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wht wribum thursday november 2 178 the second section sports district news fate of air ambulance is uncertain ministry back on oct 3 1977 the provincial ministry of health introduced a unique helicopter ambulance service based out of buttonville airport it was meant to tran sport critically ill or injured patients to hospitals in toronto recently two young people critically injured in an automobile accident east of uxbridge were picked up and flown into the city by this means on oct 21 a 17 year old markham boy run over by a dune buggy was taken into toronto in the same way persons related to the people involved have been loud in their praise of the service however as health minister dennis timbrell pointed out a year ago the air the helipopter ambulance a pilot project of the ontario ministry of health may be discontinued if a study now underway shows the service to be impractical the copter leased by the province is based out of buttonville ambulance is strictly a pilot project an experiment that would be tried for a period of twelve months that time has now elapsed and theres some suggestion it may be scrapped or at least modified in some way there are only so many dollars available wayne stott of the ministrys ambulance service branch told the tribune no one really knows whether it can be continued or not a study is currently un derway he said and a decision will be made when all facts are in the helicopter ambulance has two main benefits over the mobile ground system first its faster covering distances in a third of the time second its able to reach victims where a ground vehicle cannot go the ministrys bell 212 helicopter is a leased machine it can normally carry 15 but has been modified to accommodate a staff of four plus two stretcher patients v we think the idea as a part of ontarios health care system has considerable merit said mr timbrell at its introduction one year ago but we want to know more about it in terms of practical use and its benefit to people we arent sure that ontarios needs will be best served by a longterm com mitment to this service well know more when the project has been evaluated harry bowes foolish vote stouffville a majority decision by york county board of education in applying for 47705000 for construction of new school buildings and additions over the next five years was foolish in the opinion of stouffville trustee harry bowes he favored the lesser figure of 29155000 he said it was the boards feeling that if more schools are constructed fewer children would have to be bused out of their particular communities but harry bowes argues the ministry of education will never go for it theyre not foolish they have the facts and figures he said mr bowes claims im provements in the north end of the region have to be sacrificed to accommodate residential buildup in the south he cited markham richmond hill and vaughan as examples since whitchurch- stouffvilles located in the centre the towns been lucky he explained our facilities here are pretty good cars wrecked judge shockfed by destructive acts markham shocked was the word used by judge reid scott in newmarket court last week after listening to a damage report read out by crown attorney chris rutherford involving three teenage brothers and a com panion steven ernest and richard claringbold along with kevin markle were arrested by york regional police after owners of cars reported windows in their vehicles smashed and interiors ripped apart the repair estimate was placed at over 1200 crown attorney rutherford called the damage spree a malicious and destructive act judge scott dismissed a plea by a solicitor for one of the accused that his client had been drinking and therefore didnt wholly realize what he was doing his excuse of intoxication n doesnt impress me at all said the judge he noted that parents of the boys must have been as shocked as he was for all the shame brought on them he remanded the foursome in custody until this week when sentence will be passed prison rejected vandal ordered to pay for damage markham acts of vandalism caused by an 18 year old markham youth were described by crown attorney chris rutherford as despicable cowardly and malicious when frederick almond appeared in newmarket court charged with several counts of mischief causing damage he inflicted harm on others by slithering around in the dark he told judge he zimmerman the crown at torney pointed to the increase in such incidents and called for a term of imprisonment according to the evidence damage caused to cars in the markham area totalled over 1000 the paint was scratched windows smashed and ob scenities written on the ex teriors because the accused was a firstoffender judge zim merman said he would give him an opportunity to make good his mistakes he handed the youth a conditional discharge placed him on a twoyear term of probation and ordered him to pay restitution for damage within a period of four months cnr station fire lay arson charges against two youths reuben meyer ninety years young markham reub meyer one of markham s best known and most highly respected residents will mark his 90th birthday sunday nov 5 the occasion wont slip by unnoticed daughters helen and fran are seeing to that helen mrs bill ilott will hold an open house in their fathers honor from 1 30 to 5 pm the location is 358 main street north keeps active mr meyer remains extremely active going about his daily chores like a man of sixty this summer he had one of the best gardens in the block digging it all by hand i grow a little bit of everything he said in cluding cucumbers 275 from a single patch his pole beans were the envy of all the neigh bors but caring for his own plot of ground wasnt enough he also planted helen and bills garden a few steps to the north the results there were equally successful reub meyer is just as active in other areas too hes been a member of the markham lions club almost since its inception i was away hunting when it started but joined when i got back also a member of the rebekah and oddfellow lodges more than fifty years i watch the hockey on tv sleep a little and read a lot he said uj7y born at peachs reub meyer was born on a farm at the corner of 18th avenue and the 7th con cession the son of william henry and annie hoover meyer he attended dicksons hill and almira public schools at an early age he pit ched in and helped his father he can recall making butter and selling it at cashel store he also remembers the first tractors and the first car frank stiver owned it you could hear him coming for miles he said mr meyer worked for the oliver plow company at hamilton for a time then enlisted in the canadian army his stay there was rather short however he was discharged for what doctors diagnosed as a weak heart i never could quite figure it out he said loved the west reub had a great love for the west and travelled out there many times a half- sister sarah mrs glenn gamble still lives in pam- brum saskatchewan his involvement locally is a story in itself its included everything from building barns to driving a milk truck from serving as a trustee on the high school board to assisting as a volunteer with the fire department reuben meyer a markham area resident all his life will mark his 90th birthday sunday nov 5 an open house in his honor will be held at the home of his eldest daughter helen mrs bill ilott main street north jim thomas reuben and alma meyer have lived in the same house at 332 main street since their marriage sept 3 1924 he speaks with pride of his two daughters helen mrs bill ilott and fran mrs jim thomson both of markham there are four grand children he has a fullsister ruth mrs edwin byer rr 2 markham and two other halfsisters mae mrs dn reesor and mary strong the tribune extends its congratulations and joins his many friends around the town in saying happy bir thday drink- then drive apple butter bee remember the apple butter festivals at cedar grove barry lhue does and he teaches son chris a few tricks of the trade at a bee saturday on the property of austin reesor markham rr 1 the mixture fresh from the copper pot is available at the markham museum edschroeter unionville two persons appeared in newmarket provincial court this week charged with arson following an investigation into a blaze last summer that caused extensive damage to the cnr station in union ville brian osmond young 21 of bayview avenue richmond hill and barry scott blundell 17 of pavillion street unionville were taken into custody by york regional police after in formation pointed them out as suspects in the case it was back on july is at approximately 405 am that several fire bombs were thrown at the building burning one end of the landmark structure york region im paired driving offenses are up sharply this year according to statistics contained in a nine- month report placed before the york regional board of police commissioners by chief bruce crawford to date in 1978 a total of 754 charges have been laid taking note of this fact commissioner gladys rolling said that if legislation is changed as predicted repeat offenders could have their licenses suspended for periods of three years other disturbing increases were indicated in sexual of fenses 59 this year as compared to 29 in 77 incidents of arson are also up by almost 100 per cent as are charges for theft on the bright side chief crawford pointed to a decrease in highway fatalities from january through september thirteen people have been killed down from eighteen in 1977 and 26 in 1976 overall crime statistics show a slight increase with the clearance rate standing at 535 per cent claim lots too small vivian homeowners on faulkner avenue in whit- churchstouffville have ex pressed opposition to a 14iot estate subdivision west of the 7th concession and south of the aurora sideroad they claim the proposed twoacre sites are too small and mayor gordon ratcliff agrees he favors five acres however york regional planning committee and council have given the project the green light so has town council an ontario municipal board hearing is anticipated