v stouffville branch less than six r months old isexpandihg and flourishing the parentbranch in markham- which has been in business over- a- decade con to exist only precariously v- and may fold in two months the markham centre was until see family page 2 james ryan who runs the tara kennels on thegormley sideroad is keeping a tight hold on one of his two donkeys he has at the kennels this one called neddy was found walking aimlessly on the bloomington sideroad when mr ryanpicked her uprthe other donkey benjamin was given to mr ryan to keep neddy company for story and further picture see page 12 t t ip j i r or drop in centre r seniors get lip grant s stouffville the centennial senior citizens club has been awarded a local initiatives grant of 19000 for the purpose of equipping their card parties and other events to cover the costs of coffee or other i light refreshments v l mamstmagic jopin centre locktd inihe old f his week post office v v r u t the grant is some 700 short of what they asked for but club president walter pipher was quite happy with the amount now we can getgoing he said although the money has been allocated to the club the seniors have not yet received it this has not stopped them from starting on the renovations however several members were already hard at work i painting and plumbing before they knew that their application for- the grant had stouffville its carnival time again and daisies and z go-go- girls will star in main st magic at the stouffville arena iv ithestouffvnie figure skating club will be celebrating not only the centennial but also the clubs 25th anniversary showtime is this friday and saturday- evening v 8 pm there will also be a saturday afternoonmatineeat pm tickets may be obtained from members of the club executive as well as at the door- application tor- tne grant nad r r been approved we thought- isame change wed take a chance said mr pipher the club plans to biiya pool newmarketj y wellington ste will become tablemovie projecz sx w mshingsashuffleboardr v st0 the don anderson bantam team played their final game of the season last week losing to the visiting ottawa nepean team by a lopsided 103 score the picture shows one shot that didnt get by the v i stoaffvflle goalie as he was able to knock it to the side of the net in time for story see page 10 keith bolender other equipment with the money as weuy as using some- renovations the only thing jfundstcanriot- be used for operating costs p j- members will pay the i modest sum of 3 a year club dues and a nominal sum at fxof k- re cpuncll committee fn the change wiu beeffectiveii on the section of regional rdis fromthe eastjimitjtotherwestv ifmit of whitchurch stouffville- ff a