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tt tftttttj wet windy weather vol 90 no 22 whitchurch stouffville october 6 1977 by ontario supreme court 20 cents 24 pages seizure appeal granted toronto ethel blaedow whose 31 dogs were seized by the ontario humane iety sept 9 has been suc- sful in obtaining an appeal hearing monday her lawyer don kimura of stouffville convinced the ontario supreme court to order the animal care review board to listen to the appeal sept 22 the board had ruled it could not hear the appeal as the appeal request had been filed one day after the statutory five day time period chief inspector don hep- worth of the humane society had refused to agree to the appeal hearing because miss blaedow was out of time in requesting a hearing date has been set for this thursday 1230 pm at take out restaurant to open on main st stouffville within a iew months the town will have another take but restaurant gracing main st chris giofcos who owned the stouffville restaurant and tavern until the end of august has purchased the former grant ford mercury building which was owned by grant hamilton the building which housed the now defunct ford dealership is located on the south side of main st directly opposite the stouffville plaza mr hamilton had sold the mr giofcos plans major changes including a new roof and brick facade at some un specified time in the future the restaurateur plans to add banquet facilities for up to 200 people at the back of the take out restaurant a private en trance will be provided the proposal needs no approvals from the town as the property already is zoned to allow a restaurant mr giofcos had been before council several times during the past few years with a proposal to property to another person who build a steak house and tavern in the west end but he said he abandoned these plans because he doesnt believe stouffvipe is big enough u support that type of operation in spite of the large number of takeout type establishments already in town mr giofcos sees no problem about attracting enough business there are a lot of people coming through town he commented mr giofcos owned the stouffville restaurant for nine years and before that ran a restaurant in toronto 25 grosvenor st in toronto the board is part of the ministry of agriculture and is chaired by dr alan secord of goodwood miss blaedow was to have made a court appearance monday oct 3 on criminal charges of neglect that were laid by the society a remand was requested a number of the animals 28 according to the toronto star have been adopted out or destroyed mr hepworth denied 28 had been disposed of but refused to say anything further he complained about being pilloried by the press the review board has the authority to rule as to whether the seizure was justified if the seizure was ruled necessary then miss blaedow will have no redress as the society was within its legal rights to dispose of the animals however if the seizure is ruled unjustified then the society could be ordered to return the remainder of the animals and to pay restitution for those destroyed or adopted out in turn sold it to mr giofcos mr giofcos who lives on elm rd told the tribune the take out restaurant will be like a macdonalds and will carry such items as hamburgers and ice cream the building will also have seating for between 50 and 60 customers y renovations will take between two and three months mr giofcos figures plans are now being drawn up and he will soon be getting estimates anne simonsclarion baker alburn honours centennial stouffville the centennial song written ex pressly for stouffvilles cen tennial by grace foote powell has now been immortalized in vinyl anne simons of mill st and clarion baker of rr 2 whitchurch stouffville have cut a record entitled a salute to stouffvilles centennial first cut on the a side is the centennial song mrs simons who is well known for her singing engagements throughout the area does the vocals with and accompaniment on piano organ by mr baker mrbaker wanted 10 ao tor anjign alsctrerfoms frequently at he said adding thafethe also performs frequeritly churches musical events and at deer park inn the album produced by tip top records of newmarket should be available by nov 1 and will be sold for 5 ex clusively at john lords books mrs simons has ordered an initial 500 records and if sales warrant more can be obtained mrs simons said she tennial year gave her the im- petus the front cover will have a black and white photograph of the clock tower the town cen tennial symbol carole watson a teacher at the high school is responsible for the photograph i did it to gratify myself commented mrs simons we just enjoyed doing it together carl timbers takes ontario plowing title markhams old fair grounds on highway 7 at rougecrest drive will be holding eastern canadas first indoor skateboard park by the end of the month and you can see action like above at it the facilities are being built by ontario skateboard park ltd and they are now offering a club membership for anyone interested membership is on a first come first serve basis and the mem bership card will give special privileges at the park and any other parks in southern ontario for one year membership includes a free t- shirt with official logo on it discounts on all proshop merchandise organized tournaments and free teaching clinics for beginners the fee is 15 and there will be a guarantee that the fee will not be raised for three years for charter members stouffvilles own carl timbers has won the 1977 on tario plowing match cham pionship last week in kingston mr timbers 40 a con struction worker plowed through a sea of mud to take five special awards he placed first in one of the divisional com petitions and did very well in the others at the match durham came in first and york second in the intercounty competitions lome britton of claremont and robert baird of sunderland represented durham and eric timbers and ken wells both from whitchurchstouffville represented york other divisional titles went to don dunkeld of zephyr and lome britton of stouffville mr britton came home with 500 in prize money mr timbers now goes on to represent ontario at the canadian championship match to be held in alberta next year if he places first or second at the canadian contest he will then get the opportunity to go to the world championship encouraging news on station stouffville some progress has now been made toward preserving the 96 year old cn station which was slated for demolition at the end ofoctober ui a definite site has been approved a commitment has been made to form a chartered organization for the purpose of moving and restoring the i building and there is a possibility cn will aid the move about 15 people turned out to second save the station meeting held last wednesday in the municipal building denis sainsbury who initiated the move to save the building had good news for those who attended he had visited the conservation area that day with a metro toronto conservation authority official who told him the building would be allowed on a small piece of property south of the flood plain dam a small group of interested people had met the previous week and had decided at that time the property south of the dam would be ideal as it is only 300 yards from the present site of the station and would be more readily accessible the spot approved by the authority is east of the railway tracks and directly south of stouffers lane which runs off church st it is hoped that when the dulverton subdivision is built a right of way can be obtained to get access from the proposed extension of millard ave at last weeks meeting the group voted to go ahead and form a chartered organization local lawyer gordon ness is now making the legal arrangements to accomplish this ivan harris has been named temporary chairman denis sainsbury was elected general manager for the time being and frances sainsbury will act as v secretarytreasurer don robertson undertook to contact cn to see what kind of see station page is he has represented canada once before atthe 1974 plowing match in finland and he took second place he also came second in ontario in 1972 and in canada in 1973 this years world plowing match is presently taking place in holland canada is being represented by ken brown of richmond hill and ivan degeer of mount albert lloyd doner of stouffville is planning to make the trip over and watch the competition rubber boots in demand last weeks steady rain turned the international plowing match held near kingston last week into a sea of mud mr and mrs robert lewis of altona who attended the match tuesday realized on the way down that they had forgotten to purchase rubber boots for the occasion they attempted several times to buy boots in kingston and surrounding towns but were unsuccessful mrs lewis said they got the same story everyplace rubber boots were not to be had they decided to brave the mull without boots but to their surprise when they got to the plowing match entrance there was a man there selling boots the strange twist to the story is that the man at the gate was none other than randy forsyth a former stouffville man and you certainly needed them commented mrs lewis you never saw anything like it it was up over your boots mrs lewis said many of the events had to be cancelled because of the mud she said there was no problem at all at markham fair by comparison mars fair opening recorded several singles before her marriage but this is the first long play album the album also includes danny boy climb every mountain christopher robin and other selections the singer paid the entire costs of producing the album and hopes sales will cover the costs its something ive wanted to do for a long time cen- far and away the biggest hit of the markham fair as far as the small fry were concerned was big bird here played by doug gard- him even clowns ernie and bertand the cookie monster himself paled besides the bigfeathered friend annegret lamure markham last weeks attendance figures proved that it takes more than buckets of rain to dampen the enthusiasm of faiigoers more than 50000 of them turned out for the markham fair last week despite the miserable weekend weather the 122 year old fair held for the first time at its new location on the corner of 7th line and 18th ave this year was judged by many as better than ever despite various setbacks the fairs troubles were not only confined to the weather on friday night the hydro went off in all the buildings for about an hour when a generator blew out the blackout occurred just as the gong show was starting in the womens building the contestants game to the last had to carry on as best they could without benefit of microphone music or lights there was emergency lighting in the corners of the hall but as one photographer put it there wasnjt enough light to focus by however despite these dif ficulties the audience seemed to enjoy the event outside people in darkened booths continued cooking and serving hamburgers as if nothing had happened only the occasional match flared as someone attempted to find the relish the children were relieved to find that the power failure did not extend to the midway and many flocked there to wait out the black out but a surprising number of people strolled around the barns admiring the animals in the- gloom the quarter horse races took place on thursday and friday but had to be cancelled saturday and sunday because of the rain but many other activities went on as scheduled although a lot of them were moved inside the new buildings the rubber boot kicking contest was won by jim sutton see many page 9 re swfc 4f approves traps stouffville the humanitarians were pitched against the pragmatists at a council meeting last week when the issue of trapping came up apparently the municipality has to give permission before any individual holding a trap ping licence can trap on town lands and councillor bill kamps proving that the biggest heart resides in the biggest body was unequivocally opposed to any such thing i cant see trapping at all he announced and explained that most trappers in the area only do it on weekends and are not there every day to see to their lines if im going to kill an animal id kill it then and there said kamps not leave it for a week in a trap he then challenged coun cillor jim doble a member of the conservation club as to his commitment to conservation there is a difference between conservation anh preservation replied doble we just couldnt leave all the muskrats with all the dams we have around here he explained that muskrats are very destructive and tended to undermine the dams however he didnt convince kamps who wanted to know who came first anyway most of council favoured allowing trapping in a limited way after doble said that the ministry of natural resources supervises trapping and checks on the methods used and the type and number of animals taken most of the traps used now are the quickkill type said doble the only place the leg hold trap is still used is on private property andwe have no way of controlling that fire department has open house stouffville just as there are railway fans there are fire department afficionados and these will get an opportunity to indulge themselves at two open houses to be held next week at the fire hall stouffville volunteer fire departments equipment will all be on display next wednesday and thursday evenings between 7 and 9 pm i come and meet the firemen and see demonstrations of how to use air packs and other fire fighting equipment a home fire prevention film will be shown the open houses are in honor of fire prevention week oct 9 to 15 the baby show was just one of the highlights at the markham fab last saturday and the winner of the boys sbfjto nine months was michael colahgelo shown here with his mother veronica 4 michael lives in stouffville and it was probably his endearing smile that won the 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