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town recreation must subsidize 5 winter sports says administrator- 53739 york region the demise of antiinflation board regulations has allowed york region council to award wage increases of more than six per cent to some nonunion employees a new salary schedule approved jan 11 approves raises ranging from a few dollars to 1500 for about 43 staff personnel in addition all 123 nonunion workers will receive increases of six per cent effective jan l the top annual salary is earned by the chief ad ministrative officer 53739 this is a hike of 75 per cent or 53743 of the seven department beads however the clerk gets the largest percentage increase 11 per cent a raise of 3483 bringing his salary to 33034 heres how the others will fare medical officer of health 48933 solicitor 45529 engineering com missioner 40957 planning commissioner 40153 treasurer 38884 jack rettie chief ad ministrative officer said this week the raises will cost the region about 225000 in 1979 salaries he said would continue to be compared with those elsewhere so they do not get out of line no increase has been approved for the seventeen regional council members their salaries were hiked by six per cent in 78 giving them 9689 crash kills town woman stouffville a stouffville area woman was killed saturday in a two- vehicle crash at the intersection of hwy 48 and regional road 21 port bolster barbara veitch 32 of cone 9 was a passenger in a car driven by her husband bill driver of the second auto was oscar mumey 36 of rr 2 seabright stouffville how much is too much there appears to be a division of thinking within the whitchurchstouffville recreation committee as to what extent organizations should be subsidized for use of the townowned arena during the winter mayor eldred king feels the user of this facility should pay more and the nonuser less he has given notice of his intention to raise the rates this fall ef fective for the season of 7980 lloyd kerswill recreation committee chairman thinks the current subsidy payments are fair and should not be changed financial assistance is provided the stouffville minor hockey hand in hand students aid sr citizens stouffville does your sidewalk need shovelling steps need sanding is there a prescription to be picked up or something to be delivered if youre a senior citizen and living in the village of stouff ville twentynine student workers are at your service the program called hand in hand is now in its fourth season at stouffville dist secondary school the chief 4 organizer is staff teacher jim rehill the student coordinator is steve spang and the volun teers are all from grade 12 its the only project of its kind in ontario the way it works a senior citizen need only pick up the phone and dial 6401433 one of the office staff will take down the information and pass it on to- athe coordinator he then arranges for a student to take on the chore during a spare period- monday through friday the flat rate regardless of the job is one dollar seniors arent looking for chanty jim rehill explained they have a lot of pride the money collected isnt kept by the volunteer or the school rather its put in trust and used for some worth while purpose involving seniors its a coed program with mrs mcbride of the girls phys ed staff helping out aside from the assistance provided its a way for two separated age groups to get to know each other mr rehill said theres really no dif ference were all people he stressed lions hold car draw feh 24 stouffville after one postponement the stouff ville v lions club has re scheduled its elimination car draw buffet and dance for sat feb 24 the location is rolling hills golf and country club each ticket 25 admits one couple to the event and allows them an opportunity to win prizes that include a 1979 acadian automobile or 3500 cash a 1500 ladies diamond ring a cge microwave oven a cge dishwasher and a trip for two for one week to nassau tickets only 600 will be ft sold are available at aikens pharmacy cards hardware and morgan jewellers trail horses through snow mt albert york regional police following tracks in the snow recovered two valuable quarter horses sunday after they had been reported missing from their barn by erik olesen rr 1 mount albert charged with theft over 200 and possession over 200 are robert arthur keams 33 of rr 1 mount albert paul douglas neil 20 and kenneth allan neil 19 of rr l sharon steve spang has taken on the responsiblity with great enthusiasm recalling how on one occasion he talked to a lady 104 years old wow he said other coordinators before him have been greg roy in 76 glen gibson in 77 and dave dart in 78 student volunteers are ron gierkink ron donnelly rich reesor dave hewitt greg murphy norm storimans john pollard jim hamm randy smith randy noble jim blizzard mark tranter john tebot chris jackson karl appleton gary grant tom meyhew norm hail barry collins gary taylor ross todd dan maillet mike snowball brent nichols noreen wilcox kim morley s pauline kelly- peggy mcbride and carol whale association the figure skating club and the girls hockey league while agreeing that financial aid shouldnt get out of hand mr kerswill points out that each of these groups attempts to raise funds on its own through dances draws and skateathons they do a heck of a good job he said the chairmans greatest concern is not with providing for the needs of young people already using the rink but with future requirements as the town grows when the dulverton development comes therell be tremendous pressure for the municipality to provide a second arena he said hes opposed to this but rather favors one of the service clubs taking on the project so construction can be subsidized by a wintario grant cliff dunkeld a recreation committee member and a strong sports promoter feels subsidy payments could be lowered but gradually rather than in one fell swoop rather than make winter sports the whipping boy cliff feels council must look at the total recreation picture in cluding softball and soccer another area of concern he says is the need to keep young people busy and off the streets organized recreation helps accomplish this better to have them in the rink than before the courts he told the tribune cliff dunkeld claims that if registration fees are raised by 10 few people would object put them up 20 or 30 and there wont be anyone to pay it he concluded wht vol 91 no 37 whitchurchstouffville january 18 1979 20 cents 16 pages boy bowlers burn up alleys with plus 300 scores under the leadership of coordinator lloyd kerswill and his assistants youth bowling has caught on in a big way at stouffville this winter with local participants chalking up excellent scores on saturdayl3year old charles minaker left of boyer street stouffville counted a 332 flatiand a 342 with handicap the week before 12 year old david mccracken right of stouffville rr 2 rolled a 380 flat and a 395 with handicap charlie had eight strikes five of these in a row david had nine strikes and a spare jim thomas high school team to bowling finals stouffville for a first time stouffville will have representatives in the ontario finals of the pepsicola high school bowling competition sheila ward 14 of glad park avenue arid steve rigby 16 formerly of maystone court stouffville and now of uxbridge will compete against some of the best in the province jan 27 at scarborough sheila and steve earned this right by placing among the top scorers in a zone rolloff at richmond hill dec 17 par ticipants in this round were from such places as aurora alliston orangeville barrie bradford gravenhurst ux bridge and willowdale polar 6 stouffville friday was hardly the kind of day to romp about in ones birthday suit a scarborough man tried it with disastrous results at 130 pm the suspect allegedly bared himself in the area of second and charles streets stouffville fortyfive minutes later it was a double exposure once on champion road and again on ferrah street in union- ville descriptions provided police by female witnesses seemed much the same in less than five hours they made an arrest the accused aged 22 will appear in newmarket court jan 23 couple claim dogs provide protection teenage music virtuoso gormley at age four david nelson of rr 2 gormley was playing around on the keyboard of a piano at pine ridge centre aurora at age 14 he was the organist for the choir and congregation at christ anglican church in stouffville a position he still retains now at 16 this musical virtuoso has his sights set on a career as an entertainer or the ministry regardless this inborn skill will be put to good david nelson gormley rr 2 b the organist the past two years the teenage virtuoso has also for the choir and congregation at christ anglican played at casa loma yorkminster baptist church in stouffville david accepted this church and the canadian national exhibition responsibility at age 14 and has been playing for jim thomas while the organ and piano hold top priority david admits hell try anything once even the bagpipes hes an ac complished accordionist and has played both the bassoon and french horn in the richmond hill high school band his coming to the anglican church in stouffville occurred quite by accident he had been asked to help out at lemonville and marg britton a resident there heard about it he ac cepted her invitation to play here and stayed this gift has already gained him a reputation hes played at st pauls anglican church toronto yorkminster baptist church toronto casa loma the canadian national exhibition and at the organ grinder a spacious night spot near the okeefe his im mediate ambition is to catch a spot with the lawrence welk orchestra when they next visit the city now playing at grade 10 level hes enrolled at the conservatory on a music scholarship working towards his arct degree he prac- uces on an average of 1v4 to two hours daily in festival competition davids enjoyed excellent success winning two lsts one 2nd and one 3rd at newmarket and three lsts and one 2nd in his first year at the kiwanis davids favorite vocal- instrumental group is abba his favorite singer is dolly parton quality plus quan tity he says are you ever nervous when performing in public he was asked when youre not youre in trouble he stated ballantrae henry and lola walsh of ballantrae are the owners of four german shepherd dogs and they resent all the criticism thats been directed against them dog must bite first stouffville the town bylaw committee will contact the provincial govern ments legal services branch to find out if theres legislation on the books pertaining to vicious dogs that run at large request for such action has come from councillor becky wedley in whose ward a problem is said to exist a search of local records revealed that a dog can be declared vicious and be destroyed only after a court hearing determines that the animal did in fact attack someone canine control can also impound any vicious dogs on the loose until they are claimed by their owners and fines paid councillor bill mcnalley pointed to the seriousness of the situation not only in ward 2 but elsewhere across the municipality members seem to agree however that its presently legal to keep animals for protection as long as theyre properly confined we need the dogs for protection mr walsh told the tribune were elderly people and afraid of attack strangely enough some nearby residents fear the same claiming the animals are vicious town councillor becky wedley is seeking a solution to the problem henry walsh acquired property on the aurora sideroad ten years ago since then a pet has been mutilated and his mailbox destroyed he said in addition he and his wife have been subjected to verbal harassment he stated he feels theyre being persecuted because theyre foreigners its getting on my nerves he said born in poland he served in both the polish and english armies captured by the enemy he spent five years in a prison camp i dont want to fight with anyone ive fought enough in my life we just want to live in peace he stressed the couple emphatically deny their dogs are allowed to run at large attacking residents and their pets this is true of others but our property is adequately fenced he said questioned concerning the terrier that was allegedly torn to pieces by his dogs mr walsh said the pet was not on a leash and came onto his property i felt sorry about it i love animals he concluded two buildings ruled unsafe stouffville in a written report to town council chief building in spector bruce arrowsmith advised the municipality has no authority to undertake the removal of two buildings on cemetery lane councillor jim sanders brought the matter before council for a report when parents concerned for their childrens safety reported the buildings into which the children venture are unsafe mr arrowsmith examined the barn and shed finding them in a dilapidated and structurally unsound condition timr arrowsmith stated he feels if the owners are advised of the situation they will either repair the structures or destroy them he has forwarded a letter to them